Wisconsin Corn Picking Contest Set
The 1966 Wisconsin State Corn Picking Contest will be held October 4 at Idle Hour Farm near Monroe. Orrin Berge and Martin Burkhardt will judge. Winners earn a trip to the national event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, October 13-14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Monroe
Orrin Berge
University of Wisconsin
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Wisconsin
Robert Bayrhoffer
Martin Burkhardt
Platteville State University
Berge
Green County Agricultural Chest
Green County Extension Office
Mayville 4-H Club Earns State Fair Trip
Food project members of the Mayville Blue Ribbon Strivers 4-H Club will take their “Gluten, the Foundation of Bread” display to the Minnesota State Fair on August 30. Their exhibit led the county at Houston County 4-H Achievement Day and will be shown in the 4-H building on August 24 to 27 alongside other local groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia
Minn
Food Project
Mayville
Crystal Valley
Hokah Chiefs
Union Clover Blossoms
Mayville Blue Ribbon
Brownsville
Silver Creek Rustlers
Houston County ALCS Election Slated for Aug 15
Caledonia Minn August 15 delegates to Houston County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee meet at Caledonia State Bank basement. Only farmer delegates vote by secret ballot to elect county committeemen and fill vacancies. Names of delegates from towns listed.
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Caledonia
Minn
Black Hammer
George Gefarmer
Ving
Glenn Otterness
Owen
Vaaler
Brownsville
Eugene
Houston County
Agri O’ Hara
James Scanlan
Wil
Wisconsin Meat Plants Output Tops 400 Million
Wisconsin federal inspection plants produce over 400 million dollars in meat and meat products annually. State licenses cover more than 300 non inspected plants awaiting state inspection under the new Meat Inspection division.
4 Hers To Paint Fairgrounds Barn
4 H leaders and members plan a painting day at the fairgrounds on Monday August 8 at 8 30 am to paint the livestock barns. If rain occurs the event will move to Tuesday August 9 at the same time. Prospective painters should bring paint cans brushes wire brushes paint scrapers and ladders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River Falls
Wis
Fairgrounds
David Holcomb
Wisconsin plans survey for state meat inspection division
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture will survey more than 600 livestock slaughter and meat processing plants not under federal inspection to plan budget and staffing for the new state meat inspection division. Dr. E. D. Baker said the data on business volume and work schedules will help meet obligations under the Meat Inspection Act launching Jan 1 1968, with WSDA personnel starting Aug 1 and completing the survey within three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Department
Wisconsin
E. D. Baker
Baker
WSDA
Dairy Price Extension Sought By Sen Nelson
Sen Gaylord Nelson sponsors a bipartisan bill to extend the $4 per hundred dairy price support through March 31, 1970. The measure aims to give farmers long term income assurance amid declining milk production in the Midwest and East North Central states and to support investment and planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
Nelson
Washington, D.C
Gaylord Nelson
Agriculture Department
Senate Committee On Agriculture
Midwest
East North Central
Wisconsin
Michigan
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
West North Central
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
North Dako
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Mabel Creamery Reports Slight May June Decline
Mabel Minnesota manager F J Shorter said the Mabel Cooperative Creamery produced only two percent less in May and June than in 1965. Payroll for May reached 102 591 59 dollars and for June 112 439 20 dollars, reportedly the highest two month payroll in the creamery’s history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel, Minn
F. J. Shorter
Mabel Cooperative Creamery
Shorter
Merrillan Woman Wins All Star Rating
Mrs. Sylvia Tolkan of Merrillan won all star production honors at the Royal Neighbors of America national convention in Bal Harbour Florida. She received a savings bond from Marion Russell of Eau Claire, who was honored as Northern Wisconsin supervisor. Tolkan serves as a district deputy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrillan
Wis
Sylvia Tolkan
Royal Neighbors of America
Bal Harbour
Fla
Marion Russell
Eau Claire
Wisconsin
Gasoline Tax Refund Rules Revised For Farm Use
Wisconsin tax rulings change refund process for gasoline used on farms. Under the 1965 excise tax act credits now apply on annual income tax returns after June 30 1965 with quarterly Form 843 options for large refunds. Credits apply to gasoline used in the taxable year and corporate Form 1120 filings may attach computation statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Blair Youth Sings Abroad with Eau Claire Choir
H Patrick Paul son of Mr and Mrs Harry Paul Blair Wisconsin is a member of the Eau Claire State College choir. The group left on Thursday August 4 for a European concert tour and Paul plans to enroll at Eau Claire State this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair, Wis
H. Patrick Paul
Harry Paul
Blair
Eau Claire State College
Paul
Eau Claire State
Junior Dairy Blue Ribbon Winners At La Crosse Fair
Blue ribbon winners in the Junior fair dairy cattle competition at the La Crosse Inter-State Fair listed by breed class and placing. Purebred Holstein winners include James Johnston Bangor senior bull calf Daniel Jones Bangor and Walter Knudson Holmen. champion bull Jones. junior heifer calf Douglas Langrehr and Barbara.
