Pinkeye rising in Wisconsin cattle says state vet
Madison Wis A substantial increase in pinkeye or infectious keratitis cases has been observed in Wisconsin cattle. Dr A A Erdmann Federal Veterinarian says the mild infection causes eye watering reddened inner eyelids and possible corneal cloudiness. Prompt diagnosis and treatment curb weight loss and milk decline.
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Madison
Wis
Erdmann
Wisconsin
A. A. Erdmann
Department of Agriculture
Haines
Harvey
Con Swartz
Waukesha
H. R. Searles
Haines Cows Classify In High Ranks In Wisconsin Herd
WHITEHALL Wisconsin Benzil Haines Arcadia has ten cows rated very good twelve good plus and six good in his Brown Swiss herd. Trempealeau County agent Peter Bieri notes nine cows were first time classifications. Haines uses purebred Brown Swiss and herd testing to improve production and type. Bieri says herd analysis guides the necessary improvement program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benzil Haine
Benzil
Eugene
Arcadia
Benzil Haines
Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County
Peter Bieri
Haines
Biere
4-H Leaders Plan Meeting At Ernest Halama Home
Trempealeau County 4-H agent Ray Shanklin says an adult leaders executive committee will meet at the Ernest Halama home in Independence on January 5 at 8 p.m. The proceeding is announced from Whitehall Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Ernest Halama
Independence
Trempealeau County
4-H
Ray Shanklin
Chaseburg Co-Op Shows 61 Growth Gains and Upgrades
Chaseburg Wisconsin dairy cooperative reports 1961 business volume of 690 782 dollars up from 603 802 dollars the previous year. Processed milk totals 16 352 500 pounds yielding 1 624 189 pounds cheddar and 137 370 pounds butter. New equipment includes cheddar manufacturing gear milk storage tanks oil fired boiler and sewage disposal system. Directors Harold Steinke Lawrence Oldenberg re-elected three year terms. Officers Walter Manske president Harold Steinke vice president Herbert Wehling secretary. Managers Lyle Anderson and cheese maker Merlin Tryggestad with butter maker Vernon Wrobel. The creamery can also dry skim milk and whey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaseburg
Wis
Harold Steinke
Lawrence Oldenberg
Walter Manske
Herbert Wehling
Lester Kuester
Lyle Anderson
Merlin Tryggestad
Vernon Wrobel
Electricity To Be Topic Of SG Farm Class
Farmers planning for more electrical power on farms will attend the Spring Grove High School class at 8 p.m. Monday January 8. Representatives of Tri-County Rural Electric Cooperative will discuss three phase electrical power for farm use benefits drawbacks and distribution issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Grove
Minn
Spring Grove High School
Tri-County Rural Electric Cooperative
Santa Gertrudis Bull Purchased by Local Farmer
Carlton Nelson, a farmer near Spring Grove, bought a Santa Gertrudis bull weighing over 1600 pounds at age two. The sole bull of its kind in southeast Minnesota, the breed traces to Kingsville Texas from Brahma and red short horn stock. Nelson works in insurance at Mankato.
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Spring Grove
Minn
Carlton Nelson
Minnesota
King’s Ranch
Kingsville
Tex
Nelson
Manktao
DHIA Elects New Director At Meeting
Raymond Vieth of Norwalk elected to Monroe County DHIA board succeeding Floyd Jones of Bangor. Re-elected Reuben Lenze. officers named Bernard Rienke president Reuben Lenz vice president Lawrence Weiner secretary and Kenneth Carlisle financial secretary. High cow Romey produced 19,871 pounds milk and 745 pounds fat in 305 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Raymond Vieth
Norwalk
Monroe County Dhia Association
Floyd Jones
Bangor
Reuben Lenze
Bernard Rienke
Reuben Lenz
Tomah
Lawrence Weiner
Kenneth Carlisle
Romey
Jones
Orvin Buchholz
Monroe County Hospital
K. Isensee
D. Schreier
Gordon Oswald
Keith
John Ziegler
Seven Farms Sign Up For Wheat Stabilization Plan
Seven Houston County farms signed up by December 1 for the 1962 wheat stabilization program. Applications request diversion of 42 acres and advance payments totaling $463.16, with about half paid during signup. The plan, approved in August by producers, mandates a 10 percent reduction from established acreage allotments based on the prior national minimum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia
Minn
Houston County
William Leary
ASC
Farm and Home Week Mixes Livestock Programs at UW
At the 1962 Farm and Home Week January 22 27 at the University of Wisconsin producers will see a broad schedule. Swine growers hear reports on 1961 Wisconsin Swine Testing Stations and the Wisconsin Swine Selection Co op annual meeting with a luncheon. Dairy sheep and beef sessions run with Wisconsin and regional experts presenting on herd health feeding breeding silage and radiation milk safety. The event includes the Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Cooperative and Wisconsin Beef Breeders and Feeders Association meetings alongside general sessions for rural audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
