River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-08-18
County Agent Notes
H.G. seyforth


| the show ring forms an important
| part Of the work from now until fair
time. The proper ration and the
greatest care need to be exercised If
| the priced ribbons are won. R. S.
Hullce of the animal husbandry de-
I partment of the College of Agricul-
ture of Wisconsin offers these sug-
gestions as aids in having the stock
| in the pink of condition when the
Judge gees down the line. "A good
| fitting ration might consist of equal
parts by weight OF wheat bran,
| ground oats, ground corn, and oil
/ meal. For animals that are very
/ thin, little more corn or barley may
be added. Bran and oats tend to light
| en- the ration and give variety. Oil
4 meal helps to put on a sleek coat
/ These concentrates should of course
/ be followed up with good clover OF
alfalfa hay and corn silage. Silage
should be discontinued before the ami
Hld1S hSGNc HOtllC ~ ei48s ehSs AhA5
become accustomed to receiving the
same feeds that they will on the show
| circuit. Animals should be clipped
several weeks before they are shown
| and then kept blanketed. Old hair
| can be worked out by brushing the
animal with sand paper tackled to a.
block, if clippers are not available.
| Several washings week with soap
and water help to put on SKIN and HAIR
| condition. After the hair has dried,
| cottonseed or olive oil rubbed IN with
4 wooden rag will not only add to the
| quality of the skin but will give
| gloss to the hair and a very clean
appearance to the body The animal
| must be broken to lead and stand
properly, especially to stand squarely
| on its feet with back straight and
| head alert.
There is still a chance for pure
| bred livestock in Wisconsin according
t. the 1920 census report. On January
/, 1920 the total number of horses IN
the state was 6S3,364. Only 3,239
or 5 per cent of all horses on farms
il. the state were pure breds. There
were 2,27S pure bred Percherons, 264
IClydesdales and 206 Belgians. On
the same date, the total number OF
cattle was 3,050,S19. Of these 1877
/ sgt or only AS per cent were pure
bred. There were 1875 Shorthorns,
1899 Polled Durhams and 2,203 Here
fords. i'm dairy breeds, Holsteins
are by far the most popular. There
were S0,345 pure bred Holsteins, 49,
| TIT Guernseys and 1871 Jerseys.
The 1O,66O pure bred sheep were 2.2
per cent of all the sheep in the state.
Of these 6,372 were Shropshires and
/, 4O6 Oxfords. The pure bred
swine were 3.3 per cent Of all swine.
The total was 52,237 of which 20,394
were Poland Chinas and 1884 We're
Duroc Jerseys. Chester Whites num-
bered 1888. These figures serve to
show you that there is plenty OF
room in Wisconsin for more pure
bred stock.
The time is now here for the dairy
farmer to get busy and advertise his
dairy products if he wants to keep
the price up. The oleo makers have
raised over S1O,o00,000 for an adj
vertising campaign which means that
oleo is going to be used in numerous
! places instead of butter. Why not
nut on a big advertising campaign
in this county and urge the people
to use more dairy products and less
substitutes, and thus push the oleo
cut of Pierce County
have received an inquiry from the
Barron County Agent for baled hay
for bedding purposes. 1t should be
fairly free from noxious weeds. Any
one having any for sale should let me-
know at once for what price FER ton
they can deliver it ut their nearest
station. l can handle large guam
tity of the baled straw
The County Agent tenth anniver-
sary celebration which was held at
Rhinelander Wisconsin or. August 10
and II was a huge success in every
way. Over thirty counties in the
state were represented in street
parade by float made up by the res
rective county agents. Each float
represented some line of work that
each county agent was pushing in his
county. Pierce County was rerres-