Young America Club Cleans Highway 12 in Millston Wis
Black River Falls youths and leaders joined with Jackson County Highway Department to remove four truckloads of cans and debris from Highway 12 near Parker and Stanley homes. They also cleaned the Lake Lee beach, using shovels and baskets to haul waste to the Millston dump. The effort involved ages 9 to 12 and aims to inspire further community service throughout the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young America 4-H Club
Black River Falls
U. S. Highway 12
Millston, Wis
Young America Club of
Jackson County Highway Department
Darrell O’rourke
Wisconsin
Highway 12
Parker
O'Rourke
Millston
Grasslanders Picnic Planned at Brillion Civic Park
The Grasslanders annual picnic will be at Brillion civic park on Sunday July 13. Vic Burcalow UW agronomist in charge says it is a potluck with milk and ice cream provided by the Calumet County Grassland Committee. Anyone who has participated in the program is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Wis
Grasslanders
Brillion
Vic Burcalow
University of Wisconsin Agronomist
La Crosse Farmer Buys Guernsey Bull
Hilbert Berg of La Crosse purchases the registered Guernsey bull Pleasant View Resolute Major from Herbert H. Drecktrah of West Salem. Dam is Four Winds Apple Blossom and the sire is Fairlawn Hornet's Resolute, per the American Guernsey Cattle Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilbert Berg
la Crosse
Pleasant View
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Herbert H. Drecktrah
West Salem
Fairlawn
UW Specialist Warns Against Silo Poisons
Wisconsin agronomist Burcalow warns farmers of silo gas buildup during silage filling and for 7 to 10 days after. Nitrogen dioxide is the dangerous gas. ventilate silo rooms and avoid entry without rescue help. Move affected person to fresh air and seek medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burcalow
Plan Course On Mastitis At University
A special short course on dairy cow mastitis will be held at the University of Wisconsin June 24 26 for practicing veterinarians. National authorities will lecture including Guthrie Schulm and Burch with Wisconsin faculty assisting. Topics cover diagnosis control management examinations heredity tests and treatment of mastitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Ludwig
Sac City
Town
Arthur R. Skewes
Union Grove
Wisconsin
Trempealeau County Sends 13 to State 4-H Week
Five boys and eight girls from Trempealeau County will attend State 4-H Club Week in Madison June 23 to 26. Delegates include George Motzfko Arcadia as county delegate in the tree plant ceremony and Barbara Boero Chimney Rock Club in the state speaking contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County
Madison
Ray Shanklin
Cedric Anderson
Laurel Hunter
Decorah
Charles Lyon
Tri-School
George Motfzko
Arcadia
Allen Rindahl
Glasgow- Hardies Creek
Barbara Boero
Chimney Rock Club
Betty Lou Halama
Elk Creek Club
Dena Anderson
Whitehall Willing Workers
Marilyn Call
Janet Foss
Janice Halam
Wagner Busy Badgers
Judy Schorbahn
Wanda Guse
Pike
Hale and Hardy 4 H Club tour invites agents
Ray Shanklin Trempealeau County club agent and Mrs Eileen M Layton home agent are invited to attend the annual Hale and Hardy 4 H Club tour on Sunday June 29 Connie Johnson reporter says a committee was formed to plan a booth and float for the fair and demonstrations were given by Judy Evenson Nancy Steen and Bruce Hanson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Ray Shanklin
Trempealeau County
Eileen M. Layton
Connie Johnson
Judy Evenson
Nancy Steen
Bruce Hanson
Jersey Group Sets Twilight Meet Tuesday
La Crosse County Jersey breeders plan their annual twilight meeting at the Dewitt Pfaff farm near Mindoro on County Trunk T Tuesday evening June 24. UW extension agronomist Vic Burcalow will speak and a Jersey Breed Assn representative is invited. A purebred Jersey heifer calf will be awarded to the winner of the judging contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mindoro
