River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-01-20
County Agent Notes
H. G. seyforth

The marketing Of farm products is
the one big issue in American Agri-
culture today. To work cut a con-
structive plan for meeting this issue,
the State Division of Markets, the
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture,
the Society of Equity, the Farm Bur-
eau Federation, the Wisconsin Dairy
mems association, the Wisconsin Live
Stock Breeders association, bankers,
manufacturers, dealers and newspap-
er men, and all other agencies for the
promotion of Better Markets for Bet
ter Products, will hold a ten-day con-
ference at the University of Wiscon-
sin, College of Agriculture, Feb. to
10. A woman's Short Course in Home
Economics viii be held at the same
time, so both the farmer and his wife
are invited to these meetings. Re
member that only fare and one-half
will be charged on all railroads to
Madison. A few farmers have already
decided to go. Let's make this good
delegation from Pierce County.
In connection with the above meet
ings a poultry Short Course will be
given. Every lecture will be demon
strated by wealth of material that
will help to clear up all the little diff
culties that a poultry keeper has. The
work will be so arranged that it will
fit the needs of anyone from the fiji
teen hen owner in the back yard to
the farmer poultry keeper and the
large commercial plant. All those
interested in poultry should try to be
there.
Barron county has just finished a
complete victory over animal tuber-
culosis. This is the first county in
the United States to be free from this
disease. Sixty-seven thousand cattle
were tested in the county and only
four hundred were found to have the
disease. This will be one of the
greatest advertisements for Barron
county to the purchasers of livestock
of other counties and states. This
testing was of no expense to the
farmers of Barron county. Is Pierce
county now ready for such project?
/ have just received the petitions for
this work and if SOC of the farmers
in Pierce county agree to have this
done and will sign a petition before
June 1 will then be ready to start
the work. l will try to have petit
ion at each bank in the county, and
with several farmers in each town
ship, so be sure to sign one as soon as
possible. If you wish further explain
alton on this project will be glad to
give you the same by letter or by
holding meetings in different lolcait-
les.
Remember that the Pure bred Sire
campaign is still on and hope that you
are one of the boosters for it. The
following incidents have just been
made public by the U. S. Department
Oh All lii1CllOL ooS poA
Brown Bessie's Register, not only
failed to increase the milk and butter
fat production of his daughters but
actually lowered them. The first five
of his daughters to freshen produced
in a year 2,140 pounds less Of milk
and 81 pounds less of butter-fat than
their DAMS Compared to this record
is the report on three daughters of
Sultana's Virginia Lad, good pure
bred bull. When these heifers fresh
ened they gave an increase over their
dams of 1884 pounds of milk and 200
pounds Of butter-fat, each, per year
Be sure to list all your seed corn
and grain which you have for sale
with me now, as l am receiving calls
for the same. Anybody wishing fol-
seed corn, grain, alfalfa or soy beans
should try to place their orders with
me now.
l still have a few Farm Account
books left. If you haven't any get
one of these books as they are the
sinnlest ever published.