Young Wonewoc Farmer Wins Highest FFA Degree
Gordon Schmidt aged 20 of Wonewoc Wisconsin earns the 1965 American Farmer degree the top FFA honor. He will receive the degree at the national convention in Kansas City October 13 after a career leading the Wonewoc FFA Chapter and agricultural work on a 400 acre operation with his father Gerhard.
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Nora Magelee
la Crosse Tribune
Wonewoc
Wis
Gordon Schmidt
Future Farmers of America
Gerhard
Bud) Schmidt
Gordon
FFA
Kansas City
Green Lake
Wonewoe Ffa
Marvin Miller
St. Louis
Corn Tops For State Contest tA
Corn tops competition heats up as state contest approaches with local entries vying for top honors. Organizers urge participants to submit entries and spectators to watch for results at the event venue.
Prairie du Chien corn contest fields thrive for October show
Promoters in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin report knee high by July and waist high corn across seven local farms including Joe Gavin and Sons and Bernard Pedretti and Donald David. Ninety five varieties are planted on the Gavin farm as the Industrial Park hosts a broad exhibit and entertainment lineup from a Simplicity Patterns fashion show to cliff climbing and marine displays.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Crawford County
Virgil Butteris
Joe Gavin
Lloyd Toberman
Bernard Pedretti
Donald David
Irvin
La Crosse County Elects New ASC Committee Heads
New ASC committeemen have been elected for La Crosse County communities. Names and towns include Clarence Johnson Bangor Town of Bangor Gordon Miller West Salem Barre Harvey Piske Bangor Burns Edward H Oertel La Crosse Campbell Medary Walter Gilbert Holmen Farmington Roy Servais La Crosse Greenfield Shelby John Raymer West Salem Hamilton La Vera Kleinsmith Holmen Holland Conrad Hanson Onalaska LeRoy Leis Coon Valley Washington ASC committees oversee programs such as Agricultural Conservation feed grain voluntary wheat wool acreage quotas and loans.
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Clarence Johnson
Bangor
Gordon Miller
West Salem
Barre
Harvey Piske
Burns
Edward H. Oertel
la Crosse
Campbell- Medary
Walter Gilbert
Holmen
Farmington
Roy Servais
Greenfield-Shelby
John Raymer
Hamilton
la Vera Kleinsmith
Holand
Conrad Hanson
Onalaska
Town of
LeRoy Leis
Coon Valley
Washington
ASC County
Vernon County ASC Chairmen Are Elected
Vernon County farmers elected new ASC committees and chairmen. Listed chairmen include Clif ford Amberger Bergen Lawrence Anderson Christiana Le land Knapp Arvid Swenson Thomas Mac Donald Charles Bakken Victor Pedretti Rudolph Frank Paul Overson Claude Lebion Raymond Mislivecek Helmer Stueland Norman Uttri Ross Groves Avery Anderson Kenneth Hendrickson Raymond Liska Leif Rusdal Ananias Henry John Hanson Clyde Calhoun Anson Whitestown.
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Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County
ASC
Clifford Amberger
Bergen
Lawrence Anderson
Christiana
Leland Knapp
Clinton
Arvid Swenson
Coon
Thomas MacDonald
Forest
Charles Bakken
Franklin
Victor Pedretti
Genoa
Rudolph Frank
Greenwood
Paul Overson
Hamburg
Claude Lebion
Harmony
Raymond Mislivecek
Hillsboro
Helmer Stueland
Jefferson
Norman Uttri
Kickapoo
Ross Groves
Liberty
Avery Anderson
Stark
Kenneth Hendrickson
Sterling
Raymond Liska
Union
Leif Rusdal
Ananias Henry
Webster
John Hanson
Wheatland
Clyde Calhoun
Whitestown
Jackson County NFO Meeting Set for Aug 21
TOMAH Wis The Jackson County NFO will meet at 8 p.m. Saturday Aug 21 at the fair grounds in Tomah.
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Tomah
Wis
Jackson County Nfo
Fairgrounds
Trempealeau ASC elects new chairmen across county
WHITEHALL Wis New ASC committee members and chair men have been elected in Trempealeau County Community committee chair men are Howard Lardahl Albion Wilfred Breska Arcadia Raymond Sokolosky Burnside Clarence Brenegen Caledonia Wendall Burt Chimney Rock Lawrence Losinski Dodge and Bennett Evenson Ettrick Norval Anderson Gale Laurie Berg Hale Clarence Schaef er Lincoln Odell Borreson Pigeon Ernest J Johnson Preston William Paulson Jr Sumner Ralph H Nichols Trempealeau and Perry Berg Unity
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Whitehall
Wis
ASC
Trempealeau County
Howard Lardahl
Albion
Wilfred Breska
Arcadia
Raymond Sokolosky
Burnside
Clarence Brenegen
Caledonia
Wendall Burt
Chimney Rock
Lawrence Losinski
Dodge
Bennett Evenson
Ettrick
Norval Anderson
Gale
Laure! Berg
Hale
Clarence Schaefer
Lincoln
Odell Borreson
Pigeon
Ernest J. Johnson
Preston
William Paulson Jr
Sumner
Ralph H. Nichols
Trempealeau
Perry Berg
Unity
Exposition set for Eau Claire Wisconsin fair grounds
The 25th Annual Northwestern Wisconsin Junior Livestock Exposition will be held at the Eau Claire County Junior Fair Grounds on August 25 and 26. The schedule includes entries open at 7 a.m., lamb and beef/ swine on grounds, judging contests, barrow and steer judging, a banquet, and a final auction sale of beef calves lambs and barrow with champions sale at 12:45 p.m.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Eau Claire County
Juneau County ASC elects new committees and chairs
Mauston Wisconsin Juneau County ASC voters elected new committees and committee chairmen. Named chairs include Irving Larson Armenia Kingston Finley Merle Jensen Clearfield Fred Christensen Cutler Elsmere Johnson Fountain Jim Vollmer Germantown Marion James Senzig Kildare Mike Powers Lemonweir Louis Brux Lindina Harold Schultz Lisbon Edward Dees Lyndon Arthur Siegler Necedah Phillip Stickney Grange Anton Housner Plymouth Jerome Anglim Seven Mile Creek Carl Dogs Sr Summit Edwin Fields Wonewoc.
