Area Fair Sheep and Beef Awards List
Readable entries show Junior Fair Sheep and Beef awards with names and colors. Notable names include John Schiller Mindoro for Sheep Ewe Lamb under six months and Martin Berg Bangor for Grade lamb and Grade ewe. Beef winners include Gordon Radcliffe and Marilyn Dahl among others with blue red white color indications and two year old cow entry numbers 435 515 615.
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Ewe Lamb
John Schiller
Mindoro
Lamb
Martin Berg
Bangor
Ewe
Gordon Radcliffe
Marilyn Dahlby
Jerry Dahlby
Jim Winder
Mary Broadhead
Rodney Hoeth
Judy Labus
Willis Hauser
Arnold Remus
Paul Cox
David Holter
Kenneth Plenge
James Hauser
Area Youths in National AIG Meeting
Two area youths take prominent roles at the American Institute of Cooperation summer conference at Penn State University August 24 to 27. Carroll Smith will join Section 7 discussion on What Is a Cooperative. Richard Hauser of Cashton will chair Section 26 on the same topic. They join about 1,200 farm youths from across the nation and other countries in group discussions.
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Washington, D.C
American Institute of Cooperation
Pennsylvania State University
Carroll Smith
Richard Hauser
Cashton
Hartleys Ship 105 Beef Cattle to Dubuque Packing
Charles and Albert Hartley of Union City Township marketed a large shipment of beef from Waukon Iowa. They loaded 105 steers into seven semi trailer trucks for transit to the Dubuque Packing Co.
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Waukon
Iowa
Charles and Albert Hartley
Union City
Here
Dubuque
New Information Coming On CR Program Details
Roland Bergman La Crosse County ASC office manager announced Monday that farmers should watch for a further news release on the 1959 conservation reserve. County employees will attend a Whitehall meeting on Aug 20 to receive instructions and information will be released to the public immediately after.
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Roland Bergman
la Crosse County
ASC
Whitehall
Dairyland Wins Federal Ruling on Public Use of Easement
United States District Judge Robert C. Bell ruled that Dairyland Power Cooperative may condemn a 40 mile 161000 volt transmission line route from Rochester to Harmony Minnesota for a public use. The decision supports Minnesota Supreme Court precedent and cites rural electrification benefiting farms rural industries and safety nationwide.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Dairyland Power Cooperative
la Crosse
United States
Robert C. Bell
St. Paul
Bell
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Dairyland Power Coopperative
Dairyland
Floyd E. Wheeler
Madison
Rochester
Harmony
Minnesota
Daniel F. Foley
Wabasha and
Foley
Alma
Wisconsin
Minnesota Supreme Court
America
Y Wheeler
Dristan Decongestant Tablets Debut For Hay Fever
A three layer tablet named Dristan promises rapid relief from nasal congestion and sneezing for hay fever sufferers. The product claims to open blocked passages, reduce eye itching, and support immunity, with no prescription needed.
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Chicago
Ill
Ian
La Crosse County DHIC Tests Up 15.2 Percent
La Crosse County Herd Improvement Cooperative reports July data with 137 herds and 3,770 cows on test up 15.2 percent from July 1957, including 29 standard test herds totaling 1,049 cows and notable high performers in milk and fat among cows and owner-sampler groups.
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West Salem
Wis
la Crosse County
Philip Schroeder
Tester
Wayne Hood
Douglas Pierce
Bangor
Gail Timm
Holmen
Jerseys
la Crosse County Hospital
Martin Brothers
Bernard Timm
Zula
Joyce
Sigurd Gundersen
F. D. H. Niedfeldt
Robot Gardener offers hose nozzle weed control device
A new device called Robot Gardener claims to kill weeds crabgrass and fertilize lawns using a hose nozzle method. It is advertised as easy to use and modern with a price of $4.95 at Doerre Howe 302 Pearl.
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Doerre Howe
Junior Holstein Member Named in Vermont
Delbert A Stair of Mindoro has been accepted as a junior member of the Holstein Friesian Association of America. He qualified for the certificate of merit and junior merit after recommendation from Harold Huth, La Crosse County club agent at the national headquarters.
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Brattleboro, Vt
Delbert A. Stair
Mindoro
Holstein-Friesian Assn. of America
Harold Huth
la Crosse County
Onalaska 4H Club members at La Crosse Inter-State Fair
All members of the Onalaska 4H Club participated in the La Crosse Inter-State Fair. Twenty one joined clothing, eight foods, five home furnishings, and two food preservation. All competed in judging contests. Twenty one girls took part in the dress review.
