UW Specialists Call Dairy Cattle Market Unorganized
Wisconsin dairy cattle replacement marketing is multimillion in scope with over half of dairymen involved yet described as unorganized. Dealers handle most replacements. 160000 cattle abroad yearly. no central market. prices from varied sources. proposals call for a central agency, defined grades, health standards, and better records.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Marvin Schaars
Richard Vilstrup
University of Wisconsin Agricultural Marketing
Schaars
Vilstrup
Schaars and
Milwaukee
South St. Paul
Minn
Dairymen
Three UW Days Set In Early June
The University of Wisconsin schedules three field days in the first week of June. June 2 offers a grassland and dairy field day at Emmons Blaine Jr. farm north of Lake Mills. Hancock hosts a beef day with the Wisconsin Beef Improvement Association meeting and sale of 16 beef breeding bulls. June 4 features a haulage harvesting field day at Marshfield Experimental Farm with dairy management. Hay days start at 10 a.m. and the beef day at 9 a.m.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Emmons Blaine Jr
Marshfield
Richard Storlie Receives Minnesota FFA Honor
Spring Grove residents Richard Storlie and peers attend the State FFA Convention at the University of Minnesota May 4 and 5. Also present were Steven Guberud who sang in the chorus James Gulbranson in the band and officers Wayne Gulbranson DennisHolty Dean Gulbranson James Gulbranson Duane Olerud Robert Oeftsteadal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Grove
Minn
Richard Storlie
Minnesota Ffa
University of Minnesota
St. Paul
Steven Guberud
FFA
James Gulbranson
Wayne Gulbranson
Dennis Holty
Dean Gulbranson
Duane Olerud
Robert Oeftstedahl
Sentinel
Blair Hires New Agriculture Teacher
Blair Wisconsin appoints David F. Schaefer 21 of Whitehall to teach vocational agriculture at Blair High School. He replaces William Pickering who will join a Chippewa Falls bank. Schaefer graduates in June from River Falls State College with a bachelor of science in agricultural education.
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Blair
Wis
David F. Schaefer
Whitehall
Blair High School
William Pickering
Chippewa Falls
Schaefer
River Falls State College
Blair Future Farmers Plant Trees For Funds
Blair Wisconsin FFA members completed a spring reforestation project by planting 12 000 three year old white pines on a 12 acre Reynolds Coulee woodlot. The work, funded on a cost share with landowner Oldendorf and county forester Henry Anderson, supported woodlot management and funded a Canadian fishing trip set to begin Memorial Day.
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Blair
Wis
Blair High School
Future Farmers of America
Arthur Oldendorf
Reynolds Coulee
FFA
Oldendorf
Henry Anderson
Gerald Sisle
William Pickering
Anderson
Harlan
Conservation Workers To Get Service Honors
Three Soil Conservation Service employees in the La Crosse area will receive pins and certificates for long service. Francis J. O Connell of Sparta and John J. Lund of Viroqua both earn 30 year awards, Gaylord Jacobson of Black River Falls gets a 20 year award, and all have spent their tenure with the Service in Wisconsin. Lund served his entire 30 years in Vernon County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Conservation Service
la Crosse
Robert E. Lee
Francis J. O’connell
Sparta
Monroe County
John J. Lund
Viroqua
Vernon County
Gaylord Jacobson
Black River Falls
Jackson County
Wisconsin
John Lund
Oakdale Electric Cooperative to Hold 29th Annual Meeting
Oakdale Wis June 11 Wisconsin Electric Cooperative general manager W V Thomas of Madison will be main speaker at the 29th annual Oakdale Electric Cooperative meeting. Janice Clawson Miss Wisconsin Rural Electrification 1964 65 will appear. Three directors to be elected for three year terms. Chicken barbecue lunch to be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakdale
Wis
W. V. Thomas
Wisconsin Electric Cooperative
Madison
Oakdale Electric Cooperative
Janice Clawson
Rural
Four-H Members Selected for Three State Events in Iowa
