Feed Grain Pay Checks Are Ready in Vernon County
Vernon County farmers who participated in the 1968 feed grain program can pick up payment checks at the county ASCS office. More than 1,000 farmers will receive these checks. Three year end requirements are listed: no removal of diverted acres except grazing, weeds must be controlled, and diverted acres should stay in conservation use for the rest of the year, with fall plowing permitted and seed planting allowed for 1969 harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Guy Primmer
Vernon County
Primmer
Pure Milk Co-Op Local Plans Sparta Meet
Sparta Wisconsin Pure Milk Products Cooperative local plans its annual meeting at 8 pm Thursday September 12 in St Patrick s Church Hall Sparta Paul Affeldt District 10 director will report on the year s achievements Local directors and delegates to PMPC s 39th annual meeting in Fond du Lac October 29 will be elected District officers include Willard Schomberg Donald Rhym Harold Schiller Don Huber Robert Vance and Arnold Niedfeldt as directors
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Sparta Local of Pure Milk Products Co- Operative
St. Patrick’s Church Hall
Paul Affeldt
PMPC
Fond du Lac
Willard Schomberg
la Crosse
Donald Rhym
Black River Falls
Harold Schiller
Don Huber
Robert Vance
Arnold Niedfeldt
Bangor
Noncitrus fruit supplies to rise this year
The Agriculture Department reports larger supplies of fresh noncitrus fruit for summer and fall, with peach and pear production over one third higher than 1967 and total fruit output about 15 percent above last year. Citrus crops are developing well nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Hillsboro Junior Fair awards total about $1000 in premiums
Hillsboro Wis The Hillsboro Firemen's Junior Fair closed after a three day run Premiums totaling about $1000 will be paid to winners by the local fire department Highlights include grand champion Hereford Larry Hooker grand champion beef Joe McDonald and multiple divisional winners in sewing canning photography and livestock Awards of $5 from Farmers State Bank went to daily grand champions Joe Amberg Gerry Fanta Norman Stanek James Goodman Kent Barnes Diane Young Joanne Kahler Sharon Leak Elaine Bruce David Leak Shirley Fiske Randy Evans Susan White Kathy Sebranek and others Judges and recorders named with Janet Marshall assisting fair secretaries
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
Wis
Larry Hooker
Joe McDonald
Carnation Breeders
Farmers State Bank
Joe Amberg
Jersey Bull
Jersey
Gerry Fanta
Norman Stanek
Guernsey
James Goodman
Kent Barnes
Diane Young
Joanne Kahler
Sharon Leak
Elaine Bruce
David Leak
Dosch Drug Store
Shirley Fiske
Randy Evans
Hansen’s Department Store
Susan White
Kathy Sebranek
Hillsboro Floral
Donald Gross
Manley Miller
Lewis Ewers
Stanley Sherman
Bill Havlik
Explorer Group
Dwane Eastman
James Cesnik
H. W. Havlik
Reinhold Degner
Raymond Saxby
Celia Stanek
Donald Fanta
Frances Gunderson
Gen Janousek
Annette O’rourke
Mildred Liksa
Janet Marshall
G. E. Schroeder
Donald Miller
Wisconsin Dairies
Allen Stanek
Carnation
Hillsboro Future Farmers
Nick Briskey
Robert
Season 1968-69 production estimates due October tenth
The article notes that production estimates for the 1968-69 season will be prepared on October 10. This update sets the schedule for the upcoming forecast.
Monroe Fair Pays $6,000 In Premiums
Checks totaling $6,025.25 have been mailed to more than 500 Monroe County Fair exhibitors to cover premiums earned. Mrs. Francis King served as secretary of the fair exhibits.
