Farmers Field Day At State Station Madison June 30
More than 5,000 farmers are expected to attend the annual Farmers Field Day at the state agricultural experiment station in Madison on Wednesday June 30. The midsummer gathering allows visitors to compare small grain varieties before harvest and inspect nurseries housing hundreds of varieties for plant breeding. Exhibits cover disease controls seeding practices malting and milling research soils livestock pollination and agricultural engineering. Homemakers displays focus on moth control home gardens poultry with lectures and discussions on home research.
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Madison
Dean I. L. Baldwin
State Agricultural Experiment Station
Farm Bureau Women Plan 1949 Program Across Iowa
The Allamakee county Farm Bureau Women’s committee sets 1949 rules requiring voting members to belong to the Farm Bureau. Each county designates one voting delegate. Goals include stronger support for state school aid immunization laws full time home economist in every county and continuing the scholarship fund. A nine member planning committee outlined the program for discussion and adoption.
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Farm Bureau
Allamakee County Farm Bureau Women's Committee
Will Krumme
Allamakee County Farm Bureau Women's
Farm Bureau Women's Scholarship Fund
Iowa
Dairy Cattle Need Shade in Hot Weather
University of Wisconsin dairy specialist George Werner urges shade for dairy cows during heat to maintain milk production. Cows work harder to stay cool when temperatures exceed 80 degrees, reducing output. shade should be near water or high pasture spots, built with poles woven wire roof and cover material. An alternative is moving cows to a darkened barn during the hottest part of the day.
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George Werner
University of Wisconsin
Werner
Corn Borer Control Meeting Near West Salem
An agricultural meeting on Tuesday at the George Gensch farm three and a half miles southwest of West Salem will begin at 1 30 p m. E H Fisher from the college of agriculture will teach egg mass counting to gauge infestation and hatch timing for control. Demonstrations include DDT ground spraying and plane dusting.
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George Gensch
West Salem
E. H. Fisher
College of Agriculture
Ed Witt
Tri- City
Starr Valley
Seachester
Allamakee Farm Picnic Draws Crowds
A large crowd attended the Allamakee county Farm Bureau picnic at Waukon City Park on Sunday June 20. The program followed a 1 p m picnic dinner and featured a community sing by Clarence Wilson a Europe tour talks by Iowa Farm Bureau federation organizer Vernon Feuerhelm readings by Cecil Cook and a Farm Bureau insurance talk by Horace Clark with Lyal Mitchell presiding as chairman.
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Allamakee County
Farm Bureau
Waukon
Clarence Wilson
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Europe
Iowa Farmers
Vernon Feuerhelm
Cecil Cook
Farm Bureau Insurance
Horace Clark
Lyal Mitchell
Allamakee
Iowa Holds Field Day at Howard County Farm
Iowa State extension officials announce the first of two field days at the Howard county experimental farm on July 16. The program includes a tiling machine in operation and soil observations, a noon address by Dean H. H. Kildee, and afternoon tours of small grain varieties and fertilizer trials. The farm sits midway between Cresco and Riceville on highway 9.
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Iowa State College
Howard County
Fred O'Riley
Allamakee County
Iowa State College Extension Agronomist
H. Meldrum
H. H. Kildee
Iowa State
Cresco
Riceville
Predict Less Meat In 1948
U S department economists forecast tighter meat supplies in 1948 with about ten percent fewer cattle on farms and ranches fewer cows on hand smaller calf hog and lamb crops and thus less lamb pork and beef than in 1947.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
U. S
Farm Bureau Local Meeting In Ettrick Wisconsin
About 100 people attended the Ettrick local Trempealeau County Farm Bureau meeting at the Ettrick Community hall. Tim Maine showcased the film Seeds of Destiny about European child hunger. Orville Mahlum urged cooperation for friendship food for the Christian Rural Overseas Program. Grace Cedsma of Abrahams Coulee was introduced. Miss Oedesma, La Crosse State Teachers College graduate, was chosen to attend the Midwest training school in St Paul June 27 to 30 to train for rural youth program organization for youths aged 17 to 28. Trempealeau County has 660 4 H club members. Oedsma will teach the Wayside school next term.
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Ettrick
Wis
Trempealeau
Oecedsma
la Crosse State Teachers College
Midwest
Lowry Hotel
St. Paul
Farm Bureau
Trempealeau County
Mahlum
Oedsma
Farm Co-Ops Get Bank Aid
James E. Wells of the farm credit administration notes 43 federated cooperatives financed by banks support 5 483 local associations. Some 2 400 000 farming families belong to these cooperatives, expanding bank reach beyond visible numbers. Federated co-ops are owned by two or more local farmers' associations including grain elevators creameries packing houses poultry and livestock groups.
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James E. Wells
Cooperative Bank Commissioner
The
Farm Credit Administration
Wells
Continue 4-H Girls Record Program in Wisconsin
The 26th year national 4-H girls record awards program continues in Wisconsin to encourage housekeeping and managerial skills. Awards include gold-filled medals, Chicago club congress trips, and $200 college scholarships with over $15,000 awarded to national winners since inception. last Wisconsin state winner was Mary Alice Burcalow of Bruce. 67 county medal winners in 1947. county agents to provide full information.
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Wisconsin
Chicago
Mary Alice Burcalow
Bruce
Grass silage gains ground in dairy herds demonstration
Grass silage is rapidly gaining favor in dairy feed as 100 La Crosse and Monroe county farmers attend a demonstration at the Clarence Johnson farm near Bangor Frry. Agriculture specialists Berge Burcalow and Werner outlined equipment, moisture, cutting, and cost benefits with on farm silage packing shown by the Johnsons.
