Vernon FU Organizer Honored in Westby Wisconsin
Stanley Sebion longtime Vernon County Farmers Union organizer and secretary treasurer was guest of honor at a banquet in the Westby REA building. He retired from the PFU board in 1962 after helping organize area cooperatives and promoting special projects. A plaque and plant were presented, with music and tributes from county leaders and officials emphasizing his tireless service to the farmers union and dairy program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westby
Wis
Stanley Sebion
Vernon County Farmers Union
REA
Sebion
Farmers Union
Julian Helen
Lebion
Leo Wallace
Yuba
LeRoy Peterson
Allen Berg
Hawkin Norvestad
Edwin Swenson
Westby Farmers Union Cooperative
Earl Evenstad
Westby Cooperative Creamery
Hjalmer Halvorson
Ralph Melby
Sig Holden
Catherine Peterson
Curtis Erickson
Harold Hall
Lincoln Neprud
Raymond Hauser
Emman Stanek
Earl Rumpe
Mill Creek Jets Win Window Display Test
Black River Falls Wisconsin 4-H week sees Mill Creek Jets win top blue ribbon for window display at Melrose store theme Careers Unlimited Through 4-H. Other winners include Squaw Creek Busy Badgers Irving Sticktights and Young America Club with varied 4-H themes. Judge notes cite lack of central theme in many entries. Window displays run through Saturday with radio spot features and local restaurant placemats.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Mill Creek Jets
Lutz
Melrose
Jackson County
Mill Creek Club
Melrose Club
Forrest Goodenough
Squaw Creek
Torgerson’s
Irving
Lloyd’s Cafe
Young America Club
Larson’s Window
Tindahl Happy Hearts
Levis
Northfield
Northfield Legion Hall
Barrett’s
Merrillan
Franklin Live Wires
North Branch Happy Workers
Hixton Hustlers
French Creek Falcons
Taylor Top Notchers
Atomic Workers
Wilson Creek
Snow Allens
Young America
County Leader Association
Symposium on Land Use Set Monday
A symposium on land use planning in Wisconsin will be held March 11 at the Little Theatre of the State College in Platteville. The event, sponsored by the Wisconsin Chapter of the Soil Conservation Society of America, features speakers from SCS, Wisconsin Conservation Department, Wisconsin Department of Resource Development, Wisconsin Highway Department, the Wisconsin Extension Service, Wildlife Management Institute, and other agencies. The program begins at 9 a.m. with discussions open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Little Theatre
State College
Platteville
Lyle Molstad
SCS
Soil Conservation Society of America
Jack Densmore
Soil Conservation Service
Donald Mackie
Wisconsin Conservation Dept
Harold Jordahl
Wisconsin Department
Junior Guernsey Member Accepted in New Hampshire
Peterborough New Hampshire resident Jon Erroll Wangen Blair has been accepted for Junior Membership in the American Guernsey Cattle Club. He will receive a membership certificate and may register Guernseys at a reduced rate.
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Peterborough
N.H
Jon Erroll Wangen
Blair
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Strawberry Meet Set at Alma Center Wisconsin
A strawberry institute for Western Wisconsin growers will be held at the Odd Fellows Hall on Tuesday March 12 starting at 10 a.m. Speakers include Prof. George Klingbeil Dr. John Libby Abe Epstein and Prof. Earl Wade of the University of Wisconsin. A weed control film will be shown. Topics cover the strawberry industry outlook plant program insect weed and disease control.
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Strawberry Industry
Wisconsin
Little Time Remains To Order Trees
Madison Wis The time for ordering nursery tree stock for spring planting is running out fast says T A Peterson University of Wisconsin forester Nursery shipments will begin about mid April Peterson says the Conservation Department has about 42 million trees available for planting this spring A large supply of Norway pine white pine and white spruce seedlings is still available to landowners at cost Also available are hard maple and white ash seedlings in limited number Black walnuts are available for planting in southern Wisconsin Farmers and landowners should contact the district forester extension agent SCS farm planner or ASC office for tree order placement The local district forester can assist in planning a planting program
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
T. A. Peterson
University of Wisconsin Forester
Peterson
Conservation Department
Wisconsin
SCS
ASC
Monroe County Farmers Sign Upfor 1963 Feed Plan
Sparta Wis Victor Peterson, Monroe County ASC manager, reports 510 farmers have signed for the 1963 feed and grain program. Advance payments exceed $100,000, about one third of total benefits. Final payments due in September. Signups continue at the ASC office in Sparta through March 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Victor Peterson
Monroe County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Monroe County
ASC
61 102 Acres Diverted Under 1963 Feed Grain Program
A March 1 report shows 3,921 farms enrolled in the 10 county 5th Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation District. Farmers will divert 61,102 acres from cropland to conserving uses and may earn about $2,435,384 in total. Average earnings per farm are about $621.10 and $39.90 per acre while signups run through March 22.
