Calves Donated to Trempleau Buffalo 4-Hers for Exhibits
Fifteen purebred calves, each with dam records of 400 pounds or more butterfat, have been donated by A G creamery and Arcadia businessmen to 15 Trempealeau and Buffalo County 4-H members. The calves will be exhibited at fairs, with ownership and breeding plans stated. Donors will receive the first calf back to pass to another youth, as the program aims to boost local dairy herds over several years. Recipients include La Verne Fofara, Joseph Pietrek Jr, Marcus Skroeh, Ralph Bisek, Germane Suchla, Robert Andre, Richard Kickhoefer, Gerald Bagniewski, and Joseph Weisenberger.
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Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau
Buffalo
A-G Creamery
Arcadia
Trempealeau County
la Verne Fonfara
Joseph Pietrek, Jr
Marcus J. Skroeh
Ralph Bisek
Meadow View Hustlers
4-H Club
Lewis Valley
Germane Suchla
St. Stanislaus Club
Robert Andre
Richard Kickhoefer
Gerald Bagniewski
Joseph Weisenberger
CBM Club
Cortland District
West Salem Guernsey Parish Show Plans Made
Plans completed for the annual Guernsey parish show in West Salem Tuesday. Breeders from La Crosse Monroe Trempealeau and Vernon counties will attend for cattle showing judging contests and a parish queen selection. Four county girls compete for queen Edith Blaskey Tahmah Donna Knudson Janet Deaver and Shirley Isom.
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Guernsey Parish
West Salem
la Crose
Monroe
Trempealeau
Vernon
Edith Blaskey
Tomah
Donna Knudson
Janet Deaver
Viroqua
Shirley Isom
Osseo
Oe Pates
la Crosse County Guernsey Organization
Fol
State Farm Price Products Drop Two Percent In Month
Wisconsin farm prices received fell two percent in the past month, with the May index down over 20 percent from 1948. Prices paid by farmers also declined but less steeply. Milk and feed grains and hay show the largest declines. meat animals down less. Nationally farm prices dropped about 12 percent vs last year, with poultry and eggs and fruits slightly higher. Wisconsin milk price May average 2.85 per 100 pounds, down 1.42 from a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
United States Departments of Agriculture
United States
State Veterinarians To Meet June 21 23
Wisconsin veterinarians will gather on the University of Wisconsin campus from June 21 to 23 for their second annual post graduate conference. Reports of research projects will lead off, followed by demonstrations of diagnostic and treatment techniques and coverage of large and small animal clinics. Buy Savings Bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Ontario Homemaker Club Plans Picnic
The Ontario Homemaker club set a family picnic for August at the K. P. hall with no July meeting. Hostesses were Mrs. Brey Woodard Woods and Urbanski. Twenty members attended Achievement day in Viroqua on June 7 where Mrs. Nixon, county president for 12 years, was honored.
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Ontario
Wis
Ontario Homemaker Club
K. P. Hall
Harry Brey
Joe Woodard
Leo Woods
Thomas Urbanski
Viroqua
Charles Nixon
Ontario Club
North Ridge Club To Meet Tuesday
The North Ridge homemakers club in La Crosse County will meet at the home of Mrs. Raymond Erickson on Tuesday June 14 at 2 p m.
