Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-01-26

yield and comparison with common
varieties grown on the same field
2. CO-operator agrees to exhibit one
bushel Of his crop at the field pota-
to show to be held in this commun-
ity.
3. The Representative will visit each
field during the growing season and
assist the farmer in detecting and
removing vines Of foreign variety.
4. At digging time a field meeting OF
the association will be held Oh a rep
resentative field in each community,
and the potatoes dug, culls and I'M
marketable potatoes weighed and the
yield of pure grade compared with
the common varieties.
Cooperation
A.. e. McGill, A. H. Plant, Sam Nc
Candless, l.. l.. Markham, f. S. Dean,
F. L. Dean. j. A. Schmidt, Thos
Gunderson, Henry Heents, P. D. Han
son, V. V. Miller, d. H. Richards,
J. S. Schmidt, Edw Rheingans, Don.
r. Burns, Sam Johnson, A A. Had
den, Frank Ryall, VIM Austin, L..
G. Streater, p r. Stoker, Warren
Moore, Andrew overly. j. J. Haasl,
r. B. Macdonald, John w. Diederlch,
Joseph Crabb, members of Ladysmlth
Potato Growers Association.
c.. P. Coon, e. d. Stahl, j. u. Arpin,
+. A. Address. Geo. Chamberlain, B..
A. Finney, E. E. Ward, Geo. FOX, ID.
E. Fletcher, l. S. Haney, ]. G. Riser,
L. j. Atwood, Emmett Brown, j. Bank
er and H. Kater. members OF the
Potato Growers Association.
f. Mathey, Allen Cocroft, O. ~.
Bjerke, Anton Daniels, J. E. Smart,
Lawrence Koehler, John Larsen, j..
M. Hurless, N. NJ. Blain, E. HUI
ard S. Zuber, NJ. Kochor. William
Wise, Henry Piper, James Barley,
members Of the WeyerhaeGser Pota-
to Growers Association.
Results
Reports Of yield and disease con-
ditiOns will he reported to the COL
| lege of Agriculture in summary form
and will be used by the representa-
| tive in the pure seed potato cam
paign during the winter of 1916 and
the spring Of 1917. AS a result of
this potato work the farmers of
Rusk county are holding today over
1900 bushels Of pure inspected seed
potatoes for Which they have been
offered from fifty to saventy-fiVe
cents per bushel above the market
price for fancy table stock. These
growers will send a splendid exhibit
| to represent Rusk county at the
State Potato Growers Show.
Boys and Girls Club Work
| | have enlisted 1913 Rusk county
boys and girls in a pure seed po-
tato campaign. We worked this
year under the following plan:
Cooperation
Three hundred and twenty eight
Rusk county school children in sew
enteen townships of Rusk county.
Object:
| To disseminate pure bred certified
seed potatoes over the entire coun-
ty and to have them grown in com
! parisOn with common varieties.
Method Of Procedure:
Each co-operator will be lent one
peck of pure certified seed potatoes
of one Of the following varieties
Green Mountain, Rural New Workers
or Burbanks, upon signing the follow
ing agreement
l hereby enroll as a member of the
Potato Club. / agree to read care
fully all instructions, do my work
faithfully, and to report promptly as
directed. l also agree to return to
| G. NJ Householder one peck and one
half Of potatoes from my field this
fall,
Age. Township. ..... School
District. Date. -. Address.
! variety .........
/. The co-0perators in each com
munity will organize into boys and
girls Potato Clubs
2. The club will hold a meeting
each month at which time the Coun-
ty Representative will be present and
advise with the members in methods
Of growing first class seed potatoes.
3. The Co-operators will exhibit
one peck of pure seed potatoes at
the Club Show to be held in the
community at digging time.
Results
Results of the yield Of these three
varieties on the various soils in the
County will be reported to the Crl
lege of Agriculture and to the Sec
rotary of the state Potato Growers
Association. Seed grown by the
children will be disseminated among
the farmers for use in 1917.
Rusk County Farmers may justly
feel proud of their boys and girls.
Almost without exception they have
sent in their peck and one-half OF
seed as pronisd and have submitted
complete report of the seasons work
BY this club work I have introduced
pure bred seed potatoes into all ex
fcept two townships Of the County
The boys and girls have five hundred
bushels of choice pure bred seed pc
tatoes for sale
Demonstration Plots
A demonstration in the growth OF
root crops was run at the Poor Farm
Glen Flora and at the State Demon
stration Farm, Conrath, cooperating
, with superintendent Bergstrom an(
Professor DelWiche. The object was
to determine the variety of roots
best adapted to Rusk County and t6
demonstrate that large fields of roo
crops can be grown on our heavy
, clay soils. The Monarch Rutabags
proved to be the best yielder ant
most resistant to unfavorable sea
conditions A vip16 OVp1