In Waukon Iowa sixteen Allamakee County 4-H members were chosen to attend three state events. Fourteen will join a four day 4-H annual conference at Ames June 10 to 13 including Susan Ellefson Rose Marie Byrnes Lorraine Renk Doris Anderson Mary Conway Cathi Aliesch Kay Zimmerman Dan OBrien Glen Monroe Pat Houlihan Lyle Steffenson Dave Stilwell Greg Teff and Loren Beneke. Roger Schlitter will attend the State 4-H conservation camp near Madrid Iowa and Marjorie Byrnes will attend the State 4-H health camp at the same center both sessions run June 8 to 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Iowa
Allamakee County
Ames
Susan Ellefson
Rose Marie Byrnes
Lorraine Renk
Doris Anderson
Mary Conway
Cathi Aliesch
Kay Zimmerman
Dan O’brien
Glen Monroe
Pat Houlihan
Lyle Steffenson
Dave Stilwell
Greg Teff
Loren Beneke
Roger Schlitter
Everett Schlitter
Ludlow
Future Farmers
Madrid
Marjorie Byrnes
Leo Byrnes
Jefferson Jolly Jills
Five Cows Top 100000 Pounds In Production
Five Holstein cows in New England area herds exceeded 100000 pounds in official production. Miller Holstein Farm owns Smoky Hill Wis Meier Hyacinth and Millers Comcad er Ormsby. Floyd Jones owns Jones Ideal Cindy and Jones Ideal Mary Lou. Veradelda Mary Burk is owned by Clayton Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
Coulee
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Miller Holstein Farm
la Crosse
Smoky Hill Wis
Floyd Jones
Bangor
Jones Ideal Cindy
Jones
Ideal Mary Lou
Veradelda Mary Burk
Clayton Thompson
Elroy
Twilight Meeting In Trempealeau Set
WHITEHALL Wis Vern Olson National Fieldman of the Holstein Fresian Association of America will be principal speaker at the twilight meeting of the Trempealeau County Holstein Breeders at 8 p.m. Monday at the Trempealeau County Hospital farm. Carl Nordhagen hospital superintendent will welcome attendees. J O Beadle Galesville is chairman of the judging contest with three groups ages 14 21 and 13 and under. Judging will cover aged cows three year olds and senior calves. Goodwin Anderson leads the aged cow class, Douglas Kopp the 3 year olds, Hilman Stenberg the senior calves. The scoring committee includes Ray Shanklin, chairman, Edward Ausderau, Everette Herness, James Call Jr., Robert Roskos, Dennis Johnson and Clark Christopherson. The awards committee lists Bill Thomas, chairman, Roy Berge, Emil Skroch, Herman Jacobson, Rolf Christopherson and Leslie Grover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodwin Anderson
Douglas Kopp
Hilman Stenberg
Ray Shanklin
Edward Ausderau
Everette, Herness
James Call Jr
Robert Roskos
Dennis Johnson
Clark Christopherson
Bill Thomas
Roy, Berge
Emil Skroch
Herman Jacobson
Rolf Christopherson
Leslie Grover
County 4 H Dairy Meet Slated At Meinking Farm
La Crosse County 4 H dairy training and judging contest set for Thursday June 4 at 7 45 p m at the Meinking Brothers farm near Bangor. Open to all La Crosse County 4 H dairy project members with junior teams of three to four members nine to 12 years old and senior judges 14 and older. Winning junior club team and top senior judge advance to district contest at Baraboo June 29. Farm located one mile north of Highway 16 on County Trunk D in Adams Valley. Registration starts 7 45 p m and judging at 8 p m.
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Meinking Brothers
Bangor
Thomas FE. O’connell
la Crosse County
Baraboo
Meinking Farm
Highway 16
Adams Valley
Ewert To Speak At Houston NFO Meet
Clarence Ewert NFO board member from Minnesota will speak Monday June 1 at 8 p.m. in the Houston High School auditorium. The meeting is open to NFO members and the public with lunch served, according to Arnold Ideker, secretary of the Houston County chapter.
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Houston, Minn
Clarence Ewert
National Farmers Organization Board of Directors
Minnesota
Houston High School
NFO
Arnold Ideker
Houston County
Brookwood FFA Elects New Officers
Newly elected Brookwood High School FFA Chapter officers are president Mike Neuman, vice president Ray Nofsinger, secretary Steve Kastberg, treasurer Robert Buchholz, reporter James Haun, sentinel Delmar Schmitz, in Ontario Wisconsin.
