River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-07-14
County Agent Notes
Fl. G. Seyforth


The Premium List for the Pierce
Coutny Fair has just come off the
| press and is ready for distribution.
The same can be obtained from Oscar
Hail. the Secretary or myself. A
good many changes have been made
in the Livestock and Farm Crops De-
| partments and anybody expecting to
make exhibitions in these Depart
mcnts should obtain Premium List
at once, note the changes made and
| get their exhibits planned according
~. We hope that all entries will be
in early this year, so that plenty of
room can be provided.
/ Upper Wisconsin Potato Inspection
tour viii be held August 1st to the
9th, 1921 The following schedule
being followed, Monday, Oconto Co.,
Tuesday, Marinette, Co., Wednesday,
Forest and Oneida Counties, Thurs
day, Price and Rusk Counties, Friday,
Barron Co., and Saturday, Washburn
Co. Anybody interested in the raising
of potatoes should try to attend one
of these demonstrations as it will be
well worth your time.
1t is best to Gull your poultry flock
in fall. Most poultry raisers are prac-
ticing this very closely, and they are
finding slackers among the chickens
as well as dairymen find them among
the cows. They find that after Gull
| ing they are getting just as many
| eggs as before / have already made
arrangements for nine poultry culling
| demonstrations to be held in the coun-
| ty some time this fall, and still have
room for two or three more. ANY
one wishing for such meeting COM
municate with me.
The State Beekeepers will hold
their summer meeting this year at
Chippewa Falls, Wis, on August Is
l20. The Wisconsin bee experts have
a prominent place on the program,
and all those interested in bees ought
to attend at least part of the meeting.
can supply the program for the dit
ferent days.
We understand that all of the 1920
! Wisconsin wool pool has been sold at
prices ranging from zoe for quarter
| blood to 31c for half blood wool An
| advance payment of 10 to Is cents per
pound was made a month ago, and
the balance will be paid as soon as all
accounts can be closed.
/ am now able to get moving pic
ture films on most any subject. Any
community wishing to have an enters
| tainment of this kind can do so if they
have 80 volt lighting plant to which
! / can attach the moving picture mach
inc.
| Two of the Cow Testing Associa-
| lions in Pierce County, Ellsworth and
i Arkansaw, have reported that all
members are using pure-bred sires
in their herds, and they are all finding
it paying proposition. We hope
that not only members of associations
will use pure-breds to head their
herds, but others as well, for it is pro-
fitable for any farmer to use pure
bred sire.
The pastures in the county are get
ting rather dry and it is advisable to
feed grain ration consisting OF two
i thirds home grown grain. Try this
one and feed at the rate of one pound
grain for every orc pounds of milk
produced on pasture.
200 pounds of ground oats.
| 200 pounds of corn meal or ground
barley.
100 pounds of bran or standard
middlings.
100 pounds of cotton seed meal OF
oil meal
Do you notice airy leaves on your
apple trees that have small brown
spots on them? This condition Is
caused by apple scab which can be
! controlled by spraying. Fire blight
is striking a few of the orchards IN
the county. The limbs and branches
having leaves affected with this dis
ease should be cut off and burned
blight is recognized by browning OF
leaves, and a whitening and blacken-
ing OF fruit spurs and small fruit
The leaves seem to cling to the tree.
1t will be soon time to apply the
next spray when the second hatch o.
coddling moths appear.
Remember the National Dairy
Show will be. held at st. Paul this
coming October and every dairymar