River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-01-05
County Agent Notes
H. G. Seyforth

consin farmers in the spring of the
year in regard to goiter in young ami
mails. Simple goiter is one of the
most insidious diseases of men and
animals. Hairless pigs result from a
lack of iodine in the feed of the Drcg-
Eant sow. Lambs, calves and colts
born with "Big Threats" or simple
goiter show lack of iodine in the
feed, according to Prof. Hart of the
College of Agriculture. Most of this
trouble may be avoided by feeding
iodine. In each 1000 pounds of grain
or concentrates to be fed thoroughly
mix one-tenth pound of sodium iodid
or potassium iodid or its equivalent
in iodine. This addition of iodine in
the feed should prevent practically all
of the trouble which Wisconsin farm
ers have been experiencing with goit-
err in farm animals. One Wisconsin
sheep farmer lost one-half of his in
crease of 900 lambs. The toll is too
great.
AT Barron, at the Farmers Insti-
tute, on Thursday forenoon. January
IL, Professor E. B. Morrison, Assist
ant Director of the Wisconsin Agric-
ultural Experiment Station, will speak
on "New Principles of Feeding Farm
Stock and in the afternoon on
Figuring Economical Dairy Rations:
The Feeds to Buy" Professor Nor
rison is in demand in several states
for these discussions and in order not
to disappoint the people of north wes-
tern Wisconsin gives up an invitation
to go to Missouri to discuss feeding
before the livestock men of that state.
Now the dairymen and swine men of
this county, if they really want to get
the best there is in feeding farm
stock, can not afford to miss this
great opportunity, We simply can
not get Professor Morrison to every
community. so every progressive
live stock man in the north western
part of Wisconsin ought to be at Bar
ron on Thursday, January IL, 1922
Here is an opportunity to get the best
knowledge that the College of Agrie-
ulture can give on this great snhjsct
about which farmers are asking for
explicit information The best farm
ers of Wisconsin feed live stock. Eco
nomical feeding is question of great
consequence to Wisconsin stock men.
Don't miss this rare occasion which
is coming so near to you.
Everybody interested in the busy
bees will also be interested in the Bee
Meeting which will be held on January
20, at Ellsworth at the Court House.
Two sessions will be held, one at 10
o. clock in the morning and the other
in the afternoon at 1870. At the pres
ent time the value of the honey crop
is about one and one half million dol
lars annually. 1t is possible to in
crease this to twenty million dollars
year. The amount of this increase
will depend directly upon the number
| of beekeepers who will join them
selves together and work for the bet
torment of the industry. When every
beekeeper is affiliated with his as
ISOLATION in spirit as well as in name,
then will Bookkeeping be raised to a
much higher plane than now exists.
A large number of Farmers Insti-
tutes will be held in Wisconsin this
winter. Four of them will be held in
Pierce County at the following places
and on the following dates: Diamond
Bluff, February Ia and Is; Maiden
Rock, February 16 and IT; Ellsworth,
February 81 and %; Spring Valley.
February % and "a. More detailed
programs of the Institutes will be
published later.
Remember that January End and
7th, is the beginning of "get-the-
farm-facts" year in Wisconsin. We
hope that large number of farmers
in this county will keep account books
during the year 1922. The book will
again be furnished by the College at
the same price as last year, fifty
cents copy.