River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-12-10
AGRICULTURAL NOTES
BY H. C. seyrOrth.

We should now begin to make our
plans for the sowing of legumes for
the next year. Pierce county has
made wonderful strides in this pro-
ject, but after all we have only made
good start. We now have nearly
1000 acres of alfalfa growing and
700 acres of sweet. clover which was
sown for pasture to be used the COM
ing summer. Sweet clover seed wall
be somewhat less expensive than last
year which is very encouraging. 1t
will be handled the same as last year
which will be through different dear
ers in several parts of the county.
Most of the orders being placed
through this office for the dealers.
We can thus purchase seed IN larger
quantities and get a better price on
the same. Alfalfa seed will be prac-
tically the same price on the Grimm
variety. The South Dakota No. IL
will be trfe less. We shall be sure
to get A No. seed of good gern1lna-
ton, free from weed seeds, uniform
in quality. 1t would be best to send
your orders for seed direct to this
office, state what you want, and des-
ignate the place at which you want
the seed delivered. We would like
to place these orders early in the
sason so that we will be able to get
good seed at a reasonable price and
have it delivered in time. Let us set
the goal to increase the alfalfa acre
age to 5000 acres and the sweet
clover acreage to 10000 acres.
Attend the Poultry and Grain Show
at River Falls on December 10 and IL.
/ hope that many can make an exhib-
it at this show. A program will be
held on the evening Of Dec. 10 and in
the afternoon of Dec. IL. The pro-
gram in the afternoon will be for
boys and girls interested in Club
Work. Judging contests will also
take place at this time.
A Paultry and Grain Show will be
held at Elmwood on the 18th of De-
cember. A good program is being
planned for the day. Mr.. Hayes,
poultry specialist, and George Briggs
Of the Agronomy Department. College
j Oh 5Ag lIcS.lyals., vii b0t.. " t1i11e ae =
| give talks. The folks in charge Of
both of the above shows will appre
ciate your exhibits and attendance.
Dec. 18th will be a big day in Ri
yer Falls. About 20 business men in
the city have decided to purchase
some very good pure bred Holstein
| females about two years old to be
farned out to boys and girls on con-
| tract basis who are willing to use
the offspring in Club Work and to
keep an accurate account of feeding
and production of these animals for
| three years. On this day these 20
animals will be delivered to the boys
| and girls at River Falls and dinner
will be given them by the business
men. A very good program will al
so be given at noon. A number of
good speakers will be present. This
event will receive lot of publicity
in a number Of dairy papers as it
shows that the business men in this
particular town are back of pro-
gressive movement of this kind. This
is just another step in developing
Boys and Girls Club Work where
the boys and girls will have chance
to receive somewhat of an income
from their project. More publicity
on this will be given later.
George Aahahlen returned Satur-
day from his trip to the National
Boys and Girls Club Congress as a
delegate from Pierce county. His
railroad expenses We're paid by the
Omaha r. r. He reports that nearly
1900 boys and girls from all over the
United States attended this Con-
gress and International Live Stock
Exhibit. They were shown through a
number of packing plants, number
Of big merchandise stores and manu-
featuring plants, were banqueted by
big commercial concerns and board
Secretary of Agriculture, Jardine.
George feels that this trip is worth
considerable and hopes that other
boys and girls in Pierce county viii
strive to win this trip in the future,
| A further report of the trip by
George will be given laer on.