Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1921-05-25
WITH THE COUNTY AGENT
Hi Spots from the County Sgricultu-
raj Office
A CHANCE OF A LIFETp1E

Mr.. Sam D. Allen Of Viola offers a house
cleaning 70 every dairyman in Vernon eornty.
Mr.. Allen Is in the business Of white wa hing
barns and comes very highly recommended
by everyone for whom he has worked
Mr.. Buxton of viroqua in a conversation
relative to dairy sanitation says The bush
ness Of getting our barns white-washed Is the
best proposition that we dairymen of Vernon
county have ever had offered to u.s. / wanted
my barn white-washed because felt the need
Of disinfecting it. I believe that white wash
ing as Mr. Allen applies. fresh Stacked lime.
goes a ong way toward keeping down con-
tagious abortion and tuberculosis. Although
my herd of Jerseys are in the best of health
and although many Of my cattle are yet grade
Jerseys cannot afford any losses by disease
of any kind.
Il want 10 say too that my barn seeded q
cleaning very badly The cobwebs and dust
had collected in large quantities and If Il
were left to me TO do / don't know when /
would have gotten at it. but Mr. Allen came
along and offered to do the whole job. clean
up everything and give the barn two coats
of white-wash from top to bottom. It sure
does look thousand per cent better than it
did before embarrassing and / know it really
is for 1t smells real fresh and clean / cant
has made the barn. 1t just seems as though
sunshine were coming in on all sides. The
best thing about this whole proposition is that
this fellow. Mr.. Allen does all the work him
self besides furnishing all the material That
power outfit that he uses sure is some ma
chine. It just drives that spray IN every nook
and ereviee of the barn. and it Is not a heavy
outfit. He has two small horses that pull
the outfit anywhere around these hills. For
a barn the size of mine, that is. 40xs0. and
has twenty-one cowstalls. two pens and stalls
for ID horses, he charged about twenty-five
dollars. As / said before it is the best pro-
position l have had offered TO me-"
Mr.. Buchanan added. Mr.. Allen certainly
does fine work. He covers all the windows
and stantions SO that they are absolutely free
from white-wash. thought at first that
every thing would be white after the job was
finished, but / was much surprised to find
that the white-wash spreyed only where
II was intended We're l to do my own work,
il would have cost me a great deal more than
paid for the job and / could not have done
the work nearly well. / hope he gets
enough work to do so as TO be able TO come
back next year."
TOBACCO ROT. AGAIN1
Mr.. Houghan ran into something in his
tobacco beds that seems like a sunbeam had
parched bit of the plants. Upon examin-
alton he found that the plants were near
dead and upon further examination found that
the roots had been much affected with that
common disease known as root rot Mr..
Houghan asks what is TO be done. The an
swer is in brief--do not touch the infected
aEea for that soil contains the bacteria that
will cause root rot. Care for those plants
which well and be careful not to mix the
plants or soil in which they are growing. In
another year can control this malady by
steaming the beds. Another question comes
up at this time, that of fertilizing the tobacco
fields. Little need be said about the use of
barn manure. But word will perhaps help
in regard to the application of commercial
fertilizer. 1t is not a question Of kind of
fertilizer for appreciate that our soils are
deficient in phosphorous. but we need TO con-
slider the method of application. Apply the
fertilizer broadcast. Never use a fertilizer
attachment on a tobacco planter. The evils
Of the attachment for fertilizer on any planter
are: l Limited root system. Too great
concentration of plant food. 8 Danger of
plants falling over during wind storms.