River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-04-20
County Agent Notes
H. G. Seyforth

"Gf course 1t is long road the DaDy
Chick has to travel before it becomes
either broiler Or good laying pull
let, but if it gets by the first few
weeks of its young life it's chances
improve daily" johnson has ter
rules for bringing up chicks which he
religiously follows. Here they are:
Have hover warm enough, so chicks
viii not crowd underneath A colo
hover is dangerous.
Give milk or butter milk to drink
from start and for the first ten days
feed at least five times day but
very little at time.
Very important-keep the chicks
busy and do not feed enough scratch
feed to fill their crops more than one
third full EXCEPT the last feeding at
night.
Do not have any drafts where
chicks sleep.
Watch chicks closely at bed time,
50 that they do not crowd or get into
corners.
No matter how cold, get chicks out
Of doors as soon as possible, but so
they can run to the hover whenever
they wish.
Commence feeding green feed when
about a week old, preferably having
chicks run ON green clover.
Give plenty of room and air as
chicks grow.
Keep close watch for mites; for if
they are not controlled, no chicks can
be raised.
johnson regards that much of the
profits in poultry raising are depen-
dent upon the success Of the Matching
ard brooding season.
Grain rust spread by the Burberry
spores menaces the grain industry of
the United States. At the, present
rate at which the work is being pro-
secuted it will take about IL years
to clean up the barberry bushes in
the ID states in the middle west where
they are most effective in spreading
spores which cause black stem rust
in wheat and -other grains. The
Federal government has recently ap-
propriated 100000 which should
clean up the barberry in the next 3
or four years. In the survey work
which has been done in the 13 states
comprising our spring wheat section
it has been found that Wisconsin has
a larger number of barberry growing
wild than any other state, and these
are a menace to our grain and also
to that of adjoining states. Several
patches have been found growing wild
ir Pierce county which have been
eradicated the past season. We hope
that if any more are found they will
also be destroyed Immediately as the
state law requires such action. Ii
you are in doubt as to whether it il
the harmful barberry or harmless,
send or bring a sample up to the Of
flee for Identification. Bulletins on
the subject can also be obtained at
this office. Let's eradicate the HARM
full barberry in this county.
i do not plan to ship seed potatoes
for distribution from Ellsworth this
year as / have done last year. How
ever, ! have the names of parties in
this county as well as in other coun-
ties, who have good seed for sale.
Upon request / can send you the list
ard you can order direct, or | can
order them for you to come to you
direct c. o. d. must be notified ear
~ II you want seed as the good kind
is being picked up fast.
Parties who have listed clover seed
with me are all sold out.
Test your seed corn. If one ear OF
corn fails to terminate it means a
loss of 600 stalks which in turn means
a loss of bushels of corn the COM
ing season. Now is the time to do
the testing and every ear saved for
seed, or the majority of seed ears
should be tested. What seed testing
does: 1t increases the yield. 1t en-
ables the grower to discard weak ger
ninating and dead ears More infor-
nation ON testing seed corn can be
gotten from circulars which may be
obtained at this office.
Pruning demonstrations will be
held in the township of Spring Lake
at the VIM. Brown and Henry Haw-
kinson places. In Oak Grove at the
Chas. Hartman place. In Salem at
the NJ. J.. Gore, Archie Nystrom and
Christ Nystrom farms. In Ell Paso
at the Hans Larson farm and in Trim
belle at the Robt. Lindstrom farm
Exact dates can not be stated at the
present time on account of the roads,
but will be within the next two weeks.
Anyone wishing to attend these DEM