Rowe to Head Ag Unit of WEA Parley
N N Rowe, vocational agriculture instructor at West Salem High School, will chair the vocational agricultural sectional meeting at the Wisconsin Education Assn convention in Milwaukee on November 6. He will lead one of about 60 sessions as educators discuss topics for grades and staff roles during the four day event. Keynote speakers include Lyman Ginger, Mike Wallace, Raymond Seeger, Walter Sullivan, Fran Clement and Josephine Wetzler. the gathering marks the 105th year of the WEA under Gilbert Anderson of Beaver Dam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Wis
N. N. Rowe
West Salem High School
Wisconsin Education Assn
Milwaukee
Rowe
Lyman Ginger
Mike Wallace
Raymond Seeger
Walter Sullivan
Fran Clement
Josephine Wetzler
Gilbert Anderson
Beaver Dam
WEA
Houston ASC Committee For 59 Named
Houston County ASC elected an all-community panel for 1959 at the county convention. The delegation includes the chairman or vice chairman from each community committee with Thomas J. Solie as chairman and Frank J. Farley as vice chairman. Kenneth Olson serves as a member with William Leary and Leo McCormick as alternates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonaa
Minn
Houston County
ASC
Thomas J. Solie
Frank J. Farley
Kenneth Olson
William Leary
Leo McCormick
Junior Leaders Vote To Attend Rural Life Day
The La Crosse County Junior 4H Leaders Assn met at Fauver Hill School. President Bob Langrehr announced officer elections at the next meeting and a motion approved sending the group to Rural Life Day in February. Langrehr Dahilby Burkum Broad volunteered for decorations for the county Achievement Day. Marilyn Dahlby introduced three Ethiopian guests. Movies were shown and lunch followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
Assn
Fauver Hill School
Bob Langrehr
Madison
Jerry Dahilby
Muriel Burkum
Mary Broadhead
Marilyn Dahlby
Ethiopia
La Crosse DHIA reports September dairy herd yields and highs
La Crosse County dairy herds tested under the Dairy Herd Improvement Program in September totaled 140 herds with 3,934 cows. Standard test included 31 herds and 1,130 cows, averaging 680 pounds of milk and 27 pounds of fat per cow, at about 4 percent butterfat. High standard test herds include Wayne Hood and Douglas Pierce Bangor 66 Holsteins 1,026 pounds milk 37 fat, Dr Sigurd Gundersen and Donald Willinger West Salem 27 Holsteins 1,087 milk 37 fat, and others. High producing individual cows under standard test include Prince 2,139 pounds milk 85 fat, Sensation 1,970 pounds milk 79 fat, and No. 23 2,010 pounds milk 80 fat. There were 109 owner-sampler herds totaling 2,804 cows with 4 percent butterfat and averages of 570 pounds milk 23 fat. High owner-sampler herds list several operators and cows with milk and fat outputs including Victor Miller Bangor 26 cows 1,154 milk 41 fat and Blondie with 2,120 pounds milk 83 fat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
Philip W. Schmidt
Wayne Hood
Douglas Pierce
Bangor
Sigurd Gundersen
Donald Willinger
West Salem
Clarence Fleming
F. D. H. Niedfeldt
Prince
Holstein
Harvey Nuttleman
Donald Trocinski
Holmen
Ansel Bratburg
Gordon van Dunk
Zip
Blondie
Carnation
W. F. Labus
Boyd Lee
Jane
Martha Mienking and Sons
Farm Calendar Announces Local Agriculture Meetings
October events list includes La Crosse Valley watershed meeting in Melvina at 8 p.m. Caledonia hosts open house trial corn plots at 1:30 p.m. Leonard Sylling farm. Mondovi hosts Production Credit Association meeting at 8 p.m. West Salem hosts Guernsey Breeders sale. Madison civic council annual meeting. Whitehall Trempealeau 4H Achievement Day at 8:15 p.m. Local farms and clubs coordinate fall activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia
Minn
Leonard Sylling Farm
Mondovi
The
Production Credit Association
West Salem
la Crosse County
Butter Tops Cheese In Use Of Milk
