ASC Community Elections Scheduled July 15 Aug 3
ASC community committee elections in La Crosse County run July 15 through August 3 1959. Ballots mailed to voters, with officers taking office September 1. Nominees listed by community election board with names of candidates and chairmen across Bangor Barre Burns Campbell Medary Farmington Greenfield Hamilton Onalaska Shelly Washington. Voters urged to mark ballots and return promptly in pre addressed envelopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Jaekel
la Crosse County
Jaekel
al Francour
Lyle Molstad
SCS
Frank Wachlin
FHA
Byron Evenson
Farm Bureau
Robert Marking
Farmers Union
Elmer Schomberg
Bangor
Gene Schmeckoeper
la Crosse
Barre
Clarence Fieming
Burns
Wesley Fox
Onalaska
Campbell-Medary
Orvis Olson
Mindoro
Farmington
Rufus Schmaltz
Coon Valley
Greenfield
Robert Rhyme
West Salem
Hamilton
Donald Trocinski
Holmen
Holland
Alfred Bringe
Lawrence Broadhead
Shelby
Raymond Korn
Cashleton
Washington
Spring Soil Work Nears Completion in Root River District
In Caledonia Minnesota Roger Hoff of the U S Soil Conservation Service reports spring terrace and contour strip work nearly finished. Thirty miles of field terraces were built on 26 Houston County farms bringing total district miles to 129 with 80 of them in two years. Contour strips cover 1100 acres on 50 farms, totaling 55 000 acres across the county. SCS technicians now aid waterway and structure construction including six farm ponds a detention dam and a gully stabilization structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia
Minn
Root River
Roger Hoff
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Houston County
Hoff
ACP
SCS
Lunch Workshops Set In Minnesota
University of Minnesota director J. O. Christianson announces lunch workshops for cooks and lunch program staff. Sessions run June 30 to July 2 on the St Paul campus, July 14 to 16 at Waseca Southern School of Agriculture, and July 21 to 23 at Crookston Northwest School of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Waseca
Crookston
J. O. Christianson
University of Minnesota
University
Southern School of Agriculture
Northwest School of Agriculture
Wisconsin Farm Progress Field Days at Wausaukee
Wisconsin's largest rural event runs June 29 to July 2 around Wausaukee in Marinette County. The program centers on Forage, timber harvest, and demonstrations at the Carl Schroeder Jr. farm and nearby forest, with 50 buses ferrying visitors and support from UW Extension, state agencies, and local clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wausaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Marinette
Farm Progress
Lawrence Gould
Paul Bunyan
Wausaukee Fairgrounds
Carl Schroeder Jr
Agricultural Extension Service
University of Wisconsin
State Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin Conservation Department
Soil Conservation Service
State Department of Public Instruction
State Board of Vocational and Adult Education
Gould
Sportsmen’s Clubs
Marinette Lions Club
Marinette Chamber of Commerce
Farm Or
SG Woman Anna Harty Misses 40th Tobacco Sorting Season
For over half a century Anna Harty of Soldiers Grove has sorted tobacco starting at age 14. She hoped for a 40th season, but the Gays Mills warehouse did not open. Her family dominates the trade with relatives in buying and management, making sorting warehouses a social and economic staple in the area. Everyone looks forward to returning to their old stalls each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Harty
Soldiers Grove
Harty
Gays Mills
Richard Jacobson
Viroqua
Victor Davidson
Florida
King Edwards Co
Sever Olson
Pure Milk Co operative urges Congress to free milk flow
Pure Milk Products Co operative led by President Paul Affeldt urges state lawmakers to ask Congress to enact national free flow of milk. The Wisconsin Legislature recently adopted amendments to Bill 146S, eliminating city inspections where another city licenses farms, while allowing quality checks. Affeldt praises Wisconsin action and pushes federal action to remove health inspection barriers nationwide for the dairy industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fond DU Lac
Pure Milk Products Cooperative
Paul Affeldt
Congress
Wisconsin
Nelson
Hollander and Clarke
Affeldt
Madison
City of
la Crosse
Chicago
Zrtz
World War II Bond Funds 4-H Picnic Reunion
Shake Hollow Hustlers 4-H Club of Melrose plans a reunion at Highland School on July 5 to spend a government bond once held by members who served 1940 to 1943. Organizers Stanley W. Peterson James Benrud and Ruth Thompson announce the event inviting former members and their parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melrose
Wis
Shake Hollow Hustlers 4-H Club
Patriotic Movement
U.S
Shake Hollow Hustlers
Highland School
Shake Hollow
Stanley W. Peterson
la Crosse
James Benrud
Ruth Thompson
Lawrence Isensee
Cataract
Annual Farm Family Tour Set July 9