University of Wisconsin
L. L. Felts
University Animal Husbandman
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Swine Selection Co-op
N. L. First
Fred Giesler
R. H. Grummer
R. W. Bray
Farrell Shultz
DeGraff
Ohio
Ken Kopp
Galesville
Felts
Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Cooperative
C. H. Gordon
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Beltsville
R. P. Niedermeier
J. F. Crow
A. C. Todd
J. M. Lund
L. L. Christian
Gus Bohstedt
Wisconsin Beef Breeders’ and Feeders’ Association
Wool incentive set at 62 cents for 1962 marketing year
The U S Department of Agriculture set the shorn wool incentive at 62 cents per pound for the 1962 marketing year starting April 1 1962 The mohair price is 74 cents per pound Lamb payments apply to unshorn lambs and are based on live animal weight Readiness for summer 1963 payments follows the 1962 year ending March 31 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Earl Jaekel
la Crosse County
61 Houston County Beef Tour Slated
Caledonia Minnesota January 5 the Houston County Beef Tour starts at 1 p.m. at Tenes Moen farm Yucatan Township with a new auger feeder and silo un loader. Moen feeds beef steers. Around 2 45 the group tours Hempstead and Son farm west of Houston to see a pole barn and fence-line feeding unit. Beef heifers and Holstein steers comprise the feeding program with comments from Robert Jacobs UMN extension animal husbandman. All Houston County beef farmers and interested others invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia
Minn
Houston County
Tenes Moen
Yucatan Township
Moen
Hempstead and Son
Houston
Robert Jacobs
University of Minnesota Extension Animal Husbandman
Mindoro 4-H Club Wins State Health Honor
The Mindoro 4-H Club of Mindoro has been selected to receive the Health Achievement Award of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin. The club is among 33 nationwide to earn the honor for 1961 health and safety work. Each club gets a certificate signed by county and state medical society presidents and a year's subscription to Today’s Health from the AMA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Wis
Mindoro 4-H Club of
Mindoro
State Medical Society of
Wisconsin
American Medical Association
SCS Supervisors Honor Soil Saving Farmers in Monroe County
Sparta Wisconsin Jan 10 Monroe County soil conservation supervisors honor the 1961 farmers of the year Claude Williams Clarence Wadephul and Lawrence Donskey at a noon dinner meeting in Sparta Their wives will attend also a morning business session is planned
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Monroe County Soil Conservation Supervisors
Monroe County Soil Conservation
Sidney Hotel
Claude Williams
Clarence Wadephul
Wilton
Lawrence Donskey
Norwalk
SCS
Speaking Contest Chairman Named
Lawrence H. Johnson a member of the state legislature and Door County Board of Supervisors has been named chairman of the 1962 soil conservation public speaking contest. State contest winners from district contests will be announced at the State Association of Conservation District Supervisors annual meeting in March in Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Tribune
Madison Bureau
Madison
Wis
Lawrence H. Johnson
Door County Board of Supervisors
State Soil and Water Conservation Committee
State Association of Conservation District Supervisors
District Junior Leaders Meet Set at Mondovi City Building
Whitehall Wisconsin report states Ray Shanklin will attend the District Junior Leader meeting at Mondovi City Building on January 4. Delegates from the county join Shanklin to discuss workable rules by laws community service aiding new members and families and recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County
4-H
Ray Shanklin
Mondovi City
Mondovi
Shanklin
Empire Builders win Fillmore County 4-H Achievement Day
Empire Builders 4-H Club led by Olivia Wright Karen Wilbur and Annette Burkholder won top points at the 1961 Fillmore County 4-H achievement day in Wykoff. Awards covered livestock, horticulture, clothes and home economics with multiple clubs named among the Ten Topper group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olivia Wright
Karen Wilbur
Annette Burkholder
Pam Miller
Bobby Michel
Buffalo Grove Badgers
Theron Redalen
Robert Holmen
Salley Sikkink
Richard Kiehne
Willa Blesie
Tom Ashton
David H. Larson
Marcia King
Terry Grabau
John Grady
Harlan
Charles Lichty
Deanne Klomp
Stephen Anderson
Margaret Ehresman
Wykoff
Minn
Empire Cooperative
Adult Builders
Fillmore County
Empire Builders
Norway
Preble Pioneers
Root River Rabbits
Scotland
Merryworkers
All Star Partners
Challenging Champs
Arendahl Hi Flyers
Bristol Builders
State Line Shooting Stars
Lynn Mensink
Harriet Rice
Barbara Jones
