Oral History Interview with Howard Brusveen, 1981

Index to the Interview with Howard Brusveen

Alfalfa (forage crop plant)
1:1, 26:55; 1:2, 10:20-11:15; 2:2, 14:00-17:15; 3:1, 21:55; 7:1, 07:55, 16:00
Allis-Chalmers (tractors)
1:1, 25:10; 3:1, 13:20-15:25; 3:2, 00:30
American Heart Association
6:1, 20:35
Automobiles
2:1, 08:55; 3:1, 08:50; 5:1, 17:50
Badgers
7:1, 10:00
Badlands (South Dakota)
5:2, 12:15
Bank of New Glarus
2:2, 11:20
Barn, Brusveen farm
1:1, 07:30; 1:2, 23:50; 2:1, 11:05, 14:50; 4:2, 01:35; 7:1, 01:35-06:15, 20:20
Barr, Bernie
2:2, 04:40
Bauer, Charles
6:1, 01:55, 04:55; 6:2, 20:40; 7:1, 00:30, 03:15; 7:1:2, 19:15
Beckwith, Charles
6:1, 01:55, 04:55; 6:2, 20:40; 7:1, 00:30, 03:15; 7:1:2, 19:15
Belgian horses
see Horses
Belleville
3:1, 21:55
Birdsfoot trefoil (forage crop plant)
7:1, 16:00
Black Hills (South Dakota)
5:2, 12:15
Blanchardville
1:2, 10:20; 5:1, 13:25; 5:2, 15:40; 7:1, 20:20
Blanchardville Blade (newspaper)
6:1, 08:10
Bromegrass (forage crop plant)
7:1, 01:35, 07:55, 15:50
Brusveen, Avis (Colden)
1:1, 13:05; 1:2, 21:00; 3:2, 21:00; 7:1:2, 27:45
Brusveen, Benhard
2:1, 08:55
Brusveen, Bertha (Ragnhildrud-Erickson)
1:1, 00:30-02:05; 1:2, 21:00; 2:2, 11:20; 5:2, 15:40; 7:1:2, 02:00, 27:45
Brusveen, Betty
3:2, 17:25; 4:1, 06:55; 5:2, 17:55; 6:1, 00:40
Brusveen, Dora
1:1, 12:10; 2:2, 11:20; 3:2, 21:00
Brusveen, Haldor
2:1, 16:20
Brusveen, Hans
1:1, 00:30-02:05, 07:00, 11:05-12:10, 20:25-21:30; 1:2, 00:30, 21:00; 2:1, 00:30, 08:55; 2:2, 03:55-08:40, 11:20; 5:1, 24:45; 5:2, 15:40; 6:1, 01:55; 7:1:2, 27:45
Brusveen, Mabel
1:1, 12:10; 2:2, 11:20; 3:2, 21:00
Brusveen, Marit (Venden)
2:1, 16:20
Brusveen, Steve
3:2, 17:25; 4:1, 06:55; 5:2, 12:15, 17:55
Brusveen, Thomas
1:1, 12:10, 13:50; 2:2, 11:20; 3:2, 21:00; 5:1, 08:00; 5:2, 06:40
Butchering
4:1, 18:40; 5:1, 27:20
Canada
5:2, 12:15
Capital Times (Madison)
6:1, 08:10
Carpentering, woodworking and building
1:1, 11:05; 2:2, 04:40; 3:2, 21:00; 4:1, 00:30-06:55; 5:2, 14:15, 17:55; 7:1, 16:40; 7:1:2, 20:50, 26:40
Cattle, Beef
6:2, 25:35
Cattle, Dairy
1:2, 04:15-06:40; 2:1, 06:10; 2:2, 24:05; 3:1, 01:15; 4:1, 23:50-28:40; 4:2, 04:30-11:40, 21:25-22:55; 5:1, 00:30-04:25; 6:1, 18:05; 7:1, 06:15, 20:20; 7:1:2, 22:35-24:05
