Wisconsin Cow Testing Supervisors Lead Busy State Work
The four Wisconsin Cow Testing associations supervisors coordinate 33 testers across 11 counties La Crosse Fond du Lac Madison and Augusta. The program shows rising averages with 75 168 cows tested last year in 162 clubs 4212 dairymen in clubs and average per association of 26 tested herds. Highest production by Allenton Kohlshire group and Beloit cows, with 21 cows over 600 pounds of fat.
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Wisonsin Milk Tea Association
Asy
B . G. Paulson
le Crosse
Paulson
H. C. Bearles
Northwest
Spreiter
Wisconsin
College of Agriculture of the
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Dairymen’s Association
United States Bureau of Dairying
Wnman
Babcock
Eral
Wisconsin Dairymen's Association
United States
Allenton-Kohlisville Association
George Schmidt
Allenton-Kohlsville
Rockwell-Katterhenry
Beloit
Jefferson Co. Leads Wisconsin Poultry Flock of 1925
Jefferson County tops the state with the best flock, owned by H. Xn. Graves & Son, showing 5.64 more eggs per hen than 1924. The gain stems from purebred stock, proper housing, and mash feeding as noted by J. B. Mayes of the Wisconsin College of Agriculture.
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Madison
Wis
A. P
Jefferson County
Wisconsin
H. XN. Graves & Son
J. B. Mayes
Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Rusk
Sawyer
Bayfield
Oneida
Monroe County School Boards Meet Tuesday in Sparta
The 1925 Monroe county school board convention will be held at the Sparta high school gymnasium Tuesday November 3. Morning program includes talks by Rural inspector George S. Dicks and county superintendent M M Haney on new laws and improving schools. Afternoon session features a question box and a health talk by Dr F F Bowman. clerks must attend, other officers may, pay is four dollars per day and three cents per mile.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County School Board
Georges. Dicks
M. M. Haney
F. F. Bowman
State Board of Health
Juvenile Crime Cited as Art Theft Encouragement in England
London officials warn that juvenile crime grows as children can obtain stolen articles easily. Police efforts target buyers and sellers to curb the practice and curb youth involvement in theft.
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London
England
International at Chicago appeals to all visitors
Chicago Illinois November 28 to December 5 will host the International Live Stock Exposition with new features including carload cattle and lamb displays judged by breed. Spot the sheep dog will entertain nightly in the Amphitheater and state champion farm youth teams will give talks in the junior building. Purdue University will contribute educational exhibits alongside growing grain and hay show entries expected to surpass last year.
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Chicago
Ill
B. H. Heide
W. F. Graham
Purdue University
Krucke
Pleasant Valley
West Salem
la Crosse
Descon
Guernsey
Rhode Island
Cinnamon's Maiden Grand Champion at National Show
Cinnamon's Maiden, senior and grand champion Brown Swiss cow from Green County Wisconsin owned by N C Schmidt, won grand championship at the National Dairy Show in Indianapolis after competing with 70 other Brown Swiss head.
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Monroe
Wis
Indianapolis
N. C. Schmidt
Green County
Wisconsin
Spain Requests Reinstatement Of Almeria Grape Embargo
The United States Department of Agriculture reinvestigated the Almeria grape district at Spain's urging and kept the embargo in place to avoid the risk of introducing the Mediterranean fruit fly.
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Almeria
Spain
United States Department of Agriculture
Federal Horticultural Board
Wisconsin Poultry Theft Crackdown In Effect
Wisconsin communities unite to curb chicken thefts with strong penalties and large rewards for catching thieves. Efforts aim to ensure swift conviction and deterrence across towns.
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Wisconsin
Young Brothers Herd Completes Second Year of Testing
Mindoro Cow Testing association reports Young Brothers Guernseys lead with an average 8,705 pounds of milk and 423.5 pounds of fat from a 14 cow group. High cow, a five year old Guernsey, produced 9,894 pounds of milk and 514.6 pounds of fat. The month saw 96 cows tested with 17 delivering 40+ pounds of butter fat. the document lists cows yielding over 40 pounds of fat in the 30 days ending October 27, 1925.
