P II S TC IPAIH| By Fred Graff 11Dan# c ounty Guernsey breeder# j and dairymen are invited to attend the county picnic at Ieli Dunk’s farm. 4 miles southwest of Slough- ; ton next Sunday. There will he a j short program of musical numbers and other entertainment. Families | are requested to bring their own dishes, silverware, sandwiches and I two d#he# to pass. Toffee. Uuern- j sey milk and cream, and ice cream mill he furnished.Eastern Dane has challenged western Dane to a came of kitten ball, and we are in receipt of in- ; formation that the challenge has f been accepted.Come prepared to forget your j worries and have a good time. is the invitation from Julius Krebs. j secretary.• • •Marie Hr hull t»f Bclnu*nt write1*. In la tell me that theyhace reorganized their lilne Kibhon Ml dub. and now hate lit member*. Marie I* new* re. porter for the club and her ar« count of their acthlties was well written. |M like to hear from them again, and from other club, in thi* part «i the date.i t tWhile stopping for a moment last ; week to see Ros Richards at the of- J fire of (He Montlcello Messenger. I met Richard Egan, whom many will remember as the author of a series ; of articles In the State Journal sev- { era! years ago on the history and development of the dairy industry j in Green county. Mr. Egan might well be of assistance in preparing the movie film showing the history . of the cheese industry in that county. He is now located in Montlcello. j Space will not permit nn*re than a mere mention of the recent article in the t onperathe Marketing Journal by Theodore Mackiin. formerly profewir of agricultural economic* here at the unher*ity. The title of the artide Is - The Farm Board** Opportunity and inn? be found on page in the Maj-Jiine i**ne of the Journal.• t •An effort will be made here i next Tuei-day, July 12. to unite the various livestock cooperatives in the state into a strong united organization. All associations in the state have been invited to send j representatives. The meeting willbe held in the assembly chamberof the capitol.Commissioner William F Renk is in charge, and states that already fifty locals have signified their willingness to join the state cooperative.The meeting follows in the wake ct the Wisconsin Cooperative Livestock Marketing federation organized two years ago -when a temporary set of directors was ap- j pointed until a membership of 5t» locals had been reached.The meeting Is expected to last two days and will probably attract about 150 stockmen. A banquet at the {.oraine will complete the first day.• • •While the hea»y rain* last Sunday *hatlere»l hope* «f the Dane i minty Fair Board making ant protit from the F«*urth of July celebration, they did brighten the ontlook for a good crop *ea*on which will hate a feudenr* to spur the otendanre for the county fair \urii*t S-7, in the opinion of Harley J. Patterson, *ecretary of the hoard.Frank Sigselkow, McFarland, reports that corn in that vicinity is better than average for this time of the year. He expects an average crop of small gram.Otto Toepfer* Middleton. pre*ident if the Dane leant? tgrirultnral Society, *at* that hi* tir*t rutting of alfalfa tielded better than two ton* per arre and that the rain* hate *purred the *erond crop to rapid growth.Soybean*, sudan grass and millet, which were sown as emergency hay crops to replace stands of clo\er and alfalfa that succumbed to the drought of last summer, have all benefitted from the heavy rain.• • •The Dane County Fair ia **ju#t around the corner.** It’s a home Institution deserving the support of ! the entire county. Naturally, there has been some speculation as to the attendance in view of general conditions, but If the R.uoO who filed through the gates last Sunday Is any criterion, the fair board has reason to believe that their ef- * forte will be well rewarded against this year. Don't forget the dates — August 3-7th.