Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-05-28
FARM BUREAU NOTES

Monday, May 10, Clifton Township
Farm Bureau met at the Rock school
near Livingston.
Tuesday a special meeting of direc-
tors of the Shipping Assn. and some
live stock shippers and feeders gath
cred at the county agents Office TO
hear A. E. Adams of the Chicago Pro-
ducers' Assn explain the part this
organization is taking in cooperative
marketing. Car trouble prevented Mr..
Adams from getting here; however a
general discussion on farm problems
and future outlook was held.
Wednesday afternoon the county
Farm Bureau board held their annual
meeting. Matters were discussed rel
ative to Farm Bureau work, increased
limestone crushing and still further
increase in alfalfa acreage another
year, completion of the petition work
for the county area test, the program
the state organization is developing
looking toward tax reduction with
special reference to the highway
question and also a more equitable
form of taxation of farms to meet
high school expenses
Wednesday evening a meeting was
held at the White school at Fennl-
more. where livestock shipping asso-
Citations were the main feature of dis
cuSSiOn.
Thursday evening a meeting at the
Red school in Bloomington township
discussed school consolidation from
all it's different angles, also alfalfa
growing limestone crushing, soy
beans, and shipping associations.
One of the older farmers in the room
insisted that Grant county best Al
falfa story" sounded a little tishy to
him. Read it yourself believe it or
not, the farm bureau can supply ali
the details "a fifteen acre field IN
alfalfa: 1923 production, cash sales OF
hay 100000; over 80 Holste1n cattle
fed generously; waste from cattle ted
8 head of work horses all through the
winter and up to grass period, con-
siderable hay left in the barn. Al
least part of this field is 8 years old.
The best part of this record is, and
we can all do the same, never a fall-
IRE in sowing the seed, always a good
stand. no upset in calculations, al
WAYS cot a good crop, the year the
seed was sown SO bushels of barley to
the acre. The only requirements are
good seed, good soil in good cultlva-
ton and fertility and lime-alWays
lime.
Tn addition to these five meetings
one was planned to be held IN Bag
ley Friday evening.
At the different meetings Mr. Ad-
ans told us of the founding and
growth of the National Producers
Association, brought into existence by
the American Farm Bureau Fedora
ton, now operating at IA terminal
live stock markets and handling at
some places 25-5096 of the stock and
starting at Chicago Union Stock Yards
June 10, 1928, now outrank1ng all the
hundred other commission firms at
the yards.
Last wear this firm paid 5000 pat
ronage dividend to cOnSignor mem
bers.
In regard to the county area test
work through the cooperation OF
farm bureau and county agent act1v-
tiles something over 1900 signers to
this petition have been secured. About
the same number more are needed TO
line Grant county up along with some
20 other counties now ready for TINS
work
State Commissioner of Agriculture
and the live stock board are looking
forward to Barron county being the
first Wisconsin county to come in as
a county free area. What would this
mean in Grant county? Using Lancas-
ter as an example over 500 cars of
hogs would bring in an extra 10c per
hundred pounds to the producer,
1900 pounds to the car, or $1700 per
carload, $8500.00 increased receipts at
our Lancaster market and in the same