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Mauston
Wis
ASC
Juneau County
Irving Larson
Armenia-Kingston- Finley
Merle Jensen
Clearfield
Fred Christensen
Cutler
Elsmere Johnson
Fountain
Jim Vollmer
Germantown
Marion
James Senzig
Kildare
Mike Powers
Lemonweir
Louis Brux
Lindina
Harold Schultz
Lisbon
Edward Dees
Lyndon
Arthur Seigler
Necedah
Phillip Stickney
Grange
Anton Housner
Plymouth
Jerome Anglim
Seven Mile Creek
Carl Dogs Sr
Summit
Edwin Fields
Wonewoc
Houston County DHIA elects new officers in Caledonia
Ted De Witt of R 2 Caledonia was elected chairman of the Houston County DHIA. Other officers include Howard Haugstad Spring Grove as vice chairman Lester Wiegrefe Caledonia as secretary treasurer and Jerome Frank Caledonia as financial secretary.
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Caledonia
Minn
Ted de Witt
Houston County
DHIA
Howard Haugstad
Spring Grove
Lester Wiegrefe
Jerome Frank
Explore New Areas For Dairy Goods
University of Wisconsin analysis urges U S dairy farmers to seek markets beyond foreign buyers to reduce surpluses. Graf notes drought, cattle declines, and grain price ties could curb exports, while Public Law 480 payments and global nutrition demand offer mixed prospects. He cautions against overreliance on exports as a cure-all and stresses overall program costs.
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U.S
Truman Graf
University of Wisconsin
Graf
Europe
Economist
United States
Spooner State Sheep Day Set at UW Spooner Farm
The 13th Spooner State Sheep Day in Spooner Wisconsin focuses on progress and research in the sheep industry. University specialists and industry leaders discuss latest research, exhibit new equipment and parasite control methods, and present producers with a report summarizing recent U.S. sheep research.
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Spooner
Wis
University of Wisconsin
United States
Monroe County Century Farm Operators Honored
At the state fair Sparta Wisconsin honors two century farms in Monroe County. The Leverich family on a 133 acre farm and the Olson family on a 130 acre farm are recognized for farms held by the same families for more than 100 years. Other area century farms from Juneau La Crosse Trempealeau and Vernon counties were also named on Recognition Day.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
J. Earl Leverich
Robert
Angelo
Mary Olson
Town of
Leon
Leverich
Hamilton
Elizabeth Smith
New York State
James S. Leverich
Edward Leverich
Edward
James
J. Earl
Olson
Herbert Olson
John Olson
William E. Fales
John Jr
John
Mary
Kenneth
Charles F. Blackburn
Raymond Cleaver
Thomas Wright
Juneau County
Wenzel
Marie Koula
Howard
Alice Stark
la Crosse County
Ole Sylfest
Trempealeau County
Earl Kvale
Elsie Larson
Earl Leisso
Vernon County
New Princess Kay to Attend Butter Beauty Dairy Round at Minnesota State Fair
Butter Beauty duties at the fair begin with the crowning of Princess Kay of the Milky Way. The sculp contest will show 11 finalists in butter likenesses at the Dairy Building. Finalists arrive Aug 25 for three days of judging before coronation Aug 28.
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Princess Kay
University of Minnesota
Donald
Twin Cities
Clovia House
St. Paul
Princess Kay of the
Janice Swanson
Mentor
Donna Johnson
Pine City
Mary Ann Turud
Clarissa
Lynda Schumann
Rice
Judy Pothen
Murdock
Korell Kreykes
St. Peter
Lee Ann Kohnen
Loretto
Peggy Snook
Four Structures Completed in Root River Area
Four structures have been completed this year in the Root River Soil and Water Conservation District per conservationist Harold Dineen. Ponds and structures were built for Armin Schutte meier and Donald Norgard of Spring Grove, Edward Dvorak and Sons, and Donald Torgerson of Houston, with more expected before the season ends.
