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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1948
Page
9
Four states in the federal potato marketing program order 60 face intensified enforcement. Kennedy says agents will probe violations and take action, tracing potatoes stored in transit to ensure only inspected, U S grade 2 quality reach consumers. Violations include uninspected shipments, lower quality potatoes, and unpaid assessments. courts will be used to enforce penalties.
Preston Minnesota special report shows September activity for the Farmers Home Administration. Five operating loans and two farm ownership loans were funded totaling 26,430 dollars. Veterans received a portion of the loans. G E McMillan conducted 43 borrower visits. Four county committee meetings occurred. September collections reached 21,542.17 on operating loans and 3,150 on farm ownership loans. The case load lists 149 operating loan borrowers 32 farm ownership borrowers and 172 collection-only borrowers.
B. T. Simms of the U S Department of Agriculture reports progress in the Mexico foot and mouth disease control program. He cautions the danger is not over and the program continues as officials push the outbreak farther south each month with better quarantine measures.
Soldiers Grove Wisconsin plans a horse pulling contest and pony show on Wednesday Oct 13 with $350 in prizes. Light medium and heavy classes will pay 50 30 15 and 5 dollars. A parade with the high school band floats ponies and contest entries will follow, then the pony show in the afternoon with prizes for entrants under 16. Local tennismen and livestock dealers sponsor the parade.
Allamakee county 4-H leaders committee and officers are asked to attend a meeting at the Farm Bureau office in Waukon Iowa on Tuesday October 19 at 10 am. Elizabeth Smith state extension 4-H girls leader will supervise. An additional lesson for 4-H leaders will be held October 13 at 9 30 am in the Allamakee hotel dining room.
Agricultural economists in Washington classify farming methods into three ages from hand power before 1850 to mechanical power from 1910 onward. They note plowing rates have fallen from seven hours per acre with two horses in 1830 to two hours per acre with four horses around 1895, and now one hour per acre with a tractor and three-bottom plow.
University of Wisconsin specialist recommends phenothiazine at one pound per 10 pounds of salt and feeding in fall winter and pasture season to clean flocks. For tick infestations he advises rotenone dust as an effective remedy.
CALEDONIA Minn Spe sociation will hold a meeting in Caledonia Oct 13 at the association office in Hotel Caledonia. The agenda includes electing two directors and transacting other business as needed. A five percent dividend is being paid to all stockholders.
Plans for a stock sale in Buffalo list 21 animals including four Holstein heifers 16 Holstein bulls and one Jersey bull to be sold. Auctioneer Francis Pattison will preside with animals raised by 4 H or FFA members from herds with 400 pound butterfat records.
Poultry specialist J. G. Halpin of the University of Wisconsin notes rising interest in feeding hay to poultry. He warns more hay is needed in rations especially as this year’s pastures are less green due to dry weather. Green legume hay can improve rations by supplying minerals vitamins and protein while keeping hens occupied. Alfalfa meal or leaf meal is used at about 200 pounds per ton of mash. birds on lower hay rations should receive hay from racks.
Enrollment for two Farmer Fruit Course sessions will be limited. One course will be held in Alma and the other in Mondovi, with eligibility restricted by capacity.
In Caledonia Minnesota the monthly dairy test of 642 cows showed 158 in lactation with an average of 19 pounds butterfat. Six cows were sold for low production nine for dairy use five for sterility and four for udder trouble. Highest single cow output was George Deters grade Holstein at 95.6 pounds fat.
About 250 members attended the Allamakee county Farm Bureau meeting at the Waukon opera house. Lyal Mitchell was reelected president James Pigott became vice president Melvin Steffen son was named secretary and A J Mathis treasurer. Dues were raised from 10 to 15 dollars annually. Wayne Tyler state organizational director spoke. An enrollment drive starts with a meeting on October 14.
The University of Wisconsin will consign two animals to the Southwest Wisconsin Aberdeen Angus sale in Lancaster. One is Eventuation, a four year old bull heading the UW herd for two years, replaced by Eric Boy of Tu-Lane VII. The other is a heifer named Blackcap Empress, with a pedigree tracing to Black Wood en.
