Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-02-08
Y. \. S "AG" ACTIVITIES

Last Friday witnessed the second
annual Farmers Day program at Ro-
mans Hall, put over by the agrlcui-
tural club Of the local high school.
The boys diligent work in arranging
for the day was amply rewarded by
the splendid turnout of Vernon county
farmers. The afternoon audience tax
ed the capacity of Romans Hall.
Great credit is due Richard Nixon,
the president of the club, for the
splendid manner in which he conduct
ed the program. The program was
opened at 10 o'clock in the morning by
President Nixon, who welcomed the
farmers to the meeting. He then in
| troduced the first speaker on the pro-
gram, T. o. Mork, of the Farmers
Bank, who gave very interesting
talk on some of his experiences as
banker, and of some facts that were
commonly misunderstood by farmers
| in regard to obtaining credit. Mr..
I tersMork's talk was followed by Ma
| jor Buffers of the State Banking De-
partment, who got down to rock bot
tom of the banking situation, explain
ing how the farmer is protected by
depositing his money in the banks,
and also called attention to the fact
that it is very difficult for the banks
to loan money when there is being
so little money deposited in the banks,
as the situation now stands. A gen.
eral discussion followed Major But
/ ters' remarks.
At 1870 D. M, F. K. Mcpherson of
| the First Wisconsin National Bank of
| Milwaukee gave a mighty interesting
talk on the workings of the War FL
nance Corporation, of which he is the
/ head for this section of the country.
/ He explained how this body loaned
government money to the banks,
| which in turn were loaned to the
/ farmers. In the discussion which fol-
/ lowed his talk, he explained just the
procedure that the banks have to go
through to obtain this loan, which gets
away from lot of red tape that first
encountered these proceedings. Pres.
Nixon next introduced the last speak
err on the program, Mr.. Gabbard of
the University of Wisconsin, who gave
complete analysis of the various pro-
cesses farm products have to go thru
before reaching the ultimate consum-
err, explaining in brief why many
farm products are commonly sold to
the consumer at three times the price
paid the farmer. After a short dis
cussion concluding Mr.. Gabbard's talk,
the meeting adjourned.
| The boys wish to extend their
thanks to Mr.. Roman for the use of
the hall, to the NJ. E. church for the
use of chairs, and to Bust & Stout
for fuel furnished to heat the hall.
Results were received last Thurs
day noon relative to the State Corn
T,,I kn11 %
Saturday, January %. The local boys
of ten points by the Oshkosh High
school. The contest was very close
between the two schools, but the boys
had wonderfully instructive and en-
ioyable time, nevertheless. There
were 40 boys competing in the con-
test, and the Viroqua boys placed 9Th,
9Th, 9th and 18th, a record to be proud
of. To see the wonderful display of
corn and small grains, both as grain
and in sheafs, was wonderful to look
upon, and every boy said he would
have an exhibit at the show himself
next year. While at Green Bay, the
boys enjoyed the privilege of going
through a large paper mill, observing
the process from the time the logs
, came into the mill, until the finished
product was made, paper. A trip
through the Green Bay Weather Blu
reau was also taken by the boys.
Thursday of this week the stock
judging team of the high school will
journey to Readstown to take part in
a triangular judging contest between
Seneca, LaFarge and Viroqua Five
classes of live stock will be judged,
dairy cattle, beef cattle, hogs, sheep
and horses. All three teams have been
working hard for the contest, and it
is safe to say that the final results
WILDE very close, no matter which
team wins. Mr.. E. o. Collentine of
the Animal Husbandry Department of
the University has been secured to
Judge the contest, am he will an
nounce the winner as soon as he cor
reefs the papers. The winning team
will have their fare paid both ways to
the state contest of live stock Judging,
March 3rd. The local boys have been
promised big feed" by their agri-
cultural teacher if they win, so it is
needless to say they will endeavor to
uphold the honor of Viroqua High