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Caledonia
Minn
Root River
Beeves Sell At 4-H Sale In Allamakee Fair
Fifty six beeves sold at the Allamakee County Fair 4-H baby beef sale in Waukon Iowa. The average price was 27.61 per hundredweight. Grand champion Angus owned by Duane Leppert sold for 43 per cwt. Reserve champion owned by John Rosenbaum sold for 29.50 per cwt. Millicks top pen of sheep drew 30 while Osterholz top pen of hogs brought 39 per cwt.
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Waukon
Iowa
Allamakee
Duane Leppert
John Rosenbaum
Shirley Millick
Kenneth Osterholz
Graded Dairy Cattle Sale Set In Sparta
Sparta Wisconsin hosts a 1965 graded dairy cattle sale at 11 a.m. Friday August 27 at Sparta Equity Sales Market. Breeders may contact Equity Sales Market or the county extension office by August 24 to consign cattle.
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Sparta
Wis
Sparta Equity Sales Market
Equity
Blair Poultry Egg and Crop Show Set at Blair
Blair Wis The 27th annual Blair Egg and Cheese Festival runs September 10 12 with the poultry egg and crop show in the rear of Preston Town Hall Exhibits may be entered on opening day starting at noon and judged starting 10 a m Saturday Agriculture instructor David Schaefer and the FFA Chapter oversee the event
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Blair
Wis
Preston Town Hall
David Schaefer
FFA
Nutmeg is the dried fruit of the nutmeg tree
The dried fruit of the nutmeg tree is mace wrapped around the kernel, used as a spice in cooking.
Blue Ribbon Winners At State Fair
Sparta Wisconsin entries claim top honors in cattle swine and sheep divisions with Arvid Nilsestuen of Cashton leading senior showmanship in the Jersey breed and placing in the grand championship. Linda Pettis and others from Sparta Tomah Camp Douglas and Kendall win multiple blue ribbons across Guernsey Holstein Hampshire Duroc and Corriedale classes.
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Sparta
Wis
Arvid Nilsestuen
Cashton
Jersey
Linda Pettis
Guernsey
Mike Betthauser
Tomah
Holstein
Dan Jacobs
Tom Zastoupil
Monroe County
Arthur Tralmer
Camp Douglas
Poland
China
Jim Gerke
Chester White
Barrow
Bob Gerke
Chester White Boar
Sill Steinhoff
Hampshire
Dan Rattle
Duroc
Dan Steihl
Duroc Barrow
Joanne
Dale Woodliff
Kendall
Dale
Arvid
Monroe County ASC Elections Reported in Sparta Wis
Monroe County committee chairs named including Gail Chapman Adrian Loraine Tichenor Angelo La Fayette Anton Olson Byron Scott Rol and Hansen Clifton David Murray Glendale Fred Meyer Grant Lincoln Thomas Liddane Greenfield La Grange Clarence Schroeder Jefferson Lyle Matson Leon James Wegner Little Falls New Lyme Arden Hoefs Oakdale Kenneth Olstad Portland Norman Neu mann Ridgeville Norbert Vieregge Sheldon Cecil Meyer Sparta John Bartels Tomah George Haney Wellington Allyr Shea Wells Bernard Steinhoff Wilton.
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Sparta
Wis
ASC
Monroe County
Gail Chapman
Adrian
Loraine Tichenor
Angelo la Fayette
Anton Olson
Byron Scott
Roland Hansen
Clifton
David Murray
Glendale
Fred Meyer
Grant Lincoln
Thomas Liddane
Greenfield-La Grange
Clarence Schroeder
Jefferson
Lyle Matson
Leon
James Wegner
Little Falls
New Lyme
Arden Hoefs
Oakdale
Kenneth Olstad
Minnesota State Fair Opens Its 104th Run This August
The Minnesota State Fair opens for the 104th time on Saturday August 28, beginning a 10 day run through Labor Day September 6. The fair began in 1855 and has grown from a two day event with under $2,000 premiums to a 1965 record of $284,341.35 in premiums. The fair occupies Ramsey County's 200 acre site in Falcon Heights and is valued at over $55 million in real estate and plant.
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Minnesota
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Ft. Snelling
Rochester
Red Wing
Winona
Owatonna
Minnesota State Agricultural Society
Ramsey County
Falcon Heights
Twin Cities
Richland County 4-H Delegates to National Meet
Vicki Mullen dore and Jerry Johnson have been selected to represent Richland County at the 4-H National Convention in Washington, D.C. The pair, active 4-H members from Viola and Richland Center, plan to travel by chartered bus August 27 and return by September 5.
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Viola
Wis
Vicki Mullendore
George Mullendore
Jerry Johnson
Richland Center
Richland County
Washington, D.C
Vicki
Kickapoo High School
Junior Leaders Association
Uphan Woods
Wisconsin Dells
EUB
G.A.A
Jerry
Fillmore County 4-H Club Livestock Auction Totals Revealed
Preston Minnesota report: two hundred ninety one animals sold at the Fillmore County 4-H Club livestock auction. Sales reached $29,541.17 with 53 steers 191 barrows 38 sheep and 19 pens of poultry sold.
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Preston
Minn
Fillmore County
4-H Club
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