4 H Clubs Plan Hokah Festival
Three 4 H clubs in Hokah stage a parish hall festival starting May 6 with skits songs and dances. Brownsville Busy Bees perform No Suit For Annie directed by Margaret Klein with a large youth cast. Proceeds go to club programs.
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Aince
Brownsville
Busy Bees
Annie
Margaret Klein
Mary
Emogene Kreutzer
Arnold
Phyllis
Billy
Ruth Ideker
Ruby
Iris
Donna Joyce Hawke
Mary Lou
Robert
Donald
Zona Moore
Marion
Helen
Billy Flannery
Howard Ideke
Glenn Sennes
Gordon Guenther
Elizath
Patricia
Victor Senn
Bonnie Joy Radtke
Donald Ender
Patty
Sharon Glissendorf
Delores Zibrowski
Donna Jean Sennes
Butch
Joyce Hammer
John F. Ideker
Bernard Feldmeier
Billy Ideker
Therese Hafner
LuEtta Werthein
Guernsey Breeders Plan May 28 Picnic
Whitehall Wisconsin special dispatch reports Trempealeau county Guernsey Breeders to hold an annual picnic May 28 on the Mun French farm near Galesville. The Guernsey parish show for the area is set for June 14 at West Salem and the Trempealeau county Farm Bureau picnic is planned for Park Trempealeau in June.
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Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County
Galesville
West Salem
Trempealeau County Farm Bureau
Trempealeau
La Crosse 4-H Camps Attract 150 To 200 Members
About 150 to 200 4-H club boys and leaders will attend the second annual one day soil conservation camps in La Crosse in June. Sessions run June 6 7 8 22 23 and 24 with overnight camping in a city park and visits to the erosion control station fisheries and a boat ride on the Mississippi. Local SCS and extension staff organize the event to boost interest in soil conservation project work.
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la Crosse
I. O. Hemphre
Hembre
Park Commission
U. S
Mississippi
Sea Scouts
la Crosse Boat and Marine Service
State Soil Conservation Committee
Extension Service
SCS
Gale FFA Members Seek Farmer Rate in Wisconsin
Seven Galesville FFA boys vie for the Wisconsin Farmer honor this spring per director J O Beadle. Candidates include Allen Betz Richard Bibby Donald Deeren Milton Aleckson Stanley Holter Ronald Truax and Arvid Evenson with Evenson eligible for a special award. Titles will be awarded at the state FFA in Madison May 22 to 24.
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Galesville
Wis
FFA
Wisconsin Farmer
J. O. Beadle
Allen Betz
Richard Bibby
Donald Deeren
Milton Aleckson
Stanley Holter
Ronald Truax
Arvid Evenson
Evenson
Bennett Evenson
Madison
Vernon Holds Weed Meeting in Viroqua Court House
A countywide meeting of weed control officers town officers deputy weed commissioners and others will be held at the Viroqua court house on Tuesday May 10 at 10 am. George Briggs of the Wisconsin College of Agriculture and Henry Lunz state weed inspector will speak on weed control information and the legal angle. Weed control equipment will be shown by several implement dealers and custom sprayers during the day.
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Viroqua Court House
George Briggs
Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Henry Lunz
Briggs
Lunz
Calendar Of Farm Events May 3 4 5 6 9 10
A dense listing of county level farm events and meetings from May 3 through May 10 across multiple counties. Topics include pest and rat control, safety contests, soil and water conservation education, 4-H activities, farm demonstrations, farm bureau gatherings, and ditches weed control with locations spanning Waukon Whitehall Caledonia and other towns.
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Allamakee
Waukon
Trempealeau County
Whitehall
la Crosse County
WKBH
Houston County
Caledonia Auditorium
Happy Hustlers
Tell School
Seaver Boys
Maurice O’regan
Fillmore Seeks Gopher Control
Two pocket gopher control demonstrations are scheduled in Fillmore county. University of Minnesota entomologist H L Parten will lead sessions at the Earl Freiheit farm near Wykoff on May 4 at 2 p m and at the Truman Boyum farm near Aren Dah store on May 5 at 2 p m. The gopher problem has grown, with burrows forming gullies and damaging crops and mowing equipment.
