Barley Growers and Experts Meet in La Crosse
In La Crosse a meeting of 75 farmers and grain experts discussed quality and quantity in malting barley. Dr John H Parker urged improved malting barley quality with fair premiums and government supports noted while plans to grow one variety per area were proposed.
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la Crosse
G. Heileman Brewing Company
John H. Parker
Midwest Barley Improvement Association
B. D. Leith
University of Wisconsin
R. E. Vaughan
College of Agriculture
Heileman Company
Parker
Midwest
Leith
Vaughan
Ceresan
Rise Expected In State 4 H Membership
Wisconsin seeks to enroll over 40 000 farm youth in 4 H clubs as 2 081 clubs operate under 2 828 women and 1 442 men leaders. Girls lead junior roles with 1 611 of 2 747 junior leaders. Members choose about 17 projects with clothing and foods among the top girl priorities.
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Wisconsin
Seneca Farm Meeting Set
A Crawford county meeting for farmers and home makers is scheduled for March 10 at 1 p.m. in Seneca High School. Dave Williams and James Lacey from the College of Agriculture will discuss swine management and meat animal markets using Oscar Mayer cuts. Mrs Eva Haas will host a cooking session for women after Lacey talks.
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Crawford County
Seneca High
Dave Williams
College of Agriculture
James Lacey
Lacey
Oscar Mayer Company
Eva Haas
Chicken population to rise in 1949 nationwide and Wisconsin
The crop reporting service of Wisconsin and the U.S. Department of Agriculture says farmers plan higher chicken production in 1949. Wisconsin chicken numbers have fallen for four years and are at their lowest since 1942.
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Wisconsin
United States Departments of Agriculture
FFA Members Earn 7656 Dollars At Olmen Banquet
Olmen Wisconsin FFA members reported a total of 7656 dollars earned or invested over the year at the annual father and son banquet in the school gym. Awards to John Larson Best Farming program winners went to Everett Hoff first and 25 dollars, Aldred Shefeline second and 15 dollars, Blyden Skogen third and 10 dollars. Harold Mattison announced a 50 dollar bond won by Robert Granum for outstanding soil conservation work, donated by Firestone.
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Tribune
Pheote Holmen High School
FFA
John Larson
Aldred Shefelbine
Blyden Skogen
Everett Hoff
Holmen
Wis
Olmen
Future Farmers of America
Aldred Shefeline
Calendar of Farm Events on March 8 in multiple counties
A multi location farming calendar lists events for Tuesday March 8. Topics include emergency forage and insect control at Norwalk Clifton hall and Trempealeau Osseo and Galesville, grain varieties and corn bor er control at Rushford high school, meat cookery and cutlery demonstrations at several county centers, 4 H meetings, and farm institute sessions across Monroe Vernon La Crosse and Crawford counties with sign up meetings and seminars throughout the day. Local halls and schools host programs in agriculture economics and homemaking topics.
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Monroe County
Norwalk
Miller’s Hall
Clifton Hall
Fillmore County
Rushford High School
Tomah High School
Houston County
Wilmington
Spring Grove
Spring Grove High School
Jackson County
Black River Falls
la Crosse County
Mindoro Center
Union City
Henry Vanderohe
Trempealeau County
Osseo
Galesville
Allamakee County
Waukon
Chatfield
Jordan
Bangor
Elmer Sherman
Melrose
Vernon County
Farm Institute
West Salem High School
Crawford County
Seneca High School
Genoa Center
Rea Auditorium
Alma Center Center
Northern States Power Company
Kendall Center
Bank Hall
Mills-North
Walter Grotegut
F. J. O'Connell
E. J. Dupuis
Soil Conservation Service
Galesville City Hall
J. O. Beadle
Osseo City Hall
Arthur Herom
Four County 4 H Leaders Review Tractor Maintenance Plan
A Sparta meeting brought 4 H club leaders from Jackson, Monroe, Trempealeau and Vernon counties with Verne Varney and Orrin Berge to review tractor maintenance progress. They planned demonstrations, worksheets, record books and exhibits for club use and state contests while discussing a potential plowing contest for later testing. Varney and Berge lead six statewide meetings to collect material for tractor club activities. Attendees included county agents Walter Bean and A D Begley plus several Trempealeau and Vernon 4 H staff.
