County Agents Head Century Farm Award Project
Trempealeau and La Crosse County agents Alfred Francour and Peter Bieri appointed as chairmen of the century farm and home ownership certificates. The revived award will be presented during the 1952 Wisconsin State Fair. Eligibility requires ownership since 1852 or earlier by a family member, with title held by a lineal relative or legally adopted descendant. Applications available from county chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trempealeau
la Crosse
Alfred Francour
Peter Pieri
Whitehall
Einar O. Hammer
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Madison
Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Francour
Bieri
Hammer
Calendar of Farm Events Highlights Local 4-H Meetings
June events in La Crosse and neighboring counties include 4-H and extension meetings at various sites such as Barre School Sparta West Salem West Salem High School and local parks with times ranging from 8 p.m. to 10:30 a.m. notable activities include cattle judging school and dairy project training with multiple counties hosting picnics and demonstrations.
Trempealeau Older Rural Youth Meeting at Osseo
Trempealeau County Older Rural Youth group schedules its first Osseo meeting at the Osseo Community Hall on Friday June 27 at 8 p.m. All young people are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County
Osseo
Quits At Whitehall Land O Lakes Manager Resigns
Nels Hegge resigns as feed department manager at the Whitehall Land O Lakes plant and will head the Bar Non Mill at Independence for the Whitehall Mill and Power Company, which recently rented the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall, Wis
Nels Hegge
Land O’lakes
Bar-Non
Independence
Whitehall Mill and Power Company
Millston Berry Season Opens Early Despite Frost Damages
In Millston Wisconsin special reports that the blueberry picking season begins two weeks early with the first box sold as display only at Bunde's store. Mrs R Bunde notes decades of fruit trade as frost damage reduces yield and marshland berries suffer while forest fires are blamed for altered bearing patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millston. Wis
Bunde
R. Bunde
Millston
Brnde
Mary Blunt
Houston County Bankers Back Soil Education At Supper Meeting
More than 1 000 farmers and families attended a countywide program sponsored by the Houston County Bankers Association at Caledonia City Hall and the auditorium. Dr Harold Jones and James J Wallace spoke on soil-conservation and farm management. Attendees learned loans hinge on soil productivity and county stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia
Houston County
Houston County Bankers Association
R. E. Sprague
O. E. Burtness
Ralph Jones
la Crescent
Bankers Association
Minnesota
Harold Jones
University Farm
James J. Wallace
Foundation Farms
Iowa State College
E. R. Duncan
Ames
Jones
La Crosse 4-H Clubs Enter Softball League
Eleven 4-H clubs in La Crosse County filed captains for a county softball league with junior and senior divisions. Junior teams cap at 15 years old with limited older players. senior teams allow more flexibility. Games mandatory five per team with box scores to office. no cross-club combining this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
la Crosse County
Aldine Runten
Victory
North Ridge
Fish Creek
Florence Hesselberg
Rockland
Browns Valley
Dale Kirchner
Mindoro
Burnham Valley
Robert Streeton
Bangor
Lewis Valley
Arlan Pfaff
Amsterdam Prairie
Billy Chalsma
Holmen
St. Joseph Ridge
William Servais
Upper Dutch Creek
James Sc
4 H Leaders Meet In Salem Wisconsin
4 H leaders in La Crosse County will meet Wednesday June 25 at 8 p m in room 300 West Salem High School for training in demonstrations. Leonard Anderson club agent notes attendees should bring 4 H members interested in demonstrating. Julie Morgan extension worker from Newfoundland and University of Wisconsin will be guest speaker. A July 13 picnic at Veterans Memorial Park is announced and a July 2 dress making meeting at West Salem High School will cover wool garment sewing steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Pig Club
Myrick Park
Wisconsin Fieldmens Association
Veterans Memorial Park
West Salem
la Crosse County
West Salem High School
Trempealeau County
Centerville
Daneville
Hergeson
Leonard Anderson
Julie Morgan
Newfoundland
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Anderson
Vernon Fairground to Add Swine Barn at Vern on County Fair
Vernon County fair officials plan a new 20 by 60 foot swine barn at the Vernon fairground to replace inadequate hog housing. Bids will be opened July 1 for the project, with plans available from fair association president Jesse Sands. Tents have housed extra entries in recent years due to space limits.
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Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County Fairground
Jesse Sands
The
Fair Association
Thinning and Cultivation Tips From Horticulture University Farm
The article explains thinning as essential to vegetable growth and weed control. It details spacing for carrots beets onions peas beans lettuce kohlrabi and Swiss chard and notes early shallow cultivation to protect roots. It advises removing purslane after weeding and mentions limited usefulness of chemical controls for home gardens.
