Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-12-26
REPORT OF FARM
ERS' INSTITUTE
Discussion Of Various Subjects
OF Institute program.-FeW
Farmers Present

Many of the farmers OF this vicinity
who were improving the fine weather
last Thursday and Friday hauling
poverty wood" to market, if they
had figured rightly would have been
making more money had they at
tended the session OF the Farmers
Institute on the same principal that
the boy who is attending school reg
uar in the highest grades is increas-
ing his capacity for after years.
While ib may he contended that one
may real from the buletineS sent
out by the experiment station all
the information that the institute
can give, it is few farmers who per-
Use the bulletins to the extent. OF
getting much profitable information
therefrOm, ana then the bulletine is
10 ready o answer questions
which will arise in the mind Of the
listener on u moments notice, as the
lecturer must be prepared to do.
While the attendance at the insti-
tute was quite small, all were atten-
tive listeners and it is hoped that
the enthusiasm inspired will prove
contagious h e DeighbOrs of
those who were there, attracting
II larger number OF farmers to the
institute another year.
The lecturers on the program were
not tbnrD,obl1- n II
the conditions peculiar to this sec
tiOn, and the interchange OF ideas
among the farmers present was in
structive to the lecturers themselves.
For instance in the treatment OF
the soil Of certain parts of burnt
over land, one farmer found that it
could not b e plowed with good
results, that the moss formed on the
surface which was destructive to
second crop Ofany grasses. Another
had found that under the same con-
ditiOn lime scattered over the ground
would kill the moss and that ma
nuring was beneficial. Where plOW-
ing was not advisable, the "cuta-
way harrow gave better results
than the disc harrow in cutting up
the small roots, and the ground
sh 0 Il d be dragged Immediately
after narrowing to break up the
cl@xls
But very few were present at 1870
Thursday afternoon when Mr.. Hirst
talked on good roads, and his limited
time did not permit. of very eX-
haustive discussion of the subject.
MIR. Bradley endeavOred to take
Supt. MckeIroW's place on the pro
gram in the discussion OF bovine
tuberculosis. but he was not familiar
enough with the subject to DO it
Justice. Il is con luSiOn that i t s
prevalence in Wisconsin is due to the
long paroi,! of the year during which
dairy stock in housed and the unSal-
tary condition of stables, is probably
correct. Its rapid spread since the
development OF the dairy industry
Is due to the use OF skim milk taken
home by farmers from creameries
or skimming stations and fed to
calves. Il h e system adopted by
the state for cradicating the disease
was explained.
Mr.. Griswold's subject, ID Dairy
Cows, interested everybody and
brought forth q storm of questions.
one dairy farmer said he was we'll
repaid for attending the institute by
hearing this one lecture. The speak
er showed very fOrcibly the import
ance OF culIing out the COWS which
were not paying for their keep and
detailed minuteIy how this can he
done. He also urged the Importance
OF breeding up the herd. The first
cost OF q thoroughbred sire is really
the only expense, as thereafter he
can be sold or exchanged for another
when necessary. The better bred and
more valuable the cattle, the better
care they receive and as a cOnse-
quence the more profitable they
prove. Calves should be taken from
the cow when two days old and feed
6 lbs. of fresh milk twice daily. Mr.,
Girls void kills the thoroughbred male
calves OF his herd, unless they are
perfect, as keeping them would prove
a loss.
The evening program was rendered
as published last week, the opera
house being we'll filled, most OF the
audience being young people.
The small attendance Friday
morning prevented the carrying out
OF the regular program.
In the afternoon Mr.. Bradley took
up the subject of Fruit Raising. He
recommended the following varieties
OF apples: Duchess, Yellow Trans
parent (hard to grow but excellent
in quality. Longfield, Wealthy
Whitney No. 20, Transcendent (goo(
but apt to blight, and Scott's Win
ter.
Set the orchard on high, well
drained land, trees sixteen feet aparr
and cultivate, having between th'
rows small fruit and vegetables il
rotation.
Raspberries, currants and simila
plants should besin rows seven fee
apart and set four feet apart in til
row.
Strawberries should be of tw'