Wis
la Crosse County
Dewitt Pfaff
Vic Burcalow
Jersey
Dewitt Pfaff Farm
Wisconsin grain moving south two thirds as oats stay short
State agents report grain heading out in the southern two thirds of Wisconsin while oats remain scarce due to prior dry weather. Soil moisture is adequate in most areas but eastern counties still show shortages. Haying begins, hay is good quality but short with lower expected yields, and recent rains have improved conditions. Four fifths of corn is up, weeds grow fast from cool weather, and pastures remain below last year’s level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Wisconsin
Former Galesville Man Wins USDA Superior Service Award
Theodore H. Anderson, formerly of Galesville, received a superior service award in Washington from Secretary Benson. He serves as deputy director for management in the Kansas City Commodity Stabilization Service and was honored for creating warehouse examination agreements with Kansas Nebraska and Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesville
Wis
Theodore H
Ted’’ Anderson
Washington, D. C
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Anderson
Hjalmer Anderson
Kansas City
Ted
Galesville High School
Marquette University
Carl Anderson
Allamakee Youth Chosen for Iowa Health Camp
Margaret Byrnes of the French Creek Farmers 4 H Club is selected to represent Allamakee County at the Iowa Health Camp July 28 to August 2 based on her merit record book. Betty Burke wins first place in Farm Bureau Women poster contest with Roadside Dumping theme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Iowa
Margaret Byrnes
French Creek Farmeretts
Allamakee County
Betty Burke
Farm Bureau Women
Dristan Tablets Promoted For Sinus Drainage Relief
Announcement describes a new tablet that relieves sinus congestion by targeting drainage. It claims rapid, discomfort free action delivered via the bloodstream, shrinking swollen sinus doors and promoting drainage. Available now at drug counters for 98 cents a bottle with a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. Y
Wisconsin Farmers Union sets $50,000 goal for disaster fund
The Wisconsin Farmers Union established a $50,000 goal for its Wisconsin farm disaster fund after the June 4 tornado hit Western Wisconsin. The drive, led by WFU President Kenneth Hones, seeks farmer to farmer relief with plans to broaden to co-ops unions and individuals. Funds will be used for rehabilitation in consultation with credit and relief agencies with fair distribution based on need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin Farmers Union
Wisconsin Farm Disaster Fund
Farm Organization
Wisconsin
Wr FR
Wood County Farmers Union
WFU
Kenneth Hones
Farmers Union
Hones
Union and Co-Op
Nesses
ASC Elections By Mail July Fifteenth To August First
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee chairmen announced community ASC elections will be conducted by mail from July 15 to August 1. The elected committeemen take office September 1 for a one year term, with lists of election board chairmen and their communities across La Crosse Trempealeau and Jackson counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli C. Gilbertson
Jackson County
ASC
Harold Kersting
Black River Falls
Adams
Arthur J. Anderson
Albion
Cecil L. Bowen
Alma Center
Alma
Mike Bowler
Black River
Reuben Schulze
Humbird
Cleveland
Gordon Jacobson
Taylor
Curran
Vilas Steine
Ettrick
Franklin
Martin Gilles
Garden Valley
Wildfire tobacco disease shows up in state fields
Wisconsin tobacco expert Norman Everson notes wildfire disease has appeared in some fields this spring. He advises early control using Copper A spray on seedbed beds and burying infected transplant spots, with streptomycin as a preventive spray for spotty outbreaks. Diseased plants should not be set out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Norman Everson
University of Wisconsin
Everson
Allamakee Receives 4-H Agent Aide From Marshall County
