Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-01-14
COUNTY AGENT TALK
ON 1920 PROSPECTS
BETTER FARMING AND BETTER
LIVING GO HAND In HIND
MR.. DAVIES SAYS.
A FEW GOOD HINTS.
The New Year.

year Let US enter 1t with dotepmin-
alton and high purpose, resolved to
make 1920 our year of hardest effort
and greatest achievement May it be
year of happiness, too, the pleasure
and satisfaction that come from
thrifty live stock, clean corn rows,
and comfortable homes, and the con-
tentment that is the heritage of the
folks who help nature blend the sun
shine and the rain and the soil into
,, food for all mankind.
To Make Chickens Lay.
Question. What should be done to
chickens that do not lay? They are
fed barley and oats and have a warm
coop.
Answer. Add skimmilk, either
sweet or sour, mix up mash of one
part bran, one part ground oats, one
part cornmeal, three-fourths part
beef scraps, by weight Keep this be-
fore them all the time in a hopper;
feed dry. Add corn to the barley and
oats and make them work hard for it
in deep litter. Keep oyster shells
and grit before them all the time
Feed daily some green feed, such as
cabbage, beets or sprouted oats AS
far as possible, try to initiate sum-
mer conditions, with a variety of
feed, plenty of exercise and good wat
erat all times.
A Resolution.
Come on now farmers altogether.
This year, 1920, let's resolve and car
ry it Out--we are going to use only
purebred bulls. Yes, we know that
there are poor purebreds, but we are
not going to buy or use that kind A
purebred sire at the head Of your
herd will help you produce more milk
or more beef at better profit. If
community and Grant county a good
turn, real service, USE ONLY PURE
BRED SIRES.
Fine Work! Keep Coming!
The County Agent, right now, is
helping farmers get purebred animals
as follows:
milking strain Shorthorn bulls; 2
Shorthorn females; a few extra good
ewes; 4 Silver Laced Wyandotte
roosters, and a White Leghorn cock
erel. All must be purebreds Yes,
and they must be good ones.
Start Right.
We can help you get rid of that
grade or scrub bull of yours and save
you money Start the year right.
OWN OR USE A PUREBRED.
State Fair Dates Fixed.
The next wisconsin State Fair will
be held during the week of August 80
to September a. Grant county will
be represented in many departments
and by many people from all parts Of
the county The state fair is our
fair, for our benefit, for the promo
ton of our farms, homes, schools and
communities At this fair Grant
county is planning to have:
l. A county exhibit of farm crops.
2. All educational exhibit from the
schools of the county
8. County exhibits of Guernseys,
Angus and Shorthorns.
4. Numerous individual exhibits of
hogs, farm crops, honey and other
products.
Arrangements for these exhibits
should be made in connection with
local exhibits at the Boscobel, Bloom
ington Platteville and Lancaster
fairs. Let us all work together and
start early.
Tell the County Agent.
Who wants to loan. 100000 on a
farm worth from 5000 to S$30,000?
Who wants to rent a farm? Who
wants to buy some purebred Jersey
cows, some grade Jerseys, some high
grade Guernseys, some Hereford
bulls ready for service, some, Angus
cattle, a Scotch Shorthorn bull or a
Guernsey bull calf? Tell the County
Agent!
Swiss ChaaSo
Two communities in the county are
looking forward to starting Swiss
Cheese factories. In Patch Grove
township, the necessary funds have
been collected and the factory seems
assured. This will mean better dairy
methods to be adopted and more pro-
fits secured.
At. the Peoples School, in District
No. 2. Cassville, meeting to consid-
er dairying and cheese making was
held last Friday evening. There was a
good attendance and an interesting
meeting The County Agent was pres
ent and outlined what he considered
essential to the greatest success to
those who may plan to patronize and
finance a cheese factory First of all.
to expect success in dairying, we must
use dairy cattle. Don't expect sue
cess with beef animals or scrub cows
of no breeding. Second, know the
production of each COW by belonging
to a COW testing association; then
get rid of all improbable COWS.
Third. use a pure bred sire of known
breeding and thus breed up your herd
for a greater production each gener-
alton Fourth, as community, use
only one breed of dairy cattle. Work
with your neighbors to build up not
only a strong cooperative dairy in
dustry, but a community that does
these things will adopt better meth
DDS of feeding. will furnish comfort
able barns with light. water and ven
tilation to house the disease free
herds of profitable live stock.
GEOPCE w. DAVIES
County Agric. Agent