Vernon County to add two lakes in 1968 plan
Vernon County will add two new lakes in 1968 under Bad Axe and West Fork projects. Structure No 33 near Sidie Hollow dam repair and Structure No 1 on West Fork of Kickapoo will create 54 and 35.6 acre lakes respectively, improving water conservation and recreation. James E. Schwoegler notes contracts let and 1967 county survey progress.
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Vernon County
James E. Schwoegler
Area 5
la Crosse
Bad Axe
Sidie Hollow
Viroqua
Westby
Jersey Valley
Schwoegler
West Fork
Mill Creek
Richland County
Highway 14
Tri-Creek
Monroe County
Trempealeau
Jackson
Iliff Hatchery Closes Doors After 35 Years
Iliff Hatchery in Jackson County Wisconsin will not open this spring ending 35 years of operation. The county 4H program loses 50 free baby chicks funded by the late Robert Iliff. Mrs Iliff will dispose of hatchery equipment as the facility closes permanently.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Iliff Hatchery
Jackson County
Poultry Project
Robert Iliff
Iliff
Jackson County Fair Association
Wisconsin Hatchery Association
Wisconsin Poultry Improvement Association
Farm Bureau Young Couples Discuss Roles in 1968 meeting
The Young Farmers' Role in the Future was the theme of the 1968 Farm Bureau Young Married Couples meeting at the Manhattan Club in Boscobel Wisconsin. Vernon County attendees included Mr and Mrs Myron Wakefield and Mr and Mrs Marvin Oliver both De Soto and Mr and Mrs Ronald Nelson and Mr and Mrs Cyrus Bakkestuen both Westby. La Vera Sexe district field supervisor attended and James Mersberger Madison, supervisor of program development for the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Vera Sexe
James Mersberger Madison
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation
Wisconsin FCIC claims rise in 1967 indemnity total
Nearly 2,000 Wisconsin farmers share in a revised FCIC indemnity estimate of 9.75 million dollars for 1967 across the corn belt. Payments over 500 thousand dollars are forecast for Wisconsin corn oats peas soybeans and tobacco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Lloyd B. Scheide
FCIC
Marline R. Peterson
la Crosse
Vernon
Scheide
Federal
Symposium on Breeding In the Age of Artificial Insemination
The University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture and the American Breeders Service will co sponsor a symposium on Animal Breeding in the Age of Artificial Insemination at the Wisconsin Center in Madison February 29 and March 1. Speakers include J L Lush Iowa State University Ivar Johnson Agricultural College of Sweden E J Warwick U S Department of Agriculture Gordon E Dickerson Meat Animal Research Center Glenn W Salisbury University of Illinois A B Chapman University of Wisconsin Christopher Polge and Enos J Perry Rutgers University. The event targets basic and applied research in animal genetics across agricultural colleges stations foundations and industry.
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Beltsville
Gordon E. Dickerson
U.S. Meat Animal Research Center
Lincoln
Neb
Glenn W. Salisbury
University of Illinois
Urbana, Ill
A. B. Chapman
University of Wisconsin
Christopher Polge
Cambridge
England
Enos J. Perry
Rutgers University
New Brunswick
N.J
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Foundations
Ray Hoyer Dairy Herd Tops La Crosse County
The La Crosse County Herd Improvement report for December lists 31 herds totaling 1,509 cows on standard test. Ray Hoyer and Son of West Salem lead with 45 Holsteins at 1,380 pounds of milk and 53 pounds of fat per cow, while Bonita the Guernsey owned by Bernard Pralle of Onalaska tops individual cows at 2,499 pounds of milk and 127 pounds of fat.
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Ray Hoyer and Son
West Salem
la Crosse County
la Crosse County Hospital
Donald Trocinski
Holmen
Flash
Meinking Brothers
Isaac Clark
Trempealeau Farms Aided By Soil Work
Whitehall Wisconsin report on 1967 Agriculture Conservation Program ACP in Trempealeau County shows 427 farms benefited with a $250000 total conservation investment. Major ACP practices include vegetative cover seedings liming contour stripcropping wind stripcropping and erosion control measures with cost shares ranging from 50 to 80 percent and caps per acre or per ton. County ASC chairman Lester Indrebo urges farmers to contact the county ASCS office to arrange ACP cost sharing for 1968 practices.
