River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-12-28


| only in certain parts where the soil is
| rather light, where grain has been the
| chief crop in the years past and in
| some cases where the texture is not
| the best. Commercial fertilizer expert
ments on corn, alone, were run on the
farms of Stirrat Bros, Oak Grove, For
| rest McCue, River Falls A. NJ. Ander-
| son y Son, Ell Paso: and w. b: Erick-
| son, Trenton. The results on the plots
showed an increase in yield. Seventy
I'VE per cent, of the ears We're good
sized and well matured. The stalks in
most cases were considerable larger
and in all cases the corn matured about
was used. These experiments showed
that all the soil was deficient in phos-
| phorus.
The fertilizer for these plots was
furnished by the experiment station.
| 1t was applied broadcast at the rate of
500 pounds per acre All these plots
to see what effect there will be on
grain and clover.
The lining problem. is one of the
soil survey work is bringing out the
fact that lime is needed on most farms
especially for the successful growing
I am having the soil survey men
locate all the limestone deposits that
can be quarried easily and crushed for
agricultural purposes. They have To-
alysIs OF the limestone varies from
SO to 104 per cent calcium carbonate
which is equal to any limestone found
elsewhere in the state. Samples of
this limestone can be seen in my office
we nope to have crusher or two
started TINS winter, as there are orders
for over 1000 tons now in this county.
and this can be crushed here for the
farmer at $500 per ton, while if ship
ped in, it would cost $3.50. This alone
Will mean saving of over $500, and
also more limestone will be used
Five carloads, of limestone totaling
ITO tons were shipped into the county
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pies OF soil were tested for acidity at
the office. Many samples are coming
Experiments on alfalfa with and
without lime We're run on 10 different
farms. Where lime was used alfalfa
was a success and without lime the
alfalfa was complete failure
Brought one lime spreader into the
county. Inspected two limestone
erushers in the southern part of the
With the aid of the different breed
ers' organizations in the county l have
been able to do considerable in live
Iand: CHINA Association put on a State
Picnic at River Falls. Several good
Poland,China gifts were given to boys
and girls and were used for Club Work
Worked with the Holstein, Guernsey
and Jersey Breeders. Associations put
ting , on their annual picnIcs.
breeders, each, We're induced to put on
Futurity Shows at the County Fair
which made available $500 more in
prizes for the two breeds.
Assisted many farmers in selecting
livestock for exhibits at the County
at River Falls.
Helped the Fair Board revise the
Premium List in regard to livestock.
A Cow Testing Association was or
ganized in the vicinity of Maiden Rock
The Ellsworth and Spring Valley Cow
Testing Associations were reorganized.
work on organizing G. 7. A. in the
| neighborhood of River Falls has been
Will be five G. 7. A. in Pierce County.
Consignment OF Grade Cow and Pure
bred Bull Sales of both Holstein and
worth this fall. The animals sold very
well. The highest prices were paid for
cows with good G. T. A. records. The
managing and bookkeeping. of these
two sales were done through this of
fee.
Five carloads of grade Holsteins and
the county to Minnesota, Nebraska and
South Dakota. / have inquiries for a
number more, but cannot supply this
demand as there is not much of sur
One thousand six hundred fifty head
of cattle have been tested for tubercu-
loss by the Federal f tester Seventy
owners We're accompanied to the
slaughter houses to see their reactors
killed: Forty five herds are on the
supplying milk to the. village of ELS
worth and Spring Valley were tested
for tuberculosis. The demand for this
work is far in excess of what the Fed
eral tester can do.
A Get-Together Banquet was held
at Ellsworth in July for the benefit of
Mr.. Skinner, manager of the National
Dairy Show, was the chief speaker of
the evening.
A booster trip to the Dairy Show
was planned and rs cars carrying 800
people attended. They were accom-
panied by the Elmwood Band, which
of Pierce County Many, more people
attended on account of being able to
go with a delegation.
Girls Club Work 70 k for he helping PIN f Improve
the livestock in this county. Seven
purebred Guernsey calves were
for Guernsey Calf Club members. we
hope to repeat this on larger scale
next spring.
six evening, meetings were held in
boosting the dairy cow. Mr.. Imrie or
Roberts helped with this work.
kinds of livestock were made out at
this office for, farmers, in this county.
Much livestock is exchanged through
this Office. Two farmers We're aided in
putting on purebred Duroc-Jersey
Pierce County looks very promising
as livestock center of the northwest
II the interest along this line con-
tinueS.
The old orchards in the county are
beginning to revive. They are begin
ming to be another source of income
to the people, and in a few years the
greater part of apples used in Pierce
County should be produced in Pierce
County Efforts to interest people in
care of orchards is, bringing results.
Individual owners have done much
spraying and pruning. One man who
has made care of orchards his business
reports over 500 trees sprayed this
spring. Fifteen pruning demonstra
tions were held with an attendance of
100. One spraying demonstration was
held.
One man who never sprayed his APP
pie trees before and who never had
any marketable apples was induced to
spray this spring. The results were
that he has his cellar full of good APP
piles and sold $4,000 worth. His spray
ing cost $500. Another orchard of five
trees which had never produced any
eatable apples was sprayed at a cost
of $3.50. Fruit sold from this orchard
netted $500 besides having a good
supply for their own use. Pi@rce Coun-
ty can raise her own fruit and have
some to sell if a little time is spent
on the old orchard. Interest in the
orchard work is increasing rapidly.
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