River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-06-11
COUNTY AGRICULTURAL
AGENT FIELD TRIP

On Wednesday, June 8, twenty
County Agricultural Agents, four
county agent leaders and two mark
citing specialists of Wisconsin travel
ed by bus through Pierce and Good
hue counties studying the plan Of the
Lake Pepin Cooperative Poultry and
Egg Producers association. The
trip was arranged bysH. G. Seyforth,
Co. Agt., Pierce Co., Wis.,, and Geo.
Briggs, County Agent Leader.
The first stop was made at the CO.
operative Equity Elevator at River
Falls, one of the largest delivery
,ints in Pierce county, where over
100 farmers deliver their eggs and
poultry three times a week. The
system of collecting and delivering
of eggs was studied at this stop.
The second stop was at Ellsworth
| where two types of delivery stations
were visited, grocery store and
garage. The third stop was made at
farm home on the road to Red
Wing, that is used as a delivery sta
ton.
The party arrived at Red Wing at
11:45 a. M, and visited the Lake
Pepin Cooperative Poultry and Egg
Producers association plant. Here
they followed the eggs through the
receiving room, Gambling and grading
room, store room and saw them load
ed into the refrigerator cars.
Gambling and grading demonstrations
were given, and details of operation
were explained. At 1900 o'clock the
group adjourned to the BoXrud Tea
Room where they enjoyed an excel
| lent dinner furnished by the Lake
Pepin Cooperative Poultry and Egg
| Producers association, and the
Chamber of Commerce of Red Wing.
The following program was given,
| Mr. Seyforth acting as chairman. +.
w. Peck, Extension Director, College
| of Agriculture, Mimi, spoke on CO.
operative Marketing as an Extension
Project Mr.. Hales, Co. Agri. Agent,
Goodhue county, spoke on the County
Agents part in this program. Mr..
Brown, County Agent Leader, and
Mr.. Steitts, Marketing Specialist of
the Minnesota Agricultural College,
gave short talks. Mr.. K. l.. Hatch,
| Extension Director of the College of
Agriculture, Wis, also gave short
talk Mrs. F. Huneke, Red Wing,
Secretary of the Lake Pepin Cooper
ative Poultry and Egg Producers
association, gave a farm woman's
view point on egg and poultry mark
citing. Mr.. George Roller, Ellsworth,
President of the association, gave the
farmers view point; Mr.. F. j. Nc
Collow, merchant of Ellsworth, gave
the merchants view point and Frank
| Anderson, Ellsworth, President
of the association spoke on plans of
organization.
The trip was continued to st. Paul,
where the party visited the Mime
sofa Exchange, and the Twin City
Unit. Here the following was ex-
planned: U. S. Inspection, carload
concentration, sales organization and
processing of eggs.
A visit was also made to the Min
nesota Cooperative Creamery asso-
citation, Inc, seeing the Land o. Lakes
butter shipped out in tubs, quarter
| pounds, and half pounds and pound
prints under the brand cf Land O.
Lakes butter.
The following agricultural agents
and leaders ATTENDED this tour: W.
A. Duffy, Rusk; Ar.ie Mucks, Bar
ron; F. H. Thompson, Burnett; R. H.
Rasmussen, Washburn; S. P. Murat,
Buffalo; V. E. Brubaker, Bayfield,;
H. M. Knipfel, Clark; J. M. Waltz,
Douglas; w. G. Stauss, Eau Claire;
D. A. Shaffer, Taylor; G. w. YER
genront, Jackson; Stanley Sand,
Juneau; w. E. Spreiter, La Crosse;
w. ]. Rogan, Marathon; A. j. Brann,
Oneida; H. R. Noble, Portage; H. J.
Rainbow, Price; E. F. Pruett, Saw
yer; J. S. Klinka, Trempleau; R. A.
Peterson, Wood; H. G. Seyforth,
Pierce; K. L. Hatch, J. F. Volta, w.
w. Clark, E. L. Luther, G. M. Briggs
and H. H. Bakken of the College of
Agriculture and A. M. Lackie from
the Marketing Department.
Items of interest pertaining to
Lake Pepin Cooperative Poultry and
Egg Producers association.
Over 1000 farmers in Pierce county
and 400 in Goodhue county are
marketing eggs and poultry in the
cooperative way,
From May l to Is, $4,000 dozen of
] eggs were handled The last two