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Ontario, Wis
Brookwood High School
FFA
Mike Neuman
Ray Nofsinger
Steve Kastberg
Robert Buchholz
James Haun
Delmar ‘Schmitz
Sentinel
Wisconsin Milk Output Rises in April and Year to Date
Wisconsin dairy herds produced 3 percent more milk in April and 5 percent higher in the first four months of this year compared with 1963. National gains were smaller, with per cow output driving the increases. Wisconsin cows averaged 840 pounds in April, 35 pounds above last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Department of Agriculture
Minnesota
Iowa
County Family To Host Youth From India
The Conrad Hanson family of Onalaska R 2 will host International Farm Youth Exchange student Chandelal Jethala Parikh from India this summer. Parikh, a youth leader, will stay June 27 to July 14, and plans dairy breeding and industry study in the United States. The Hansons are Lakers 4 H Club leaders with four children Rosanne 17 Eric 16 Sigurd 11 and Signe 11, operating a 167 acre Guernsey dairy farm in Onalaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Hanson
Onalaska
International Farm
India
Chandelal Jethala Parikh
Hanson
Lakers 4H
Rosanne
Eric
Sigurd
Signe
Kjome And Sons Dominate Guernsey Breeders Award
Peterborough New Hampshire Olaf J Kjome and Sons owners of Valleyland Farm Spring Grove have been named Gold Star Guernsey Breeders for 1963 by the American Guernsey Cattle Club It is the second consecutive year they receive the honor The Kjome herd of 24 cows produced 11 410 pounds of milk and 550 pounds of butterfat in 305 days with twice daily milking and an average classification score of 84 percent.
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Peterborough
N. H
Olaf J. Kjome
Valleyland Farm
Spring Grove
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Kjomes
Eitzen 4-H Club Receives National Safety Award
The Eitzen Be Square 4-H Club of Houston County earned a national certificate of commendation for its safety program at a governor's safety award dinner in the St Paul Hotel. Houston County also received a Minnesota Safety Council merit certificate for farm and home safety efforts during the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Minn
Houston County
Minnesota Safety Council
Good Grooming Test Winners Announced in Fillmore County
Preston Minn. winners in the Fillmore County 4-H good grooming contest at the federation meeting include Kris Olstad Lanesboro senior girls Janet Anderson Fountain junior girls Greg Turner Canton senior boys and Robert Holmen Lanesboro junior boys.
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Preston
Minn
Fillmore County
Kris Olstad
Lanesboro
Janet Anderson
Fountain
Greg Turner
Canton
Robert Holmen
Vernon Dairy Day Queen Contest Set for June 1964
Vernon County will choose a county dairy queen during Dairy Day Activities in June in Viroqua. The 1964 queen will promote dairy farmers and industry for the next year and may take part in State Fair events. Contestants must be county residents aged 16 to 21 and unmarried. Entries due June 12 at the county extension office. The queen is to be crowned June 20 and will appear in the parade and Grand Ole Opry Show weekend events.
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Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County
Lillian Loken
Pam Smith
Viroqua, Chamber of Commerce
Dairy Promotion Committee
Queen ‘Committee
Tri-State Bull Is Silver Medal Sire
Moose Heart President a registered Holstein bull owned by Tri-State Breeders Cooperative Brattleboro has been designated a silver medal sire by the Holstein-Friesian Association of America His 13 daughters averaged 15347 pounds of milk and 578 pounds of fat on two milkings daily over a 305 day mature equivalent period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
Mooseheart
Tri-State Breeders Cooperative
Westby
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Jackson NFO To Meet In Taylor Wisconsin
Jackson County chapter of the NFO will meet on June 2 at 8 30 p m at Taylor High School.
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Taylor, Wis
Jackson County
The
NFO
Taylor High School
Power Scythe Debuts From La Crosse Trailer Firm
The Cunningham Marquette division in La Crosse unveils the Power Scythe hay harvester combining cutting and conditioning in one pass. It cuts seven feet wide and aims to replace older sickle bar mowers. Early field tests and Louisiana sales indicate strong market reception and potential economic impact for La Crosse.
