Westby Boys Earn State FFA Degrees at Green Lake
Westby Wis Ronald Clark Dennis Schroeder and Terry Rudie received the Wisconsin State Farmers Award at the state FFA convention held at Green Lake on June 16 1718. The honor recognizes the top two percent of about 15600 members for excellence in FFA work during high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westby
Wis
Ronald Clark
Dennis Schroeder
Terry Rudie
Wisconsin
Green Lake
FFA
Westby Ffa
Terry
Wisconsin Junior Dairymen Association
Alan Meyer
Dale Nestingen
Ag Secretary to Estimate Meat Imports Ahead of Quotas
Agriculture Secretary Clifford M. Hardin is due to announce the quarterly meat import estimate by July 1. The base quota is 988 million pounds with a possible 10 percent override to 1,086,800,000 pounds before strict quotas on foreign suppliers take effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clifford M. Hardin
Australia
New Zealand
Hardin
Pork Producers In County Plan Twilight Meet
La Crosse County Pork Producers Association schedules a swine twilight meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday June 24 at the Earl Rhyme farm on County Trunk B east edge of West Salem. Irvin Nutterman Jr of Bangor states Dr Rogert Grummer chair of the Wisconsin Meat and Animal Science Department will discuss the grade and yield marketing system. A swine judging contest with men women and youth divisions is planned. Open to all interested persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Guernsey Auction Planned at Zumbro Falls Farm
The Everett Freiheit complete Guernsey dispersal will begin at 11 a.m. on July 3 at the farm in Zumbro Falls Minnesota. Forty cows twenty heifers and fifteen calves are listed for auction according to Leo Gasper secretary treasurer of the Wisconsin dairy association Baraboo Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zumbro Falls
Minn
Everett Freiheit
Guernsey
Leo Gasper
Sectod
Wisconsin Aer’s Association
Baraboo
Wis
Tobacco Planting Advances in Vernon County Wisconsin
Delayed by cold rain, Vernon County tobacco farmers press into planting with favorable weather. At Elmer Otte’s Timber Coulee farm in Coon Valley, 4.5 acres are planted using a planter. hoeing, cultivating, and topping follow. Harvest starts Sept 1 with curing in sheds. last year Otte earned 39 cents a pound from Lorillard Co. Nancy Otte assists as a farm helper during vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coon Valley
Wis
Vernon County
Wisconsin
Elmer Otte
Timber Coulee
Otte’s
Otte
Ofte
J. P. Lorillard Co
Westby
Nancy
Monroe County University Extension
Sparta
Elmer Ofte
Peter Bjornstad
Area Girl To Study In Austria
Caledonia Minnesota resident Doro thy Anderson at 21 will take part in a two month professional leadership exchange in Austria this summer. A UMN home economics junior, she will begin with orientation in Washington DC then work in Carinthia as assistant to youth adviser Susie Wasserbacher. The program, run by the University of Minnesota Agricultural Extension Service with the National 4-H Foundation and the Corinthian Chamber of Agriculture, supports the European rally of Young Farmers and 4-H Clubs to be held June 23 to 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia
Minn
Dorothy Anderson
Austria
Miss Anderson
University of Minnesota
Washington, D.C
Sue Fisher
Carinthia
Susie Wasserbacher
Ramsey County
University of Minnesota Agricultural Extension Service
National
4-H Foundation
Corinthian Chamber of Agriculture
Hubbard County
Reuben Anderson
La Crosse County 4 H Members Attend State Congress
La Crosse County 4H members travel to the University of Wisconsin Madison for the State 4 H Congress. Delegates include Judy Bendal Karen Goodenough Signe Hanson Sonia Mashak Karen Schaefer Sharon Tauscher Debra Langrehr Stephen Berg and Mark Olson. Junior leader candidate Mark Ford also attends and Christine Karbula and Barbara Ofstedahl are named to state chorus and band. Eugene Linse competes in the state speaking contest for a national chance. Mrs Donald Sacia and Donovan Davntl serve as chaperones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Judy Bendal
Stoddard
Karen Goodenough
Mindoro
Signe Hanson
Onalaska
Sonia Mashak
Karen Schaefer
Sharon Tauscher
la Crosse
Debra Langrehr
Bangor
Stephen Berg
Mark Olson
West Salem
Mark Ford
Christine Karbula
Sparta
Barbara Ofstedahl
Holmen
Eugene Linse
Donald Sacia
Holden
Donovan Davntl
Vernon Guernsey Breeders Plan Twilight Meeting
Vernon County Guernsey Breeders will hold their annual twilight meeting at 8 p.m. Thursday June 26 at the Harold A Hanson farm five miles northeast of Viroqua near Seas Branch. Neely McKittrick Readstown president helped plan a program including a judging contest and a speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County
Harold A. Hanson
Seas Branch
Neely McKittrick
Readstown
Wisconsin ends state funding for calfhood brucellosis vaccines
State Secretary of Agriculture Donald E. Wilkinson announced the discontinuance of Wisconsin payments for calf hood vaccinations as federal support ended after July 1968 and funds were exhausted June 14, 1969. Veterinarians may vaccinate at their own expense to keep the state brucellosis free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald E. Wilkinson
Wisconsin
Wilkinson
Department
A. A. Erdmann
Wisconsin Department of Agricullture
Erdmann
Department of Agriculture
Two Area Holsteins Top 100000 Lbs Milestone