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Young Brothers
Mindoro
Guernsey
Guernseys
Hilmer Opland
Irvine Rommel
Jerseys
Milwaukee Couple Weds in Hokah Minnesota
Miss Marguret Genevieve Harris daughter of Mr and Mrs William Harris of Fonon Wisconsin married Hummel son of Mrs A Hummel Milwaukee in Hokah Minnesota. Rev Mark G Inghram conducted the ceremony at noon with Laura Harris and Harry Hummel as attendants. A two week honeymoon in Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota followed. they will reside in Milwaukee after December 1.
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Hokah
Minn
Marguret Genevieve Harris
William Harris
Fiton
Wis
Hummel
A. Huana
Milwaukee
Mark G. Inghram
Congregational Church
Laura Harris
Racine
W's
Harry Hummel
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
A. Hummel
Leta Hurmel
L. W. Yarrity
Lacrosse
J. F. Kingston
Whitefish Bay
A. B. Roloff
Seymour
Laure Harris
John Mumpy
Minneapolis
Birdie Mumpy
Nellie Garrity
Mumpy
Federal Farm Facts Highlights Agricultural Trends
The report covers potato storage guidance for heat protection and seed surplus for replanting. It notes a strong feeder cattle market despite lower shipments, smaller calf shipments, and urges sportsmen to prevent forest fires during hunting season. It also cites tax comparisons for agricultural firms, fruit maturity effects on dessert quality, clover worm pests, and 25 million dairy cows on over 1.5 million farms.
Seed Experiment Yields 16 Pumpkins from One Seed
A seed planted on I F Towle’s Exeter New Hampshire farm produced 16 pumpkins. The total crop from the single seed weighed 348 pounds. The report notes an unusually prolific outcome from a lone seed.
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I. EF. Towle
Exeter
N. H
Northwest Cornhusking Championship Scheduled at Fairmont
Minnesota and Dakota huskers prepare for a November 6 contest in Courtney's 65 acre corn field near Fairmont Minnesota to crown the Northwest champion who will advance to an Midwest event in Illinois. A St Paul Agricultural publication offers 200 prizes. A R Karr leads local arrangements.
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Fairmont Minn
A. P
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Courtney
Northwest
J. W. Gourthney
Ilinois
St. Paul
A. R. Karr
Martin County
Tomahite Wins National Health Prize for Illinois School
Mrs Marion Simmonson of Tomah home celebrates New Trier Township High School Winnetka in Illinois winning one third of a $1000 prize from the American Child Health Association. DeWitt Clinton High New York City and Consolidated High Jacksonville Ark share first place.
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Tomah
Wis
Marion Simmonson
New Trier Township
Winnetka, Til
American Child Health Association
de Witt Clinton High School
New York City
Consolidated High School
Jacksonville
Ark
Simmonson
New Trier
Simmonsen
J. Simmonson
Milwaukee Railroad
Doris Simmonson
Wisconsin
Wisconsin University
Sudden Cold Hits Poultry Industry in Wisconsin
In Viroqua Wisconsin the cold snap devastates poultry. Raisers faced unprepared housing and overstocked barns. Culling urged immediately for late hatched, deformed, undersized, and surplus males. Old hens deemed unwise to cull now. July August preferred for that. President John Adams noted as father of five.
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Viroqua
Wis
Beloit Named Headquarters for Brown Swiss Breeders
Beloit Wisconsin was chosen as the headquarters for the Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders Association of America at its annual meeting. The group decided to incorporate under Wisconsin law and require tattoo ear marks for registered cattle. A E Bower of Cleveland was reappointed president for a fifth term, with Ira Inman of Beloit continuing as secretary and treasurer.
