The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1925-11-01
Agricultural Prosperity of Pierce County Built Solid
S. Foundation of Diversified Farming s.

some OF the river and creek valleys we find to-
bacco growing very WELL Over 100 acres were
harvested this fall This tobacco is of very
good quality and sells at good price Another
truck crop is cabbage, of which nearly 400 acres
were harvested This is shipped to different
points in the United States and some into kraut
FACTORIES located in the county. Field and can
nlng peas do very well here Nearly 200 acres
were raised the past season, most of them be-
ing, grown for seed. Some sugar beets are
grown in the western part of Pierce county. Po-
tatoes do very well on some of the lighter SOILS
1000 acres being raised the past season.
Big Clover Acreage
A large acreage of legumes is being raised
TO keep up the nitrogen supply in the SOIL
Nearly 10000 acres of cloverS and some limo
thy were found in the county the past year.
number of farmers are finding alfalfa one of
their greatest feeds for live stock and the acre
age has increased in the past five years from
zoo acres to 1000 acres.
~ The reason that the farmers are able to
keep up the fertility of the soil is due to diver
sification. Every farm has some live stock
We find $4,000 good horses being used to help
till the soil. On account of the good grazing
and feeds grown, beef cattle production has be-
come very popular and some very choice beef
is being produced. 10000 head, valued at
$76O,OO0, are mainly ShorthOrnS, HerefOrds
and some Red Polls.
Dairying Great Industry
Dairying is probably the greatest indus
try and we find over 10000 dairy cattle valued
at $2,500,0O0. The breeds are Holsteins,
Gu1rnseys, Jerseys, Ayrshires and Brown
Swiss. Large numbers of these are purebreds
and valuable breeding stock is sold each year.
The dairymen in this county believe in better
COWS, larger profits, better farm life, and to at
tain this aim, they try to keep very close track
of their COWS through Cow Testing Associa-
tions. There are five of these working in diff
ferent sections of the county. The high cow
producing the most butter fat in these associa-
lions the past year is grade Jersey. Her pro-
duction was 626.2 lbs. butter fat. There were
rNsl Avs in the associations which produced
- sZI910tlbs. Of butter fat per COW. A con1hln-
ed rgqlort Of tAselfive associations was prinA-A,
and this publication contains some very vaiu-
able information about the dairy industry IN
Pierce County.
The milk from these dairy animals is sep
arated on the farms and the cream is sold to
seven cooperative creameries and one privately
owned creamery, in which over S2,5OOOO0
worth of dairy products are manufactured and
sold each year. These creameries are trying
to produce a quality product. Some are recelv-
ing the help of a fieldman hired to aid them In
attaining that end.
The hillsides and timber lots are grazed
by $4,000 sheep from which about S75,OOO
worth of wool was sold the past season.
Another kind of live stock kept by nearly
every farmer is swine. $4,000 head are report
ed by the census enunerators. These SWINE
are fed the dairy by-products such as skim