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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
BADGER BUTTER Is
WINNING WIDE FAME

Wisconsin butter men are getting
ready for new day in butter market
ing.
Already unit No. Of the wisconsin
Cooperative Creameries association
has been formed and field man has
been employed to keep the quality up
to a high mark.
Twenty-eight cooperative creamer-
les are included in the shipping unit,
and 21 Of these butter factories are In
the field unit.
About eight million pounds of butter
were shipped last year from the Polk
county district to New York and Phila-
deIphia. And, according to John s.
Klinka, county agent, the close of the
present year will probably see an in
crease Of a million pounds.
1t is estimated that the organization
has easily increased the income from
butter for this territory $4,000 year.
Klinka believes that the next decade
will see as great advance in the butter
industry as occurred in the last half
century.
AS to the plans for the future, keep
improving the quality" is the most i'm
portant plank in the platform, accord
ing to Assemblyman George Nelson,
who is president of the Wisconsin Co
operative Creameries association.
When all the butter made by unit / is
Of as high a quality as much Of the
outgoing butter now is, then Wiscon-
sin-made butter will be branded. To
secure an immense supply of extra
fancy" product is the aim of the as
ISOLATION before the branding scheme
viii be put into effect. At the present
time, Wisconsins best butter is being
sold under many trade names in New
York and Philadelphia.
The Badger state is making a vail
ant effort to increase her butter pro-
duction. The Wisconsin Cooperative
Creamery association is good start
in this direction.
Butter men in Polk county see a
great future ahead. They see the
whole state organized into many units
with fieldmen in each unit. They see
butter going to the eastern markets
branded as wisconsin butter and
known to thousands of consumers for
it's wonderful quality, for it's delicious
flavor, and its health-giving vitamines.
Polk county dairymen not only dream
great things, but they also start great
things.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11

lenized by pollen from any other plant.
James Johnson, tobacco specialist at
the Badger experiment station, is now
attempting to develop variety that
will be resistant to root rot. Several
fields Of tobacco are planted. Some of
it is put out in ground known to be
infected with root rot, while other
plants are set out on healthy ground.
AS many as 100 different varieties and
strains are grown side by side in these
fields. Those kinds which succumb to
the ravages of root rot are gradually
eliminated from year to year until a
resistant variety is found.
Last year a disease, known as Wild
fire, wrought havoc in the tobacco
fields of the state. 1t was found on
90 farms in some of the most intensive
tobacco growing sections. Through
educating the growers and showing
them how this could be avoided If the
right steps were taken at the proper
time, only 80 farms are known to have
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
Proper Arrangement Of
Roosts for Hen Flock

BOOSTS for chickens should be wide
enough to support them; narrow
roosts cause cramped positions and
crooked breast-bones. The best roosts
are scantling of by 8 or 2 by 4,
broad side up, with rounded edges.
They should be smooth and movable.
Roosts need not be very high. Too.
high roosts cause bumble-foot when.
the chickens fly down on hard sur
face. Heavy breeds require lower
roosts than the light breeds. From
one and a half to two feet high is a
good height. Roosts Should not be ar
ranged like stairs. Chickens like to
roost on the highest point; the stair
arrangement means overcrowding on
the upper roost.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
SEES BRIGHT FUTURE
FOR AGRICULT URISTS
Expert Says Trained Leaders
Are in Big Demand Through
out State and Country.

