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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1935
Page
3
Washington report outlines individual lockers in cold storage plants for year round freshness. Lockers keep meat vegetables and fruit at freezing storage temperatures with secure access and low daily rent. Farmers and households benefit by housing and portioning products while preserving quality and flavor.
Wisconsin dairy cattle prices have nearly doubled in two years, driven by higher dairy product prices, fewer cattle due to Bang’s disease control, and drought buying programs. Reports to R E Fisher cite a Waterford dispersal sale where a graded cow fetched 145 dollars, with other regions showing cows at 75 to 100 dollars per head.
Navy's Color Girl West Salem notes good grade cows averaging $86 per head at the Dunn County Cooperative Dairy Cattle Sales sale in Menomonie where 60 animals sold. A Holstein grade cow hit $107 and a purebred Guernsey sold for $165 amid claims Wisconsin cattle boast superior disease resistance drawing buyers from east and west.
Oshkosh High School agricultural students pruned 405 trees and about 1,000 feet of bush fruit row space, plus 50 grape vines. Ten students planted young trees of improved varieties, ten practiced grafting, and about 100 scions were set. Nearly 990 trees will be sprayed this summer to combat disease and pests using a portable sprayer.
Wisconsin officials plan to present cheese to Mexican leaders during the Lions International convention in Mexico City on July 23. George Dobbins of Wegan Wega sponsors the official Wisconsin committee. Four hundred members from 70 Lions clubs have voted to act as ambassadors for Wisconsin dairy products and will gift Young Americas cheese in small wooden pails to the Mexican president state governors and mayors.
Madison department of agriculture and markets will hold a Friday public hearing at 2 30 p m at the state capitol to discuss Swiss cheese eye size grades and proposed amendments to standards and regulations. J W Moore notes strong opinions and hopes for a final conclusion at the meeting. First Four H earning clubs began in Aiken county South Carolina twenty five years ago initiated by Marie Cromer a country school teacher.
Wisconsin farm real estate valued on March 1 at 82 percent of prewar levels, 3 points above two-year low, marking the first small upturn since World War I. The report cites war-time price booms, higher farm incomes, better credit, and lower taxes as contributors to the modest recovery.
The federal crop reporting board noted mixed effects from recent conditions. Some regions faced reduced incomes due to the drouth while real estate values in the hardest hit areas declined accordingly.
Wisconsin crop reporters note milk production per cow up 7 percent to 17.27 pounds on May 1 while cows fell 8 percent. milk production per farm dipped 1 percent from last year. Cows freshening rose about 9 percent in April as pasture improves and feed costs ease. Milk produced per cow milked rose over 3 percent to 21.18 pounds with more calves raised, suggesting higher cattle prices drive breeding. Feed per cow steady. grain use eased from 4.23 to 3.96 pounds. overall milk to feed cost ratio improves. The April farm price held at 1.36 per hundredweight, 34 cents above last year, while factory milk prices declined slightly except creameries 1 cent higher.
Seeds of wild morning glory are turning up in samples sent to the state seed laboratory. Director A L Stone warns the weed spreads quickly by running roots and is as hard to eradicate as quackgrass and Canada thistles, mainly affecting soybeans.
Professor Stone warns farmers about unknown and noxious weed seeds in cheap grain, clover, and alfalfa seed sold this year. Weeds spread via hay shipments and manure. identification service offered by the department for plants sent in for analysis.
A brief note discusses control and denomination of needs in public assistance policy. It highlights how authorities allocate resources and define eligibility. The piece references officials and institutions shaping aid criteria and compliance requirements.
Four meetings for farmers on Bang's disease eradication in cattle are scheduled for June 10 to 13 in Oshkosh, Wausau, Winchester, and Neenah. G. P. Cuff, county agent, will host with Dr. V. S. Larsen overseeing. About 225 herds tested in county, with initial reactors near 30 percent and a later test showing fewer condemnations.
A. H. Lauterbach resigns as chief of the dairy section of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration effective July 2 to become general manager of the Inter-State Milk Producers Association in Philadelphia. Edwin W. Gauminitsz will succeed him on the same date. Lauterbach had led the dairy section since March 1934 and previously worked with Minnesota creameries and the National Cheese Producers Federation.
Eighth grade graduates from county rural and state graded schools will number 235 and celebrate at Oshkosh State Teachers College Little Theater on June 11 at 2 PM. Miss Eva Monson, county superintendent, will present diplomas. W F Price will deliver the address titled Blue Ribbons. Music features include Ball Prairie girls chorus, Hazel Scovel, and a cornet duet by Clifford Morrell and Charles Gummer. Awards from a town education contest will be announced. assembly at 1 30 PM with town chairmen marching in. In dairy news Mr Gaumnitz, new dairy chief, joins from Minnesota and has worked with ADC and USDA on dairy and poultry studies.
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