River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-08-10
County Agent Notes
H. G. Seyforth

III. G.. SeyfOrth
| Foster County, ND. will need from
FIVE hridred to thousand men to
take care of its crop. We would like
to get good farm boys and if we know
definitely when we can expect them,
if they will write US three or four
days before they arrive we will be
able to place every one of them. For
those who could go through Minnea-
polls, st. Paul, Duluth or Superior,
there is railroad rate, effective, as
you perhaps know, Aug. 1st to the
18th, of $500 to any point in North
Dakota for party of FIVE. The above
is an extract from letter received
from Co. Agri. Agent Chas. C. Lake,
Foster Co., North Dakota.
Applications for soil analysis are
coming in gradually. We can still
take on a few more providing re-
quests. are sent in at once. Why not
find out about the soil conditions on
your farm now that the opportunity
is here?
Flies reduce the milk flow and ir-
rate the nervous system, of patient
dairy cattle. Get after them in the
simmer. Use fly traps about the
stable and mix up and use simple
home made spray compound, or buy
and use commercial preparations.
Here is good spray mixture: two
gallons of kerosene, one quart of pine
tar, one half pint of crude carbolic
acid, and one quart of fish oil. Add
water to make mixture and put it
on with a sponge or cloth.
Standards for grades of comb and
extracted honey have been establish
ed by the Department of Markets.
The grades provide for the stamping
of all sections and cases of comb
honey and all containers of extracted
honey. The regulations require that
all Wisconsin honey must be marked
with the official stamp furnished only
by the Department of Markets. 1t is
permissible, however, to have the re-
quired markings printed on label but
in case you do that it is advisable to
submit a sample label to the Wiscon-
sin Department of Markets, Madison,
Wisconsin, for approval and also that
youlr name can be registered. The
standard rules for grades of comb
honey and extracted honey can be OBJ
l. tanned at this office.
Remember that you have chance
to get picric acid for stump blowing
if you are going to do any of that
work. The supply is being taken up
very rapidly now, so it is best to get
your orders in at once. Blanks can
be obtained at this office.
What can you do to stop or con-
troll clover mildew? Nothing, I'm
afraid" replied R. E. Vaughan, ex-
pert plant pathologist at the Badger
college of agriculture. "There is no
control but be sure to cure the hay
| carefully and watch out about feed
+, ing it to horses as it is apt to be mus
| ty. 1t is not poisonous" Glover
mildew is common all over the state
this year. 1t is also common in many
parts of the Mississippi Valley. 1t
| is probably due to the wet weather
| this spring.
A new and dangerous tobacco dis
ease known as "Wildfire" is attacking
| Wisconsin tobacco fields. 1t has al
ready been found on 60 farms. ITO
the Wisconsin farmer this disease is
apt to look like a case of ordinary
rust" says James Johnson, tobacco
authority at the Wisconsin College
of Agriculture. "But this disease is
far more dangerous to the crop than
the old fashioned rust. The distin-
gushing characteristic of the dis
ease is a very round yellow border
surrounding the center of the rust
spot"
The Pierce County Guernsey breed
ers have decided to hold a grade
Guernsey cow and purebred Guernsey
bull sale on October 18th at the
Ellsworth Stock Pavilion.