Farmer of the Week Stan Ask of Mitchell County
Stanley R. Ask, 37, of Mitchell Iowa operates a 160 acre farm near St Ansgar since 1947. The livestock operation includes 185 cattle and 650 hogs yearly with 80 acres rented for crops and a mix of corn oats and hay. He and wife Darlene Barrows have three children Janice Wayne and Pamela. He credits neighbors bankers and vets as sources of farming tips and serves in Mitchell County Farm Bureau.
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Ask
Mitchell County Farm Bureau
Riceville FFA Names April May Members of the Month
Riceville Iowa Kenneth Bauer and David Kracht named FFA Members of the Month for April and May. Bauer recently graduated from Riceville Community High School and chairs the supervised farming committee. he earned the Iowa Farmer Degree and operates a 160 acre farm with a hog program. Kracht serves on the scholarship committee and keeps beef calves on feed. he exhibited calves at the Howard County Fair and has perfect attendance at FFA meetings.
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Riceville
Iowa
Kenneth Bauer
Harold Bauer
David Kracht
Ray Kracht
FFA
Glen Dillon
Bauer
Riceville Community High School
Kracht
Howard County Fair
Honor Assembly
Peppy Pals Club Names Delegates
The St Ansgar Peppy Pals 4 H Club held its May meeting at Susan Kleckner’s home. Delegates chosen to attend District 4 H Camp at Clear Lake were Yvonne Boerjan and Susan Kleckner.
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St. Ansgar
Farm Calendar Highlights Local 4-H and Club Meetings
Monday lists Adams 4-H Club Conservation Club Ron Seath Brownsdale events and parents nights for Brownsdale and Lucky Clovers led by Earl Weness and Don Hasbargen. Sargeant 4-H Club meets at East Woods with Tuesday livestock practice at Hormel yards 8 p.m. Rural urban day noted. Wednesday features LeRoy and Pleasant View 4-H Clubs with garden club and photo project at Kenneth Legler home Highway 56 at 2:30 p.m. Thursday covers Woolland 4-H Club at Woodland School.
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Adams
Ron Seath
Brownsdale
Lucky Clovers
Earl
Don Hasbargen
Pleasant View
Liebenstein
Kenneth Legler
Highway 56
Ken Hanson
Woolland
Woodland School
Rolvaag Proclaims Grange Week in State
Governor Rolvaag designates June 2 to June 8 as Grange Week noting Minnesota’s 1869 origin of the first State Grange. The proclamation cites 96 years of Grange progress aiding farming and farm families. The Kelley homestead near Elk River became a state shrine after transfer by the National Grange in June of last year.
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Elk River
Minnesota Historical Society
National Grange
Kelley
The
Grange
Twin Cities
4-H Rallies Set in Mitchell County
OSAGE IOWA Unification of boys and girls 4-H club activities will begin with the new joint rally officials said. A joint county council of four boys and four girls would be elected at the planned rally. Parents having both sons and daughters enrolled in 4-H were seen as saving travel.
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Osage
Iowa
Keith Francis
St. Ansgar
Merwin Noble
Riceville
Livestock judging sessions spark 4-H events in Mower County
4-H members begin judging cattle and hogs at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Geo. A. Hormel yard with sessions on June 18 and 25 and a final sheep day July 2 on a local farm. Top judges win trips to the State Fair as county livestock team. Urban Rural Day noted. Freeborn Dairy Princess and Steele County contests also on tap.
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Mower County
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
Ron Seath
Mower County Farm Bureau
Freeborn
Steele County
May Test Reports For 2 County DHIA Units
Dairy Herd Improvement reports for May show Unit No. 2 led by Clarence Otterson with 24 herds at 622 pounds milk and 38 butterfat. High cows include Ziemer Guernsey at 1,970 pounds milk and 102 butterfat. other top cows list 2,080 and 73 to 2,090 and 92. Westfall, Blake, Gronseth, and others contribute notable yields across Dexter, Adams, Grand Meadow, Brownsdale, and London. Unit No. 3 under William Dvorak highlights Schwemmer Grand Meadow Holsteins at 51.5 butterfat for high herd. high cows feature Meier Brownsdale at 1,980 milk and 99 butterfat and multiple Holsteins across Grand Meadow, Adams, and Racine.
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Clarence Otterson
Fred Baldus
Grand Meadow
Stanley Gronseth
Dexter
Kenneth Ziemer
Waltham
John H. Hill
Adams
Ziemer
Guernsey
King and Dalager
Hill
Gronseth
Westfall
Eugene Blake
Holstein
Blake
Marcus Randall
John J. Goslee
London
William Dvorak
E. G. Schwemmer
Son
O. G. Young
Leonard Klassen
Paul Smith
G. E. Schumman
Norbert Schroeder
Donald Meier
Brownsdale
Schwemmer
R. G. Walker and Son
Freeborn 4-H Delegates Named for Health Camp at U of Minnesota
Freeborn County 4-H picks Orville Jordahl and Nancy Vandegrift of Hartland and Albert Lea to attend the Minnesota 4-H Health Camp at the University of Minnesota Forestry and Biological Station June 9 to 13. The program features workshops on torso tune up health behavior and think straight with leaders from the University of Minnesota and Minnesota Department of Health. An assembly on health career exploration is also planned with state health officials and professionals.
