River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-09-20
AGRICULTURAL NOTES
By III. G. Seyforth.

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ports turned in by the town asses
sors to the County Clerk, and find
some very interesting data. In 1920
Pierce County had ZIG acres of al
falfa; in 1921, 353; in 1922, sos acres;
in 1923, 1861 acres. This shows
a very desirable increase in this
crop the last four years. All new
seedlings of alfalfa this year are
looking good and show that we can
raise alfalfa successfully in Pierce
County. Let's increase the acreage
1000 in this county. Visit the
alfalfa booth at the County Fair.
Silos of Pierce County have been
steadily increasing in number in the
last four years. In 1920 there were
553 silos; in 1921, 699; in 1922, ia;
and in 1923, 922. This makes an in
crease of 100 silos per year. Another
desirable feature. In another part
of the report, / find some data which
really could be greatly improved. l
find that only 924 farmers in this
county are using pure bred sires and
1880 are not using pure bred sires.
If Pierce County expects to take adj
vantage of the demand for grade
dairy cows in the western states,
there will have to be a greater num-
Der of purebred sires used in this
county. Now is the time to purchase
a purebred as they can be gotten at
reasonable prices.
We plan to hold grade Holstein
Sale at Ellsworth on October 10, and
a grade Guernsey sale on October II.
Purebred males will be offered at
both sales. Cattle for these sales
have not all been selected SO if you
have any to put in these sales, please
let me know at once.
Orders for Sodatol are coming in
very rapidly. 1900 pounds have
already been ordered by farmers in
Pierce County. We hope that a
large number of farmers in this
county will take advantage of this
cheap explosive, as when this supply
is exhausted no more will be manu-
featured for agriculture purposes.
Over one half million pounds have
been ordered by other farm
ers in the state. If you wish for
any of this explosive, write for an
order blank. Sodatol is used as
dynamite. 1t is poisonous for live
stock generally as it has a salty
taste and would be readily eaten, so
it is well to keep out of reach Of any
livestock.
The Federal Soil Survey work Q
Pierce County will be completed
this fall. Inside of a year, we hope
to have a bulletin from the depart
ment giving the map of Pierce County
and showing different types of soil.
Also number of cuts made from
pictures taken in the county will
appear in the bulletin. Farmers
should take advantage of this bulletin
by using it when it is ready. There
will be no charge for them. If yot
still desire to have private analy-
ses made of your farm, please let me
know at once. The work will be
done the latter part of September.
At the present time petitions have
been filled with the State Depart
ment of Agriculture from 16 coun-
ties in the state for area T. B. test.
These counties contain approximately
65O.000 cattle. 1t will take about
$4,000 for indemnity claims in
these respective counties. In addi-
ton to caring for work in new
counties, the department is carrying
on retest work in Ia counties. that
have already been tested. Barron
County is now being tested. The
following counties have filed their
petitions for area test: Florence,
Taylor, Clark, La Crosse, juneau,
Wood, Monroe, Polk, Jackson, Door,
Green Lake, Buffalo, Burnett, Forest,
Shawano, and st. Croix. When will
Pierce County file its petition?