River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-10-06
County Agent Notes
H. G. Seyforth

Ii they prune their trees, spray the
fruit, market it attractively. Wiscon-
sin orchardists can successfully COM
| pete with the growers of the Pacific
slope. f. R. Clifford, extension special
list in horticulture at the University of
| Wisconsin, says so, and he has helped
| many of the fruit men of the state
| move their crops. He is predicting
| good prices this fall and winter for
sound, well sprayed apples. To cope
with western competition Wisconsin
growers are being cautioned to pick
with care for thumb marks and bruis-
es have in the past injured the SELL
ing value of much Wisconsin fruir.
Wisconsin growers plan this season
to place in cold storage, as soon as
possible after picking, their crops OF
late fall and winter varieties. They
are approaching as never before the
importance of keeping the air In the
storage room moist in order to avoid
shrinkage of the fruit. Wisconsin's
most successful orchardists now grade
as well as prune and spray. The dis
tricts of the state which have led this
year in the production of apples are:
Door, Richland, Crawford, Chippewa,
Dunn, Sank and Bayfield, counties.
There are three local men in the coun-
ty who have started pruning apple
trees and if you want your orchard
pruned you can let me know and ]
shall advise you where you can get
these men, or / can show you how to
do pruning. Now is the best time to
start pruning. can also get bulletins
on this subject for you if you wish for
any.
From December 9Th to 10th the
Wisconsin Potato Growers Association
will hold potato show at Milwaukee,
Wis. at the Auditorium. In connection
with this there will be a Wisconsin
implement dealers exposition and
Wisconsin Market exposition. The
latter affords the farmer an oppor-
tunity to exhibit any of his products
that he has for sale and buyers from
all over the United States will visit
this exposition and can take orders for
produce there, direct from the farmer.
If further interested in the above get
in touch with me.
AT the Dairy Show from Oct. 9Th
to 18th at st. Paul, Wisconsin will
stage Fifty Years in Dairying,'
showing the advance of this industry
in Wisconsin since the organization
of the Wisconsin Dairymen's Assoc Z
ton, in 1872 DR.. S. M. Babcock, in
ventor of the world-famous dairy test,
will be the guest of honor of the Wis
consin delegation to this National
Show. We hope that there will be no
farmer in the dairy business who will
miss this opportunity of seeing this
wonderful dairy show. Every Pierce
County visitor to the show will be
tagged with a Pierce County ribbon.
Let's show the people of the nation
that Pierce County is real live dairy
county by being present at the show,
some of the time.
The poultry demonstrations held
last week were very successful. Over
three hundred people attended the
twelve meetings, making an average
of about twenty four people for each
meeting. Many said that they were
well repaid for attending as they now
feel competent of culling their flocks.
They viii be able to keep less hens
and still get as many eggs as before.
They have learned how to get rid OF
the boarders. In a flock of two hum
dred fifty hens, rs were found to be
boarders, and will be sold. In another
flock of fifty hens, twenty were cul-
led out. The meetings for Friday had
TO be cancelled on account of the man
from Madison being called away, but
we expect to hold those meetings
some time during October, when he
can come back. announcement OF
these meetings will be given later.
Remember the Shorthon Sale which
will be held at the sales Pavilion in
Ellsworth, Oct. 10Th.
A Duroc-J ersey sale will be held on
Oct. 81 at the sales Pavilion.