River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1924-01-17
AGRICULTURAL NOTES
BY II. G. seyforth.


Very strong programs are being lin
ed up for all meetings. A Women's
Institute will be held in connection
with every mems Institute. The
time and place of each Institute is as
follows: Prescott, Jan. 1880;
Maiden Rock, Jan. 81, Feb. / Elm
wood, Feb. 1918; Ellsworth, Feb
1915. The subjects of marketing
butter, eggs, poultry and Tobacco
will be discussed at these meetings.
Grain Shows will be held in connec-
ton with each Institute. Prizes will
be offered by the local merchants.
Now is the time to prepare 10 ear
samples of White and Yellow corn,
peck samples of oats, barley, wheat,
rye and clover seed. Prizes are also
offered for corn silage, alfalfa hay,
eggs and potatoes. The first prize
samples from each Show will be sent
TO Ellsworth to compete for further
prizes as this will be the last Insti-
sute held in the county in 1924. Rural
schools are given chance to make
exhibits of corn and grain for which
prizes will be offered for both in
aividual and school exhibits. Full
programs for Prescott and Maiden
Rock will be published in next weeks
papers. Let's have banner atten-
dance at these Institutes
Be sure before purchasing your
clover seed and alfalfa seed that you
are getting it from reliable source
and that you are obtaining strictly
northern grown seeds. Considerable
Clover seed was grown in Pierce
county last year. Why not buy your
ICED here and know that it can stand
the winter even though the price is
be little higher. From July ! to
Nov. Is, according to a report of the
the Eisreau of Plant Industry at
Washington, there were imported into
the United States more than 11,0O0,-
900 pounds of Alsyke, Crimson and
Red Clover seed, as well as. about
5,000,000,000 pounds of alfalfa. Prof.
Moore, University of Wisconsin,
College of Agriculture, upon inquiry
regarding the hardness of Clover
produced in various foreign countries,
states: "From the experimental work
on various station farms, it has been
found that Clover seed sent from
southern Europe is almost useless
under Wisconsin conditions lie says,
1--WE do not hesitate to say that the
larger portion of our failures from
getting stands, and carrying over RE
Clover plants res-lts from our large
importation of Clover seed from the
southern European countries. Also
the Clover seed that is produced IN
the extreme southwestern part OF
the United States does not show the
vitality and ability to stand the test
Of hard weather the way that the
northern grown seed does.
The Wisconsin Cooperative Cream
cry Association is out to build a Co
operative Marketing Association.
With the assistance of every co-opera-
.tive creamery this can be accomplish
ed in short time. The selling con-
tract and general marketing plan is
completed. Creameries manufacture
ing over million pounds annually
have already signed the contract. As
soon as the signatures of creameries
manufacturing 25 million pounds an.
nually have been secured the officers
of the association will establish q
state office, fix concentration point
hire a competent sales manager, and
get on the market and begin The bust
ness of safeguarding the interests
of the cooperative creamery industry
in Wisconsin. A number of meet
ingts are going to be held TIN oughout
the state the next two weeks to ex-
plain this general marketing plan.
The schedule is as follows: Chip
pewa Falls, Jan. 10; Washburn, Jan.
II; Durand, Jan. 16; Turtle Lake,
Jan. IT; Woodville, Jan. 10; River
Falls, Jan. % or %. Creamery ofiic-
ers, as well as butter makers and pat
rons should try to attend some of
these meetings.
Don't forget that the STATE Grain
Show win be held at Richland Center
Jan. % to Feb. 2. All samples Of
grain and corn should be received at
Richland Center not later than Jan
%, as all grains will be judged be-
fore the show opens. Any further
information en- this can be obtained
a this Office.
Annual Farmers and Home Makers
Week will be held at Madison Feb,
20 A s,1aafoI t,YnUrapn will ho ar