River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-02-09
County Agent Notes
q. G. Seyforth

per returns. $50 far as possible"
says R. S. Hulce, of the college Of Ag-
riculture, University of Wis, utilize
home grown crops, adding purchased
feeds to make up the necessary
amount, as well as to add variety and
furnish ingredients that may be lack
ing. Don't buy the feeds that are the
cheapest in price, but rather those
which will give the best results at the
lowest price. If corn silage and al
falfa hay are available, one of the
best and cheapest rations that can be
obtained consists of about 80 pounds
of corn silage and all the alfalfa hay
that the cows will clean up. A mix
ture consisting of equal parts by
weight of ground corn and oats or two
parts of ground corn and one of wheat
bran may be made to supplement
the silage and alfalfa. Feed about
one pound of this mixture for each
ga pounds of average testing milk
produced. A pound or two of cotton
seed or linseed meal to a COW day
may be fed in connection with the ra-
ton to high producing cows, but it
would not be necessary to add these
feeds to cows of moderate production.
Remember that the grain mixtures
mentioned are not sufficient with poor
hay in the ration.
Shortage in other legume hay
crops coupled with the low prices of
soybean seed to the farmer points
toward large acreage for the coming
year," is the statement of George
Briggs of the Agricultural extension
service of the Wis. College of Agricul-
ture. The proportion of legume hay
to other hay crops is smaller this
season than it has been for many
years due to the dry summer. This
points to a shortage in the central
Wisconsin good potato soil for 1922
because heretofore the clover and al
falfa sod has furnished the green
manure. Mr.. Briggs pointed out that
soybeans have been tried on every
type of Wisconsin soil with excellent
results, that the hay and silage have
proved equal to that of other legumes,
and that the crop makes good green
manure when turned under. Unlike
clover and alfalfa the soybean is an
annual plant and will mature in the
season in which it is planted. All
farmers who raised soybeans last
season, either for silage or seed re-
port very good crop of each, and
many more farmers are going to try
some this season. Seed is more rea-
sonable, the prices varying from $3.50
to $500 per bushel. | hope that all
farmers who want seed this year will
get their orders in soon as | want to
place the order for this county very
soon. You can get the seed through
your local elevator but if you are not
familiar with the bean would like to
consult with you so that you will get
the right kind for this climate and the
crop you intend ii for.
/ am still taking orders for alfalfa
seed, the second shipment, the order
for which | shall place March LIST.
Get your order in for that time if you
want to get seed at 80 cents pound.
Later / shall not be able to get it at
that price. If there are any farmers
who wish to get alfalfa hay let me
know at once as the price is slowly
rising in accordance with increased
demand
Now is the time to make arrange
ments for entering the calf club work
for next season. have made arrange
ments TO get some very good heifer
calves of different breeds for 500 or
less. In order to get the best ones we
must get them very soon as there is
large demand for calves for calf
club work. Any boy or girl who
wishes to enter in any other kind of
club work should get in touch with
me-
This county will be very fortunate
this year in having soil survey made
if enough interest is shown by farm
ers living in the county. A certain
amount of this work is being done
each year in the state and there are
only IL counties in which to make
this survey. A map viii be made from
this survey showing the different
types of soil, which will be of great
advantage to the farmers in the
county in solving their soil problems.
At the same time survey can be
made of any farm for $500 which
will give the chemical analysis, and a
soil map of their farm.
The prize lists for the Grain Shows
to be held in connection with the
Farmers Institutes, and the programs
will be published in the different