River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-11-11
COUNTY AGENT NOTES
III. G.. Seyforth

| have just received information
| from two. companies that want to
| buy flax straw. The Klearfiax Linen
Rug Co., at Duluth, Mimi, offers $40
per ton f. o. b. the shipping station
| for good bales flax straw in car lots.
TIE Flaxlinum Insulating Co., at st.
Paul, Mimi, offers $12 per ton f. o. b.
Minnesota Transfer for dry, sound,
clean baled flax straw that does not
contain over 1870 foreign growth in
car lots. They are in the market for
| 10000 tons of straw this season.
They also offer $1,000 per ton for
good, dry, baled rye straw in car lots.
If you have not enough to make car
load probably your neighbor has some
so get together and ship a carload.
Ii you ship any wish you would in
form me and / will let the Company
know and give you shipping direc-
tions. We ought to be able to ship a
large amount from this county.
have just received number of
monthly milk sheets which | will
gladly get out to the farmers at cost,
which is 7 cents apiece. They are of
heavy cardboard and are just right
for the farmer who wants to weigh
his milk and keep track of it. ] can
also get standard milk scales for you
if you need set.
| can still handle a few orders for
alfalfa hay and if you intend to buy
any high protein content feed | don't
believe you can buy it any cheaper
than you can in alfalfa hay. The de-
mand is not very great for it just at
present so by buying it through other
county agents / am able to get it
cheaper than through Commission
house. The price will be around $25
to $27 ton delivered. Write or phone
me at once if you need any. Sell your
Timothy at $40 per ton and replace
it with alfalfa.
Thursday, November 18th, is the
day that every live stock breeder in
the county wants to be at the court
house at 2:30 O'Clock to hear Mr..
Houser, the president of the Wiscon-
sin Live stock Breeders Association.
speak. This meeting is your meeting
and whatever you make will be your
success. Plans are now being made
| for the betterment of the livestock in
Pierce county and you are called to
this meeting to give US your plans on
how we should do it. A Pierce County
Livestock order will be organized for
this purpose and you should be one Of
its charter members. Come early
and be a booster.
November Is and 10 is the Crop and
Poultry Show at the River Falls
Normal school. Are you getting
some grain, corn or poultry ready for
this show? If not, why not? This
show is open to st. Croix and Pierce
counties. We as farmers of Pierce
county should win our, share of the
premiums. This show is held each
year to stimulate the growing of pure
bred grains and the improvement of
poultry. The grain and corn that
wins the top premiums at this show
will be sent to the state Grain and
Corn Show to be held at La Crosse
in January. If there are some very
good samples of grain and corn, we
will probably send them to the Inter-
national Grain and Hay Show at Chi
cago the first of December. So be
careful in the selection of the grain
for this show as it must be free from
all foul stuff and mixed grains. 1t
necessary pick it over by hand and
leave nothing but the bright and
plump kernels in the sample. On
Friday there will be poultry culhng
demonstration and talk on the use
and value of limestone for field crops.
If you want a premium list write or
phone me. You can list or enter your
samples with ME, and l will see that
they are entered and delivered on
time. will also be glad to help you
in the selection of your samples II
you wish. Let's put Pierce county
on the map for the best grain exhibit
in the northwest.