Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-07-14
FARMERS NUMBER
200 AT PICNIC
E. w. PFRANG FARM SCENE
OF LIVE AFFAIR ON
SUNDAY

In spacious grove on the e. w.
Pfrang farm, Edgar, protected from
the hot rays OF the sun, the members
OF the DISQUALIFICATION Cow Testing
association with their families and
friends gathered last Sunday to enjoy
their annual summer picnIc.
Before dinner the automobiles load
LED with men, women and children in
terested in gatherings of this nature.
| fled into the large grove Well filled
dinner baskets amply repaid large
number for coming before the after
noon meeting was called Over 200
people were on the grounds before 2
o'clock
c. w. Symons of Edgar, president of
lthe association, presided at the after
noon meeting and introduced w. j.
hogan, county agent, the principal
| speaker.
General Address
Mr. Rogan in general address
touched upon the work of the county
agent as a connecting link between
the College of Agriculture and Expert
ment Station and the farmers of Mar
athon county. "The capable men at
the college, said Mr.. Rogan, "who
have been instrumental in developing
the agriculture of the state have been
mentioned as builders Of system OF
agriculture that has made Wisconsin
lrecogniged as the prer of any state
agriculturally, in the union. The work
iof Prof. Moore in developing pedigree
grain has placed Wisconsin in the lead
as the greatest corn growing state in
The union in yield per acre The in
vention of the Babcock test made il
! Possible for all farmers to market
their milk on an equitable basis The
discovery of the soil acidity test made
| it possible to tell not only whether
soil was acid or sweet, but also to in
form any farmer how much lime was
necessary. The initiative of Prof
Humphrey in assisting the organiza-
tion of breeders associations, placed
| Wisconsin in the foreground as the
home Of foundation Pure Bred stock
for breeGers in other states These
specific illustrations are only few
of the many that could be enumerated
that have made all other agricultural
colleges in the union look with child
like complaisance at the work that
the Wisconsin College of Agriculture
has accomplished"
Mr.. Rogan urged that the farmers
of Marathon county cooperate with
the county agent and the College of
Agriculture in the development of the
oniy empire in central Wisconsin
Must Cooperate
| In these times of re construction,
Mr.. Rogan continued, when farm pric-
es have been lower than pre-war
level, and farm purcha ses were at a
war level, it has been especially neces-
sary for the farmers to get together
| in bodies or breeders associations,
COW testing associations and farm or
ganiZati0ns, to counsel each other and
to cooperate for the purpose of ele-
waiting the noble occupation of tilling
the soil. Increased prices for farm
products were necessary to build up
a profitable and cotented agricultural
class.
| The Importance of home grown feeds
was emphasized also; the production
of butter fat as economically as possi-
BILE; the raising of alfalfa and clover,
the planting of soy beans with corn.
Al the conclusion it was emphasized
that a grain ration would provide
greater protein and more economy in
milk production during the winter.
Robert Rietzow, of Edgar, presi-
dent of the Holstein Breeders asso-
cation, won the half ton of Balanced
Ration donated by the Dodge Hooker
Mills. A ball game in which the
Guernsey enthusiasts and Holstein
men founght ended in tie, five to five.
Milking time soon called the atten-
tion Of the happy assemblage and
gradually one by one the cars moved
away from the grove.