Reagan seeks farm bill cutting supports to half forecast cost
President Reagan directs aides to draft a farm bill proposal to cut farm programs to half the 1987 forecast of 12.9 billion dollars. The plan, due after the January 21 inauguration, includes five year phaseouts of restrictive programs and moves to market oriented provisions. Officials consider loan rate tied to moving averages and potential payment limits and budget reconciliation could trigger across the board cuts.
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Reagan
John Block
Washington
Office of Management and Budget
Sheep Health Talk by UW Vet Dr Sheila McGuirk ETN Session
Dr Sheila McGuirk of the UW Veterinary School will discuss sheep disease and parasite control at the third Sheep Production ETN session on January 17. Topics include foot diseases respiratory ailments and coccidiosis with other issues addressed as needed. The ETN program is free and available through county extension offices with microphone questions. attendees should notify their local office to receive printed materials.
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Sheila McGuirk
UW Veterinary School
Drying Up Dairy Cows Before Calving
Dr. Tom Koszarek Trempealeau County agent explains abrupt drying off by stopping milking and reducing grain and protein a week before drying. If mastitis occurs dry treatment is preferred, with careful milking for clinical cases and water withholding as a last measure. Cows need a six to eight week dry period with controlled grain and calcium to prevent milk fever.
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Tom Koszarek
Trempealeau County
Winter Poultry Strategies for Cold Weather
Winter weather need not reduce laying hens output. Provide 14 hours light daily with an auto timer, keep water unfrozen with immersion heater, and consider hot water. Maintain 50-55 degrees with insulation and optional supplemental heat, ensure ventilation, replace oats with corn for energy, and cull poor layers. Guidance from Polk County livestock agent.
Uncle Frank’s New Year blaze and a chilling radiator myth
On New Year’s Eve 1923 in St Paul, Uncle Frank’s Model T led a revelrous gathering. A rumor about kerosene curing radiator freeze prompts cousins to supply grain alcohol, fueling a blaze when the car catches fire, as the Rock Island card deck on the floor recalls the dramatic crash.
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Rock Island
Frank
Joe
Helen Meiers
Jefferson Street
St. Paul
Ashland Avenue
Uncle Frank
Meierses
Jack
The
Rock Island Railroad
Kate
Charley
Elk Mound greeting card details from early century
A description notes a Dunn County Elk Mound card featuring churches and stores. The Seidenberg Store at the top center sold groceries tools and machinery. Produced by R Steinman & Co of St Paul, cards sold at three dollars per hundred. Collection owned by Dick Boyum at UW Eau Claire.
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Dunn County
Elk Mound
Seidenberg
R. Steinman & Co
St. Paul
Dick Boyum
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
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American Sheep Producers Newsletter
Jan
Polk County
Keith Sommerfeld
Junn County
Walter A. Jacobson
Madison
Dane County
Richard
John
Uncle Tony
Selby Avenue
Yesteryear
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