Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-01-21
SMALL BUT EARNEST CROWD
DISCUSSES PROBLEMS
DIR. Porter Tells of Farmers Institute
Held Last Thursday and Friday

The Farmers Institute at Virouua,
January Is and 16, was attended by a
small but earnest body of farmers who
took part in the discussions and made
it interesting for all. The meetings
were held in the high school auditori-
UNI and were attended by the young
men of the High School who paid good
attention to the discussions.
Mr. Clark, the conductor, opened the
meeting and called upon the poultry
expert from the experiment station
who during the day gave two excellent
lectures on poultry raising. Main
points in getting winter eggs: Have
pullets Matched in April, and during
winter season feed oats, barley, wheat,
corn, cabbage, mangels and give wa
tar thrice daily. Feed also oyster
shells and crushed granite or broken
crockery or glass. Skim milk or meat
scrap to furnish protein. In winter,
light the poultry house with electric
| light or lantern hung there before
daylight and ten per cent more eggs
are gotten. Geo. Fisher uses electric
lighting and got 95 eggs in one day
lately. So have the light wires run
to the poultry mansion.
Mr.. Clark advocated the pure bred
SiC loA tuC udiI y HcIO- ne WOULD
breed up the common stock and not at
first raise full bloods. / tried that
plan nearly 80 years and it is good.
But in these days of high land and
plenty of money why not buy a full
blood COW or two and gradually get
into full bloods. | sold 100 week-old
heifer calves 199-200 full blood for 50
each and the bull calves for veal. NV
neighbor sold full blood heifer calves
for $25 each and his bull calves for
nearly that. There are a lot more
suckers now to buy blooded stock than
there used to be so let the boys raise
it. Market demands it. Europe needs
our full blood cows. Let US raise
more.
Mr.. Graf reported purchase of num-
bers of pure bred bulls. These should
be an Exchange" in the county where
men could exchange sires they have
had long enough. Many a fine bull
has gone to the stockyards long before
he should have gone.
There was a good discussion of
swine breeding.
On the second day Supt. Luther was
present and spoke on feeding; talked
on fat soluble and water soluble vita
mines, and told of the 700 rats at the
station which are fed different foods
for experimental purposes. Mrs. I'D.
Beck aided greatly in the discussions
and ought always to be given a place
on every dairy program. One wicked
fellow remarked she would be a id
sight better on the program than some
of the imported help. The institute
here was good one but not one whit
better than the farmers can get up for
themselves in every community in this
county. There is latent talent hidden
away in every school district enough
to carry on a real good one day farm
ers' meeting of three sessions. Hope
Mr.. Graf can arrange for dozen such
farmers meetings. C. V.P.
The Institutes at Coon Valley and
Chaseburg on the 18th and 14th, and
at Retreat the Viroqua dates, were
much the same as ours in attendance
and general helpfulness. The even
ing meetings at each place were es-
pecially well ATTENDED and interesting.
These farmer ''gst-togethers" cannot
occur too often FOR the general good
of the community, and they should be
supplemented community club work
and frequent rural meetings to foster
strong bonds of friendship and CO.
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