Breidel siblings kept farm life bright with no power
Robert and Rosina Breidel live six miles from La Crosse on the Breidel Coulee farm, farming for decades with horses and hand tools. They only recently got electricity, preferring wood heat and a hand-pumped water supply, yet they stay connected via newspapers and a battery radio, cherishing their German conversations and memories of eight siblings.
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Breidel Coulee
la Crosse
Robert
Rosina
Widow Keeps Old Stove as New Power Arrives
Rosina Alt of rural La Crosse plans to retain her 87 year old cook stove, in use since 1900, despite she and her brother installing electricity three months ago. She is a Milwaukee Brewers fan and her brother, Robert Breidel, says they now see the benefits of electricity and would have installed it sooner.
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Rosina Alt
la Crosse
Mr. Breidel
Milwaukee Brewers
Federated Rural Electric Insurance Corporation of Madison
Persistence pays off for Iowa County dairy couple
Tom and Judy Lauffer of Dodgeville were named the 1987 Iowa County Outstanding Young Farmers after years of milk production woes. Once dropping to about 16,000 pounds per cow in 1986, their herd rebounded from 16,100 in 1984 to 19,500 in 1984, while somatic cell counts spiked. Despite testing and suspected causes, the couple persisted, learning their dairy operation had faced a serious, unresolved issue before a turning point last month.
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Tom
Judy Lauffer
Dodgeville
Iowa
Lauffers
Norman
Iowa couple rebuilds dairy herd after mastitis trouble
Tom and Judy Lauffer of Iowa County describe a years long struggle with milk loss and disease in their 55 cow Holstein herd. After diagnosing strep and staph mastitis and vaccinating, production rose to 17 700 pounds and they expanded their barn. They aim for a 60 head closed herd and 20 000 pounds per cow. daughters may influence future plans and they will compete in the State Young Farmer contest in Marshfield.
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Lauffer
Iowa County
Marshfield
Barron farmers win nearly $400000 in voltage suit
Barron County jury Friday awarded Ron and Patricia Olson of Comstock nearly 400000 for damages from stray voltage on their dairy farm from 1979 to 1984. Awards include 348511 for lost milk income and 26951 for inconvenience. Barron Electric Cooperative acknowledged a defective neutral connector caused 2 to 5 volts in the barn, affecting 80 cows.
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