Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-01
COLLEGE MOST
ADVANCED OF ANY IN THE
NATION
PLAN TO DAAiN 5000 ACRES O
DANE COUNTY LAND is
INTERESTING,
Madison, Sent. 26-


the high character of the agricultural
high schools of the state the wide in
| PRODUCTION OF agricultural instruction
In the common schools, and the speci-
alization of the isconsin AGRICULTURAL
experiment association along the sen
sible and practical line of breeding re-
liable seeds, all mark the evolution OF
state that, il the best sense If The
word, is truly modern, says John ].
hamilton writing in a recent issue Of
the Wisconsin Farmer.
THE question is, do colleges tend
TO pull boys away from the farm or 90
they send their graduates back to till
the soil better fitted to grapple with
the many problems and complexities
which are bound TO arise" continued
Mr.. Hamilton" Concerning the spleu,
did institution at Madison, the farmers
of Wisconsin have every reason to be
gratified with the results attained; for
it is very rarely the case that Il grad.
uate of the Wisconsin College of AEri-
culture can be induced to enter upon
any other work than that OF farming.
in some one of its numerous branches.
cM,,oei aart- etaoni shrdl cmfwy yb
Taking the short course as typical
of the work done there, we find that.
out of the total of some 1900 gradu-
ates, APO are actually located on
farms and engaged N farming All
but ninety-fve are directly or indi-
rectly interested in some phase Of
farming. This is magnificent
showing. No other class Of students
make a better record Nearly "a per
! cent. hold their interest in the work
| for which their parents trained them
Work that once was drudgery then
becomes interesting and so much
more profitable that opportunities are
eagerly sought IN this most important
: OF all professions Agricultural edu
cation in Wisconsin is a bright ana
shining reality"
The agronomy department Of the
| Wisconsin experimental station has
completed its harvesting and threshing
pleted It's harvesting and threshing
of small grains on experimental plots
and has reported a fine yield The
select Oderbrucker barley, which IL
the growth from the best 100 heads
on the best 100 plants reaped In
1898, yielded this year some 1000
bushels, with an average of 48 80
bushels per acre. Members Of tho
Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment
association. graduates OF the unive-.
sity, and their friends raised no less
than 100000 bushels Of this barley
this year, and there is now on hand
sufficient seed to SOW the entire bar
ley acreage Of the United States with
this select brand. An even finer
breed, the pedigreed barley, raised
from a single seed, produced AZ bush
first time the pedigreed barley has
been planted by the acre and as it
multiplies rapidly, it is estimated
that in four years there will be sufl-
cient seed to plant the entire barley
acreage of the world.
The University of Wisconsin's de-
partment of soils has made a prelim-
mary survey of the marsh lands Of
the town Of Rutland, midway between
Stoughton and Oregon, with a view
:. to the organization Of drainage dis
tTict, for which petition has been
! In, NV Il
Jones of the college Of agriculture,
who made the sketch of the proposed
drainage system, the fact Is empha-
sized that the area contains some s.
900 acres of land with an average fall
of feet to the mile. The surface
drainage could be accomplished by a
main ditch and laterals at an approx
innate cost Of S. an acre. Compared
with the certain benefits accruing
from such work as demonstrated by
! previous experiments in marsh drain
age in similar districts. the cost is
extremely small.
At the request of Secretary Hem
|
| lie club, Professor f. w. Woll chem
ist of the agricultural experiment sta
ton of the University of Wisconsin,
went to Jerseyville, H., to conduct
an official test of the Jersey COW Ja-
coba Irene, owned by A. o. Auten.
| This COW has made a phenomenal
production of over pounds or but
| ter fat for each day of the first s
months of her present lactation peri
cd and is now producing about 30
pounds Of milk daily, containing over
per cent of butter fat. Barring
accidents, she will receive credit for
production Of over $50 pounds of
butter fat equivalent to 1000 pounds
of butter, for the year which will
end January "a, 1909. This will
place her ahead of the famous
Guersney COW Weksa Sunbeam which
produced 1000 pounds of butter on
yearly test conducted three years ago
by the Wisconsin experiment station.
During her present lactation period
Jacoba Irene, is unlikely, however,
to better the record of yearly produc-
ton Of butter fat by a dairy COW,
1926 pounds, which is held At the
present time by the Wisconsin Hoi-
stein COW Colan ha Fourth's Johanna.
squirrel can bite deeper than a