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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1950
Page
9
Wisconsin tobacco growers vote Wednesday December 20 to decide on marketing quotas for 1951 and beyond. Ballots list three options including quotas for three years starting 1951 and quotas for 1951 only, with polls open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at numerous townships, villages, and PMA offices across La Crosse, Monroe, Trempealeau, Vernon, and surrounding counties.
A 140 member Houston county 4-H leaders federation met at Caledonia city hall for a game instruction session led by Adeline Ernster Norman Corpstein Armin Korthauer and Mrs Ray Olson. Awards honor outstanding members and top project displays were shown as finals for the Rural Youth and 4-H public speaking contest were announced for Feb 3 in Caledonia auditorium with ages 14 to 25 eligible.
Sparta Wisconsin the Future Farmers of America chapter will hold its annual banquet for parents and faculty members at the high school gym on Wednesday December 20 beginning at 7 15 p m The event marks the group’s yearly gathering and honors contributors to the program.
Calendar of farm events lists tobacco demonstrations sessions from Gays Mills to Rising Sun and Mt. Sterling with times and venues. It includes Holstein breeders meeting in Sparta, FFA and 4 H gatherings, rural youth party in Whitehall, and a Christmas party in Trempealeau county. Also notes a Monroe county tillage meeting and Farm Bureau party in Waukon with a sad summary of 260 corn harvest accidents in Iowa last year.
Farmers in La Crosse County, under George W. Schaller PMA chair, must sign and file 1950 performance records at the PMA office by January 10, 1951. Lime and fertilizer receipts and all proof of performance are due by January 20, 1951.
Wallace Morlien of Westby Wisconsin son of Mr and Mrs Jens Morlien has earned sophomore honors at the University of Wisconsin college of agriculture Dean V E Kivlin announces to qualify a student needs a 225 GPA for the first four semesters and 60 credits Morlien earned a Sears Roebuck foundation scholarship for 4 H and FFA work and was named one of two outstanding freshmen to join the Danforth fellowship program during a leadership camp in Shelby Michigan now a junior he majors in agricultural engineering and belongs to the college community
Richard Campbell extension forester from Iowa State College will spend two days in Allamakee county extension office on December 21 and 22 to answer numerous requests for information on forestry management.
Lester Legrid of the state department of agriculture offers tips to preserve Wisconsin cheese gifts. Store at 50 degrees or lower, cut portions, wax the cut end, wrap in foil or airtight plastic, use two layers of waxed paper, keep the wrapped portion with the cut surface down, freeze for long storage, thaw slowly. Soft cheeses like limburger should be wiped and sealed in a large jar with a tight lid and refrigerated.
Farm and Home week, the university’s largest short course, is scheduled for Jan 30 to Feb 2. J O Christianson says every campus division will open to Minnesota farmers homemakers and townspeople with national speakers. About 175 discussions are planned and last year 2,400 people registered.
Twenty five technicians of the Tri State Breeders cooperative concluded a five session instruction program on salesman ship at the La Crosse Vocational school. Final session began with a dinner at the La Crosse hotel before returning to the school for classwork. J H Kittleson led the instruction covering contacts, motives, product knowledge, service information, objection handling and signing memberships.
A dressed poultry and egg show will be part of Wisconsin Farm and Home week from January 30 to February 2. University poultry specialists and state producers assist in organizing the event open to Wisconsin producers. Entrants may enter broiler, roaster, turkey, and fowl classes along with junior, farm flock, and commercial egg divisions.
Members of the La Crosse county 4 H band will hold their annual holiday party Saturday December 23 at Walt's restaurant in La Crosse starting at 8 PM.
The Illinois poultry council plans a new state law to require handling and grading of eggs. Trevor Jones of Havana says 20 members mapped the plan at a Friday meeting to replace an old law that bans selling only inedible eggs. They note farmers lost about 10 million dollars last year due to a five percent discount. University of Illinois and state agriculture department attended. The bill will go before the 1951 general assembly. The council includes people and organizations tied to egg production and marketing.
FAO dairy? FAO tests show Wisconsin corn hybrids performing well in the Netherlands with yields of 80 to 100 bushels per acre. Dutch farmers may boost corn production eight to tenfold next year. Interest includes an import of about 40 tons of Wisconsin hybrids 240 and 255. Tests began in 1948 with 30 American hybrids in 19 countries and expanded in 1949 with seeds for field trials from multiple agencies and firms.
Viola high school seniors Lee Weber Cecil Miller and John McCumber placed well in the state 4 H metal roofing contest earning prizes from the American Zinc Institute. Weber tied for fourth Miller finished fifth and McCumber sixth for projects involving care repair and maintenance of metal roofs and lightning grounding.
William O. Perdue of Pure Milk Products foresees an acute milk shortage by September 1951 if producer prices stay low. A U S D A hearing in Chicago heard that farmers are moving herd culls, threatening supply. proposals include a year round premium under a base and surplus plan and a 90 cent premium between class I and IV during the emergency period.
The Houston County Dairy Herd Improvement Association reports November results with 592 cows, 153 dry, averaging 19.6 pounds butterfat per cow. Top herds include Julius Ernster 35.1, Reuben Anderson 34.7, Hilary Allen 27.8, and the month’s high cow at 65.1 pounds housed by Martin Schroeder and sons. Some members feed legume silage and express satisfaction.
Ruth Fredrickson a home economics senior at the University of Minnesota receives "The little red oil can" trophy for popularity and achievement at the College of agriculture forestry home economics and veterinary medicine during a Christmas assembly in Coffey Hall on the St Paul campus.
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