Agricultural production and distri-
button must be developed in line with,
and to the extent that manufacture,
labor and commerce are developed"
That view is taken by J. F. Volta,
county agent leader for Wisconsin,
and his opinions upon the subject are
being shared by an increasing number
of farm workers. He believes that the
rapidly changing developments in the
agricultural and other industries
makes it desirable for those who wish
to farm to equip themselves with the
best training possible for the fierce
competition arising.
Find Feeding Facts.
Progressive farmers are learning
more and more that the call is grow
ing rapidly for more application of
science to every department of farm
life," he declares. 'More recently de-
velopment In agricultural science has
shown the necessity Of feeding proper
balanced rations, SO as to insure the
right kind of growth and development
in the young animals. For instance,
scientists have lately shown the i'm
portant place that vitamines fill in
food. They have pointed to causes
that lead to the production of goiter,
abortion, lack Of vitality, hairless pigs
and other ailments prevalent in ami
mails"
Tn.;uad VIarL<are sMaodAH
Volta reports the call for capable
men to fill positions in various lines
Of agricultural work as steady for the
past number of years. Such men. he
has observed, are sought as expert
ment station workers, as members of
agricultural faculties, as county
agents, as managers of large farms
and as workers in various lines of
farm life.
''The Increasing demand for capable
men and women in agriculture makes
it imperative" says Volta, that the
training afforded be given with pur-
pose to develop agricultural science as
it applies to the practical operations
Ill LIlG u0lu anu I1lC 11O1L1O. All uIJ-IO-
date course in agriculture should in
vite abundant research and expert
mentation along practical lines of
modern methods of farming. 1t should
magnify our vision toward everything
that is real and beautiful ON the farm.
1t should create enthusiasm and
awaken interest in the farmer so that
our homes should become places where
we may obtain information through
books and agricultural papers and in
like manner our farms become labora-
tories where farm problems through
practice and the application of knowl-
edge gained may be solved"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
E'lOII1IRl
Condition of Hen House
Factor in Productive

The condition of their winter quar-
ductivity of poultry focks. Only
healthy, contented hens produce eggs
In paying numbers. While on range
most hens both lay and pay, because
conditions are such that they are per-
fectly healthy. Sanitation then takes
care of itself and constant exercise,
coupled with natural selection of food
having widely differing properties,
gives ideal conditions for high pro-
duction. Because conditions differ
widely in these particulars during the
seasons when fowls are confined, re-
suits are not as satisfactory.
'"To counterfeit unsatisfactory re-
SUITS says A. G. Smith, poultry hus-
bandry leader at University Farm,
proper sanitary measures must be
practieed. Begin by putting the young
flock in a clean house this fall Clean
and disinfect the house thoroughly.
Remove and burn all floor and nest
filters. Remove all fittings, such as
nest roost, roosting platforms, and
water stands; clean and paint with a
good liquid disinfectant. Kerosene to
which has been added little strong,
crude carbolic acid serves the purpose,
as do several commercial disin-
fectants.
Brush down the walls and ceiling,
remove as much of the old earth as
seems necessary, paint the walls with
the same disinfectant as the fittings
and put in fine or sandy loan to the
depth of four to six inches. Replace
the fittings, and let the house air well
for a week or more before putting in
the young stock
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
Soy Beans and Corn Are
Well Balanced Hog Feed

Some ask why soy beans and corn
make economical gains on swine. The
reason is that they are a well-bal-
anced ration, soy beans showing a high
analysis in the nutrients in which corn
is deficient. For example, soy beans
have more than four times as much
digestible crude protein as corn, while
corn has more than 211a times as much
digestible carbohydrates as soy beans.
In other words, one of these feeds is
strong where the other is weak and
vice versa.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
Culling Should Not Be
Done at Certain Times

Culling is a constant work in the
poultry yard. It should not be rele-
gated to certain periods of the year;
it takes too long to stop the appe-
tites of the surplus cockerel and the
culls. The fellow who waits until fall
to sell the culls is going to lose money
two ways-in the extra feed he has
fed, and in the lower price paid, due
to glutted market. Besides, fowls sold
for table use at the right time always
bring better prices than those which
have been held so long that the flesh
is tough.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
New Diseases Of Field
and Vegetable Crops

Fifteen new diseases Of field and
vegetable crops were reported in the
United States during 1922, according
to the plant disease survey OF the De
partment Of Agriculture Twelve crops
were affected. They were carrot, spin
ach, Swiss chard, lettuce, potato, rad
ish, Chinese cabbage, bean, water
melon, sweet potato, tomato and tobac-
co. Most of the new diseases APP
peared in very restricted areas, seem
ing to be the result of abnormal eli
matte and similar conditions.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
Breeds for Production
of White-Shelled EGGS

