Farm Bureau Plays Role At Convention
At the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation convention P D Hempstead of Houston is state president Walter Fruechte served as Houston County voting delegate Jean Link of the Caledonia Champion Racers 4 H Club submitted the winning safety poster for the younger age group Mr and Mrs Glen A Jostad Brownsville were recognized for the Insurance Agency achievement The Jostads and other local members attended the national convention in Las Vegas New free platbooks are available to county members who paid 1967 dues.
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Caledonia
Minn
Houston County Farm Bureau
Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation
P. D. Hempstead
Houston
Walter Fruechte
Jean Link
Caledonia Champion Racers 4-H
Glen A. Jostad
Brownsville
Houston County Farm Bureau Insurance Agency
Jostads
Dillion Hempstead
Elmer Bunge
New Albia
National Farm Bureau
Las Vegas
County Farm Bureau
Galesville Guernsey Tops Production Record
Galesville Wis scenic Celeste a senior three year old registered Guernsey owned by Leonard M Oines completed an official DHIR actual production record of 12 890 pounds of milk and 595 pounds of butterfat in 305 days with twice daily milking. The testing was supervised by the University of Wisconsin.
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Galesville
Wis
Scenic Celeste
Leonard M. Oines
DHIR
University of Wisconsin
Farm Tax Guide Is Available in Houston County
Free copies of Income Tax Management for Farmers are available at the Houston County extension office per county agent Russell Krech. The guide helps farmers determine taxes and manage finances to avoid high taxable incomes.
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Caledonia
Minn
Houston County
Russell Krech
4 H Leaders Name Heads At Sparta
In Sparta Janelle Nichols of Sparta was elected president of the Monroe County Junior 4 H Club Leaders' Association. Gerald Dunnam Cashton is vice president Donna Poss Tomah secretary Nancy Zimmerman Norwalk treasurer and Shirley Warnke Tomah director. The group toured the Decomet plant and voted to form a chorus for the April 4 H music festival. Emily Amundson Cashton will help lead the chorus. A Christmas party will be at Oakdale Rural Electric building Oakdale on Tuesday December 27 with refreshments.
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Sparta
Wis
Janelle Nichols
Monroe County
Gerald Dunnum
Cashton
Donna Poss
Tomah
Nancy Zimmerman
Norwalk
Shirley Warnke
Northern Engraving Company
Emily Amundson
Oakdale
Suggestions For Preparing Wisconsin Tobacco Crop
Wisconsin tobacco growers receive guidance from cooperatives and buyers on handling and baling practices for the 1966 crop. Recommendations include strong six to eight inch lap bales under 45 pounds, proper twine use, separate baling by quality, avoiding wet or high case tobacco, and thorough curing to ensure sound marketable stock for government loan eligibility.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Francis Haugh
John Polich
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin Announces 1967 Cropland Adjustment Program
Madison reports an initial 2 130 000 dollar allocation for the 1967 Cropland Adjustment Program to reduce surplus crops such as cotton and tobacco and to fund land conservation. Signups began November 14 with payment rates up to 52 cents per bushel for corn and eight cents per pound for tobacco. land removed from production will revert to conservation uses and wildlife habitat.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Leland Mulder
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Mulder
Farm Stored Grain Inspections Urged for Loans
Theodore Piske, La Crosse County ASCS chair, says farmers must inspect stored grain under Commodity Credit Corporation loans. With fewer inspections, farmers bear more responsibility, and final payments depend on grain condition at delivery or payoff. If deterioration threatens loss, notify the county ASCS office immediately to arrange action.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
Theodore Piske
la Crosse County
Piske
ASCS
Boscobel Man Wins Holstein Award
Brattleboro Vermont report notes Kenneth Frankenhoff of Boscobel is among eight Wisconsin registered Holstein breeders who qualified for the Progressive Breeders Award. The honor, the second of its kind for Frankenhoff, is presented by the Holstein Friesian Association of America as the highest recognition for a Holstein breeder.
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Brattleboro
Kenneth Frankenhoff
Boscobel
Wisconsin
Frankenhoff
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
County Man Elected to Wisconsin Farm Bureau Board
Orvis Olson of La Crosse County Farm Bureau has been named to the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation board of directors and will serve as a delegate to the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Las Vegas next week.
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Orvis Olson
la Crosse County
Farm Bureau
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation Board of Directors
American Farm Bureau Federation
Las Vegas
Last Steam Passenger Train Leaves Belgian Line
In October the final steam passenger train arrived at Dendermonde station and was uncoupled marking the end of an era. Belgians railways now run electric or diesel trains with a few freight engines remaining.
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Brussels
UPI
Dendermonde
Electronic Farm Records To Be Topic
Whitehall Wisconsin residents learn about an electronic farm account system that aids management and tax records. Trempealeau County farm families have used it for two years, with monthly and year to date reports and end of year analyses. The Dec. 5 meeting at the courthouse is open to all interested persons.
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Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County
Ed Ausderau
Ausderau
Britain reports first human case of foot and mouth disease
Farmer Bob Brewis, 34, of Yetlington, Northumberland, is identified as Britain's first known human to contract foot and mouth disease. The incident occurred four months ago while he worked on his brother's farm and faced fear that he might be destroyed.
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London
Bob Brewis
Britain
Bob
Brewis
Yetlington
Northumberland
First Human Case of Foot and Mouth Disease in Britain
A northern county faces a foot and mouth outbreak with about 45,000 animals culled. Brewis describes mild symptoms mistaken for flu while hospital tests confirmed the disease in a human, the first such case in Britain in over four decades.
Minnesota Farm Prices Set Record
Minnesota farm prices for November reached the month’s high since 1952, with the mid November index at 92 percent of the 1947-49 base. Prices for crops dairy products and eggs rose versus last year, while livestock prices fell from October and year earlier levels. Hog prices dropped 2.60 per hundred pounds since mid October and were 4.70 below last year. cattle prices slipped 1.30 from October but stayed 2 higher than a year ago.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Prairie Man Named Top Area Farmer
Prairie du Chien Wis Lewis Marsilius 33 received top area farmer honors at a Junior Chamber banquet after being named outstanding young farmer of the year for Crawford County and part of Grant County. He operates a 283 acre farm southeast of Prairie and has expanded his dairy herd from 18 to 40 cows. improvements since 1959 include plumbing, water, furnace, kitchen cabinets, milk equipment, land clearing, silos and barns. Marsilius will enter the state contest in Appleton next year alongside wife Fay and their five children.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Lewis Marsilius
Prairie du
Marsilius
Appleton
Fay
Six 4-H members win nation’s top honors at congress
Six teenagers receive presidential awards and 500 dollar scholarships at the 45th national 4-H Club Congress in Chicago for projects from beautification to citizenship and leadership. Winners include Stevan Pearce Dianne Potter Alicia Johnson Glen Reiner James Fielder Jr Ann Williams.
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Chicago
Lyndon B. Johnson
Stevan Pearce
Hobbs
N.M
Dianne Potter
Valley City
N.D
Alicia Johnson
Jackson
Bel Air
Ann Williams
Greeley
Colo
Johnson
Three Bands to Play in Whitehall Concert
The instrumental department of Whitehall High School will present a concert Saturday December 3 starting at 8 p m The program includes junior high swing and concert bands with a closing portion of traditional Christmas music Open to the public.
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Whitehall
Wis
Whitehall High School
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