River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-09-17
AGRICULTURAL NOTES
By H. G. seyforth.

WICK JUFlany on TIC Spot Club held
is last meeting for the year at the
Cudd School Final arrangements
were made fer the fair exhibits. The
Sleepy Hollow Hustlers held their
final meeting at the school house on
Thursday evening. They had
wiener and mG-thnlallow roast Nov
irg pictures on Boys and Girls Club
work were shown. The Atni-Cant
held its meeting at the Elmer
Anderson home, and the Busy Bee
Club met at the Community Hall at
iBe,denville. All members were
given final instructions as to making
exhibits at the County Fair, and al
SO were instructed in regard to the
Camp Fire Council Service which
viii be held at the evening fair on
Thursday evening.
The Garden Club of Beldenville
made it's exhibits last Friday after
noon at Beldenville and the prizes
were awarded by the Beldenville We
mems Club to the winners. A very
attractive and uniform exhibit of
vegetables was made by the boys
and girls in this club Myrtle May
nard of the Maynard School won the
most prizes.
Entries are coming in rapidly for
tie Boys and Girls Club Exhibit at
the County Fair. We hope that
everybody will visit the Club and
Educational Building and the tent
which will house the boys and girls
exhibits of pigs, lambs and poultry
this year. This tent win be placed
in tbs rear of the building. Exhibits
this year will be the largest of its
kind ever held at the Pierce County
Fair
The Federal Department of Agri-
culture has decided to take on only
a limited number of new herds for
T. B. testing, and after this no new
herds will be taken on as all federal
and state men will do area testing
emily and the retesting of the herds
under supervision. We have just a
few more applications left for ac-
credited herd work, and if you want
your herd tested before Novem-
Der /, be sure to make application at
cnce and fill out an agreement blank
which can be obtained at this office.
This will be your last chance to get
on the accredited list before the
county is signed up for the area
work.
We expect to have 7. B. exhibit
fram the State Department of Agri-
culture at the Ciunty Fair. Visit
this.
We shall have a number of the an
nual combined Cow Testing Associa-
tion reports ready for distribution at
the fair. If you are interested in
dairying and want COWS to keep you
instead of you keeping the cows, get
one of the reports.
We plan to have d few more APP
pie tree and small fruit pruning DEM
onstrations this fall if enough people
are interested in this county to have
suoh demonstrations. If you want
one of these in your community
please notify me soon.
If there is anyone who would like
to have his poultry flock culled /
could probably arrange for this some
time in October or the last part Of
September.
Some apple leaves have been
brought to my attention which were
affected with apple rust. On flower
ing crabs sthe spots are large and on
the cultivated apple trees the spots
are usually smaller and often numer-
Gus so that the tree will be defoliat-
ed. The best control for the apple
rust is to eliminate the red cedar and
carry on a regular spray program
with lime sulphur. Elimination of
the red cedar in the vicinity is usu-
ally the most important as it carries
the rust over during the dormant
period. In the case of the Towering
crab which is highly susceptible, it
is very difficult to avoid spotting of
the leaves.
Red plums have ALSO been brought
to me which were affected with
brown rot disease which can be con-
'Iolled very largely by following the
regular SPRAY program, and if neces-
sary thin the fruit to prevent the
plumts from rubbing one against the
other. Spray also checks curculio
whose stings frequently form an
opening for rot.
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