Better Grass Contest Aims To Boost Grassland Farming
The University of Wisconsin grassland farming committee and sponsor groups announced a 1950 contest to promote better grass for low cost livestock feed. It features county and farmer divisions with general and progress classes, area and state awards, and repeats in 1951 following the New England Better Pastures model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Extension Workers
Grassland Farming Committee
University of Wisconsin
F. W. Burcalow
Burcalow
Wisconsin
New England
Yule Trees Add Up To Guess
Facts about Christmas trees show the United States produces about 21 million trees yearly. National forests provide around one million, with roughly 100000 acres of woodland devoted to growing trees. Balsam fir and Douglas fir lead demand, followed by several other species.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
United States
Clayton County Gets Tax Credit Checks
Clayton County auditor Lyle Moe announced that checks for the agriculture land tax credit for 1946 47 have been received but cannot be issued to farmers until three years of back lists are checked. The work is extensive and with current tax duties, fast mailings to farmers before spring are unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcgregor
Clayton County
Lyle Moe
Moe
Clayton Farm Land Valuations Cut In Clayton County
The Iowa safe tax commission reduced Clayton county farm land and building valuations by 10 percent for 1949 taxes due in 1950. Townland and buildings remain at current assessed values. County Assessor Merrill Smith announced the action as part of statewide equalization. An unrelated note mentions a University of Wisconsin scientist isolating an antibiotic with strong bacteria growth inhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcgregor
Ila
Iowa Safe Tax Commission
Clayton County
Merrill Smith
Alfred Johnson Re elected Monroe PMA Head
Alfred Johnson of Little Falls was re elected chair man of the Monroe county production and marketing administration by newly elected community committeemen at the courthouse. Several regular and alternate committeemen were reelected or named for towns including Sparta Tomah and Rockland with numerous alternates listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Johnson
Little Falls
Monroe
PMA
Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
Court House
Will H. Rasmussen
Tomah
August Hering
F. William Gasper
Rockland
Orald D. Hail
Adrian
Angelo
Edward A. Giraud
William C. Roeske
Albert F. Wagner
Miles G. Westpfahl
Allen R. Schultz
LeRoy E. Snowberry
Byron
Scott
Anton C. Olsen
John A. Lareen
Emil N. Anderson
Aaron Jensen
Theodore Olsen
Clifton
Vern BR. Judevine
Charles E. Mistele
Adolph R. Eberhart
Lioyd Adrian
John A. Graf
Grendale
Elmer G. Bradley
John G. Lange
Phillip P. Dwier
Melvin A. Fauska
Vincent W. Wildes
Jefferson
Henry B. Leis
John Pepper
Robert W. Mavel
Mike Frederick
Leonad Geier
la Fayette
Herbert Ware
Clinton Betts
William Ebert
Glen Kenyon
Kenneth Vieth
la Grenge
Greenfield
Clarence E. Skogen
D. Hall
Alvin J. Stelter
Alan L. Betthauser
Roland Clar
Leon
Harold C. Woolley
Berry E. Hendersim
Herman W. Gilbertson
Elmer Peterson
Lyle Matson
Lincoln and
Grant
John F. Rowan
Herold C. Randall
Herbert E. Wildes
Charl Keene
Donald McParlane
the Falls
New Lyme
Wade H. Pratt
Louis N. Anderson
Herman J. H. Merow
William J. Follendord
Donald B. Smith
Dakd
Adolph E. Prochnow
J. W. Blackey
Loy A. White
John J. Feidbruegge
Edwin W. Hubbard
L. T. Brieske
W. W. McCoy
Harry Vieth
Sparte
Ceril L. Meyer
Lyle Tripp
Oswald Hughes
Norman E. Root
Kermit Peterson
Fred W. Noth
Eldon P. Noth
Roger Wood
Mike J. Linehan
Arthur F. Wagner
Wellington
Henry G. Brandau
Elmer Brandau
Andrew H. Witt
Walter Stratman
Lee Stenerson
Wells
Melchett E. Schwarte
Tony Zeteler
Quintin Sullivan
Lewis Deichier
Cornelius Sullivan
Witten
George A. Steinhoff
Charles G Stark
Reuven
State Trees Distributed 7.2 Million This Year
State nurseries distributed 7,215,949 trees for Wisconsin planting this year. The cumulative total since 1926 reaches 69,913,729 trees, with about 4.5 million sold to farmers, nearly two million given free to 4 H members and for schools and communities, and the remainder planted in industrial forests. Since 1926, over 14 million trees have been distributed free and more than 55 million sold to farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Caledonian Attends FB Youth Sessions