Cattle, Marketing
1:2, 06:40; 7:1:2, 22:35
Cheese
2:1, 03:35; 4:2, 24:00; 5:1, 10:20
Cheese, Swiss
5:1, 10:20
Chicken house
2:1, 13:30; 7:1, 26:50
Chickens
1:2, 04:15; 2:1, 13:30; 3:1, 01:15-03:30; 4:1, 23:50
Climate--Summers in 1930's
1:2, 14:40; 4:2, 13:00; 7:1:2, 00:35
Climate--Summers in 1970's
6:2, 03:25-05:50; 7:1:2, 00:35
Climate--Winters in 1930's
4:2, 13:00; 5:1, 17:50
Climate--Winters in 1950's
6:2, 26:30
Climate--Winters in 1970's
6:2, 05:50-09:15; 7:1:2, 30:00
Clover, red (forage crop plant)
1:1, 26:55
Clydesdale horses
see Horses
Colden, Elizabeth
1:1, 13:05
Colden, Teddy
1:1, 13:05; 5:2, 12:15
Combining
3:1, 19:40
Contouring
1:1, 21:30; 2:2, 08:40, 14:00, 25:15; 6:1, 09:55; 6:2, 23:55; 7:1, 07:55
Cooperatives
1:2, 00:30, 10:20; 5:1, 24:45
Corn (Maize)--Culture
1:1, 19:05-26:55; 1:2, 11:15, 16:40; 2:2, 14:00, 19:20-22:50; 3:1, 13:20, 19:40; 3:2, 05:10-07:45, 14:35-17:25; 4:1, 12:30; 4:2, 22:55; 6:2, 03:25; 7:1, 07:55, 24:55
Corn (Maize)--Hybrid
1:2, 10:20; 2:2, 21:05
Corn (Maize)--Open-pollinated varieties
1:2, 10:20; 2:2, 17:15-21:05
Corn (Maize)--Sweet corn
2:2, 19:20; 4:1, 19:45
Corn (Maize)--Use on farm
1:2, 00:30, 06:40, 14:40; 3:1, 01:15, 21:55; 4:2, 04:30-06:50, 22:55; 7:1, 03:15, 21:25-24:30
Crop rotations
1:1, 26:55; 2:2, 14:00; 7:1, 07:55
Croquet
7:1:2, 04:20
Crownvetch (forage crop plant)
7:1, 16:00
Dairy Herd Improvement Association (DHIA)
5:1, 04:25
Dairy products marketing
1:2, 08:40; 2:1, 03:35, 08:55; 4:1, 23:50-28:40; 4:2, 24:00-27:35; 5:1, 04:25-12:50; 6:1, 14:15, 20:35-27:25
Dairying
4:1, 23:50-28:40; 4:2, 01:35-11:40, 21:25-27:35; 5:1, 00:30-08:00; 6:2, 25:35
Daylight savings time
6:2, 13:20
Democratic Party
6:1, 20:35
Disking
1:1, 19:05
Drummond Valley (Town of York)
2:1, 20:35
Education
1:1, 03:35, 07:30, 13:50; 2:2, 03:55; 5:2, 17:55
Egg marketing
3:1, 03:30; 4:1, 23:50
Electricity
1:1, 20:25; 5:1, 25:30; 5:2, 02:05; 6:2, 05:50
Electrification
1:1, 20:25; 5:1, 25:30; 5:2, 02:05
Ensilage
1:1, 07:30; 1:2, 00:30, 06:40, 23:50; 2:1, 00:30; 4:2, 04:30; 7:1, 19:35
Erb Implement Company, Inc. (New Glarus)
3:1, 13:20
