83 Attend Jackson 4-H Camp At YMCA's Bradfield
Black River Falls Wis. 83 youths aged 10 to 14 attended a two day junior 4-H camp at YMCA Camp Bradfield near Hatfield under theme Nature's Alpha or Omega. Staff included Anna and Laura Hansen cooks Cora Helbling in charge of nature study Sue Wolfgram recreation lifeguards from city pool taught boat safety and counselors Nyla Musser Eugene Savage Darrel Apps. Family Night featured skits and a talk on Australia by Graham Evans International Farm Youth Exchange. Campers listed hail from Black River Falls Taylor Melrose Rozanne Noyes Humbird Osseo Alma Center Hixton and numerous other communities with many named youths.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Nature
Bradfield
Hatfield
Anna Hansen
Laura Hansen
Cora Helbling
Sue Wolfgram
la Crosse
Nyla Musser
Eugene Savage
Darrel Apps
John Oliver
Steven Meacham
Mary Grace Bearing
Joanne Curran
Patricia Mulry
David Epstein
Graham Evans
International Farm Youth Exchangee
Basil Finch
Australia
Kathleen Ofte
Karen Engebretson
Ann Overlien
Joann Potter
Linda Peterson
Sara Darnell
Mary Eddy
Teresa McCormick
Carman Kissinger
Mary Hagen
Sue Ann Sharp
Becky McNulty
Jackie Sandberg
Kathy Kersting
Lynn Murphy
Susan Millis
Kathy Langlois
Patricia Peterson
Julie Nelson
Jennifer
Tomah Man Attends Insurance Agents School
Orville Gabon er of Tomah attended a four day advanced insurance school in Mankato Minnesota. The program was sponsored by the National Farmers Union Insurance of Denver.
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Tomah
Wis
Orville Gaboner
Mankato
Minn
National Farmers Union Insurances of Denver
Australian Farm Youth on Two-Month Wisconsin Visit
Graham Frederick Evans, 24, sponsored by Australia’s Junior Farmers, stays at Basil Finch farm Ettrick Wisconsin for two and a half months. He describes farming, living costs, and customs in Australia and plans further travels before returning home.
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la Crosse Tribune
Ettrick
Wis
Graham Frederick Evans
Junior Farmers of Australia
United States
Basil Finch
R. 1
Franklin
Caltex Oil Co
International Farm Youth Exchange
Finch
Gilgandra
New South Wales
Australia
Roy Evans
Evans
Wisconsin
Canada
Washington
D.C
New York City
England
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John
Jane
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America
Achievement Day Set At Caledonia
Caledonia Minn held a double header 4 H achievement day with demonstrations starting at 9 a.m in the Caledonia Auditorium. Judges will pick 13 demonstrators to represent Houston County at the Minnesota State Fair with clothing food preservation and home improvement exhibits entered at the Caledonia State Bank basement from 8:30 to 10 a.m. One clothing one canning and three home improvement exhibits will advance to the state fair. Both events are open to the public.
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Caledonia
Minn
Houston County
Caledonia State Bank
Richard Prochaska Wins Demonstration Contest
Richard Prochaska aged 16 from Almaj Center won the Jackson County Demonstration contest at Black River Falls High School earning a chance to represent the county at the State Fair. He demonstrated Know the Rule showing folding measuring stick uses as gauge, protractor, compass and tri-square. Marilyn Curran of Taylor was named alternate for her Chin Up demonstration.
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Jackson County
Marilyn Curran
Taylor
Jean Bopp
Alma Center
Marion Kopp
Lane Epstein
Millston
Georgia Schlegel
Black River Falls
Richard Prochaska
Wis
Almaj Center
Richard
John Prochaska
Wrightsville
Renovation of Pasture New ACP Practice
William Leary, chairman of Houston County ASC, announces a 1964 Agricultural Conservation program practice to renovate old native pasture and hayland. Eligible are only old native pastures. cost share is six dollars per acre with up to 120 pounds of plant food per acre. Work up land this fall, final harrowing and seeding in spring 1964. Requests accepted until Sept 4, 1963 at the Houston County ASC office in Caledonia.