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North Ridge Club
North Ridge Homemakers Club
la Crosse County
Raymond Erickson
Calendar Of Farm Events Premier Juneteenth Farm Days
Calendar of farm events lists dairy and poultry field days in Madison Ontario Sparta and West Salem 4-H club tours homemaker programs and county picnics major gatherings include Holstein Breeders state picnic in Rice Lake and county fairs across Trempealeau La Crosse Vernon and surrounding areas in June 4-H groups like Busy Burr Oakers Lansing Ridge Future Farmers and Montana Pioneers appear with club tours and farm visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pig Club
la Crosse County
Myrick Park
Westby
Franklin Beavers
Beaverettes
Earl Allert
Union Mills
Maple Shade
Henry Brown
Taylor Troopers
Lucille Brazell
Busy Burr Oakers
Floyd Barclay
Wisconsin
Rice Lake
Trempealeau County
Edward Austlerau
Arcadia
Lansing Ridge
Future Farmers
H. H. Kerndt
Montana Pioneers
Conrad Christ
Victory Badgers
Earl Gilman
Wilmington Gophers
Finley Flatin Farm
Johns Valley
John Brandt
St. Josephs Ridge
School Hall
Pleasant Valley
Walker
Pleasant Valley School
Hayward
Wis
Memorial Park
UW Holstein Hikes Offspring Output
Brattleboro Vermont reports the University of Wisconsin Holstein bull Colony Vronka Sir Hengerveld 13th shows stronger production in his daughters. Across six pairs and seven daughters the offspring average 403 pounds of butterfat and 12,560 to 12,480 pounds of milk, outperforming dams by 84 pounds butterfat and about 3,870 pounds milk. Clean up breeding spots before first flies appear to lay eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
Colony
Gale Girl Candidate For FHA Presidency At Wisconsin Convention
Barbara Hammer of Galesville is a candidate for state FHA president at the fourth annual convention to be held June 14 15 16 at Chula Vista resort Wisconsin Dells. About 400 delegates from 154 chapters will attend among 7 000 members statewide with JoAnne Murray and Margaret Holtz as other presidential candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Hammer
Galesville
Wisconsin Future Homemakers Association
Chula Vista
Wisconsin Dells
FHA
JoAnne Murray
Waupaca
Margaret Holtz
Medford
Wisconsin
Lois Holliday
Violet Campbell
Gloria Hays
Gays Mills
Diana Hauser
Arcadia
Margie Fitzgerald
Manawa
Evelyn Dee
Elaine Klemke
Dorothy Messerschmidt
Westfield
Frances Swain
la Crosse
Folk Games
Holmen High School
Doris Lee
Marilyn Holter
Charlotte Anne Gilbertson
Marie Brown
Janice Berg
Joanne Nérby
Margaret Slotwinski
Kathleen Gentzkow
Marjorie Baardseth
Clarence Misch
Miss Baardseth
Eleanor Curtis
Paynette
Kathryn Gill
Tri State Hosts Instructors Meeting For Dairy Teachers
The Tri State Breeders cooperative will hold a meeting Thursday for high school agricultural instructors in the Westby area. The session starts at 10 a m at the Westby office and will cover dairy cattle breeding and farm information for local dairy agriculture groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westby
Tri State Breeders Cooperative
Gale Westby Sparta Units Gain Major Championships
Coulee Region FFA judging teams dominate the 35th annual Madison contests with 11 area teams among 35 top performers. Westby wins fat stock, Galesville tops farm crops and Sparta claims farm management while other area teams excel in meat, dairy cattle, and poultry events.
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Tribune
Westby
Galesville
Sparta Ffa
Coulee
Madison
Tennes Navrestad
William Frederickson
Ralph Cooper
Richard Galstad
Robert Hoff
James Halderson
James Larson
Gale
Sparta
FFA
Wisconsin
Eames Bom Oe
Kansas City
Westley
Chetek
Columbus
Ohio
Chicago
Richard Hedrick
Richard Schauf
Norbert Brandt
Sparta Farm
Richard Rudkin
James Guy
Willard Jones
Coulee Region
Melrose
West Salem
Black River Falls
Ray Jostad
Bill Schomberg
Donald Gensch
Wonewoc
Wilton
Alden Olson
Richard Parker
Ivan Olson
Robert Johnson
Herman Hall, Jr
Tilford Bagstad
Vernon Thomas
George Grim
David Beadle
Lyle Kopp
James Bell
Thomas Irvine
J. O. Beadle
Marlon Schwier
Zinc Paint Application Guidelines for Bare Metal
Metallic zinc paint can be applied with brush or sprayer directly to metal without chemical pretreatment. Galvanized surfaces must be dry and free from dust dirt oil or grease before painting.
