Senate Unit To Study Corporation Farming
A Senate investigation into corporation farming will hold a one day hearing in Omaha Nebraska on Monday May 20 at 11 a.m. in Federal Building Court Room Two. Witnesses from seven states will testify on impacts on small business rural sociology family farms and use of natural resources.
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Washington, D.C
Senate
Omaha
Neb
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Nelson
Senate Small Business Committee
Federal Building
N. 17Th St
America
Howard Betts
Farmers Home Administration
Tony DeChant
National Farmers Union
Denver
Colo
Patrick DuBois
Independent Bankers Association
Sauk Center
Minn
Amer Lehman
Colorado
Idaho
Kansas
Phillip Doyie
Beloit
Kan
John George
Grain plots marked for study in Whitehall area
Two extension crop demonstration plots near Eleva and near Highway 53 are marked for observation through the growing season. Varieties include Ajax Beebee Clintland 64 Garland Garry Holden Lodi Orbit Portal Rodney Tippecanoe Jaycee plus barley Dickson Trophy Traill and wheat Lathrop Selkirk. Public tours will be scheduled later.
Farm Dollar Buys Less in Wisconsin April Report
Wisconsin farm prices received rose 5 percent from a year ago in April while prices paid by farmers climbed nearly 2 percent. Milk meat and poultry costs increased though egg prices held steady. Crop prices fell, and the cost index rose 21 percent since 1951, reducing farm dollar purchasing power despite rising output.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Statistical Reporting Service
Wisconsin
Youth Calf Winners Named In Wisconsin Farm Bureau Project
Ettrick Wisconsin youth Suzanne Instenes and Richard Boland of Independence High School were chosen as junior Holstein calf recipients. They will show at Trempealeau County fair and practice improved dairy management. If first offspring are bulls, recipients repay initial Farm Bureau calf funds to sustain the project. The aim is to build a registered dairy herd.
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Farm Bureau
Halderson
Salem Fire Hydrant Caps Recovered in Wisconsin
All but four of the fire hydrant caps stolen a week ago in West Salem have been recovered. They were found in Lake Neshonoc. The larger caps cost $4.40 and the smaller ones $4, and the total loss might have been over $100. The sheriff's department is investigating.
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West Salem
Wis
Lake Neshonoc
Sheriff’s Department
Area Guernseys Show State May Top Milk Production
Area Guernseys set several high production marks with cows from Monroe Onalaska Sparta Bangor Westby Spring Grove and Galesville among top producers in 305 day tests. Notable cows include Coulee Region registered Guernseys Darleen Lone Acres E Twilight Valleyland Deedie Scenics Milkmaid and Scenics Beautanna with milk outputs ranging from about 10 190 to 15 260 pounds and fat yields up to 767 pounds across 305 days and 365 days.
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Peterborough
N.H
Monroe
Bernard
Pralle
Onalaska
Coulee
Lone Acres
E. Twilight
Roy .E. Jacobs
Sparta
Dutch Mill Vaters Barb
Neil Jacobs
Ervin A. Nuttleman Jr
Bangor
Arthur Theige
Westby
Clar Ann Nances Cindy
Blossomland C. Mirth
Olaf J. Krome and Sons
Spring Grove
Minn
Valleyland Deedie
Valleyland Ona
Valleyland Honey
Scenics Milkmaid
Leonard M. Oines
Galesville
Scenics Beautanna
Con Lins Acme Joy
Conrad Nehls
West Salem
West Salem hosts 7th District American Legion meet
More than 70 units parade at 2 15 p m Sunday as the 7th District American Legion conference opens in West Salem Wisconsin State Cmdr Marti Jensen and national Vice Cmdr Marvin Roth attend. A banquet and dance open to the public precede the 9 a m Sunday business meeting and officer elections.
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Dist. Legion
West Salem
Wis
American Legion
West Salem Sales Pavilion
Marti Jensen
Marvin Roth
Martin ‘Hass
Goodyear Forecasts 1968 Motorcycle Tire Sales
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. predicts 1968 motorcycle tire sales will reach 750000. By 1968 end, motorcycle registrations are expected to total about 26,000,000, up from fewer than one million in 1964.
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Akron, Ohio
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Pay Part Of Fire Losses
Sparta Wisconsin Jonathan Gerg offers help to fire victims to file with the State Claims Commission. A 13 year old ward of the state started the blaze by striking matches to trash in the alley behind the burned buildings.