Fred McKibbin, a senior at Iowa State College majoring in animal husbandry and a member of the livestock judging team, has taken over summer duties as extension 4-H youth assistant in Allamakee County. Born on a farm, he has eight years as a 4-H member and will earn his BS at fall quarter end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Iowa
Fred McKibbin
Marshall County
Allamakee County
McKibbin
Iowa State College
4-H
Shake Hollow Hustlers 4-H Club Announces Camp Delegates
ETTRICK Wisconsin Special reports that the Shake Hollow Hustlers 4-H Club voted to send Larry Olson and Sandra Schmidt to the 4-H club camp in July. The club softball team will play Taylor in Shake Hollow on June 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ettrick
Wis
Shake Hollow
Farm Calendar Mon June 23 Ettrick Farmers Union Meeting
Calendar notes list farm and community events across Wisconsin towns. Ettrick hosts Farmers Union at the community hall 8 30 p m Monday June 23 Mindoro hosts Jersey breeders twilight meeting at Dewitt Pfaff farm on CTE Tuesday June 24 Caledonia Houston County 4 H pageant committee meets 8 p m Friday June 27 Mabel Creamery stockholders meet at Legion Hall 8 p m Tuesday July 1
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ettrick
Farmers Union
Caledonia
Minn
Houston County
Two Buildings Dedicated at Upham Woods 4-H Camp
A new administrative building and a cabin will be dedicated at Upham Woods 4-H camp near Wisconsin Dells on Sunday June 29 at 2 p.m. E B Fred resigning UW president will accept for the university. Walter H Renk will present the structures. The cabin is the fifth at the camp. Upham Woods joined the campus as a 1941 gift from Elizabeth and Caroline Upham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Dells
Upham Woods
State
B. Fred
University of Wisconsin
University
Walter H. Renk
Wisconsin 4-H Club Foundation
The
Elizabeth
Caroline Upham
Waukesha County
Trempealeau 4-H Dairy School Attracts County Youth
Fifty five Trempealeau County 4-H youths attended the annual dairy school and judging contest led by Ray Shanklin and local leaders. They evaluated Holstein at Trempealeau Farm, Guernsey at Harland Schaefer’s Whitehall farm, and Jersey at Al Szepanski’s Independence area. Top judges included Arden Hardie and Kyle Hardie, Ellsworth Hagen, Daggett, and Larry Berg, with several ties for second to fifth among rural clubs.
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Guernsey
Kre
Phosdrin
Isweue
Shell Chemical Corporation
Agricultural Chemical Sales Division
Locust Street
9. Louis 3
Missouri
Trempleau
Ewner
Allamakee
Iowa Health Camp
Clude
Ua Crosse Gribune Faun
Sparta
Wisconsin Junior Dairymen’s Assn
Eau Claire
John Jacobs
Dick Guy
Don Guy
Neil Jacobs
Donald Oswald
Duane Niedfeldt
Arnold Stremcha
Sherwin Gireud
Simon Wells
Gor
Harvey Nuttleman
Barre
Clarence Fleming
Bangor
Burns
Wesley Fox
Onalaska
Campbell Medary
Orvis Olson
Farmington
Jaran Rundahl
Coon Valley
Hamilton
Clifford Hanson
Holland
Alfred Bringe
Holmen
Lawrence Broadhead
R. 1
Shelby
Raymond Korn
Cashton
Washington
Clarence Boetcher
Fairchild
Garfield
Oswald Schnick
Hixton
Calmer Overlie
Irving
Kenneth N. Witte
Melrose
Carlyle Nordstrom
North Bend
Martin Thompson
Northfield
Roger Curran
Springfield
Jackson County Election Board
Eugene Savage
Joseph Zellinger
SCS
Leonard Zeman
Farm Bureau
Douglas Curran
Walter Smick
Athol Jackson
Gerhard Nelsestuen
Emil P. Skroch
Burnside
Martin Severson
Harry Hawkenson
Chimney Rock
Robert Hoesley
Dodge
Donald Skorstad
Theron Brudos
Gale
Arnold G. Hanson
Hale
Odell Schansberg
Lincoln
Sverre Assen
Pigeon
Ralph Sc
Zemo
Mabel, Minn
Mabel Creamery Assn
Legion Hall
Wayne
H. L. Ahlgren
Fred Frenk
University Extension Forester
Marvin C. Hanson
Sharon Heiderscheid
Waukesha
Caledonia Victory
Columbia County
Rock County
Nuoink
Union
Cuna Mutual
Credit Union Insurance Company
la Crosse Street
Mid-West Restaurant Equipment Co., Inc
Caledonia Street
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