U of Minnesota to Exhibit in Show at Wayzata High
Several University of Minnesota exhibits will be included in the Lake Minnetonka Garden Club United Nations flower show at Wayzata High School June 27 28. Gardeners and others may exhibit flowers and garden plants in competitive classes at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Minnesota
Lake Minnetonka
Atomic Energy Aid To Farming Demonstration
A demonstration at the University of Wisconsin Madison farm field day July 10 will show how atomic energy helps farmers. Biochemist R H Burris will set up equipment to trace radioactive materials through plants and study photosynthesis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Wisconsin
Madison
R. H. Burris
Burris
Women Cited In Magazine For Farm Leadership
WEST SALEM Wisconsin Special Dr Edyth and Miss Susan Swarthout are recognized in the spring Surge News for managing their home farm and four additional farms after the death of their father Dr Ezekial Sc Swarthout They oversee the Holstein herd and farm operations with Miss Susan as business manager and Dr Edyth focusing on medical practice in La Crosse while directing farm details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Salem
Wis
Edyth
Susan Swarth
Surge
Ezekial Sc. Swarthout
Susan Swarthout
Edyth Swarthout
la Crosse
Agent Attends Judging Meet for Dairy Cattle Judges
Leonard Anderson of La Crosse County plans a three day dairy cattle judging conference July 15 to 17 to refresh county and district fair judges and update them on state regulations. Participants meet at the University of Wisconsin stock pavilion, visit farms, and discuss regulations with Charles Drewry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Anderson
la Crosse
University of Wisconsin Stock Pavilion
Charles Drewry
Russell McCarthy
Cottage Grove
Hoard
Green Bay
George M. Werner
University
Wisconsin State Department of Agriculture
Hokah Youth Elected Vice President in Rural Youth
Russell Roth of Hokah was elected vice president of the Minnesota Rural Youth Federation at the annual Rural Youth meeting at Medicine Lake. Elwood Jensen of Ellendale was named president, leading about 2,600 members next year. Other officers include Betty Gunther Montevideo secretary and Betty Stromberg Rochester treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russel Roth
Minnesota Rural Youth Federation
Roth
Medicine Lake
Elwood Jensen
Ellendale
Minnesota
Betty Gunther
Montevideo
Betty Stromberg
Rochester
Bill Davidson
Beardsley
James Zeman
Sunbury
Roberta Homme
Glencoe
Ethel Johnson
Benson
Donald Shirrick
Red Lake Falls
Frances Carlson
Deer Creek
Walter Sorenson
Litchfield
Leonard Yutrzenka
Argyle
Jackson Names Summer Ride
Dean Magnin of Lena Wis has been hired as the summer 4 H club agent for Jackson County. He began work June 16 and visits club members homes to aid projects and organize meetings with 33 clubs enrolling 475 youth. Magnin works with Rosemary Thornton home agent Walter Bean county agent and county leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River Falls
Wis
Dean Magnin
Lena
Jackson County
Magnin
University of Wisconsin
Shady Glen
Millston Young America
Rose Hill
Helen Busy Bees
Rosemary Thornton
Walter Bean
Manager resigns to buy Milaca wood shop
M. W. French, long time manager of the Land O Lakes milk drying plant here, will resign effective July 1. He has purchased a woodworking plant in Milaca Minnesota and will move there to take charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
M. W. French
Land
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Barre School
Monroe County
Agricultural Committee
Sparta
Onalaska Park
Caledonia Playground
Silver Badgers
Graf School
Blair Park
Tremplo
Newspaper
National
Snapshot Awards
le Crosse Tribune
Lyle Lapham
Lapham Lawn
Muriel Fruechte
Burton Fruechte
Dignity
Tribune
Marilyn Corcoran
Nancy Meyer
Deloris Ranzenberger
Duane
Houston Bankers
Jane
Houston
Salem
Chicken Supreme
Noble
Teon Snyder
Orrin Turnquist
Extension Horticulture University Farm
ST Paul 1. Minn
Tri-State Breeders Co-Operative
Westby, Wisconsin
Carnation Imperial Skipper
Guernsey
Jersey
U of Minnesota
Yrc
Moles
Money Beck Guarantee
Horschlers
Penstix
Fifth Ave
Myc
Hokah
Jackson Names
McCord’s
Cashton Co-op
Elev
Cashton
Co. Bangor
Craig Feed Mill
Havens
Westby
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