Houston County invites families to the annual farm family tour on Thursday July 9 starting at 9 30 a m at the August and Melvin Brinkman farm on Highway 44 two miles south of Caledonia The tour showcases seven years of selected stops with growth in participation Gustav Hard extension horticulturist will lead the women's discussion with Wayne Hanson and Harlie Larson assisting the men The day covers topics for men women and children A noon potluck dinner in Spring Grove Park will have milk and coffee provided by the Houston County Farm Bureau
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia
Minn
Houston County Farm
Melvin Brinkman
Highway 44
Minnesota
Gustav Hard
Institute of Agriculture
St. Paul
Wayne Hanson
Harlie Larson
Spring Grove Park
Houston County Farm Bureau
Tiny Mite Threatens Wisconsin Strawberry Crops
WHITEHALL Wis The cyclamen mite is becoming a major strawberry pest in Trempealeau County says County Agent Peter Bieri The mite is tiny and feeds on plant tissues causing stunted growth wrinkled leaves and reduced yields It enters fields on infested stock moves between plants and hides in protected spots making it hard to reach with sprays or dusts Many common chemicals fail to kill it Call the county agent for detailed advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Wisconsin
Trempealeau County
Peter Bieri
Bieri
Spring Grove Realtor Joins National Institute of Farm Brokers
Spring Grove Minn La verne Johnson a local realtor with offices in Spring Grove has been accepted as a member of the National Institute of Farm Brokers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Grove
Minn
Laverne Johnson
National Institute of Farm Brokers
Ex-La Crosse Man Aids Famine Threatened India
Raymond H. Davis, former La Crosse resident and first Upper Mississippi Valley soil erosion station chief, now leads agricultural efforts for Free China and will head the Indian division of the Mutual Security Program in New Delhi. He cites Taiwan as proof that seeds, chemicals, and education boost farming. India faces famine unless gains in fertilizer and seed adoption accelerate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coon Creek
CCC
Wisconsin
Minnesota
la Crosse
India
Davis
Soil Conservation Service
SCS
United States
Japan
International Cooperation Administration
Mutual Security
New Delhi
Ford Foundation
Taiwan
Girl Wins Calf At La Crosse Jersey Meet
Jeanette Heinze of the Four Hundred 4-H Club won a purebred Jersey heifer calf at the Jersey twilight meeting at the Howard Ross farm near Stevenstown. Heinze scored 190 of 200 in dairy cattle judging and led the girls’ judging contest tied for second in other events. Winners included Milton Aleckson and John Ofsteadahl in the men’s judging, with Raymond Horstman and Herbert Aleckson among top finishers in boys and girls judging. Honorable mention went to Philip Johnson, Richard Sprain, and Carol Gartner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette Heinze
Four Hundred 4-H Club
Howard Ross Farm
Stevenstown
Miss Heinze
Glenn Sacia
Erwin Sprain
Melvin Knudson
Milton Aleckson
Trempealeau
John Ofstedah
Earl Jaekel
Raymond Horstman
Bangor
Herbert Aleckson
Philip Johnson
Richard Sprain
Carol Gartner
Leafhopper Attack Seen In Crawford County
Agriculture agent Virgil A Butteris warns Crawford County farmers of a predicted leafhopper attack this summer linked to early alfalfa cutting. The second crop shows yellow, stunted growth. spraying at six to eight inches with methoxychlor and heptachlor in water is advised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford County
Virgil A. Butteris
Butteris
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Paul Hoffland
Lawrence Everson
Knute Johnson
Ole Crogan
Badger State Tobacco Co
Ross Lowry
Dan Martin
Emmett Maybee
Amfrs Valley
Bank of Sparta
Farmers Valley 4-H Club
David Johnson
Robert Meyer
Vern Morgan
David Horman
ASC
Community Election Board
Wilfred Berg
Ervin Hansen
Elmer Hatz
Joe Hesselberg
Clarence Johnson
Robert Knutson
Edward Manke
Richard Meyer
Raymond Manke
Paul Sandman
F. J. Schroe
Julius Manske
Russell Pertzsch
Rollin Peters
George Potaracke
Leonard
Pralle
Stanley Sanwick
Edgar Schroeder
Otto Swennes
Cecil Amborn
Everett Hoff
Elder Horstman
Wendell Ross
Merlin Kramer
Segur Johnson
Thomas Moore
Lynn Pfaff
John Ofstedahl
Burton Radcliffe
Charles Rommel
Glen Sacia
Henry Becker
John Berg
Alois Clements
Mike Dwyer
Alois Gerke
LeRoy Gerke
Henry Holte
Joseph Johns
Wenzel Misna
Fred Starch
Chester Peterson
Ted Severson
Conrad Steen
Harry Albers
John E. Anderson
Forrest Bonsack
Kenneth Dosch
Ray la Fleur
Conrad Hanson
Frederick
Ricke) Kramer
Alve Nelson
Julian Olson
Robert Schaller
John Clements
Herbert Helke
John Helke
Oscar Heller
Kenneth Herold
Donald Justin
Rueben Knobloch
Wilhelm Helke
Henry Werner
Hans Willer
Alfred Bahr
Sylvester Bushek
Wilfred Hundt
Donald Koneifl
Wilfred Kotek
Wenzel Koula
Albert Lusk
Palmer
Peter Schmidt
Leonard Urbanek
Srre
North
Schroeder
PMP
PMPC
Joanne Hinderman
Pewaukee
Barbara Ray Oncken
Hinderman
Jackson
Dunn Counties
Tiny Mite
Strawberry Growers
Foe
Free
China
Taipei
Formosa
Joint Commission On Rural Reconstruction
JCRR
Howe
Allen Bringe
4-H
Bringe
Crawford
Thorp
Sparta
N. Water St
Prairie DU Chien
E. Blackhawk Ave
Main St
Pe Ple
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