Houston Sets 9th 4-H Sale
The Houston county 4-H livestock sale committee plans the ninth annual sale at the Houston county fair grounds Caledonia on Saturday Sept 3 at 9 am with a new pavilion bleachers and scale. A buyers breakfast opens at 8 am at the Caledonia Hotel and local officials will assist with bid calls and appraisals by Hormel and Swift for this year.
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Houston County
Houston County Fairgrounds
Caledonia
Francis Brady
Fairgrounds
Houston County Sales Committee
Ben Pottratz
Eitzen
Neuman Myhre
Grant Ellingson
Harold Karli
Spring Grove
Merrill Abrahamson
Thomas Flynn
Houston
Adolph Ruderick
New Albia
Merle Almo
Neal Norris
Neal Hall
Styrk Ste
N. N. Kinneberg
Hormel and Swift
4-H
Al lamakee Farm Bureau to sponsor Aug 25 sports festival
The Al lamakee county Farm Bureau board plans a sports festival at Waukon city park on August 25 starting at 9 AM with games for all ages including softball horseshoe pitching bowling tug of war nail driving and more. A county baseball game is set for the afternoon and event winners may advance to the state festival in Ames September 8 to 10. Lyal Mitchell chairs the program with Charles Whalen assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allamakee County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Waukon City Park
Fairgrounds
Ames
Lyal Mitchell
County Farm Bureau
Charles Whalen
Blair Boy Inspires Interest In Purebred Cattle Raising
In Whitehall Wisconsin 13 year old David Dahl son of Mr and Mrs Philip Dahl raises purebred Guernsey cattle under a 4H program. He secured his heifer calf from Tuck A Way farm Chippewa Falls and plans to show Queen Kitty and her calf at fairs this year. His example spurs other Sunnyside Cheerites members to raise purebreds including Beatrice Holte and several neighbor youths.
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Whitehall
Wis
David
Philip Dahl
Blair
Guernsey
Chippewa Falls
Trempealeau County
Galesville
West Salem
Kitty
Sunnyside Cheerites
Darlene
Joyce
Melvin Severson
Roger Dahl
Alfred
Truman
Elmer Everson
Dennis
Victor Melby
Raymond Johnson
Beatrice Holte
Trempealeau County Guernsey Breeders Association
Reynolds
Valley View
M. H. Fred Named State Milk Sanitarian
Whitehall friends report M. H. Fred of Black River Falls will become a state milk sanitarian starting August 15 with headquarters in Madison. He will travel the state while his family stays in Black River Falls. Previously Ford led dairy inspection locally and later managed Dairy Products, Inc. in Black River Falls. He will inspect bottled milk and cream.
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Whitehall
Wis
M. H. Fred
Black River Falls
Madison
Ford
Dairy Products, Inc
Dusting Demonstration Planned Near Norwalk
A chlordane dusting demonstration to kill grasshoppers is set for Wednesday August 17 at 1 30 p m on the Harrison Wallace farm along highway 131 six miles south of Norwalk Wis The Budde Brothers of Angelo supply the airplane duster and Crop-Saver Chemical Co of Chicago provides the chemical follow instructions for attendees.
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Norwalk
Wis
Harrison Wallace
Highway 131
Budde Brothers
Angelo
Crop-Saver Chemical Company of
Chicago
UW Agric Engineer Develops New Wagon
University of Wisconsin agricultural engineer F. W. Duffee builds a versatile farm wagon with a notably wide seven foot tread, improving stability and hauling capability beyond the common five foot design.
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UW Agric Engineer
F. W. Duffee
University of Wisconsin Agricultural Engineer
Junior Winners Named at La Crosse Junior Cattle Show
4 H contestants from 10 through 14 years competed in the La Crosse Inter-State fair junior cattle judging. Muriel Suttie and Albin Peterson Jr. won grand championships in Guernsey and Jersey breeds. Top showmanship honors went to Dawn Mills and Albin Peterson Jr. with special Tri-State awards to Peterson and Ronald Johnson.
