New Dairy Organization Proposed
Fond du Lac Wisconsin report states a new Dairy Industry Association would oversee the American Dairy Association and the National Dairy Council as subsidiaries. The DIA would have an 100 member policy board with 80 producers 19 processors and 1 supplier based on program financing shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fond DU Lac
Wis
Dairy Industry Association
Pure Milk Products Cooperative
DIA
American Dairy Association
National Dairy Council
Oats Varieties Studied At field Meeting
University of Wisconsin agronomist Leon Wrage led a field meeting on the Ronald Tenner farm east of West Salem comparing eleven oat varieties from early to late maturity. Jaycee and Tippecanoe were early types with varying straw strength, while Beedee led acreage and Ajax had weak straw. Holdens higher yield and adaptability, Orbit and Clinton 74 offered rust resistance, and Lodi Garry Rodney provided a range of rust resistance and lodging outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Wrage
University of Wisconsin Extension Agronomist
Ronald Tenner
West Salem
Garry
Tribune
John Ellenbecker
Garland
Clintland 74
Clinton
Wrage
Holden
Portal
Ajax
Orbit
Lodi
Wisconsin
Rodney
Trempealeau Workers To Take Civil Defense Course
Trempealeau County Board approves an eight hour civil defense disaster and first aid course for all county employees. Sessions run two hours twice weekly over two weeks with morning and afternoon options.
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Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County Board
Claire Nimitz
Milo Johnson
Eugene Bijold
Tractor Accident Kills Area Farmer
Virgil M. Graves aged 60 of Cazenovia was found by a neighbor in a hayfield on his farm after being thrown from a tractor that struck a rock. He died from chest and internal injuries ruled accidental by deputy coroner Dr. James Tydrich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cazenovia
Wis
Virgil M. Graves
Graves
James Tydrich
Richland County
Car Cycle Crash Injures Two In Wisconsin Town
VIROQUA Wis Two youths were hospitalized after a Thursday afternoon motorcycle auto collision on a town road near the Stokke farm in Hornby Hollow. Larry Stokke 16 and Roy Sidie 14 both suffered broken right legs while Daniel Cina 19 the car driver was unhurt. The Stokke and Cina families are neighbors.
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Viroqua
Wis
la Crosse
Larry Stokke
R. 1
Roy Sidie
Daniel Cina
Stokke
Hornby Hollow
Stokkes
Cinas
Five Youths Injured When Jeep Skids Into Ditch
In Angelo Wisconsin Thomas M. Sutton 18 of Camp McCoy lost control of his jeep while turning onto a country road. The vehicle veered into a ditch and cornfield after clipping a Northern States Power guidepost. Four Angelo teens suffered bruises and cuts. Margie Dutton 16 and Steve Weiman 16 were listed in good condition at St Marys Hospital Sparta. Sutton Rex Weiman 17 and Kenneth Shaw 16 were treated and released. Sutton was ticketed for driving too fast for conditions.
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Angelo
Wis
Thomas M. Sutton
Camp McCoy
Sutton
Angelos
Margie Dutton
Steve Weiman
St.Mary’s Hospital
Sparta
Rex Weiman
Kenneth Shaw
Monroe County
Blair District approves $505,990 school budget
Blair Wisconsin voters at the annual meeting okayed a budget of 505,990 with a tax levy of 237,319. Board members elected were Mrs. Carl Lokker and Roger Erickson. incumbents Harry Paul and Donald Skorstad did not seek re election. Leland Chenoweth was elected president with La Vera Sexe as clerk and Ronald Johnson as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair
Wis
Carl Lokker
Roger Erickson
Harry Paul
Donald Skorstad
Leland Chenoweth
la Vera Sexe
Ronald Johnson
Milk Order Ballots To Be Mailed Monday
Wisconsin dairy farmers will receive ballots Monday to approve a state milk marketing order and elect a 14 member advisory council. If approved, a two cent levy per 100 pounds of milk funds promotion and research. Ballots due by August 13 and 89 nominees named across six districts.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Department of Agriculture
American Dairy Association
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Weakening Of Fed Cattle Market Seen
DON KENDALL reports that the fed cattle market may weaken as cattle numbers rise and a large grain crop looms. He notes heavier slaughter cattle, a July 1 feed yard tally up 7 percent to 9.304 million in 32 states, and price pressures from prolonged feeding despite warnings of a potential price break.
