Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-12-14

, instances through advertisements ~
!, / the Wausau Trade Extension ana the
Farm Journal.
The assessors in all but four towns
, co-operated with the county agent III
obtaining the pure bred sire census
The numbers of pure bred sires were
then mapped according to towns and
placed upon the wall of the county
agents office. This map has Afforded
wonderful fund of information and
the sections of the county where the
pure bred sire is quite extensively
used is found to be the section where
the best dairy cattle are located.
Tuberculin Test
The county board of supervisors
took a step in forward direction
when at their January session they
appropriated $4,000 to assist the FAR
mers of the county in eradicating tu-
berculosis from their herds. This
money was appropriated to pay the
| farmers share of the loss resulting
| from reactors in his herd on condl-
that so per cent Of the cattle owners
| in the county would sign the required
petition to the state department or ag-
riculture.
Upon the shoulders of the county
agent was placed the task OF obtain
ing the required number of sigma
lures and the administration OF the
statutes are complied with. The
breeders clubs, COW testing associa-
ton officials and members of the
Equity society, some cheese makers
and a good many prominent farmers,
hue honlZnrc howe
Grated intellectually and spirited
ly in obtaining signatures in their re-
spectiye communities.
To date about $500 signatures have
been obtained. At least 1880 more
are required A drive this winter is
being operated to get more signers
and the plan is to have this work COM
pleted before spring.
Farmers Institutes
who have been successful in their
chosen line of work have been the
speakers at fourteen farm
ers' and womens Institutes held at
different points in the country. An |
of 9,793 people at these |
has shown due appreciation |
for the time and expense incurred. A |
new idea was worked this year in |
connection with few of the insti- |
tutes for the purpose of interesting |
the boys and girls. A junior insti-
tute held under the leadership of Mr.. |
McNeel proved very successful and |
will be furthered at meetings held |
next year.
The biggest number of Institutes
ever held in Marathon county is the |
outline planned for the winter of |
1929.
To date, great many institute |
points have been scheduled. To reach |
every farmer and his family is the |
slogan adopted through this institute |
plan for this winter.
Grain shows, potato exhibits, stock |
Judging contests for the men as we'll |
Is the boys and girls, canning ex- |
libits, and good many other feat |
Tres were staged in connection with |
he institutes the past year and will |
,e regular part of the program this |
'ear.
Poultry Demonstrations
A number of poultry culling demon
trations were staged in different |
,arts of the county during the week |
II October 1921. Prof. John b. Hayes,
College sof Agriculture demonstrated |
he method by which the boarder was
detected from the laying hen. After |
ZACH days demonstration, several |
locks were culled.
Picric Acid
(Red Letter EVENT.
over six thousand acres of cut-over
and have been cleared in Marathon
county this year, by the use of picric
lcid, supplied at cost by the U. S. de-
'artment of agriculture, distributed |
~ the county agent. $4,000 pounds
II this war explosive was used. or
lose to go per cent more than by any |
county in Wisconsin
Through the distribution of this ex-
plosive and the pooling of an order of |
10000 caps and approximately 100,- |
300 feet OF best grade of No. / fuse. |
$4,000 was saved for the farmers in |
he county.
In addition to the picric used, there |
were three carloads of dynamite |
brought into the county last spring
before the picric acid was available |
ana considerable amount of dyna- |
mite has been sold through the vari-
GUS stores in the county.
Ii is estimated that 500 pounds of
picric acid will clear from eight to
ten acres of heavy stump land, at
least 5000 acres were cleared with
the amount used of picric acid. and
the dynamite used cleared at least
1000 acres, making a total of over
5000 acres which are made available
Tor crops next spring and summer.
The estimated amount cleared is
as where the stumps
were scattered larger amount of
land was cleared with the picric acid.
Aug. l., Natzke of the town of Ham
burg, reports he cleared seven acres
with 26O pounds of the picric and 9TH
err farmers state equally good results.
County Has Great Area
Marathon county has an area of
1,552 square miles and is a state in
size, and the addition of between sew
en- and eight thousand acres i'm this
one year will materially add to it's
prosperity in the size and value of