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5Th Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation District
Roland Bergman
la Crosse County
ASC
Bergman
Calves Assigned to 4-H and FFA Project Work
Trempealeau County 4-H and FFA members are named to receive donated Holstein and Guernsey calves for a school project. Holstein calves go to numerous 4-H members in Whitehall Ettrick Osseo Arcadia Melrose and surrounding areas, while Guernsey calves are assigned to Trempealeau Ettrick Whitehall Galesville Arcadia Osseo and nearby towns with sponsors from the Breed ers Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County 4-H
FFA
County 4-H
Ray Shanklin
Holstein and Guernsey Breeders Association
Dennis Anderson
Eugene Nelson
Lorna Bergum
Darrel Nerby
Blair
Gregory Sylla
Benjamin Halama
Don Powis
Independence
Charles Finstad
Dorothy Stuve
Eugene Guse
Loren Hanson
Richard Slaby
Larry Folkedahl
James Mahoney
John Scarseth
Ettrick
Roy Aancrud
Steve Johnson
Paul Goplin
Connie Johnson
Mary Karen Hanson
Osseo
Gerald Iverson
Gary Schmidt
Elena
Terry L. Johnson
James Schlinder
Galesville
Linus Soppa
Larry Gilbertson
Arcadia
Diane Conrad
Melrose
Guernsey
Lou Ann Eckman
Kenneth Brekke
Margaret Hanson
Claire Hanson
Lois Lakey
Irvin L. Nehring
Leslie Lakey
Trempealeau
Allen Schorbahn
James Schorbahn
Marshall Thompson
Margaret Congdon
Wendell Hovre
Robert Twesme
Fewer Cows, More Milk in Wisconsin
Wisconsin dairying shows fewer cows but higher output in 1962. The average production per cow rose to 8 613 pounds and gross milk production reached nearly 18 5 billion pounds per the annual census.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Get Name For Herd Decorah View Registered Guernsey Cattle
Peterborough New Hampshire Dar win and Margaret Congdon of Galesville have reserved the prefix Decorah View for use in naming their purebred Guernsey cattle per the American Guernsey Cattle Club.
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Peterborough
N.H
Darwin
Margaret Congdon
Galesville
Guernsey
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Make Sure Of Grain Seed Quality Before Planting
Madison Wisconsin farmers plan spring planting and should examine seed oats for high yield traits such as disease resistance stiff straw and soil climate adaptation. Ensure seed is true to name locally approved heavy in weight and has 99.75 to 99.90 percent pure certified seed with germination at 90 percent or above. For home grown seed test germination now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Russell Marx
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
General Laboratory
Marx
Houston County Ag Committee Names Officers
Caledonia Minnesota Irvin Ingvals on was elected chairman of the Houston County Extension Committee at its annual meeting Grant Lapham was elected vice chairman Dolores Hauge county auditor is the secretary of the committee which also includes Edwin Veglahn La Crescent Mrs George Kelly and P Dillon Hempstead Houston Mrs Clarence Eikens Caledonia and county commissioners John Goetzinger Brownsville and George Bissen Caledonia After reviewing the past years activities the committee was informed that the extension service has been designated to carry the educational phase of rural civil defense and also the organizational phase of the Rural Areas Development RAD program in Houston County
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Caledonia
Minn
Irvin Ing Valson
Houston County
Grant Lapham
Dolores Hauge
Edwin Veglahn
la Crescent
George Kelly
P. Dillon Hempstead
Houston
Clarence Eikens
John Goetzinger
Brownsville
George Bissen
Crop Production Meeting Planned in Caledonia
Caledonia fertilizer dealers and the Houston County extension service co sponsor a crop production meeting Friday March 15 at 1 30 p m in the Caledonia State Bank basement Topics include soil sampling fertilizer application herbicides crops and related subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia
Minn
Caledonia Fertilizer Dealers
Houston County Extension Service
Caledonia State Bank
Spring Grove Tractor Maintenance Workshop Announcement
Spring Grove Minn A two day tractor maintenance workshop will be held at Spring Grove High School vocational agriculture shop on March 16 and March 23. Part of the Young Farmer program the workshop aims to teach owner performed procedures using the operator's manual. Farmers may register soon as space is limited and tractors are first come first served. Bring tractor manuals and use the dynamometer for horsepower and rpm readings to aid proper adjustments.
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Spring Grove
Minn
Spring Grove High School
Boyd Anderson
Vocational Agriculture Department
Fillmore To Vote On SCD Supervisor
Preston Minnesota Fillmore County farmers will vote on Tuesday March 12 to elect a soil and water conservation district supervisor for a five year term to fill the expired term of Clarence F Larsen of Lanesboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Minn
Fillmore County
Soil and Water Conservation District
Clarence F. Larsen
Lanesboro
Degen-Berglund Inc Promises Precise Prescriptions
A historical ad compares medieval surgery to modern pharmacy, urging trust in Degen-Ber gld und, Inc. for accurate prescriptions. It lists locations at 1908 Campbell Rd and Losey Blvd with contact numbers and promotes top quality drugs and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Degen - Berglund, Inc
Degen-Berglund, Inc
Campbell Rd
Losey Blvd
Dairy cows lead La Crosse County fat milk totals
The Miller Holstein Farm of La Crosse topped the DHIA annual report with DeAnna producing 26,226 pounds of milk and 1,076 pounds of butterfat in 365 days. Other high performers include Earl Quackenbush herd with 17,441 pounds of milk and 651 pounds of fat average, and top cows Joy Jane and Pride with 22,308 19,989 and 1,090 723 pounds of milk and fat respectively.