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Cunningham-Marquette
la Crosse Trailer Co
Jack Conant
Carlet Miller
Miller
Tribune
la Crosse
Conant
Cunningham
Louisiana
Hay
Wisconsin
Safety program aims to reduce accidents at blind intersections
Caledonia Minnesota farmers in the 1964 feed grain program may join a safety plan to leave a half acre triangle unplanted beside rural intersections. The unplanted area could count toward diverted acres, reducing accidents and loss of life at secondary roads, says Botcher.
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Caledonia
Minn
Minnesota
Botcher
French-Beaver Creek Watershed Progressing in Wisconsin
ETTRICK Wis Applications for aid under Public Law 93 566 for the French Beaver Creek watershed are nearing completion. The 167.8 square mile area spans Trempealeau and Jackson counties with 554 farms and significant flood damage tallied at 341 865 dollars. Partnerships with local towns and unions push for damning flood control works and restoration of streams and lakes for recreation and wildlife.
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Ettrick
Wis
Trempealeau
Jackson Counties
Jackson County
Trempealeau County
Beaver Creek
Black River
Galesville
Lake Chapultepec
Highway Department
Peter Bieri
Chapultepec
Marinuka
Jackson and
Caledonia
Gale and Trempealeau
North Bend
Franklin
Upper South Beaver Creek Watershed Association
French Creek Watershed Association
French Beaver Creek Association
Joseph Bott
Coon Creek
Coon Valley
United States
Gosse Assigned To Houston Soils Post
Caledonia Minnesota Tom Gosse has been assigned to the Root River Soil and Water Conservation District as an engineering technician. He will handle surveys and construction for the Crooked Creek watershed project after transferring from Rochester. He began with the Soil Conservation Service in Wabasha and served five years in the U.S. Army. He is a Caledonia permanent resident and recently set up his mobile home in the village trailer park. He is single.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia
Minn
Tom Gosse
Root River
Eight In Fillmore Dairy Queen Event
Preston Minnesota eight candidates entered in the Fillmore County dairy princess contest set for June 13 in Lanesboro. New entries include Carol Bly Spring Valley Lois Ann Grabban Wykoff Starlet Barnes Canton and Charlotte McMahon Chatfield. A tractor driving contest will test driving backing into a shed with tricycle type tractor and two wheel four wheel trailer emphasizing safety.
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Preston
Minn
Fillmore County
Lanesboro
Carol Bly
Spring Valley
Lois Ann Graban
Wykoff
Starlet Barnes
Canton
Charlotte McMahon
Chatfield
Party Slated For County Home Agent Farewell Banquet
Mrs Edith Brevig, retiring county home economics agent, will be guest of honor at a farewell banquet Monday at 7 30 p m at Maple Grove Country Club. The 4 H Leaders Association sponsors the event and she will retire June 1, while helping part time through summer per A J Francour county resource agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Brevig Brace
Maple Grove Country Club
4-H Leaders Association
Walnut Seedlings To Be Available In 1965
Walnut seedlings will be offered by the state nursery in 1965 marking the first time such stock is available to county landowners in Whitehall Wisconsin. Trempealeau County forester Henry Anderson notes county soils are suitable for walnut growth and promotes future planting programs. A Cass County Michigan farmer reportedly sold a 32 inch diameter walnut log for 2200 dollars, yielding about 1400 board feet mostly veneer, 52 feet long and shipped to Japan strapped to a ship deck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Trempealeau DHIA Hires Supervisor
Trempealeau County Dairy Herd Improvement Association appoints Don Hardie as supervisor replacing Cordel Herbert. Hardie and his wife will stay on the farm. Their son Arden, a UW Madison agriculture graduate, will take over farming duties on the 150 acre property starting January 1.
Brown Swiss Canton No 1 Show Set for June 1 at Eyo ta High
The Brown Swiss Canton No 1 show will be held Monday June 1 at the Eyo ta High School grounds Preston Minnesota. Entries close 10 30 a m with judging of male animals at 11 a m. A potluck lunch follows at noon then a classification demonstration by William Dodge at 1 p m. A junior and adult judging contest at 1 30 p m. Ronald Johnson will assist in awarding prizes. ribbons and prizes to all entries. Information from Robert Olson Lanesboro secretary.
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Ronald Johnson
Brown
Robert Olson
Lanesboro
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