Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-09-24
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FARM NOTES.
Test Your Cows Free.
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leSL &OuT LOWS Free
Several Grant county farmers have
taken advantage of the federal law
and have had their cattle tested for
tuberculosis, free Of charge. There is
| now a state law which encourages
all the farmers of a community to
/ join together and secure free service.
The new law offers the test free where
all persons delivering milk or cream
/ to two or more cheese factories or
creameries will join in a petition to
the State Department of Agriculture
showing that they own Jointly 300
head of cattle or more. When such
petition is filed, the department bears
the entire expense. This method of
free testing is another step in the eff
fort being made by the State Depart
ment of Agriculture to stamp out tu-
berculosis in Wisconsin. Every cit
izen, using milk, butter, or cheese as
food, should demand that the COWS
producing the milk should be free
from tuberculosis. Let US hear from
those interested in this movement.
BeekeeperS' School for Grant County.
All that is necessary to secure a
beekeepers' school for Grant county
is to secure the signature of 25 bee
Keepers, saying that they will attend
this school for at least two days. We
have $50 beekeepers in the county.
three day meeting of this kind
should result in better methods of
handling bees, more interest in the
work, and a uniform price for the
best of all sweets, which is honey.
Send a postal card, saying that you
want the school.
Fall Flowing Will Mean Fewer Cut
worms Next Year.
Any trouble with cutworms last
spring? Did they cause you to re-
plant your corn? One farmer is now
husking a field of corn that is Weld
ing IS bushels of corn per acre. A
perfect stand of corn on this same
ground without any extra expense
in planting or cultivation would cas-
lily yield 100 bushels per acre. Cut
worms cause most of the trouble. It
is worthwhile to plan now to get the
extra Is bushels Of corn per acre
next year. Fall blowing will help.
REFINING Milk Cans.
Are you interested in having your
old worn rusty milk cans resoddered
and retinned? The expense is not
great and the work will add greatly
to the life of the can and also make
1t a better utensil in which to carry
milk. The cost ranges from $1.0O to
$1.50 per can, plus transportation
charges to the plating works at Man
ltowoc. Bring in your tin cans if
you are interested.
National Dairy Show.
From October 6-12, the National
Dairy Show will be held at the In
ternational Amphitehater at Chicago.
More than 1000 head of the best dairy
cattle of the land will be on exhibit
ton. The most recent and valuable
information pertaining to all lines of
the dairy industry will be given out
You will have a chance to see the
most fodern machinery and equip
ment for the dairy barn or cheese and
butter factory. Trucks, tractors, and
silos will be exhibited with a horse
show every night. This will be the
greatest dairy show in the land.
Last Call for Seed Corn.
Did you observe Seed Corn Week
and get two years supply? If ev-
cry one of Grant county's 200 r{ral
schools selected 10 bushels of seed
corn the past week, it will add 1000
bushels of choice sed to our annual
supply. Two things are essential in
every case: AS soon as the corn is
picked, place it where it will get ar
tlticlal heat and plenty of ventilation.
This means high termination and Wig
orous, early maturing corn the next
season.