Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-01-13
Forest County

Forest County
Forest County was forest 0riginslly y
but that wonderful crop OF nature il
fast disappearing and IT present we
fnd vast tracts Of cut-over lands and =
sprinkiing Of farming communities
here and there over the~.county.
Three years ago there were $50 far
mers located in the county and TO-DAY
the figure 10 close to ITO. Not such !
sensational increase. but just steady
influx which means progress a. time
passes. The county possesses a loan soil
which spells success in the agriculture
industry to those who make proper use
of the soil resources.
Many of the farmers are just bsginn-
ers and the COW has her place with
each family through necessity, because
dairying is and will be the most i'm
portant type of farming in Forest
County.
One fact will strike an observing
tourist and that is that the county is
divided rather markedly into the east
ern and western halves. The east side
of the county caters to the Holstein
breed Of cattle and the western half to
the Guernsey breed, and not very man.
y herds have cattle having all the COL
ors of the rainbow. This fact has come
about by the introduction of registered
pure bred sires SO that most Of the
herds are either grade Helsteins or
Guernseys.
Two years ago 65 per cent of the far
mers were using pure bred sires on
their herds, and although figures are
not available the percentage 10 great
deal higher now.
The affair of conditions spells only
one thing and that is better dairy COWS
and success to the farmer.
During 1920, thirty pure bred heifers
were introduced into the county through
the medium of the Boys and Girls
Calf Club. This was larger number
of pure bred animals introduced than
was the total amount of all pure bred
females owned within the county. All
the heifer calves were reared by the
youngsters, aud who can determine
what this line of effort will mean for
the future prosperity of Forest county :?
On May 1st., 1920, the first Cow Test
ing Association within the county COM
menced operations among the farmers
of the western part of the county. At
the end Of the year results showed
that % per cent of the cows belonging
to the Cow Testing Association were
''Star Boarders" and "beefed" as un-
profitable. The testing work has put
new life and vigor into the dairy game
and many member has become q
much better farmer az result.
AS only SO per cent of all land in the
county is in farms, it can readily be
seen that the problem of clearing up
more land for farming purposes is the
prime factor considered
For the past several years, farmers
pooled their orders for stump and rock
blasting explosives, thereby being ab-
le to buy in carload lots and obtaining
the explosives at low prices.
Without any question the potato
crop is the most important cash crop
in the county and every possible effort
is exerted with farmers to grow this
crop at the least possible cost and pro-
duce the largest crop Of the best quail
ity.
Many other lines Of progress are be-
ing made by forming organizations be-
sides the Boys and Girls Calf Club, all
tending toward more efficient. salts
factory and profitable farming in For
est county. .--Antigo Journal