Buffalo Herd Returns to Freeborn County After 100 Year Gap
Glenville, Minn. Buffalo herd at Dale Lukes farm near London includes one bull and four cows. Lukes, a 480 acre farmer, bought three in 1965 from Kalispell Montana and Bemidji Minnesota stock. The herd, now in a three acre enclosure, is fed hay and grain. Visitors, including Austin students, view the animals as Lukes plans to possibly add a younger bull. The bull once killed a calf believed to be albino. breeding status remains uncertain.
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Herald Farm
Glenville
Minn
Freeborn County
Dale Lukes
Lukes
London
Silo
Kalispell
Mont
Buffalo
Minnesota
Great Plains
Nora Springs
Iowa
Mayn City
Charles City
Bemidji
Ground Corn Grain Superior to Ground Ear Corn in Trials
University of Minnesota feeding trials show ground shelled corn outperforms ground ear corn for finishing steers. Adding two pounds of alfalfa or hay improves gains more with shelled corn, while cob fiber provides little digestible energy. Ground ear corn yields lower gains and higher feed needs per 100 pounds gain.
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University of Minnesota
Weatherell tops Mitchell County corn contest with 173.26 bu
Dean Weatherell Osage wins the Mitchell County Master Corn Growers contest with a 173.26 bushels per acre yield, beating Robert Lewis Orchard by about one bushel. The field averaged 138 bu across 27 contestants. details include planting date May 1, 24,000 plants per acre, 20 inch rows, and fertilizer and weed control methods. Also Wilbur Biedermann wins county soybean yield at 48.4 bu with Amsoy beans.
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Dean Weatherell
Osage
Mitchell County
Robert Lewis
Orchard
Wetherall
Wilbur Biedermann
Mitchell
Biedermann
Amsey
Wool program marketing year ends December 31
Growers are reminded that the 1968 wool program marketing year ends December 31. Parker Goodsell notes payments for the 1968 year depend on completing all marketing steps by then. Post‑year marketings after December 31 move to the 1989 year and are not eligible for payments until early 1970.
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Parker Goodsell
Mower County
Community 4-H Calendar Highlights Local Meetings
The Enterprise schedule lists 4-H events this week at Liebenstein Hall LeRoy School Sargeant Town Hall and Lansing School. Activities include pot lucks at Harlow Sayles home and a Christmas party at the Henry Mortenson home. The calendar also shows a Pleasant View 4H banquet and multiple 4-H meetings at Adams Elkton Rose Creek and Lodi facilities with various hosts.
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Enterprise
Liebenstein
Banquet
LeRoy
Sargeant
Sargeant Town Hall
Telstar
Lansing
Pleasant View
Adams
Adams High School
Elkton
Elkton School
Busy Beavers
Rose Creek High School
Jolly Youth
Charles Rush
Lodi
LeRoy School
Christmas Gatherings Highlight Red Rock 4-H News
Red Rock Rangers 4-H held a Christmas supper at Brownsdale School with games carols and prizes won by Mark Wiese and Ann Finnegan. January guest Ron Seath discussed Welcome Wing Ding and radio contest at South Side 4-H. Members donated to Rochester State Hospital and $9 to a mental retardation fund. Demonstrations covered sewing foods and home improvement. a trombone quartet performed and group carols were led. Moscow 4-H set first Tuesday meetings and planned a Christmas roller skating party with new families welcomed.
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Red Rock Rangers 4-H
Brownsdale
Mark Wiese
Ann Finnegan
Ron Seath
South Side 4-H
Carlos Hartwig
Dale Nelson
Hartwig
Larry Mandt
Douglas Meister
Rochester State Hospital
Tally
Debbie Hartwig
Linda Hegge
Kathy Bloom
Janet Bendsen
Penny Hunst
Brenda Hartwig
Rebecca Samuelson
Moscow
Area Farmer Wins 1968 Conservation Award in Freeborn
Albert Le a Minn Fran k Kent of Freeborn Township earns the Minneapolis Tribune Conservation Award for 1968. His Kent farm, a hog feeding operation, has a complete conservation plan implemented in the Freeborn County Soil and Water Conservation District.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Frank Kent
Freeborn Township
Minneapolis Tribune
Freeborn County
Kent
Annual Beef Day Slated at Waseca Dec 17
Cattlemen in WAS CA Minnesota will attend Beef Day at the University of Minnesota Southern School and Experiment Station in Waseca on Tuesday December 17. The program runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Demonstrations cover MGA use for gain, grub control, cattle diseases when entering feedlots, boosts to silage, high moisture corn value, beef production economics, fly impact on gain, and maximizing returns from a cow herd.
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Minn
University of Minnesota, Southern School and Experiment Station
Waseca
Dairymen Urged to Inventory Winter Roughage Needs Promptly
Dairy farmers should estimate herd roughage needs for this winter and plan for possible shortages before spring. Calculate hay equivalents for cows, bred heifers, and young stock, using silage and haylage exchange rates. If short, consider more hay or higher grain feeding. ensure cows receive 12 to 15 pounds of roughage daily to maintain milk fat and digestion.
Gilt Breeding Guidance Emphasizes Third Estrus
Ray Arthaud of the University of Minnesota Extension advises gilts to wait for their third heat before mating for their first litter. He notes litter size rises with each estrus, boosting yield potential.
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Ray Arthaud
University of Minnesota Extension Animal Husbandman
Hayfield FFA Aids Drive for Gifts in Minnesota
Hayfield Minnesota FFA joins annual drive to provide gifts for mentally retarded residents in state institutions. Jim Gulbransen named chairman and collection points include Lohn's Red Owl Hayfield State Bank of Sargeant and State Bank of Brownsdale.
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Hayfield, Minn
Hayfield Future Farmers of American
FFA
Jim Gulbransen
Lohn
Red Owl
Hayfield
State Bank of Sargeant
State Bank of
Brownsdale
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Sec
Chicago
Texas Tech
Thomas Butler
Blooming Prairie
John Marshall High School
Austin - Windom Farm Bureau
Harlow Sayles Home
Tappi
Clayton Town Hall
Monitor School
Nevada
Lyle
Clayton Farm Bureau
Henry Mortenson
Red Rock
Homelite
The
Austin Daily Herald
Hayfield Ffa
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