Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-03-01
WITH THE COUNTYlAGERT
Hi Spots from the County AgrieuKarI
fU2 al Office


of Mr. NJ Jo Strunk aof Fit. Atkinson,
Jefferson county. His yield of corn in
the two acre Corn contest was 4 u
bushels per acre. ALTHOUGH hisis not
the. world $ record itlis coming close to
the 200 bushel per acre mark. The
fact That he beat his former record
by 80 bushels shows that there is
great possibilities for still greater
ryields.q Records of Is production of
corn for 1921 indicate that Wisconsin
and its neighboring states rank as
follows in the production of corn. go
Rank, State, AVERAGE Production
per Acre: iasQ
. i, Wisconsin, 1862 bushels 5ilt uov
2, Iowa, 43 bushels 1lsP sg838f,
3, Ohio, IL bushels. aY01.) = 4,
iva Minnesota, Al bushels. ,yRbaUit
u s. Michigan, 80 bushels oti e}i
Il 8, Indiana, Sc bushelS.ig yaG3 8.
at.7 Z, Illinois, 81 bushels. 5r9 9ra
Wisconsi7's record in the two4acre
corn contest for 1921 is as follows: ehs
's Rank, Name. Town, County, Pro-
duction per Acre: baa rave evo9h
g 4, M. J. Strunk, Fit. Atkinson, JEFF
ferson,. ] I'll bushels. n 3s0iaaazA
+ p, Jippa Mielinga, Midway, La
Crosse, 1888 bushels easl ifE ol
3, Geo. Wheeloek; Green Bay, Brown,
1855 buShels.iia51 Rag Jiv@1 oni ts
y 4, John BenGel, Stoddard, ! Lacrosse
lib bushels.
Il 80 Tom Moore. Green Bay, Brown
.110,4 bushels. aia 9mpd 81
8, jacobson Bros. Green Bay
Brown, 1885 bushels.
z, Joe Schneider New Franken.
Brown, 1875 bushels ui19a -
sgilS,l VIM. r. Berger, Oeonto Falls,
Oconte, 1911 bushels.
~, Herman Berndt. West Depere
Brown. 96.9 bushels. 33ls yaia osa
~. 10. Roman Mushaviteh, Shawano
1927 bushels.
3aIl,. VIM. sorensOn, Bay Cityf Pierce
i 90.3 bushels. roai asi4s "a h9g0.a
edil2,FG. L.oKutil, Seymour, toutaga.
8mie. iS8S bushels.
ii ID, Hugh Harper; Lancaster, Grant
S6,6 bushels. 10 tfitt M 30 1850
IA Milton MARTINI Bagley, Grant
S3.6 Bushels. .9osls7.a
Is, P. S.. Grahang Eenninore Grant
S2.3 bushels. ssiso YI1 i9il a89 3
'd The twelve highestiyields here NAM
ed were made with Golden GloH' Wis.
consin, No. 12l corn. Vernon couEtYs
record in. the stwo-aere corn ceneasi
is, as, follows; Rank, Name, Address
PRODUCTION per acre. 03 III EGlIEi
I, Hjalmar1 Theige. Westby, 69.1bs
~ 2, Guy lTheige, Westby, a60.Sofa19
br g. Myronc Appleman, Westby A..
ai Although the production of corn or
Vernon county soil is considerably
above the average for the state Oh
Wisconsin it ois considerably below
what might be produced if our corr
plants were fed properly With the
records of production of tobacco or
Vernon county soils it is very evident
that the possibility of corn product.
ion are far greater than the results
obtained by actual testo These re-
suits Indicate definitely that the corn
plant does not receive a complete RAJ
ton. The development of the seed in
question as compared 10 the stalks
indicate to the writer that the lack
of one plant food is especially pro-
nounced, namely, that of PHOSPHORUS
II every instance where observation
vas made during the growing season
I ere were indications that there swas
bundance of potash and nitrate In the
il but deficiency of phosphate
il view of this fact the writer wishes
again to emphasize; the necessity OF
)plying raw rock phosphate, OF otreb-
] acid phosphate to- our Vernon ceun-
t. soils to, obtain maximum pFoduc-
ton In supplying ithis plant food il
is not necessary TO experiment over
a large area and use a large amount
of phosphate The writer wishes ia
present a conservative idea, namely
that of selecting one acre of soil and
applying phosphorus to it at the rate
of l25 pounds of 44@o phosphate fer
tilizer This will cost approximately
$3.50 per acre, and should the price 81
corn be 609eents per bushel itdwiIp re.
equire an increased production of $50
bushels of corn to- pay for the added
PHOSPHORUS, Experiments thus fan
conducted snow that an increase any
where from is to 30 bushels per acre
may be obtained by the application
of phosphate to the soil Furthermore
owing to the9fact that PHOSPHORUS is
not lost from the soil through leack-
ing but will give Increased returns foI
no less than fiveiyears after the time
1T is applied Is an added inducemeTli
for the farmers of Vernon couaty te
use phosphate fertilzerhE .S9i7 9 ~
Poland China Hog Sells for $500
~ Although weather conditions scared
ly permitted the holding of the Po-
land China saleI on f riday February
Path "a splenaidlerowd of buyers a
ssmbled at the fair grounds TO- give
their bidsron the splendid slbt of fe-
males. that were offered for sale Al
though Mra Hoveas1Id found the crowd
rather chilled by the cold breeze than
was blowing haO found them I'M a
receptive mood To do their best iSl.tak-
ing home aagDed, biacknand white hog
Those consigRing hogs are as follows:
Messrs. "A. L. Grooming, Oscar Theige,
Mandus 9Iheige, OTIS Theiges address,
Wesley, Wis., EMessfs3 j. w. Norris,
Lars Rusdal, Gerold Rusdal, iC..N. Cor
man,J E. Dixoig addressnV 1roqtIa,
Wis Il ,MessrsIIStaniey Sheldon, w. w.
Powell of Victory and Mr.. Joe 5Bobst
of Genoa. 1.-The thirty head offered for
sale Averaged w S3S 40. The highest
price ibeingl paid To- Mr.gJoe Bobste S55
for aa9yearling show type individual.
She was purchased by Otis aFheige9 of
Westhy. EDS 9e5 .Qbs1ogoJ .IaVHs8 f0f
"A Those bringing home the bacon are
as followss JAIessrs. Ralph Theigey
Levi Eek harit, M athias Peterson,l Carl
Christensen, Gu W. Schroeder Otto Oh
son, Clarence ReiTIe, Otto Quain, Os-
car Sherry ,Os e Hieltery Tom Kilen,
Russell Thompson, aLfgM.i Thompson;
H. L. Morrison, Ed Crowther, H. C.
Higgins, VIII MOckrudg3GE 80 k9H
IN behalf of the breeders in the POI
land China association the writer
wishes to ask the cooperation of ali
who purchased foundation stock at the
l. I.