Fillmore Farm Bureau Holds Annual Picnic at Lanesboro
About 1,200 attended the Fillmore County Farm Bureau picnic in Lanesboro where Lyle Lamphere of the Central Cooperative Live stock Association spoke on agricultural conditions. 4-H teams competed with Mabel Busy Bees winning the mixed division 12 to 8 and Norway Go-Getters prevailing 6 to 5 over Buffalo Grove in the boys division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanesboro
Minn
Fillmore County Farm Bureau
Lyle Lamphere
Central Cooperative Livestock Association of St. Paul
Mabel Busy Bees
Empire Builders
Norway
Buffalo Grove
Plan to market hogs earlier in 1949 and at lighter weights
A farm report notes a strategy to market hogs earlier in 1949 and at lighter weights to align with market demand. It highlights anticipated shifts in producer timing and potential price implications for pork products.
Houston Canton Brown Swiss Show At Houston Park
Brown Swiss breeders from Minnesota attend the annual canton show and state picnic at Houston village park on Friday. Program begins 10 a.m. with 4 H judging contest for members and adults. George Hendel chairs the program with Ralph Wayne and Art Springler judging. Post lunch talks by Dick Stumbo and Fred Idtse. local breeders Guy Smith Charles Choate and Glenn Schultz listed among organizers. Hanson and Norman Mindrum oversee the contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Canton
Houston Village Park
Wayne Hanson
Houston
George Hendel
Caledonia
Ralph Wayne
University Farm
St. Paul
Art Springler
Green Isle
Minn
Dick Stumbo
Fred Idtse
Brown Swiss Breeders’ Association
Guy Smith
Crescent
Charles Choate
Winona
Glenn Schultz
Hanson
Norman Mindrum
Buffalo Holstein Breeders to Hold Twilight Meeting
At a recent Buffalo County Holstein Breeders Association meeting a twilight gathering was set for July 13 at Keith Robinson farm four miles east of Mondovi on Highway 10. The program includes cow judging a 4-H and FFA fitting and showing demo a classification demonstration and a talk by Charles Brace national fieldman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo County Holstein Breeders Association
Keith Robinson
Mondovi
Highway 10
FFA
Charles Brace
Houston Homemakers Attend County Camp
A group of Houston county homemakers plans to attend the Winona county home makers camp at the Arches near Winona on June 30. Julia Bartlett, home agent, announced the trip. Women may leave from the county extension office in Caledonia at 8 a.m. and should contact Miss Bartlett for more information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
Winona
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Rejects Brannan Plan on Parity
Wisconsin Farm Bureau delegates meeting in Madison voted 142 to reject Brannan’s plan and back the 1948 agricultural act. Allan Kline, president of AFBF, warned that Brannan’s plan would expand price controls to hundreds of prices and curb output. Fleming noted 1948 act targets parity between 60 and 90 percent, with risks of waste if guarantees stay too high.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Brannan
Farm Bureau
Robert Guthrie
Eau Claire
Wisconsin Farm Bureau
Allan Kline
AFBF
Fleming
Washington
Congress
Calendar of Farm Events Highlight Wisconsin 4-H Tours and Fairs
The schedule lists farm field days and 4-H club tours across counties from Crawford to Dane and Monroe. Events include soil conservation tours in La Crosse and state picnics in Houston and Maxville, with multiple 4-H judging schools and club meetings through July 11.
