Slow Moving Vehicle Emblems Reach Favor In Iowa
Iowa State safety expert Norval Wardle says legislation will be introduced to require SMV emblems on tractors and farm equipment. He notes widespread current use, estimates over 50 000 emblems in use, and cites state and national safety groups backing the device.
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Ames
Iowa
Norval Wardle
Iowa State University
Wardle
Department of Public Safety
State Highway Patrol
Iowa Farm Safety Council
Ohio
Nebraska
Ohio State University
National Safety Council
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
18 To Show Livestock At State Fair
Twenty eight La Crosse County youths left Wednesday to exhibit cattle and hogs at the Wisconsin State Fair. Accompanying them were county agents and instructors. Exhibitors include names of youths for cattle and hogs, with supporting staff and instructors. The State Fair at West Allis opened Friday.
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la Crosse County
Albert Becker
Thomas O'Connell
LaVern Doener
Holmen
Keith Heinze
Mike Sullivan
Walter Knudson
Stephen Berg
Curtis Berg
Kathleen Jones
Bonnie Nuttelman
Sue Brown
Kenneth McGinnis
Barbara Gollnik
James Tauscher
Daniel Jones
Joan Houser
Julaine Piske
Sandra Ruud
Layton Halverson
Douglas Langrehr
Vicki Nuttelman
Roger Manke
Rodger Schomberg
Randy Garbers
Russell Schomberg
Karen Manke
Donald Garber
Westby Farmer Reports Unusual Dairy Calf Births
Westby Wisconsin area farmer Leroy Dunnum records seven calves born to three cows in four months. A set of twin calves were born dead, while a set of triplets and another set of twins are thriving.
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Westby
Wis
Leroy Dunnum
Witt Manufacturing Readies Full Production of Chopa Sprayers
Witt Manufacturing Co. Inc. in Chaseburg Wisconsin will shift to full production of the Chopa Automatic Livestock Sprayer with new distribution deals. Watkins Products Inc. of Winona will market nationwide and in Canada, while Chapiewsky's Inc. of Bangor handles garden sprayers and root feeders for 1966 orders. The firm plans plant expansion in Chaseburg and anticipates growing sales through partnerships with Watkins and Chapiewsky.
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Chaseburg
Phil C. Schreiber
Witt Manufacturing Co
Jerome Chopa
Witt
Charles C. Scovil, Jr
Watkins Products
Winona
Levi Chapiewsky
Bangor
Chapiewsky’s Inc
Schreiber
Wis
Witt Manufacturing Co. Inc
Watkins Products Inc
Watkins
Canada
Chapiewsky
Jerome H. Chopa
Chopa
Witt Manufacturing Co., Inc
North Bend
la Crosse
A. W. Graw
Oscar Lyell
H. J. Marshall Jr
Louis F. Robinson Jr
Galesville
California
Ohio
Chicago
Berry Brothers
Jas Watkins
Charles M. Scovil Jr
Dairy Heifers to be Auctioned at Graded Sale
More than 125 Holstein heifers are consigned to a graded dairy heifer sale on Saturday August 13 at noon. The auction at the Equity Cooperative Livestock Market in Altoona will weigh and grade cattle the day before and announce breeding dates parentage health and DHIA records. Sponsored by Tri State Breeders Badger Breeders Cooperative Equity Livestock Sales Cooperative and the Cooperative Extension Service.
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Westby
Wis
Equity Cooperative Livestock Market
Altoona
Sterling Gillingham
Tri- State Breeders Cooperative
Tri- State Breeders
Badger Breeders Cooperative
Equity Livestock Sales Cooperative
The
Cooperative Extension Service
La Crosse NFO Plans Monday Meeting
The La Crosse County unit of the National Farmers Organization will meet at 8:30 p.m. Monday in Mindoro Town Hall according to publicity chairman Mrs. Donald Allen.
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la Crosse County
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Mindoro Town Hall
Donald Allen
Milk farmers in Juneau push higher price to bypass Chicago
About 300 Pure Milk Association members from the Dairyland Division Plant at Juneau voted to ship milk to Indianapolis, bypassing Chicago markets for Class One bottled milk. The move could raise prices by 12 to 14 cents per hundredweight, with Indianapolis blending around 4.47 dollars. Beaver Dam and Waterloo growers may join, with Sun Prairie shipments planned next week.
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Beaver Dam
Pure Milk Association
Dairyland Division
Juneau
Indianapolis
Chicago
Wisconsin
Association
Illinois
Indiana
W. H. Cope
The
Gregory Blaska
Marshall
Waterloo
Sun Prairie
John E. Butterbrodt
Bur
Nett
Milwaukee
Arlington
Briggsville
NFO Group Returns From Washington
NFO leaders from 25 states met with senators and representatives in Washington DC to press for farm financing legislation now in Congress. Attendees from Sauk City Plain Sparta and Boscobel joined the La Crosse County group. The talk centered on an REA financing bill to expand cooperative funding beyond 2 percent government loans and support family farms facing decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ervin Elliott
la Crosse County
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Virgil Sprecker
Henry Oshner
George Heuer
Daniel Corbin
Washington, D.C
Congress
NFC
Sauk City
Plain
Sparta
Boscobel
House
Farm Committee Election Areas Set in La Crosse County
Theodore Piske designated boundaries for ASC community elections in La Crosse County. Elections run by mail from September to October 10, 1966. Eligible voters include farm owners tenants and sharecroppers within listed towns and communities. Three committeemen and two alternates per community will be elected with delegates to the county convention.
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Theodore Piske
la Crosse County
Bangor
Barre
Burns
Hamilton
Farmington
Holland
Onalaska
Washington
Campbell
Medary
Greenfield
Shelby
ASC
Two Girls Named Queens of Conservation in Allamakee
Sheryl Rooney of Lansing and Barbara Spinner of Waterville were named 1966 Queens of Conservation for the Allamakee Soil Conservation District. They will compete in a regional contest August 18 at the Buchanan County Fair in Independence, Iowa.
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Waukon
Iowa
Sheryl Rooney
Cletus Rooney
Lansing
Barbara M. Spinner
Theodore Spinner
Waterville
Allamakee
Jefferson
Queen of Conservation
National Soil Conservation Districts
Three Farms Approved For Soil Work In Iowa
Waukon Iowa three farms were approved by the Allamakee County Soil Conservation District at the July meeting. The Ellingson farm owned by Arnold and Gordon Ellingson the Berns farm of Eugene J Berns and the Mitchell farm operated by Gerald J Mitchell David Mitchell were approved for conservation work.
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Waukon
Iowa
Allamakee County
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Ford
LA Crosse, Wis
la Crosse Tribune
Pharmacy
NFO Group
Glen Kenyon
Bush Prairie
Wayne Huntzicker
Melvina
Alvin Kohner
Betts and Betts
Kenyon
Schneider Heating & Air Conditioning
Electra Fogger
Dittmore-Freimuth Corp
E. Norwich St
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