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la Crosse
James Johnson
Bangor
Daniel Jones
Walter Knudson
Holmen
Jones
Douglas Langrehr
Barbara
Gollnick
Gordon Horstman
Joan Hauser
Jerold Hauser
West Salem
James Tauscher
Alan Miller
Barbara Gollnick
Sue Brown
Richard Nuttelman
Cow
Bill Bosshard
Leah Hesselberg
Kurt Bosshard
Guernsey
Gregory Sacia
Kathleen Jones
Paul Jones
Bonnie Nuttelman
Kathleen Horman
Curtis Berg
Renee Storandt
Ayrshire
Grace Holstein
Daniel Leise
Coon Valley
Stanley Tauscher
Barry Lee
David Bertelson
Steven Astley
Grace Guernsey
Reeta Storandt
Signe Hanson
Onalaska
Sandra Ruud
Vicki Nuttelman
Sigurd Hanson
Curt Witte
Gary Schomberg
Sherry Nelson
Duane Witte
Linda Schomberg
Gerald Olson
Julaine Piske
Grace Jersey
Bonnie Hendrickson
Steven Kirchner
Mindoro
Mike Curran
Steve Kirchner
Eugene Linse
Grace Brown
Timmie McClintock
Ruth Lueck
Carl Lueck
Marla Walter
Paul Vogel
Jeanette Ross
Daniel Schroeder
New Electronic Records Center Planned for Wisconsin Cooperatives
WESTBY Wis A new electronic records center will be built at Baraboo to serve Tri State Breeders Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales Association and Wisconsin Dairies Cooperative after Jan 1 1968. Key Tri State staff may relocate there and about 16 office workers will seek jobs at the new site when ready. The center expected to open Jan 1 1968 with Tri State stud remaining in Westby and other organizations joining later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westby
Wis
Wisconsin
Baraboo
Neilus Larson
Tri- State Breeders Cooperative
Tri- State
Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales Association
Wisconsin Dairies Cooperative
Larson
Glenn Symons
Archie Thompson
Wayne Wendorf
W. E. Erickson
Sterling Gillingham
Tri-State
Tri-State Stud
Northwestern Junior Livestock Show Planned for Aug 23 24
The Northwestern Junior Livestock Show will be held August 23 and 24 at the Eau Claire County Junior Fairgrounds. Willard Hamm, agricultural agent and general chairman, says the two day format will continue after last year’s success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Eau Claire County
Willard Hamm
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Houston County Club
Roger Role
Warsaw
RIP. Bros. Citgo Service
RAY Oil and Heating, Inc
Liam Dvorak
Lester Wiegrefe
Norman ‘Oseth
Robert Lewis
Crooked Creek
Harold Olinger
Arthur Lampert
Marlin Klinski
Hokah
Charles Horihan
William Lorenz
Robert Tschumper
Houston
Ingvald Dahle
Ralph Johnston
Vincent Poppe
Jefferson—Gilman Meyer
Leo Whalen
Julius Diersen
la Crescent
Gregory Abner
Julius Lehmann
Elmer Veglahn
Vincent Bauer
Everest Burg
Lloyd Jennings
Money Creek
Jay Summers
Arthur Halvorson
Earl Johnson
Mound Prairie
Philip Senn
Lester Beckman
Frank Fairbanks
Sheldon
Arthur Flatten
John Carlson
John Kennedy
Town of Spring Grove
Andrew Krome
Sigmund Bergrud
Howard Haugstad
Union
Roland Bolduan
Mervin Heintz
Lloyd Conniff
Wilmington
Ernest Roble
Arlen Deely
Walter Fruechte
Winnebago
Quentin Berg
Dale Horn
Francis Gallagher
Yucatan
S. T. Morken
Harley Rostvold
Duane Peterson
Department of Agriculture
State Department of Agriculture
Thomas Sletten
James Horn
Charles Hanson
Sletten-McKee
West Avenue
Ferry ST
Mabel Creamery
Mrs. Tolkan
The
Hillview Greenhouse
Records Center
Vicki Berg
Steven Horstman
Hal Schomberg
Joseph Knutson
Lynette Hemker
Terry Hauser
Joan Tauscher
Dennis Johnson
Don Horstman
Dean Hauser
Mike Hauser
Mary Jane
Nod Gordon
Victor Lasky
Mississippi
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