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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1956
Page
1
The Titonka Topic Jaren declares weekly publication with post office second class status. Subscription rates are 2.50 yearly in Kossuth County and Titonka territory, 3.00 outside, and 3.50 for Canada and foreign countries. Subscriptions within the county continue unless interrupted by the subscriber or publisher.
The Town Council met in regular session with Mayor Nath and seven members present. Bills and salaries were approved, a resolution limited transfers to 60 to cover lighting bills, and total expenditures for June 1956 were reported at 1289.64 with receipts of 783.18. The meeting adjourned.
A Fort Dodge area feature highlights George Olsen near Algona praising soil conservation benefits from contour farming begun in 1948, noting reduced cultivation, water retention on hills, lower gas costs, and rising profits. The piece also reports Social Security benefit growth in 1955 across 11 northwest Iowa counties, with detailed distribution by beneficiary type.
Iowa State College forester Richard Campbell warns spruces and pines face summer insect pressure from red spider and needle scale. Red spiders brown needles while needle scale shows white on needles. both controlled by malathion per label. Pine sawfly may affect young trees, controllable with lead arsenic or DDT.
Virgil L. Rohif announces the government wool incentive payments for the 1955 marketing year. Payments total about 44.9 percent of dollar returns for shorn wool and 77e per hundredweight for pulled wool, with checks mailing within two weeks.
Iowa State College extension expert Tom Wickersham says hot weather slows animals and comfort boosts growth. Water shade breeze and fly protection keep calves and pigs fattening. pigs need one automatic waterer per 20 animals and a wallow or portable wallow. Plans for a hog wallow are available from county extension. sprinklers or lawn hoses can provide a shower bath for pigs on hot days.
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