Erickson, Earl
5:2, 08:20; 6:2, 26:30
Erickson Family
see Ragnhildrud, Thorston
Erickson, Sylvan
4:1, 02:50
Exchange work
4:1, 00:30, 12:30; 5:1, 21:45; 5:2, 09:20-10:35; 6:1, 11:50
Family farms
7:1:2, 12:45-15:40
Farm--Financing
2:2, 08:40-11:20; 5:2, 17:55; 6:1, 00:40-06:10; 7:1, 10:45; 7:1:2, 26:40
Farm--House
1:2, 18:30-21:00; 2:1, 13:30; 5:1, 23:45-28:10; 5:2, 00:30-10:35; 6:2, 10:50; 7:1:2, 27:15-27:45
Farm--Implements
1:1, 14:30-19:05, 24:05-25:10; 1:2, 00:30, 11:15-14:40; 2:2, 19:20, 24:05; 3:1, 10:30-24:20; 3:2, 01:30-07:45; 4:1, 02:50-05:05, 19:45; 4:2, 01:35, 22:55; 7:1, 02:15-03:15; 7:1:2, 12:05-12:45
Farm Journal (magazine)
6:1, 08:10
Farm unit expansion
4:2, 19:35; 6:1, 04:25, 06:10, 17:10; 6:2, 25:35; 7:1:2, 12:05
Farmers' organizations
6:1, 25:15
Feed supplements and concentrates
4:2, 04:30-08:10; 7:1, 19:35
Fertilizer, commercial
1:2, 16:40; 2:2, 22:50; 3:2, 08:30, 14:35
Fishing
5:2, 14:15
Food preservation
4:1, 17:45-18:40; 5:1, 26:30-28:10; 5:2, 00:30; 7:1, 26:50; 7:1:2, 00:35
Ford (automobile)
3:1, 08:50; 5:1, 16:30
4-H program
4:2, 10:10; 6:1, 13:05
Garage/blacksmith shop
1:1, 11:05, 20:25; 2:1, 08:55; 2:2, 12:40; 7:1, 26:50; 7:1:2, 02:35-03:15, 10:35
Gardening
4:1, 17:45, 19:45; 7:1, 24:55
Golden Glow (corn variety)
see Corn (Maize)
Grain drilling
1:1, 19:05
Grass
1:1, 28:15; 1:2, 10:20-11:15
Green County
1:1, 00:30-02:05, 13:05; 2:1, 20:35; 5:1, 17:50; 6:2, 14:20; 7:1, 01:35; 7:1:2, 19:35
Green County Conservation League
6:1, 09:55; 7:1:2, 19:35
Hanson, Robert
7:1, 20:20
Hay and haying
1:2, 11:15-14:40; 2:2, 14:00-17:15; 3:1, 21:55; 4:2, 01:35- 04:30, 11:40-18:45; 5:1, 13:25; 7:1, 02:15-03:15
Health and medical care
5:1, 12:50; 5:2, 15:40; 7:1, 10:00; 7:1:2, 26:40
Heating, farmhouse
5:2, 10:35
Helmeid, Gilman
1:1, 25:10
Henry Hoesly Hardware (New Glarus)
1:2, 21:00
Hog house
2:1, 11:05; 7:1, 21:25-24:55
Hogs
1:2, 04:15, 06:40; 2:1, 11:05; 3:1, 01:15; 4:1, 18:40, 23:50; 4:2, 10:10, 21:25; 7:1, 16:50
Horses
1:1, 14:30-19:05, 24:05-25:10; 1:2, 00:30-02:55, 11:15-14:40; 3:1, 05:35-13:20; 4:1, 19:45
Irrigation
3:2, 08:20
Jaren, Norway
1:1, 00:30
John Deere (tractor)
1:1, 25:10
Johnson, Lyndon B.
