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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1964
Page
8
Clergy across La Crosse County will conduct services during Soil Stewardship Week May 3 to 10 and on the closing Sunday. John Thomas, chairman, urges reflection on stewardship and vows to be better stewards of the land under God.
Madison news reports a new federal state agreement between the Agricultural Marketing Service and Wisconsin to cooperatively grade poultry and eggs under official USDA standards. AMS supervision ensures nationwide uniformity while fees cover service costs.
Monroe County 4 H Club Junior Leaders Association outlined summer events at Oakdale Rural Electrification building. A nature hike and picnic are planned for June 28 in the county’s northeast. A Tomah record hop fundraiser and light bulb sale feasibility study were discussed by several club members.
Caledonia Minn Farmers in Houston County signed up 833 farms for the 1964 feed grain program. The signup closed March 27, diverting 14,132 acres from corn and barley from 33,576 base acres. Estimated payments total $519,888, not including fall price-support payments.
The Houston County ASC office began issuing shorn wool and lamb incentive payments totaling 3350 to 84 producers for 1963. Wool payments were 27.8 percent of producer returns from April to December 1963, down from 30 percent in 1962. Live lambs paid 54 cents per hundredweight. The program switches from marketing year to calendar year Basis.
Trempealeau County 4 H general leaders and child care leaders will attend a training session May 5 at 1 15 p m in the basement of the Whitehall courthouse. The program covers the value of children's play types of play equipment selecting materials for development and toys for different ages.
The registered Holstein herd of Dr. Edyth Swarthout and Bert Brown was among four in Wisconsin from which eight head of cattle were sold to Dr. Orlando Davila in Maracaibo Venezuela. Young bulls were selected from several Wisconsin herds and three female animals came from the Glenn L. Hasse herd in Monroe.
Linus P. Ernster Houston County Farm Bureau Insurance Services agency manager in Caledonia Minn has been appointed to the Insurance Companys Agents Advisory Council for 1964 This marks his second straight year on the council The group of top agency managers from eight divisions in Iowa and Minnesota meets with company personnel to plan growth First meeting set May 3 4 at the Holiday Inn Mason City Iowa Ernster works with career underwriter Glen Jostad Brownsville Minn as part of the Houston County Agency top performance in 1963
Analysis of 23 water samples in Fillmore County shows only eight with safe bacteria and nitrate levels. Following the Alaska earthquake nitrate levels rose. six samples unsafe and nine needing improvement. Bacteria under 200 and nitrates under 10 parts per million are considered safe. one sample had 22 parts per million. Wells ranged from 14 feet to several hundred feet. depth not a reliable factor. Tests continue.
Mauston Co operative Creamery board authorizes 7176.96 to retire stock and fund patronage refunds. Checks totaling 2441.96 sent to 1953 patrons. stockholders with certificates dated 1947 and 1949 urged to redeem in cash. Notes 1963 strong year and 20 percent cash patronage portion already paid under 1962 Revenue Act. Manston Co op Creamery, in operation since 1905, marks 59th year.
MABEL Minn Robert Kruse a Mabel High School senior and Future Farmer member will receive the State Farmer Degree at the Minnesota FFA banquet in St Paul on May 4. The event honors top members and Kruse along with two others will perform in the state FFA band.
Sparta Wisconsin Monroe County extension office will host a meeting on Wednesday May 6 at 8 p m to organize a June Dairy Month promotion for Monroe County.
Vernon County Agent Willard Werth proposes two methods to cut dairy surpluses. He suggests farmers voluntarily sell their poorest cows to reduce Vernon County production by about 21 million pounds annually and Wisconsin by at least 525 million pounds nationwide.
Wisconsin veterinarians urge calfhood vaccination between four and six months to maximize protection and ease export eligibility. Vaccinating at older ages adds risk of agglutination titers complicating brucellosis tests and sale restrictions, with minimal additional protection. Dr Erdmann urges all calves vaccinated as close to four months as possible.
Caledonia Minn Kay Forschler Brownsville Busy Bees and Sheldon Swenson Houston Vikings attend state 4 H counselor training camp opening today at Camp Idhuhapi Loret to Minn west of Minneapolis and running through Sunday. Also present are a soil conservation agent and two 4 H members plus a county agent from each of 39 counties.
Sparta Wisconsin Berry pickers to receive seven cents per quart under Wisconsin Industrial Commission order 72.04. County Agent Leonard Anderson says the rate meets minimum wage requirements and warns growers paying less during 1964 violate the order.
In 1964 Iowa farmers and officials join Project Moon Harvest to locate lunar fragments believed dispersed by meteorites. Scientists seek lunar composition clues ahead of space mission landings. The main search area lies between Council Bluffs and Sioux City.
The La Crosse Pig Club and Greater La Crosse Chamber rural affairs group plan a farm tour for boys receiving bred gifts. It starts 8:30 a.m. Saturday May 9 from the Stoddard Hotel, visiting 10 farms and ending in La Crosse about 2:30 p.m. Participants should wear rubber boots or overshoes for disinfection at each stop.
Swarthout Holstein Pat in the herd of Dr. Edyth Swarthout and Bert Brown West Salem was classified excellent by the Holstein Association of America scoring 91 points. More than 70 000 cows were classified for type and only 821 were rated excellent.
Wisconsin joins Minnesota Iowa Illinois Missouri and Kansas in Phase II of the cooperative hog cholera eradication program. The plan targets rapid outbreak reporting quarantines and trace investigations to curb disease spread while aiming for eventual nationwide eradication by 1972.
The Houston County DHIA will hold its annual meeting at Caledonia Bank Basement on Wednesday May 6 at 8 30 p m Extension dairyman Clifford Wilcox of the University of Minnesota will discuss Summer Feeding Methods for Dairy Cattle Directors from the three units will be chosen and officers milk records and rate schedules reviewed Houston County supervisors and officers are named with Caledonia Spring Grove and La Crescent represented and board members listed
Four Monroe County 4-H members are selected for the 1964 state 4-H band and chorus. Carolyn Cook and Beverly Morgan from Sparta will play in the state band on clarinet and French horn. Paul Baumgarten of Tomah and William Zeigler of Norwalk join the state chorus as second bass and second tenor. They perform during state 4-H week June 16 to 19 and at the Wisconsin State Fair in August.
Assistant district forester Donald Bur reports continued acceleration of tree planting on ridges abandoned from farming in La Crosse County. A Mindoro Cut project aims to plant 10 000 Norway spruce on 10 acres owned by Floyd Romskog, with 700 seedlings planted to start Sunday.
Caledonia Minn. Soybean planting should consider germination rates. If seed coats are damaged or germination is low, plant at a higher rate to achieve target population. Inoculate at planting to ensure nodulation and nitrogen fixation with soybean-specific inoculant when soybeans haven’t been grown on the soil recently.
Westby Wisconsin Kiwanis Club hosted Westby High School Senior FFA members at a club meeting. Attendees included Dennis Helen Paul Veum Ronald Rudiesky Gary Leum Alan Berg Fred Meyer Robert Levendoski Lester Kuester Richard Manske Gerald Bjerkes De Verne Struxness and Norman Oliver. Vic Bakke led a Q and A on Kiwanis history as FFA officers outlined goals and farming programs with Dale Nestingen as adviser.
The Jackson County chapter of NFO will meet Tuesday May 5 at 8 30 pm at Alma Center High School in Taylor Wisconsin.
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