H J Weavers head of the dairy division in the state agriculture department argues permanent control is the sole effective method to eradicate rats. He outlines four core actions including destruction of rats shelter removal of food and ratproofing buildings, with poison like Red Squill and cautious use of gassing and trapping. He warns against new infestations if food and shelter reappear.
November? The page lists numerous Oct events across counties. It mentions Homemakers meetings in Houston Caledonia Monroe Allamakee Trempealeau and Waukon, 4-H leader trainings, 4-H clubs, Farm Bureau gatherings, fairs sales and judging contests at multiple sites including Caledonia Glasc ow Glasgow Westby Viroqua Madison and Buffalo counties, with dates Oct 4 12 13 15 18 19 20 21 22 25 and 28 and a Wisconsin Junior Livestock exhibit Oct 25-28.
Pasture remodeling will be demonstrated on the Mark Corcoran farm near Caledonia on Friday October 22 at 1 30 p m. County Agent Wayne Hanson says two acres of June grass pasture along Highway 44 will be limed fertilized and prepared for seeding to a permanent pasture mix. Experts from E R extension soil university farm St Paul John Staley district conservationist Winona Root River soil conservation district staff and county agents will discuss proper methods. Hanson notes hundreds of acres in Houston county could double yield with renovation and the demonstration aims to show how to do the job.
Caledonia Minn special report Houston county farmers start Farm Bureau membership drive from today through October 25 Jens Berkram campaign manager says the campaign opens with a workers school at Caledonia city hall at 8 p m Ben Huseby Adams Inn will speak and distribute membership blanks Present Houston Farm Bureau membership is 1097.
Applications pour in from young farmers for the University of Wisconsin short course. J Frank Wilkinson, director, expects ongoing signups until opening day November 15. Housing improvements promise better access and a policy limits out of state admits to qualified applicants with prior attendance or strong school and farm records.
Buffalo County agent Vern Hendrickson says some farmers are cutting their third growth alfalfa or pasturing it now to weather winter. From early September to mid October alfalfa should grow and store food in roots. after that it may be lightly pastured or cut high. He warns that moving cattle from blue grass to alfalfa risks bloat and advises gradual introduction with dry hay.
Soybeans will not be as high in price this coming year as in 1938. Supplies of fats, oils and oilmeals will be up. Demand for oilmeal as livestock feed will be weaker because of the record supplies of feed grains per animal unit on hand.
University of Wisconsin farm economist W. P. Mortenson predicts egg and poultry prices will stay favorable through fall and winter though a winter dip may arrive about two months late. Hatchings were smaller and later, old hens reduce output, pullets begin laying, and production is near a seasonal low with limited option to adjust for the coming season.
A Farm Bureau women’s work township chairmen’s meeting will be held October 13 at 10 a.m. at the Waukon Farm Bureau office. Mrs. William Krumme of Allamakee county announced the event, with Margaret Kagarke, extension service nutrition specialist, in charge focusing on foods and nutrition.
Clean plowing is the first step in corn borer control. Stalks or stubble should be removed from the surface or burned completely to prevent infestation.
Fillmore county AAA committee lists loan rates for 1948 corn and soybeans. Corn loans at 1.37 per bushel for grade three and moisture not over 20 percent in six foot cribs. wider cribs reduce moisture allowance. Shelled corn loans start after Dec 1 up to 134 percent. Bean loans at 2.18 for grade four beans. other classes 1.98. Beans must be stored in approved warehouses or farm structures. High yields raise demand for storage space. farmer Harry Owis urges on farm storage.
The Crawford county Cooperative Pure Bred Swine Breeders Association holds its first annual sale at the city ball park in Prairie du Chien at 1 p m October 16. Floyd Marshall will auction about a quarter of top quality boars and gilts. Future plans include cooperation with 4 H youths and exhibits for pure bred herds.
University of Wisconsin livestock specialist James Lacey argues sheep offer better financial returns than other livestock. He notes sheep numbers are at their lowest in a century, falling from 390000 in 1938 to about 236000 today while hog numbers are also low but can rebound quickly.
County agent T A Parker reports farmers near bee yards achieved high clover seed yields, up to 200 pounds per acre, while communities without bees see much smaller results. The observation highlights bees as key helpers in seed production and hayseed farming.
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