River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-06-18
AGRICULTURAL NOTES
BY H. G. SeyTorth.

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anything and you might win one of
the prizes offered by the State Elk
pertinent Association. The contest
ant may grow just one acre or
select any acre in the field to COM
pete in the One Acre Contest. The
following prizes are offered for
1925: First, $25 cash; second, SIS
cash; third, $40 cash; fourth, $500
cash; 5, 81, and 9Th prizes will con-
sist of pure bred seed grains suf-
flcient to plant one acre. Entries
must be made before July l. If you
care to enter this Corn Contest,
please let me know and shall send
you an entry blank,
If you are growing some Wiscon-
sin pure bred seed grains and want
to sell same as registered or certi-
fed seed it is necessary that you
have field inspection made. To of
tain such an inspection you should
write to the Wisconsin Experiment
Association, Madison, Wis, asking
for such This should be done at
once. Or you can let me know and
this office will forward your letter.
There are few more open dates
for poultry culling demonstrations.
If you want such in your community,
please let me hear from you soon,
as the schedule will be- made up the
first part Of Junly. Demonstrations
will be held the second week in July.
The Annual Station Day will be
held June % at Madison. The Ex-
perimental and research activities of
various departments, and the practi-
cal values Of discoveries coming
from this work will be demonstrated
by number of exhibits on the
campus and in the buildings. Many
new interesting features have been
planned for this day.
On Friday, June 10, Lorrain
Leonard of Ellsworth and Evelyn
Finstad of Bay City, two of Pierce
county's club members, will take a
trip to the Short Course which is
being held for boys and girls from
all over the state at Madison, on
Junt 10 to %. The expenses of
these two club members will be paid
by the Bankers of Pierce county.
They will have chance to see the
graduating exercises at the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, attend the Station
Day program and see many other
things of educational value at the
University and the city of Madison.
Two scholarships are given each
year to boy and girl of Pierce
county who have done very credit
able Club Work. A report of their
trip will be given in the papers later.
The Lake Pepin Cooperative
Poultry and Egg Producers associa-
ton held its annual meeting and
picnic at Colville Park, Red Wing,
on Wednesday, June 10. A large
number of poultry producers attend
ed this annual affair. The Board Of
Directors of the association held its
meeting in the Chamber Of Com
merce at HOO a. m. The following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year: President, George Roller,
Ellsworth; Vice-Pres., Frank Ander
son, Ellsworth; Secretary and Treas
urer, Mrs. Frank Huneke; Fronten-
&C; Directors, A. r. Schultz, Good
hue and Chas. o. Matson, Stockholm.
After the business meeting of the
Beard of Directors, adjournment
was made to the park where cafe
terra picnic dinner was served. The
Red Wing Chamber of Commerce
furnished free ice cream. The
Training School Band furnished
music in the forenoon and during the
noon hour At 1870 p. m. the regular
program was started by music by the
PED Wing Boys Bond. The first
speaker was Dan Wallace, editor of
The Farmer, St. Paul. He outlined
the methods of cooperative market
ing in very fine manner telling
the different steps taken in Mime
sofa the past four years to bring
about the number of cooperative as
sociations now organized. lie stated
that there is no chance in believing
half way in cooperative marketing.
One has to be either for it or against
it. Cooperative marketing is the
thing that is selling the farmers
products for him and helps solve his
economic problems. Mr.. H. Buo, of
the Minnesota Poultry and Egg Ex-
change, explained the workings of
this exchange and urged improve
ment of quality of both poultry and
eggs. Mr.. j. H. Rogers, sales man
ager for the State Cooperative Ex-
change talked on the value of deliv-