Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-06-19
COMMITTEE ARE
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Many From Sank County WI! At
tend Annual Farmers Field Day.
at Madison This Month

Great numbers of farmers and their
families from southern Wisconsin and
northern Illinois are expected to at
tend the annual Farmers Field Day
demonstration and picnic given by the
college of agriculture, Madison, Thurs
day and Friday, June rs and 27, so
farmers may acquaint themselves with
the work being done by the station.
e. L. Luther, superintendent of
farmers Institutes, is general chairman
of the arrangements committee. 9th
er members are Mrs Nellie Kedzie
Jones, l.. f. Graber, secretary of the
Alfalfa order; w. w. Wir of the Soils
department, and T. L. Bewick, state
boys and girls club leader.
Show Drainage Results
The committee plans to show visit
ors the university marsh of more than
100 acres, which is typical of marshes
in all other parts of the state. 1t has
been estimated that if the engineer
ing problems of this marsh could be
solved, the problems of all other state
marshes are solved. Parts of the
marsh are now producing bumper
crops. The marsh experiments have
been conducted under direction of E.
r Jones, secretary of the Wisconsin
Drainage association, and recognized
authority on drainage
Another feature to be shown is the
hill farm, where every conceivable for
age crop for hogs is planted and hogs
will be feeding there. Some CT the
country's greatest hog experts believe
Wisconsin has greater potentialities
than any other state because Of it's fa-
cilities for forage crops This work is
under the direction of F. B. Morrison
and Gus Bohstedt
Increase Fields Ready
A third feature is the agronomy de-
partmentR field crops where many va
rieties of high yielding grains are pro-
duced. This department has it's in
increase fields ready for inspection un-
der direction of r. Moore Among
the grains to be shown are Odebrecko
barley, Swedish Select oats, and varie-
ties of wheat, Golden Glow corn and
Silver K ,ng corn. These have proved
TO be the best grains and most highly
developed to resist rust or storm.
Alfalfa as a hay crop is another
featureSwhich, under H. F. Graber, it
is hoped to have ready to show the
farmers. Soil treatment trials and OK
periments will be made on both home
and hill farms, and will include expert
ments on how best to treat tho SOL
to maintain fertility by infusion of
lime and incubation of legumes.
One hundred varieties of spring
crops are being grown on the hill farm
and there are GA plats of wheat, oats
and barley. There are also hemp
plats.
Course for Young People
For the young people, members of
the girls and boys clubs, there will
be a course in charge of T. L. Bewick
and Miss Elizabeth Amery, state di-
rectOrs.
Miss Abbie Marlatt and Mrs. Nellie
Kedzie Jones will give an Eat home"
for all the visiting women They will
be shown labor saving devices and
child nutrition studies.
In previous years, large delegatiors
of farmers and their families have
come from Illinois. They have been
informed of the demonstration and
picnic and it is thought many vii
attend.
The families will bring lunches and
picnic under the trees on the shore
Of Lake Mendoza below Dean H. L.
Russel's residence.
Sauk County
Committeeman for Sauk county are:
Frank Morley, Baraboo: ]. w. Water
bury Prairie du Sac: Chas. Enge,
Sauk City; Wilbur Cahoon, Baraboo;
Riley Martiny, Baraboo; William
Giese, Loganville: Clifford Capener,
Baraboo; Harvey Grover, La Valle;
VIM. Halbersleben, Reedsburg: c.
Koenig, Loganville; VIM. Watershed,
Spring Green; Conrad G. Kruse, Lo-
ganville; George Hackett, North Free
dom A. T. Bruhn, Plain; Judge Evan
A. Evans, Baraboo; Miss Jessie Mar
tiny, Baraboo; A. III. Martin, Reeds
burg; George H. Hood, Baraboo.
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