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Jackson
Monroe
Trempealeau
Vernon
Sparta City Hall
Verne Varney
Orrin Berge Lego
Agriculture
La Crosse County Farm Bureau reports 1948 activity boost
La Crosse County Farm Bureau and the Cooperative Farm Supply Association held their annual meeting at West Salem High School drawing more than 7200 attendees. Speakers covered farm insurance, fertilizer industry gains, rural health facilities, and hospital claims totaling 150000 last year.
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Farm Bureau
Cooperative Farm Supply Association
West Salem
L. F. Ronerty
Rural Usual Casualty and Fire Insurance
Ray Pavlak
Wisconsin Plant Foods
Harold Kautzer
State Farm Bureau Health Department
L. E. Jewett
Associated
Utter
Roberty
Pavlak
Wisconsin
Farmco
Improv
Ufter
Lucey Tobacco Bill Seen as Duplication
C E Sweeney and Sons of Edgerton Wis say Assembly bill 224 A on tobacco dealer licensing grading duplicates federal law. The letter compares licensing reporting and grading requirements with federal provisions plus loan terms and grower payments, arguing the state move adds red tape. J E Sweeney signs the letter.
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Assembly
Lucey
C. E. Sweeney and Sons
Edgerton
Wis
Wisconsin
J. E. Sweeney
Fillmore FHA Men Consider 3 Loans
Fillmore county farmers home administration committee met at the Preston office on March 1 and considered three new chattel loan applications and one compromised settlement on an emergency feed and seed loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston, Minn
Fillmore County Farmers Home Administration
Preston
Westby Food Preservation Meeting Draws 100 Attendees
About 100 Vernon county residents attended a food preservation clinic at Westby High School Auditorium led by H Bolin U S Department of Agriculture. The session, part of eight Wisconsin meetings, covered freezing methods and nutrition plus a demonstration on preparing chicken for freezing.
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Tribune
H. Bolin
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Westby High School
Bolin
Jerome Riedy
Vernon County
State Farmers Union Organization
Vernon County Cooperatives
Wisconsin
Gordon W. Gunderson
Westby
Arthur Carlson
Gunderson
Plan Sessions In 4 Counties Plan Sessions In 4 Counties
Farm institutes across Monroe Trempealeau La Crosse and Jackson counties discuss emergency hay pasture crops and insect control led by George Briggs E H Fisher and others Meetings run Tuesday to Friday with prize-giving for silage grain and forage samples and sample submission deadlines noted
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George Briggs
College of Agriculture
E. H. Fisher
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Hatchery
West Salem, Wis
R. A. Ausman
Seneca Farm Meeting
Maunes
Jack Carson
Janis Paige
High Seas
Mit
Greer Garson
Walter Fidgeon
Elisabeth Taylor
Peter Lawford
Julia Misberaves
James Cagney
Humphrey Bogart
Pat O'Brien
Ann Sheridan
Bowery Boys
Angels With
Flor-Mart
M. F. Lindgren
Weston Street
Avenues
la Crosse Mosaic Tile Co
Mattison
Art Tabbert
Harold Johnson
D. C. Aebischer
State Board of Vocational Education
Fillmore Fha
Westby Food Preservation Meeting
Lall
Montvic Rag Apple Sovereign
Tri-State Breeders Coop
Briggs
Fisher
W. E. Spreiter
A. L. Slette
Hixton High School
Eva Belle Roth
Clifton
John Schneider Co
South Third Street
Frigidaire
Tri-State Commercial Refrigeration Co
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