Caledonia Rural Youth president Leroy Eikens attended the American Farm Bureau federation gathering in Chicago December 10 to 15 and led the national Rural Youth extempo talk meet. Minnesota's Harvey Dale Maruska of Marshall County placed second in the Midwest region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Eikens
Caledonia
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Minnesota
Harveydale Maruska
Marshall County
Midwest
Allamakee Sets Training School for 4-H Leaders
A training school for 4-H officers and leaders from Allamakee county will be held in the Waukon courthouse assembly room on Tuesday December 27 at 1 15 p m. County club assistant Robert Kenney announced the session aims to teach meeting conduct business procedure parliamentary rules and officer duties with demonstrations on poorly run meetings and proper methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allamakee County
Decorah
Waukon Court House
Robert Kenney
Jackson Adds 40 New Soil Cooperators
In 1949 40 Jackson county farms joined soil conservation plans covering 1 169 acres of contour strip cropping their first year. Robert Mosley led with 98 acres of strips followed by Joseph Bohac Jr and Clarence Krueger with 60 acres each. Eight cooperators built 13 275 linear feet of terraces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River Falls
Wis
Jackson County
Joseph D. Zellinger
Soil Conservation Service
Soil Conservation District
Albert Aldach
John Kutchera Jr
Luther Dobson
Floyd R. Olson
Lester R. Johnson
Melvin J. Olson
Albion Township
Raleigh Bue
Gaylord Staffon
T. E. McGrath
Leo Jessie
Joseph Bohac Jr
Kenneth Stennlson
Irvin Galster
Adams
Willard Osgood
Raymond Rodenberg
Clifford M. Johnson
Clarence Krueger
Kenneth Witte
North Bend
Albert Helen
Lawrence Kaas
Clifford Solberg
Martin L. Olson
Helmer Syverson
Northfield
Charles Jankus
Victor Evenson
Charles Tucker
Irving
Norman Blaken
Morris B. Johnson
Mel
Robert Mosley
Garden Valley
Zellinger
Tax Reports Coming Up For Farmers In 1949
Farmers must file returns and pay by January 31 or pay estimated tax by January 15. Final return and payment due March 15. A special circular 12, Farmer's 1949 Income Tax, provides help. I. F. Hall of the University of Wisconsin chaired the committee preparing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Central State Colleges of Agriculture
I. F. Hall
University of Wisconsin
USDA Tobacco Specifications for Havana Seed Types 53 54 55
Continuation of tentative standard grade specifications for farmers peckings of Havana seed tobacco types 53 54 55 issued by the U S Department of Agriculture and Marketing Administration outlines stripper crop run and farm filler grades C group X group and Y group with tolerances for injury undersize waste and foreign matter and defines U S grades Cl C2 C3 X1 X2 X3 X4 XI Y1 Y2 Y3 and Y1 Y2 Y3 as applicable to various quality levels and filler content
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
U. S. Department of Agriculture, Production and Marketing Administration
la Crosse Tribune
U. S
Tri-State Breed Associations Name Directors and Hold Meetings
Last week three Minnesota county meetings nominated directors Frank McNelly Houston Robert Thorson Fillmore and George Hass Winona with Alban Sordahl Sherrin Pratt and Ralph Wayne speaking. Delegates and sire committees chosen from Houston Fillmore and Winona counties set stage for final La Crosse gathering January 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Frank McNelly
Houston County
Robert Thorson
Fillmore County
George Hass
Winona
Sessons
Alban Sordahl
Sherrin Pratt
Techniican
Ralph Wayne
Extension Dairyman
University of Minnesota
Edwin Fruechte
Orlein Arneson
Ted Espelien
Richard Albrecht
Bill Ideker
Julius Ernster
Wisconsin Antifreeze Brands Pass State Testing
Since July 1 the state has registered and tested 130 antifreeze brands under the new law. Most are alcohol based, the rest glycols. A few samples failed to meet standards due to injurious ingredients. Operators should verify each brand holds a valid state permit showing registration testing and compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Department of Agriculture
George Warner
Warner
La Crosse Brown Swiss Bulls Sold
Two La Crosse county Brown Swiss breeders sold bulls to local farmers, per Fred S. Lotse secretary of the Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders association Beloit Wis. Alfred Shefelbine Holmen sold Judge Tobe 90679 to Arnold Smikrud Galesville and Frank P Schmidt La Crosse sold Sambo Lad 97758 to Frank Sedevie and Son Coon Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