see United States Government
Jorenby, Ed
3:1, 15:25
Juve, Arthur
2:2, 04:40
Kitchen, summer
7:1:2, 02:00
Kittelson, Byron
4:1, 02:50
Land contract purchases
2:2, 08:40; 6:1, 01:55
Lewis, George
3:1, 15:25
Lime
1:2, 16:40; 3:1, 07:40
“The Lone Ranger” (radio program)
5:2, 03:50
Loyalty School (Town of York)
1:1, 13:05
Machinery repair and maintenance
1:1, 11:05, 20:25; 2:1, 08:55, 14:50-16:20; 2:2, 12:40; 3:1, 21:55; 7:1, 26:50; 7:1:2, 02:35-03:15
Madison
4:1, 06:55; 5:2, 15:40
Madison Area Technical College
5:2, 17:55
Manure
1:2, 16:40; 4:2, 22:55; 7:1, 15:20, 18:35
McCormick (tractor)
3:1, 15:25; 3:2, 01:30; 4:1, 12:30
Meadows
1:1, 28:15; 2:2, 24:05
Milk house
2:1, 03:35; 4:2, 26:15
Milk testing, owner-sampler
5:1, 04:25
Milking
1:1, 07:30; 4:1, 06:55, 23:50-28:40; 4:2, 26:15; 5:1, 00:30-04:25; 5:2, 17:55; 6:2, 05:50
Milwaukee Cheese Company (Monroe)
4:2, 24:00
Monroe
4:2, 10:10; 6:1, 00:40
Monroe Cheese Corporation
6:1, 00:40
Monticello
7:1, 26:50
Mustard, wild (farm weed)
3:2, 17:25
National Farmers' Organization (NFO)
6:1, 25:15; 6:2, 00:30; 7:1:2, 25:05
Nelson, Olin
2:2, 04:40
New Glarus
1:2, 10:20; 2:1, 14:50; 3:1, 13:20, 21:25; 4:1, 06:55; 5:1, 13:25, 16:30; 5:2, 15:40; 6:2, 10:50; 7:1:2, 27:15-27:45
New Glarus Feed and Fuel Co-op
1:2, 10:20
Norwegian community (Town of York)
6:2, 17:05
Oats (grain crop plant)
1:1, 19:05, 26:55; 1:2, 11:15; 3:1, 00:30-01:15, 19:40-1:25; 3:2, 01:30; 4:1, 12:30; 7:1, 07:55
Pastures
1:1, 28:15; 2:2, 24:05-25:15; 3:2, 17:25; 4:1, 02:50; 6:2, 10:25; 7:1, 16:40-18:35
Paulson, Alvin
2:2, 21:05
Paulson, Bennett
1:2, 00:30; 2:1, 08:55; 3:1, 08:50
Paulson, Peter
1:2, 00:30
Pearl Harbor
5:2, 03:50
Pesticides
3:2, 14:35-17:25
Phillipson, Orvin
2:2, 04:40
Photography
5:2, 14:15
Plowing
1:1, 14:30; 3:1, 10:30; 7:1, 24:55
Plumbing, farmhouse
5:2, 09:20
Politics
3:2, 12:25; 6:1, 18:25-27:25
Postville
2:1, 08:55
Prairie Farmer (farm journal)
6:1, 08:10
Pure Milk Products Association (PMPA)
4:2, 24:00
Raccoons
4:1, 19:45
Radio
5:2, 03:50-06:40; 6:1, 09:55
Ragnhildrud, Ingeborg (Ellefsrud)
2:1, 16:20
Ragnhildrud, Thorston
2:1, 14:50-16:20
Reagan, Ronald
see United States Government
Rear, Clifford
7:1:2, 09:40
Rental of farmland
2:2, 07:15-08:40; 4:2, 11:40-18:45; 6:1, 07:45
Rock-picking
1:1, 19:05; 3:1, 07:40
Root cellar
7:1, 26:50; 7:1:2, 00:35
Schooling
see Education
Sears, Roebuck and Company
5:2, 03:50
Sheep-raising
6:2, 25:35
Silo
see Ensilage
Smith, Roscoe
4:2, 10:10
Soil Conservation Service (SCS)
see United States Government
Sons of Norway
6:2, 17:05
