Raw soybeans as livestock feed and precautions
Raw soybeans offer a protein boost for ruminants and horses but require cooking for hogs. Whole beans provide about 86 percent of soybean meal value and higher energy due to oil content. Limit dairy or beef cattle to 25 percent whole beans. overuse can laxate. Do not add urea in mixes containing raw beans due to urease. heat treating destroys the enzyme. Avoid moldy beans for breeders. A 32 percent protein mix can use raw beans with soybean meal linseed meal oats.
Drug residue risk in calves from dry treated cows
UW Madison vet John Andersen notes little risk of illegal drug residues in calves from dry treated dams if drug labels are followed. A UMass study on first colostrum from 186 cows showed one positive milk sample and none after 50 days. calf blood showed no residues. Highest risk is kidneys of calves from aminoglycoside treatments. calves may be sold when the dam is meat eligible.
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John Andersen
Uw-Madison
University of Massachusetts
Larry Fitzmaurice
Vernon County
Helmsleys Top Donors Lead 1986 Charity Parade
Town and Country magazine lists 186 Americans giving $5 million or more, led by Harry and Leona Helmsley with a $33 million gift to New York Hospital. Paul Mellon remains the nation’s all time living giver, with more than $300 million donated. The 1985 American donations hit a record $79.8 billion. The study notes poorer Americans give a higher percentage to religious causes.
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Harry and
Leona Helmsley
New York Hospital
Paul Mellon
Mellon
Town & Country Magazine
The
American Association of Fund-Raising Counsel
Town & Country
Noble Fir From Mossy Rock Sent To White House Blue Room
West Washington state family gives their 20 foot Noble fir to the White House for Nancy Reagan's Blue Room. Bob and Babe Frazier of Mossy Rock were surprised when Windy Knoll farm chose their tree after a local contest. They received 110 dollars and a smaller tree in compensation.
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Bob Frazier
Mossy Rock, Wash
White House
Mr. Frazier
Babe
Nancy Reagan
Windy Knoll
An Egg a Week Was His Reward
In Greenfield Wisconsin born 1923, the author recalls growing up on Milwaukee South Side during the 1920s and 1930s. He describes food shortages, crab catching with liver bait, catechism in Polish, strict school discipline, Saturday chores, and late memories of local broadcasts, the Brewers, Badgers, and vintage city life. The piece blends nostalgia with a call to cope today by reconnecting old friends and unplugging pills.
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Wheners
Milwaukee
South Side
South 11Th Street
Lincoln Avenue
Kinnickinnie River
Holy Name
Windlake Avenue
Rag-tag CCC band brought tunes to camps and roadhouses
The Country Yesterday notes a small, rag-tag band that played for crews at Summit Lake and Camp Elcho Civilian Conservation Corps camps. Leo Czerniak of Chelsea in Taylor County supplied the photo shortly before his death in early 1986, describing band members who sometimes performed at nearby roadhouses.
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Summit Lake
Camp Elcho
Civilian Conservation Corps
Leo Czerniak
Chelsea
Taylor County
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Larry Bjork
Eau Claire County
Keith Sommerfeld
Dam County
D.S
Yule Tree
Bernard Pientka
Greenfield
Milwaukee County
Holy Name Catholic Church
10Th and
Hayes Street
Lake Michigan
St. Josephat
Chicago
American Association
Milwaukee Brewers
Brewers
Chet Laabs
Rudy York
Frenchy Uhalt
Alan Hale
WTMJ
Bob Heiss
Badger
Buckeye
Yesteryear
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