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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1981
Page
11
The UW Marshfield Experimental Farm’s first tillage field day planned for Oct 20 is called off because fields are too wet for equipment demonstrations. Farm manager Garit Tenpas said access is impossible and dealers agree. If weather improves, farmers will likely harvest corn instead, so the event moves to next year.
Agriculture Secretary John Block announced that this year's corn and barley can go directly into the 1981 grain reserve to relieve fall price pressure. Producers may enter 1980 crop grain from regular CCC loans, with storage payments of 26.5 cents per bushel, 14 percent interest first year, a trigger price of about 3.15 dollars, and release when market price meets or exceeds it.
American Farm Bureau President Robert Delano says trimming price supports is the best answer to dairy overproduction. He warns consumers resent higher grocery prices from support programs. ASCS corn loans maturing in October eligible for two month extension, delaying repayment or forfeiture until after 1981 harvest. Secretary Black calls action consistent with market oriented policy. County ASCS offices provide more information.
American farmers raised fertilizer use by 1 percent over 1980 in the past summer. July consumption reached 994,300 tons, versus just under 987,000 tons the prior year, as reported by 17 states. Nitrogen use rose 16 percent, offsetting small declines in potash and phosphite materials.
A farmer’s daughter recalls party line telephones, shared rings, and central operators. She describes farm life, hauling eggs and grain, traveling by horse and buggy, shopping at the Farmer’s Store, and occasional train trips. Family meals out, weather hardships, and vintage transportation shaped daily life.
A memoir fragment recalls rural life in a past era. A narrator describes wearing overalls, sharing groceries with neighbors, daily chores, and a neighborly mail carrier. The family’s Model T Ford arrives, and a Sunday outing proves brief, ending with a home-cooked dinner.
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