Weather radio aids farmers in western Wisconsin
Farmers in 13 counties gain access to up to date weather information via FM weather radio receivers costing 10 to 50 dollars. Transmitters in Dunn County, La Crosse, and Wausau provide 24 hour forecasts and severe weather warnings without commercials. Receivers update every four to six minutes, with daily agricultural advisories and specific cranberry weather forecasts for bog owners.
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Dunn County
Wheeler
la Crosse
Clark County
Wausau
National Weather Service
Weather
Wisconsin
Eau Claire
Rice Lake
Farmland Auction Nets 1 3 Million in Pierce County
Ken Lee sold 919 acres of Jacques family cropland in public sale for 1,344,815 with half kept by Jacques heirs. Four buyers, including George Jacques and Charles Jacques, purchased parcels while Norm Mosheu bought 458 acres for speculative development. The sale set a benchmark price with packages fetching more than smaller units. Terms included 10 percent down, 10 percent at closing, and 80 percent financed over 20 years at eight percent interest.
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Ken Lee
Pierce County
Jacques
Mississippi River
Prescott
George Jacques
Marie Baker
California
William H. Jacques
William Jacques
Charles Jacques
Mr. Lee
Norm Mosheu
Meeting Notices and Country Life Notes
A compact column lists meeting notices and country life items including outdoors and birds notes on pages 2, 7, 15, and 18. It references want ads on pages 24 to 28 and an odd garbled entry on ae eeenaeeweneenee.
Farm Bureau sponsors first farm city day in Cadott
The Chippewa County Farm Bureau will sponsor its first annual farm city day on Sunday July 23 from 2 to 7 p.m. at B N H Farms in Cadott. Activities include dairy product displays and an evening milking demonstration, with signs posted along CTH XX two and a half miles north of Hwy 29.
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Chippewa
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Milwaukee
Lee
Sary
Jacques Seed Co
Ed Werts
Canton
Barron County
Twin Cities
Waupaca County
Trempealeau
Old Farmers Almanac
Farm Bureau
Cadott
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