Burcalow and Werner Open Institute Season At GM
Agronomist Vic Burcalow and dairy herdsman George Werner of the College of Agriculture extension service open the winter farm institute circuit with talks on hay silage and pasture management. They stress high quality forage, rotational grazing, and the goal of boosting milk checks while saving feed costs. At Gays Mills and Wilton events they demonstrate samples and answer farmer questions with extension staff assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Werner
Center
College of Agriculture
Farm Institute
Gays Mills
Roy Olson
Seneca
Conrad Barnum
Barnum
Kenneth Frye
Rockridge
Harold Clark
The
Soil Conservation Service
Leslie Benson
Viola
C. J., Kuklinski
Winter Farm Institute
Vic Burecalow
College of Agriculture Extension Service
Wilton
Burcalow
Werner
Ed Gorman
Paul Wolske
George Hartman
Extension Service
Fillmore County PMA Reports Busy Loan Year Ahead
Preston Minnesota The Fillmore County PMA office says several corn loans are being completed daily and many farmers await loan processing. The office will close December 26 and those notified to complete loans should do so before that date. Indications point to the 1952 loan program being the county’s largest yet with many on a waiting list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston, Minn
Fillmore County
PMA
Preston
Vernon names new Vernon County 4-H club agent
Alfred Finger of Oconto Falls was hired to fill the Vernon County club agent post vacated by Lester Glewen. Finger, UW miel agriculture graduate 1950, will start January 15 and assist county agent Jerome Riedy with 40 active 4-H clubs and more than 600 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viroqua
Wis
Oconto County
Alfred Finger
Oconto Falls
Vernon County
Lester Glewen
Jersey Acres
Shuilsberg
Finger
University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Oconto
Jerome Riedy
Price Tag On Dairy Cattle Drops $30
The Wisconsin dairy cattle price this fall fell to about $270, down $30 from a year ago. The drop follows a weaker beef market and a near record milk price, with the state agriculture department noting the decline despite strong milk economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Madison Bureau
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin Milk Dealers Elect Weber President at Milwaukee Meeting
Arnold E. Weber vice president and manager of La Crosse Dairy Madison Dairies was chosen president of the Wisconsin Milk Dealers Association at the 17th annual session held in Milwaukee with the Wisconsin Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers. A.C. Fischl Jr. was named vice president. B. D. Brown will serve as secretary and Clinton Hatch as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold E. Weber
la Crosse
Madison Dairies
Wisconsin Milk Dealers Association
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers
A.C. Fischl Jr
Manitowoc
Clinton Hatch
Eau Claire
B. D. Brown
W. C. Winder
University of Wisconsin
Hugh E. McSweeney
Chicago
American Dairy Association
Kenneth Haagensen
Allis Chalmers
Vernon County Tobacco Research Station Sought
Vernon County tobacco grower representatives urge a tobacco research station, possibly at Viroqua, to aid 6000 acres in the county worth 4 to 5 million dollars yearly. A committee of Nygaard Power and others asked the Vernon County Board of Supervisors in February to back the project after noting limited northern access to university research and long farm distances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon County
Viroqua
George Ny- Raard
Northern
Wisconsin Co-operative Tobacco Pool
Ralph Power
Wisconsin Leaf Tobacco Dealers and Growers Association
College of Agriculture
Agricultural Committee
Vernon County Board of Supervisors
Connecticut
Wisconsin
Stock Show Guests from Caledonia Attend Chicago Event
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Muenkel and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wild with children attended the International Livestock Show in Chicago and were guests at the H. C. Foreman home in Caledonia Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia, Minn
Herman Muenkel
Floyd Wild
Chicago
H. C. Foreman
Trempealeau County Homemaker Center Series Opens
Miss Margaret Goodell announces January center meetings on broiler meals across Osseo Blair Ettrick Whitehall Arcadia Galesville Strum Trempealeau with sessions held Jan 6 to Jan 15 at listed homes and civic sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Homemaker Center
Margaret Goodell
Trempealeau County
Osseo City Hall
H. J. Schansberg
Blair
Bennie Erickson
Ettrick
Trempealeau Rural Electric Co-op
Arcadia
Alvin B. Ekern
Galesville
Centerville Center
LaMoine Smith
Strum
Dairying awards total $200 to Trempealeau and Jackson youths
