River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-10-15
AGRICULTURAL NOTES
BY ii. G. seyforth,

Achievement Day to De nero a. AAi9
worth in the Community Hall IN the
afternoon on Saturday, November
z. We hope to have an excellent
program. We want every boy ana
girl who has been in club work the
past season to be present at TINS
program on November Z. A detailed
program will be published later on.
Two big events will be held near
Pierce county in November which
everybody interested in should try
to attend. The one event Is the an
pual convention Of the wisconsin
Horticulture Association and the
State Fruit, Flower and Vegetable
show TO be held at Eau Claire on
November 1920. A three day
program will be held in connection
with this convention touching every
branch of horticulture. Lets have
sonne good exhibits of fruits flowers
and vegetables from this county at
this show. This is the first time that
this event has been held away from
Madison SO let US take advantage o;
4he same. A more detailed program
will be published later.
A combination of three large
grain shows will be held at Menom-
onie in Dunn county on November
1920. This will be combination
Of the grain show of the Dunn Coun-
Nv Order, Northern Wisconsin Grain
Show and the State Grain Show. A
very fine program is being arranged
for this big event. The best exhibits
Of grain from this show will be sent
on to the International Grain and
Hay Show at Chicago which is held
in connection with the Fat Stock
Show. All entries must be IN by
November 4th for this Grain Show.
Let us have some of Pierce county's
GOOD grain and corn raised the past
season sent to this show. This Is the
first time that the State Grain Show
has been so close to this section OF
the state. The competition is open
to anyone in Wisconsin. There Is no
entry charge. The exhibits must be
grown this season by the exhibitor
on his own farm or on the one on
which he is employed. Only one en-
try can be made in each class by one
exhibitor. The corn is shown in 10
ear and SO ear samples and single
ears. Grain samples consist of one
peck. Clover and timothy seeds one
half peck, soybeans ! peck. Sheaves
Of grain are to be 22 inches in d.
ameter at top band below the heads.
Glover and alfalfa bundles to be at
least to 10 inches in diameter at
the largest part. More information
in regard to these exhibits can be OBJ
tanned at this office Anyone interest
cd should Write me at once. Let US
show the state that Pierce county
can raise good grain and corn. Who
will be the first to make an entry?
Two demonstrations on three
groups Of swine were held the past
week. The demonstrations took up
Two demonstrations on three
groups of swine were held the past
week. These demonstrations took
ND the returns made by pigs on diff
ferent kinds of feed and pasture.
The owners kept track of feed and
hogs were sold on the market. The
demonstration held on Wild Bros.
farm covered one group of 1S pigs
narrowed in March. They were fed
on middlings, corn and skim milk
the first part of the season and on
barley and skim milk and allowed to
hog down some corn the last part OF
the season. The average daily gain
was IL lbs. The feed cost for 100
lbs of gain was 1888. SO per cent
of returns were taken up by feed
cost. 1t took 448 lbs. of grain to
make a 100 lb gain and 386 lbs of
skim milk for every 100 ID. gain.
Zone litter of pigs in this group con-
sisted of scrubs and the rest were
pure breds. At the end of the dem
onstration the scrub pigs weighed
100 lbs, and the pure breds 1873 lbs,
all running together and receiving
the same kind of feed. The pure
breds returned a dollar head more
than the scrub pigs. The other
group belonging to Wild Bros. con-
sisted of so pigs farrowcd in April.
They were on clover pasture for
about a month. They were shut up
for couple Of months without pas
Eure and then were allowed to run
on alfalfa pasture for one month and
turned in a corn field near the pas
ture. The average daily gain was
81 lb. for 126 days. Feed besides
pasture was middlings, barley, skim
milk some tankape and oil meal and