Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-01-17
FARM NOTES COMPILED
BY COUNTY AGENT GRAF
tuberculosis Enthusiasts increasing.

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tuberculosis Enthusiasts Increasing.
/ Less than one-fourth of the reports
have been received up to date and
over one-fourth of the required num-
! Der of the farmers signatures have
/ been obtained. Wherever there has
/ been definite work carried on the re-
/ suits have been excellent
| John Elwell chairman of this work
in Waterloo Township has been able
with the cooperators in his school
districts to pile up the highest num-
| Der of signatures reported thus far
! from any township and the total to
/ date is 81
Jesse Williams with his co-workers
/ in South Lancaster comes in second
with close second of 79 signatures.
| Hickory Grove working with Will
Frankenhoff has reported II sigma
| lures, while Castle Rock with Frank
Kuchar as leader has reported 81 sig
natures. Geo. Dickerson of Marion
/ Township reports 81 and Amiel Napp
/ of Fennimore also reports 81
The complete reports have not been
received from any township, showing
| that the percentage is running very
high thus far.
pected from the eastern townships
that have not as yet reported, Clifton, |
Lima, and Platteville should help pile !
| up the numbers very materially
! The objections that some of the |
! farmers put up differ very materially. |
| The steer men probably would have |
/ the most plausible argument of any
of them, but there isn't a bit of doubt |
! hot 10 a1.tI1 oY1f
will try and arrange some method to
avoid any hardship to any steer own
! err as the hardship will come to the
| State Department even. more so than
| it would to the feeder. They will un-
/ doubtedly make some special arrange
ments to make it easy for all of them,
| but many of the beef cattle men have
! already signed up and rest assured
/ that they Will be cared for in a very
reasonable way feeling that the coun-
| ty-wide test is too important to turn
down.
| Some still appear to think there is
some unknown rnlngs attached to this
! petition that will entangle the farmers
| of the county. These arguments are
without backing and have no grounds
! to start on. This test is a good thing
! in every way and it is to be considered
as such We need the undivided sup
port of all cattle owners. If you be-
lieve in better Grant county boost
| the tuberculin test.
Lime Crushing Contract Given Fen
! nimOre Man.
! Jesse Williams spokesman for the
! lime stone boosters of South LancaS-
| ter entered into an agreement with II.
! Graham of FennimOre to crush and
pulverize the rock that has been quar-
ried in the Pigeon Hill quarry for the
sum Of 81 per cubic yard. Over 200
yards OF lime rock will be crushed and
pulverized in this quarry and consid-
cradle rock will be crushed for con-
! crete purposes.
After he finishes the job at Pigeon
! Hill quarry he will continue the work
! at Boice Creek quarry where about
| 200 yards have been signed up for.
The trouble up to the present time
| has been to get somebody to do the
pulverizing of the lime rock and in
! that a start has been made in this di-
rection we feel that the work will go
on continually all year around, or for
at least greater share of the year, as
many farmers want pulverized lime
! stone to put on their land in order
| that alfalfa and better clover can be
grown.
O. z. Noble To Pulverize Rock Soon.
o. P. Noble of Glen Haven, has been
investigating lime grinding machinery
at Fennimore and Dodgeville thinking
that he could purchase some second
hand outfits but found that none are
for sale He is now contemplating on
getting a good size machine from the
manufacturing firm at Chicago and
after he gets his machinery installed
he will be able to do more than local
crushing, as he feels that by setting
up his machinery near the railroad he
can do crushing and pulverizing for
concrete and agricultural purposes in
carload lots which will be a fine thing.
Grant county can use half dozen
local crushers to advantage and they
will undoubtedly come into the coun
! ty soon, as the demand is growing
continually and the material is too
heavy to haul very far from the rail
road stations. With the many lime
stone uuarries about the county it will
be a simple matter for farmers to OBJ
tain agricultural limestone as soon as
! local crushers are installed.
P. F. GRAF,
County Agent. |
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