Brattleboro Vermont report notes two Coulee Region Holstein cows surpass 100000 pounds lifetime milk. Eldonon Maestro Lolita owned by Robert Skemp and Gus Wendorf Jr. produced 107982 pounds milk and 3483 fat in 3662 days. Millers Profile Hyacinth owned by Edyth Swarthout and Bert Brown yielded 114295 pounds milk and 4404 fat in 2930 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
Wisconsin 4-H Dairy Judging Contests Set Across State
About 500 Wisconsin 4-H dairy project members will compete in district judging contests on June 26 27 and 30. Each county may enter one junior and one senior team with NW North East and SW SE districts hosting at Ladysmith Antigo and Arlington Farm Dane County respectively. Top two senior teams advance to the Wisconsin State Fair August 13 and the national contest in Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin 4-H
Dave Dickson
University Extension
Rusk County
Wisconsin
Ladysmith
Langlade County
Antigo
University of Wisconsin
Arlington Experimental Farm
Dane County
Columbus
Ohio
Dickson
Milwaukee Milk Producers
Wisconsin Dairies Cooperative
Land O’lakes Cooperative
Consolidated Badger Cooperative
Drive Opens To Enlarge 4-H Center
The National 4-H Club Foundation launches an 8 million dollar drive to enlarge the center near Washington, adding dormitories classrooms and a meeting center to raise capacity from 300 to 800. Howard C. Harder chairs the advisory council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CPC International, Inc
Corn Products Co
America
Harder
Foundation
Chevy Chase
Guernsey Men In 2 Counties Plan Meeting
Trempealeau Wisconsin June 23 Trempealeau Jackson counties Guernsey Breeders Association twilight meeting at the Marshall Nehring farm with Peter Speerstra president Leo Gasper fieldman to speak and judge in three divisions 14 through 19 13 and under lunch by Tri-School Workers 4 H Club open to all dairymen and families
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trempealeau
Wis
Guernsey Breeders Association
Marshall Nehring
Peter Speerstra
Leo Gasper
Wisconsin
Guernsey Breeders
Guernsey
Tri - School Workers 4-H Club
Horse Team Draws Crowd at Rural Farm Sale
At Coon Valley Wisconsin a large crowd attended the estate auction of Pearly Nordrum as a matched Belgians team Pride and Prince drew attention. Ray Wangen raised the pair and sold them as two year olds for five hundred thirty dollars. Russell Schroeder sold the team for twelve hundred dollars to a La Crosse area buyer who plans parade and show use.
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Debbie Johnson
Milwaukee
Pride and Prince
Pearly Nordrum
Coon Valley Area
Debbie
Pearly
Nordrum
Coon Valley
Ray Wangen
Cashton
Prince
Russell Schroeder
la Crosse
Coon ‘Valley
66 Youths Get Tractor Permits After Course
Preston Minn 66 Fillmore County youths aged 14 and 15 completed a three day course in safe tractor operation to qualify for permits to drive on farms beyond their home premises. The program aligns with the labor department haz ardous employment rules limiting certain farm tasks for under 16. Instructors were William Kiehne Ken Bendicek Morris Turud Mil ton Hoberg and Gregory Luehr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Minn
Fillmore County
Department of Labor
William Kiehne
Harmony
Ken Bendicek
Mabel
Morris Turud
Milton Hoberg
Gregory Luehr
Cinnamon Bark Origin Tied to Laurel Family Roots
The bark of cinnamon is described as a true member of the laurel family native to regions including Ceylon and Ito. The statement situates cinnamon as related to laurel lineages and notes its geographic ties to traditional cinnamon sources.
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Ito Ceylon
Soils Men Plan Meet and Boat Trip in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Chapter of the Soil Conservation Society of America will hold a 9 a.m. meeting June 27 at the University of Wisconsin Lancaster Experimental Farm to tour conservation projects and agricultural experiments. At noon they will travel by river boat to Prairie du Chien for a tour of the Mississippi and Wisconsin Rivers confluence, with comments from U.S. Corps of Engineers and Fish and Wildlife Service personnel. A river luncheon will be served and families are invited to join the trip exploring historical sites and southwestern Wisconsin recreational areas.
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Lancaster
Mississippi River
University of Wisconsin
Lancaster Experimental Farm
Wisconsin
Soil Conservation Society of America
Experimental Farm
Prairie du Chien
Mississippi
U.S. Corps of Engineers
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Fillmore Selects Dairy Princess
Janelle Gatzke of Preston named 1969 Fillmore County dairy princess. Sponsored by Rochester Farmers Mutual Insurance. crowned by 1968 Region 10 Dairy princess Barbara Kruegal. Attendants Susan Martin and Mary Dybing. Miss Congeniality Donna Halstead. Contest at Caledonia Saturday June 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Minn
Janelle Gatzke
Fillmore County
Vernon Gatzke
Rochester Farmers Mutual Insurance Co
Barbara Kruegal
Susan Martin
Wykoff
Mary Dybing
Whalan
Donna Halstead
Caledonia
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Don Kendall
Pork
Vernon
Randolph Opland
Aaron
Opland
University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
By Pearl Swiggum
la Crosse Tribune
Wwe
Fillmore
Dairy Princess
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