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Whitehall
Wis
Agriculture Conservation Program
ACP
Trempealeau County
Lester Indrebo
ASC
Indrebo
Ttheir County
ASCS
Self-Help Swine Meet Draws 76 Producers
About seventy six swine producers attended an informational meeting in Caledonia Minnesota on the Nickels for Profit self-help producer program financed by a five cent per day uniform market deduction. Dean Myhre chaired the Houston County Swine Association and F W Deters reported a campaign to enroll over one hundred members in six weeks with forty one paid at the meeting.
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Caledonia
Minn
Dean Myhre
Houston County Swine Association
F. W. Deters
Myhre
Coulee Farmers Among Holstein New Members
Brattleboro Vermont report lists fifteen Coulee Region dairy farmers among 107 approved for membership in the Holstein-Friesian Association of America. Names include Erickson, Von Haden, Bush, Eckert, Fortney, Gander, Langelhr, McRae, Meyer, Mueller, Peterson, Pfaff, Lemke, Teasdale, and Wendorf. Wisconsin contributed a sizable portion behind Pennsylvania and New York.
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Brattleboro, Vt
Coulee Region
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Charles J
Marjorie Erickson
Gerald von Haden
Westby
Donald Bush
Taylor
Willis Eckert
Osseo
Thomas A. Fortney
Viroqua
Melvern Gander
Soldiers Grove
Robert A. Langrehr
Bangor
Millard J. McRae
Mindoro
Wayne G. Meyer
Hixton
Coconut Palm Used In Island Life From Fronds to Wood
Caribbean islanders utilize every part of the coconut palm. Fronds roof homes blossoms adorn interiors shells yield charcoal meat makes oil and soap heart is eaten and wood serves as fine paneling.
Clinic On Dairy Barns Is Planned In Whitehall Wis
A Dairy Barns and Facilities Clinic is planned this winter in Whitehall Wisconsin. Sessions start Feb 1 at 1 p.m. at the Union Bank of Blair with farm case studies on Feb 8 16 and 22. Ed Bruns UW specialist will lead discussions on housing feed storage milk handling waste and manure.
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Whitehall
Wis
Peter Bieri
Trempealeau County
Union Bank of Blair
Bieri
Ed Bruns
University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture
University Extension Office
Courthouse
La Crosse Farmers Get 1.65 Million in Loans
The Farmers Home Administration reports 1 654 660 dollars in loan funds used over three years to aid La Crosse County family farms. 104 farmers currently receive supervised credit and loans support land purchase building livestock fertilizer and operating costs with technical advisory help.
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la Crosse County
Farmers Home Administration
Charles J. Pearsall
Rural Credit Agency
President Johnson
Pearsall
Pear Sall
Wisconsin
Vernon County Holstein Breeders elect two directors
Sherman Erlandson and Roland Engh were re elected as directors at the Vernon County Holstein Breeders Association annual meeting in Westby Wisconsin. Erlandson served as president and Engh as vice president. Award winners at Vernon County fair included Reid Ekern Gary Kirking Lisa Erlandson Daniel Volden and Bill Day with Zane Akins and Lawrence Anderson also on the program. Reverend Walter Larson gave the invocation and Sharon Leum Pamela Mathison provided music.
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Westby
Wis
Sherman Erlandson
Roland Engh
Vernon County Holstein Breeders Association
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Erlandson
Engh
Marlon Nelson
Tri-State Breders Cooperative
Far East
State Trade Commission
Vernon County
Reid Ekern
Paul Ekern
Gary Kirking
Harvey Kirking
Lisa Erlandson
Daniel Volden
Kenneth Volden
Bill Day
Joe Day
Zane Akins
Fort Atkinson
Lawrence Anderson
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Baraboo
Glen Gearing
Tri-State Breeders Cooperative
Glenn Simmons
Tri-State
Neilus Larson
CSC
Floyd Harris
Wisconsin Dairies Cooperative
Russell Hyam
Equity Livestock Cooperative
Vernice Anderson
Equity
John Jenks
Melvin Sprecher
Wisconsin Dairies
William Ardell
Tri-State General Office
Tribune
Dutch Fish Creek
Monroe
Adams
Crawford
Juneau
Richland
Sauk
Trempeareau
Farm Bureau
Ray Hoyer
Trempealeau Farms
Coulee
Holstein
Marquardt
Lacrosse ST
la Crosse Tribune
Tom Loeffler
Liberty Street
LA Crosse City
Norman Loeffler
Liberty
Charles Streets
Hagar Streets
Tom
Dwight Eisenhower
J Smith
J. Edgar Hoover
Bob Hope
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Walt Disney
Foun Report
Farmers Home Administration Office
Federal Building
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