First-Time 4-H Exhibitors Win Top Fair Honors
Two 10-year-old 4-H members topped divisions in their first beef and swine exhibitions at the fair. Steven Gabrielson won grand champion steer in junior beef, and Cheryl Schomberg led the champion Yorkshire boar in swine with several relatives also winning blue ribbons. Open class swine and junior fair dairy cattle judged Friday.
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Steven Gabrielson
Harland Gabrielson
R. J. Holmen
Union Mills
Steven Johnson
Holmen
Cheryl Schomberg
William Schomberg
la Crosse
Fred
Colleen
Yorkshire
Hampshire
Douglas Schomberg
Michael Gilster
West Salem
Arthur Nuttleman
Poland
Donald Bahr
R. J. la Crosse
Tom Buisman
Ronald Buisman
Dean Nedvidek
R. 2
Sam Servais
R. 1
Mike Holter
Onalaska
Johnson
Holter
Lamb
Steven Pfaff
Mindoro
Tookiewe
Wether
Ram Lamb
Hall
Earling
Miner
Chael Hall
Steven
Barbara Gollnick
Tribune
Record corn and wheat yields seen in 1968 crop report
The July crop report from the Agriculture Department projects record corn and wheat yields for 1968. Corn production at 4.452 billion bushels with a near record yield of 79.7 bushels per acre, and wheat at a record 1.588 billion bushels with 28.3 bushels per acre.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Corn Corp
Gulf States
Central Great Plains
Pacific Northwest
Milk Production Honors Announced in Wisconsin
Whitehall Wisconsin reports achievement certificates mailed to Trempealeau dairy farmers for herd averages through the Wisconsin Dairy Herd Improvement Association. Recipients include Aaron Kujak Arcadia with a 600 pound honor roll, Everette Herness Whitehall Fredric Back Strum Leonard Oines Joe C Bautch Insolence Hear, junior showmanship winner L, and Richard Kopp Gales with Tom Buisman West Salem R 1 ville, West Salem as senior show winner.
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Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County
Wisconsin Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Aaron Kujak
Arcadia
Everette Herness
Fredric Back
Leonard Oines
Joe C. — Bautch
Richard Kopp
Gales
Tom Buisman
Ville
West Salem
Fair Skies Aid State Hay Harvest
Wisconsin farmers report five percent of the hay crop harvested aided by sunshine and drying winds. Prospects for a larger second hay crop look favorable despite some spoilage from heavy rains. Corn height rose four inches statewide with southern counties gaining seven inches. pea harvest resumed but faced field softness and abandonment of substantial acreage.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Oat Varieties To Be Evaluated At Norwalk Farm
A twilight meeting will evaluate 12 oat varieties at the Norman Neuman farm two miles southwest of Norwalk on County Trunk U at 7 30 p m Thursday July 18. Leon Wrage University of Wisconsin extension agronomist will discuss each variety. Monroe County Agent Larry A Davis says the meeting is open to the public.
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Norwalk
Wis
Norman Neuman
Leon Wrage
Extension Agronomist
University of Wisconsin
Monroe County
Larry A. Davis
Moonlight rainbow noted in faint lunar glow
A moon formed rainbow appears with a pale halo of colors barely visible. The text notes the moon rainbow differs from solar shows mainly in color intensity.
State Junior Fair Deadline July 25
Sparta Wisconsin July 25 is the deadline for entering live stock in the 1968 Wisconsin Junior Fair. Monroe County 4-H agent Randy Uschold urged any county 4-H members wishing to show dairy or beef cattle sheep or swine at the State Fair to contact the county extension office promptly. Future Farmer students should contact their instructors.
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Sparta
Wis
Randy Uschold
Monroe County
Uschold
Hay output declines from 1967 despite higher 1962 67 average
Hay production reached 9.8 million tons, down 4 percent from last year yet up 7 percent from the 1962 67 average. Wisconsin dairy herds produced 1.8 billion pounds of milk in June, 2 percent below May but up 1 percent from June 1967, with a June record 60 pounds per cow. Farm workers numbered 196 000 family members and 20 000 hired, a 2 percent rise for families but 5 percent drop for hires, and average weekly hours were 48.2 for family workers and 39.2 for hired labor.