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Orville Jordahl
Hartland
Nancy Vandegrift
Albert Lea Rt. 2
Freeborn County
University of Minnesota Forestry and Biological Station
Itasco State Park
Orville
Nancy
Claudia Waker
Eleanor Gifford
University of Minnesota
Sidney Finkelstein
Myhren Peterson
Minnesota Department of Health
Minnesota
Dedication Ceremony for City Park Lake Plan
Hendricks conceived a plan to dam a small stream and flood an ancient lake bed to create a recreational lake. The community and local group efforts supported the project during the dedication ceremony.
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Racent Park
Hendricks
Grass Herd Leads DHIA Unit 1 With 253.3 Butterfat
LeRoy based John Grass herd tops Mower County Dairy Herd Improvement Assn Unit No 1 for the test year ending March 31. The first year on test produced 14,839 pounds milk and 3.3 hundredweight butterfat per cow averaged 523.3 across 11 Holsteins. Other listed owners include Myers Rose Creek Adams and Smith with various Holsteins and butterfat outputs across multiple farms and breeds.
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John Grass
Dhia No. 1
LeRoy
Mower County
Rueben Sorenson
Audrey
Harold Meyers
Myers
Rose Creek
Roy Smith
Adams
Virgil Bergene
R. L. Zimmerman
Racine
Vernon Smith
John and Melvin Thome
Schottler Brothers and Hartman
Austin
Duane Wolfgram
Sanford Smith
M. G. Mandt
B. J. Huseby and Sons
Cecil Hanson
Holstein and
Guernsey
H. J
Mitchell 4-H Chooses Camp Delegates
Three Mitchell County 4-H Club members prepare for state camps this summer. Pamela Johnson attends Health Camp at Maple Lodge June 10 to 15 with two thirds of the $25 fee paid by Folger Coffee Co. Justin Collier goes to Convention Camp at Hickory Lodge June 10 to 15 with one third funded by Federal Cart ridge Co. Virginia Weinburger joins Leadership Camp July 22 to 27 at State Camp grounds with Sears Roebuck Foundation paying more than half the fee.
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Usage
Iowa
Mitchell County
Pamela Johnson
Union Happy Hunters
Maple Lodge
Folger Coffee Co
Justin Collier
Newburg Beavers
Hickory Lodge
Federal Cartridge Co
Virginia Weinburger
Jolly Rockets
Sears Roebuck Foundation
Tour Planned by Union Eagles 4-H Club of St Ansgar
The May meeting of the Union Eagles 4-H Club was held at Jeffrey Hanson’s home. Members approved a tour and picnic for June 6 at Duane Jorgenson’s. Arleigh Geffert handed out papers on proper clothing care. The meeting closed with the club pledge.
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Union Eagles
St. Ansgar
Jeffrey Hanson
Duane Jorgenson
Arleigh Geffert
Stagg Scholarship Awarded to Stephen Schemp
The first Amos Alonzo Stagg scholarship was awarded to Stephen B. Schemp of Elk River Minnesota. He will attend the University of Chicago after receiving the prize on Thursday night.
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Chicago
Amos Alonzo Stagg
Stephen B. Schemp
Elk River
Minn
University of Chicago
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Stan Ask
Stanley R. Ask
Mitchell, Iowa
Canada
Stanley
Riceville Ffa
Peppy Pals Club
Sandra Dohler
Donella Kofoot
Karen Hull
Kleckner
Warrington
Austin (Minn
Herald
Rolvaag
Board of Review
Claude H. Sayles
Amit
Mower County Oil CO
8Th Ave
U.S
United States
Washington
Baltimore
Boston
Detroit
Houston
AL Quie
Congress
Freeman
Quie
Estelle Thompson
Lansing
Estelle
Common
Robert Miller
Elkton
Mower County Fair
Huseby’s
Ziemer’s
Dhia
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
County Extension Office
Schumann
Ralph Crame
Schroeder
Smith Brothers
Holsteins
Powerite
Electric Motor Service
Tenth Street
Lake Hendricks
FE. K
Buck) Hendricks
Lake and Park Area
M. F. Zack
Mason City
Iowa Conservation Department
Holst
Jerseys
Sylvan Brook Farm
Huseby
Schottler and Hartman
KR. Smith
R. Smith
Mandt
Donald Barrows and Son
Mitchell
Schwinn
Raleigh R & F Bike Shop
W. Oakland
George Healy Austin Loan Co
1St Ave
Swanson
Southgate Nursery
Austin Daily Herald
Margie Bell
Children’s Records
Austin, Minnesota
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