Farm Calendar Highlights Local 4-H Meetings
Monday lists London 4-H Club and Silver Maple 4-H Club events at local homes and halls with start times. Tuesday covers horse and livestock judging practice plus Four Township Farm Bureau gathering. Wednesday features farm tours at multiple farms and a commodity contest at Elkton school. Thursday notes Busy Beavers 4-H tour from Rose Creek park in early afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
London Hall
William van Pelt
Waltham Sargeant Farm Bureau
Sargeant School
Adams - Marshall - Lodi
Richard Knight
James Cassidy
Geo
A. Hormel & Co
Frankford
Dave Goodsell
Racine Ramblers
Pleasant Valley
Adams
Joe Dvorak
Farm Bureau
Elkton School
Rose Creek Park
Rural Minnesota tour links business leaders to growth plans
Gov Wendell Anderson and a group of metropolitan business leaders toured rural southern Minnesota and met with local officials at the Holiday Inn in Austin. The visit highlighted potential economic benefits, including broader soybean processing and agri industry expansion, with calls for tax incentives to attract new employers and markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Wendell Anderson
Holiday Inn
Austin
Twin Cities
Oliver S. Perry
The
Minnesota Assn. of Commerce and Industry
MACI
Salute to Youth focuses on Noel Larson 4-H leader
Noel Larson 18 son of Nomer and Adams earns headline in Salute to Youth. A nine year 4-H member and five year Junior Leader, he participates in Lucky Clovers 4H Club and has held roles as historian reporter treasurer and vice president. He was a general livestock judge at the 1969 Minnesota State Fair and captained his high school basketball team. He plans to study science mathematics and agriculture at the University of Minnesota this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noel Larson
Nomer Larson
Adams
Noel
Lucky Clovers
FFA
University of Minnesota
Egg Consumption Beats Average in 1970
The United States Department of Agriculture reports that individuals consuming fewer than 321 eggs in 1970 lagged behind the national average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Buckwheat makes comeback amid natural food trend
Washington AP reports buckwheat shows a miniboom as demand rises in the United States. ERS analyst Frank R. Gomme notes imports reached 156,506 bushels in 1971, with production dropping from about 12 million at century start to around one million, concentrations in New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Agriculture de
Economic Research Service
Frank R. Gomme
ERS
New York
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Gomme
4-H Club News From Taopi and Surrounding Areas
Taopi Rustlers 4-H Club met in Clayton Town Hall appointing members to tour and fair booth committees. A backstop fix was planned for the softball diamond. Softball games and a wiener roast occurred. Country Aces 4-H Club June meeting at St John’s Hall planned tours, with record books checked. Don Olson shared slices from last year’s Citizenship Short course. Demonstrations given. Twelve Junior Leaders attended the Minnesota Junior Leadership Conference June 19 25 in St Paul. Leaders Council met at Liebenstein Hall with notes on art show fundraisers and upcoming events including the Favorite Foods Show and 4-H camp. Entry cards due July 19. county to buy chevrons. Senator Baldy Hansen guest speaker. Mower County 4-H Summer Camp participants urged to call Extension Office. older girls quota filled but slots open for younger and older boys. Camp at Camp Patterson near Mankato July 10 15 for Mower and Freeborn counties. Mower County 4-H Foundation to cover about one third of camp registrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Aces
St. John's Hall
Don Olson
Minnesota
St. Paul
Mary Kenning
Marline Westphal
Spring Valley
Kenneth Bennickson
4-H Leaders Council
Leaders Council
Liebenstein Hall
Ron Seath
Chevrons
C. R
Baldy” Hansen
Mower County
Ronald Seath
Minnesota State Fair entry deadlines announced
John F. E. Libby, secretary general manager, released the 1972 Minnesota State Fair entry deadlines. More than 20 categories offer 300000 in premiums for about 8000 anticipated entrants. Deadlines span July 5 to Aug 31 across diverse divisions, with detailed rules by department and complete information by mail or phone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
John FE
Libby
Future Farmers of America
FFA
St. Paul
Minn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Foremen
Brownsdale
Vigortone Prodents Co
Windsor
Pork Producers Board
Austin (Minn
Herald—7
By Ernest Danek
Iron Range
Brattleboro
Ditlevson Zimmerman Star
Conny
Mark & Est
Roosevelt Ditlevson
Blooming Prairie
U.S
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Department
Dairy Princess
Mitchell County
Osage
Lawrence Duncomb
St. Ansgar
Mitchell County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Taopi Rustlers
Clayton Town Hall
Camp Patterson
Mankato
4-H
Mower
Freeborn
Mower County 4-H Foundation
Risble
Upper Midwest
Wanamingo
Piggly
Piggly Wiggly
Crossroads
Oakland Ave
Don Bellrichard
Royce Marienan
Im Gryette
T. Cambern
C. B. Wright
Aloris Hanson
Robert Karp
Joe Cole Joyce Ball
Fred Alford
Ove Berven
Richard Malone
U.5.d.a
Albacore
Oagan
Can
Hamburger
Skippy
Lily Tulip
Pillsbury Hungry Jack
Lynden Farms
Turkey
Coney Buns
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!