Southern Wisconsin Produce Cooperative
4:1, 23:50
Steam engines
1:2, 00:30; 4:1, 12:30
Strip-cropping
2:2, 08:40, 14:00; 7:1, 07:55, 16:00
Tarpa, Norway
1:1, 00:30
Telephone
5:1, 24:45; 6:2, 05:50
Television
5:2, 03:50, 08:20; 6:1, 09:55
Thistle (farm weed)
3:2, 17:25
Thompson, Ed
1:2, 00:30
Threshing
1:2, 00:30; 4:1, 12:30
Tractors
1:1, 25:10; 1:2, 04:15; 3:1, 13:20-19:40; 3:2, 00:30; 4:2, 22:55; 7:1, 03:15, 18:35
Transportation
1:1, 03:35; 1:2, 02:55; 2:1, 08:55; 3:1, 08:50; 5:1, 08:00, 12:25-13:25
Tri-County Co-op Feed (Blanchardville)
1:2, 10:20
Trucks
2:1, 08:55; 5:1, 16:30-17:50; 6:2, 05:50
United States Government--Agricultural policies
6:1, 06:10, 13:05-14:15, 18:2527:25; 6:2, 00:30- 03:25, 10:25, 13:20, 23:55; 7:1:2, 12:45-15:40, 4:05-25:05
United States Government--Dairy price support program
6:1, 14:15, 20:35-27:25; 7:1:2, 15:40
United States Government--Farmers Home Administration (FHA)
6:1, 13:05
United States Government--Federal Land Bank
2:2, 08:40-11:20; 6:1, 01:55
United States Government--President Lyndon B. Johnson
6:2, 00:30; 7:1:2, 25:05
United States Government--President Ronald Reagan
7:1:2, 15:40
United States Government--Soil Conservation Service (SCS)
6:1, 09:55
United States Government--Taxes
6:1, 06:10; 6:2, 10:25; 7:1:2, 24:05
United Telephone Company
5:1, 24:45; 6:2, 05:50
University of Wisconsin-Madison
3:1, 00:30; 6:1, 13:05; 6:2, 14:20
Vacations
5:2, 12:15
Vamstad, Oscar
1:1, 13:50; 7:1:2, 09:40
Venden farm (Town of York)
1:1, 02:05; 2:1, 20:35
Wagons
3:1, 05:35-08:30; 5:1, 08:00, 12:50-13:25
Water supply
1:2, 05:30; 2:1, 03:35-06:10; 2:2, 25:15; 5:2, 09:20; 6:2, 09:15; 7:1, 07:10, 11:45
Windmills
1:2, 05:30; 2:1, 06:10; 6:2, 09:15; 7:1, 07:10, 11:45
Wisconsin Agriculturalist (farm journal)
6:1, 08:10
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
1:1, 20:25
World War II
5:2, 03:50-06:40
Yankee Hollow (Town of York)
1:1, 25:10
Yellow murdock (corn variety)
see Corn (Maize)
Yellow rocket (farm weed)
3:2, 17:25
York Center Cheese Factory (Town of York)
1:2, 08:40; 3:1, 08:50; 4:2, 24:00; 5:1, 10:20
York Center Lutheran Free Church (Town of York)
2:2, 00:30
York Center Road (Town of York)
1:2, 00:30, 08:40; 2:1, 20:35; 3:1, 08:50; 5:1, 12:25, 17:50
York Center School (Town of York)
1:1, 03:35
York Memorial Lutheran Church (Town of York)
see York Center Lutheran Free Church
York, Town of
1:1, 02:05-03:35, 13:05; 2:1, 20:35; 6:2, 14:20, 26:30; 7:1, 01:35
Zoning regulations
6:2, 10:50
Zumpker Brothers (hardware store)
3:1, 21:25
Zumpker, Ed
3:1, 21:25