Fred S. Lotse
Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders’ Association
Beloit
Wis
Alfred Shefelbine
Holmen
Tobe
Arnold Smikrud
Galesvill
Frank P. Schmidt
la Crosse
Frank Sedevie
De Soto Area Farms Harvests Strip Tobacco Crops
De Soto Wisconsin farmers work to strip tobacco crops dried in sheds after a weekend weather event. The activity occurs as crews process leaves for shipment and sale amidst recent conditions impacting the harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Soto
Wis
Santa Carries State Cheese Promotion Expands
Wisconsin dairy program started in 1938 to build markets for cheese. This Christmas more than 60 firms offer gift cheese packages. Don Wilkinson says advertising will reach millions, with cheese sent nationwide and abroad yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
State Department of Agriculture
Wisco
Don Wilkinson
United States
Dairy Regulations Meeting Set Tuesday Evening
A state dairy inspector and Vernon county agent Jerome Reidy will interpret new dairy regulations at a public meeting in the Retreat community hall on Tuesday evening December 20 starting at 8 p.m. The session aims to clarify compliance requirements for local dairy operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viroqua
Wis
Jermoe Reidy
Vernon County
Buffalo County Institutes Set for Four Farm Clinics
Four Buffalo County winter farm institutes are planned with Vern Hendrickson county agent reporting. The program includes a poultry feeding and disease clinic on January 10 with G E Annin C A Brandly and Mortenson. livestock production and marketing with pork veal lamb and beef carcass displays with Ike Hall and James Lacey. hay and silage with Vic Burcalow and George Werner. and a farm building clinic with E G Bruns William Roper and C H Neitzke. A county three pen barn tour is also being planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo County
Vern Hendrickson
G. E. Annim
C. A. Brandly
Mortenson
Ike Hall
James Lacey
Vic Burcalow
George Werner
E. G. Bruns
William Roper
C. H. Neitzke
Farm Building Department
Young Trempealeau Farmer Ends First Year As DHIA Member
Trempealeau county farmer Marshall Nehring of Centerville finishes his first DHIA testing year under supervisor Burton Austad and Thomas Toraason in Whitehall. His herd averages 321.7 pounds butterfat with cows Rose Lady Della and Arbadella of Big Elm producing notable 305 day yields. Nehring aims to raise his herd average through ongoing DHIA testing and herd records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Marshall Nehring
Trempealeau
Trempealeau County
Rose Lady Della
Chief Squire
Marshall
A. E. Nehring
Dhia Co-Operative
Nehring
Average Allamakee Dairy Herd Production Report
The Allamakee Dairy Herd Improvement Association No. 1 shows November averages of 600 pounds of milk and 25.5 pounds of butterfat from 27 tested herds totaling 435 cows in milk and 154 dry. Notable 305 day lactations include Kenneth Schultz with 19,386 pounds of milk and 714.7 pounds of butterfat in Holsteins, Lyle Zieman at 14,171 and 518, and Walter Hagen with 267 days listed among other figures.
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Amakee
Lyle Zieman
Holstein
Walter Hagen
Area Fairs Receive State Aid Increase This Year
State department of agriculture mailed $200,000 in state aid checks to Wisconsin county and district fair secretaries. Premiums totaled $296,237 with $217,864 approved for state aid, reduced 8.2 percent pro rata due to limited funds. Local aides ranged from $1,129 at Elroy to $3,848 at Crosse across ten communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
State Department of Agriculture
Department For State Aid
Crosse
Black River Falls
Elroy
Galesville
Gays Mills
Mauston
Mondovi
Richland Center
Tomah
Viroqua
Praise Iowa Pig Producers Honored for 1949 Awards
Two master swine producers in Iowa Ove Ree Makee township Allamakee county and Harold Hannaman Pleasant township Winneshiek county were named among 1949 masters. The program, sponsored by a radio station and the Iowa Swine Producers association, awards based on pigs saved per sow and feed efficiency. The 25 finalists averaged nine pigs per sow and 1.1 pounds daily gain. Roe’s year included nine sows producing 102 pigs farrowed and 96 weaned, with 10.6 weaned per sow, 198 days to age, 214 pounds per pig, and 1.08 pounds average daily gain.
