River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-09-08
County Agent Notes
H.G. seyforth


the 18th and 18th of this month to
inspect some of the cabbage fields and
fruit trees in the county for certain
| diseases. If there is any one in the
county who is having any disease
present in his cabbage fields or orch
ards, and would like to find out more
about them, and what to do for the
same, should try to let me know by
Sept, 18th so that arrangements can
be made to inspect the same.
| have noticed good many of the
hardwood trees, especially oak, wal
nut and butternut trees, affected by
web worms. These particular cater
pillars do not as rule cause serious
damage to trees, although they may
strip off a good part of the leaves.
The branch holding the web of worms
should be cut off and burned, or the
entire tree sprayed with lead arsen-
ate.
Wisconsin has 103 active COW test
| ing associations. More than 5000
farmers owning. over 5100 cows were
members Of cow testing associations.
Nearly 100 farmers in Pierce county
| belong to cow testing associations,
and about 1900 cows in the county are
/ being tested every month in cow
! testing association. The average cow
in Wisconsin, last year, produced
1926 pounds of milk containing 100
rounds of butter fat. Forty eight
cow testing associations report 1000
| free from scrub bulls. One of these
| associations in Pierce county report
! 1907 free from scrub bulls. Mem
| bers of COW testing associations in
Wisconsin disposed of 2199 unprofit-
able cows last year. Fifty cows in
the Ellsworth Cow testing association
were found to be improbable and
disposed of. Had it not been for the
COW testing association, these same
so COW would have been kept in the
different herds and would still be
making an every day loss to their
owners. Each Improbable COW sold
more than paid for the cow testing
work Every farmer keeping ten or
more milk cows should be testing
them and keeping yearly record OF
same The Ellsworth cow testing as
ISOLATION has issued their annual re-
port. If you would like to have one
write to this office Look for the COW
testing exhibit at the Pierce county
Fair.
Beware of partly filled silos which
1 have stood closed for some hours.
| Many deaths occur each year from the
gas formed by the heating process.
This gas is carbon dioxide and is
heavier than air, SO in deep silos and
silos that are closed, gas settles in
the bottom and takes the life of any
one entering without the proper pre-
cautions. The safe way to test the
presence of gas is to lower a lighted
lantern into the silo. If the flame is
snuffed out the gas is present. The
silo doors must then be left open and
the gas driven off by a good circula
ton of air.
The Pierce County Boys and Girls
| Club work was we'll represented last
week at the State Fair at Milwaukee
Three boys of Maiden Rock belonging
to the corn club, made up the corn
demonstrations during the fair week
| Of the three Corn Demonstration
team, one from Walworth Co. and
another from Kenosha Co., Pierce
county was awarded first place. II
the final, of the twenty boys demon
ctration teams, the Pierce County
team received 5th place. This was
very good considering that it was the
first time they had ever put on pub
lie demonstration. Hartmann Aabere
of the town of Martell, and the cham
Corn Club member over Is years OF
age was awarded the free trip to the
state fair. All of the boys had their
expenses paid The Corn Demonstra-
ton Team will give one demonstra-
ton on the second afternoon of the
Pierce County Fair.
expect to have one or two stump
blowing demonstrations in the county
some time during the first part OF
October This will show the value
of, and how to use picric acid which
can be purchased for 71a cents ID.
f. o. b. Sparta. / can only get 10C
pounds per man at the present time
cut possibly more later. If you want
any, you have to deposit the S7.5C
with me so that l can send in that
amount for the 100 pounds. We car
not expect delivery of this before
the first of October but if we want
any, we must get the orders in very
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