Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-24
Farm Items


The surest way to let the other fell
low know what you have is to adver-
tise. The breeding season is here.
Many are the inquiries. We have in
the office list of all kinds of live
stock that are offered for sale by the
farmers in the county and we want
to have the opportunity to send this
information to others who wish to
buy good pure bred sires, grade or
pure bred COWS, or other kinds of
livestock for breeding purposes. 1t
will also pay farmers to use the clas-
sified ad columns in the newspapers
of the county to advertise what you
have for sale. Your neighbors are
watching the newspaper columns
when in need of good sire Try a
want ad in your local paper. 1t costs
but little and gets results.
How many pigs do you average to
the litter? On some farms, an aver
age of four or five is all that is ex-
pected. On others, seven or eight
pigs to the litter are raised What
causes the difference? Every farm
er should be interested in studying
this out on his own farm Mr. Milton
H. Scott, of the Wisconsin College of
Agriculture, who is widely experience
ed in feeding and fattening hogs, has
selected two farms in Grant county
to conduct feeding demonstrations.
In cooperation with the County
Agent, experiments were started on
the farms of William Rich, of the
town of Liberty, with his herd of Pol
and China sows, and William Frank
enhoff, of the town of Hickory Grove,
with Duroc Jersey herd The sows
will be weighed every thirty days, ac-
curate records kept of feeds consum-
ed, and an account made of each lit
ter as to number and condition. At
the close of the demonstration, prob
ably about weaving time, public
meeting will be held at each farm to
explain methods used and results.
Certainly the question of the care
and feeding of the brood sow is an
important one for Grant county
Farmers who provide dry sleeping
quarters for their brood sows, feed
right, and give them plenty of exer-
else daily, may expect good results
at narrowing time.
Farmers Institutes Soon.
How may we keep down produc-
ton costs and secure better markets
These are questions which farmers
must answer in order that they may
keep in the race with other occupa-
tions. Our Farmers Institutes to be
held at the following places are going
to try to help answer some of these
questions:
January Clint Hope.
January S-9-Montfort and North
Andover.
January 13-14-Muscoda
January -Boscobel
January 26-3O-Platteville
Only as we attend these meetings
can we expect to get benefit from
them. Agricultural production must
be organized Farmers can no longer
go along in an uncertain manner
Farmers must get together; must or
ganize These Institutes will help tC
do these things.
| Farmers from most every other state
are coming to Wisconsin for grade
dairy cattle in car lots. We must
grow up better herds of grade dairy
| cattle This means that more farm
ers must use pure bred bulls.
Wisconsin farmers must create q
| larger demand for milk, butter and
cheese. Let's work up greater mar
ket and produce milk at the season OF
high prices.
Wisconsin farmers must grow crops
which will help to cut out buying
high priced feeds and at the same
time grow out their cattle and pro-
duce more milk This means grow
legumes-protein feed.
Pork production should be an adj
junct of darying on every farm
whether in the whole milk, cheese or
creamery sections. Wisconsin farm
ers must come to feeding hogs more
profitably than they have.
Wisconsin is thirteenth in the val
ue of poultry products. This is all
wrong. Wisconsin should not i'm
port eggs and poultry meats.
Grant county has too much sour or
acid SOIL Our farmers should get
together and secure lime in car lots
and cooperate in securing lime SOW
ers.
These Institutes will discuss such
things. They are for men. women,
boys and girls. All Come. Bring ex-
hibitS to the grain shows.