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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1952
Page
9
Wisconsin dairy statistics show milk production per cow rose to 7 010 pounds in 1951, up 12 percent in the past decade. The state also notes a declining herd while total output climbs, aided by better feeding, breeding, pasture, and record keeping.
Vernon County swine breeders are invited to a spraying demonstration for mange and discussions on hog management and disease control. Two talks led by Vern Felts of the College of Agriculture will take place May 27 at Lindahl Hall and Son Farm near Westby at 12:30 p.m. and at Edwin Yttle Farm near Viroqua on Highway 82 at 7:30 p.m.
Tri-State Breeders Co operative and Westby Kiwanis plan a June 6 to 8 grand opening welcoming about 20 000 visitors. The building will be open 1 to 4 pm each day for inspection as Knitt Construction completes grounds and a silo is added. Kiwanis promote the event in the La Crosse Tribune and on WKTY and will assist guiding visitors.
Houston County will send 31 4-H members to the Minnesota State 4-H Week June 10 12 at University Farm. Extension agents report 1 200 4-H ers from across the state will attend. Doris Vetsch and Carl Solie will take part in the state good grooming contest. Activities include campus tours, a Ford plant visit, a Navy Station jet demo, classes in agriculture and homemaking, a gingham and denim party, and a candlelight ceremony with awards and new federation officers.
Spring Valley 4 H member James Sample Jr. 19, Iowa State College student, earns trip to the national 4 H Club camp in Washington, D C June 18 to 25 for meat animal demonstration and record in meat animal project. Other winners include Karla Behe Hastings Marilyn Fahning Wells and Benjamin Peterson Ft Ripley.
Winona student Jean Schneider was among 75 University of Minnesota College of Agriculture Forestry Home Economics and Veterinary Medicine students receiving scholarships and special awards last week. She earned a $50 Home Economics Association scholarship.
Allamakee County farmers and farm owners receive agricultural land tax credit checks totaling $40 192 07 in WAUKON Iowa.
A detailed list of farm related events runs from May 28 to June 6 across Monroe Vernon La Crosse Houston and Allamakee counties. Included are spraying demonstrations soil conservation meetings 4-H and homemaker programs livestock shows tours and a grand opening for the Tri State Breeders Cooperative.
The Trempealeau County home makers chorus directed by Mrs Basil Olson of Pigeon Township sang at a Wisconsin homemakers council meeting at Green Lake. Delegates Mmes Rudolph Anderson Blair and Odell Schansberg Whitehall attended.
The article advises strawberry growers on pruning blossoms to develop strong parent plants, managing runners for next year's crop, keeping plants well watered and weeds controlled, using nitrogen fertilizer if soil is low, hoeing for small patches and selective weed killers for larger plantings, and treating strawberry weevil with 5 percent DDT or chlordane dust.
Three Norwalk High FFA teams competed in the Madison state judging contest on April 10. The fat stock team Hammes Schreier Schaller placed ninth out of 72 and earned a superior rating in judging. The dairy team Noth Manley Haldeman received a creditable rating. The farm management team Leis Kotten Zietlow also competed. Clinton Summerfield led the Hoards Dairyman dairy cattle contest with 476 of 500.
Trempealeau High School Future Homemakers of America held a dinner party at the Oaks near Winona. Attending were FHA adviser Mrs. Dorothy Bell, chapter mother Mrs. Albert Scherr, board members Mrs. Dewey Wilburn and Mrs. Paul Lehman. Helen Raymond, state FHA secretary and Trempealeau member, spoke at Whitehall chapter’s mother and daughter banquet earlier in the month.
Girls of the West Salem High School Future Homemakers of America present their annual style review in the school gymnasium on Monday May 26 at 7 30 p m Valary Anderson chairman announces the event
The Wisconsin Soil Conservation Service reports wide changes in 1951 across 62 districts including education programs for youth, teacher training, and field tours. Airplane tours drew 1 139 participants and many districts plan repeats in 1952. La Crosse County district is one of 63 districts created since 1939 with continued support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
FASTEETH helps wearers secure dentures by preventing slipping wobbling and dropping. The powder neutralizes odor provides a pleasant non gummy taste and does not cause nausea. Available at drug stores.
Norman C. Mindrum assistant 4-H leader at the University of Minnesota and former Winona County agent earns a scholarship to the University of Maryland Institute for Child Study summer workshop June 23 to August 1. He is one of 48 extension workers nationwide selected for training in human development education per Paul E. Miller.
The Guernsey Parish Show scheduled for Monday June 2 at West Salem naming two county royalty entrants Donna Mae Hancock from New Lisbon chosen by Juneau breeders and Catherine Hanson of Viroqua selected by Vernon County. The event features a judging contest, queen cone test and a picnic lunch followed by cattle judging from Trempealeau Monroe Juneau Vernon and La Crosse counties. Hancock, 14, is a Cheery 4-H member with a record of completed projects while Hanson, in her second year as a finalist, recently won the Vernon County 4-H speaking contest.
SPRING GROVE residents Roger Bender Myron Gulbranson Rodney Kallis and Charles Peterson were among 176 youths honored at the 16th annual Future Farmers of America convention at the St Paul campus of the University of Minnesota. Degrees of State Farmer were conferred for outstanding supervised farming programs and other characteristics.
Officers of the York Friendly Club were elected at the Mrs Ole Hanson home. Mrs Ole Hanson was named president with Mrs Alvey Hanson as vice president, Mrs Mae bel Thompson as secretary, and Mrs Harold Jacobson as treasurer.
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