Poultry of the Mediterranean or egg
breeds are best suited for production
of white-shelled eggs. Representatives
of this class are bred largely for the
production of eggs rather than for meat
production. Among the popular breeds
of this class are: Leghorn, Minorca,
Ancona and Andalusian. One of the
outstanding characteristics of the egg
breeds is the fact that they are classed
as nonsitters. That is, as a rule they
do not become broody and hatch their
eggs. When fowls of this Gloss are
kept, artificial incubation and brooding
are usually employed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
Plan to Clean Up Badly
Mite-Infested Building

To clean up a badly mite-infested
building, proceed as follows: Sweep
and dust thoroughly, first removing
everything removable. Scrub with
washing powder and water. Paint the
roosts and supports for the roosts with
heated carbolineum. Next, spray the
nests and every other bit of woodwork
that harbors vermin, or might do so,
with crude. creosote and distillate, one
gallon Of each to the mixture If there
were no mites on the walls or floors
whitewash would make good spray
for them. In either case the fowls
should be shut out of the house until
thoroughly dry.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
Thunderstorm Doesn't
Sour Cream, Says Iowa

Folks who are trying to deliver
sweet cream to their creameries COM
plain now end then that thunder
storms sour the cream.
The dairy department at Iowa State
college says that a thunderstorm will
have no effect on cream that is prop
erly kept at low temperature. For
example, if milk and cream are kept
In cans in a cooling tank through
which flows all water pumped for the
live stock, thunderstorm will not af-
feet either of them. The installation
of such a cooling tank is not difficult
nor very expensive and it will make
possible added income from the dairy
herd through better price for sweet
cream.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
Three Big Essentials
Make Poultry Success

Poultry success is founded on three
big essentials. Regardless Of the par
ticular speciality in poultry husbandry
which one engages in, there are three
big factors that control the results.
The first Is good stock, the second,
proper housing, and the third, correct
feeding. The three are Of equal Inn
portance. They are each dependent
upon the other. Neglect of one means
failure. Poor stock properly housed
and correctly fed will amount to little,
while on the other hand, good stock
improperly housed and fed becomes
equally poor. Adhere to all three es-
sentials, use common sense and sys-
tenn and your success will be assured.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
ENLIST PAPER SACK
IN ROOT ROT FIGHT
Tobacco Raisers Seek to Perfect
Strain Resistant to That
MenaCing Disease.

The handy paper sack of the gro
GERS trade has been put to new uses
by the grower Of de luxe tobacco seed.
At first glance settlement" of seed
plants equipped with paper bags
might suggest cotton field in Sunny
Caroline" but closer inspection cor
reefs this distorted idea. And in
stead we soon find that it is just an
other case Of science serving Wis
consin.
Not content with resting on their
laurels number Of years back when
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
Question of Successful
Late-Potato Marketing

The chief advantage of the late POI
tato over it's earlier brethren is its
keeping quality which permits its sale
and use all winter and through the
early summer the following year, says
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture. This involves special meth
DDS. The whole question of success
full late-potato marketing can be
summed up under four heads, accord
ing to department workers. They are:
ny Careful planning from planting
time to day of sale; (2) full use Of
crop and market news; (3) good ham
ding, grading, and loading; and az
readiness to learn from the methods
of other potato growing sections.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
Not Difficult Matter to
Produce Good Chickens

There isn't any mystery in the poui-
try business The essentials of it can
be summed up in few phrases:
Breed 'em, feed 'em, keep 'em clean,
and don't crowd 'em.
Of course, you can write books about
breeds and feeds, sanitation and shell
ter. But it's all just common sense.
Farm chickens, which have plenty
of range, are practically no trouble
after they get three weeks old. They
balance their own rations, and look
after themselves in the summer time
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
Oyster Shells Are Good
to Form Shells of Eggs

Ordinarily, the hen does not con-
sumo enough lime to form the shells
of eggs if she is laying abundantly un-
less something besides the ordinary
grain feeds is accessible to her. Oy.
ster shells are very good for this pur-'
pose. A box of crushed shells may be
placed before the fowls, allowing them
to eat at will. Old mortar and fine
gravel are also useful in supplying
lime.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
Not Difficult Matter
to Dehorn Young Calf

