Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-10-14

bank where they resided. Upon in
vestigation it was found that over
thirty of the notes were out and in
the hands of local attorney in Bril-
lion, who seeks to collect the face
value Of the notes which the farmers
now realize were the signatures they
gave for the seed. The notes range
from 500 to $500. 1t is possible that
the young agent is himself a dupe
having been made tool for outsiders,
The notes are in such a form that
they are easily collectible. The farm
ers have pooled interests and will
fight to the end any action by the
holders Of the notes.
Alfalfa in Kansas.
A business man of Dodge City, SAYS
the Kansas City Journal, thinks the
introduction of alfalfa in Kansas, IS.
pecially the western part of it, one
of the greatest events in it's history.
People did not have even. vague
conception then of the revolution It
was to work in the agriculture of the
to be one of the best possible feeds for
cattle, being very rich in the flesh
producing elements, and after it has
become well set, the producer is GER
tain Of three crops every year, no
matter whether it rains or not. The
alfalfa roots always grow downwarl
uutil they strike either solid rock Or
water the grass is said to be set; and
as long as they are in water, lack Of
rain has little or NO effect upon the
crop. Fortunately there is an ocean
of sheet water underlying western
Kansas, and when the alfalfa strikes
this, it is made for good. The scenery
along the valley of the Arkansas river
during the alfalfa season, is as fine rs
any pastoral scenery in the world.
The crop bends in the sun like wheat,
and miles and miles of it stretch along
the river. Wheat will hereafter be an
almost certain crop in the western
part of the state, but farmers VINO
persist in planting corr will do so to
their sorrow.
Counting the Cows.
Certainly New York farmers hare
been duped by young man claiming
to be a representative of the Five
States Milk-Producers association,
who went from farm to farm asking
each farmer for a signed statement,
saying he was making preliminary
survey of the territory, and if $50 to
300 cows were found there, PROPOSE
ton would be made to build a cream
cry to care for their surplus milk.
and now it turns out to be a contract
to pay SO a head on all COWS in a herd
for five years, the money to go
towards payment for a creamery 10
be built by an Ohio firm, who at once
sent masOnS and carpenters and began
to put up creamery at Rockland.
Some Of the farmers are satisfied,
others are angry and will take Legal
measures.
Feed Stuffs in Pennsylvania.
The secretary of agriculture of the
Keystone state asks us to give pub
the last session of the legislature
Every lot or parcel of any concen-
trated commercial feeding stuff, as de-
fined in section two of this act, used
for feeding domestic animals, sold, Of
fered or exposed for sale within this
state, shall have affixed thereto, in a
conspicuous place on the outside there
of, a legible and plainly printed state
ment clearly and truly certifying the
number of net pounds of feeding stuff
contained therein; the name, brand or
trade mark under which the article is
manufacturer or importer, and state
ment of the percentage it contains of
crude fat and of crude protein both
constituents to be determined by the
methods adopted at the time by he
association of official agricultural
chemists of the United States. When
ever any concentrated commercial
feeding stuff is sold at retail, in bulk,
or in sacks belonging to the purchaser,
the agent or dealer, upon request of
the purchaser, shall furnish to him the
certified statement named in this sec
ton.
''The term concentrated commercial
feeding stuffs,' as used IN this act,
shall include linseed meals, cotton
seed meals, gluten meals, maize feeds,
starch feeds, sugar feeds, dried
brewers grains, malt sprouts, hominy
foods, cerealine feeds, rice meals,
ground beef or fish scraps, and all
other materials of similar nature, but
shall not include hays and straws, the
grinding together of pure whole grains,
nor the unmixed meals made directly
from the entire grains of wheat, rye,
barley, oats, Indian corn, buckwheat
or broom corn; neither it include
wheat, rye or buckwheat bran, or mid
dlings not mixed with other sub
stances, and sold separately as dis
tinct articles of commerce.
mo foreign mineral substance nor
substance injurious to the health Of
domestic animals, shall be mixed with
any feeding stuff sold or offered or ex-