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Caledonia
Minn
William Leary
Houston County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Leary
Houston County
ASC
Houston County Fair entries set to grow with 4-H show
Almost 800 Houston County 4-Hers prepare entries for the Houston County Fair August 21 to 24. Entry day is August 21 with 6 p.m. check in for exhibits except riding horses which must be in by noon. Judging runs all day August 21 to 24 morning. livestock auction at 9 a.m. on August 24. New exhibit division this year is photography for Houston H club members to mount five top black and white photos on 14 by 22 inch board.
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Caledonia
Minn
Houston County
Houston
Dennis Koss Wins Jersey Calf At Twilight Meet
Dennis Koss of Holmen won a purebred Jersey calf in the junior judging contest at the La Crosse County Jersey Breeders Twilight meeting held at the Earl Manke farm near Barre Mills. About 200 people attended. Todd J. Timmherd’s calf was presented by Allan Rogge of West Salem, president of the La Crosse County Bankers Association. Terry McClintock won first place but was not a Jersey breeder and received a $5 check. Dorothy Nehls and Thomas Neimeier placed third and fourth, also not Jersey breeders. Barbara Manke, Miss La Crosse 1963, praised testing’s value for production and feed planning. Miss La Crosse next appears at Farm Progress Days in Viroqua. Judges included Tony Sendelbach, with assistants Tom O’Connell and Del Wanless.
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Allan Rogge
la Crosse County Bankers Association
Earl Manke
Barre Mills
Barbara Manke
la Crosse
Tribune
Dennis Koss
Holmen
la Crosse County
Earl Manke Farm
Bernard Timmherd
West Salem
Terry McClintock
Dorothy Nehls
Thomas Neimeier
Gale Timm
Elton Heinze
Earl Jaeckel
Lester Nelson
Annie Heuer
Tony Sendelbach
Extension Dairyman
Dairy Science Department
University of Wisconsin
Tom O'Connell
del Wanless
Grasshopper Population Increasing in Trempealeau County
Trempealeau County agent Peter Bieri warns grasshoppers have reached a dangerous level in parts of the county with fields showing over 40 hoppers per square yard. They threaten corn, small grains, legumes, forage crops, pastures, and alfalfa. spraying with two pounds of 50 percent Levin Wotable powder per acre is advised, delaying pasturing or harvest by at least one day.
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Bieri
Levin
Crawford Soil Staff To Stay On Through '64
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin three men will represent the U S Soil Conservation Service in Crawford County for another year. The staff includes Soil Conservationists Art Amundson and Sam Hardin and Conservation Technician Harry Steinhorst. R E Lee area conservationist La Crosse announced funding will retain a fulltime staff in Crawford County.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
U.S. Soil Conservation iService
Crawford County
Soil and Water Conservation District
Art Amundson
Sam Hardin
Harry Steinhorst
R. E. Lee
SCS
la Crosse
Named To National Future Farmers of America Band
MABEL Minn Robert Kruse son of Mr and Mrs George Kruse Mabel has been selected to play in the national Future Farmers of America band at the national FFA convention in Kansas City Mo Kruse and Terry Watland also of Mabel played in the state FFA band in St Paul in May They were among seven players from Minnesota selected to apply for the national band Only one fourth of the state applicants were accepted in the national band.
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Mabel
Minn
Robert Kruse
George Kruse
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Kansas City
Kruse
Terry Watland
St. Paul
Minnesota
Land Lost to Progress Across a Million Acres Per Year
Over the last decade the United States surrendered roughly one million acres of farmland annually to urban expansion and development, eroding agricultural capacity and changing rural landscapes nationwide.
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U. S
Association of Cooperatives Sets Conference
The Wisconsin Association of Cooperatives will hold a summer conference at 8:20 p.m. on Wednesday July 31 at the Oakdale Electric Cooperative building in Oakdale. Webster Sprecher district No 3 director presides as district coop votes on a successor. Nominated names go to the state association meeting at Wausau October 7 and 8. Lawrence F. Jones will summarize the 1963 legislative session. a dairy lunch closes the meet.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Association of Cooperatives
Oakdale Electric Cooperative
Oakdale
Webster Sprecher
Wausau
Lawrence F. Jones
WAC
Wisconsin
Bi County Farmers Union Picnic Set
Blair Wisconsin hosts Trempealeau Jackson counties Farmers Union picnic on August 11 at Blair Riverside Memorial Park with Gilbert Rhode, state president, delivering the keynote address.
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Bi-County Farmers Union
Blair
Wis
Trempealeau - Jackson County Farmers Union
Blair Riverside Memorial Park
Gilbert Rhode
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