Not all Christmas trees grow into beauties
The Wallaces run Santa's Trees and cull trees early to maintain quality. They plant 2-1 seedlings and ship near perfect trees from Michigan nurseries to their farm behind Santa's Trees office. Jim Douglass scouts harvests and rejects trees that won’t hold up to standards to avoid customer complaints.
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Milk board PR man to speak in Barron Holstein banquet
The Barron County Holstein Club will host its annual Holstein breeders banquet at Paul's Place in Barron at 8 p.m. on December 13. Guest speaker will Mike Kawleski, Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board public relations coordinator. Tickets cost $8.50 from club directors. dancing follows with Larry Jerome providing music.
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Paul’s Place
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Slightly Higher Tree Prices Expected Milwaukee
A healthy Christmas tree harvest is forecast with prices near last year. Donald McNeil of the National Christmas Tree Association says orders are about 500000 ahead of last year and about 32 million trees are expected at $10 to $25. Artificial trees won’t cut into natural tree sales. Michigan leads production with 4.3 to 4.5 million trees.
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Donald McNeil
National Christmas Tree Association
Michigan
New Auburn salesman joins seed agent panel
Alden Berg of New Auburn joins the Asgrow Os Gold Seed Companies sales agent advisory council. Berg has been a sales agent since 1974 for the company, which sells corn hybrids soybean varieties sorghums alfalfas and forage mixes.
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Alden Berg
Asgrow/O’s Gold Seed Companies
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