River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-04-28
County Agent Notes
H G. Seyforth

Look out for the white grubs on
land that was in grass or sod last
year. This is the precaution urged
by c.. l.. Fluke of the department of
economic entomology of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin. Although last
summer there were small numbers Of
June bugs from whose eggs the white
grubs are Matched, there may be
enough of these grubs to do consider
able damage if not to ruin crops OF
corn and potatoes. Since the June
bug does not lay eggs in clover fields
the potatoes and corn should be plant
ed where clover was grown last year.
White grubs do not attack clover.
Clover can be successfully raised on
grub infested ground
The use of forage crops FOR hogs
is almost a necessity where large
number of hogs are kept on one farm.
Forage crops reduce the amount OF
grain and supplementary feeds neces-
sary to produce pork; they save labor
and make possible the farming OF
more acres of land by the same num-
Der of men and teams; and they re-
duce the loss from disease among
the hogs as we'll as tend to aid IN
maintaining that thrift among the
shoats which is essential for rapid,
continuous and economical gains. 1t
is not economical to carry pigs thru
the SUMMER without any grain. Corn
is the best grain to be fed IN connect
ion with the various forage or past
ure crops. If heavy grain ration is
fed, it should be supplemented by
some nitrogenous feed, such as skim
milk or tankage Alfalfa, req clever,
rape, blue grass. rye, sweet clover
oats and peas, and soybeans are the
best pasture crops for Wisconsin.
Remember that the spraying time
for apple trees will soon be here.
You should be getting the chemical
and spraying outfit in condition as
that you will have everything ready
when the time comes. If you have
bees it is best not to spray the first
time as some of the arsenate of lead
is liable to get into the flowers and
kill the bees. 1t will be safe to spray
the second and third time, ten days
to two weeks later. The chemicals
used are mixture of IA TBS. of ar
senate of lead and IA gallons of
LIQUID sulphur mixed with SO gallons
of water If you use the dried lime
sulphur, you should use 2la lbs. OF it
and IL TBS. of the arsenate of lead
with so gallons of water. All trees
should be sprayed at least twice if
they are badly infested with insects.
If you have no spraying outfit and
wish to have your spraying done, let
me or Mr.. B. Maynard know and we
shall try to make arrangements to
take care of your work.
4 have noticed that large number
of apple trees are being set out this
spring, and we should take the time,
after setting out, to prune the branch
es very close, as what we want the
first year is large root growth and
not so much growth of limb. Z
/ have a large number of Poultry
bulletins on hand and will be glad to
distribute same to anyone wanting
same.
If you are troubled with Black
Scurf CT seal on potatoes, the only
successful treatment is dipping in
solution of four ounces of corrosive
sublimate and thirty gallons OF wat
er. Dip for liz hours. Plant any
time you wish, it being little bit
better if you wait week. Remem-
her that this solution is deadly pol
son so handle with care.
If you are troubled with black rot
or black leg on your cabbage you
should try to prevent it by getting
clean seed from uninfectel feds, and
then dip the seed which you nave pur-
chased into the following solution:
one part of corrosive sub innate to
1000 parts of water. Soak seed for
80 minutes, then rinse and dry on
clean newspapers or cheese cloth.
Seed beds for cabbage should be Sc
lected where soil and manure are
known to be free from infection. Ii
yoI wish to get any more information
I shall be glad to furnish you with
necessary bulletins on the subject.
I have some common alfalfa seed