River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-11-25
Crop. and Poultry
Show Great Success

The Crop and Poultry Show that
was held last week was the most
successful of its kind ever held here.
This is Thea second TIME that poultry
was included in the show, and the en-
tries this year were double that of
last. There were 257 birds shown.
There were AZ exhibitors of poultry
and 43 exhibitor, of crops.
The Judging of poultry was done
by Professor Hayes of the University
of Wisconsin, and Professor Briggs
judged the crops. A program was
carried out Friday afternoon. Prof.
Hayes gave very interesting DEM
onstration on culling poultry. This
was one of the finest talks on poultry
We ever had here. Professor Briggs
! gave an excellent talk on lining and
alfalfa.
The educational exhibits attracted
a great deal of attention. These
exhibits were largely arranged by
students Of the Normal school. Prob
ably the one attracting the most at
tention was milk exhibit. This
showed the food value of milk COM
pared with our common foods. Many
were very much surprised at the high
value of milk and the fact that it is
the cheapest food one can buy. This
exhibit was very -attractively arrang-
ed. Another exhibit that proved in
teresting was one of farm layout.
A farm was represented, showing
poorly arranged fields and poor salec-
tion of crops, which were growing.
Right next to it was the same farm
with well laid-out fields and rota-
ton of crops was found growing. 1t
showed very forcibly the importance
of having a well laid out, even sized
fields and the value OF a rotation In
the same exhibit was a series OF farm
buildings well arranged, showing the
value of having attractive and we'll
arranged buildings. A lime exhibit
showed by pictures the value Of lime
to many Of our crops and also SAM
Piles of rock in this vicinity were ex-
hibited. An analysis of these rocks
has shown that our rock has superior
value for lime purposes. The method
of testing soil for acidity was also
shown, as well as weeds that are COM
monty found on acid soil. The crop
exhibit showed the varieties of pedi-
greed grains that are suitable to this
county. The common diseases that
effect our common grains also were
shown. A series Of charts indicating
the feed value of our different crops
and the acreage of our different crops
in Pierce county were shown The
value of pure-bred sire was shown
by a series of charts. A large map
Of Pierce county, showing the number
in each township. gave the infornia-
tion that the percentage of purebreds
in this county is very low. A recent
survey indicated only 1870. The uni
versity of Wisconsin had a large
exhibit covering the entire east wall
of the gymnasium. This was very
attractively arranged, and the series
of pictures entitled, "The Farm That
Jack Built" proved very interesting
and instructive.
The Agricultural Department plans
two main forms of activity during
the year: The Stock Show in the
spring and the Crop land Poultry
show in the winter. The business
men and citizens of River Falls pro-
vide the, finances for handling the
Stock Show. This Stock Show has de-
veloped to such an extent that it is
getting a statewide reputation. The
Crop and Poulty Show is financed en-
tirely by the Agrifallian society. This
Organization is a group of young men
attending the Normal School, who are
taking the agricultural course. The
manner in which this winter show
has been developed indicates that IN
the future this will be an event that
will be well known in this section OF
the state.- The following were the
prize winners:
Poultry Exhibitors
White Leghorn
Cock-1st, Fred Hanson
Cockerel-1st, C. " Scott; 2nds G. ".
Scott.
Hen-1st, C. v. Scott; End, t. Thorn
son.
Pufiet-1st, Fred Hanson; End, Neil
Taylor.