Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1922-12-07
OUTLINE OF WORK
OF THE COUNTY AGENT
FOR THE PAST YEAR

ITdctlcdtly every angie or agrlcul-
tural and community activity in the
county is represented in the annual
report of County Agricultural Agen:
K. A. Peterson, presented TO the Coun-
t ty Board at this fall session lately
Mr.. Peterson's activities, both in di-
versity and volume of work handled
probably exceed those of any other
| county Office.
| Since December 1. 1921, County
| Agent Peterson has either sponsored
or appeared on the programs of 181
meetings in all sections of the county
Included in these meetings are Farm
ers' Institutes, community picnics and
fairs, breeders association meetings,
| and sales, school fairs and programs.
as well as many other gatherings in
every township in the county. He as
sisted with the program at the Dem
onstration Days at the Marshfeld Ex-
pertinent Station, which was attended
by 1900 farmers each day, and or
ganized a party of Wood County far
mers to attend the Hancock Experi
ment Station Demonstration Day, He
also organized the Booster Trip to the
Field Day held at the John Erickson
farm at Waupaca, which was attend
ed by 100 automobile loads of Wood
County farmers, and attended the Ma
tional Dairy Show at st. Paul with
delegation of Wood County Farm
ers.
Exhibitions of Wood County live
stock and agricultural products out
side the county were largely handled
through the county agents Office
Mr.. Peterson co-operated with the
county agricultural committee and the
county agricultural school in putting
on the county exhibit at the state
fair, which won fourth place and aid
ed IN the selection of the seventeen
Wood County calves from the boys
and girls calf clubs of the county.
which made the best showing of any
Wisconsin county in the calf club
competition at the National Dairy
Show. He also put on the Wood Coun-
ty exhibit at the State Potato Show at
Stevens Point and assisted with the
Central Wisconsin State Fair at
Marshfeld.
Other activities include direct CO.
operation with farmers throughout
the county in securing high grade
seed, fertilizer, and land clearing ma
terials. The following seed and 9TH
er materials were distributed through
the county agents office:-15O pounds
of soy bean seed to 8 farms; 10 bu,
shells Of certified seed potatoes to 12
farms; cold resistant corn to farms;
ground lime to 13 farms; $500 pounds
of picric acid to 800 farmers at a to
tai saving Of $4,000; 100 bottles of
legume culture. Land clearing dem
onstrations were held at Vesper, AR
pin, Sherry, Klondike, Veedum and
Amelia.
One of the most important pieces
OF work undertaken in the county is
the campaign for the county wide bo-
vine tuberculosis test, which Mr.. Pc.
terson is now conducting. Under his
supervision 23S essays on bovine tu-
berculosis were written by the child
rem of 80 schools throughout the
county. Petitions for the countrywide
cleanup have been circulated and l.
400 signers obtained. When 400 ad-
ditional signers are secured the neces-
sary number will have been secured
and all the cattle in the county will
be tested
The boys and girls club work in
the county has also been largely in
the hands of the county agent and
clubs have been organized throughout
the county as follows: rs calf club
members (65 showed at the Marsh
field Fair), 25 pig club members, Is
soy bean club members, II corn club
members, 76 potato club members and
5 garden club members.
The work of the county agent in
wolves a large volume of correspond
ence. Mr.. Peterson has aided in out
lining programs, securing speakers,
mailing out notices and otherwise con-
tributed to the success of meetings
of all sorts He has co-operated with
the Col'nty Agricultural school, with
the Comfy Superintendent of Schools,
the newspapers, banks, members of
the county board, and others. All
this has involved the writing of over
5000 personal letters and II circulars
totaling over 10000 copies. He has
also written number of press ar
ticles and mailed out $500 bulletins
on various subjects.