Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-03-08
COUNTY AGENT HINTS.

Mr.. Robbins, livestock editor OF the
Wisconsin Agriculturist, and who has
probably given more addresses on
better livestock in the last six months
than any other man in Wisconsin,
took up the subject Of developing
a Herd" before a gathering of Grant
county farmers at the opera house in
Lancaster, last Friday afternoon.
The seven points he mentioned are
worth considering by every farmer
who handles livestock His first was
that to be successful in the livestock
business one must have a love to pos
sess good livestock. The second, is
knowledge of form and function, or
Judging livestock. If a farmer has
chosen a breed he should study a
good individual and keep that picture
before him all the time. The third is
feeding Mr.. Cruickshank of Scotland
when asked what was the secret of
developing good cattle Immediately
replied, 'It takes full feed bin to
develop good cattle" The fourth
point is the use of pure bred sire.
He mentioned that is not necessary to
pay a large sum to obtain good sire,
because many excellent sires, that
have proven to be leaders of their
breed, were bought for a reasonable
sum. The fifth point is to build
herd on a diseaSe-free foundation.
With the possibilities of testing COWS
for tuberculosis and with the disease
free accredited herds that we have in
Wisconsin, there is no excuse for any
one taking a chance in building a
herd as he can get absolutely dis
ease-free stock upon which to build
a. L, II, t1of
it is disease-free. The 9th point the
speaker emphasized strongly is a
record of production. He mentioned
that upon his farm near st. Cloud,
Mimi, they have over 200 head Of
dairy cattle. Their records of pro-
duction vary all the way from 173
to over LOO pounds OF butter and
more attention must be given to the
production of the dairy COWS and the
gains made by beef individuals. The
last point was that of building the
herds of a community, and he cite>
several striking instances where in
dividual farmers worked with their
neighbors and were aoie to see that
no man is greater than the cOmmun-
ity in which he lives.
Mr.. Robbins talked Saturday on:
Wealthy Hale, representing the
Home Economics department Of the
University, will be in the county for
the first of a series of meetings to be
held in the summer The meetings
are: Mt Hope, Tuesday, March 7th;
Chas. Metcalfes, Glen Haven, We'd
Inesday, March Sth; Court room in
Lancaster, Thursday, March 9th;
VIM. Franenhoff's, Fe>4nfmore, Friday
March 10th At the first of these
meetings groups will be organized,
the purpose and contents of the
course will be explained, and a dis
cussion will follow on the Selection
of Foods"
Are you Going to Use Soy Beans!
The soy bean, a plant that is just
beginning to be none (knownO and
its value realized by the farmers OF
Wis, is going to be used more con-
siderably in the future than at the
present time, as it has so many more
favorable uses and proving to be
more useful every year.
The soy bean can be used for hay
crop in case the clover kills out it
can be used in the corn field, it can
be sown in small lots for hog pasture
and gives good results when grown
for seed. The plant is high in protein
and when inoculated contains more
protein and is more excellent for the
soil than when not inoculated.
Phil Graham'S Experiment in Feeding
Last fall Mr.. Graham found that he
could not cut his soy beans for hay
or seed because of the lack of time,
and therefore, allowed his steers to
run through the patch. He said, it
was a considerable time before they
started eating them but once started
they cleaned up the patch in rather
short time, and Mr.. Graham states
that he never had steers that looked
as smooth and nice as these did.
Other instances can be cited but
let's try the soy bean this year lit
tie more than we ever have before
and be sure and inoculate the seed.
The seed can be bought this year
at a reasonable price.-County Agent.