Guernsey Breeders Meet For Potluck Picnic Sunday
The Barron County Guernsey Breeders Association invites area Guernsey breeders to a July 1 potluck at Pinecrest Acres Farm owned by Kenneth and Robert Gonske. Lunch starts 12:30 PM. Located two and a half miles west of Rice Lake on Allen Street or eight miles north of Barron on Hwy 25 then three miles east on Norwegian Road. Arnold Knight of the Wisconsin Guernsey Breeders Association will attend. Cattle classes will be judged with prizes for youth and adults. Pinecrest Acres recently finished a new dairy complex with cold free stall housing, warm calf housing, a one man automated milking parlor milking 130 cows with 12 herringbone stalls and auto milking units. The milkhouse features two bulk tanks and a thermostore water unit and recycles wash water to flush parlor floors.
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Guernsey Breeders Association
Pinecrest Acres
Kenneth and
Robert Gonske
Gonske
Rice Lake
Allen Street
Barron
Norwegian Road
Arnold Knight
Wisconsin Guernsey Breeders Association
Guernsey Breeders Invited as FFA Tractor Contest Results Shared
All interested Guernsey breeders are invited to attend. Clayton FFA member Kevin Musolf won the June 20 1979 sectional FFA tractor safety contest at the site with 891 points and will advance to the state tractor driving contest in Madison in September. Other top finishers included Todd Christiansen 903 points Tim Kringle 1039 and Ryan Wirth 1073 with Mike Bednarek also placing fifth. Additional contestants included Dennis Beedle Gary Taft Gale Geisler Brian Maas Jim Celske Paul Johnson and Bill Raffelberger. Barron County 4-H sent Mike Bednarek of Cameron as its state representative to the Madison event on July 6. he also finished fifth in the FFA contest.
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Clayton Ffa
FFA
Madison
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Tim Kringle
Rice Lake Ffa
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Prairie Farm Ffa
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Cameron Ffa
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Clear Lake Ffa
Gary Taft
Chetek Ffa
Gale Geisler
Bruce Ffa
Brian Maas
Barron Ffa
Jim Celske
Ladysmith Ffa
Paul Johnson
Spooner Ffa
Bill Raffelberger
Turtle Lake Ffa
Barron County
Chippewa Dairymen to be Honored at June Dairy Day
Chippewa Falls dairymen will be saluted for state contributions at the annual county June Dairy Day Dinner and Dance tonight. Sponsored by the Chippewa Falls Area Chamber of Commerce the event is at the Northern Wisconsin State Fairground with serving from 6 to 9 p.m. and dancing 8 p.m. to midnight. Tickets are sold by local businesses and at the fairground for 1.90.
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Chippewa County
Chippewa Falls
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