Former Ag Secretary Brannan Speech in West Salem
Former U S agriculture secretary Charles Brannan will speak at West Salem High School at 8 30 p m Wednesday as part of Wisconsin Farmers Union events. He will be interviewed on WKBT before the talks and attend a dinner near La Crosse with a brief Q A session to follow the West Salem address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Salem
Wis
Charles Brannan
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Arthur Sullivan
la Crosse
Highway 16
Philip Seep
Melvin Peterson
Viroqua
Vernon
Monroe County Farmers Union
FAS
Roosevelt
Brannan
National Farmers Union
Denver
Colo
University of Denver Law School
USDA
Ridge View 4-H Elects Officers and Halloween Plans
The Ridgeview 4-H Club elected Lorraine Servais as president and Andy Varum as vice president at the September meeting at the Arthur Becker home. Other officers include Kenneth Servaise secretary Emma Servais treasurer and Everett Servais sergeant at arms. A get well card was sent to Robert Colleran. The Lakers 4-H Club named officers Dennis Sobkowiak president Rosanne Hanson vice president Jean Meier secretary Janet Pertzsch treasurer and Mary Stenburg reporter. The Mindoro 4-H Club elected Helen Pfaff president Ann Rommel vice president Ruth Hoff secretary Spencer Timm treasurer and Mary Eide reporter. Demonstrations covered cart sealing for freezing and easy milk desserts with related activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine Servais
Andy Varum
Kenneth Servaise
Emma Servais
Liza Varum
Kathy Gay
Mary Bahr
Tom—Gay
Jane Servais
Everett Servais
Arthur Servais
Robert Colleran
Lakers 4-H
Dennis Sobkowiak
Rosanne Hanson
Jean Meier
Janet Pertzsch
Mary Stenburg
Sand Lake School
Eeekamalla
Peggy Bresnahan
Marilyn Bakewell
Susan Anderson
Rosie Byrnes
Colleen Byrnes
Ann Drew
Mary A’hearn
Joyce Treendle
Diane Kilpatrick
Julie Brandt
Linda Theis
Postville
Colleen
Rose Marie Byrnes
Mindoro
4-H Club
Helen Pfaff
Ann Rommel
Ruth Hoff
Spencer Timm
Mary Eide
Larry Redenburg
Root River SCS Plans County Tour in Caledonia
The Root River Soil Conservation District and partners will hold the annual district tour on Monday October 13 starting 9 a.m. at the Edna Schroeder farm two miles south of Caledonia on old Highway 44. Stops include Beaver Creek watershed pooling, detention dams, contour striping, farm ponds, wood land management, open ditch drainage, and waterways at multiple area farms with lunch provided.
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Caledonia, Minn
Root River Soil Conservation District
Soil Conservation Service
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
County Extension Service
Edna Schroeder
Caledonia
Beaver Creek
LeRoy Hauge
Olaf Krome
Gerhard Roverud
Lloyd Deters
Orville Treangen
Arnold
Black Hammer-Sheldon Hill
Hempstead and
Haralson Farm
Art Botcher Farm
Iowa Cow Produces Rare Triplet Calves Near Waukon
A Holstein cow on the Miles Roach farm near Waukon gave birth to triplet calves. Triplet births are noted as rare in cattle and human alike.
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Waukon
Iowa
Miles Roach
Free tobacco soil tests offered in 11 Wisconsin counties
Trempealeau County joins 10 others in providing free soil tests for tobacco growers funded by tobacco interests. Tests through January 1, 1959 are free. after that a $1 service fee is charged by the State Soils Laboratory in Madison. Samples collected at the county agent’s office with an information sheet and limited to three per farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County
Peter Bieri
State Soils Laboratory
Madison
Tobacco Pool
Viroqua
Tobacco Growers Association
Edgerton
Tobacco meeting set for Viroqua October tenth
A five county tobacco growers meeting will be held Thursday October 16 at the Courthouse Annex in Viroqua. The session starts at 10 a m Carlyle Ellefson of Viroqua chairs the Farm Bureau Tobacco Committee Warren Collins assistant commodity director American Farm Bureau Federation will speak plus report on the National Tobacco Conference held in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viroqua
Wis
Courthouse Annex
Carlyle Ellefson
Farm Bureau Tobacco
Warren Collins
American Farm Bureau Federation
Opics Collins
Farm Bureau
Washington
Two Farms Added To Soil Service In Iowa District
Harold Deters reports approval of the Alma Kolsrud and Lester Henderson farms for conservation work in Allamakee County. The district total reaches 704 farms in the soil conservation program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Service
Waukon
Iowa
Harold Deters
Allamakee County
Beach Farm Sold Near Beach To Arland Hegland
Mr and Mrs Roman Petrek sold their farm near Beach to Arland Hegland the Ettrick Stockyards manager who resides in Hokah Minnesota.
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Ettrick, Wis
Roman Petrek
Beach
Arland Hegland
Hegland
Ettrick Stockyards
Hokah
Minn
Final winning Tribune route entry from La Crosse Tribune boys
Marvin Lawrence, 15, a Viroqua High School sophomore, is noted as the sixth and final winner in National Newspaper Week submissions. The La Crosse Tribune reports his route has given him weekly income, people skills, and experience handling money for himself and others.
