Wisconsin Wool Pool Marketing Plan Details Costs and Rules
The Wisconsin Wool Pool outlines a 3 cent per pound commission deducted from sale proceeds to cover storage and insurance for up to five months. Unsold wool after five months incurs 15 cents per day per month plus insurance. Pooling costs capped at 1/2 cent per pound. Warehouse notes grading sheets, lot numbering, and shipping instructions. Additional items promote wool blankets and Martha Washington and Auron blankets with prepay parcel post pricing and guarantees.
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National, Wool Warehouse & Storage Co
Wisconsin Wool Pool
National Wool Warehouse& Storage Co
Exchange Ave
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Ill
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation
Pioneer Building
Madison
Wis
Martha Washington
Washburn Farmer Plants Alfalfa and Promotes Dairy Benefits
Washburn farmer Mr. E R Tetzner sowed five acres of alfalfa after liming and applying ten tons of manure per acre. He plowed the field last fall, worked in amendments this spring, and seeded with a bushel per acre of barley as a nurse crop. He expects a strong stand and greater dairy profits from alfalfa. Madison reports grasshopper control funds approved in Door County towns Liberty Grove and Egg Harbor totaling 850 dollars. State agriculture directs poison bran distribution to protect pastures and cut-over lands, with over a thousand bushels used last year and plans to double this year. Wisconsin farmers number over 3,000 aiding Crop Reporting Service to estimate spring acreage across counties, aiding planting and marketing decisions.
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Washburn
E.R. Tetzner
Tetzner
Madison
Wis
Liberty Grove
Egg Harbor
Door County
State Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin
State Department
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Dodder Resistant Crops Advised After Pennsylvania Loss
A USDA report details a total loss of an eggplant field in Pennsylvania due to hazel dodder infestation. The pest, rare on cultivated crops, signals that immune plants should be used on land with dodder seeds. Non susceptible crops named include corn, soybeans, velvet beans, cowpeas, oats, wheat, rye. Potatoes and buckwheat are less at risk, but truck crops should be avoided on dodder seed beds.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Wool marketing principles and warehouse marketing policy
A discussion of wool sales emphasizing graded large commercial lines, fair pricing to cover expenses, and stabilizing market practices. The National Wool Warehouse & Storage Company invites consignors to visit and observe grading methods, noting shorn wool ships year round and should not be sent in quantities under 100 pounds to control transport costs.
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National Wool Warehouse & Storage Company
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation
Best Time to Select a Calf for Breeding Quality
The best time to select a calf is before weaning, ideally when it is seen with its mother. Observe the mother for size and milk, as this signals potential future breeding value. Calf class and timing depend on show rules, with fall senior calves often favored for age, though spring junior calves have advantages if feeding and care are available.
Confine Ducks After Morning Lays to Prevent Egg Loss
Ducks lay eggs early each morning and should be kept in the house or pen until 9 30 or 10 o'clock. If allowed to roam they may lay in a pond or stream and the eggs be lost.
Gardens Produce Yearlong Supplies in Union County NM
Women in Union county New Mexico work to grow a garden large enough to feed a family year round with surplus to can or dry for winter using dry land agriculture. The USDA notes many new crops tried and planted fruit trees successful despite moisture challenges. From 25 000 to 50 000 quarts of vegetables and fruits were canned locally last year.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Union County
New Mexico
Plan to Smother Bindweed Through Alfalfa and Smothering Crops
USDA experts endorse alfalfa as the best smothering crop to control bindweed or wild morning glory in areas where alfalfa grows well. Other smothering crops include cowpeas sorghum millet soybeans and buckwheat though they are less effective. Follow alfalfa with a clean cultivated crop such as corn. Hog pasturing helps but cannot eradicate. grazing controls growth. Chemicals besides salt are rarely successful. prevent spread by using clean seed seed manure and thrashing outfits.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Potato Scab Lowers Grade
The USDA notes scab depresses potato crop value as a field disease. A few scabby potatoes can drag down an otherwise fancy lot, though seed treatment can control some cases and careful grading helps prevent scabby tubers and other pests from reaching markets.
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United States Department of Agriculture
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