Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-06-01
WITH THE COUNTY AGENT.
Hi Spots from the County Agricultu-
raj Office
HoLsrEIN Or cuERNsEYs,

hOLSIElN Oh 1OEhNSENcg
The dairymen in the locality Of Hillsboro
on Tuesday evening. May oath. met at Hills
bore and completed their organization Of the
COW testing association. The board Of directors
chosen naming the officers follows: Messrs.
Melvin Lee. president; Gus Kniek. vice PRES
ident; Sec-Treas., John Stsley; Frank Hav-
lick and Albert Flick. The association is TO
begin work about June /. Mr.. John Staley
who represents the HOlstein breed endeavors
TO see his entire community Of Holstein breed
ers in 8 few years. He believes that the asso-
citation viii do more 70 develop hte breed than
anyone thing that would cause disrymen 10
set up and take notice Of milk and butterfst
production Mr.. Lee, representative Of TIE
Guernsey breed endeavors to develop Guern-
sey community. He IS very well assured that
Guernsey dairy bookkeeping is the best piece of
business that can be entered into by the dairy
mn of his locality.
~ MEMBERS REARING TO GO
On Wednesday evening, May 25th the dairy
enthusiasts of Cashton completed their organ
ization Of COW testing association with the
election of a board Of seven directors and pro-
per officers. Henry Hendrickson, president;
Carl Aarstad. vice president; Ed. ]. Mlsna.
See-Treas. Joseph Frydenlund, Emil Erickson,
martin Benrud and John Giese. The board
aims TO complete the membership list of %
members on short order and start work at
once Mr.. Mlsna says, Il have really no dairy
breed Of cattle. They are largely Shorthorns,
but will be hanged If / will keep milking
without knowing which Of these animals are
r-oitable. / can't afford TO milk COW sixty
tines month or sit down TO COW 500
mes a year just for the sake Of milking her.
1t is bus,re~s with me. It may be that one
haif OF ~ cows are losing money for me. In
that case thay are taking the profit that the
balance Of the herd brings in" Mr.. Erickson
SAYS This is what expect Of the COW test
ing association, FOR that is what got out of
our association at Wilton, Wis. while / did as
ISOLATION work for two years. In the first
place Il must show me profit c. loss. II must
then give re dlarger returns. II must enable
me TO keep better cows, II must help me
feed economically and eliminate all given
wo.k 1t must increase the value of my cat
tie :. must increase the interest in the herd
Of all my boys and eventually make dairymon
of them and keep them the farm" Mr..
Benrud says, we are fortunate to get tester
at the salary of ninety dollars per month.
Professional help Of this kind is eheop at ten
dollars per day, and at that get this mans
help for twelve days in a year. Then testers
are practical herdsmen and you know what
herdsmen get. know one fellow in Wauke-
she county who pays $4,000 per month Why
think Of it. If the tester shows in feeding
how to save a couple tons of hay we have
saved his salary or individual payment Of s4s
for the whole year"
Mr.. A. j. Cremer head Of the Cow Testing
Association of Wisconsin remarked on Thurs
day evening, Il have enjoyed the meetings at
Hillsboro and Cashton and have found the
fellows to be the real kind of dairymen that
any county can be proud Of. regret very
much that the rain and bad roads prevents us
from holding our association meeting at Viro-
qua. At hits late hour. $3.50. we need not
look for an attendance ! must be on my
way back to Madison and viii be hack with
a man to start work in a couple Of days"
DO you KNOW BEANS
II IS not too late to your soy beans that
succulent protein feed that we need so badly in
our winter rations Mr.. Harris who has
grown many soy beans Of various varieties
claims the Manchu variety to be the best.
He recommends that these beans be sowp
alone as you would corn. Drill them in and
cultivate them just as you do corn. being care
full not 70 cultivate them while the leaves are
wet with dew or rain. The question is asked
how late can plant these soy beans. Mr..
Harris says, Sow them anytime before June
10. In fact last year my best field of beans
was planted on June 10. These beans grew as
high rs my shoulders and were literally COW
cred with pods filled with beans