The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-08-11
Ashland Junction

Prof. E. j. Delwiche at the Ex-
permintal farm this week is as busy
as usual, but never to busy to show
| visitors what he has on the farm,
and by the way he has lots that will
interest the farmer in his Pure-Bred
Grains, his famous Pedigree 40S
winter wheat is making field aver
age of SO bushels per acre this year.
1t seems to be especially suited to
the climatic and soil conditions of
northern Wisconsin and station cam
not begin to fill the calls for this
seed. He has some new strains of
Oats being tested out that indicated
yield and quality never before at
tanned by any other strain in this
region and he is doing things in
way of breeding new varities Of cam
ming peas that is attracting nation
wide attention from men interested
in peas for canning. Prof. Del
wiche is to grains in Wisconsin what
the famous Luther Burbank is to
fruit in California, and to much
credit cannot be given him for what
he has already done for agronomy
| in this section and he is still full of
vigorous vitality and will undoubt-
edly phase these northern tier of
counties on the map as producers
of the best high yielding grains in
this state.
Mr.. and Mrs. Malek, spent Sunday
at the Soaring farm.
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The Bradley family motored to
Hayward Sunday.
Mrs. Soaring went to Washburn
Monday and brought her mother
Mrs. j. Aresneau, home with her for
a short visit.
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Editor Robinson in his editorial
ssWhy Farmers Complain" touched a
few "homily Truths" but he left off
too soon. While our local business
men can ride through our farming
districts, put their thumbs under
their suspenders and proudly say
Eve have helped to make this
transformation" for they surely
have, if the business men of Wash
burn and Ashland had not been right
there to help us farmers times
without number when we were down
to hard pan. Our clearings would
not be so large nor the new build
ings so numerous as they are today.
We cannot side step the fact that
do we drive to town with two horse
load of any kind ofproduce we
swamp the market. The business
linen will not even cut the price of
the Farmer and move the produce
and pass On the chance to the con-
Stunning public. Nor does he seen
to realize that it is his duty as a
business man to keep posted where
he can dispose of all kinds of pro-
ducts which his patrons are liable
to bring in that he may handle for
them right off the bat to heir mu
tnal interests. A good live town
of live business men should keep a
lump ahead of the Agricultural dee
velopment of he Farming Commun-
| itv they serve and should not only
be able to take all the butter and
eggs they can bring in, but every
thing the old farm can produce. AT
present the farming interests con-
tingent to Washburn and Ashland
are getting beyond the business cap
acity of those cities to efficiently care
for them but the time is near when
a Moses will appear in each of these
cities, and business will begin to hum
not only for the business man bu-
for the farmers for aid Moses ike
old Gust Anderson of Benoit. will
handle everything they can bring
in without nagging him for a month
in advance. We haven't the time
to clear land, build banrs, fight all
kinds of blights and weed pests and
then be business man in the bargain.
Hunt a market in Duluth or Salmo
for what we have to sell, pay our
debts in Washburn and Ashland