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 some
apt comparisons about Wisconsin, its
people and sections and then intro
duced Prof. G. c. Humphrey of Mad
iscn, 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
cClsin 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 a result
it now leads all cher states in the
amount and value of dairy products.
He stated that there were many
kinds or breeds of dairy cattle and
that he was Eot 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 ard thus prove
their efficiency as dairy cattle. Mark
ing on points, ELLA May" and
Queen Woodgian," We're given first
and second places in rank in Mr..
Pritchard's fine herd on exhibition.
He showed the farmers how through
careful breeding the common COW
with only 100 pounds CT butter to
he~ credit for year can be made to
produce calves that will produce from
500 to 1000 pounds per year.
B. G. Packer, & commissioner from
the State Board of immigration at
Madison, followed Prof. Humphrey,
showing how his department worked
hand in hand with other depart
ments. 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
W;itirga his department for infcrma-
ton regarding various districts of
kept in touch with them and erdeav-
cred to interest them in locating in
the state.
Following this talk, Mr.. LewandOw.
xxi again entertained with solos and
Prof. Delwiche who for more than
three years been in charge of the
Stata eynarimoOtal farm at CDorath
spoke on forage crops. He first took
alfalfa, showed how it is a great soil
Regeneration, then pointed out its
commercial value and finally proved
Then clover and, timothy were also
discussed then hurnips, beets ant
mangles, 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
tatc., 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
few minutes to explain what is mean
by Crop Rotation, and why it is i'm
perative He advised a three or fou
year rotation for this district
Guernsey Breeders Elect
q
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:
Frank Stare, of Ladysmith,- pres