River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-03-03
County Agent Notes,
H. c. eyforth

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HThere has been q little misunder-
standing in regard to the Indemnity
received for cattle reacting from the
tuberculin test. | explained this a
short time ago in my notes but some
things evidently were not plain and 4
want every body tosunderstand It. Any
person having snsaninaal which react
from the tuberculin test will get one
half Of its appraised value plus what
E the meat brings in the packing house.
The state. will not pay. oyer $40 for
any grade or scrub animal, nor over
$50 for any pure-bred animal, plus
The salvage. If a grade animal is APP
praised at SEQ one-half of that, being
$50, which is all the owner. will re-
seeive plus whatever the meat brings
at the packing plant. This holds true
for pure breds as well. We find that
9in the foreign countries and the east
sern part of the United States tuber-
teulosis is more prevalent than here.
In Germany. 800 of the cattle have
tuberculosis, in Belgium 1870, Eng
land $3.50, and Denmark, after fifteen
years of tuberculosis eradication by
sstuberculin testing reduced the disease
from 409f to 1000. Chippewa county
has just finished signing the petition
for, the area, test. / also understand
that Dunn county has done the same,
s lass Seeds Must Be Tagged -
J. It is a state law that all grain and
seed sod in, the state or out of the.
Estate should be tagged with purity
sand termination tests of that particu-
lar seed. !, For this, the state charges
25e for the labor of testing each kind
of seed. If you want the above test
made send samples to me and will
send them in for you. You should at
beast have a termination test of all
the seed you are going to sell or plant
las it may mean dollars and cents to
you some time later. b You can have
your corn and grain tested for germ
sination at the rural school by the, ag-.
sricultural class for they are always
ss'ready to do Some practical work in
their study of agriculture. If you can
mot get them to do that send me q
sample to- the Office and 1 will try TO
/ do the testing for you. If you wish
7to list any grain or seed. with me, be
sure to send maAssample of same
. as prospective purchasers like, to see
what you are Offering ..lse,
Institute at Spring Valley a9e I
Don't forget to attend the Farmers
Institute at Spring Valley March s
and 8. A very good program has
been arranged. The topics that will
be discussed are Swine and Pure-bred
Cattle, Limeing and sFertilizing Soil
and that of Orchards. A grain and
corn show will be- held in connection
with the institute. Liberal prizes will
be offered for the same. Let every
body contribute to the show.
The Wisconsin Farm Record Book
Sixty-seven counties of Wisconsin,
"a states, and two foreign countries
are numbered among the users of the
Wisconsin Farm Record Book, reports
is. w. Mendum of the Agricultural
economics department of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin. Chippewa, Pierce,
Taylor and Washington counties lead
the counties of the state in their de-
mand. Some 1400 books are in use in
Wisconsin. We are one of the lead
ing counties in this work and we
have the honor, of having the only
boys and girls accounting club in the
state. This club is located at Maiden
Rock. Istill have few more of these
books for salesand if you want one
SO cents will bring yeu one.
This Is Repair Week
This is supposed to be repair week
and any repairs Needed for the COM
ing season should be ordered now If
possible so as to have the machinery
ready for the busy season when it OPP
ems. 4a# ~
Building Plans
If you expect to do any building
the coming season and would like to
get some plans for the same, have
a. large number of them at the office
and would be glad to show them to
you any time you wish to call.