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Wisconsin
Farms Produce More With Less Labor
The 1967 U.S. Department of Agriculture report shows farm output per man hour rose over six percent while total farm labor fell to 7.4 billion hours, the lowest on record. Crops, livestock, and overhead jobs shifted with crops like wheat corn sorghum and hay driving the gains and regional labor patterns shifting across the Northern Plains Southeast Southern Plains and Mountain regions.
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Washington (Ap
Department of Agriculture
Guernsey Cow Completes 13640 Lbs Milk 760 Lbs Butterfat
Onalaska resident Bernard Pralle co owns the junior four-year-old Guernsey cow. The DHIR record shows 13 640 pounds of milk and 760 pounds of butterfat in 305 days of two daily milkings. The data comes from The American Guernsey Cattle Club.
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Guernsey
Onalaska
Wis
Bernard Pralle
DHIR
American
Guernsey Cattle Club
NFO Picnic Planned by La Crosse County Unit
The La Crosse County NFO unit will hold a picnic at 8 30 p.m. Monday in Veterans Memorial Park Shelterhouse No 1 attendees are asked to bring a covered dish and something to broil A brief meeting is planned A trademark is registered for 20 years and may be renewed for periods of 20 years
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la Crosse County
NFO Unit
National Farmers Organization
Veterans Memorial Park
Wisconsin Fertilizer Sales Reach New Record in 1967
Madison reports Wisconsin commercial fertilizer sales in 1967 totaled 812 932 tons, a record high, up 15.6 percent from 1966. Over 200 grades, covering nitrogen, phosphorus and potash guarantees, were registered by the Department of Agriculture plant industry division during the year.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture Plant Industry Division
T Te Department
Jersey Breeders Plan Twilight Meeting At Mindoro Farm
The La Crosse County Jersey Breeders Association will hold a twilight meeting with cattle judging at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday July 18 at Gale Timm's farm four miles west of Mindoro.
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la Crosse County
Area Farmers Profit From 1944 Pine Planting
In Springfield, Wis., Alvin Relyea and James Finn harvested about 165 cords of red pine pulpwood from 16 acres planted in 1944. The wood was sold to Nekoosa Edwards Paper Co. Forester Al Kubiske noted thinning of trees, with every third row and poorer trees removed by hired labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River Falls
Wis
Springfield
al Kubiske
Alvin Relyea
James Finn
Nekoosa- Edwards Paper Co
Farmers mark trees for long term income in timber plan
Kubiske explains forest management that aligns with recommended practices. Belyea and Finn and descendants can earn income for 75 years or more from pulpwood or saw timber harvest. The gross value of marked wood on adjoining land exceeds $2,700. Kubiske helped mark and designate trees for cutting.
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Kubiske
Kubbiske
Belyea
Finn
Louis Barbar
Ettrick girl returns from Washington 4-H citizenship course
Deborah Lease, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. H. A. Lease of French Creek, has returned from Washington D C where she represented the Frenchville Clover Leaves 4-H Club. She was among Trempealeau County 4-H members sent to a citizenship short course at the National 4-H Club center. Forty one members of western
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Ettrick
Washington
Wis
Deborah Lease
H. A. Lease
French Creek
Washington, D.C
Frenchville Cloverleaves
Trempealeau County
Vernon County Farm Bureau Plans Picnic
Vernon County Farm Bureau will hold a picnic at 12 30 p m Sunday in the Viroqua Eagles park Fay Meade Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation representative will speak Attendees should bring their own tableware a dish to pass and sandwiches The park is reached via Highway 14 then 27 through Liberty Pole and turn on a gravel road marked by arrows.
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Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County Farm Bureau
Fay Meade
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation
Liberty Pole
Wisconsin 4-H Club Trip To Trempealeau County
Wisconsin 4-H clubs traveled by bus with Mr and Mrs George Oncken of Durand. Nancy Van Tassel of Osseo joined the Trempealeau County delegation for the trip. Sirius the Dog Star, brightest star in the heavens, is noted.
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Wisconsin
George Oncken
Durand
Nancy van Tassel
Trempealeau County
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