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Country Today

Location

Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Feb 04, 1981

Page

9

Fragmented OCR Summary of Local Item

A partial readable fragment from a historical newspaper page mentions limited text with stray symbols and disjoint phrases. The remaining context is unclear. no identifiable people places organizations or concrete facts can be confirmed.

Female conservationist joins SCS in Wisconsin

Kathryn Gorichan becomes the first female district conservationist for Langlade County with the Soil Conservation Service. A UW Stevens Point graduate and Wisconsin native, she has served as a soil conservationist in Waukesha Wood Walworth and Vernon counties since 1974, and notes women have long contributed to agribusiness and farm decisions.

The Soil Conservation Service Wisconsin Kathryn Gorichan Langlade County SCS Waukesha Wood Walworth Vernon Antigo Miss Gorichan Uw-Stevens Point

Keep barn fans on during cold days

Do not turn off ventilating fans in cold weather. Stock heat adds to stale air and moisture buildup. Run at least one fan continuously to remove stale air. A 1400 pound cow produces about 4% gallons of moisture daily. Ventilation guidance: 100 cfm per 1000 lb animal, 200 cfm if cattle housed year round. Avoid drawing air from warm to cold zones. Roger Flashinski, Rusk County agent.

No setaside or diversion for 1981 feed grains declared

ASCS officials announced no required setaside or voluntary diversion for 1981 feed grains. Compliance with normal crop acreage cross compliance and offsetting measures will not be imposed. Farmers should report 1981 acreages to qualify for disaster deficiency and price support benefits and contact their county ASCS office if land ownership changed. Production evidence must be kept per year per farm. Proved yield requests possible when yield notices are issued.

ASCS

Culling dairy cows by rules of thumb from Tom Amundson

Dairy culling guidance lists criteria such as production below average, chronic mastitis, four months dry, hard milker, difficult calving history, poor disposition, timidity, body condition, age and barn space for replacements. Cull if deficient in four or more areas.

Good Old Days of a Country School Kitchen

A reminiscence of an era in a rural country school with 54 students, eight grades in one room, and Bohemian families learning English. The narrator recalls heating plants, a pump and stone cooler, and early hot lunches sparked by county superintendent Lonsdorf. The teacher juggled teaching, janitorial chores, and preparing meals with homemade aprons and oil stoves.

Buffalo County Harry Lurndal Nelson

Yesterday's Country Life in Rural Wisconsin Farm Scenes

Readable recollections describe pork bar rels smokehouses and big crock jars for preserving lard and eggs. A 1910 photo on the Andy Lurndal farm in Modena shows Tobacco Pete Peter Midthun renting land on halves with Andy Lurndal driving the first wagon and Tony Nelson the second. A second image recalls 1890s threshing near Modena in Poor Valley.

Andy Lurndal Modena Harry Lurndal Pete Peter Midthun Viroqua Harry Tony Nelson

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Ence Web Roger Flashinski Rusk County Tom Amundson Polk County D. S Keith Sommerfeld Dunn County J.M. Smith Mr. Lonsdorf Steacher Yesteryear Grace Schroeder Rt. 1 Spooner
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