Bonde Family Named Wisconsin FHA Farm Family of the Year
Madison Wisconsin The Donald A Bonde family of R J Newton Manitowoc County has been named Wisconsin FHA Farm Family of the Year announced by Willis W Capps State Director for the Wisconsin Farmers Home Administration The family farms 260 acres near Howards Grove Millersville with 45 Holstein cows producing about 15 000 pounds of milk annually The story details the family’s farming expansion loans and community involvement and notes Don Bonde’s back injury five years earlier and the support from wife Margaret and children in maintaining the operation
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Madison
Wis
Donald A. Bonde
R. J. Newton
Manitowoc County
Wisconsin Fha
Willis W. Capps
Wisconsin Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Farmers Home Administration
Wisconsin
Capps
Bendes
Howards Grove
Millersville
Donald
Margaret
Gary
St. Norbert’s
de Pere
Bonde
Newton
Manitowoc
Trempealeau Soil Unit Sets Banner
Trempealeau County Soil and Water Conservation banquet is set for Monday November 2 at 8 p.m. at the Arcadia Country Club with open admission. Four farmers will receive outstanding soil and water conservation awards: Richard Boland Independence Clifford Klowecki Arcadia John Lambert Trempealeau La Vera Sonsalla Arcadia. Allan Stuve Whitehall and Hartland will be honored for forestry conservation practices. Poster awards and guest speakers are announced with tickets via University Extension Office Whitehall or listed local contacts.
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Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County
Country Club
Arcadia
Richard Boland
Independence
Clifford Klowecki
John Lambert
Trempealeau
la Vera Sonsalla
Allan Stuve
Whitehall and Hartland
University Extension Office
John Walek
Ernie Wold
Osseo
Nick Jensen
Thurman Fremstad
Pigeon Falls
Lee Sacia
Galesville
Blackly Appearing Tulip Revealed as Dark Maroon
Horticulturists unveil a tulip bred to look jet black from afar but register as a dark maroon up close. The novel bloom challenges color perception in garden displays and may influence future bulb selection for ornamental borders.
Stock Buyer Suspended By Ag Dept
James Connely of Connely and Pittsley livestock buying station Soldiers Grove has a 20 day suspension starting Oct 14 for violating weighing and record keeping rules under the Packers and Stockyards Act. He must cease improper weighing and ticketing and maintain accurate records. consented to the order without admission or denial.
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Washington, D.C
James Connely
Connely
Pittsley
Soldiers Grove
Packers and Stockyards Act
U.S. Department of Agriculture
P & SA
USDA
Packers and Stockyards Administration
Darwin Praises Ant Brain as Marvelous Atom of Matter
The writer extols the ant brain as a remarkable form of matter, even more astonishing than the human brain, attributing extraordinary qualities to the tiny creature’s neural complexity.
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Charles Darwin
4-H Career Ends With State Title
In Spring Grove Minnesota Greta Strinmoen capped her final 4-H year by winning the grand champion barrow over all breeds at the Minnesota State H market livestock show. Her purebred Hampshire topped the lot while her brother Gary won the champion Angus steer in the beef competition. The siblings belong to the Wilmington Gophers 4-H Club and are the children of Floyd and Mrs. Strinmoen.
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Spring Grove
Minn
Greta Strinmoen
Minnesota
Hampshire
Gary
Wilmington Gophers
Floyd Strinmoen
Farm Groups Endorse Two Cent Milk Promotion Plan
Two state farm groups testified at Wisconsin Department of Agriculture hearings in favor of a milk advertising and promotion plan funded by a two cents per hundred pounds assessment. A 30 member council would oversee a $3.5 million annual budget to promote Wisconsin milk and dairy products, with funds collected from dairy plants and shared by producers. Gilbert Rohde and the Wisconsin Farmers Union backed the move as vital for branding and research in dairy marketing.
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Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin Federation of Cooperatives Dairy Division
Wisconsin
Federation
Sup
Gilbert Rohde
Wisconsin Farmers Union
Minnesota
Rohde
Lewis
Secretary (of Agriculture
Farm Committee Names Officers For 1970 71
La Crosse County ASC names officers Earl Jaekel chairman Harvey Nuttelman vice chairman Walter Gilbert member for 1970 71 with alternates John Raymer and Roy Servais. The committees oversee local administration of national farm programs including conservation cropland adjustment feed grain wheat and wool programs along with loan and storage facilities. ASC office at La Crosse County Courthouse serves as local contact for program participation.
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la Crosse County
ASCS
Pesticide Meeting Planned In County
A meeting for pesticide dealers and custom applicators will be held November 12 at the Fireside near La Crosse. It is one of 12 planned around the state during October and November with speakers Ronald Doersch and Ellsworth Fisher of the University of Wisconsin extension. Topics include insect control for field crops and livestock, weed control in field crops, alfalfa weevil and mosquito control, and Dutch elm disease where relevant.
