Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-11-30
WITH THE COUNTY AGENT
Hi Spots from the County Agricultur-
al Office
Poland China Meeting


al Office
Poland China Meeting
At rec ut meeting of the Pollard
China breeders of Vernon county it
was decided to hold a purebred sow
sale in the spring of 1922 namely J eb-
ruary 18th. According to president
of the association, Mr.. Claude Cor
man, good hogs are very much in de-
mend. Present sales Of purebred
stock indicate splendid demand for
both two year old and one year old an
| imals. With the present prices of
breeding stock and cost of feed a rela-
lively small number of females will
be available in the spring. Whether
or not the supply of breeding stock in
Vernon county will be sufficient to
meet demands, the Poland China As
sociation will hold their purebred sale
and sell to the highest bidder. This
sale is not intended to enable breed
ers TO dispose of surplus stock but to
promote the Poland China business.
DurOc Jersey Meeting
I A meeting of the Duroc Jersey
breeders held at the meeting room of
the Normal School Building on Friday
! November 25th, expression was given
to the ACCESSIBILITY of holding pure
bred sow sale in the spring of 1922.
Owing to a scarcity of breeding ann
mails no sale was arranged for. Prae-
tically all breeders are holding such
number of animals as they expect to
keep over for the season of 1922.
1 Should the association deem 1t advis-
able to hold a promotion sale at some
! later tine, such arrangements viii
have to be made as to meet the condi-
ton ard the particular need at that
time
Institutes
4 Farm institutes for Vernon county
for the months of December and jan
uary, 1921-1922 are scheduled as fol-
| lows:
January 5th and 9th at Retreat
January 10th and 18th at Viola.
January 18th and 18th at Salem
Ridge.
January 18th and 18th at LaFarge.
January 18th and goth at Valley.
January oath and 25th at Coon Val
ley.
January 26th and 9th at Cashton.
Note these meetings are scheduled
up to February LIST. Please watch pub
| locations for announcement of dates
Summary of County Agent Work
The following is taken from the an
nual report of the county agent to the
county board on Monday, November
| 21st.
/ Acid phosphate and limestone
added to Vernon county soils produce
wonderful results. OF SIS samples of
soil tested for acid s. show high acid
ity.
9 Corn and soy beans properly Sc
lected give best feed results in YER
non county.
Of IS plots of soy beans using to-
| tai of eleven varieties, Manchu and
Ito San varieties prove most profit
able. Golden Glow and Silver King
corn show greatest productivity. 80
bushels per acre.
8 Orchard pruning and spraying
proves OWL salvation for fruit of edi-
Bile quality. County farm orchard
demonstration proves the way to OBJ
! tain perfect fruit
4 Cow testing paves the way for
the king industry of Wisconsin. Three
COW testing associations are organized
comprising 81 members of 14O9 cows
located in Hillsboro, Viroqua and Cash
ton.
5 Proper care and selection of
poultry makes poultry raising profit
able. First, select the breed. Second
remove the nonproducers or culls,
Third, feed a good balanced ration.
Twenty-Five poultry culling demon
strations comprising 2200 birds with
an attendance of 440 ptople.
| 6 An occasional getting together
! in the interest of our BUSINESS i'm
proves US and our business.
Picnics and meeting of livestock
breeders and business men of ninelo-
calities afford an opportunity of meet
ing 1897 people.
Demonstrations prove tn lr
worth in object lessons-electric lights,
water systems, pure bred grains, and
pure bred cattle.
Tire best farmers are the farm
ers of today. Junior club work COM
prises three projects-caclf, pig, corn
and soy beans-a total of SO members.
9 Every community wants to set
aside two winter days to discuss ag-
ricultural problems. The Farmers
Institutes fill the bill at Hillsboro, On
tario, LaFarge, Avalanche, Retreat,
Chaseburg, Coon Valley, Stoddard, Sa-
lem Ridge and Viola.
10 During the days Of rain and
sunshine, February /, 1921, to No
vember Is, 1921, the agent travelled
about $500 miles making 684 personal
calls, addressed SO meetings with an
attendance of 1908 people; had 175
Office calls; 200 telephone calls; wrote
AZ circular letters Of 2874 copies, 1040
personal letters; published 43 press
articles of 552 issues in county and
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