Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-04-07
CONRATH DAY
DREW BIG CROWD
Over Three Hundred Farmers,
Including Women and Chill
dren Turn Out for
Big Meet

started the program on the street,
played several selections in the town
hall ut the main event. and finished the
celebration Of the day by giving a fine
concert on the street Many comment
ed on the music as being the best and
most enjoyable thing ON the program
as it created feeling Of mutual friend
ship that is the biggest asset amy com
munity can have.
The next best feature was the SPLEEN
did lunch served free in the town hall
There was an abundance Of good things
to eat and good coffee to go with it.
If there is anything to promote friend
lincsS in community faster or better
than music and good eats" we don't
know what ii is
4 Fine Dinner
The splendid chicken dinner served
at the village hotel is deserving of spe-
cial mention. While the congenial
Iandlady made special price of 30
cents on this dinner, the patrons in
sisted on paying her 30 cents per plate,
thus showing their appreciation.
Start to Advertise
The banker passed out pencils and
some of the enterpriSing business
houses passed out printed literature
letting pc Dple know what they have TO
Vu.
one leading store put on sale of
cookies. and served free coffee in the
rear end of their store after the en-
tertainment.
The Speeches
= II. NJ. Jones gave a good talk on CO.
operation and his statement that the
farmers Of Rusk county had paid out
during the past winter over Il half
million dollars for feed for their live
stock. should have great weight with
farmers here
1t shows concIusivey that the one
biggest thing that farmer can raise
here is hay fodder. and feed. for his
livestock and the best. most easily
raised and most profitable of These is
clover.
Mr.. Jones furnished pictures show
ing the making of F0rdson tractors
but there was too much daylight to
make the pictures show up plain.
\ Farmer Talks
Ray Madison gave an instructive and
interesting talk on COW feeds. He said
Cows and livestock should be the
main effort here but feed must come
first. This can be made great live
stock center Farmers often raise the |
WrCNg kind of feed.
Corn will furnish more roughage
than anything else per acre.
Cut here for Slagc it yields Il great |
or profit than when grown as Il cash |
crop in the corn belt or fed 10 hogs
there. Corn loses but ten per cent of
its value i'm the Silo. Corn fodder |
loses much more Corn fodder can be
run through the silage cutter and put |
into the NOW for winter feed. 1t is |
good feed but mice and rats become 4
nuisance in il.
Milk contains more protein than it |
does bufterfat.
Raise clover. soy beans oats and !
peas and other legumcS to make the
protein feeds for the dairy COWS.
Mr. MattSon has the book learning |
ANA also the practical experience i'll
the work he tells about Having moth
ing to sell. he speaks from the shout
der and because of this fact he is Il gen
rral favorite among the real farmers
Potato Culture
Potato culture was spoken Of in
about the same manner as our item
last week from the LadySmith farm
crs' institute.
\ plea was made for uniform quail
ity. Sprouting ana treating two weeks
before planting was advised
A representative of big produce
company was there and gave Il talk |
ON raising vegetables for the market |
He said his company was ready and /
willing TO either buy the warehouse |
there or put in Il new one to buy the
produce the farmers raised.
He stated that he could not say what /
the prices would be, but that he would
pay the market price
While cabbage was worth only 81 |
10 81 year ago he said that the early |
cabbage at Stanley brought $500 per
ton last fall and the solid head Holland
cabbage brought as high as $500 per
ton, and in some cases paid Il gross
profit of $3.50 per acre. The price now
is $50 per tom for this variety of cab
bage, he said.
The average price of rutabagaS was
given as 40 cents per bushel.
This firm also handled potatoes.
Green Mountain or Rural New Workers,
were given as the best late potatoes
for the markets. while Early Triumphs
are Il good potato 10 raise as there is
always big demand for them for seed
in the southern states.
C. /. Fisher gave a short talk on
citizenship.
Mr. Schoepf summed up the follow
ing needs of the community: First
open up a good market for all pro-
duce: second. a viner to take care Of
The peas: third. new settlers to raise
Oroducn crOnS fOurth q 0riSt mill