Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-02-15
WITH THE COUNTY AGENT
Hi Spots from the County Agrieultur-
al Office

tested 377 cows during the month Of
January, of which nineteen are in the
forty pound list. The high average
for the month is held by Martin Stef-
frud with a production of 651 pounds
of milk and 2s.3 pounds of zutterfat.
In one specific instance one feed ra-
ton was changed from timothy hay to
alfalfa hay. This change in the
course of one month increased the
milk production 81 per cent and the
butterfat production al per cent. Al
though the cost of feed increased over
| the month previous there was a net
return of $21.00 over and above the
feed costs. This experiment emphas-
ICES the value of feeding legume hay.
Already two car loads of limestone
have been ordered by members of the
association to be used in correcting
soil acidity of fields devoted to grow
/ ing alfalfa.
HillsborO Association
| Werner Sorenson of the Hillsboro
/ Cow Testing Association reports an
/ increased production of milk and but
! terfat during the month of January.
/ The high herd in the association con-
sists twenty cows, grade and pure
bred Holsteins, owned by Duane Ira
/ cey that produced an average of 1,011
! pounds of milk butterfat test of 3.54
/ 20 or 1876 pounds of butterfat. This
/ herd received daily, per cow, five
pounds of beets, thirty pounds of sill
/ age and seven pounds of grain, to-
/ gether with a liberal allowance of
/ clover hay. The second high herd is
owned by Albert Kahler, the herd con-
sisting of fifteen Holsteins which pro-
I darral 81 ga 90
milk, tests 3.749e or 31.6 pounds of
butterfat total. Each COW received on
an average thirty pounds of silage,
/ six pounds of hay, seven pounds of
/ grain mixture. The grain mixture
was made pu as follows: 100 pounds
| of barley, 200 pounds of bran, rs
/ pounds of oats, 100 pounds of oil
meal. The high cow of the associa-
ton received one pound of feed to
/ every four pounds of milk produced.
/ Her grain ration consisted of equal
parts corn, oats, bran and oil meal.
I The leading COW of the association at
eight months of production is a grade
/ Holstein owned by Albert Flick. Her
production is 1856 pounds of milk
/ and 1898 pounds of butterfat. The
second high COW for this period is a
| purebred Holstein owned by Frank
Havlik. Her production is 5000 lbs.
| of milk and 1884 pounds of butterfat
| Of the members in the association,
thirteen now have drinking cups, three
/ of these were installed recently. An
other asset added to the community
most recently is purebred Holstein
/ belonging to Herman Kahler. This
animals dam at two years of age pro-
duced $50 pounds of butter.
/ The twelve high cows of the asso-
citation during the month of January
are as follows:
Owner of COW, breed of cow, age
when fresh, pounds of milk, per cent
of fat, pounds butter fat:
Charles Kahler, G. H., 8, November,
1861, AZ, 57.2.
F. Dreischmeier, Native, 9, October,
1925, 4.5, 55.1.
/ Gus Knick, P. B. H., Z, November,
1860, 81, 51.5.
Albert Kahler, G. H., Z, November,
1888, 3.8, 4S.S.
Miller Lee, G. G., z, December, 1149,
/ AZ, 4S.3.
Duane Tracy, G. H., 8, November,
1899, 81, 4S.1.
Duane Tracy, G. H., 5, November,
116S, Al, 47.9.
F. Dreischmeier, G. H., 5, Septem-
Der, 1905, AZ, 47.3.
Duane Tracy, CHI, 8, October. 1926,
3.8, 46.6.
Duane Tracy, G. H., 5, November,
1440, 80, 46.1
F. Havlik, P. B. H.. A, December.
1912, 3.8, 46.1.
Albert Kahler, C. H. 5, October,
ITO, 80, 45.9.
Farmers Institutes
A very successful farmers institute
was held at Stoddard on February 7th
and 8th, 1922. Subjects relating to
the dairy business, especially the feed
4 ing of cattle and the care of hogs was
taken up by Mr.. John Imrie of Rob-
erts, Wisconsin. Mr. J. w. Bran of
4 the College of Agriculture took up
I the subjects of forage crops, potatoes
and their diseases. Special speakers
/ for the occasion were Miss Palma H.
( Grain, county nurse, and Miss Van
Coy, district supervising nurse of
/ nurses in the state of Wisconsin
Their subjects relative to health meas
ures in the country at large especially
the rural schools were very eagerly
! listened to. A special feature of the
two-day institute was the evening pro-
gram on February 7th, made up large
ly of home talent. The school pupils
directed by Mrs. Davis very ably pre-
scented the playlet, "How Dick Out
lasts Tom" 1t is hoped by all in
attendance at the institute that SIM
liar two-day school may be held some
time during the next winter season.
Notes
| The last institute to be given in
Vernon county for the winter season
1 1921-1922, will be held at Hillsboro,
4 February 18th and March LIST. I'm
/ fortunately the community of Ontario,
Chaseburg and Esofea will not have
two-day institute this year This
| is due primarily to a limited program
that was necessarily prepared to meet
the best needs of the county How
ever, such petitions for institute are
| held over until next year, when they
will be considered as part of the
/ regular institute work
1 Black and White Sale
| The second annual sale of bred sows
under the auspices of the Vernon
County Poland China Association will
be held Friday, February oath, 1922,
at the sales pavilion on the Vernon
county fair grounds Viroqua. Bring
I your catalogues with you. Please
note that this sale begins promptly
at one o'clock. A hot lunch will be
served at eleven thirty, consequently
come early and look the stock over
| before the sale.
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