The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-12-11
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day and Wednesday.
Tuesday evening program by local
talent assisted by Walter C. Brill of
Oostburg was given. Local talent as
follows:
Piano selections-Mss Evlyn Kren-
scher; Vocal duets-Misses Marie and
Myrtle Sorenson; Solo-Miss Char
lotte Dixon; Reading-"Alfalfa Pays"
Leverette Leet; Vocal duets-Misses
finland; Vocal duets-Misses Fred
ericks who were accompanied by their
father.
Walter c. Brill took for his subject
in a very interesting talk: "Strawber-
ries A Family Matter" Among the
things he said were: Avoid planting
strawberries on a Timothy sod, be-
cause Timothy sod contains white
grubs. Better choose alfalfa or clover
sod. Ground should be thoroughly
worked in the spring and clean cul-
tivated. Get your plants from Wis
consin Nurseries to avoid distant ship
ping. Set plants in rows feet apart,
18 inches apart in rows. Thorough cul-
Invitation, remove all blossoms the first
season after set out. Best place for
your strawberry bed Is in the field in
preference to garden. Do not let the
runners get to thick, as this lessons
the size Of the fruit. After ground Is
frozen cover bed with straw before
snow appears, this forms protection
and also mulch.
Varieties: If you have good kind,
stick TO it. The ever-bearing variety
is all right as a novelty, but not for
commercial value, In the ever-bearing
garden he advised to keep blossoms
picked until late summer and then II
the fall is wet, you will have fruit I'M
Til it freezes.
Wednesday Morning Session.
Mr.. Brill spoke on "Does your farm
pay? How do you know" If the farm
err keeps an account system he knows.
Every business should have some
form in keeping accounts. Three
fourths of all bankruptcy cases are
found to have no account system.
Running a farm without records is
like running a clock without hands.
The Farmers Road. Which Way.
Agricultural Success
Known investments, Basis for credit,
Crop information, Cattle records,
What does or does not pay, Labor
income.
Agricultural uncertainty: No inven-
tory, No records or accounts, Can bills
be paid, No system, Don't know, Guess
so.
The value of accounting system
shows whether the farmer is losing
or gaining, also shows whether our
money is a good investment or not, al
so which part of the farm is paying,
shows the actual expense of operating
the farm and it furnishes basis for
income returns.
He showed for inspection a yearly
record book called the Wisconsin
Farm Record" that can be purchased
from Madison or from the County
Agricultural agent. He showed that
the farmer should take an inventory.
Taking an inventory is likened to the
wire across the race track, it makes
place to begin. Farmers who de-
mand a memorandum of all small pur-
chases will find help in keeping these
accounts.
r. E. Vaughn of the College of
Agriculture, Madison, spoke on Cor
chard Problems" The apple question
in most orchards calls for spraying.
He said so per cent of the commercial
apples and cherries of Wisconsin are
grown in the Sturgeon Bay locality.
Some seasons have been found diff
cult to get good results from spray
ing. The following tabulation was
given:
Spraying Program.
buds in pink. 2-Calyx open.
3-Tkree weeks later. 4-20th of Aug
ust varies according to season.
The two orchard pests are the apple
scab menace and the codling moth.
The apple scab over-winters in dead
leaves and in the spring of the year
the scab spores grow and send out
germs. When rains come early in the
season, spray earlier to protect from
scab.
The codling moth or apple worm
over-winters in cocoons on dead
leaves, brush, ETC., and in spring comes
out as moth and deposits its eggs
under the leaves, when it matches in q
week or 10 days it seeks a hiding
place and goes into the calyx cup and
finally with the apple. Spray at calyx
opening for codling moth. If this
worm or moth is not killed at this
time it grows fat in the apple and
crawling out again goes into cocoon
and matches out in August. So spray
again about August 20.
County Agricultural Agent Judsor
Williams told of Kenosha county set.
ting aside 10 acres at the County
Farm three years ago for experiment.
al purposes and invited people of Ke-
nosha county to take advantage of this
experience. He said soil work is least
understood and farmers should study
and know the soil on their farms tc
make a success. There are IL or Il
elements required to grow plants, but
as most of these are found in the sol
we neeo to look for but three--nitro.
gen, potash and phosphate.
Our forefathers made money from
the increase of property valuation
The sons of today must make their
money out of the soil.
Our county agricultural agent il
ready and willing to assist anyone il
the analysis of the soil on his farm
and will take care of the fertilizint
and records and in this way help the
farmer to learn what his soil needs
very interesting discussion followed
Cabbage seed treatments and result.
We're lead by Mr.. Vaughn. There are
Tour important cabbage diseases farm