Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-08-23
WAS BIC SUCCESS
FARMERS DAY DRAWS BIG
CROWD DESPITE WEATHER
GUERNSEY BREEDERS ELECT
Frank Stare, Of Ladysmith, Elected
President of Association

Despite the weather, over 800 peo-
pie attended the big Farmers Day
celebration at Conrath last Saturday
and all felt the day was not spent
in vain and agreed that vast
amount of common sense knowledge
of stock-raising and forage crops had
been impaired by the speakers.
The day opened, like narly all pic
mic days, rainy, but along about ten
o'clock it cleared up and by noon the
little village was filled with farmers,
many coming ten miles and some
even farther.
About 100 o'clock, B. F. Faast, of
the Faast Land Co., called the meet
ing together in the North Wisconsin
Seed Co.'S large warehouse and Geo.
Lewandowski, of Milwaukee, rendered
a couple of excellent bass solos.
Following this Mr. Faast drew som
apt comparisons about Wisconsin, its
people and sections and then intro
duced Prof. G. c. Humphrey of Mad
ison, of the department of animal
husbandry of the State University.
Prof Humphrey started by point
ing out that 1--we stock raising is an
essential part of a farmers business;
that cattle are of two kinds, dairy
end beef types. That though Wis
cCl.sin can raise the beef type to
good advantage, this state is better
adapted to dairy cattle than any other
state in the union, and as result
it now leads all .::ier states in the
amount and value of dairy products.
He stated that there were many
kirds or breeds of dairy cattle and
that he was Tot going to extOl the
advantages of any one breed over
the others Yet he was glad to note
that the people of this county had
selected a good breed, the Guernsey.
With the Guernsey cattle, from the
Pritchard farm on exhibition close
by he proceeded to demonstrate
their good points and thus prove
their efficiency as dairy cattle. Mark
ing on points, ELLA May" and
Queen Woodglan," We're given first
and second places in rank in Mr..
Pr;tchard's fine herd on exhibition.
He showed the farmers how through
careful breeding the common COW
with only 100 pounds CT butter to
her credit for year can be made to
produce calves that will produce from
900 to 1000 pounds per year.
B. G. Packer, commissioner from
the State Board of immigration at
showing how his department worked
hand in hand with other depart
nents. He explained how statistics
were compiled of the various crops,
and in regard to animal husbandry.
He stated that people from different
parts of the world We're constantly
whiting his department for informa-
ton regarding various districts of
Wisconsin and how this department
kept in touch with them and endeav-
cred to interest them in locating in
the state.
Following this talk, Mr.. LewandoW-
ski again entertained with solos and
three years been In charge of the
state experimental farm at Conrath,
spoke on forage crops. He first took
alfalfa, showed how it is great soil
regenerator, then pointed out its
commercial value and finally proved
that it is adapted to this climate.
Then clover and timothy were also
discussed, then turnips, beets and
manglcs, showing their uses as
feeds for live stock. The food value
Of grains was discussed
He spoke of large returns from
potatoes but to produce these re-
turns one must have a standard po
tato In this department he was as
sisted by Prof j. A. Waegli, of the
experimental station at Spooner. Fol
lowing this talk, the latter took a
few minutes to explain what is mean
by Crop Rotation, and why it is i'm
perative. He advised a three or foul
year rotation for this district
Guernsey Breeders Elect
During the earlier part of the da,
the Rusk County Guernsey Breeders
Association with a hundred members
held meeting and elected as Off
GERS for The following year: