Northwest Junior Livestock Show group holds reorganizational meeting
An 8 p.m. Thursday meeting at Augusta High School FFA room opens the Northwest Junior Livestock Show planning. Open to the public, it will form several committees with help from Sue Finley of the Wisconsin Livestock Breeders Association. Possible strong beef, sheep and hog shows noted. ideas from Oct. 14, 1982 Augusta meeting discussed.
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Augusta High School
Sue Finley
The
Wisconsin Livestock Breeders Association
University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Northwest
Alfalfa Proves Superior to Corn in Dairy Feeding
Don Drost, Barron County Agent, notes alfalfa’s value when hay is scarce. Producing quality alfalfa lowers feed costs for milk cows and helps prevent soil erosion, while farmers in the area increasingly buy hay.
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Don Drost
Barron County
Stalk rot blamed for most lodged corn in 1961
A wet warm fall and late spring planting favored fungi causing stalk and ear rots. Stress with several weeks of dry weather reduced carbohydrate synthesis, increasing infection risk. Prevention includes full season hybrids with strong stalks, adequate potassium, proper nitrogen to potassium balance, and disease resistant varieties.
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Irv Possin
Eau Claire County
Wisconsin Christmas Tree Contest Winners Crown State Growers
About 1.5 million trees were harvested in Wisconsin this year per the Wisconsin Christmas Tree Association survey. Cal and Arlene Frelk of Merrillan won the annual producer contest and presented their prize tree to Governor Leé Dreyfus, which is now on display in the governor’s office.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin Christmas Tree Association
Virginia Mountford
Association
Cal
Arlene Frelk
Merrillan
Leé
Dreyfus
Chauncey the Bear Hunter of Wilderness Lake Legacy
Chauncey from Bayfield County, famed as Chauncey the Bear Hunter, built Wilderness Lodge near Wilderness Lake and attracted 50 corporate advertisers through playful mischief and gifts. He mocked city life, earned tribal honors, and helped sell war bonds, leaving a storied, controversial legacy before his death in Iron River.
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Chauncey
Bear Hunter
Bayfield County
June
Claire
Nancy
Chauncey the Bear Hunter
University of Illinois
Wisconsin
Wilderness Lake
Wilderness Lodge
Horace Lorimer
Chicago
Wall Street
U.S. Treasury Department
Iron River
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Hawaii
Bahamas
Keith Sommerfeld
Dunn County
Rs, Inc
Kfe
Chauncey the Hunter
Catherine Holzman
Fredonia
Finis
United States
Ray
Pillsbury Flour Mills
Many Feathers
Roaming Bear
Little Frog
Iron Horse
May Deeds
Yesteryear
Arto
Shell Lake Rea, Og
Shell Lake
Fifth Avenue
Peter Wiltz
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