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Sparta
Wis
Arthur L. Gerg
Wisconsin
State Claims Commission
Milk Price Rise Creates Turmoil for Milwaukee Dairies
The Milwaukee Cooperative Milk Producers Association says dairy farmers may not know until June if Milwaukee dairies will pay more for raw milk after a 15 cent per hundredweight price rise effective last Sunday.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Cooperative Milk Producers Association
Milwaukee Dairies
Edward Stuesser
Association
Dairy Farmers
Dairies
Wisconsin
Stuesser
Crooked Creek Watershed Names New Engineer
William Schak named project engineer for Crooked Creek Watershed in Caledonia succeeding Ted Thorson. Schak from Thief River Falls brings a Soil Conservation Service background and a Northern Pacific Railroad inspection tenure. He earned an engineering degree from the University of California in 1953 and served in the U.S. Air Force.
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Caledonia
Minn
William Schak
Thief River Falls
Crooked Creek
Ted Thorson
Schak
Jeanette
Amy Jo
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Northern Paoy Railroad
Fargo
University of California
U.S. Air Force
Department releases Polk spring wheat resistant to rusts
The Agriculture Department announces a new hard red spring wheat variety named Polk. Developed by the Agricultural Research Service with Minnesota, Montana, North and South Dakota experiment stations, Polk is suited to the North Central region. Limited seed will be available to certified growers from experimental stations. no seed is in Washington for distribution.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Polk
North Central
Department
Agricultural Research Service
Minnesota
Montana
North
South Dakota
Prairie Du Chien Plans District Alice In Dairyland Fete
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin hosts District Alice In Dairyland festivities with Rev Raymond Sims welcoming guests. The event features speeches by Assemblyman Bernard Lewison and Albert Weeks, and a parade at 12 30 p m with twelve candidates from Sauk Richland Vernon and Crawford counties. A banquet at the Country Club will announce winners and a Youth Dairy Promotion Team will distribute cheese samples.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Raymond Sims
Alice In Dairyland
Harold White
Kiwanis Club
Elmer
Wilkins
Mildred Christen
Sauk
Richsen
Land
Vernon
Crawford
Mahmoud Shihata
Bernard Lewison
Viroqua
Prairie du Chien Country Club
District
Crawford County
Virgil Butteris
Country Club
C. R. Stewart
Lewison
Albert Weeks
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Prairie du Chien Kiwanis Club
Burlington
Mary JoAnn Gavin
Duanna Olds
Reedsburg
Donna Sandy
de Soto
Sue McClurg
Margaret Johnsrude
Soldiers Grove
Christine Pugh
Dianne Forst
Barbara Hansen
Blue River
Ruth Miller
Marcia Templin
Lime Ridge
Evonne Kraemer
Spring Green
Jane Halloran
Gays Mills
Hall Jersey Cow Named Tested Dam for Prolific Offspring
Valhalla Eva Princess a registered Jersey cow owned by Landahl Hall Westby was named a Tested Dam by the American Jersey Cattle Association for having three offspring with official production records. Her progeny averaged 10592 pounds of milk and 564 pounds of butterfat in 305 day mature equivalent milking.
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Columbus
Ohio
Landahl Hall, Westby
American Jersey Cattle Club
Watershed Plans Annual Meeting in Ettrick Wisconsin
French Beaver Creek Watershed Association outlines the annual meeting and director elections for early June. Planning committee includes Alfred Sexe of North Beaver Creek as association president and Basil Finch of Town of Franklin.
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Ettrick
Wis
French
Howdah: platform mounted on elephant back
A howdah is a seat or platform fastened to an elephant’s back for carrying riders or cargo. It reflects historical use in various cultures where rulers and travelers rode in ornate, sunlit palanquins.
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Lincoln
Donald Magdanz
National Livestock Feeders Association
Oren Lee ‘Staley
National Farmers Organization
Corning
Iowa
Salem
Old Southern Minnesota Railway
Milwaukee Road
Tribune
James O. Holmlund
Eddie Cotterwick
Frank Percick
la Crosse
Gordon Summerfield
Ray Manke
Bank OF
F.d.1.c
John and
Paul Kewin
Delbert Wurster
Rasmussen
W. Oak St
White Front Tavern
Russell Burnett
Charles Ambelang
John Krembs
Lambert Hansen
Catherine Krause
Kewin
W. Oak Street
Rasmussen Building
Spencer Warner
U.S
Vicinity
Exchange Star Bank
Rose ST
Judy Winger
Crawford County Dairy Queen
Kay Dworak
Cheryl Lenzendorf
Linda Sutton
Future
Homemakers of America
Joe Ann Graul
Connie Walters
Dwight Horkheimer
Colleen Meier
Wisconsin Junior Dairymen’s Association
Phil Stuart
Bruce Boxrucker
Future Farmers
Duaina Olds
Jersey
Watershed Plans Annual Meeting
LA Crosse Floral
Tri-State
Cass St
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