River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-05-05
County Agent Notes
H G. Seyforth

Are you sure tnaI Lnere arc no
common barberry bushes on your
farm? Are you sure that not one Of
these bushes is growing on the farm
of your neighbor, along the roadside
or in the nearby towns These are
especially vital questions for every
grower of spring wheat to consider,
as the common barberry is the cause
Of the large percentage of black stem
rust on our wheat. 1t also causes
stem rust on barley and oats, though
not so extensive as on the wheat. The
destructive common barbcrry is a
large growing shrub, has fairly large
leaves with saw tooth edges, long
spines usually in groups of three, and
berries in clusters. The harmless
Japanese barberry has small, smooth
edged leaves, short and usually single
spines and the berries hang one or
two together 1t is considerably
smaller growing shrub. If you should
find any Of these and cannot tell
which barberry it is, please write me
and shall be glad to come out and
decide as / have samples of barbe,ry
in the office. The common barberry
enables the rust to start early In
spring. 1t increases the amount Of
rust and in many regions it furnishes
the only means by which the rust can
persist from one season to another.
If any is found, it should be eradi-
Gated.
Have you written that letter to
your assemblyman and state senator
regarding the support Of assembly
bill 477-A which foibids the manufac-
ture and sale in Wisconsin of all filled
milk CONDENSED skinned milk to
which cocoanut oil has been added. J
# this bill is not passed it will mean
a great loss to the dairy industry as
imported cocoanut oil will not be used
to replace butter fat in milk. Ohio,
Maryland, South Carolina and Florida
have passed similar bills, and why
shouldn't Wisconsin, the greatest
dairy state in the Union, to protect
the dairy farmer and consumer? |
placed petitions with Mr.. Frank Holt,
Elmwood and Mr. Ed. Huslfoen OF
Beldenville, Mr.. George Mumford Of
Ellsworth, and Mr.. Frank Stirrat Of
Prescott. After these petitions are
filled with the signatures of the
dairyman, they are returned to the
assenblyman requesting them to vote
for the bill. If you have not already
signed please do so at once so that the
petitions can be returned immediate
ly.
I have still few farmers who have
listed seed corn for sale of the Golden
Glow and MINI. No. IL variety and II
in need you should get in touch with
me very soon as it is iloving fast. !
also, have some soybeans ard alfalfa
seed for sale which you can get most
any time
Some communities are gong TO
treat their seed potatoes with corros-
i've sublinate for scab and black scurf
in groups, and am planning to help
them. If there are any other COM
munities who would like to do the
same let me know.
If there any boys or girls wanting
to get into the pig clubwork who
would like to get Duroc-Jersey
spring pig, / shall be able to locate
some well bred registered ones for
$500 a piece. If you want any OF
these pigs, should be notified ct
once.
The wool-pool ware houses are not
advising farmers to pool their wool
this year unless they want to wait
some time for their returns, for the
sales do not look any more crcourag-
ing for 1921. There is at the present
time enough wool in the U. S. to sup
plv us for a year and half and with
the new clip coming on it will be some
time before the prices will be higher,
and if tariff is passed, it will not
make any difference in our supply OF
domestic wool. So the best way to
get the quickest returns is to send It
to some wooden mill and have it made
into cloth, blankets, or batting. Ii you
are interested in this, | have samples
of work on hand and prices charged
by these people for their work, and
shall be glad to show them to YOU