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Onalaska
Haying Bee Bales 1600 On Odegaard Farm
A neighborhood haying bee at the Alton Odegaard farm near West Salem Wisconsin gathered 1 600 bales of hay to aid the ill family. Local volunteers and area women provided lunch for the workers and list of volunteers includes Frank Thies Robert Thies Byron Livingood Louis Gjelfe Vernon Melcher Victor Larson Barthel Bakkum Marlyn Johnson Oliver Snitker Milton Krumme Hijalmer Olson Joseph Tysland and Lonne Tysland.
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West Salem
Wis
Alton Odegaard Farm
Frank Thies
Robert Thies
Byron Livingood
Louis Gjelfe
Vernon Melcher
Victor Larson
Barthel Bakkum
Marlyn Johnson
Oliver Snitker
Milton Krumme
Hijalmer Olson
Joseph Tysland
Lonne Tysland
Inspector Named For Packing Co
Whitehall Wisconsin Dr C E Bardshar named inspector in charge of the Whitehall meat inspection station of the US Department of Agriculture at the Whitehall Packing Co which opened August 4 Dr A R Miller director of the USDA meat inspection division announced Bardshar was transferred from St Cloud Minnesota a substation of South St Paul The new inspector is a native of Mt Hope Kansas He was educated at Kansas State College receiving the degree of doctor of veterinary medicine His hobbies are hunting and fishing Dr Bardshar and his wife Mildred Hildahl Bardshar have two daughters Patricia Anne five and Joan Marie four
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Whitehall
Wis
C. E. Bardshar
United States Department of Agriculture
Whitehall Packing Co
A. R. Miller
Washington, D. C
USDA
Bardshar
St. Cloud
Mt. Hope
Kan
Kansas State College
Big 4 DHIC lists July production records in Iowa
The Big 4 DHI Co op ended July with 19 DHIA herds totaling 532 cows and 96 owner sampler herds at 2 125 cows. The top record came from Lyle Zieman of Luana with 16090 pounds of milk and 661 pounds of fat. Cows yielding over 400 pounds of fat were owned by Don Heins Clermont Ray Looney Luana Melvin Radloff Luana Justus Kammerer Froelich Lyle Zieman Luana Eugene B Miller Farmersburg and Kenneth Schroeder Postville.
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C. Nelson
Holmen
Pralle Brothers
Onalaska
Frederick Wege
West Salem
Robert Brudos
Louis Hemker
Rosalie
Jane
Martha Meinking
Bangor
Fred Stellow and Son
Mindoro
Lass
Diedrich Schroeder
Waukon
Iowa
Lyle Zieman
Luana
Don Heins
Clermont
Ray Looney
Melvin Radloff
Justus Kammerer Froelich
Eugene B. Miller
Farmersburg
Kenneth Schroeder
Postville
Shake Hollow Watershed Group Forms in Melrose Wis
Shake Hollow Watershed Association formed at a August 8 meeting in Melrose to unite Douglas Creek and its tributaries for flood control. Eight directors were elected to organize, recruit members, and begin flood damage estimation for public law 566 aid.
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Melrose
Wis
Shake Hollow
Douglas Creek
Lyle Anderson
Irvine Kohnert
Merlin Olson
Irving Bue
Leonard Zeman
Frank Pontario
Leonard Nelson
Neil Johnson
Joe Zellinger
Ed Landwehr
Area Watershed Party
Eugene Savage
Annual 10 County ASC Meeting Set for Whitehall
A meeting will be held at the courthouse in Whitehall on Wednesday August 20 at 10 am to discuss Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation matters. ASC officers from Jackson Buffalo Clark La Crosse Monroe Pepin Pierce St Croix and Vernon counties plus Trempealeau will attend led by Richard A Bracket of Menomonie. Invited are soil conservation district personnel supervisors county agents FHA supervisors vocational agriculture teachers veterans trainers foresters and fish and game managers from the counties.
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Whitehall
Wis
Court House
ASC
Jackson
Buffalo
Clark
la Crosse
Monroe
Pepin
Pierce
St. Croix
Vernon
Trempealeau County
Richard A. Bracket
Menomonie
Soil Conservation District
FHA
Four Area Youths Win Scholarships To Farm School
Four area youths win freshman scholarships at the University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture. Trygve Veam of Westby receives a Smith-Douglas scholarship worth 400 dollars. Howard Roth of Gays Mills and Wilbur Salzwedel of Ettrick get Sears Roebuck Foundation awards of 150 dollars each. Donald Field of La Crosse earns a University Regent scholarship of 100 dollars.