Wisconsin dairy plants used more milk for butter than for American cheese last year. Five billion pounds of milk went into butter, 29 percent of the state’s record production, while 4.5 billion pounds, 27 percent, went to American cheese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Crop Reporting Service of
Sprosty Wins State Safety Award for 4-H Leader
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin David Sprosty of St Wenceslaus 4 H Club earned a trip to the National Safety convention in Chicago He was accompanied by Crawford County assistant agent George Oncken and Floyd Kramer Sprosty is a junior safety leader and 1957 state safety award recipient He has served nine years in 4 H work and leads junior recreation in his club
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie DU Chien
Wis
David Sprosty
St. Wenceslaus
Chicago
George Oncken
Crawford County
Floyd Kramer
Sprosty
David
Jones To MC Council Of Agriculture Dinner
Floyd Jones of Bangor a Holstein Friesian Assn of Wisconsin vice president will be toastmaster at the 30th annual Wisconsin Council of Agriculture meeting in Madison October 30 and 31. About 200 delegates from nine cooperatives and 537 local associations will attend with topics on cooperative use, contract farming, dairy price policies, and tax issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Jones
Bangor
Holstein- Friesian Assn
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Council of Agriculture
Madison
Milo K. Swanton
Council
William C. Eckles
Fond du Lac
Pure Milk Products Cooperative
Four H Club Elections And Events In Area Groups
Multiple 4 H clubs including Corner Teenerettes Merry Maids Chipmunk Coulee Maple Shade Volney Go Getters Ludlow Starlets Mindoro and associated meetings election of officers reports and upcoming demonstrations family nights planned with dates November 3 7 and 15 at various homes and community locations.
Farm Net Income Up 19 Percent Over 1957
Whitehall Wisconsin farmers expect an annualized net income of about 13 billion dollars for the first three quarters of 1958. The gain, 19 percent over 1957, stems from higher prices, increased marketing, and soil bank payments, offsetting higher production costs. Prices received rose six percent, and marketing volume grew about four percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Department of Agriculture
Trempealeau County Asc
Allis-Chalmers Unveils New All Crop Grain Drill
Allis-Chalmers of La Crosse introduces the All Crop grain drill in four sizes with two drill row spacings and no fertilizer hopper. Micro-Feed and torsion spring depth control are standard for precise seeding, with one fifth of production devoted to the Plain Drill for nonfertilizer soils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allis-Chalmers
la Crosse
Allis- Chalmers
Jensen Appoints Forest District Assistant in Whitehall
Herbert Harman of Tomahawk is hired as assistant to District Forester Eric P. Jensen and will be based in Jensen's Whitehall office. He plans to move his family once housing is found. Harman joins Gale Gabriel, longtime assistant, expanding the four county coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Herbert Harman
Tomahawk
Eric P. Jensen
Jensen
Gale Gabriel
Kendhammer Buys Registered Ayrshire
John Kendhammer of La Crosse bought two registered Ayrshires from Orrin Wayne Peterson of Rockland. Ayrshire Breeders Association secretary David Gibson Jr. of Brandon confirms the purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon
John Kendhammer
la Crosse
Orrin Wayne Peterson
Rockland
Ayrshire Breeders’ Association
David Gibson Jr
La Crosse County 4-H Members Win State Recognition
