River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-08-25
County Agent Notes
H.G. seyforth

| stock commission company has deci't-
ed to charge commissions 20 to 50 per
cent lower than the prevailing rates.
| Directors of the selling agency, which
is known as the Minnesota Central
! Cooperative Commission Association,
| decided to charge the rates established
by the State Railroad and Warehouse
Commission. The Commission issued
an order reducing dealers charges,
but it is now tied UP in the courts en-
an appeal. August 9Th we set for
the opening of the new company. w.
/ A. McKerrow, manager, says the
farmers agency has. a very efficient
| corps of statesmen and that if all loc-
al cooperative shipping associations
support the Central Marketing AS
! ISOLATION, the cost Of doing business
can be reduced so Per cent within two
years. Two hundred fifty Shipping
associations in Minnesota have al
ready Joined and rs in northwestern
/ Wisconsin,. We are now working IN
Pierce County and hope that we can
get all the livestock shipping associa
tions to join this new farmers live
stock firm
Owing to the earliness of the season
and the rapid development of the corn
crop seed corn should be selected this
year as soon as possible. We are liv-
ing in Iowa or Illinois this year as
far as corn growing is concerned and
we should be careful not to select the
| later maturing corn. Select corn for
seed that you are sure will mature in
! the average season. 1t is well for
YOU to save twice as much as you vii!
need for next years crop as we 90 not
know what the season will be next
wear for corn. See to it that the corn
is perfectly dried in place where it
| is well ventilated, and artificial heat
can be applied during the drying pro-
/ cess. We want enough seed corn in
the county this fall to supply all farm
ers next spring as it should not be
necessary to import any seed.
A county fair is great educational
institution. The attitudeSwe take to-
ward fair depends on what we get
tout of it. Some people see only the
roulette wheels, the bright colors,
side shows, pop, crackeriack, etc. Such
peorle never dream that fair IS for
any other purpose than amusement.
| But such is not the case. The live
stock breeders bring the best of their
stock to exhibit and compare with 9TH
j er exhibits. Buyers make note for
future buying. Others look the ex-
hibits over and compare the animals
ard speculate on the placings. This
practice is what makes livestock judi
| ges. The better livestock the county
has the better the judges are, and the
better the judges become the better
the livestock tends to. be, so that II
works in a circle of improvement
The Pierce county fair will be, this
year, the largest fair ever held in the
county. Now is the time to be getting
ready and be booster for the same
lAnybody wishing to show livestock al
the fair and have not reserved space
and entered same do so at once.
| expect to hold series of ten poul
| try culling demonstrations in thu
county starting in the afternoon o
Sept. rs. One meeting will be hell
in the forenoon of every day and tw
IN the afternoon. The dates and plac
es for these meetings will be publish
ed in my notes little later. | woul
have time for possibly one or tw
more meetings if. any community de
sired the same.
l am finding that there is going t
be considerable demand for potatoe
this coming fall. If you think tina
you are going to need some, yo
should get in touch with me at once
so that / can begin to look up som
D and get prices.
Now is the time for every one inter
n ested in dairy development to plan o
being one of big delegation froi
Pierce county to go to the Nation;
Dairy. Show at the Minnesota Stat
Fair Grounds, October 9Th to 15tl
I The value of this Dairy Show to tn
agricultural interests of the countr
: cannot be computed in dollars an
e cents. 1t means better cows, bette
:, barns, greater production and increa:
ed earnings for the farmer.