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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1987
Page
13
Farmers commonly ask why butterfat test results differ between DHI and plant tests. Variations arise from changes in barn conditions, sampling methods, and timing. DHI uses one day sample monthly while plants average several tank samples. both depend on care in sampling and equipment.
Senator Robert Jauch of Poplar urged colleagues to mobilize hay donations money and transport to drought hit northwestern counties. He urged each Wisconsin farm to donate 200 bales and noted some farmers have exhausted hay supplies with more shortages expected in autumn. The agriculture department projects a total need of 7.5 million bales through next spring if rainfall remains average.
President Reagan toured Wisconsin cities on Monday July 27 visiting West Bend home to Amity Leather Products and Gehl Manufacturing Co. makers of farm equipment. The Duke of Duckesville speculates Amity presented Reagan with a billfold while Gehls may have given a manure spreader.
The state Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing on August 20 to review a proposal tightening driver license and ID card applications. Requirements would include certified birth certificates or passports, certified photocopies, and Social Security numbers starting March 1, 1988. Spouse or parent vouching may be allowed in some cases.
Dairy Termination Program participants face an August 31 deadline to determine capital gains from milking cow sales and losses from DTP cattle slaughter use. IRS notice 87 26 allows gains before Aug 31 and losses for 1986. check with ASCS for slaughter slips and consult IRS or tax counselors for guidance. Mink pelt production in 1986 dropped 2 percent to 4.08 million. Wisconsin produced 1.13 million pelts.
Edward J. Koch Sr. recalls a turbulent life starting in 1909 born in Perth Amboy New Jersey with a father who worked for the FBI. The narrative follows moves across Chicago Trempealeau and Omaha to Keystone Park near Boys Town, family farming, a paper route, Boy Scouts, deer hunting mishaps, and early technology shifts from horse to car to radio. The piece ends mid memory as a schoolmate interrupts the tale.
Irene Brummond and Doris Geisler of Fall Creek pause on a farm wagon amid harvest. A horse is covered to deter flies in the scene. Photo submitted by Doris Klatt, formerly Doris Geisler, of rural Augusta.
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