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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1905
Page
1
Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson announces in his annual report that the value of U S farm products for 1905 reached 6 415 000 000 and that corn wheat and hay led the output with record bushels and prices. He says production has been unmatched and farmers have become lenders, saving more money than banks expect.
Secretary Wilson reports massive farm production and growing farmer prosperity. Crops and livestock totals rise with cereals at 4.621 billion bushels and eggs worth 300 million, while farm exports total 827 million. Bank deposits surge in the South and West. cotton notes strengthen. Tuberculosis studies in monkeys yield insights. dairy cows with TB discouraged. Forests expand private management across two million acres. new pineapple varieties and morphine from poppies noted.
Christian Trepp was born in Nufen en Canton Graabunden Switzerland in 1852. He came to America at eight years old and settled near Lomba Wisconsin before moving to Iowa. He married Anna Buebre in 1876 and lived in Grundy county as a prosperous farmer and trusted citizen. He died December 4 1905 in Ackley after an internal injury from a buggy fall. He leaves a wife ten children and eight grandchildren. Funeral held in Ackley German church conducted by Rev Subultz and Rev Aiman. buried in Ackley Cemetery.
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