When the calf is only few days or
not yet week old, rub caustic potash
on the horn buttons. It is well to re-
move the hair from about the button
and apply little vaselsne or lard to
the skin surrounding 1t. Then rub
the potash on the nubs until they are
raw. Keep the calf out of the rain
to prevent the potash from be-
ing washed into the eyes and blind
ing the calf. Repeat the application
twice more, allowing enough time be-
tween each treatment to completely
dry. Be sure not to get the caustic
potash on your fingers or on the skin
about the calf~s horn stub.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
POULTRY NOTES


Plenty of bone and muscle-forming
rather than fattening feed is needed
for growing poultry. Leave the fatten-
ing business alone until near selling
time.
Turkey hens are probably the best
breeders between the ages of two and
five or six years.
Pullets that are understood, lacking
vigor, deformed or Matched too late for
winter production, should be culled.
Each year nice little profit could
be made by the average farmer by
giving his hens little study, and Gull
ing out the poor layers. thus allowing
more rocm for the good LAYERS, saving
on feed, labor, time and closer atten-
lion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
Immense Loss Caused by
Insect Attacks on Trees

Foresters and entomologists of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture declare that the losses caused
by insect attacks upon living trees
and crude, finished, and utilized for
est products amount to $3.50, 100000
annually. A recent report touching
upon this and other forestry subjects
declares that these vast losses clearly
emphasize the need for educational
work and the development of syste-
matte control measures which now
are woefully inadequate.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
Cut Sweet Clover for
Seed With Self-Binder

Before harvesting sweet clover it is
a good idea to take cutting of hay
first. Better seed and a shorter, finer
straw will result, which will of course
result in less SCATTERING. Gut the
sweet clover for seed just as you
would oats with a self-binder, and cut
the crop just about the time that most
Of the seed is showing black. There
Is bound to be considerable SCATTERING,
but If you use care in moving the crop
considerable shattering will be avoid
ed. Cover the hay rack with canvas
or a tarpauIin and you will be able to
save what seed drops off in hauling
the straw and seed from the field.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
Leads in Dairy Products.

According to reports issued by the
Department of Commerce one-fifth of
the value of Americas manufactured
dairy products is contributed by Bad
ger state dairymen. Wisconsin's total
is given at 20.6 per cent, Minnesota
standing in second place with 9.4 and
New York with 8.5 is third.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
Blight Is Destructive
Disease of Bean Plant

One of the commonest and most
destructive diseases Of the bean plant
lis the blight. It is a germ disease and
difficult to control. The germs are
carried into the patch on infested seed
land treating the seed with corrosive
Isublimate is recommended. Spraying
with bordeaux will help prevent the
spread OF the disease.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11

they developed a particularly desirable
strain of tobacco, specialists at the
Wisconsin College of Agriculture are
constantly probing about in an effort
to overcome other difficulties which
confront the tobacco industry in the
state.
Back In 1909 variety of tobacco
known as Connecticut Havana No. 38
was developed at the Badger expert
ment station. It's value is shown in
the fact that of the $4,000 odd acres
of ''baccy" grown in the state today,
10000 acres are Connecticut Havana
No. 49,.
All of those white-capped plants are
capped to keep them from being pol
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11

been bothered with wildfire this year.
Avoiding the transplanting of dis
eased plants in the spring Of the year
is one effective means Of stamping
out the disease.
Wisconsin has two distinct tobacco
raising belts. The northern belt takes
in Crawford, Vernon, Jackson, Dunn.
Chippewa, Buffalo, Trempealeau. Nom
roe and Lacrosse counties. The south
ern area includes Dane, Rock, Column
bia, Green, and Jefferson counties.
The crop which is raised in the
northern belt, as a usual thing, brings
a price Of from to 5 cents pound
more than does the southern belt prod
uct.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
Cost of sIIaae Is LOW

The cost of producing silage is SO
low and it is such good feed that it
should form the bulk Of the ration. If
any feed must be purchased, make it
concentrates such as grains and mill
feeds.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-10-11
Clean Cow Before Milkinn

Since the coat of the cow carries
countless bacteria, it should be cleaned
before milking by wiping off with
damp doth or by currying.
The Washington times., 1923-04-06
FIRE CONSUMES
BIC DEPOSIT
Of COAL
smouIdering cauIdron Eats
into Valuable Beds in
Southeast Montana.
By international News Service.

