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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1960
Page
11
Morten son argues that U S turkey processing facilities in 13 midwestern states must remodel and expand to meet demand. He notes rapid shift to New York dressed ready to cook birds and widespread use of quick freezing, with bottlenecks in freezer capacity and storage limiting production.
Prairie du Chien Wis Three Crawford County farmers earned top DHIA owner sampler records Joe Kane Soldiers Grove Wis herd average 466 pounds butterfat Clarence Ahrens Prairie du Chien 430 pounds William Peterson Eastman 476 pounds butterfat Records come from owner sampler program with monthly milking day sampling weighed by DHIA staff and tested at Vernon Crawford Laboratory Westby Wis County plans to expand herd testing and invites interested dairy farmers to contact DHIA fieldman Mrs Chris Anderson Westby or the County Extension Office Prairie du Chien.
Chairman Earl Jacke of the La Crosse County ASC urges wool growers who marketed lambs this fall to keep detailed sales records for 1960-61 wool program payments. Records must show buyer name, buyer signature, fiveweight lambs sold, and unshorn status. payments depend on ownership 30 days or more and weight gain. End of next April is the filing deadline. file at home or with the county ASC office.
Wisconsin's dairy herd of about four million shows markedly better health. Brucellosis has fallen to four one-hundredths of a percent, while tuberculosis reactions have dropped to four-tenths of one percent, amid ongoing ring tests. Mastitis remains the major challenge, with emphasis on herd-owner education.
Wisconsin farmers received milk at $3.85 a hundred pounds in November the highest for the month since 1952. Prices for eggs rose to 46 cents a dozen from 27 cents last year while farm chicken averaged 11 cents a pound. Hog prices edged down from October but November averaged $15.80 per hundredweight with beef cattle calves sheep and lambs also below last fall.
Prairie du Chien Wis Virgil A Butteris Crawford County agent announces two sheep shearing schools in February The Madison campus Livestock Pavilion hosts Feb 6 7 with dormitory for overnight stay The Spooner branch experiment station farm hosts Feb 9 10 with an evening program on handling and management The schools aim to train 16 year olds and older to become better shearers and improve the sheep business Butteris notes the enterprise can return five to six thousand dollars annually from a 300 ewe flock and that many attend again the same year.
Monroe County Junior 4 H Club Leaders Agsn will hold a toboggan party at the Gilbert Schultz farm four miles west of Tomah on Highway 16 Wednesday evening December 2 if snow. If there is no snow a dance will be held at the American Legion Hall in Tomah.
Two Holsteins from local herds were among 29 Wisconsin cattle shipped to Peru. Alex Bisiak of Cajamarca bought a heifer from Floyd Jones of Bangor and Mariano Ramos of Lima bought a heifer from James Martin of Lone Rock.
Monroe County Dairy Herd Improvement Association met in Sparta with Anthony Sousek reporting on high producing cows and herds. The Floyd Jones Bangor Holstein herd led with 461 pounds butterfat on 12 months, followed by Roy Jacobs Sparta Guernseys at 458. Princess, a Markham Carlisle operation Guernsey, yielded 11,015 pounds milk with 603 butterfat in 305 days. The association lists 135 herds on test and 3,696 cows tested. Bernard Reinks and Ivan Radke were reelected to the board.
The 16th annual National Barrow Show will be in Austin Minnesota from September 12 to 15 1961. The event is dubbed the World Series for swine and was confirmed by the National Association of Swine Records with Austin committee approval in Chicago.
Federal personnel guard Great Lakes ports to curb pests threatening Midwest crops. Chambers and O Keeffe warn that ships and cargo arriving via the Seaway require strict screening to prevent insects and diseases from entering Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Vernon County wool producers received 7231.84 in incentive payments for shorn wool and 1277.50 for unshorn lambs under the Wool Payment Program. The average payment was 62.89 for wool and 315.97 for unshorn lambs. Of 115 shorn wool recipients, 8 earned unshorn lamb payments. National totals show 6927 producers got 330,879.38 for shorn wool and 3476 producers got 64,784.67 for unshorn lambs.
Strip tillage offers a $3 to $6 per acre saving and equal or better yields than conventional tillage. A 3 wheel rotary hoe creates narrow 5 to 7 inch seedbed strips with undisturbed soil between, improving root space and fertilizer efficiency in corn. Ohio State extension agronomist Dr. Gordon Ryder notes yield gains and comparable stand in varied soils.
Wisconsin cattlemen attend a special Beef Cattle Clinic at the University of Wisconsin stock pavilion on Thursday December 29. Morning sessions begin 8 30 a m with demonstrations on foot trimming clipping horn training washing and showing cattle. Afternoon discussions cover herd management beef feeding and health topics including vaccination parasite control bloat prevention and foot rot treatment. A beef barbecue will be held at noon. The event is sponsored by the Wisconsin Beef Breeders and Feeders Association and the university.
Gilbert Van Haden of Blair was elected secretary treasurer of the Western Wisconsin Quality Fieldmen's Association at the Mondovi annual meeting. Walter Everson of Blair was named vice president and Miles Wheeler of Whitehall was elected president.
CHICAGO Ill Four 4H club dairymen and one adult project leader from the Coulee Region attended the national 4H dairy conference in Chicago. The group included David McClurg Gays Mills Harold Stibbe Richland Center Conrad Nehls La Crosse and Dennis Gjerseth Alma Center with Thomas Barrett Camp Douglas Juneau County dairy project leader.
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