The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-12-23
BADGER STATE
HAPPENINGS


and Fred l.. Holmes were appointed
as a general committee to plant the
inauguration of John j. Blaine as gov
ernor and the other state officers.
The committee will be enlarged to
twenty-five members.
Over $4,000 in premiums is being dis
tributed by the Price County Agricul-
tural society. This is the largest
amount ever paid in one year by the
society and is due largely to the fact
that the stock exhibit at the fair this
year was much larger than in previous
years.
A unit of the federalized National
| guard has been organized at Viroqua
| as Troop d, First w. N. G. cavalry,
| having seventy-five members. The
unit was mustered in and inspected
| by Maj II. c. Dagley of the United
States cavalry, At least $4,000 in
federal government equipment will be
supplied.
A wood lot for every farm, not as a
park or hunting preserve, but as a
| convenient place from which to secure
| small timber for farm use, is urged
| by Lincoln County Farm Agent A. II.
Cole, who says a county farm agent
should encourage a wood lot just the
same as he is encouraging cattle
breeding and grain culture.
Wisconsin cities were recently visit
ed by Argentine cattle buyers in
search of Holstein milch COWS. Six
teen of the thirty head purchased were
! found in the herds of Wisconsin breed
ers. William Brothers of Templeton,
John Hetts of Fort Atkinson, Aitken
Brothers of Waukesha, Otto Erdman
of Waterloo, S. B. Simons of Sullivan
and the Jefferson county farm con
/ tributed to the sales.
Wisconsin dairy herds are gradually
being cleaned of tuberculosis, accord
! ing to DR.. J. c. Healey of the United
States department of agriculture, who
is cooperating with state officials in
their efforts TO rid the industry of tu-
berculin stock. In October, 1876 herds
were accredited as free from disease
his records show. OF the "a counties
in which the work was undertaken,
Green county led with 20 herds, it was
said. Eighty, or more than half of the
herds were composed of Holsteins.
To assist farmers in buying their
supplies, a card file will be kept in the
Office of the county agent at GAINESVILLE
giving a buying and selling list Of
Rock county farmers. Buyers of the
middle west visit Rock county each
week in search of graded and pure
blood cattle and hogs, and under the
new plan the buyer will get better
service while the farmer will be ma
torially benefited, A nationwide cam
paign is planned to advertise Rock
county and its farm products.
A campaign to rid the state of pat
ent and proprietary medicines which
may be used as intoxicants was
mapped out at Madison at a confer
enCe of the prohibition commissioner
and his deputies, according to T. r.
Hazelberg, commissioner. 1t was de-
cided that saloons and drug companies
selling certain brands of so-called
medicines would be prosecuted under
the Mulberger law. Medicines with as
much as As per cent alcohol content
are being freely sold in Wisconsin
saloons, Mr.. Hazelberg said
Judge Asa X. Owen of Phillips,
Price county, was unanimously elected
president of the Wisconsin Game Pro
tective association at the closing ses-
sion of the eighth annual convention
in Madison. Other officers elected
were: Vice-president, Frank Frover,
La Crosse; secretary-treasurer, L. A.
Bremen, Chippewa Falls; directors,
Thomas Mcneil, Sheboygan, chair
man; DR.. A. S. Heggen, Madison; Dr.
G. II. Ripley, Kenosha Grant Phillips,
Appleton; c. A. Burquist, Ashland
SiXty-fve members of the Central
Wisconsin Holsten-Friesian associa-
ton, made up of farmers of Wood,
Marathon, Clark and Taylor counties,
met in Marshfield for a special meet
ing to discuss matters of importance
relative to the development of that
section of the state. The principal
speaker was Secretary Oldham of the
State Holstein-Friesian association
who gave detailed discussion of how
best to develop the local pure bred
livestock industry. County Agent r
A. Peterson of Wood county urged
more and better advertising as a part
of the development program.
The state department of agriculture
Is waging war against the bargain"
seed houses that are shipping adul-
terated and cheap seed to the farmers
Of Wisconsin. For several years the
seed and weed control division of the
department has been warning farmers
against the purchase of seeds from
certain mail order seed houses outside
the state. Samples of their seed cor
lected from various sources and ex
amined in the state seed laboratory
showed many of the statements made
were false and warnings were pub
lished in the papers urging farmers
not to buy seeds from these companies.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hedng cele-
brated their golden wedding on the
home farm near Hillsboro where they
have resided ever since their marriage.
All of their seven children and grand.
children were present. The Rev. Mr..
Hawkes. performed The golden wedding
ceremony
The railroad commission increased
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