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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1922
Page
2
Weather reading shows below normal temperatures and considerable cloudiness across the Great Lakes region. Occasional snow showers are expected in the Mississippi Valley with temperatures near or below normal at week’s start and again toward its end.
November report from the Hillsboro Cow Testing Club shows an increase in milk production. The association lists members and farms, highlighting improved yields and overall progress for the month.
Trempealeau County Agricultural Association held its annual meeting with W. Ti Shearings and Ji R Hawitt among officers. A. Hammer was not placed on the board. Reports praised Holstein herd records, milk and butter outputs, and emphasis on testing to raise paying cows. The Galesville Coasting Co. notes steel warehouse sale progress and lingering inventory from 1922.
Madison report outlines Assemblyman Urick Tohyeon Frederic proposing a farmers pension plan for the coming session. He says funding would come from a state land sale and would support elderly farmers, with emphasis on preserving assets for rural communities. The proposal faces debate over budget impact and scope.
Community gathering at Campbell Hall features a program by La Counts Agricultural Hotti Wulhural and Dalry association with singing, lectures, violin and piano performances, a dramatic presentation, and a communal dinner. Attendees are invited to bring desserts or good things for the table.
The second annual Verity contr poultry show in Viroqua will run December 1 2 and 3. The Poultry Association, led by RB Fisher as president, Bert Cunningham vice president, Mrs James Slogan secretary treasurer, and Claude Gorman and Clayton Wheeler as directors, will stage the event in a Brown block Main street building. Entries close December 12 at 6 pm and will be reprieved if postmarked that day. Prizes include premiums on standard and non standard poultry, with special prizes for association members and local businesses of Viroqua.
Present law and Wisconsin farming power strain call for action. The piece notes 1920 farm stats, dairy output, and rising price gaps between farm and industrial goods. It argues organizing rural districts for social welfare work to combat declines in purchasing power and land value amid changing agriculture. Local organizations urged to act.
A Melrose meeting formed a Stock Sales Club to promote annual stock sales for farmers. Leaders emphasized community benefits and organized plans for future sales. Attendees included Mr Vergeront and Mr Augen Mforl Wits, with officers and directors named. The second annual sale date aimed for October 7th, 192? with preparations noted for farmer participation.
Madison Wis February course invites Wisconsin cheese makers and students to University of Wisconsin Madison for a Swiss cheese making course. Participants will practice hands on production supervised by instructors with translation as needed. Course runs February 5 to 17 under the Southern Wisconsin Cheesemakers and Quirkmons association.
A sale of 200 high grade Guernsey cattle will be held Thursday December 14 in West Salem at the new stock sale pavilion. The lot includes about 154 large cows and heifers, mostly close to fresh, with good flesh and udders. Cattle to be tuberculin tested with papers for shipment to any state. Griswold Sales Manager TOW and George W. Dndley listed among organizers, with Clark and Johnson as auctioneers.
A farmer near Nae Wwanpee reports a rare two headed calf born on Bert Baptist’s farm. One head between the fore legs and the other on the shoulder drew immediate astonishment. Neighbors, who traveled miles, declared it the strangest sight of the year.
Madison Wisconsin is stirred by Selma Damenw age 23 of Fond du Lac owner of Daumrew Manufacturing joining the University of Wisconsin dairy school as an honorary girl student. She attends with blue-eyed resolve as the only female in a class of grimy boiler room research, earning cheers from her male peers while planning to return to her factory to sell dairy equipment.
The January 21 to February 5 period will host the Agricultural Hall gathering in Madison for the annual farmers and stock breeders conference. Merchandising the Mesmers Way Out is the adopted slogan as speakers of national and international reputation prepare programs. State livestock lenders and breeder groups are set to attend, with Ayrshire and Holstein breeds among those represented through the Wisconsin Horse Breeders and Wisconsin Breeders associations.
MadisonWis financing plans for a cooperative marketing organization of Wisconsin tobacco growers near completion A meeting of bankers in Madison Friday assures marketing of the 1922 crop The plan calls for about 14 000 000 pounds of tobacco to be marketed through the pool with about 60 percent of the Wisconsin crop to be pooled Directors report lower grades sold to five large concerns for about 2 000 000 and financing plans nearing completion George Moen resigns as secretary treasurer replacement A C Johnson of Soldiers Grove takes over Burning of registered Jerseys destroys fair barn and pasture in a Sunday fire causing about 0 000 in damage
Wisconsin delegates attend the Milwaukee convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation and Wisconsin Cheesemakers Association as the annual exposition and convention season opens. Proceedings include Wisconsin Horticultural Society sessions in Madison and the Livestock Breeders Association gathering in Madison. Various events set in January include regional tours and breed showcases.
Canadian experts report women play a key role in Ontario dairy development, aiding raw product quality and farm management. Putnam cites Cuba work and local groups, noting over 6,000 women and girls received sewing and cooking guidance. He plans a study of Wisconsin cheese producers to apply lessons at home.
Market review shows wheat up modestly and corn and oats fluctuating as traders react to farm credit talks and Harding’s message. Provisions vary with lard selling from Liverpool houses, freight car shortages hinder wheat shippers, and rising farm prices reflect a slight agricultural improvement per the Department of Agriculture.
Wisconsin holds about ninety thousand acres in pea farming, over six percent of U.S. production, with annual crops near seven million cases. The piece details harvest and cleaning processes, showing peas sorted, blanched, and canned while vines and byproducts feed cattle. It notes J A Hagemarth of Fort Atkinson comments on industry scale and equipment.
Vernon County clubs held a December gathering at Springville school with dinner and a program of community singing. Officers were elected at Retreat Club and a key dinner followed. Members invited to attend next regular meeting and to discuss local lodge plans.
Wisconsin leads annual products exposition with largest show yet. The Milwaukee Auditorium hosts manufacturers and agriculturists December 14 through 20 to display goods and promote Wisconsin quality to the public.
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