NILES CITY, Mont, April g.
Two hundred fires, one Of which
has been burning for more ehan
half q century, are eating their
way into the vast coal and Ignite
beds in southeastern Montana, ac-
cosding to Thomas Edison Smith,
formerly superintendent Of the Fear
Creek coal mine, of this city, and
now commissioned by p group CT
Miles City men to- examine Ind re-
port upon the coal resources Of the
Powder river basin.
Smith declares that the largest OF
these fires Is in q great bed Of coal
about seven miles northwest of
Ashland, in southeastern Rosebud
county. This fire, he reports, is
burning around three sides Of q
tract one-half mile, square, and the
smoke, steam and heat waves arts.
ing from the furnace beneath pro
duce the effect of burning calil
dron in the bowels Of the earth.
''The origin Of the fire was Prob
ably spontaneous combustion" Smith
saws. 'sThe Ignite Goals ignite
easily, and this property ID one Of
the sources Of danger in mines al
sheridan, Wyo. When fine coal o.
this quality gets seven feet deep Of
more 1t il apt to ignite, especially
If 1t Is covered with snow. Alone
] the heads of rapidly cutting streams
The Washington times., 1923-04-06

FL :
where a thick bank Of coal is ex-
posed, the physical conditions are
suitable for the coal to ignite. espe-
ciaIIy on the north and east side
OF the gulches. It ID found in
nearly every case that the coal is
burned farther upstream, about one
and olle.half miles on the north or
east side Of the stream, than on
the other side"
Fire Great Spectacle.
The burning coalbed in the Ash
land district is a sight worth trav.
cling miles to see, declares Smith.
THE coalbed which, is on fire is
exposed in a coulee nearby, where
it is more than twenty-five feet
thick. Where 1t is burning the
coal is nowhere under less than 1O5
feet OF cover, and in one place there
is 1856 feet OF sttRta above the burn.
ing coal. AS the fuel burns the
everything rock falls down about
ten or twelve feet, leaving great
deep crevices through which the
hot rocks can be seen far below.
Smith says he tossed sticks down
into some OF these cracks, and they
caught fire almost instantly. These
cracks remain in evidence for years,
and as they are about ten feet
apart and fairly straight, they give
the burned area the appearance Of
a field plowed with a gigantic pillow.
This particular bed, he adds, has
been burning, to the accurate
knowledge of residents, for more
than fifty years. "In the last
forty-two years the fire has moved
over a distance of mile and q
quarter. Since October, 1921, the
fire on the south side has moved
1874 feet, which is exceptionally
rapid" according to Smith.
The Washington times., 1923-04-06
MASKED MEN BEAT WOMAN:
CHARGE UNFAIR BUSINESS

Los ANGELES. April 8. = Mrs.
Louise Collins, fifty years old, was
taken bound from her home at
Santa Fe Springs. near here. yes.
terday by five masked men, beaten
and ordered to leave town. accord
ing to the story she told deputy
sheriffs. The woman was found in
. roadway by motorists, her head
cut and bleeding.
Mrs. Collins said the men came
into her room where she was sleep.
ing with her husband and carried
her in an automobile to an orange
grove. where she was beaten. She
was told by one of the men that
she had been unfair in business
dealings with another woman In con-
nection with a restaurant she con.
Quoted, she declared.
The Washington times., 1923-04-06
WASHINGTON OFFICIALS
FIND QUEER NEW ANIMAL

EVERETT, Wash, April 6.-One
of the strangest catches" ever
made near here was brought in. re-
Gently by two Seattle. policemen.
The animal weighed forty pounds.
had a buffalo-like hump on it's
back and it's appearance resembled
both a coyote and a timber wolf.
The men followed the strange ami.
NAL five miles before it Jagged
enough to be reached by an auto.
matte revolver