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Fillmore County
Earl Freiheit
Wykoff
SCS
Trempealeau County
Harry Hawkenson
Chimney Rock
Alfred Maciosek
Arcadia
Angus Andre
Harland Schaefer
Whitehall
Maciosek
Earl Trim
Galesville
Maplewood
Truman Boyum Farm
Arendahl Store
Star Valley Boosters
Pine Knob
Dorchester
Emil DeWulf
Milton Hobert
H. L. Parten
University of Minnesota
Earl Freiheit Farm
Wedneday
Truman Boyum
Arendah
Highway
Bill Aims to Explain Doctor Shortage in Wisconsin
Madison report describes a legislative push to require the university regents to account for why Wisconsin is not graduating more doctors each year. Assemblyman Alfred Ludvigsen notes admissions denials may be unclear while rural areas lose resident physicians. The bill would allocate 2.75 million dollars to match federal funds for hospital construction, backed by Vernon County and the Wisconsin Farm Bureau.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
University
Alfred Ludvigsen
Hartland
Vernon County Farm Bureau
Wisconsin Farm Bureau
Trempealeau 4-H Leaders to Summer Camp Move
Trempealeau county will send 20 4-H and junior leaders to the district 4-H camp at Green Lake near Ripon, replacing Prairie du Chien. Top prize winners in safety speaking and music earn free trips. others pay 13 dollars for meals lodging and bed. Camp runs June 8 with 375 4-H workers from 22 counties. Walter Bean named dean of men, Ray Shanklin assists. Applications to Shanklin in Whitehall.
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Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County
Green Lake
Ripon
Prairie du Chien
Ray Shanklin
Walter Bean
Jackson County
Shanklin
Blasting Demonstration Planned on Houston County Farm
About 200 feet of ditch will be blown out with ditching dynamite at a demonstration on the Arlie Kubitz farm in Jefferson township Houston county Tuesday May 10 at 11 am. H C Gould Dupont engineer will set the charge and discuss proper dynamite use for ditching. The event was planned by district supervisors George Moriarty Harlie Larson and County Agent Wayne Hanson.
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Arlie Kubitz
Houston County
Jefferson Township
Winnebago Road
New Albia
H. C. Gould
Dupont
George Moriarty
Harlie Larson
Wayne Hanson
Corn Belt Market Stock Exceeds Forty Eight
Cattle on feed for market show gains across all corn belt states including Wisconsin. April 1 reports from the crop reporting service indicate Wisconsin up 15 percent and the corn belt overall up 23 percent from a year earlier. Despite higher numbers the current total remains eight percent below April 1947 levels. The rise mirrors January reports as larger 1948 corn supplies spurred feeding activity.
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Wisconsin
United States Departments of Agriculture
Calves Okay Untested Under New 1949 Law
Trempealeau county 4 H club agent Ray Shanklin announces a state agriculture rule allowing calves shown at fairs to go untested if vaccinated within the past year. Officials say Bangs disease vaccinated cattle may be sold transferred or exhibited for 12 months after vaccination with an official calf hood report.
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Whitehall
Wis
Ray Shanklin
Trempealeau County
State Department of Agriculture
Bang
Shanklin
Trempleau Holstein Breeders Plan Meet
Trempleau county Holstein Breeders Association directors meet at the county agent's Whitehall office on May 9 to plan a twilight meeting on June 5. Inseminators meet May 10 at County Agent Main's home, trainers meet May 13, and area agents gather in Eau Claire on May 16.
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Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County Holstein Breeders Association
Main
Eau Claire
1025 Trees Planted In Less Than 2 Hours In Iowa
McGREGOR Iowa April 22 1025 trees were planted in under two hours on Merle Wickler farm using a mechanical planter pulled by a tractor Two men operated the device Wickler and Richard Campbell extension forester of Iowa witnessed the event about 100 people from nearby areas attended The aim was to cut labor costs speed reforestation stop erosion improve looks provide game cover and eventually yield lumber on three acres along a creek south of the farm buildings Wickler an Izaak Walton league member focuses on game cover and soil conservation efforts on his land
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Merle Wirkler
Garnaville
Wirkler
Richard Campbell
Mcgregor
Merle Wickler
U. S. 52
Wickler
Iowa
Izaak Walton
Stored Grains Top Records in Minnesota April 1 1949
The total volume of stored grains including corn wheat oats barley and rye in Minnesota on April 1 1949 was the largest on record. Corn stocks were far above any prior year, barley and rye stocks were their highest in six years, oats were the second largest behind 1946, and wheat stocks were the highest in several years though not a record.
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Minnesota
Federal
Sewer plan basics for farm disposal systems
Good construction and adequate capacity are essential for a farm sewage system. The plan centers on three main components: house sewer, septic tank, and disposal field.
Pasture renovation demonstrations planned across Coulee region
County agents schedule a series of field demonstrations on grassland farming terracing and gully control led by Vic Barcalow and O R Zeasman. Meetings begin May 9 in Monroe county then move to Jackson Trempealeau La Crosse and Vernon counties with farm locations listed for each day.
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Coulee
Vic Barcalow
O. R. Zeasman
College of Agriculture
Monroe County
Jackson
Trempealeau
la Crosse
Vernon
William and
Charles Dwyer
Glendale
Kendall
Jackson County
William Busse
Franklin Township
Melrose
Trempealeau County
Margaret Lyons and
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Melrose High School
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