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Madison, Wis
University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Trygve Veam
Westby
Smith-Douglas
Sears-Roebuck Foundations
Howard Roth
Gays Mills
Wilbur Salzwedel
Ettrick
University Regent
Donald Field
la Crosse
FU Juniors and Reserves Hold Meeting in Bangor
The Coulee Ridge Local Farmers Union Juniors and Junior Reserves met at George Hurtz home to plan a Labor Day float and discuss the chapter in White Gold about water resources. Junior Reserves worked on workbooks and members crafted two kinds of wall plaques for handicraft projects. Potluck lunch was served.
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Bangor
Wis
Coulee Ridge
Farmers Union
George Hurtz
Melrose Teacher Attends State Farm Machinery Workshop
Leo Mulcahy of Melrose attended a two day workshop in Mondovi on farm machinery. The session was one of eight statewide trainings by the State Board of Vocational and Adult Education to train agricultural teachers in modern combines and tractors with input from the Wisconsin Agricultural Engineering Department and farm equipment manufacturers.
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Melrose
Wis
Leo Mulcahy
Mondovi
State Board of Vocational and Adult Education
Wisconsin Agricultural Engineering Department
Center Township Eagles 4-H Club Meeting Notes
The Center Township Eagles 4-H Club consulted on their upcoming softball game. Tom Treendle gave a report on his Boys 4-H Short Course experiences at Ames. John Wood presented a report titled Lifting and Carrying. The meeting adjourned and recreation followed.
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Center Township
Eagles
Tom Treendle
Ames
John Wood
25 Percent Deer Damage Hits La Crescent Orchards
Deer damage plagues La Crescent Minnesota orchards with 25 percent loss in young plantings. Growers warn continued losses threaten finances as deer explore nurseries and mature trees alike. Local officials cite duration and terrain as challenges and push for stronger wildlife control.
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la Crescent
LA Crescent, Minn
Gordon Yates
Lycurgus Lassies July Meeting Highlights
At Sue Moline's home the Lycurgus Lassies held a noon picnic with Dianne Clark presiding. Yeast bread demonstrations by Sue Moline and Mrs Irving Bangs followed the pledge. Connie Aldrich shared insights from the state convention in Ames. Anaruth Cooper won first in senior angel food cake, with Janet Curtin and Karen Beall tying junior. Members contributed for a 4H workshop and Julie Jackson with Patsy Ward previewed a county fair demonstration.
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Lycurgus Lassies
Sue Moline
Dianne Clark
Irvin Bangs
Connie Aldrich
Ames
Anaruth Cooper
Janet Curtin
Karen Beall
Julie Jackson
Patsy Ward
Plans For Coon Valley Flood Control in Wisconsin
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved flood control plans for the Coon Creek Watershed project in Monroe Vernon and La Crosse counties. About 130 farms in Portland and roughly 15 000 acres in Monroe County will be affected with 92 000 acres in the watershed benefiting overall. The plan funds 15 water retarding structures to hold floodwaters for 24 to 48 hours, easing flash floods in a 20 square mile area southwest of Coon Valley. Construction spans five years with easements surveys and one structure in year one and subsequent structures each year. Communities including Coon Valley Chaseburg and Stoddard will gain alongside 788 area farms. average annual flood damages total about 23 992 dollars.
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Sparta
Wis
Coon Creek
Senate Agriculture Committee
Monroe County
F. J
Pat) O'Connell
Monroe County Soil Conservation Service
Portland
O’connell
Aitt
Coon Valley
Vernon County
Town of Portland
la Crosse
Monroe Counties
O'Connell
Chaseburg
Stoddard
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Junior Fair Sheep
AIG
Allamakee
Allamakee County Fair
Patrick Curtin
Dennis
Eugene Leppert
Donald
Colsch
Charlotte McDowell
Corine Schmidt
Onalaska Merrymakers
DR. Bardshar
Packing Co
FU Juniors
L. C. Lowj. L. Beadle
Bob Bymers
Law
N. 21St St
Birch St
S. 26Th St
Frank Pintz Sr
Prairie du Chien
Frank Pintz Jr
Frank Jr
Yates
Game Dept
Virginia
Commissioner For Conservation
Phosdrin
Shell Chemical Corporation
Agricultural Chemical Sales Division
Secret Street
Louis 8
Missouri
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