Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-03-16
WITH THE COUNTY AGENT
Hi-Spots from the County Agrieul-
tural Agents Office

Hi-Spots from the County Agrieul-
/ tural Agents Office
| With the decrease in the price of
farm commodities there comes a gem
eral feeling of dissatisfaction among
producers, farmers, feeling which is
expressed in terms of, unfair play,
short end of the stick, small end of the
horn. We forget that in the distri-
button of produce to the consumer
there are costs entering in other than
that of the cost Of pro6actloa. Name
ly the cost of giving time utility, place
utility and form utility.
What part of this utility cost be-
longs TO the farmer?
! How Fair Prices Can Be Secured
! Let US not have misunderstanding
about this. To get fair prices in hard
cash rather than in theory is a matter
to be worked out year after year,
through season after season. 1t is a
task to which the farmers must give
his personal attention. If he is to be
in position to command fair prices
for his products he must bear in mind
certain fundamentalrules of the game:
/ Know your costs. Unless you
know what your products cost you,
you can't tell what to produce in or
der to secure profitable prices and you
will not have the evidence you need in
collective bargaining.
2 Know your market. A know
| ledge of the market is fundamental to
an understanding of how to sell to ad-
vantage. Don't flood the market by
selling all at one time.
Keep your selling problem clear
! ly in mind when planning your pro-
duction. Don't put all your eggs in
one basket.
Learn to cooperate in marketing
your products and in buying supplies.
Live up to the standard which
your income justifies.
Seek some other occupation if
you cannot make a decent living farm
ing and quit producing at loss.
Don't grope in the dark guessing
about costs and expenses and at the
same time blame the other fellow for
your inability to know your mistakes
and shortcomings. Get a Farm Record
and Account Book today. Ask your
banker. Every banker in Vernon
county stands ready to assist you. Act
now while the inventory of 1921 is
fresh in your mind.
The success with root rot resistant
tobacco in Vernon county last year
has caused an abnormal rush for seed
this season. Although the seeding
time is somewhat distant still the sup
ply of seed at the Plant Pathology
Department University of Wisconsin
is exhausted and many orders will
have to be returned untitled. Unless
some unknown source of seed is found
shortly there will be many disappoint-
ed growers. With the afore mention
ed fact IN mind the county agricul-
tural agent suggests that you procure
pure Spanish Comstock seed instead.
A second suggestion is offered; that
OF producing our own root rot resist
ant tobacco seed this year in Vernon
county.
A request for information relative
to prices of seed grain, corn and soy
beans coming through a county wide
plan of pure bred seed dissemination
necessitates an open publication and
price quotation.
Wisconsin Pedigree No. / oats, pur-
lty $3.50; termination $3.50, price
$1.35. Wisconsin Pedigree No. z, oats,
purity 994e; termination $50; price
S1.OO. Wisconsin Pedigree barley,
purity 1857; termination $3.50; price
$1.75: Marquis wheat, purity 1920;
termination 92@o; price 1925. Corn
Silver King Wisconsin pedigree No. z.
termination $50; price $500. Corn
Golden Glow Wisconsin pedigree No.
II, termination $3.50; price $500. Soy
Beans-EarIy Blacks, S5!B0-$6 90. Ito
San, $6.00-7o0; Manchu, $6.00-$7. 90.
Mr.. Farmer, your cooperation with
the county agricultural board in con-
junction with the county agricultural
agent is solicited il putting on a coun-
ty wide pure bred seed campaign.
After Thoughts
! How much limestone do / need
this spring? 1896 per ton kiln dried.
"a tons per acre, application.
2 How much phosphate fertilizer
will | have to have? Price 1854 per
hundred pounds ;applicatipn100 pounds
per acre
B Where can / get a good pure
bred sire? Who is the secretary of
our breed association.
Our motto: The best is none too
good for Vernon county.