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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1963
Page
9
The La Crosse Pig Club approves a new plan limiting to eighth grade boys. Ten bred gilts will be purchased and assigned to members who care for them and raise litters. Boys repay cost or market value upon litter sale. Insurance covers disease or failures. an September event sets payments and new gifts.
Brown Swiss cattle breeders of Canton Minnesota voted to hold the annual Canton show in Rushford on June 3. William Mudge of the University of Minnesota will judge and a judging contest for juniors and adults follows a noon pot luck. Committees include Kenneth Markegard as chairman with Guy Smith and Ralph Anfinson on grounds and judging, plus agents from Houston Fillmore and Wina ona counties. Officers elected: Jerome Frank president, Elton Redalin vice president, George Hendel Jr secretary treasurer, and Mrs. George Hendel Jr publicity chair.
Owen Demo of Garnerville Iowa begins duties as Trempealeau County soil scientist in Whitehall Wisconsin He is a 1961 UW agriculture graduate assigned to the Soil Conservation office at the courthouse in Whitehall.
Reading indicates skimmed and dry skim milk provide similar protein levels to whole milk per serving. The comparison suggests fat content differs while protein remains effectively equal.
Trempealeau County 4-H reports 733 members completed 1 384 projects in 29 categories for 1963. Leading areas include dairy 268 foods 224 clothing 214 and garden 153. A senior and junior 4-H team will join district judging at Menomonie June 25 after qualifying contests in Holstein and Guernsey breeders twilight meetings.
The 1962 Wisconsin tobacco crop was the smallest in 25 years as Northern growers produced 10.9 million pounds, 2.5 million less than 1961, with yields of 1 520 pounds per acre. Overall production fell 12 percent to 19 617 million pounds while the price held at 29 2 cents. Weather delays and poor curing early on reduced yields.
Gale-Ettrick FFA elects new officers for 1963 64 in Galeville Wisconsin at May meeting James Sacia president Dick Corcoran vice president William Dick secretary David Emmons treasurer Paul Grant reporter Maynard Swenson sentinel. outgoing officers include Ronald Docken president Jerry Byom vice president Robert Jostad secretary Leslie Smiglik treasurer Dick Corcoran reporter and William Dick sentinel. new president James Sacia is son of former president Douglas Sacia who led the chapter 25 years ago.
Houston County DHIA voted to add a third testing unit for the 1963 64 year at the annual meeting. Officers elected include Howard Haugstad president Robert Hoschell vice president Lester Wiegrefe secretary treasurer and directors Jerome Frank Rainer Burton Bolduan. Olaf Krome and Sons top herd in Unit I with 520.5 butterfat and 705 butterfat for the top cow. Thirty three herds and 1221 cows were tested in Unit I. Clifford Wilcox urged sire selection stressing feeding breeding and management as paths to faster improvement.
Sparta Wisconsin extension staff at the Monroe County courthouse have prepared an experimental plot on the lawn visible from their office. County Agent Leonard Anderson Farm Development Agent Larry Davis and 4 H Club Agent Don Daent sprayed eight plots with four strains of dacthal and zytron to control crab grass dandelions creeping Charlie and chickweed.
Two foreign Farm Youth Exchange delegates will spend part of this summer with Wisconsin families. Clare Brophy of Ireland arrives June 5 to live with the Horman family in West Salem and Graham Evans visits Ettrick with the Finch family starting June 11. Each will stay with four Wisconsin host families.
Wisconsin farmers in Buffalo Jackson Pepin and Trempealeau counties file 235 requests for Land Use Adjustment Program agreements covering over 8300 acres. The program aims to shift land from surplus crop production to pasture woodland wildlife and recreation with 5 or 10 year contracts and various payments. The effort is part of the 1962 Food and Agriculture Act and is administered by ASCS with soil conservation technical support.
Madison Wis The first really warm days of sowing separate the men from the boys in the matter of producing quality milk says H J Weavers chief of the Dairy and Foods Division Wisconsin State Department of Agriculture. Warm weather increased production and inadequate cooling account for the problem. All utensils must be kept scrupulously clean and in good repair. Milk must be cooled rapidly after milking to 50 degrees Fahrenheit or below 60 degrees. Quality milk production is simple if you follow the rules of sanitary milk handling.
Preston Minnesota report: in the senior division Willa Blesie wins the girls award with Arendahl Flyers and Ernie Richter tie for first among the senior boys. Kristy Hagen leads junior girls and Gary Johnson tops junior boys. Twenty-two senior girls and 17 senior boys competed along with 25 junior girls and 22 junior boys.
Houston County residents from chambers of commerce farms 4 H clubs and schools join RAD to map resources identify problems and plan growth. A steering committee led by Larry Belangie and Perk Steffen will guide the program with a June 5 meeting at 8 30 p.m. in Caledonia.
WHITEHALL Wis The price support loan takeover date for the 1962 crop soybeans is being extended through July 31 Allen Gilbertson Arcadia chairman of the Trempealeau County Agricultural Committee has announced Farmers will have an additional two months in which to redeem their loans and market their soybeans in commercial channels.
Sparta Wisconsin Monday night_FFA program honors Gary Evans and Robert Miller as outstanding senior awards winners with other honors for dairy beef and meat animal judging. Recipients include LaVern Brooks Donald Isensee Douglas Jones Martin Leis Joe Schaitel David Schiller Dennis Vian Roy Vieth Gerald Zeigler and many others.
Houston County Dairy Days festival committees met at the Community Kitchen to plan events June 21 22 sponsored by the Houston Chamber of Commerce. Local candidate selection for county princess will occur June 21 at the Houston Money Creek Cooperative Creamery with programs including a luncheon banquet cooking school contests for youngsters and an amateur night crownings. the legion will sponsor a Saturday dance.
A University of Wisconsin soil scientist warns that side dressing nitrogen cannot guarantee 100 bushel corn. Adequate plant populations, proper hybrids, soil type, climate, weed and pest control, and sufficient phosphate and potash are essential. Return on nitrogen depends on form and conditions. heavier nitrogen may be needed on sandy soils, while prior corn or sod affects rates.
Caledonia Minnesota 4-H member Richard Davy from Brownsville will attend the Minnesota 4-H Conservation Camp at Itasca State Park June 5 to 9 representing Houston County. Classes cover plants forestry entomology soil conservation with talks by University of Minnesota specialists and park staff.
Frost in the 20s Wednesday night damaged Monroe County crops. Garland Jackson losing 50,000 tomato plants after Tuesday planting. Strawberries peppers alfalfa and early corn shows frost impact with irrigation used to save beds. County Agent Leonard Anderson notes delayed crop recovery from a week to 10 days.
DHIA records assist dairymen in selecting replacement heifers and guiding feed for milking cows. Over time DHIA promises higher production per cow and greater income for dairy operators.
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