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la Crosse Tribune
Boys
Marvin Lawrence
Viroqua High School
Isaac Lawrence
East Linton St
Viroqua
Midland District 11 Leaders Hear Farm Aid Product Preview
Midland Cooperative District 11 met at New Villa to review new insecticides fungicides and weedicides plus alfalfa seed inter-cross and trends in poultry management. Speakers included Leonard Berg Lyle Molstad and L E Jewett detailing soil conservation production credit patronage and cooperative taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District 11
Midland Cooperatives
Leonard Berg
Midland
Lyle Molstad
Soil Conservation Service
la Crosse County
SCS
Coon Valley
Board of Soil Supervisors
Washington
L. E. Jewett
West Salem
Production Credit Assn
Harold Cate
Midland Affiliated
Deadline set for Wisconsin Weed Story Contest essays
October 15 is the deadline to submit essays for the Wisconsin Weed Story Contest. Open to boys and girls aged 12 to 18, the essay title must be How We Controlled Weeds on Our Farm. Contest rules available from county agents or vocational agriculture instructors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Riser Named Manager of Waukon Co op Creamery
Edgar Riser of Cascade Iowa will assume the position as manager of the Waukon Cooperative Creamery on October 1 He has purchased the residence property of the late Mrs Henry Dravis in Waukon Iowa indicating a personal transition connected to the creamery leadership
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Waukon
Iowa
Edgar Riser
Cascade
Waukon Cooperative Creamery
Riser
Henry Dravis
FHA Assistant At Sparta Transferred
Sparta Wis Special Lawrence Babka moves from Monroe County Farm and Home Administration under supervisor Jack Tibbitts to Black River Falls.
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Sparta
Wis
Lawrence Babka
Monroe County
Farm and Home Administration
Jack Tibbitts
Black River Falls
Tri State Plans Banquet In County
The Tri State Breeders Cooperative will hold a banquet for La Crosse County members and farm leaders on Monday October 6 at the Fireside on Highway 16.
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Tri-State Breeders Cooperative
la Crosse County
Highway 16
Destroy Maggot-Infested Apples, Growers Told
LA CRESCENT Minnesota specialists urge growers to destroy maggot infested apples now to prevent next year’s repeat. Officials warn spraying in July missed and maggots are invisible without magnification. Discard rotten fruit by covering with fuel oil or burning.
Farmers To Farrow More Fall Pigs
Wisconsin and eight Corn Belt states plan more sow farrowings this fall than in 1957. The six month fall period June through November shows 7 percent more sows bred, with a 17 percent rise for the nine states. December through February also up 9 percent in Wisconsin and 20 percent for the nine states.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Tri-State Plans Tours and Meetings in Wisconsin and Minnesota
Tri-State Breeders Cooperative schedules annual county tours across 19 counties with 8 p.m. meetings starting in Westby Wisconsin. Tours run October 13 to October 18 with lunch, demonstrations, and site visits followed by fall delegate meetings in Crawford County Prairie du Chien Rushford Caledonia Black River Falls West Salem Sparta Richland Center Pepin Durand Trempealeau Whitehall Vernon Tri-State offices set the calendar through October 28 and 23 for various locations.
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Westby
Wis
Buffalo
Dunn and Pepin
Clark
Marathon
Eau Claire
Jackson
Trempealeau
Fillmore
Houston
Caledonia
Black River Falls
la Crosse
West Salem
Monroe
Sparta
Richland
Richland Center
Pepin
Durand
Courthouse
Whitehall
Vernon
Tri-State Breeders Cooperative
Winona
Lindley Smith Farm
Farm Calendar Highlights Local Meetings and Events
A series of farm related events listed for October includes the Allamakee County 4 H Award party in Waukon on October 6 at 8 p m and the Tri State Breeders Cooperative banquet in La Crosse for La officials. Additional items include delegate meetings in Rushford Caledonia and Sparta and a conservation tour in Caledonia starting at 9 a m.
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Waukon
Iowa
Allamakee County
la Crosse
la Crosse County
Monroe County Farm Bureau to hold annual meeting and banquet
The Monroe County Farm Bureau will host its annual meeting and banquet at the Evangelical United Brethren Church in Sparta Wisconsin on Wednesday October 8 at 7 30 p m The speaker will be Elmer White director of field service in Wisconsin for the Farm Bureau Louis Schlaver serves as Sparta bureau president.
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Sparta
Monroe County
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Caledonia
Minn
Houston County
Wis
Farm Bureau
Elmer White
Wisconsin
Louis Schlaver
Your Newspaper Guards Your Freedoms
Editorial from National Newspaper Week stresses the role of newspapers in preserving freedom and informing citizens. It links press freedom to agricultural community interests and the duty to knowledge, urging ongoing public engagement and vigilant reporting in a free society.
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American Farm Bureau
DHIA Short Course At University
A special short course for fieldmen of Dairy Herd Improvement Associations will be held at the University of Wisconsin in October. The course runs Oct. 13 to 22 and is for new DHIA field workers in the dairy testing program. County agents should be contacted for referrals. current fieldmen must complete the course if not previously taken.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Allamakee Farm Bureau To Meet
The Allamakee County Farm Bureau will hold its annual meeting at 8 p m Thursday in the Waukon grade school gymnasium. Officers will be elected and Mrs H L Witmer state chairman of the women s committee will be guest speaker. Mrs R A Silbau h has charge of the entertainment and lunch will be served.
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Waukon
Iowa
Allamakee County Farm Bureau
H. L. Witmer
Women’s Committee
R. A. Silbaugh
FFA Family Night Set In Waukon
The annual Future Farmers of America family night in Waukon Iowa will take place Tuesday evening October 7 at the public school building. A potluck supper precedes initiation of freshmen into the Green Band degree and eligibility of sophomores for Chapter Farmers titles.
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Waukon
Iowa
The
Future Farmers of America
Farmers
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