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Beloit
Wis
A. P
A. E B. Bower
Cleveland
Ohio
Ira Inman
N. C. Schmid
Monroe
B. H. Hibbard
Madison
Signatures Sought for TB Test in Vernon County
Vernon County cattle owners are urged to sign a petition to trigger tuberculin testing. The plan requires signatures from 60 percent of all livestock owners in the county, not from individual districts. Local vets are testing some herds while awaiting broader participation to ensure accurate results.
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Vtroqua
Wis
Vernon County
Monroe County Ag Agent E. L. Liddle Resigns
Monroe County agricultural agent E. L. Liddle resigns after four years of service and takes a position with the H. L. Stevens business organization headquartered in Chicago. He has moved his family from Spasta to Tomah to reside.
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Tomah. Wis
E. L. Liddle
Monroe County
Mr. Liddle
H. L. Stevens Business Organization
Chicago
Hen achieves 300 egg milestone at Oregon experiment farm
A barred rock hen at Oregon Agricultural College Poultry Farm becomes the first daughter of a 300 egg hen to reach the 300 mark on the experiment station farm.
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Oregon Agricultural College
Oklahoma farmer harvests 99 bushels tomatoes this season
Ninety nine bushels of tomatoes sold for 400 dollars from an irrigated patch on an Oklahoma farm. The harvest covers less than a quarter acre with the remainder of the crop expected to bring 100 dollars.
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Oklahoma
Were you very sick advance notice reminiscence
A memoir style line recalls illness and nightly searches in casualty lists. It centers on personal fear and the emotional impact of war era medical trauma. The speaker reflects on sickness, concern for loved ones, and the grim routine of checking lists for names.
Poultry Shippers Warned Against Fraud During Holidays
Madison Wis Deal ers and farmers are cautioned by the Wisconsin department of markets against sending poultry or eggs to unknown firms offering high quotations before Thanksgiving and Christmas. Poultry marketing specialist H M Lackie warns such bidders lure shippers with outsized prices. many have been cheated as buyers disappear or relocate without forwarding addresses.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Department of Markets
H. M. Lackie Poultry Marketing
Wisconsin farmers to raise more red clover seed this year
Wisconsin farmers will grow at least ten percent more red clover seed in year than last, with Nyhns noting a 10 to 20 percent crop rise from a small previous year. Acreage and yields show the strongest gains among states while prices on October 1 ranged from 22.80 to 24 dollars per hundredweight, about 3 dollars higher than a year ago. Alsike clover followed at 18 to 20 dollars per hundredweight. Washington wished John Adams to be his successor as president.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Paul O. Nyhns
Nyhus
Wisconsin Tops Nation in Pea Production in 1925
Wisconsin led U S pea production with 10 003 000 cases or 56 percent of the national crop in 1925. New York was second with 2 285 000 cases, while Utah Maryland and Michigan followed. Dodge county produced the most acres, and extension work at the University of Wisconsin aims to improve strains like Ashford Acme Badger Horral and Horald.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
United States
New York
Utah
Maryland
Michigan
Dodge County
Columbia
Fond du Lac
W. EB. Nicholay
Wisconsin Pea Canners
Asqoorg ‘Tion
University of Wisconsin Experiment Station
Ashland
E. J. Delwiche
Ashford
Mr. Delwich
Acme
Badger
Many Cases of Sick English Treated at U W
Madison Wis exactly 76 upper class students in the College of Letters and Science at the University of Wisconsin whose written English is sick were treated in the English composition clinic last year. The clinic aids students who have completed freshman courses but struggle with written English. Instructors from science assign papers to the clinic to diagnose and treat deficiencies. The clinic is not part of the English department but is directed by a five member committee from chemistry journalism history education and English.
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Madison
Wis
College of Letters and Science
University of Wisconsin
J. R. Caldwell
Farmers Read More as Winter Lists Grow
Library records show increased book loans in rural districts as winter approaches. Farmers with little summer reading time plan schedules for the colder months.
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Witter
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Reichert Bros
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Federal Farm Facts
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