River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-01-29
AGRICULTURAL NOTES
BY II. &. seyforth

oeFSIdl farmers from this county
have made plans to attend the An
nual Farmers and Homemakers'
Week to be held at the College of
Agriculture, Madison, February 2 10
6. If you have not yet decided to go
will you stop now and think it over?
There is so much going on at Madi-
son during that week that If is inn
possible to tell you all that would in
terest You but you can rest assured
that you viii find it worth while to
spend all week or part of the week in
Madison. The railroads WI sell
tickets at reduced rates for Farmers
and Homemakers' Week, when thc
biggest farmers get-to-gether will
be in full swing. There will be con-
tests in Live Stock Judging. grain
| judging and horse pulling demon
stration. There will be special ex-
hibits, annual meetings of Breed As
sociations, conventions, dinners and
banquets. There will be talks by
/ some of the ablest agricultural lead
ers in the country. Special evening
programs and entertainments are
being worked out. doc" Alexander,
teacher, poet, student and lover of
the farm and it's people, has a new
illustrated lecture on Being Friends
with Animals Dean Russell who
has been to New Zealand will tell of
the Agriculture and live stock in that
famous island. Special programs
are being planned for fruit growers,
poultry raisers and those interested
in Soil Fertility. Here are just a
few subjects to be taken up on the
main program: Why Some Farms
Pay; Increasing the Poultry Income;
Health in the Home; The Minnesota
Creameries Association as q Factor
in the Butter Market; Ever Failing
or Never Failing Pastures; The
Power of the Country Newspaper in
Agriculture Development. Women
who come to Madison for the Farm
ers' and Homemakers' Week do not
have to attend the same programs
that their men folks attend, because
special programs for women are pre-
pared and these will be given every
afternoon. Just let me mention a few
topics that will be discussed: The
Relation of Diet to Teeth; How to
Extend the Purchasing Power of the
Dollar; The Vaule of Diet in Build
ing up Resistance to Disease; The
Value of Selected Dict in Prenatal
Care; The Early Training in Infant
Care; County Achievement Plays,
given by Farm Women; The Home
Laundry; Selection of Toys for Child
rem; Standards in Good Design in
Selection of Goats and Hats. Many
of these subjects are illustrated and
accompanied by demonstrations.
This just gives you a small idea of
| the good and interesting time you
can have if you go. It's interesting
reading, but it will be more interest
irg hearing and seeing. Farm folks
can get away more easily this time
of the year than any other time.
How better can little vacation be
combined with something mighty
worth while? And, there is no charge
for any Of the courses or entertain
ments except the dinners and ban
quets. All of us want to go. Several
are all ready TO go. Many more will
make arrangements to go. That's
good.
''To Feed or Not to Feed" is live
question among the ITS Cow Test
| ing associations Of the state this
winter. 1t viii be the main topic for
discussion at the meeting of testers
to be held on Thursday, Feb. 5 at
Farmers Week. High feed price
and cheap dairy products make prof.
table feeding possible only with the
most efficient cows and careful judg-
ment in the selection of feeds. These
conditions call for definite informa-
ton, records, and facts to guide the
dairyman safely away from the
slippery path leading into the red
ink.
According to E. l.. Luther, Supt.
of Farmers Institutes, calls for two
day institutes have been so numer-
Gus this season that in many cases
it is possible only to provide one day
meetings in order to serve all of the
communities requesting Nthe work.
Moderate weather and good roads
have done much to make for success
| full meetings this season and the at
tendance at most points has been ex-
cellent. Pierce county farmers can
consider themselves fortunate to have
four two day Institutes in this
county. Two have been held with ex-
ne11nO4 at+opIopaa apJ ,.cr,,I4. T,,,c