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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1986
Page
2
The sept sept week features seasonal chills and celestial events. Rosh Hashana falls Oct 4 while James Dean’s fatal crash is noted as Sept 30 1955. Weather terms backen and canting explained, plus a home hint advising medicine trick for a cat.
Wisconsin farmers face harvest setbacks as three weeks of rain swamp croplands and boost mold risk. Officials report only 35 percent of corn in excellent condition, 57 percent good, with overall 92 percent in good or excellent shape but rising harvest concerns persist due to wet fields.
A Wisconsin crop roundup shows only 49 percent of corn mature with about 1 percent harvested, far below the five year average. Officials in Stevens Point Eau Claire and southern Wisconsin warn harvesting may stretch into November without dry warm weather. Wet soils and persistent water hinder field access as harvest crews note delays in Dane Marathon Portage and Wood counties. Potato digging lags at Hancock and Portage stations with rainfall recorded in September and harvest targets slipping toward October 10 to avoid freezing.
Fred Muermann of Chetek won the Barron County tall corn contest for the second year in a row with a stalk measuring 22 feet 4 inches. The prize stalk surpassed last year by about three feet. Sponsor Myron Mommsen of Rice Lake plans to enter the tallest field corn stalk in the Guinness Book of World Records.
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