The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-04-27
Agricultural Program
Has Been Planned
NOTEWORTHY UNDERTAKE
INGS TO BE UNDERTAKEN
A Busy Seasons Work Has
Been Outlined by County
Agricultural Agent v. F..
B4rubaker and Committee.

This year will be trying one for
our farmers but facing these facts
they are making plans to clear land,
plant and sow their crops. The acre
age will show some increase in a
few crops but very little decrease in
any. There has been up to the pre-
sent time, five carload of explosives
sold in the County while this time last
year there were six.
Farmers Sell Much Seed Grain
County Agent Brubaker, reports
that he has assisted the farmers la
selling over 5000 bushels of seed oats,
barley and spring wheat. The de-
mand has been strong from other
counties where farmers had seen the
fine samples of grain exhibited at the
grain shows last winter. This proves
that exhibiting is q great advertise
ment both to the individual and to the
County. Mr.. Brubaker also reports
that he recently had to turn orders
sway for over 1900 bushels of seed
grains as the farmers have just about
sold out.
MANY Interesting Projects for 1922.
Mr.. v. E. Brubaker, County Agr.
Agent, has planned seven main pro-
iects for the agricultural program
this year. In cooperation with the
Agricultural Committe, Mr.. Geo.
Harrow, of Cable, Luke LAWN OF
Tripp, and Mr.. E. R. Tetzner OF
Washburn, Mr.. Brubaker hopes to
get a lot Of work accomplished this
wear The seven main projects
planned are as follows:
1st. Organization of two commer-
cial egg Ass'ns. one at WashDurn
and one at Drunmond. These as
sociations will be run comparatively,
both in producing and selling one
grade of eggs. All members OF the
Association will build the same type
Of houses and operate their poultry
ranches under similar plans OF man.
agement.
End. Running experimental plots
of soybeans and alfalfa on farms thru
out the county, both for seed and
hay crops. This is for the lighter
sandy soils. These trial plots will
be run on the following farms
Ernest Kobelt, town of Lincoln, with
early black and bollybrook soybeans;
w. J. Bradfeld town Of Hughes, al
faha and hollybrook soybens for hay;
n. Wier. town Of Hughes, hollybrook
soybeans for hay, sown broadcast;
Peterson Bros, town OF Russeii
lsollvbrook soybeans planted with
corn for silage; Mr.. c. 0. Brink al
falfa with and without lime for nay
an dearly black soybeans; j. Ott'
man. town Of Barksdale, alfalfa witt
and without lime and early biact
.soybeans; Mr.. A. C. Johnson, towI
,nf Barnes early black soybeans and
:Holloybrooks for seeds, planted n
rows; L. C. Young, town OF Bell, earl!
black and hollybrook soybeans for seee
and hav: James Moran, Iron River
:early black and hollybrook soybean'
for hay; Alois Habelt, Grandview
eariy black soybeans for hay; l
Fisher town of Hughes, hollybrooi
.soybeans for hay, broadcast; W. L
SCHNEIDER, Washburn, hollybrooks ant
early black soybeans for hay.
photographs and careful records
will be taken of all these trial plots
ard. HID orchard pruning, thin
ming Of fruit, and spraying demon
strations in town of Eileen, Barks
dale. Orients, Bayfield, and Wash
burn.
4th Exhibit large display OF see'
grains, fruit, honey, potatoes am
other farm products at the Mid-win
teri Exposition held at milwaukee
next fall. !.
5th. Potato Improvement WORK
which will induce more farmers t
treat their potato seed with corro
sive sublinate by holding several pc
tato treatment demonstrations an
holding County Potato Show i
October at Mason, and conductin
several potato inspection field trip
At Cable, Mason, Washburn, POI
Wing, Iron River, Barnes and Crane
view.
6h. Cow testing associations WI
he organized if possible at Wast
burn, Mason and Port Wing. Tn
work will be assisted by the HOLSTER
and Guernsey Breeders Association