Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-08-24
WITH THE COUNTY AGENT
Hi Spots from the County AgricuItur-
al Office
Rhinelander CeIebration

The 10th anniversary Of county
agents in the state of Wisconsin, was
celebrated at Rhineland Oneida
lcounty, on August 10th and 18th. II
/ 1911, Mr.. Z. L. Luther, now superin-
tendent of farmers institutes and As.
! sistant Director of Extension work
/ University of Wisconsin was appoint
ed county agent Of Oneida county
Since that date agriculture has ex-
perienced considerable growth and nov
employs fifty-four county agents in
Wisconsin. This marked development
not only shows the relative import
ance of agriculture as compared to
other industries but shows the rapid
ity in which agriculture is being de-
yeloped in Wisconsin.
A most interesting part of the cell
ebratlon was that of a parade in
which all counties of Wisconsin that
now employ county agents participat-
ed. Slxty-four floats completed the
parade that took nearly three quart
ers OF an hour to pass the review
stand OF the splendid Oneida hotel.
An estimated attendance of more than
5000 people witnessed the parade and
made up the assembly of an interest
mig group of listeners to a program
prepared especially for the occasion
by the extension department of Uni
versity of Wisconsin. Among the
speakers present were Mrs. Nellie K.
Jones, Messrs, E. L. Luther, w. A.
Lloyd, A. f. Lever, Prof. X. L. Hatch
and s. L. Weatherly, president of the
Oneida County potato growers asso-
citation.
Poland China Breeders
ThePoland China breeders of Yer
non county are hereby given a special
invitation to attend the meeting at the
swine barn on the state fair grounds
at West Allis, Wis, on Tuesday even
ing, August goth at 1880 p. m. Sew
eral matters concerning the Poland
China interests of Wisconsin that
should receive immediate attention at
this time will be taken up. The Po-
land China classes promise to be one
of the best ever shown at the Niscon-
sin State Fair, and show very much
worth while will be worth the swine
breeders time to go and see. Judg-
ing of Poland China hogs will begin
at O'Clock a. M, Tuesday, August 80.
To Study Tobacco
The United States Department of
Agriculture in a bulletin just issued
announces that its Bureau of Markets
and Crop Estimates has reached an
agreement with the State of Wiscon-
sin providing for the employment of
an investigator who will study locally
grown tobacco, with a view to its
standardization. Similar agreements
were recently made with the States of
Kentucky, North Carolina, and PEN
sylvania, where the work is now going
ahead satisfactorily.
In all cases the expense of the in
vestigator will be paid by the states
in which the work will be conducted.
The work will finally cover all of the
principal types of tobacco grown in
the United States and is expected to
lead to the establishment of stand
ard grades for practically every type.
1t is probably that one of the first
definite steps toward establishing
uniform system of tobacco grades will
be to establish a standard for express
ing tobacco lengths. This alone would
be of great service to the trade and
especially in the cigar leaf tobacco
sections, where there Is more or less
confusion at the .prssept time as TO
what is meant by the different lengths
now in use in the trade.