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Miller Holstein Farm
la Crosse
la Crosse County
Bernard Pralle
Onalaska
Guernseys
la Crosse County Hospital
Meinking Brothers
Bangor
Bert Brown
Edyth Swarthout
West Salem
Holstein
Steins
Hilbert Niedfeldt
Robert Skemp
Gust Wendorf
Margie
Guernsey
Jersey
Bernard Timm
Holmen
Muffet
Martin Brothers
Quackenbush
Donald Trocinski
Donald Pertzsch
Wilmer Hesselberg
Adolph Marking
Earl Quackenbush
Joy
Jane
Three County 4-H'ers Earn $50 Calf Awards
La Crosse County 4-H youths Douglas Brevig Gordon Horstman and Kenneth Wolf each receive a 50 dollar cash award toward buying a purebred Holstein calf through the La Crosse County Holstein Breeders Association. The award helps youths establish dairy projects with foundation animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
Bangor
Monroe Growers Favor Tobacco Quotas Referendum
In Sparta Wisconsin 153 of 375 eligible tobacco growers favored continuation of quotas for the season while 14 voted against in the recent referendum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Sparta
Wis
Houston County FA Schedules Meeting
SPRING GROVE Minn Milton Maxwell chairman of the Minnesota Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee and Francis Januschka Houston County agent will speak at the Houston County Farmers Union meeting Thursday March 14 at 8 pm at Pine Crest in Springs Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Grove
Minn
Milton Maxwell
Minnesota Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Francis Januschka
Houston County
Houston County Farmers Union
Pine Crest
Springs Grove
Curran Tours With Farm Bureau Group
Taylor Wis Douglas Curran head of the FHA office in Whitehall is a member of a Farm Bureau group touring dairy farms in Pennsylvania New York and Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor, Wis
Douglas Curran
Taylor
FHA
Whitehall
Farm Bureau
Pennsylvania
New York
Ontario
Sunnyside Cheerites Elect New 4-H Officers
Newly elected Sunnyside Cheerites 4-H Club officers are Ronald Rude president Dorothy Johnson vice president Sharon Schansberg secretary Faye Lee treasurer and Leone Frederickson reporter Mary Stirn receives a nine year member ship pin Trempealeau County 4-H agent Ray Shanklin spoke to the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunnyside Cheerites
4-H Club
Ronald Rude
Dorothy Johnson
Sharon Schansberg
Faye Lee
Leone Frederickson
Mary Stirn
Ray Shanklin
Trempealeau County
Lakes Coulee 4-H Plans Drama for County Contest
The Lakes Coulee 4-H Club mapped a February meeting plan to stage a play for the annual county drama contest set for March 12 at Ettrick Community Hall. Lorna Bergum and Jon Young, noted dairy members, received prizes and Mrs. Prie Olson presented films of Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakes Coulee 4-H Club
Ettrick
Lorna Bergum
Jon Young
Prie Olson
Spain
Holmen 4-H Club Decorates Store Window For 4-H Week
The Holmen Achievers 4-H Club voted to decorate Jostad's Store window in Holmen for 4-H Week March 2 to 9 during the February meeting. Meeting night was moved from the second to the third Tuesday. David Holter showed dairy calves and demonstrated tying a rope halter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmen Achievers
Jostad
Holmen
David Holter
La Crosse Hosts District 4-H Drama Meet
La Crosse County 4-H plans district drama and speaking contests at the Little Theater on Thursday March 21 and March 28. Tom O Connell says winners advance to the state meet in Wausau in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
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Howard Krauss
Wisconsin Field Services
Wisconsin Farmers Union
Stanley Lebions
Krauss
Lester Johnson
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Johnson
House Dairy Subcommittee
Jr. Guernsey
Oxfords
Converse
U.S. Keds
Skotch Shops
Main St
Alma Center
State Bank
Rose
Clinton
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ASCS
4Th
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Adams
Crawford
Jackson
Juneau
Richland
Sauk
Vernon Ups
Coulee
Farmers Union Central Exchange
St. Paul
Kermit Grape
Kendall Cooperative Exchange
Frank Vlasak
Thomas H. Steichen
Central Exchange
Wisconsin Cooperatives
la Crosse Tribune
Teun
Houston County Ag Committee
Town OF
Campbell
Caucus
Summit School
Said Town
George J. Kastner
Fillmore
SCD
Pharmacist
Bernie Degen
Dhia
Pride
Blacky
Maybelle
Curran
Farm Bureau Group
Lakes Coulee
Coronado
Lakeside
Gamble Store
Pearl St
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