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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1985
Page
9
Daily inspection logs from Pembina North Dakota record January and February hog and cattle imports from Canada. Signed by USDA veterinarians and obtained by the Hog Division, the logs list buyers, truckloads, animal counts per load, and import dates.
The USDA Livestock and Poultry Summary notes world meat production rising in 1985 with export trade recovering from a 1983 decline. EC stocks and subsidized exports influence market shares as poultry output grows, meat trade adjusts, and regional shfits occur including Australia’s cattle inventory rise and Argentina’s beef exports near 250,000 tons. Japan shifts to boneless imports while US Egypt poultry credits and UK import bans move policy.
A witty remark expresses aging weariness with joint outings, joking that the speaker only cares about avoiding accompanying a spouse to events rather than the destination itself. The line captures a lighthearted, gendered union dynamic.
The article notes Ella on the Chippewa River in Pepin County once housed two general stores. One store, the Upper Store, burned in the 1930s. Today Ella survives with several businesses, including an implement dealer, but is no longer listed on the state road map.
A House Agriculture subcommittee endorsed letting the Agriculture secretary postpone the July 1926 wheat marketing quotas referendum. The measure would shift the vote to August 1 under an old permit, with the 1981 farm program expiring and a new 1986 plan possibly taking effect if Congress acts.
Clark County farm management agent Vic Wagner notes barley can beat corn for feed in northern Wisconsin due to shorter seasons and feed shortages in July and August. Barley costs about $40 per acre less to produce, so at equal yields barley's gross return exceeds corn's by about $18.75 per acre in an 85 bushel scenario.
The narrator recalls a childhood paper route and sales of 14 inch Saturday Evening Post magazines for Curtis Publications. He details earning, managing a crew of 10, and profits used for candy from Bonita and Hope’s Candy Shop while balancing early deliveries and school life. He remembers meals, a bobsled pushcart, and learning to trace his ancestry to the Mayflower through family stories.
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