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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1985
Page
9
Greg Blonde, Waupaca County ag agent, notes high yielding alfalfa can add about 200 dollars per year per cow versus low quality forage. For many herds, using corn silage plus supplemental grain is more economical than overpriced hay, depending on milk output. Early forage inventory and price checks on by products help lock favorable feed costs.
Vance Haugen of Shawano County suggests storage space fees for machinery kept under cover in older farm buildings. He proposes a guideline rate of 0.2 percent of the machinery’s new price, yielding about 120 dollars yearly for a 60 000 dollar value, with local demand guiding the value.
Two reasons exist for balanced dairy rations. Proper balance of protein energy fiber minerals vitamins and micro nutrients plus lowest cost feeds. A Trempealeau County agent notes balancing cut feed costs by 600 dollars monthly and urges farmers to test for protein and dry matter while collecting cow weight butterfat and feed amounts.
Wisconsin Soil Conservation Service staff assisted Farm Service Administration loans totaling over 200.5 million dollars. Thirty four SCS employees contributed 2.3 staff years and 4,819 hours for chattel appraisals, aiding about half of the applications processed this spring. Frontline farmers faced high interest and potential auctions if loans failed.
Wisconsin rules exist to prevent certified seed from introducing weeds. Infestations often come from purchased forage straw or feed grains, with birds and wildlife as possible spreaders. Wild mustard seeds can lie dormant over decades, waking with a warm wet fall like 1984, notes Dunn County ag agent Keith Sommerfeld.
In 1917 a bereaved sister and her sibling adopt an 18 month old boy named Bobby from a Catholic orphanage in Green Bay with their father Michael O Brien arranging the meeting. The joyful arrival heals a grieving mother as Bobby becomes a cherished new son and helps unite a large family.
A vintage photo from 1948 shows Rudy Mothes and Heino H. Olandt posing with corn cob pipes behind an old hog shed near Siren. Submitted by Mrs. Ruby Mothes of Siren, the image captures a youthful rite of passage.
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