Sixteen 4-H and FFA dairy youths from Trempealeau and Jackson counties shared $200 in awards at the Bi County Bankers Association presentation in Galesville. Recipients included Harlan Wold Osseo and Sheldon Evenson Galesville, with a 1953 awards pledge approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesville
Wis
FFA
Bi-County Bankers Association
Trempealeau
Jackson Counties
Trempealeau County
Harlan Wold
Osseo
David Dahl
Blair
Vernon Oines F
James Johnson
Sheldon Evenson
Eldon Quarne
Dale Amundson
Lloyd Hanson
Whitehall
Jackson County
Ernest Busse
Melrose
Robert Bue
Taylor
Allen Johnson
Harold Holmes
Fairchild
Hilman Olson
Black River Falls
Soren Thompson
La Crosse County Tri-State Unit Votes to Boost Capital
The La Crosse County unit of Tri-State Breeders Co operative met in West Salem and unanimously approved increasing capital stock to 1 million dollars after assets rose above 500 thousand. Delegates were elected for the January 15 La Crosse meeting at the VFW Hall, with Robert Nuttelman named as director again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
Tri-State Breeders Cooperative
West Salem
VFW Hall
la Crosse
Robert Nuttelman
Nutterman
Tri- State
Oren Johnson
Catia
Fritz Hendrickson
Earl Rhyme
Rudy Hansen
George Pierce
Dick Schroeder
Guy Jewett
Clifford Martin
Harold Niedfeldt
Earl Havens
Herbard Kapanke
Earl R. Hoeth
C. J. Griswold
Vilas Young
Don Tracinski
Bernard Pralle
Walton Ofstedahl
John Tracey
Elmer Larson
Theodore Young
Fred Niedfeldt
Hilbert Berg
Wisconsin faces fertilizer loss as hay export climbs
Wisconsin soils expert A E Peterson warns large hay shipments to drought areas deplete soil nutrients. He notes 200000 tons shipped this year with an estimated 350000 more to go, equating to about 3 million dollars of nitrogen phosphate and potash leaving the state, prompting higher fertilizer purchases to maintain soil fertility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
A. E. Peterson
University Soilsman
Peterson
Bohemian Valley Watershed Assoc Plans Member Cards
Forty five members held their second meeting in Washington Town Hall and voted to obtain membership cards for distribution at the January ninth session. Officials from the conservation department and soil conservation service outlined assistance including tree planting shrubs fencing posts barb wire game refuges stream bank and erosion control. Meetings are set for the third Monday of each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bohemian Valley Watershed Association
Washington Town Hall
Conservation Department
Soil Conservation Service
John Brasch
Glen Voskuil
Black River Falls
Clarence Smith
Viroqua
Pat O'Connell
Ernest Dupuis
Sparta
Lyle Mol- Stad
la Crosse
al Francour
Leonard Anderson
La _ Crosse
County Extension Service
Galesville FFA Quint Tops Salem 55 to 33
Galesville FFA basketball team coached by J. D. Beadle defeated West Salem 55 to 33. The squad features high school members including Gordon Waller Roger Walters Duane Beardseth Larry Corcoran Don Baird and Bill Wood with several other players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesville
Wis
FFA
J. D. Beadle
West Salem
Beadle
Gordon Waller
Roger Walters
Duane Beardseth
Larry Corcoran
Don Baird
Bill Wood
Duane Hoem
Vernon Oines
Bob
Bill Taylor
Sylvan Lebakken
FFA Youths Nominate Winners At Logan Farm Program
Westby Kiwanis heard four FFA boys honored for the annual Logan farm program contest with $75 in prizes. Harvey Lunde won first, James Bakkum second, and Walter Johnson and Stan Johnson tied for third as Ralph Cooper outlined 65 attendees’ farm project activity across production, improvements, and record keeping. Earl Vandrell urged greater farmer recognition amid growing agricultural productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westby Ffa
Ben Logan
Logan
Westby Kiwanis Agricultural Meeting
Tribune
Harvey Lunde
Walter Johnson
Stan Johnson
James Bakkum
Westby Kiwanians
FFA
Earl Vandrell
Stoughton
Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Ralph Cooper
Kiwanis Agricultural Committee
Cooper
Wisconsin
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Pat Snell
Robert Helgerson
Art Cummings
Stanley Stevenson
Kenneth Childs
Hoeschlers
Bet Penstit
Penstix
Penstix-Sm
Vernon
Weber
Tremp
Leau States New Center Series
Westby, Wisconsin
Casnation Imperial
Guernsey
Jersey
Neo
Westby Club Fetes Farmers
Bais
Jackson, Tremplo
Rogert Benrud
Fred Rosenbaum
Gordon Johnson
Hixton
Robert Galster
Alma Center
Edward Baker
Robert Streetz
Gale-Ettrick School
Bankers
Holstein
C. D. Griswold
Clifford Maritin
Walton Ofstendahl
John Raymer
Robert Wehrlenberg
Hereford
Westby
E. E. Heiser
Necchi
Co. la Crosse
Kathary & Wuensch Sewing Machine CO
Necchi Nava
Glenda
Young Jewelers
Main &T
Gale Ffa Quint
Salem
Vandrell
Cashton Co-Op
Blev, Cashton
Craig Feed Mill
Holmen
Havens
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