Pasture Renovation Meetings Planned Across Trempealeau County
Eighteen August pasture renovation sessions are set across Trempealeau County Wisconsin led by Frederick Stone SCS farm planner. Events feature on site demonstrations machinery talks movies and refreshments starting 6 30 p m at multiple farms August 8 12 15 16 19 22 23 24 26.
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Soil Group
Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County
Frederick Stone
Soil Conservation Service
Oscar Stovolo
Trempealeau
Emil Skroch
Independence
Insects May Cause High Fillmore Crop Damage
Fillmore county farmers face crop damage from insects in August led by the corn borer. Second brood borers will peak in early August, with late field and sweet corn most affected. Treatments include DDT by airplane and toxaphene plus chlordane, with specific rates and water volumes for spray equipment. Grasshopper and alfalfa plant bugs also threaten some fields.
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Fillmore County
Milton Hoberg
La Crosse Farm Bureau Picnic Set With Speaker
Carl Doeringsfeld of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau will speak at the La Crosse county Farm Bureau picnic at Veterans Memorial Park on Sunday August 7. The 4 H band Severson sisters entertain and contests with prizes are planned. Larry Davis will be master of ceremonies. Families bring picnic lunches coffee and cream provided by the organization. Program starts at 1 15 p m.
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Carl Doeringsfeld
Wisconsin Farm Bureau State Board
A Crosse County Farm Bureau
Veterans Memorial Park
la Crosse County
4-H
Severson Sisters
Larry Davis
Sante
Hold Informal Judging Test At Myrick Park
A small group of La Crosse county 4-H poultry club members gathered at Myrick park for an informal judging contest and instruction on selecting fowl for fair showing. Local showmen George McDonald and John Schnell provided chickens and led the session arranged by Don Ausman, assistant county agent.
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la Crosse County
4-H Club
Myrick Park
George McDonald
John Schnell
Don Ausman
Livestock Co-Op Gets Official Recognition
Madison Wisconsin articles of incorporation reveal the Wilton Ontario Livestock cooperative of Vernon and Monroe counties is officially recognized. Signers include C. J. Kuderer L. T. Brieske Fred Saxby Robert Zellmar and Oscar Mack.
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Madison
Wis
Wilton-Ontario Livestock Cooperative
Vernon
Monroe Counties
C. J. Kuderer
L. T. Brieske
Fred Saxby
Robert Zellmar
Oscar Mack
Dairymen Review Meeting Sets Night in La Crosse
Dairy plant operators field men and directors meet Friday at the La Crosse hotel to review proposed state quality milk regulations. Larry Davis announces the event with Lester Legrid EvertYore and Loren Gaffke listed as attendees. Dinner at 6 30 p m precedes the general meeting.
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la Crosse
Larry Davis
Akers
Lester Legrid
State Department of Agriculture
Evert Yore
Loren Gaffke
American Dairy Association
Price Support Legislation Status in Congress
The Wisconsin Farm Bureau reports the House vote to kill the 1948 agricultural act puts the fate of price supports in the Senate. If the Senate rejects the House, the act may take effect in 1950 with variable supports. if not, parity could stay at 90 percent. The group's telegrams urge starting 1950 as planned to drive demand for crops.
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Madison
Wis
House of Representatives
United States Senate
House
Brannan
Wisconsin Farm Bureau
Calendar Of Farm Events
Calendar listings show farm inspections and dairy meetings across multiple townships in August plus 4-H clubs and county fair dates. Notable items include Orchard inspections in Makee and surrounding townships on Aug 2 and Wisconsin Buttermakers district meet on Aug 3 at Arcadia golf club.
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Allamakee County
Martin Meier
Ludlow
Olaf Iverson
Hanover Township
Tom Burke
Waterloo Township
Peter Rooster
Iowa Township
Henry Stabe
Lansing Township
Norbert Guider
Lafayette Township
Emil Krapfl
Taylor Township
Horace Clark
Makee Township
Wisconsin Buttermakers Association
Arcadia Golf Club
County Farmers Enter Barley Test Five Winners To Be Entered At State Fair
Nine county farmers including Frank W. Breidel Milton Schwier Floyd Buel George Wolf and Son Gustave W. Gensch Albert J. Hammes August Hammes Reuben Roberts and Robert Wehrenberg have entered the fourth annual Wisconsin brewers barley contest. Samples are due at the county extension office by Monday with county prizes up to three $20 awards and smaller prizes. The top five will ship to the state fair for judging by Frank Seidl Sr. and state inspector Herbert Dahl with county agent Larry Davis coordinating. A separate local barley contest will be held this fall in La Crosse county beginning Sept. 21 for growers with two or more acres.
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Barley Browers
la Crosse County
Wisconsin Brewers
Frank W. Breidel
Milton Schwier
la Crosse
Floyd Buel
George Wolf
Frank Seidl, Sr
Minneapolis
Larry Davis
John Sleik, Jr
Heileman Brewing Company
Monroe Farmers Debate Artificial Breeding and Roughage
About 65 Monroe county farmers met at the Ivan Radke farm near Wilton for a twilight session on artificial dairy cattle breeding and improved roughage production. Speakers included Mike Gilman county agent Alban Sordahl Oren Johnson Sherrin Pratt and George Werner with Madison and university inputs. Werner cited rising breeding success and butterfat gains, while emphasizing better roughage like grass silage cured hay and dehydrated hay to accompany new calves and herd improvement.
