Machacek Smith Lead Top DHIA Herds in Two Units
Lee F. Machacek of Lyle heads the DHIA No 2 annual group with an average 519.14 pounds of butter per cow for the year and 19 grade Holsteins tested monthly. Roy Smith of Adams owns the No 1 high herd with 31 registered and grade Holsteins tested in the same DHIA round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mower
Dhia
Lee F. Machacek
Lyle
Machacek
Dhia No. 1
Roy Smith
Adams
Reuben Sorenson
No. 2
Clarence Otterson
DHA
Chester Taylor
Austin
Fredrick Baldus
Grand Meadow
John H. Hill
Ernest Tune
Dairyland Power Sales Top Billion for 1960
La Crosse reports that Dairyland Power Cooperative surpassed one billion kilowatt hours in 1960 marking a dramatic growth era. Norman M. Clapp of Rural Electrification Administration will speak. directors and delegates to affiliated groups will be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Crosse
Dairyland Power Cooperative
la Crosse Aday
Norman M. Clapp
Rural Electrification Administration
Lanaster
Muscoda
Wis
Elecon
Dairyland
John E. Olson
Rabe
Clarence Jerett
John P. Madett
Madgett
Cattle and Hog Slaughter Dips Reported for April 1961
State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service notes April 1961 slaughter totals include 104000 cattle, 400000 hogs, 88000 sheep and lambs with year over year and month to month changes. Cattle live weights averaged 1065 pounds, calves 192 pounds, hogs 244 pounds, reflecting shifts from March 1961 and April 1960. Total national red meat output from commercial plants reached 2100 million pounds in April, similar to 1960 but below March 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Halstead Chester White Hobby Farms Hogs With Family
W C Halstead of Racine runs a 120 acre Chester White operation with his son Wes and partner Gene Pichner. They breed and sell stock, winning multiple premier sire awards at the National Barrow Show and State Fair, while marketing hogs on grade and yield. The farm raises about 200 hogs a year, vaccinates for erysipelas and cholera, and features breeding stock sold to breeders locally and nationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jarrell Skrivseth
Racine
W. C. Halstead
Halstead
Pichner
Ohio
Barrow
Hormel
Montana
Texas
Wes
Chester
June is Dairy Month Promotion Preview
Readers are invited to explore Dairy Month in June with emphasis on promoting all dairy products and their benefits. The piece frames the month as a time for messaging and public promotion by advocates of dairy nutrition.
Custard Dessert Recipes from County Home Agent
Dairy rich custards offer economical meals with milk and eggs. The guide provides Custard Sauce and Lemon Snow Pudding using milk eggs sugar and gelatin, plus a baked custard base with sweet flavors. Serves 9 to 12.
Zoning talks set in Mower County meetings
Mower County Planning Commission weighs a five mile radius around Austin and one mile on each side of I 90 for a county wide zoning plan. Explanatory meetings are set for Windom Township June 12 Lansing June 15 Red Rock in the courthouse annex basement at 8 p.m. Dairy Days plans include the regional dairy princess contest hosted in Austin. Lois Schwartz attends the Western Regional Rural Youth Conference in Madison as Minnesota Rural Youth president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mower County
Austin
Windom Township
Lansing
Red Rock
Courthouse
Madison
S. D
Lois Schwartz
Minnesota Rural Youth
Farm Calendar Highlights Local 4H Activities
Wednesday through Wednesday lists multiple 4H clubs in North Star Kemmerick Woodbury Windom Ramsey Adams Brownsdale Elkton Lucky Clovers Sargeant Woodson LeRoy and others with venues such as schools halls and homes. Activities include club meetings wagon rides tours wiener roasts and dairy and livestock judging practice across Minnesota towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Star
Kemmerick
Woodbury
K.P. Hall
Windom
Burr Oak School
Brownsdale
Brownsdale School
Elkton
Lucky Clovers
Kenneth Nelson
Sargeant
Berge
East Woods
Woodson
Hormel Rards
LeRoy
Don Hasbargen
Harvey Holst Farm
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D.a.la
Ent L. Zimmerman
Vernon Smith
Virgil Bergene
M. C. Mandt
Duane Wolfgram
A & Melvin Thome
New Brook Farm
Julius Schottler
Myers
Rose Creek
A Robert Wendorf
Waltham
Ant & Dean Hamlin
Ake
J. Huseby & Sons
Schwerin & Jacobson
Spring Valley
Fred Baldus
Gene Meadow
Lele
Ziemer
68On
Marcus Randall
King
James Dalager
King and
Lemb
Thil Implement CO
Rose Creek, Minn
Chester Whites
Cedar Rapids
Low
Halsteads
Chester White
Gene Pichner
Owa
New Ulm
Carol Opsahl
SEARS
Craftsman
H.P
H.P. Craftsman
Kenmore
Moray
N. Main ST. Austin
Minnesota
Corning Store
Sargeant Elevator
Carter Christianson
Mobile Mill
Sonnek Elevator
PVA AS
Austin (Minn
Herald
Woodland
Ramsey
Liebenstein
Minn
Ron Seath
Mower County Oil CO
8Th Ave
Swine Improvement Association
Dodge Center, Minn
Ray J. Howes
Mgr
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