Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-12-14
With The COUNTY AGENT
Hi Spots from the County Agricultur-
al Office

al Office
International Hay and Grain Show
OF the many exhibits of hay and
grain at the international show at
Chicago, three hundred exhibits were
made by Badger farmers. OF these
exhibitors ninety-three won prizes.
Accordingto Mr.. E. D. Holden of
the Agronomy department of the Uni
yersity of Wisconsin, the show was the
largest ever held at a livestock expo
sition. Wisconsin can well feel proud
of her winnings at this show for she
has done her share in increasing the
number and quality of exhibits and
helping make the show success.
Cow Testing Association Notes
Mr.. Werner Sorenson, tester of the
Hillsboro Cow Testing Association,
reports that the total number of high
cows have decreased since October.
For the month of November only six
cows produced over forty pounds of
butterfat Of the total number of
ccows in the association two were sold
as non-producers, seven cows were
sold for dairy production, and ten
dairy cows were purchased
Mr.. Sorenson is busy at the present
| time in obtaining a number of pure
bred Guernsey families to be purchas-
ed by members of his association.
/ Considerable saving in money was
made during the month for members
of the association by the use of an
/ economical ration and in other ceases
/ by reducing the total amount of feed
| fed. In one particular instance one
hundred eighty-five pounds of grain
was fed daily where only a hundred
pounds of grain was needed The
high production COW for the month.
was a grade Holstein owned by F.
Dreischeimer. This animal produced
1870 pounds of milk with an average
test of 4,6fc butterfat, a total of $40
pounds of butterfat for the month.
Although this production is not as
high as the production of some cows
in the association during former
months it is production that deserves
attention from the standpoint of the
ability of the COW to produce milk
and butterfat and from the standpoint
of feeds and feeding. Mr.. Dreissheim-
er understands the science of feeds
and feeding and can be recommended
as an efficient dairyman.
Dairy Cattle by Car Lots
inquiries during the past few days
indicate that the demand for dairy
cattle in the western states is increas-
ing and that the demand for good cat
tie is more apparent than it has been
for considerable time. Livestock buy
ers from the western states are COM
ing to Wisconsin and seeking car loads
of cattle. The demand at the present
time calls for Guernseys and Holsteins
The requirements made of all purchas-
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that they be tuberculin tested, and
that they have COW testing associ-
alton record. The prices offered by
these buyers ranges from SIS to 500.
Although the price offered is less
than what we have been used to re-
ceiving for good grade cows, it is
practically threetimes what we would
receive for these animals upon the
beef market The question is asked,
why should a grade COW bring 500"
The answer is given in the fact
that there is more profit in producing
butterfat now than there was two
years ago. If a COW was worth $50
then she is actually worth more to the
farmer now As a matter of fact,
cows sold for more than their value
two years ago, and are now selling for
less than their value to the farmer.
This marketing condition should be the
one big inducement for all dairymen
to improve their herds by producing
a quality of livestock that will be de-
manded by the outside market. How
ever, the production of such grade
dairy cattle can only be most profit
able when cattle are produced in car
load lots. This fact is most important
for the buyers who come in from the
outside want to pick up a car load of
cattle within a small radius of ter
ritory and want to get sufficient num-
Der without purchasing from two large
a number of producers.
Just as soon as the farmers of Yer
non county realize that their best
barking is in the production of bet
ter livestock, they will realize the i'm
portance of a business by direct sales
through the buyers who come from
other states to buy the good produc-
ing stock for which Wisconsin has be-
come famous. 1t behooves every pro-
Queer of livestock to use a bred-f for
production sire. The indifference as
to the production of our dairy sires
today will mean success or failure in
our dairying of the future. 1t may
mean the production of $500 pounds
of milk cows of 10000 pound milk
cows five years from today. The real
dairymen will loose no time in select
ing a well bred purebred sire at this
time when prices are right.
A Ton of Butter
The new world champion COW has
not fallen far from the coveted goal
of 1000 pounds Of butter per year.
Bella Pontiac, a Canadian Holstein
produced 1855 pounds of butter from
81 .eo5 pounds of milk in a year. Mr..
Il. A. Barron of Ontario is the owner
of Bella and has made this production