River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-08-02


distributed thru the corn field max
ing well balaIced ration grow in the
same field. A one year old alfalfa
field was an exceptionally good de-
monstratiou which showed what al
falfa will do when it gets a chance.
Mr.. Jacobson took six loads of al
falfa hay from acres for the first
cutting and nearly as much is wait
iEg for the second cutting. A new
seeding of alfalfa also looked very
good. The COW making SCI pounds
of butter fat spoke for herself when
she was introduced to the crowd.
Prof. R. E. Vaughan and Mr.. May
nard took up few points on the dis
eases Of apples at this stop. AT 1890
we arrived at the Johnson Bros. farm
where their one year old alfalfa field
was inspected. Their herd of Hol-
stein cows aroused keen interest. The
main feature was that by belonging
to COW testing organization the past
three years they had weeded out
number of poor cows, and by better
care and feeding had almost doubled
their production. The next stop was
at the farm of Henry Peterson who
has very high producing Guernsey
herd. His herd of Is cows the last
year has averaged over $50 pounds
of butter fat and gave him a $3.50
profit per cow above cost of feeding.
These last three demonstrations are
very good examples of what any far
mer can do by joining a cow testing
association and taking more scientific
care of his herd of cows. The caval-
cade then rolled on down the steep
hill thru Elmwood and up to Wild
Bros. farm where we saw very fine
exhibit of pure bred Guernsey cattle
showing what careful breeding and
selecting will do in improving a herd
off cattle. r.. M. Harris and his son,
Everett, had three purebred Guernsey
heifers on display which Everett had
taken care of in club work the past
three years. This demonstrated
what early care and good feeding will
do in developing a mature animal.
Wild Bros. also showed the crowd a
very fine field of alfalfa. Here we al
SO inspected fortified and unfertiliz-
ed plots of corn. The plot which re-
ceived straight acid phosphate at the
rate of 125 pounds per acre showed
corn about 10 days further along in
growth than the corr on an unfertil-
lied plot. We all looked forward to
the next stop which was at the Rock
Elm Methodist Church dining room,
where a very fine dinner was served
by the Ladies Aid. Over 100 people
Toasted at this place. After dinner
Miss Katherine Bryant, of Elmwood.
entertained the audience with some
of her humorous readings. Everett
Harris, the champion Pierce county
club member of 1922, gave report
Of his trip to Madison. Prof r. E.
Vaughan talked on different kinds OF
smut attacking grains. E. l.. L1ther
gave a short talk on replacing oat
aid timothy acreage with alfalfa.
Berry Ackers, with the Minnesota
Farmer expressed his ideas on the val
ue of a demonstration trip. John
Imrie explained the Northwest Dairy
Show which will be held in connection
with the Minnesota State Fair this
year. M. j. Kisner's farm was our
rext stopping place. An unlimed alf-
alta field was inspected and it showed
a very small growth. The fortified
oat field where 200 pounds of acid
phosphate were used per acre was
then looked at. The oats were eX-
ceptionally good quality. Paul Meier
demonstrated the use of picric acid in
blowing stumps. Many were inter-
ested in this demonstration. Their
we journeyed on to the Robt. Morti
mer farm. near Grange Hall, where
very good seeding of alfalfa was in
spected. We went to the orchard
where sprayed and unsprayed apple
trees were examined and the use of
small barrel sprayer was demonstrat
ed. We also looked at Mr.. Mortimer's
fine herd of polled Shorthorn cattle.
The next stop was at the r. j. Fuller
farm where results of different times
Of cutting alfalfa were shown. This
was a very valuable demonstration.
Alfalfa cut on June was rot as high
as where the alfalfa was cut on June
20 and July 8. The cutting made July
8 when the alfalfa was nearly in full
bloom had made almost as much
growth as where it was cut in the
middle of June, showing that too
early cutting is apt to injure the
alfalfa plant. Anyone going past Mr..
Fuller's place should stop to see these