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la Crosse
Monroe County
Clarence Johnson
Bangor Frry
College of Agriculture
Orrin Berge
Vic Burcalow
George Werner
Clarence
Bernie Johnson
Berge
L. A. Davis
Werner
Burcalow
Barcalow
Butterfat Up 25 Pounds Per Cow in Houston County Dairy Herd
The Houston county Dairy Herd Improvement Association reports a 25 pound rise in butterfat per cow in its second year. Average farmer gain on 20 cows equals 500 pounds butterfat valued at $21,000. 40 percent of 166 culled cows were low production. Top herds include Ernster, Balen, Hempstead and Son, and Anderson. Officers listed include Bissen president and Hanson ex-officio.
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Houston County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Francis Cunningham
Association
Cunningham
Julius Ernster
Matthew Balen
Hempstead and Son
Lawrence Anderson
Rueben Anderson
Martin Schroeder
Ted DeWitt
Cletus Schleich
Ore Klug
Hillary Allen
Frank Mccay
George Bissen
Colleran and
Linus Ernster
Frank McNelly
Wayne Hanson
Represent Allamakee County at Iowa Farm Bureau Women Meet
WAUKON Ia Mrs William Krumme chairwoman of the women s work and Mrs John Martins represented Allamakee county at the annual Farm Bureau women leaders meeting in Des Moines last week Every county in the state was represented and heard a program under the state federation s auspices
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Waukon
William Krumme
John Martins
Allamakee County
Farm Bureau Women Leaders
Des Moines
Calendar Of Farm Events June 29 to July 12
List of 4-H, dairy, clothing, judging, and field meetings across Wisconsin communities from June 29 to July 12. Events include corn borer control at George Gensch farm west of West Salem, farm tours, soil conservation tours in Monroe and Sparta, and 4-H judging school and demonstrations at multiple locales. Includes times, venues, and host families such as Roy Casberg, Ervin Nuttleman, and Virgil Koch.
Three Sows Farrow 37 Cross Bred Pigs
SPRING VALLEY Minn. County supervisor G E McMillen on a call to Paul Steen farm found three sows had farrowed 37 cross bred pigs this spring and all but one had been saved.
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Spring Valley
Minn
Paul Steen
Here
G. E. McMillen
Farm Home Administration
Steen
Caledonians Sell Brown Swiss Bull in Caledonia Deal
Caledonia Minnesota breeders Cletus Schleich and E Burtness sold Captain's Dagwood a Brown Swiss bull No 89538 to Earl Sabathe of Preston. The sale was announced locally by the Caledonia breeders.
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Caledonia
Minn
Cletus Schleich
E. Burtness
Captain’s Dagwood
Earl Sabathe
Preston
Monroe County Reaches 500th Farm Soil Plan
Monroe Conservation Service marks its 500th complete soil conservation farm plan in Sparta Wisconsin with Jesse Kanable’s Greenfield town farm. Plan includes contour strips rotation and pasture renewal to protect fertility. O Connell and Lund note continued farmer interest and free conservation guidance ahead of fall plowing.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County Soil Conservation District
Jesse Kanable
Greenfield
F.J
Pat) O’connell
Duance Lund
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Kanable
O’connell
O'Connell
Dairy Project Meetings Set for 4-H Members
Three dairy project meetings are scheduled Friday for 4-H members seeking calf care instruction. Glen Vergeront of the college of agriculture will conduct sessions at Roy Casberg farm near Holmen 10:30 a.m., Richard Gilster farm near West Salem 1:30 p.m., and George Schmitz farm near the East-West junction 3:30 p.m. A judging and showmanship contest will wrap the day at 8 p.m. on Ervin Nuttleman farm southwest of West Salem.
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University of Wisconsin
West Hill Farm
Madison
Monroe County
Sparta
Henry Broders
Tomah
Roy Casberg
Holmen
Richard Gilster
West Salem
George Schmitz
Ervin Nuttleman
Henry Waltemath
Wyeville
Virgil Koch
Fred Vanderwort
Dairy Project
4-H Club
Glen Vergeront
Extension Dairyman
The
College of Agriculture
la Crosse County
Fillmore Tourism Highlights Soil Conservation Efforts
Fillmore district supervisors led sixty east Fillmore farmers and business leaders on a Whitewater valley tour to inspect soil erosion damage. Later they visited Gilmore Valley in Winona to view a project where all farmers cooperate in soil conservation. Forty farmers toured La Crosse experimental farm.
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Preston
Minn
East Fillmore
Whitewater Valley
Gilmore Valley
Winona
la Crosse
Ast
Bangor 4-H Show Tops La Crosse County Flowers
Billy Kapanke wins sweepstake with 239 points at the Bangor club exhibition in Bangor Wisconsin. Gloria Chapiewsky follows with 199 points as a top competitor amid 127 entries showcasing cut garden and wild flowers across classes from miniatures to centerpieces.
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Bangor
Wis
Billy Kapanke
Bangor — Club
Gloria Chapiewsky
Bangor Club
John Gilsdorf
Milton Jones
Mona Gale Zabel
la Crosse County
Bangor 4-H Club
Milo Jones
Julia Hatz
Harry Dove
Gertrude Gershen
John Meyer
Frederick Kapanke
Donna Ray Schroeder
Grace Roberts
Otto Hansen
Bee Bangor
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