Monroe Homemakers Plan Achievement Day
Monroe county homemakers will hold their annual Achievement day at Sparta city hall on Wednesday June 15 at 10 am. Guest speaker Mrs Arthur Bassett Jr Baraboo will illustrate with a flower arrangement and demonstration. Each center will present a 10 minute entertainment and Elizabeth Haberkorn home agent will show a movie on kitchen arrangement.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
Arthur Bassett, Jr
Baraboo
Elizabeth Haberkorn
Fillmore 4 H and Farm Bureau Picnic Set
The annual Fillmore county 4 H and Farm Bureau picnic will be held at Lanesboro on Wednesday June 22. Committees include program chair Robert Miller Harmony and others in Lanesboro Harmony Spring Valley Chatfield and Mabel. Ball teams attending include Scotland Merry Workers Pilot Mound Troopers and several other named clubs.
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Fillmore County
Farm Bureau
Lanesboro
Clifford Nelson
A L. Turner
Harmony
Glenn Churchill
Spring Valley
Robert Miller
R. E. Wordelman
George Milne
Forest Strand
Chatfield
Everett Erickson
Mabel
Jerome Michel
Paul W. Abrahamson
Henry Ostrom
J. C. Anderson
Dot Seland
Whalan
Clark Sanders
Utica
George Higham
Peterson
Hugh Walker
Wykoff
Boys
Scotland
Merry Workers
Pilot Mound Troopers
Busy Beavers
Harmony Hustlers
Norway
Norway Go-Getters, Mixed, Sunshine Builders, Newburg Go-Betters
Jacks and Jills of
Jordan
Thriftyville Workers
Challenging Champs
Norway Go
Holt Hi- Liters
Empire Builders
Canton Clippers
Windy Ridge Wildcats
Allamakee DHIA Reports For May
Allamakee county Dairy Herd Improvement association No. 1 reported 28 herds tested in May totaling 517 cows in milk and 64 dry cows, per supervisor Leo Holthaus. Highlights include Lyle Zieman’s registered Holstein with 13,268 pounds milk and 446.3 fat and a 10,468 pounds milk, 433.8 fat grade Holstein. Earl F. Miller and son had 11,011 pounds milk and 423.5 fat at 298 days.
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Allamakee County Dairy Herd Improvement Association No. 1
Leo Holthaus
Lyle Zieman
Earl F. Miller and Son
Flower kicks bee hinder alfalfa seed production
The passage explains alfalfa seed formation is slowed by blossoms that bees struggle to enter and that the flowers actively deter bees by kicking them, making pollination difficult.
Houston Homemakers Host Ex Leaders Picnic Date
The Home and Community chair group of Houston county homemakers will entertain former township home chairmen at a picnic in Hokah park on Tuesday June 21. Mrs E D Hawke says the group will hold a noon pot luck dinner and an afternoon program. Plans include arranging for homemakers to attend the Winona homemaker camp on June 30.
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Vernon County
R. W
Houston County
Hokah Park
E. D. Hawke
Winona
Hokah
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Viroqua Court House
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Bonnie de Witt
Sugar Grove
David Woolhiser
Belgium
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Coon Prairie
Lucille Breidenstein
Wendell Eastman
Valley Club
Albin Peterson, Jr
Mills- North Springville
Charles Krause
Davis Diggers
Halvor Allness
Orbec Sherry
Trempleau
Montvic Rag Apple Sovereign
Dairy Farmers
Guernsey
Tri-State Breeders Coop
Tri-State
Wisconsin Guernsey Association
West Salem, Wis
Vernonce Parish
A.m
County Farm
Soon Memorial School
Trempenau
North Ridge
Adams Valley
Stanley Schlintz
Union City
Harold Meyer
College of Agriculture
Ontario Community Hall
Sparta City Hall
Volney
Matt Freilinger
Beaver Park
DHIA
Canton
Hanover
Francis Byrnes Farm
Soil Conservation Camp
Caledonia Fairgrounds
John Schneider Company
Dells
Ml Whicm Witere
Fillmore
Allamakee Dhia
Theatres
Cary Grant
Diana Lynn
Pluto Color
Game Birds
Tarzan
Lex Barker
Brenda Joyce
Post Office
Mev Lal Sas
Robert Mitchum
Barbara Bel Geddes
Robert Preston
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Houston
Animal Headquarters
Hoeschlers’ Phermecy
Fifth Ave
Frigidaire
Tri-State Commercial Refrigeration Co
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