Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-01-14

ln,,1 All we received a Incense 10
go tne Tuberculin Test. Two herds
peen tested for tuberculosis but
~ eYloehce of disease has been found.
we're requested by several farmers
0enorn their COWS and bulls, so we
- n.siiased Keystone dehorner and
ING the year have dehorned hun
aSas OF animals and made as many
atlons. This work is in constant
|klEsnldhd. Should hog cholera occur Ill
s I'M. county we could also give the ser
III treatment for that, as well as the
SViilent for black-leg in cattle.
1ur plot work was carried on with
Attle more land than last year but
eue 10 the excessively cold and rainy
eason the best of results were not
N posslole Some good results however,
M were secured.
A Inc effect of lime on alfalfa was
.'Rclearly shown. On a quarter OF an
|4lacre OF alfalfa, the east half was not
.illed and the west half was lined at
KRlne rate Of three tons to the acre
me frst season both halves had good
gfoWth but the unlimed half was yell
lio@lsh green and the lined half was
bright dark green. The second sea-
son the unlimed portion failed entirely
ana grew UP to weeds, while the lmed
iisH grew luXuriantly. While IN
country where clover thriyes as II
uoes here, alfalfa is not all important,
Dut SO many people are interested IN
II That we ought to know whether II
ID can be grown successfully or not. we
nave seen from our plots and from
piots IN different parts OF the county
Lnat II the land is lined and lnocuiateu
and correctly treated to destroy weeds,
alIalla can be grown successfully ana
VIII yield three crops a year.
Soy beans can be grown nicely,
though carry frOsts will prevent ripe
SEED from being produced.
Sweet clover Will grow under the
same conoluonS and treatment as az
rama, ana is just as yaIuaOIe a crop Iol
sllase, nay or green manure. SeVeral
|tisAAFRivIs Oh analIa nave Deen starred III
Il uIsterent parts or the county, ana son
81 foiAlnoculaClon secured from our ploI
here. ~
Equal lplots OF Green Mountain anu
Rural New lOrKer potatoes were
grown Ior Compare > to yleIu,
Il CROWN, aIsease resistance, etc, Do'
n une carry IrusI prevented satisfactory
II results.
Considerable interest has been
shown aunng the year in parn anu
n poultry house building. Some new
n Darns nave been DuIIL with the Aims
N yenuIaIlon system and several open
"A 'front.' poultry houses nave been Duill
a from pans araWn at TINS once.
4 Previous to TINS year the county mao
4 four siIos. rms year nine more nave
been putt. Inc engineering Depart
ment OF the College OF Agriculture
i IurnIshed us with a sLeel silo form anu
TINS enaDled the farmers to construc'
Reir own silos. A s1lo II 50 rect
&and all or concrete, cost apou'
Ne ii erected by contractor
F6aTT.-SrceSt from $500 to S5UO
= yS.w1tnese concrete sllos we're puil. Il,
se.f s$sse VINO desired d cheaper sllo' "a "
~ NOT could later be moved II de-
l.sired, puilt concrete PIT anu eIeo '.71
S5lo of 2 X AS asd quilt a Jumper
4 Taof one such sllo was Dullt IL a
cost OF about $33. This will
4hoId iced enough Tor TO COWS IoI
a six months several more had al
Il plans Tor building but due TO the IAN
II ure OF the corn crop decided TO wall
until next season. There Will be
eeyzrge number OF silUs built next sum
Sener.
In September, an exhibit of agrl-
cultural products was taken to the
1 Staue Fair at Milwaukee. While 1t is
somewhat dincult Tor a pioneer coun-
ty to compete with the older agrlcul-
tural counties, our exhibits OF grasses,
grains, vegetables and potatoes were
very good and created considerable IN
terest We believe the venture was
good advertisement for the county.
n During the summer, we purchased
Sruit trees, laid out and planted two
orcnards, on request; one tor Mr.. Wal
leck OF Eagle River, the other Tor Mr..
Winchester OF Winchester.
TWO fertilizer experiments were car
ried on, one on the farm Of Theodore
Christensen OF COuoyer and the other
on tire farm of Henry Schmidt OF Eag-
lie River. The first pCt froze 100 early
to show any result on the crop al
though the growth of vines showed
the effect OF the fertilizer plainly. The
results on Henry Schmidts farm were
so remarkable that they deserve more
than passing mention. On the plot
fertllized with potash, phosphorus and
nitrogen, the yield was 1876 bushel to
the acre, on the plot fortified with
potash and phosphorus, 176 bushel to
the acre and on the plot not treated
with fertilizer IS busheI to the acre.
The results tend to show that on land
that has been cropped heavily, fertil-
izer pays for itself many times over.
1t would cost about $500 to fertil-
ize an acre and the increased yield
was l44 bushels Of potatoes On fer
tile land, however no such results can
be obtained.
The office Of Agricultural Represent
ative serves as distributing point
for agricultural Information. Bulle-
tins, circulars, posters and other ma
terlals are received and mailed out to
the farmers, During the year, hun
dreds OF letters OF inquiry are receiv-
ed some from people having bought
ala ana wanting some information
or advice about it, the rest from per-
n sons wishing to buy land. Letters of
inquiry received at the College of Ag-