River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-07-30
AGRICULTURAL NOTES
BY II. G. sey forth

stration field trip held Friday, July
"a, proved very successful. The
weather looked very doubtful in the
morning and this cut down the at
tendance somewhat at the first few
| stops, but at each succeeding stop
few were waiting and by noon 25
cars carrying 100 people completed
| the trip.
Some of the main things brought
cut in this demonstration trip were
the value of Cow Testing associa-
ton. work, emphasizing the value of
continuous testing, which was
brought out in Mr.. Tombleson's and
Mr.. Solverson's herds, and also the
value of using pure bred sire in the
herds. Sweet clover pasture was one
| Of the new things seen on this trip
! bringing out the value of this crop
for a continuous summer pasture.
! The Grimm alfalfa showed its sup
erior quality over the common as it
came through the past winter in very
/ good condition while the common
was badly winter killed. A number
Of good alfalfa fields were seen on
his trip showing that Pierce county
farmers are taking advantage of
this wonderful crop by growing it
for hay on their farms. Orchard
| spraying and pruning were discussed
at two farms, showing the advant-
ages of doing this work. Fertilizer
on corn spoke for itself as the corn
showed a very decided increase in
growth where fertilizer was applied
last spring. The use of Pyrotol as
stump blowing material was also
very well demonstrated. Poultry
houses and poultry management
proved very interesting to every one.
Different varieties of soybeans with
corn and alone were observed. Dur
ing the noon hour, the ladies of the
church at Grange Hall served a fine
dinner. After dinner the crowd adj
| iourned to the church parlors where
short program was given and The
Full of Pep Boys and Girls Club
conducted their club meeting very
well. Mr.. E. L. Luther, Superinten-
dent of Farmers Institutes gave
talk on the present program for
farmers. r. f. Vaughan, plant
disease specialist discussed some of
the common diseases of farm crops.
Mr. Stenchield, who has charge of
the barberry survey in the county
| had some samples of the common
barberry and explained the charact-
eristics of the plant. The visit to the
Silver fox farm, the only one in
Pierce county was treat to mum
Der of the visitors.
Everyone attending the trip went
home feeling that they had spent a
very profitable day.
The Busy Bee Boys and Girls Club
at Beldenville and the Happy Work
ers Club at Herbert held their
monthly meetings the past week.
They both appointed a reporter for
the Club Paper. Reports were given
at each meeting by members who
Rad attended the Red Cedar All
Leadership Camp. These meetings
are proving very profitable to boys
and girls as they are learning con-
siderable in parliamentary practice
besides their work.
Whether Pierce county will get its
share of pyrotol this fall depends
upon you. If you expect to use any
explosive next year, you have the
opportunity to order this left over
war explosive and have same deliv-
cred for $3.50 per 100 pounds and
100 caps given with each 200 pounds
as long as they last. Orders are
coming in but we do not as yet have
enough for carload shipment which
is our aim. When this explosive is
gone there will be no more mex
pensive explosive to be gotten.
The Cow Testers Of Pierce county
mad their meeting at the Court
House on Monday, July 20, and let
the bid for the annual report. They
also handed in all material for the
report This publication will be out
by September l, and will contain
some very valuable information for
the dairymen of this county.
This time Of the year hog cholera
generally makes it's appearance. If
you notice any Of your hogs not eat
ing well or showing symptoms Of
sickness be sure that you get in
touch with veterinarian and find