Holstein Cow Completes 365 Day Production Test
Whitehall Wisconsin special report notes Harson Topsy Aaggie Ormsby a registered Holstein Friesian cow owned by Harvey B Gilberts on Black River Falls finished a 365 day production test yielding 534 pounds butterfat and 14028 pounds milk in herd improvement registry test. Testing was supervised by University of Wisconsin with the Holstein Friesian Association of America. The cow, two years four months old at test start, was milked twice daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Harson Topsy Aaggie Ormsby
Harvey B. Gilbertson
Black River Falls
University of Wisconsin
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Jackson Names Summer Assistant County Agent
Walter Wedin of Frederick Wisconsin, a UW Madison agriculture student, will serve as summer assistant county agent in Jackson county announced by Walter Bean. Wedin, a UW senior returning in fall, served 18 months in infantry last war and has 4-H and FFA leadership, including Polk county 4-H and Frederic FFA president. Extension runs in the family with brother Kenneth as county agent in Kewaunee county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Wedin
Frederick Wis
University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Jackson County
Walter Bean
Wedin
Infantry
Polk County
Frederic High School
Kenneth
Kewaunee County
Guernsey Farm Earns Membership In National Club
The American Guernsey Cattle club announces the election of A. S. French of Frenchdale farm Galesville to membership. His herd includes registered Guernsey cows. The club, a national body of over 50 000 breeders, records registrations tracing to the Island of Guernsey and supervises tests of production through Golden Guernsey Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
American Guernsey Cattle Club
A. S. French
Frenchdale Farm
Galesville
Guernsey
Golden Guernsey, Inc
Monroe Sets Judge Instruction Schools
Elizabeth Haberkorn announces four instructional judging schools for Monroe county 4H club members. Events run June 30 at Kendall Bank hall 9 30 a m and Tomah library 1 p m, July 1 at Norwalk village hall 9 30 a m and Sparta courthouse at p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Conservation Supervisors
la Crosse County
Ray Lewis
West Salem
Monroe County
Kendall Bank Hall
Tomah Library
Sparta
Wis
Elizabeth Haberkorn
Monroe
Norwalk
Wood Sugar Feed as Livestock Diet Gains Notice
Tests show wood sugar feed for livestock is palatable and can be produced cheaply as a high energy feed. Researchers report favorable intake and potential cost savings for farmers adopting the timber byproduct as rations.
Soil Trainee Joins BRF Soil Conservation Staff
Donald H. Steege reported for duty as a soil conservationist trainee at BLACK RIVER FALLS Wisconsin. He will work with SCS staff this summer and enter his senior year at the University of Wisconsin majoring in soil conservation. He was one of 15 selected from 45 applicants and served four years in the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River Falls
Wis
Donald H. Steege
Joseph Zellinger
SCS
Steege
College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Zellinger
South Pacific
Clintonville
Inner-Aid Fights Gas After Meals Say Reader Claims
A woman reports relief from gas, bloating, headaches, and irregular bowels after using INNER-AID. She credits twelve herbs that cleanse bowels and ease stomach gas, claiming meals no longer cause discomfort and urging others to try the product sold in drug stores.
Hoppers Threaten Wisconsin Crops In Central Areas
State entomologist E. L. Chambers warns heavy soil zones face the worst grasshopper invasion as hatch continues. Reports show 75 to 100 hoppers per square yard in many areas with peaks to 400, statewide in central Wisconsin including Marathon Clark Taylor Lincoln Price Langlade Shawano Portage Wood Rusk Oneida. Hatching expected to continue until about July 10 with control advised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Chambers
Wisconsin
Department of Agriculture
Chambers
Marathon
Clark
Taylor
Lincoln
Price
Langlade
Shawano
Portage
Wood
Rusk
Oneida
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Veterans Memorial Park
Grand View
St. Joseph's Ridge
Lawrence Pfaff
Fillmore Farm Bureau
Lanesboro High School
Billy Brokken
Kathleen Shanahan
Clarence Allen McKay
Clarence McKay
Harmony
Harris Williams
Bruce Williams Mabel
Richard Klee
Rochester
Lamphere
George Higham
Peterson
County Farm Bureau
Robert Miller
John Loves
Mary
Jack Carson
Patricia Neal
Cartoon & Late News
Vernon
Yvonne Decarlo
Pa’ Kettle In
Bart” Pilus Leon Errol
Buffalo Holstein
Oey
William Youngblood
Onalaska
Crawford County
Kickapoo Valley
Barnum
Daneville
Lower Big Creek
Sarre Langrehr
Bush Prairie
Ray Mossholder
Onroe County
Sparta Court House
Wilson Club
Lucky Four
Upper Dutch Creek
Trempealeau County
Bernard Wood
Center Nerewnene
Joe Troendle
Star Valley Casters
Edwin Dregne
Round Prairie Champs
Ben Berger
George Brudos
Mindoro
Rudy Hansen
Newburg Corners
Amsterdam Prairie Beavers
Howard Chalsma
Victory Badgers
Gerald Habris
Duroc
Robert Owen
Maxville
Buffalo County
Gays Mills Fair Grounds
Whitehall Club
Arthur Hanson
St. Joseph Ridge
Eager Beavers
Lewis Valley
North Bend
Joe Faas
Jackson
Gale Guernsey Farm
Frigidaire Refrigertin & Air Conditioning
Tri-State Commercial Refrigeration Co
Hoviikiori
Isteel Furnace
Homart
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