Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-06
TO ORGANIZE
CALF CLUBS
OVER COUNTY
Co. Agent Talks on
Betterment Plan.
Bows and Girls Club Work

to start the ball rolling this year for
a good live Jersey calf club The
/ Guernsey breeders though more num-
erous and outnumbering the Jersey
| breeders several times, nevertheless
! admit that they too want to line uA
| a good calf club as they feel as do
| the Jersey men that it is the big field
in which to work for the best interest
| Of the breed. We want to hear from
the Holstein breeders. They too will
undoubtedly promote a calf club this
year. These three breeds probably
make up the greater number of the
strictly dairy herds in Grant county.
The following are part of the
plans put forth as to the obtaining
of calf:
The Jersey breeders will make it
possible for any boy or girl to obtain
a good pure bred Jersey heifer calf
for $500, a pure bred Jersey bull calf
for considerably less than that and
a grade Jersey heifer calf for about
onefourth that price. All bull calves
must be pure breds.
A pure bred Guernsey heifer calf
can be obtained at from 500 to $3.50,
a pure bred Guernsey bull calf at
from $50 to SIS and grade Guern-
! oGy nGIISI Gall DIT IIOu pAO 10 pau.
All bull calves must also be pure
breds.
| am sure that Holstein calves can
| be obtained at prices nearly the same
as those given for Guernsey calves,
as some Holstein breeders have sent
me prices ranging from SIS to $3.50
The different breeders associations
all make it possible for any boy or
prir ri Of nd ~
obtain a calf They can pay for it
when they get the calf or make ar
rangements with bank to get the
money so that no boy or girl wanting
good calf need go without one.
Write the County Agent at once and
watch for the list of boys and girls
entering the calf club.
Baby beef calf club work is some
thing that needs no introduction to
many boys and girls of Grant county.
Grant county raises many of the best
| Shorthorns and Angus cattle that can
| be found in the state.
/ We know that the beef breeders
are also going to back up and support
calf club work and help the boys and
| girls obtain baby beef calves.
| This is what Helen, Constance and
| DGIudIu uIu last year Ill luG
| raising of baby beef calves:
Mr.. Mike Carmody made it possible
| for his boy and girls, Bernard, Helen
and Constance to obtain ten baby beef
calves of different ages for them to
feed and fit for the baby beef calf
club work and to show them at the
Junior Live Stock Show at Madison.
They did the work and showed them
at Madison last October and received
| $1,000 cash for them in winning prem
iums and selling the animals.
The County Agent also saw the
/ beautiful gold watch that Constance
received because she won first prem
| iums with the Aberdeen Angus calf.
1 think that more boys and girls
wish to duplicate things like that this
| year and the County Agent knows
that many have already started. The
boys and girls in the North Andover
district have started already.
I The County Agent wishes to re-
ceive the names of all SO that he may
publish them at later date
Any calf born after August /, 1920
| is eligible for the senior calf class,
and any born after February /, 1921
will come in the junior calf class.
Questions Answered About CONNER
! ciaI Fertilizer.
There are many kinds of CONNER
! cial fertilizers as to percentage of
| clements for plant food. There are
several kinds that can be used for
| advantage for the various crops in
Grant County
They are spoken of as 2-12-2 or
! some other numbers stating thereby
/ the percentage content in the special
/ fertilizer. The first figure always tells
| the percentage per hundred pounds of
nitrogen contained in the fertilizer,
the second or middle figure stands for
PHOSPHORUS and the third or last fig
ure tells the percentage content of
potash.
For corn on ground that is in good
condition 0-16-0 is the correct fertil-
! izer to use, commonly called Acid
Phosphate" On ground that is rather
poor in fertility 2-12-0 is probably the
| best for corn and 0-12-2 for small
grains.
| We should not purchase fertilizers
! containing high percentages OF nitro
| gen for our regular crops as it is
| still too expensive. 1t can be used for
special crops especially for garden
| ing and crops that are heavy drain
ers of soil fertility, but for the aver
age crops raised in Grant county the
nitrogen should be supplied through
farm barnyard manure or through a
crop rotation and the use of legumes
to pillow under as green manure.
The County Agent is always glad
to answer any questions and if he
cannot answer them he will obtain
the best data on the subject involved.
! Nora Casper returned to Sitter on