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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1949
Page
9
Verlyn F. Sears of the state agriculture department warns dairy patrons to file claims within 30 days of written notice of payment failure and to cash milk checks promptly. He urges monitoring the plant operator's bi annual security report and trustee reports if the security is held in trust.
Osseo Wisconsin hosts a two day junior fair for active youth in Trempealeau Eau Claire and Jackson counties. The event sponsored by local organizations runs Friday and Saturday with livestock entries judged clothing dairy cattle and showmanship contests and a 3 30 parade. Exhibits may be removed after 4 pm Saturday.
Calendar listings show a sequence of 4-H club meetings and county fairs across counties in August and September. Events include 4-H gatherings at various club homes and town halls, plus fairs at Postville Caledonia Trempealeau Crawford Galesville and others with dates from Aug 30 to Sept 11. Local clubs include Monroe Daggett Herald Caledonia Osseo Busy Burr Oakers and more.
Report notes about twenty five million people visit zoos yearly while discussions consider impact on conservation education and urban recreation amid growing attendance and promotional efforts by zoological societies.
The University of Wisconsin education library asked for six soil conservation pamphlets prepared by Trempealeau County and the county extension, soil conservation service, and board, used in 1949 conservation courses. The county agent supplied related texts and 80 copies of Practice Conservation Renovate Now for pasture renovation meetings across Trempealeau County.
Farmers in Fillmore County hold 223,872 bushels of 1948 corn under government loans and purchase agreements, according to final totals for the 1948 loan period ending June 30 reported by AAA committee chairman Harry O. Wicks.
Trempealeau county fair season opens with the Osseo 4-H fair on Sept 2 and 3, as premium lists are issued. Subsequent events include the Trempealeau county fair in Galesville Sept 8 to 11, Independence school fair Sept 23, Blair Egg festival Sept 23–25, Arcadia fair Sept 30 and Oct 1. Also noted are Aug 31 soil erosion station tour by Pigeon Flyers 4-H and Aug 30 calf demonstration by Ray Shanklin, assistant county agent.
The loan rate for 1949 oats is set at 67 cents per bushel. Oats must be No 3 or better and stored in a bin 30 days before inspection. Loans and purchase agreements run through January 31, 1950 with a 1 cent service fee. Interest is 3 percent and due April 30, 1950. Settlement can be by delivery of oats after April 30, 1950 or payment of loan plus interest.
A full day Juneau county soil conservation field day on the John Lange farm between Union Center and Wonewoc on highway 33 includes a contour plowing contest. Planned by Leo Schaefer Charles Livingston and area farm implement dealers the event features a tree planting demonstration field diversion terrace construction pasture renovation and a plowing contest with entries limited to one per company and judged on multiple criteria.
Sparta Wisconsin residents learn that Acting County Agent M. C. Gilman has secured one ton of grasshopper poison bait from La Crosse county. The bait is available for local farmers to help control a grasshopper outbreak in the area.
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