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la Crosse
Ronald Doersch
Ellsworth Fisher
University of Wisconsin Extension
Blair Conservation Poster Contest Winners Named
Winners in the Blair Conservation Poster Contest were Ann Lokker for eighth grade and Wayne Bran non for seventh grade. Judges were Mrs. Harry Paul Mrs. Walter Kling and Colin Galstad. Sponsored by Associated Rod and Gun Clubs and Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisors. The Blair reps will attend the November 2 banquet at Arcadia Country Club for prize presentation and poster display.
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Blair
Wis
Ann Lokker
Carl Lokker Jr
Wayne Bran Non
Armedia Knutson
Harry Paul
Walter Kling
Colin Galstad
Associated Rod and Gun Clubs
Soil and Water Conservation District
Trempealeau County
Arcadia Country Club
Gary Berg Awarded Top La Crosse Pig Club Honor
Gary Berg of rural Bangor received a $25 savings bond as the outstanding 1970 La Crosse Pig Club project member at a St. Leo’s Church banquet in West Salem. He bred and raised eight pigs, earned ribbons at the La Crosse Interstate Fair, and led a litter that fed a local pork program. Second place went to Jon Olson who earned $10 cash after raising eight of 12 pigs to market.
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West Salem
Wis
Gary Berg
Norman Berg
Bangor
la Crosse
Pig Club
St. Leo’s Catholic Church
Jon Olson
Monroe Olson
la Crosse Pig Club
Pig Club Project
Ralph Johnston
Greater la Crosse
Fat cows eat profits trimming sisters milk yield
Dairy scientists report smaller Holstein cows produce more milk per feed dollar than heavier ones. An ARS study of 102 cows at Beltsville Maryland over 15 years shows 1070 lb cows net $320 above feed costs in a 305 day season, while 1450 lb plus cows net $240. Average herd weight was 1280 lb.
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Washington
Agriculture Research Service
Department
Beltsville
Westby FFA Chapter Earns National Silver Award
Westby Wisconsin Westby FFA chapter won the Silver National Chapter award at the National FFA convention in Kansas City Missouri. Wisconsin chapters included Monroe Gold Bloom er and Granton silver. Representing Westby were Dale Myhre David Weimar Richard Schultz Dennis Nerison Gary Olerud and adviser Dale Nestingen. Gary Olerud received the American Farmer degree.
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Westby
Wis
Future Farmer
FFA
Kansas City
Wisconsin
Monroe
Bloomer
Granton
Dale, Myhre
David Weimar
Richard Schultz
Dennis Nerison
Gary Olerud
Dale Nestingen
Westby FFA Honors 27 Greenhand Recipients
Westby Wisconsin twenty seven freshmen received Greenhand pins at the annual Westby Chapter Future Farmers initiation in the agriculture room last week. Recipients include Randy Bakkestuen Michael Berger Brian Brown Norman Clark John Collins Kenneth Dowiasch Martin Erlandson Michael Gunderson Chester Hilton Darrell Johnson Gerald Reschke Gregory Kinserdahl Toby Lee Gary Mathison Rodney Mickelson Myron Odegaard Michael Rundhaugen Philip Rundhaugen Richard Schultz Robert Schultz Michael Lebion Lee Stendahl Paul Urbanek Mark Herman Richard Stalsberg Michael Rude and Dennis Franks. Pins presented by chapter president Michael Strangstalen. Vocational agriculture instructor Dae Nestingen is adviser.
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Westby
Wis
Future Farmers
Agriculture Room
Randy Bakkestuen
Michael Berger
Brian Brown
Norman Clark
John Collins
Kenneth Dowiasch
Martin Erlandson
Michael Gunderson
Chester Hilton
Darrell Johnson
Gerald Reschke
Gregory Kinserdahl
Toby Lee
Gary Mathison
Rodney Mickelson
Myron Odegard
Michael Rundhaugen
Philip Rundhaugen
Richard Shultz
Robert Shultz
Michael Lebion
Lee Stendahl
Paul Urbanek
Mark Herman
Richard Stalsberg
Michael Rude
Dennis Franks
Michael Strangstalen
Dae Nestingen
Westby High School
FFA
Cheese Men Seek Change In Marketing
Wisconsin Cheese makers Association and National Farmers Union urge the federal government to scrap about two dozen Midwest milk orders and adopt a single nationwide order. Milk market order No 39 has ensured adequate Chicago fluid milk supply but producers warn too much milk is in the pool.
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Madison
Wisconsin Cheesemakers’ Association
National Farmers Union
Midwest
Robert C. Lewis
Chicago
Early trees trace from Potomac Valley forest age
The first records of familiar trees emerge from the Potomac Valley in Anne Arundel County Maryland. A remarkable forest grew about 95 million years ago, about 5 million years after the sycamores in Greenland.
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Potomac Valley
Anne Arundel County
Greenland
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