River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-03-29

know and / shall make an effort to
get the seed for you. Early action is
necessary Il you hope to purchase the
seed at the low price it is going at
now.
Do You want incubation for your
alfalfa seed? Circulars have been
sent out to parties whose names !
Rad on my list, but there are many
whoea names | do not have and who
may want alfalfa cultures. Where
alfalfa has not been previously
grown, the seed or soil should be in
ncculated. Inocuation of seed, be-
lieve, is cheaper than inocrlation Of
the soil. Good cultures can be OBJ
tanned at cost of production from til =
Experiment Station through this Of
fee. Directions come with cultures.
For YOU convenience arrangements
have been made with following plac.
es to handle the cultures: First Ma
tional Bank at Maiden Rock, Elm
wood Lumber and Grain CO., Elm
wood, The Equity Exchange, Prescott,
and this office. Cultures must be or
dered but a short time before they
are used, as they do not keep indefin-
itely. Also takes time to prepare
them at the laboratories. For that
reason We must know at once if you
want some. State about the time you
want the culture. Remember it is
easier for you to tell when you need
it than it is for me to guess for
very many farmers all over the coun-
ty.
Don't forget that meeting OF dairy
men, bankers and business men at
Baldwin, April 10Th. John Kelly,
former advertising manager of Ring
ling Bros. circus, will be, the main
speaker. This is an important meet
ing and deserves a good attendance.
Mr.. Chas. Wifi, near Martell is the
first man in Pierce county to purch
ase and operate limestone crusher
for the purpose of producing lime
stone for agricultural purposes He
deserves a great deal of credit for
predicting a product that is very much
in demand by Pierce county agricul-
turists. / am informed that another
cIusher will soon be started at Elm
wood. This county should have three
Of four more working as the demand
for the agl cultural limestone is in
cIeasing. The quality of the lime
stone in this county is the best in the
state. Fifteen carloads of this prod
ret have been shipped into this
county and orders are being placed
for more.
That time is at hand when no up
to-date farmer can afford to SOW
scrub seed on his farm. Through 20
years of presentation it has been
found that high powered pedigreed
varieties will give from Is to 100
per cent higher yields than those re-
ceived from scrub grains, and natsl-
ally the demands for pedigreed seeds
ar increasing evrey year. M. Harry
Straub, Ellsworth, raised some of
these Wisconsin pedigreed varieties
the past season. He states that he
raised oats that did not lodge for
the first time. He has sold over 500
bushel Of these oats to parties i'll this
state and in Indiana at price of 30
cents above market price, and he
states that he can not fill all orders
received. Mr.. Straub's aim is good
sa1vice and good clean iseed, and
that ain, brings satisfaction. Why
should farmers grow any scrub vari-
cites on their farms when pure bred
seeds can be bought at such reason
able rates from growers? Farmers
should not spend their money foolish
ly by paying exhorbitant prices for
see.l grains which are not as good
as the standard pedigree varieties
bred by the Wisconsin Experiment
Station for different soils of the state.
and which are proving successful. |
hope that more farmers in this coun-
ty are planning to supply the in
creasing demand for pedigreed seeds
in the future.