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Tribune
Breidel
Sleik
la Crosse
Art Collentine
Muriel Suttie Galesville
Albin Peterson, Jr
Viroqua
Holstein
Guernsey
Jersey
The
Fair Association
Billy Sandman
Bangor
Duane Horstman
Donald Longaard
Westby
Bob Gilster
West Salem
Duane Young
Muriel Suttie
Galesville
Rodney Selin
Loren Waldenberger
Onalaska
Collentine
Dawn Mills
Mills-North Springville Club
Tri-State Breeders Cooperative
Peterson
Ronald Johnson
Long Coulee Club
Bob Elliott
Gilster
Richard Mikkelson
Paul Zube
Fred Schomberg
Harry Meinking
Bob Gilister
Donavon Glennie
Norbert Hansen
Jane Deichelbohrer
Douglas Jewett
Donald Ross
Calif
Tom Jewett
Gregory Schmitz
Tom Schmitz
James Waidenberger
Elsie Peterson
Herbert Anderson
Jerry Jewett
Bob Gister
Charles Reod
Donavan Yee
Douglas Ewett
Calendar of Farm Events Aug 16 to Aug 28
Calendar lists pasture renovation in Trempea lea county and farm events across Wisconsin. Key items include Allamakee county fair in Waukon Aug 18 to 28, 4-H activities from Aug 18 to Aug 25, state fair in Milwaukee Aug 20 to 28, and a note that corn carryover this fall may be largest on record. Includes multiple farms and times.
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Trempealea
Alphonse Kokott
Arcadia
W. H. Bibby
Glasgow
Galesville
Allamakee County
Waukon Fairgrounds
Mills - North
Trempealeau County
Odin Semingson
Eleva
Theron Brudos
Crystal Valley
Lower Big Creek
Alfred Bjorkman
Milwaukee
Chipmunk Coulee
Patricia Schmidt
Fairview Victory Badgers
Viroqua Park
Wendell Burt
Instenes Valley
Veam
Independence
Jarle Engevold
Hale Township
Frank Jercezek
Pine Creek
Dodge Township
Ed Mueller
Bruce Valley
Whitehall
Richard Hutson
Hillsboro Armour Plant Names Buyer
Hillsboro Wisconsin special item announces Ted Hulberg named the new buyer for Armour and Company at Hillsboro with Frank Binter as representative in the area. Hulberg previously served as Armour and Company territory representative and resides in Reedsburg.
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Hillsboro Armour Plant
Hillsboro
Wis
Ted Hulberg
Armour and Company
Frank Binter
Hulberg
Reedsburg
Wisconsin Butter and Cheese Output Rises in First Half of 1949
Wisconsin dairy plants boost butter and cheese production in the first six months of 1949. Butter output is 88 percent higher than the same period in 1948, while American cheese rises 18 percent. National totals show an 18 percent gain for butter and similar growth for cheese. Swiss brick Munster and Limburger also up from 1948 half-year levels.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin and
United States Departments of Agriculture
Minnesota
Lowa
Fillmore Loan Group Buys Certificates
Lawrence B. Lyke secretary treasurer of the Fillmore county national farm loan association reports that at the Aug 5 meeting the association invested $3,000 in federal land bank certificates. A resolution approved a five percent dividend on all outstanding stock. The annual meeting date is tentatively set for Sept 22 at the Lanesboro office.
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Lanesboro
Minn
Lawrence B. Lyke
Fillmore County National Farm Loan Association
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Lawrence Amberg
LaVerne McReynolds
Vina McReynolds
Frank W. Breidel
John Sleik, Jr
Heileman Brewing Co
la Crosse County
Wisconsin State Brewers Association
St. Joseph
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William C. Stry
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Blair Boy
Sunnyside Club
Louis Schmidtknecht
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Joe E. Bautch
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John Schneider CO
Fillmore Loan Group
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