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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1907
Page
2
A garbled classified section lists jobs and items for sale with scattered mentions of Wisconsin locales, pianos for sale, and legal public notices. It references Clark County and Medford Wisconsin plus various names and prices, all in a fragmented ad style.
Wisconsin dairymen learn low cost silo building using local materials. 19 by 32 foot silo priced under 125 dollars, 36 by 16 foot design holds about 126 tons of silage with total costs under 225 dollars. Bulletin No. 125 from Madison Experiment Station cited for detailed styles and costs. Guruler of De Kalb noted for first of a kind. Guidance on silo types, stone brick and stave options, and seasonal construction plans given by W. E. Harcrage and local farmers.
A 1907 Irish deputation studied Denmark's dairy system, praising its education peasant ownership and co operation as key to success. The report argues American dairying must adopt cooperation to avoid destruction and resist centralization by trusts.
A Wisconsin Farmer note suggests sowing flax seed with oats at ten pounds per acre and three bushels of oats per acre for a versatile stock feed. Late maturing oats help flax thrash out. barley mixes risk early harvest. The mix shines for brood sows and work horses, reducing future feed oil meal needs.
Guernsey men plan to organize the Guernsey breeders about Marshfeld in spring after seeding time. The Experiment Station offers to aid farmers and dairymen to improve livestock conditions and boost Wisconsin’s status for pure bred dairy cattle.
Low-rate colonists tickets on sale daily through April 30. Tours in Pullman tourist sleeping cars to San Francisco Los Angeles and Portland. Round trips to San Francisco and Los Angeles April 25 to May 18 with limits to July 31 and June 5 to 13 with limits to August 1. Portland and North Pacific Coast June 20 to July 12 with limit to September 13. Stopover arrangements. Inquire at any Northwestern Line ticket agent.
A farm note stresses careful handling of the cream separator to avoid financial loss. It warns against agents claiming cold milk skimming equals warm and states the optimal skim milk temperature is 90 degrees.
Fred Dethloff, five years in the McMillan area, dairies and breeds up his herd to Holsteins with Red Poll crosses. He plans to keep top cows to retain strong traits while improving the breed, viewing the region as a promising dairy country. He also plans to build a silo soon.
A historical price list shows per bushel rates for wheat 606870 and oats 8 per bushel, rye 58, potatoes 40, onions 70, hay, butter, dairy eggs per dozen, beef live weight per cwt, pork dressed per lb, veal live weight per lb, veal dressed per cwt 466, sheep live weight per cwt 2/4005, chickens alive 10, and hides for cattle and calves.
Notice of auction sale of developed land in Wood County Wisconsin under a license from the County Court. The sale takes place Sunday April 10 at 2:00 PM at the premises in Murghdield town, selling the west wall of the southeast quarter Section 34 Town 25 North Range 3 East. Cash terms.
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