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Monroe County
Ivan Radke
Wilton
Mike Gilman
Breeders Cooperative
Alban Sordahl
Oren Johnson
Sherrin Pratt
George Werner
College of Agriculture
Werner
Roundworm Easily Controlled Says UW
Farmers can avoid losses from roundworms in pigs say University of Wisconsin scientists. Roundworms in hog lots cause stunting, pot bellied pigs, poor appetite, and can lead to death.
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University of Wisconsin
Vernon County Dairy and Foods Judging Winners Named
David Lewison led Vernon dairy judging with top honors as FFA and 4 H member of Elk Run club. Albin Peterson and Luther Peterson placed second and third. foods judging saw Betty Jean Primmer first Beverly Hyde second Esther Johnson third. Six youths advance to district contests in Darlington one.
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David Lewison
FFA
4-H Membe
Elk Run Club
Albin Peterson
Millis-North
Bear Creek Ramblers
Esther Johnson
Asbury Cherry Grove
Vernon County
Darlington One
Farmers As Samaritans Aid Ailing Neighbor In Iowa
Forty farmers from the McGregor area helped Ben Schultz by raking hay baling and hauling straw at his farm south west of town Famed as a heart attack survivor Schultz has largely remained bed bound Wives and children joined the effort bringing lunch as nearly a hundred picnicked under shade trees A total of 25 acres were hayed 30 acres of straw remained in the field and were stored in the barn Volunteers used two balers and trucks to complete the work in a day.
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Mcgregor
Ben Schultz
Bay
Schultz
Lightning rods guard Iowa farms against top hazard
Lightning rods protect farms in Iowa from the state’s leading risk as storms cause fires. The report states that lightning destroys at least 10 buildings for every strike on a rod equipped structure.
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Iowa
Fly Don’t Walk To Nearest Auction Ad Modernizes Sale
In Grand Forks North Dakota an auction notice promotes a farm auction with an airplane landing field noted south of the sale site. The item also mentions spraying perennial weeds at the bud stage.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Galesville DHIA Picnic Set for August 14
The Galesville Dairy Herd Improvement Association led by tester Oakley Parkhill will hold a picnic at the Norman Oines farm near Galesville on Sunday August 14.
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Galesville
DHIA
Whitehall
Wis
Galesville Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Oakley Parkhill
Norman Oines
Shift Away From Folk Beliefs Beyond Moon Planting
A steady cultural shift reduces reliance on folk beliefs like planting by the moon, signaling a move toward science and rational planning in agriculture and superstition.
W. Salem 4-H Winners Named in District judging contests
Three boys and three girls were selected to represent La Crosse county in district 4-H judging at Chippewa Falls during West Salem events. Dairy cattle judging at the county farm yielded top honors for Morris Meyers, Robert Granum, and Robert Elliott with Holsteins and Guernseys evaluated. Elliott earned a tie-breaker due to a three-way third-place tie. Alternate picks went to Gene Schroeder and John Deichelbohrer. In home demonstrations, Union Morimes Judg hryn Brown and Betty Knobloch along with Lois Sommerfield earned trips to Chippewa Falls, while blue ribbons were common in economic and agricultural demonstrations. Judges included Doris Flick and Hel Kelly, with H. Q. Anderson presiding.
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la Crosse County
Chippewa Falls
West Salem High School
Morris Meyers
Barre Mills
Robert Granum
Union Mills-onomies
Judghryn Brown
Shade
Betty Knobloch
Wils
Lois Sommerfield
Ban Ownship
E Economics
Doris Flick
Home Service
Northern States Power Company
Hel Kelly
Dunn County
H. Q. Anderson
Opt
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Ed Mueller
Bruce Valley
Joe E. Bautch
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Arthur Ofsdal
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U. S. 53
Charlies Johnson
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Myron Scow
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Clarence Schaefer
U. S
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W. H. Bibby
Highway 54
Gales
Odin Semingson
Eleva
Stone
Soil Conservation District
G. E
Onalaska, Wis
Frigidaire
Tri-State Commercial Refrigeration Co
Dairymen
U. S. Senate
By Oswald B. Anderson
Buffalo County
Nelson Community
Caledonia Thrifty
Town Hall
Herald Club
Shirley Iberg
Round Prairie Champs
Alice Gay
Victory Badgers
Joe Young
Tomah Fairgrounds
Oden Busy Beavers
Larry Dobbs
Salem Atoms
Salem Park
Farm Bureau
la Crosse Coun
Monroe
Pratt
Johnson
Wisconsin
Washington
Indi
Cate
West Salem
Norbert Hansen
Bangor Township
Tribune
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Pleasant Valley Club
Helen Kelly
Carter Thompson
Luther Peterson
Belgium
Catherine Hanson
Alaska
Orient
Onteet Airlines
Vesta Gloss
John Schneider CO
Sayer
Homart
Sears Great Heating
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GM Id
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Dan Patch
Dennis O'Keefe
Gail Russell
Gary Cooper
Sergeant York
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Walter Brennan
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