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

This is the week when stockmen
and dairymen from all sections of the
state will meet at Madison and cele-
brate 80 years of dairying in Wiscon-
sin. The different state breeders as
sociations will also hold their annual
meetings. We hope there will be
enough representatives from this
county in attendance to bring back
the message to those who could not
go.
Beware Of smut in your seed oats
for this spring sowing" warns R. +,
Vaughan, plant pathologist at the
college of agriculture. ."We RECON-
mend thorough treatment OF seed
oats with formaldelyde, about one
round to so bushels of the oats. This
may be applied by spraying, dipping,
or the machine method. Soaking the
cats in water solution Of formalde-
hyde is the most thorough treatment
Fornlaldehyde kills the smut, and by
using it on your seed oats you will IN
sure a good crop next summer
"Clover and alfalfa is the ham and
eggs for Wisconsin's dairy cows. Po-
tatoes and crackers make a very poor
diet for human beings but no poorer
than timothy hay for dairy cows and
vet hundreds of farmers are forced to
serve just this to odd Brin' this Win
ter due to the failure of the clover
CROP declares E. L. Luther, superin-
tendent of farmers Institutes. 'Thous-
ands of acres that once grew clover
in abundance absolutely refuse to
grow clover any more, and NOV after
NOW that used to bulge with sweet
smelling clover is filled with timothy
sown just to keep the clover crop
from making an absolute failure We
hope that the clover and alfalfa acre
age is going to increase extensively
this next season. There is a big de-
mand for clover seed in other states
as | have had two inquiries for 500
bushel of this seed from the Farm
Bureau in Ohio and one from the
Farm Bureau in Iowa. Most OF the
seed raised in the county the past
season ought to be sown right here as
we must have clover in our rotation
in order to keep up the fertility Of the
soil. Let's adopt this slogan "Grow
more clover and alfalfa in Pierce
County"
A big program is being planned Tor
the four Farmers Institutes to be
held in the county during the last two
weeks of February. Diamond Bluff,
Feb. IA and Is; Maiden Rock, Feb. 16
and II; Ellsworth, Feb. q and %;
Spring Valley, Feb. % and "a. A
Grain and Corn Show viii be held IN
connection with each institute. The
premium list of these shows will be
published in all papers before the in
stitutes. We hope every farmer who
has any good grain or corn will make
an exhibit.
The following letter from Olson
Block, st. James, Mimi, Watonwan
County Farm Bureau, is a sample of
the many that | am receiving:
County Agri. Agent,
Ellsworth, Wis.
Dear Sir:
There is quite a demand in this
county at this time for good dairy cat
tie and quite good many have come
to me requesting me to help locate
some good grade Holstein or Guern-
sey milk cows. Am writing to ask
you if you have any to offer in your
county and what is the average price.
We no doubt will be in the market
for several car loads if we can locate
what we want at a reasonable price.
Thanking you in advance for your
early reply, am
Very truly yours,
L. Z. Hudson