Tri State Purchases Beef Bulls From University and Breeders
Tri State Breeders Co op of Westby Wisconsin bought two top performance tested Hereford sires from the University of Wisconsin. The bulls 808 Intense Tone 5 and VF Battle Int 13 posted top daily gains and rate of gain figures validating AI service for profitable beef cattle production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westby
Wis
Tri- State Breeders Co-op
Wisconsin
Armin W. Fruechte
University of Wisconsin
Hancock Branch
View Point Farms
Mineral Point
Harold Volland
Gresham
Watershed Plan Stymied By Cost and Site Limits
Proponents of the State Road Mormon Coulee Ebner Coulee watershed projects in La Crosse face a setback for federal flood control aid. An appraisal shows Mormon Coulee costs exceed damages by 60 cents on the dollar, while Ebner Coulee lacks suitable storage sites. The State Road area splits between SCS and the Corps, with a possible channel extension discussed.
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Mormon
Mormon Coulee
Ebner Coulee
Soil Conservation Service
Corps of Engineers
Hagen Road
Greenwald Coulee
SCS
Lee
Robert Fredrick
Conservation District
Change In Ideals At La Crosse Pig Club Picnic
Milwaukee executive Charles Arps urged Americans to sell their country to the world and to themselves at the La Crosse County Pig Club picnic. He outlined three steps including positive attitudes and pride in youth, while awards for heavy pigs and top records highlighted the event along with pig assignments and club officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Arps
Milwaukee
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co
la Crosse County
Poland
China
Susan Morehouse
Ruth Schultz
Harold Huth
D. A. Wanless
County Farm
Ent
Pig Club
Chamber of Commerce
Bodega
Rudy Pralle
Pralle
Ronald Bertelson
West Allis
la Crosse
Tribune
Area Youths Enter Dairy Judging Test
A district dairy judging contest will be held at the fair grounds Rice Lake June 27 per Trempealeau County 4-H agent Ray Shanklin. A junior and senior team represent Trempealeau County with members Marvin Lunde Harlan Hanson Diane Johnson Margaret Hanson Bruce Hanson Jon Berg Gary Armitage Richard Guse Claire Hanson and alternates. Eight classes of cattle with senior teams giving reasons on four classes. Junior team training to be held in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Fair Grounds
Rice Lake
Trempealeau County
Ray Shanklin
Marvin Lunde
Kings Valley 4-H
Harlan Hanson
Diane Johnson
Margaret Hanson
Hale and Hardy
Bruce Hanson
Jon Berg
Hale and Hardy Club
Gary Armitage
Lakes Coulee Club
Richard Guse
Pike
Claire Hanson
4-H Agent Speaks At Houston Federation Meeting
Caledonia Minn Arleen Barheim state 4 H club agent spoke on 4 H as a family affair at Houston High School Federation gathering The development of the boy and girl is most important not the cake or the cow She urged parents to attend local 4 H club meetings and said records matter less than project facts Everyone wins in 4 H the only one who loses is the one who quits
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia
Minn
Arleen Barheim
Houston High School
Diversions Protect Fields From Runoff On Harlan Hoff Farm
Diversions redirect runoff from surrounding hills into grassed waterways to protect bottomland fields near Mindoro. Hoff explains a four foot gully formation, with ASC and Soil Conservation Service cost sharing 60 percent. Other farmers like Deichelbohrer Hoyer Gerke Raffelsons plan diversions to guard yards and fields ahead of fall seeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Hoff
Bells Coulee
Mindoro
Glen Garvey
la Crosse County
SCS
Hoff
John Deichelbohrer
Holmen
Garvey
Gulliver
Lilliput
Deichelbohrer
Tribune
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Committee
ASC
Soil Conservation Service
la Crosse
West Salem
Hoyer
Whitehall Welcomes New Area Forester Henry Anderson
Whitehall Wisconsin Henry Anderson of Lancaster will start as assistant district forester for Trempealeau County with the Wisconsin Conservation Department in mid July. A University of Minnesota forestry graduate he has spent the last two years as a forester with the WCD in Grant County. The Anderson family will relocate to Whitehall once housing is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Henry Anderson
Lancaster
Wisconsin Conservation Department
Trempealeau County
University of Minnesota Forestry School
WCD
Grant County
Farm Calendar June Dairy Events and Meetings
Farm calendar lists events in Sparta and Whitehall with 4-H dairy demonstrations and judging contests. June 26 at 8:15 p.m. in Sparta courthouse. June 28 in Whitehall at 8:15 p.m. Trempealeau County fair youth committee. June 29 in Caledonia Minnesota 4-H dairy judging at Sanden Brothers and Orval Treangen farms starting 9 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Whitehall
Trempealeau County
Caledonia
Minn
Sanden Brothers
Orval Treangen Farms
Holmen Man Seeks Outlet For Invention
Holmen farmer Anthony Gruszka seeks manufacturers for a new farm gate lock for wire sling gates. He invented it after a barbed wire injury and says it can be produced for under 5 dollars. Interested parties can write to Post Office Box 88 Holmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmen
Anthony Gruszka
Gruszka
Minister To Speak At 4 H Meeting In Blair Wisconsin
John Schwartz intern at Our Savior s Lutheran Church will speak at the Carpenter Larkin 4 H Club meeting on June 27. Kenneth Brekke and Tommy Borreson will give a demonstration and Owen Brekke will give a talk.
Mechanized Livestock Production Set to Transform Farms
Stanford Research Institute planner R. Hal Mason predicts a farm revolution in beef cattle hogs and sheep as mechanized production drives livestock equipment sales toward 500 million by 1975. He projects 700 million labor hours saved and total sales of about 2.003 billion from 1960 to 1975 with cattle leading at 1.202 billion, hogs 641 million, and sheep 160 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Stanford Research Institute
R. Hal Mason
National Live Stock Producer Magazine
Mason
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Bille Witte
Ervin Nuttleman Jr
Gary Schroeder
Landrace
Shirley Clements
Harry Callum
Rosa Netwall
Ootnt Chester White
Mary Sagear
Terry Walters
Alan Hesselberg
Paul Cox
Judith Shelling
Richard Lueck
Jerry Storandt
Sidney Jerome
Jewell Johns
Duroes
Joseph Roesler
Eugene Ross
Eugene Brownell
Martin Shawley
Paul Schwier
Sharon Hauser
Larry Alans
Susan Jerome
Hampshire
Robert Newburg
Arlan Schomberg
David Loging
Thomas Neimeier
David Stark
James Kirchner
Merlin Kardin
Houston
Manent
Leroy Gerke
St. Joseph's Ridge
Wendell Raffelson
Lyle Raffelson
New Area Forester
Family Weekly
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The
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Tomah Furniture
Inter-State Fairgrounds
Charles Hammond
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