Vernon County to Get Two New Lakes in 1968 Plan
Vernon County will add two lakes this year under Sitde Hollow and West Fork of the Kickapoo projects. The reservoirs will back up 35.6 and 54 acres, enhancing water conservation and recreation amid soil conservation work across 10 counties led by James E. Schwoegler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Dutch Fish Creek
Monroe
Adams
Crawford
Juneau
Richland
Sauk
Vernon
Iliff Hatchery Closes Doors After 35 Years
The Iliff Hatchery in Jackson County will not open this spring marking 35 years of operation. The 4-H poultry project will lose the 50 free baby chicks previously donated by the late Robert Kiff. John Tliff, longtime hatchery operator, served as superintendent of the Jackson County Fair poultry department and led state poultry groups. The hatchery, the county’s only facility, will be closed permanently as Mrs. Iliff disposes of equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River Falls
Wis
Iliff Hatchery
Jackson County
Poultry Project
Robert Kiff
Tliff
Jackson County Fair Association
Wisconsin Hatchery Association
Wisconsin Poultry Improvement Association
4-H
Iliff
Farm Bureau Young Couples Discuss Roles in 1968 Meet
The Young Married Couples session at the Manhattan Club Boscobel explored "The Young Farmers' Role in the Future." Vernon County attendees included Mr and Mrs Myron Wakefield and Mr and Mrs Marvin Oliver from De Soto, along with Mr and Mrs Ronald Nelson and Mr and Mrs Cyrus Bakkestuen of Westby. Local leaders and Madison officials participated in the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Vera Sexe
James Mersberger Madison
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation
Wisconsin Farm Indemnity Forecast At 9.75 Million
Nearly 2,000 Wisconsin farmers share in a revised 1967 FCIC indemnity estimate of 9.75 million for corn belt crops. Payments over 500 thousand are forecast for corn oats soybeans and tobacco. The increase stems from moisture-related field deterioration and expanded corn coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Lloyd B. Scheide
FCIC
Marline R. Peterson
la Crosse
Vernon
Scheide
Federal
Symposium Planned on Breeding at Wisconsin Center
Madison Wis The University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture and the American Breeders Service Inc of Deer Forstco sponsor a symposium Animal Breeding in the Age of Artificial Insemination Feb 29 and March 1 at the Wisconsin Center Speakers include Dr J L Lush Ames IA Dr Ivar Johansson Upsala Sweden Dr E J Warwick Beltsville MD Dr Gordon E Dickerson Lincoln NE Dr Glenn W Salisbury Urbana IL Dr A B Chapman Madison Wis Dr Christopher Polge Cambridge England and Enos J Perry Rutgers University New Brunswick NJ The event targets basic and applied research in animal genetics across agricultural colleges experiment stations the USDA foundations and firms marketing animal agriculture products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Dairymen to Meet in Galesville Bank Meeting
Dairymen gather in Galesville at the Isaac Clark room of the Bank of Galesville at 8 15 p m on January 29. An Impro meeting will discuss dairy topics and free lunch will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesville
Wis
Isaac Clark
Bank of Galesville
Ray Hoyer Dairy Herd Tops County
Ray Hoyer and Son of West Salem lead the La Crosse County Herd Improvement Cooperative December report with 45 Holsteins averaging 1,380 pounds of milk and 53 pounds of fat per cow. Bonita a Guernsey owned by Bernard Pralle of Onalaska tops individual cows at 2,499 pounds of milk and 127 pounds of fat. There were 31 herds totaling 1,509 cows on standard test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Hoyer and Son
West Salem
la Crosse County
la Crosse County Hospital
Donald Trocinski
Holmen
Flash
Dora
Mary Sue
Meinking Brothers
Bangor
La Crosse Farmers Receive 1.6 Million in Loans
Charles J. Pearsall says $1,654,660 in Farmers Home Administration loans supported La Crosse County family farms over three years. About 975,540 was disbursed in 1967, with 104 farmers currently using supervised credit to buy land, build, improve, or operate farms and related services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
Farmers Home Administration
Charles J. Pearsall
Rural Credit Agency
Johnson
Pearsall
Wisconsin
Trempealeau Farms Aided By Soil Work
In Trempealeau County Wisconsin 1967 ACP efforts aided 427 farms with a total investment of about 250000 dollars half from federal funds and half from farmer matching resources. Community details list numerous cost share rates for practices including soil cover windbreaks contour strips and erosion control measures and advise farmers to contact the ASCS office to arrange ACP cost sharing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Agriculture Conservation Program
ACP
Trempealeau County
Lester Indrebo
ASC
Indrebo
ASCS
Self-Help Swine Meet Draws Local Producers in Caledonia
About seventy-six swine producers attended an informational meeting on the Nickels for Profit self-help producer program to be financed by a five cent per dag market deduction. Dean Myhre chaired the Houston County Swine Association and F. W. Deters announced a six week drive to enroll over 100 members, with forty-one paying two dollars at the close. Members may send fees to F W Deters Caledonia 55921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 new members approved for the Holstein-Friesian Association of America. The Wisconsin contingent includes Erickson, Von Haden, Bush, Eckert, Fortney, Gander, Langreh, Meyers, Mueller, Peterson, Pfaff, Lemke, Teasdale, and Wendorf from multiple towns. Pennsylvania leads with 126 and New York with 118 new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Complete use of the coconut palm on Caribbean islands
Caribbean islanders utilize all parts of the coconut palm. Fronds thatch roofs waxy blossoms decorate homes nutshell becomes charcoal meat provides oil and soap the palm heart pleases gourmets and the wood yields fine paneling.
Clinic On Dairy Barns Is Planned In Whitehall
A Dairy Barns and Facilities Clinic is planned this winter in Whitehall Wisconsin with sessions at the Union Bank of Blair and three dairy farms starting February 1 at 1 p.m. Ed Bruns UW will lead as resource person covering housing feed stores milk handling waste disposal and manure. Farmers may enroll at the University Extension Office Courthouse Whitehall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Peter Bieri
Trempealeau County
Union Bank of Blair
Bieri
Ed Bruns
University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture
University Extension Office
Courthouse
Vernon County Holstein Breeders elect two directors
Sherman Erlandson and Roland Engh were re elected directors at the Vernon County Holstein Breeders Association annual meeting in Westby Wisconsin Erlandson served as president and Engh as vice president last year. Marlon Nelson of Tri State Breders Cooperative spoke about his Far East trip with the state trade commission. Awards at the Vernon County fair named Reid Ekern Gary Kirking Lisa Erlandson Daniel Volden and Bill Day among others with Zane Akins and Lawrence Anderson also on the program. Reverend Walter Larson gave the invocation. Sharon Leum and Pamela Mathison performed music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Farm Bureau
Ray Hoyer
Farmers Home Administration Office
Federal Building
Trempealeau Farms
Coulee
Holstein
Va Crosse Tribune
Wein Your
UN Crosse Tribune
Tom Loeffler
Liberty Street
LA Crosse Tribune
LA Crosse City
Norman Loeffler
Liberty
Charles Streets
Hagar Streets
Tom
Dwight Eisenhower
41 Smith
J. Edgar Hoover
Bob Hope
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Walt Disney
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