River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-10-22
AGRICULTURAL NOTES
BY II. G. SeyfOrth.

The Swine Feeding Demonstration
run on the Gideon Mortimer's farm
near Grange Hall showed very salts
factory results. He started the dem
onstration on June Is with Il pigs,
total weight, 1470 lbs. The final
weight on Sept. 20 on 19 pigs that
were sold was $500 lbs. The total
gain of pigs for 100 days was 265o
lbs. The average daily gain per pig
for the 100 days was 1.19- lbs. They
were sold at $12.40 per 100 lbs. The
pigs were run on orchard pasture Tor
two months, then on barley Stubbie
field from August Is to Sept. ~
The total feed cost except pasture
was S2O7.s5. The cost of feed per
100 lbs. of gain was $7.84. 90 per
cent of returns were taken up by
feed cost. We hope to run some
more such demonstrations in the
county next year. Who will be ohe
first to cooperate in this valuable
work?
Get your samples of fruit, vege-
tables and flowers ready to exhibit at
the State Horticultural Show to be
held at Eau Claire Nov. 18-l9-2o.
This will be one of the largest eX-
positions of its kind in this section OF
the state. We should have some
Pierce county exhibits there.
Remember that the State Grain
Show is going to be held at Menom-
onie this year, Nov. 1890. This
affords another opportunity Tor
Pierce county farmers to make ex-
hibits. Several farmers have al
ready planned to make exhibits. All
exhibits have to be entered by No
vember 4th. More information Will
be given next week.
The program for Achievement Day
is rapidly being made up. 1t will be
held at the Community Hall at Ellis
worth on Saturday afternoon, Nov
z. We have arranged for good
speakers and good movies. Let's
have a good attendance of boys and
girls and parents at this program and
make it one of the big days for the
boys and girls in Club Work in
Pierce county.
A number Of inquiries are coming
in for different breeds of live stock
and poultry, both males and females.
If you have any to sell list them with
me at once so that we can refer the
different inquiries to those having
live stock for sale.
The ton litter owned bv c. A. Han
son, northeast of Bay City, will be
weighed up on Monday afternoon,
Nov. 2, at two o'clock. Mr.. II. j.
Brandt. Swine specialist of the Col
lege of Agriculture, will be there TO
weigh up the litter and give talk
on the Ton Litter Contest throughout
the state. He will also say some
thing about Swine Management. Can
we have a good representation of
swine breeders at this meeting!
A number of poultry fiocks have
been culled the past week. / find
that those people who have attended
Poultry CulEing Demonstrations and
have been putting into practice some
of the suggestions offered there, and
are culling their f1ocks, are getting
very fine results, and they are doing
good work. The culls are being re-
moved from the flock early in the
season SO the profitable layers have
a chance to do better. / found that
in nearly all places they are feeding
a dry mash which is absolutely
necessary for egg production. |
shall repeat this dry mash and hope
MANY more will start feeding is this
fall and winter. 1t consists of 100
lbs. ground yellow corn 100 lbs
ground oats, 100 lbs. of middllngs,
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The scratch feed to be fed morning
and evening at the rate of a lbs. to
100 birds is as follows: 200 lbs.
corn. 200 lbs. wheat, 100 lbs, barley
or oats. All these grains to be fed
whole.
Be sure that all roogts and nest
boxes are painted with carbolineum
before the fowls are housed for
winter. This will lessen the trouble
with mites.