ACP sign-up deadlines set in west central Wisconsin counties
Several ACS counties schedule 1981 ACP cost-sharing sign-ups with tight deadlines. St Croix County ends Friday this week, Barron until Feb 27, Chippewa until Feb 15, and Trempealeau until Feb 1. Rusk Buffalo and Clark sign-ups start in February while other counties Eth continue accepting applications. High priority erosion solutions may still gain approval this year.
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West
Wisconsin County
ASCS
St. Croix County
Barron County
Chippewa County
Trempealeau County
Rusk
Buffalo
Clark Counties
Dunn
Eau Claire
Jackson
Pepin
Pierce
Polk
Care in Feeding Urea for Dairy Rations
Clark County farmers weigh using urea to supply nitrogen in dairy rations. Urea is not a protein and has no food value, but in high energy rations rumen microbes can convert its nitrogen into protein. Start small, allow 2–3 weeks for adaptation, and limit to 8 ounces per cow daily. Do not feed calves under 3 months or high producing cows, and mix with other feeds.
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Clark County
Chippewa County Extension Offices Relocate Within Town
The Chippewa County Extension Office and Soil Conservation Service staff moved from the courthouse across the street to the old Production Credit Association building. The PCA building was purchased by the county as the PCA moved to a new $600,000 facility in Hallie. The DNR and county forester stay in the courthouse and the ASCS office sits across from it, next to the new extension office in a building owned by county surveyor Dennis Mickesh. The forester and DNR will move into the vacated extension office quarters. the DHIA lab remains in a small building between the extension office and the ASCS office.
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Chippewa County Extension Office
County Soil Conservation Service
Chippewa
DNR
County Forester
County Ascs
Dennis Mickesh
County Dhia Lab
ASCS
Control parasites in cows as recommended by UW Extension
Dr. A C Todd warns internal parasites cut milk production up to 10 percent in dairy herds and urges systematic deworming. Even cattle without visible symptoms show milk gains of 300 to 600 pounds per lactation, worth 40 to 80 dollars per cow at feed prices. Yearling heifers also need deworming as stress slows growth toward 800 pounds for breeding. Check with a local veterinarian to plan worming.
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A.C. Todd
Uw-Extension
Old Age and Public Embarrassment Quip
A satirical reflection on aging notes that as parents grow older their actions and words become embarrassing to their children who are grown enough to stay quiet in public. The wry observation contrasts social embarrassment across generations.
Yarns of Yesteryear Contest sparks region memory sharing
The Country Today begins a weekly feature of yarns from west central Wisconsin writers inspired by the annual Yarns of Yesteryear Contest. Gen Lewis directs the UW Madison program with UW ext and the State Historical Society aiding. The contest invites seniors to write memories from frontier days to the Great Low mood era, highlighting regional life through old photos and stories.
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Yesteryear
Gen Lewis
West Central
Wisconsin
State Historical Society
Uw-Extension
West Central Region
Yarns and Yesteryear Contest Celebrates Wisconsin History
A Hixton reader honors her mother in a heartfelt tribute while memories from a Sawyer County logging camp cook recall a Christmas in the pineries. Finnish immigrant readers describe Norman Rockwell’s Post art shaping rural America. Contest promoters faced overwhelming yarn submissions, prize money ranges from 25 to 5 dollars, with regional writer memberships and honorable mentions. The first photos for The Country Yesterday feature reach from Mrs. Kenneth Nelson Sr. and George Voss, showing a 1915 round barn under construction and a 1916 or 1917 corn crop, on the Nelson farm in Dunn County Sand Creek area, four generations of Nelsons starting 1866.
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Gen Lewis
Yesteryear
Wisconsin Regional Writers Association
Nelson
Sand Creek
Dunn County
John Nelson
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Arv Dopp
Chippewa Extension
Jerry Brett
Keith Sommerfeld
Web
Cr Son
J. Emory Temple of
Green Bay
Jenny
University of Wisconsin
Robert Gard
Gen
Genevieve) Lewis
Uw-Madison
Clarice Chase Dunn
Menomonie-area
Ea Chetek
Mom
Dad
eAn Eau Claire
Hixton
Sawyer County
Norman Rockwell
Saturday Evening Post
America
Ms. Lewis
Kenneth Nelson Sr
Rt. 2
New Auburn
George Voss
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