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Ove Ree
Makee Township
Allamakee County
Harold Hannaman
Pleasant Township
Winneshiek County
Iowa
Iowa Swine Producers Association
State Institutions Herds Produce More Milk Than Private Farms
Madison bureau reports October production from 785 cows across state welfare institutions averaging 34.7 pounds per cow per day. Green Bay reformatory leads with 43.2 pounds daily, boosting the state average to 16.4 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Green Bay
Poultrymen Urged to Include Vital Vitamins in Rations
University of Wisconsin nutritionists show biotin and pteroyl glutamic acid are essential in poultry rations. Omitting pteroylglutamic acid caused egg hatchability to drop to zero in just over four weeks and laying ceased within about eight weeks. Needs only about one half to one part in a million of ration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Wisconsin
Calendar Of Farm Events
Calendar lists scheduled county farm activities across Wisconsin counties. Events include Tri-State Breeders meeting in Vernon Vernon theater at 10:30 a.m. and a Vernon county dairy regulations meeting at Retreat community hall at 8 p.m. Also shows 4-H gatherings and 4-H officer training sessions through December 28 and New Year wishes for January 1, 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon County
Viroqua
Vernon Theater
Franklin Beaverettes
Otis Stockton
Allamakee County
Waukon
Court House
la Crosse County
St. Pat’ S
Wisconsin Home Agents Elect New Officers
Mamie Tillema of Green County was named president of the Wisconsin Home Agents association at the Madison meeting during the extension conference. Vera Hub Portage County became vice president Elizabeth Haberkorn Monroe County secretary Elizabeth Hasslinger Manitowoc County treasurer and Mildred Olson Juneau County historian were also elected. The group voted to continue a scholarship for a deserving senior home economics student. The next meeting is set for Farm and Home week at the University of Wisconsin campus January 30 to February 2.
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Madison
Wis
Mamie Tillema
Green County
Wisconsin Home Agents Association
Vera Hub
Portage County
Elizabeth Haberkorn
Monroe
Elizabeth Hasslinger
Manitowoc County
Mildred Olson
Juneau County
University of Wisconsin
Ebert Wins Best Farmer Award At Sparta FFA Banquet
Roger Ebert 15 year old son of Mr and Mrs William Ebert earned the Best Farmer award for Sparta Future Farmer organization. A Hamilton wrist watch was presented by Don Biel of Water street mill at the high school gym banquet. Three judges scored his farming program on records plan improvement practices and fair exhibitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Ebert
Sparta
FFA
Wis
William Ebert
Sparta Future Farmer Organization
Hamilton
Don Biel
Water Street Mill
John Ness
Tomah
N. M. Rowe
West Salem
Don P. Radd
Community building guides now available at extension office
The county extension office announces new community building guides are now available for residents seeking support and resources. The guides cover leadership, collaboration, and practical steps for local initiatives.
Marshall Plan Boosts Italian Exports in 1949 Eight Months
Rome officials report that western European Marshall Plan countries aided Italy's trade as agricultural exports rose in the first eight months of 1949 versus 1948. Cheese, fruits, vegetables and hemp led gains while wine potatoes and olive oil fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
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Clayton Farm Land Evaluations Down
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Barron
Caledonian
Allamakee
Jackson
Usda Tobacco
Vernon Grant
Lancaster
Fillmore Names
Louis Feiner
Emer Knutson
Clair Hatlebig
Lloyd Forum
Loren Anderson
Ed Hanson
Truman Boyum
Alvin Paulsen
Guernsey
Kent Jacobson
Jersey
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Odin Denstone
Winona County
Lindley Smith
Adolph Miller
Walter Pflughoeft
Don Fort
Leon Henderson
Clarence Bush
Robert Walter
William Martinson
Marlon Schwier
Santa
Buffalo County Institutes
DHIA
Tribune Madison Bureau
Mairy Home Furniture
Hokah
Best Farmer
Robert Anderson
Burton Andrus
Jerry Cody
Edwin Decker
Charles Dickman
Robert Dickman
Franklin Dutton
Lee Roy Erickson
Robert Everson
Bill Mossholder
Ronald Hedrick
Donald Oswald
Ronald Oswald
Donald Powell
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Arian Roesky
Kenneth Schaiver
Marion Schamens
Stuart Sletten
Kenneth Snow
Melvin Tenner
Dewitt Wegner
Robert Aney
Gordon Benedict
Darrel Brown
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Herbert
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Schwier
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Stoughton
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Board of Education
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Sentinel
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Charles Schauf
Pau
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Robt
Preston
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Marshall Plan
Betty Grable
Ferdinand
Vernon
Robert Sterling
Claude Jarman, Jr
Mackie
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