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Don Kendall Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Barn Fire Destroys Amos Yoder Farm Barn Near Blair
A large barn on the Amos Yoder farm north of Blair burned Thursday evening as Blair and Pigeon Falls fire crews fought the blaze past midnight. The barn and its hay were lost, some cattle were missing, and a nearby under construction barn was spared. The Amish family had no electricity and could not determine the fire's origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair
Wis
Amos Yoder
Fly Creek
Pigeon Falls
Yoders
Pea Production To Top ’67 Crop
Wisconsin green pea production may rise 9 percent from last year despite July rains. The late July harvest estimate is about 170000 tons, 7 percent below the July 1 figure, with most damage in the northern half where low spots were drowned out. Southern Wisconsin yields remain good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
State Department of Agriculture
Department
Boy Burned in Tractor Fire In Reads town Wisconsin
Steven Hase fourteen son of Theodore and Mrs Hase of Reads town Wisconsin received second and third degree burns Thursday when the tractor he operated caught fire. He lies in a Viroqua hospital with burns to his back arms and hands and is in severe shock. He was working with Terry Heal Brian Hase and Ted Hase Jr as two tractors operated in a field. The fire started when the second machine ran out of gas and Steven rode the first tractor for fuel and then ran toward a woodlot trying to remove his shirt while his hair singed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readstown
Wis
Steven Hase
Theodore Hase
R. J
Viroqua
Steven
Terry Heal
Brian Hase
Ted Hase Jr
Steve
Calf Winner Highlighted At La Crosse Guernsey Meet
Greg Sacia, 13, Holmen, won the purebred Guernsey calf in the junior judging contest at the La Crosse County Guernsey Breeders Twilight meeting held at Fritz Schomberg and Sons farm near West Salem. The event honored top junior and women and men divisions with cash awards and featured state breeders officials.
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Greg Sacia
Allan Rogge
la Crosse
Donald Sacia
Holmen
Guernsey
la Crosse County
Fritz Schomberg and Sons
West Salem
Tthe
Dale Witte
Eugene Linse
Brian Berg
Vernon Jones
Merlien Jaekel
Wendell Wolf
Russell Bringe
Miss Jaekel
Jersey
Prairie Du Chien Crash Injures Five On Rural Road
A Soldiers Grove youth was critically injured and four others sustained minor injuries in a motorcycle car crash two miles west of Fairview on Boma Ridge Crawford County. Mervin Eick 17 of Soldiers Grove drove the cycle. Charles Dagnon 30 of Racine drove the car. Dagnon and his family suffered minor cuts and bruises. Eick remained in critical condition in La Crosse Lutheran Hospital with multiple injuries and fractures.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Soldiers Grove
Fairview
Boma Ridge
Crawford County
Mervin Eick
Charles Dagnon
Racine
Dagnon
Eick
Lutheran Hospital
la Crosse
Marilyn
Charlene
Wendy
Wisconsin Declares Sunday Grandparents Day
Gov. Knowles issued a proclamation designating Sunday as Grandparents Day in Wisconsin. He urged families to reunite and honor grandparents and great grandparents with lasting love and respect.
Today in History highlights from July 26, 1968 events
The entry recalls Liberia adopting a constitution in 1847, British forces taking Fort Ticonderoga in 1759, the Continental Congress creating the Post Office Department in 1775, Tahiti annexation in 1891, Eva Peron’s death in 1952, Castro’s 1953 attack, Charles crowned Prince of Wales in 1969, Skopje earthquake in 1963, QEII naming Charles Prince of Wales in 1958, Pope Paul VI visit to Turkey in 1964.
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Associated Press
Liberia
Africa
Ft. Ticonderoga
Continental Congress
Benjamin Franklin
America
France
South Sea
Tahiti
Argentina
Eva Peron
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Santiago
Britain
Elizabeth II
Prince of Wales
Prince Charles
Skopje
Pope Paul
Turkey
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Geronimo
U.S
Sonora
Mexico
Main
Blair Okays
Secretary of Agriculture
Donald N. McDowell
Passiing
Carrol Mallat
Boscobel
Alvin Helgerson
Harvey Kirking
Milford Kintz
Richland Center
Barnard McCauley
Yuba
Roger Curran
Glen Simonson
Taylor
Harrison Sterandt
Earl Rhyme
James R. Wells
Cashton
Robert Granum
Gerhard Nilsestuen
Arcadia
Marvin Dwarschak
Independence
Willard Schomberg
Adolph Kostohryz
Melrose
Eric
Ake
Hanson
Henry Langyear
Rehr
Larry Sullivan
Menomonie
Mindoro
Wisconsin Jersey Breeders Association
Leo Gasper
Baraboo
Norbert Nuttelman
Guern
Sey Breeder
Gasper
State
Guernsey Breeders Association
Bernard Pralle
Ervin Nuttleman
Neil Jacobs
Bangor
Edmund Schlicht
Chaseburg
Schlicht
Bank of Stoddard
Stoddard, Wisconsin
Hillview Greenhouse
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