River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-06-08
County Agent Notes
H. G. Seyforth

eggs are thrown away each year.
| Would your conscientiously allow ITO
of the eggs you collect each day to be
wasted? This is what happens when
nests are not clean, well bedded, and
the males are not removed from the
flock during the summer months.
Some misunderstanding exists con-
corning the possibility of producing
infertile eggs. We must remember
that an infertile egg will not rot.
We must also consider that a flock
from the males as. they will when
males are present. Many poultry
farms make practice of purchasing
day old chicks each year, dispose of
the cockerels at broiler age, and keep
the females for egg production DUR
ing the year. They never have male
in the flock. We should do the same
thing during the summer months. As
soon as we have saved all the hatch
ing eggs that will be needed, we
should either have the males for
Sunday dinner or sell them on the
market. With the average farm flock
| it is seldom that the males are held
for breeders for the second year. In
the fall of the year the price is gener-
ally little bit lower and we have
wasted all that feed on them. Anoth-
er argument in favor of selling is that
we expect to improve our production
by breeding and should plan on hav-
ing a male from the same strain but
from a better line of breeding for
use the second season.
Try some of the new home made
milk drinks. They are easy to mix,
have a high food value and most
pleasant taste. People who have new
er cared for milk before like these
drinks. Milk drinks can be mixed in
any home and especially in the farm
home, according to ]. L. Sammis, of
the dairy department, University of
Wisconsin. The evenings milk should
be used. To glass of milk about
one teaspoonful of any pleasing fla
vor, such as vanilla, lemon, strawber-a
ry, or pineapple and about two tea
fspoonsful of sugar are added and mix
ed thoroughly. The amount of flaw
1 oring and sugar can be varied accord
ing to taste, but flavoring should be
a pure product. In the city, powder
ed milk can be used, stirring the mix
ture with an egg beaten. Where car
donated water can be had, it may be
added
1t is now time to apply the second
spray to apple, cherry and plum trees,
as it is about Is days since the petals
have fallen. The same spray cansist-
ing of lime sulphur and arsenote of
lead should be used as in the first
spray. The entire tree should be COW
cred with the spray material. For
the currant worm use one pound of
arsenate of lead to so gallons of wa
ter. Cover the entire bush. Bulletins
on when and how to spray Wisconsin
fruits can be obtained at the office.
The Pierce County Jersey breeders
association will hold its picnic at the
Frank Anderson farm one mile South
of Ellsworth on Wednesday, June IA.
The Holstein breeders will hold their
picnic at the Abe Leonard farm near
| Ottman Corners. The date will be an
nounced later.
| Some very good experimental plots
showing the value of limestone for a
alfalfa field can be seen at the Albert
Kline farm in the southeast corner of
the town of Ellsworth, and on the w.
o. Mcintyre farm northwest of Bel
denville on the River Falls Ellsworth
| highway.
| Numerous inquiries are coming into
the office for tuberculin testing of
cattle. No new work can be taken on
until after July 1, and then no definite
time is promised as yet. Applications
for this work may be taken care of
before July l in any herd will have to
be held by the owner until the new
funds can be used. Considerable in
terest is taken in T. B. work in this
county.
At the Normal Stock Show held at
River Falls last week, Pierce county
exhibitors received fifteen first prizes
and three champion prizes on differ
ent breeds of cattle shown.
The county soil survey will begin
in the eastern part of the county June
Is. Individual farm surveys can be
made, including a soil map of the
farm, at a lower cost than heretofore.
Anyone interested in having this work
done should get an application from
me at an early date.