Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-10-07
FINE SHOWING OF
TIE UNIVERSITY
AGRICULTURE COLLEGE MOST
ADVANCED OF ANY IN THE
NATION
PA sAlN 5000 ACRES +
go COUNTY LAND is
INTERESTING.
Madison. Oct.

3 than in Wisconsin. The excellence OF
j the Wisconsin college Of agsiculture-
the high characte.- Of the agricultural
! high schools OF the state the wide in
PRODUCTION or 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
a state that, in the best sense of the
/ word, is truly modern, says John J.
I hamilton writing in a recent issue of
the Wisconsin Farmer
The question is, do colleges tend
to pull boys away from the farm or do
they send their graduates back 10 till
the soil better fitted to grappIe with
the many problems and complexities
! which are bound 10 arise contin led
Mr., Hamilton" Concerning the splen-
did institution at Madison, the farmers
of Wisconsin have every reason to be
gratiied with the results attained: for
/ 1t is very rarely the case that a grad
uate of the Wisconsin College of Agri-
culture can be Induced TO enter upon
any other work than that of farming,
/ in some one of its numerous branches
cM,,,,el aart- etaoni sllrdl cmfvy vb
Taking the short course as typical
of the work done there, we find that.
out of the total of some 1900 gradu-
ates, 1920 are actually located on
farms and engaged in farming. All
but ninety-five are directly or indi-
rec ly interested in some phase of
farming. This Is magnificent
showing. No other class of students
make better record. Nearly "a per
cent, hold their interest in the work
for which their parents trained them
Work that orce was drudgery then
becomes interesting and so mufJ'
more prcatable that opportunities al
eagerly es9as~ht in this most importa
of all f---=--==ssions Agricultural eG
cation in Wisconsin is a bright az
shining reality"
The agr0nomy department of the
Wisconsin experimental station has
completed its harvesting and threshlng
pleted its harvesting and threshing
, OF small grains on experimental plots,
! and has reported a fine yield. The
: select Oderbrucker barley. which is
/ 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 4S 2-10
bushels per acre. Members OF the
} Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment
, association graduates of the univec-
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 40 bush
els this year on an acre. This Is the
arst time the pedigreed barley has
+ been planted by the acre, and as it
+ nultiplies rap dly it Is estimated
. that in four years there will be suffi-
+ cient seed to plant the entire barley
acreage Of the world
: The University of Wisconsin's de-
q partment Of soils has made a prelim-
mary survey of the marsh lands OF
the town Of Rutland, midway between
stoughton and Oregon, with view
- to the organization of drainage dis
trict. for which a petition has been
+ prepared. In a report by % X.
8 Jones of the college Of agriculture,
!. who made The sketch of the proposed
r drainage system. the fact is empha-
e sized that the area contains some s.
o 900 acres Of land with an average fall
G Of feet 10 the mile. The surface
|. drainage could be accomplished by
r main ditch and laterals at an approx
{. innate cost OF Sc an acre. Compared'
t with the certain benefits accruing
from such work, as demonstrated by
d previous experiments in marsh drain
[ age IN similar districts, the cost is
a extremely small.
: At the request Of Secretary Hem
ingway Of the American Jersey Cat.
lie club. Professor F. w VOL. chem
isi Of the agricultural experiment sta
ton Of the University of Wisconsin,
went 10 Jerseyville, H., to conduct
, an official ten OF the Jersey cow ia
coba Irene, owned by A. O. Auten.
This COW has made a phenomenal
production of over 3 pounds OF but
, ter fat for each day Of the frs 6
months of her present lactation PERI
, cd and is now producing about so
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 viii
place her ahead Of the famous
Guersuey COW Weksa Sunbeam which
produced 1000 pounds Of butter on a
yearly test conducted three years ago
by' the Wisconsin experiment station.
During her present lactation period
Jacoba Irene, is unlikely, however,
20 better the record Of yearly produc-
ton Of butter fat by dairy COW,
99s 26 pounds which Is held at the