Three La Crosse County 4-H members earned state honors in record book competition at Achievement Day. Marilyn Dahlby of Mormon Coulee Club is a state winner in leadership. Doris and Mary Evans of Bangor Township are dairy foods demonstration state winners. County wide awards included multiple district record book and individual achievement honors across foods, livestock, leadership, and home economics with special Farm Bureau and breed awards announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
4-H
Central High School
Donald Drecktrah
Janice Hoeth
Marilyn Dahlby
Lewis Kastenschmidt
Robert Langrehr
Shirley Hoeth
Diana Brownell
John Hansen
Larry Sullivan
Don Roth
Cities Service Oil Co
Myrle Bruemmer
Doris Ann Evans
Dia Brownell
Duane Young
Farm Bureau
County Dairy Breeders Associations
Leo Hansen
Holstein
Helen Pfaff
Jersey
Mildred Horman
Guernsey
Tribune
Mormon Coulee
Doris Evans
Joan Schiller
Marilyn
Mormon Coulee Club
Lower Big Creek
Dorfald Drecktrah
Pleasant Valley
Mindoro
Barre Badgers
Bangor Township
County Farm Bureau
State Farm Bureau Federation
Madison
Big Creek
Sid
Edith Brevig
Livia Schmidt
Lois Johnson
Lorraine Servais
Marlene Bruemmer
Joan Quackenbush
Mary Lou Hulberg
Joanne Schiller
Doris and
Mary Evans
Ruth Ann Johnson
Joan Zabel
Marion Lorenz
Jerene Preidel
Nancy Rhodes
Elton Heinze
Burton
A. J. Francour
Paul Affeldt
PMPC
Harold Huth
D. A. Wanless
Bernard Timm
Milton Schwier
Kenneth Herold
Kenneth Herold, Farm Bureau
Norbert Nutelman
Floyd Jones
Holstein Breeders Assn
Kolmen Achievers
Mary Roberts
Karen Morgan
John Bosshard Jr
C. M. Simonson
Rural Affairs Committee
Hollywood Theater
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Houston Asc Committee For
Rural Life
Hoeschler
la Crosse Dhia
Victor Miller
Melvina
la Crosse Valley
Council of Agriculture Cooperative
Trempealeau County
Swanton
Luther J. Pickrel
University of Minnesota
Charles E. French
Purdue University
Hugh L. Cook
University of Wisconsin
George F. Baumeister
Consolidated Badger Cooperative
Shawano
Everett M. Rogers
Ohio State University
Hal Goodnough
Milwaukee Braves
Rita Campbell
National Livestock and Meat Board
A. R. Ettesvold
Farm Credit Bank of St. Paul
Norman B. Ryder
D. N. McDowell
State Department of Agriculture
Russia
Ralph M. Cooper
Linley E. Juers
Truman Torgerson
Manitowoc
Lake To Lake Dairy Cooperative
Corner Teenerettes
Teenerettes 4-H
Sharon
Cynthia Glenn
Marilyn Baalson
Sharon Glenn
Carolyn Kolsrud
Judy Juvik
Sheryl Melcher
Helen Roboson
Karen Dehli
Linton
Merry Maids
Linton Merry Maids 4-H Club
Diane Palmer
Laura Rose
Phyllis Halverson
Chipmunk Coulee 4-H Club
Kathy Herold
Dennis Herold
Timmy Herold
Cinda Dingledien
Mary Jean Manske
Maple Shade 4H Club
Maple Shade School
Marion Marking
Kermit Jostad
Bernice Marking
David Nel
Son
Vickie Oines
Dean Loving
Russell Bringe
Volney
Go-Getters
Volney Go-Getters
Dennis
James Rooney
Dean Johanningmeier
Francis Vorwald
Ted Vorwald
Pat Freilinger
Lloyd Freilinger
Francis Ronney
Ludlow Starlets
Morris Schellhammer
Lorrayne Fiet
Waukon
Jane Shafer
4-H Club
Elmer Schmitz
Eldon Schmitz
New York, N.Y
Whitmall Pharmace
Kendhammer
Ayrshire
Wes
Numsen Downtown
Jackson Street
Frozen Foods
Karen Kardin
Carol Kardin
Dorothy Langrehr
Girls Home Economics
Naomi Stetzer
Barbara Stetzer
Ronald Hoyer
Robert Brye
Ronald Arenz
Boys Agricultural
Warren Schomberg
John Strehl
Delbert Stair
Robert Oertel
Harvey Piske Jr
Raymond Horstman
Larry Langrehr
Sharon Michaels
Richard Bean
Thomas Gay
David Nelson
Ronald Rasmussen
Zeker
Merlin Wehrs
Richard Garbers
Christine Knutson
Gordon Radcliffe
David Oertel
Susanne Brye
John Bosshard
David Kastenschmidt
Chipmunk Coulee
Ridgeview
Halfway
Burns
Busy Badgers
Smith Valley
Halfway Club
Victory North Ridge
Dianne Miller
Marianne
Arlan Anderson
Verlin Schmitz
Mary Anderson
Jean Drecktrah
Dorothy Nehls
LeRoy Tauscher
Jerome Nelson
Roger Walter
James Michelson
Donna Vick
Carl Becker
Jeanette Nuttelman
Mark Wege
Margaret Krueger
Dennis Goodenough
Raymond Lee
Edris Moore
David Garbers
Joseph Bahr
Kennard
FC-170
FC-150
Kennard Buick
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