Julianne Wold
Susan, Ruehmann
Sharon Redalen
Barbara Amdahl
Susan Bremseth
Linda Holsapple
Sharon Horihan
Linda Hendrickson
Jeanne Buross
Dianne Tangen
Dayton
Julianne Weld
Sarah Larson
Margaret Hingeveld
General Foods
Deanne Merrill
4 H Clubs Celebrate December Meetings and Awards
The 4 H clubs held Christmas parties in December with gifts games and demonstrations. Officers were elected including Jim Hauser Leland Johnson Judy Ferry and Jim Johnson. New members and new leaders joined and enrollment cards were urged by January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hauser
Fauver Hill
Clever 4-H Club
Amanda Vieth
Glen Hubbard
Don Haldeman
Wilfred Schumacher
Doland Vieregge
Glenn Hubbard
Tomah Co-Op Reports Major 1961 Growth and Finances
The Tomah Cooperative Oil Association reports 1961 business volume at 349 728 and savings at 49 265 with 16 5 percent of volume. Merle Clay announces stock retirements and total patrons reach 1 650 while directors Herbert Guthrie Charles Fiedler and Donald McFarlane are reelected. Clarence Sullivan notes Farmers Union Central Exchange credit, and S O Holden highlights tax payments and need for credit control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomah
Wis
Tomah Cooperative Oil Association
Farmers Union Central
Merle Clay
Clarence Sullivan
Sparta Production Credit Association
Organization
S. O. Holden
Farmers Union, Central Exchange Field
Herbert Guthrie
Charles Fiedler
Donald McFarlane
Roy Robinson
Donald Lobe
Donald Udulutch
Jersey Men Elect New President
MELROSE Wis The Coulee Region Jersey Parish held its annual meeting at the Rose Cafe in Melrose. Curtis Sturdevant Cashton was elected president succeeding Julius Manske Onalaska who declined nomination. Directors elected for two years were Harland Fremstad Westby Merle Remington Elroy Raymond Niedfeldt Sparta and Elton Heinze West Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melrose
Wis
Coulee
Jersey Parish
Jersey
Juneau
Jackson
Monroe
Vernon
la Crosse
Trempealeau Counties
Rose Cafe
Curtis Sturdevant
Cashton
Julius Manske
Onalaska
Harland Fremstad
Westby
Vernon County
Merle Remington
Elroy
Juneau County
Raymond Niedfeldt
Sparta
Monroe County
Elton Heinze
West Salem
Harold Munson
Herbert Giraud
Goodwin Waller
Ettrick
Dale Nelson
Jackson County
Howard Ross
Holmen
Giraud
Heinze
la Verne Hall
Bernard Timm
Sturdevant
ACP Signup Meetings Set In Trempealeau County
Trempealeau County AG office hosts Information meetings for the 1962 Agricultural Conservation Program. New ACP practices and higher cost sharing are discussed by Extension, SCS, Forester and ASCS staff. Meetings run Jan 9 to Jan 18 across Eleva Strum Osseo Pigeon Falls Arcadia Pleasantville Independence Ettrick Galesville Dodge Centerville Blair. Farmers may file cost sharing requests anytime, but early sign-up is urged if funds run short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County
Peter Biere
ASCS
Extension Department
SCS
Forester
Eleva
Town Hall
Osseo
City Hall
Pigeon Falls
Village Hall
Arcadia
Pleasantville
Independence City Hall
Ettrick
Community Hall
Galesville
Dodge
Centerville
Blair
Mormon Coulee 4 H Club Plans Christmas Party and Family Night
At the last meeting the Mormon Coulee 4 H Club outlined a Christmas party for December 29 and a family night for January 19. Members were assigned to supply the basket for the needy. Two films were shown The Friendly Beasts and The Night Before Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakers 4-H
Ludlow
Future Farmers 4-H Club
Jack Hager
Roger Schlitter
Mormon Coulee 4-H Club
4 H Club Leaders Honored at Winona Banquet
Teresa Humfeld led safety report and calf clipping demo at North Ridge Peppy Workers club meet. Mary Thicke demonstrated a root beer float. Banquet honored 4-H leaders including Mr. and Mrs Thicke for five years of service. Margo Ready, Rose Mary Thicke, and Teresa Humfeld received awards for health leadership home economics and canning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teresa Humfeld
North Ridge
Peppy Workers
Mary Thicke
William Thicke
Teresa
Mary Humfeld
Rose Mary
Dorothy Thicke
Winona
Thicke
Margo Ready
Rose Mary Thicke
Canning
Winona County
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Pearl St
Dial
Earhart Merk
Manston
Earhart
Santa Gertrudis
Dhia
Country Kitchen
L. T. Railsbeck
Kansas State University
Hoeth
Burr Oak
Harold Huth
Huth
Tom O’connell
Don Bar
Wisconsin Conservation Department
Tribune
Walter Martin
Wykoff Community Club
Raymond Moore
World Travel Bureau
Rochester
Europe
Bob Burns
Tri-County Electric
Lakers
Bernice van Horn
Charlene Adams
Jane Shafer
United States
Suzanne Snitker
Clover Club
Farmerettes 4-H
Garland Byrnes
Ludlow Future Farmers
Ludlow Starlets
Ludlow Starlets 4-H Club
Cheryl van Horn
Tomah Co-Op
ACP
Tremple
Tae
Wilmington Gophers
Larry Meyer
Easter Haugstad
Henry Blegan
TableRite
Iga
Danny’s
House of Music
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