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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1946
Page
7
A Middle West Soil Improvement committee says farmers will see about 23 billion dollars in cash returns from 1946 harvests, with total farm income likely 10 percent above 1945. It notes soil rehabilitation is crucial due to nitrogen, phosphorus and potash depletion and that fertilizer investments yield high crop value returns.
Janet Burns of Soldiers Grove Wisconsin dies at age five from suspected diphtheria after being called from Viola. Knapp Creek school closes. Peter Fuos, 78, of Caledonia Minnesota dies after months of illness. Funeral plans set with St. Peter's Church and local funeral homes. burial in Calvary Cemetery.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower is in Pratt General Hospital Coral Gables Florida for a month of rest and treatment for bursitis in his left shoulder. He arrived last night with Mrs Eisenhower and his military aides. The article notes the Suez crisis had the government resuming control of all essential services.
Mothers apply warming Vicks VapoRub to throat chest and back at bedtime for instant soothing relief that lasts hours. Many children wake without the worst misery of the cold by morning, according to the ad promoting the one and only Vicks VapoRub.
The Agriculture Department says farm prices in the next three months may average five to ten percent below the mid October peak. Receipts from marketing show a ten percent rise over 1945, with livestock and crop incomes up about five and sixteen percent respectively.
Milton H. Button announces a dairy laws advisory committee with first meeting December 19 at 10 am in the senate parlors at the state capitol. The panel will discuss current laws and potential amendments to maintain leadership in the dairy industry, with members from multiple Wisconsin cities and college representatives.
The Wisconsin Association of Fairs will hold its annual meeting January 7 and 8 at the Hotel Schroeder in Milwaukee. President Charles B. Drewry of Marinette announced plans for the 1947 county fair season, with a banquet on January 8 and circuit meetings on fair exhibits and attractions. Officers and directors include Drewry, Seyforth, Curran, Brown, Eldridge, Johnson, and Kalbus.
The 47th international stock exposition in Chicago crowned champions across species and classes. Wheat queen Amy Kelsey Erickson of Canada led the field, with Newton L. Halushville Indiana as corn king and Thomas E. Fischer of Shelbyville Indiana as corn prince. Other titles went to Vernon Ely Mason City Illinois for cornduke and George J. Sauerman Crown Point Indiana as hay king. Wallace Thompson Nash North Dakota topped barley, Gordon Mere Stagner Ontario Canada led oats, A C Douglas Chippewa Ontario Canada for field peas, Emil Marshall Bad Axe Michigan for field beans, H L Stiegelmeier Normal Illinois for soybeans. Grand champions included Royal Jupiter, a shorthorn steer from Oklahoma A&M. Purdue Model 10th, a light-weight Hampshire hog from Purdue University. Southdown lamb as grand wether. Phyllis Bonnater Keswick Iowa as junior steer with A C shorthorn.
Farmers begin surveying hog production for fall and 1947 plans as the crop reporting service of Wisconsin and the United States departments of agriculture administers a nationwide pig survey. About 12 000 Wisconsin farmers receive question cards while rural mail carriers aid in data collection. The program has yielded highly complete and accurate reports in past years.
Fifty eight dairy plant operators directors and fieldmen met at the Whitehall court house to review minimum requirements and price differentials for a quality milk program. A prior committee read a proposed list of minimums and agreed to forward it to Madison for consideration. John J. Taylor and T. C. Main led the meeting.
Wisconsin milk production is forecast to exceed 1945 by nearly 250 million pounds, marking the highest output on record. November production stood at 887 million pounds, down 2 percent from a year ago, with December also expected to dip slightly. Dairy cow prices in November averaged 166 dollars per head, up 26 dollars from last year as prices rise amid high feed costs and strong herd feeding rates.
La Crosse County farmers fight rats seen as wasteful foes consuming vast food stocks. County agent Emil J. Schiesser notes losses from waste and pollution exceed edible consumption, with 350 pound Red Squill poison packaged for rural schools to curb infestations. One pound may poison multiple farms. poison placed near buildings drives rats away.
Trempealeau county farmers expanded conservation work this fall with 1340 acres of contour strip cropping on 108 cooperators. Technicians from the U S soil conservation service assisted, while additional practices included 51 acres field strip cropping 72 acres pasture renovation 40 acres contour cultivation 2075 feet diversion dikes and 2000 feet drainage ditches. An overall plan targets more farms next year as 1019 acres of contour strip cropping were already established on 60 farms this season.
In La Crosse the U S Soil Conservation Service will host a three week training for twenty eight conservation aides from eight upper Mississippi valley states. The course trains aides to revise and update farm conservation plans using the latest methods. These workers bring 190 years and five months of combined service and extensive farming backgrounds. The program runs until spring as the SCS training center.
Houston County Co op selects a signing committee at Caledonia meeting on November 29 to join the Vernon County Cooperative Breeders association at Westby Wisconsin. Nearly 1000 cows already signed for artificial breeding. life membership fee set at five dollars and breeding fee five dollars per cow.
The 47th International Livestock Exposition in Chicago closed after exhibitors from 35 states and Canada earned nearly 2 million dollars in prizes and sales. Attendance topped 400,000, equaling the 1941 pre war record. Illinois led with 48 championships and 104 first places, while top prices were set for grand champion steer and junior champion entries.
An examination for candidates desiring a license to practice veterinary medicine will be given Dec. 20 and 21 at the state capitol in Madison. The exam is conducted by the state board of veterinary examiners. Candidates must be graduates from AVMA approved colleges and at least 21 years old.
Albert Scherr reports a three row Norway and Scotch pine shelterbelt along a Caledonia township road, planted in 1941 to shield crops from dry west winds and prevent soil blowing. Despite modest height, last winter showed reduced snow and wind damage, cutting winter maintenance costs.
Wisconsin dairyman George Werner says the cow itself should judge her hay intake. Farmers once used a fixed rule of two pounds per hundred pounds of body weight or one of hay plus three of silage. Dairymen now favor letting cows eat all the green leafy hay they will clean up in two or three feedings daily to avoid waste.
George W. Schaller, chairman of the La Crosse county agricultural conservation committee, urged farmers to vote in farm program committeemen elections now underway. Elections in Bangor Barre Burns Campbell Farmington Greenfield Hamilton Onalaska Holland Shelby Washington will select three regular members and two alternates per community. A delegate will join the county convention to pick the three member county committee.
Milan Cox announces 1:30 p m meetings across Trempealeau county for agricultural conservation committee program committeemen elections. Dates include December 9 Pleasantville, December 11 Albion and Caledonia areas, December 12 Independence and Dodge, December 13 Chimney Rock Ettrick Pigeon Falls, December 14 Galesville Blair Preston, December 16 Osseo Sumner Trempealeau Strum Unity.
Washington officials suggest an extra year of government price supports could exceed one billion dollars for farmers if World War II ends after January. The move would keep measures in place and may extend power under the Smith Connally act and draft authority, with parity rules guiding prices through 1949 and potential surpluses risking higher prices.
The Gays Mills FHA chapter elected its officers. President Delana Borge dahl, vice president Ardis Swangstu, secretary Joanne Ruet ten, corresponding secretary Alyce Calkins, treasurer Betty Jennings, historian Aveline Haskins, assistant historian Pauline Foss, parliamentarian Colleen Starkey, reporter Mildred Stevenson. Buy Savings Bonds.
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