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Tomah
Wis
Monroe County
Francis King
Whitehall Firm Buys 4 H Stock At Houston Fair
CAL EDONIA Minn The Whitehall Packing Co purchased three of the top beef cattle and sheep at the Houston County Fair The champion market lamb shown by Spencer Olson sold for 50 cents a pound James Giblin s blue ribbon beef animal brought 40 cents a pound and Sandra Wolds beef sold for 35 cents Edward Giblin father of James had urged several firms to bid but Whitehall was the only bidder Previously 4 H and Future Farmer blue ribbon stock were sold at an auction after the fair The sale was abandoned years ago in favor of an incentive program with business firms funding extra payment for blue ribbon winners Giblin seeks to restore the auction sale
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Caledonia
Minn
Whitehall Packing Co
Spencer Olson
James Giblin
Sandra Wold
Edward Giblin
James
Whitehall
Blue Ribbon
Houston County
Giblin
Inaccurate Fat Tests Skew Farm Milk Prices
Minnesota and Wisconsin manufacturing grade farm milk prices run about 4.1 cents per hundredweight higher than farmers receive due to butterfat testing errors. Research by University of Minnesota and Wisconsin economists, presented at a Wisconsin agricultural cooperative meeting, shows tests overstated fat content and price factors misreported.
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Madison
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Truman Graf
University Extension
Wisconsin Council of Agricultural Cooperatives
Jerome W. Hammond
University of Minnesota
U.S. Departments of Agriculture
Graf
Farm Prices Show Gain In August
The Agriculture Department reports a slight easing of the farmer squeeze in the month ending August 15. Prices farmers pay fell one point from July’s peak, the first retreat since last November, though the index stayed four percent above a year ago. Prices received rose one point to 261 percent of the 1910-14 base, led by gains in cotton, oranges, and milk, while hogs, potatoes, and corn pulled the upward bulge down.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Bill Expands Farm Home Loan Aid Under New Law
President Johnson signed a bill broadening Farmers Home Administration powers with grants and loans. It raises annual grant authority to 100 million for rural water and sewage, allows loans to back nonfarm enterprises such as recreational conversions, removes the $15,000 loan cap proviso, maintains 35000 ceiling, and replaces a 5 percent cap with a rate 1 percent above the average yield on U.S. bonds.
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Austin Tex
Johnson
Farmers Home Administration
U.S
4-H Future Farm Beef Auction At Richland County Fair
About 30 head of 4-H and FFA beef will be sold starting at 10 a.m. Saturday at the annual beef auction at the Richland County Fairgrounds. Beef grades include good, choice or prime. Public may bid. Auction directed by Richland Beef Producers Association with Tri-County Finance Auction Division. Auctioneers John Kooiman and Jerry Wilkinson of Tri-County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland Center
Wis
FFA
Richland County Fairgrounds
Richland Beef Producers Association
Tri-County Finance Auction Division
John Kooiman
Jerry Wilkinson
Tri- County
Milk cow numbers slow in decline as prices rise
The agriculture department reports higher milk prices and cheaper feed lift production. July output reached 10.2 billion pounds, only 1 percent below last year, with midyear cattle herds 342 percent lower than a year prior.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Kiome Guernseys Show High Output
Two registered Guernsey cows from Olaf J. Krome and Sons herd set notable production records. Valleyland Kathy produced 12 130 pounds of milk and 530 pounds of fat in 305 days, while Valleyland Noel yielded 10 640 pounds of milk and 549 pounds of fat in 305 days. Both records achieved twice daily milking.
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Peterborough
N. H
Guernsey
Olaf J. Krome and Sons
Spring Grove
Minn
Valleyland Kathy
Valleyland Noel
Wisconsin Still No 1 In Dairying
Wisconsin leads the nation in dairy cows with about two million cows, far more than Minnesota or New York. The state produced over 1.6 billion pounds of milk in July enough for over 2.5 million people, while one cow can meet a year’s per person milk needs.
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U.S
Madison
Wisconsin
Statistical Reporting Service
U.S. Departments of Agriculture
Minnesota
New York
Spring Tree Orders Open From Lands and Forestry
The Division of Lands and Forestry in St. Paul offers spring planting stock through the Houston County Extension office. Conifers include white, Ponderosa, Norway, jack pine, white spruce, black spruce, Colorado spruce and balsam fir. deciduous includes maples, green ash, catalpa, black walnut, Russian olive, lilac, Siberian elm and honeysuckle. Seedlings cost 15 per thousand for conifers, 30 per thousand for transplants. deciduous at 15 per thousand, up $3 from last year. Order early due to possible shortages.
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Caledonia
Minn
Division of Lands and Forestry
Department of Conservation
St. Paul
Houston County
Norway
Colorado
District Forester
Houston County Extension Service
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James King
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Sylvester King Jr
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