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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1934
Page
2
The article details 1934 A A A hog contract changes as County Agent D D Offringa reports from Dr A G Black. It covers limiting litters if market hog production falls short, amendments to feeder pig purchases, and rules for new producers including transfers and two litters with gifts.
Neal Geuther was elected president and Martin Dettmer vice president at a Washington Herdsmen 4-H meeting held April 14 at Robert Miller’s home. Loren Arns was secretary treasurer and Lavern Luloff news reporter. Plans for the 4-H fair and a membership drive to reach thirty in 1934 were discussed with Elmer Sauerbrei. Mrs. W. H. Miller provided refreshments. A new serial story begins this week.
Farm bureau reports rising interest in lespedeza for contracted pasture in Bremer County. Ames Experiment Station notes its limited value in Iowa, late maturing seed, and need to seed annually. Potential use favors acid soils with small grain, while red clover, sweet clover, and alfalfa outperform it in lime-rich soils. Professor Hughes and the writer point to constrained returns and the need for farmer trials.
About 450 farmers attended four Bremer county meetings on keeping farm records for the corn hog program. Farmers received record books from the U S Department of Agriculture to track inventories, contracted acres, hogs, dairy products, and farm maps. The books help prove contract compliance and aid year end analysis before final checks. Meetings ran April 10 to 20 at various towns with 8 pm start. Farmers are urged to keep tax records for Iowa’s 1934 income tax law, which may require many to file.
Iowa dairymen at a Des Moines regional AAA conference reaffirmed support for the proposed dairy production adjustment program after previously backing it in state meetings. The endorsement underscores continued alignment with AAA representatives on regional dairy policy initiatives.
A short exchange from the Boston Transcript notes Betty’s visit with teaching by her mother and a request for the recipe. Betty confirms she asked for the recipe so her mother could bake more and recounts Mrs Smith gave another piece.
Thousands of heavily mortgaged farm homes saved from foreclosure by county farm debt adjustment committees in the last six months. Committees heard up to 200 cases per county with many closed on satisfactory terms. The $40 million emergency crop loan cap to tenants raised from $500 to $750. Production Credit Associations now provide loans nationwide. Dairy farmers face adjustment either by nature or plan. County committees finalize contract figures and signups begin for final copies. Speed in signing aids rapid benefit payments in Iowa.
The Polk Hustlers 4-H Boys' club will feature a garden project this year with fourteen 50 by 50 foot plots. Leland Gritzner serves as president, Vern Dieke as vice president, and Alfred VanBenschoten as secretary treasurer. Members include Keith Neilson Robert Mason William Gritzner Junior Stevens Wayne Smith Edwin Smith John Roach Lloyd Wilson Romaine Briner Rev Ziehe Francis Huggard John Huggard Harold Robinson Floyd Robinson. Regular meetings are every two weeks and garden record books are issued. the program covers potato disease control and general gardening methods.
The Townline Cowboys 4-H club of East Lafayette and Warren townships held a meeting at Arland and Wayne Thicking’s home with 23 members. Members named a tree in roll call. They practiced dialogues and songs for a Warren township farm bureau program. The club, divided into two divisions, runs rope tying contests and a membership drive. Four new members joined: Clayton Garner Lavern Slater John Holmes and Raymond Meyer. Lloyd Pothast leads the club locally.
On April 12 1934 the District Court of Bremer county Iowa appointed G F Johnson as administrator of the estate of Carl F Mersbach deceased. Creditors must present claims legally authenticated to the court for allowance and debtors should pay the administrator.
Household tips urge simple renovations like painting curtain rods to refresh homes on a budget. Also included are drink ideas and tart recipe sections, plus social notes on visits, school board actions, and local residents' comings and goings from Waterloo area communities.
Frederika residents and visitors are noted in a roundup of social news. Families such as Krienke, Harper, Strawser, Norton, Clary, Holm, McGowan, Mooney, and Wismer are mentioned with travel to New Hampton Waterloo La Porte City Sumner and Frederika. Activities include attending funerals, visits, and relatives gathering at farms and cities, with references to local teachers and year’s end travels.
Legal transfers for the week ending April 13 1934 show guardian John Hochberger transferring $450 ownership of lot 27 in Baumgartner's addition to Sumner to Minnie Westendorf. Also Thomas Delahery transfers to Katheryn and Agnes Delahery for $1 the lot 6 in Tow er & Tibbitt's sub-division of sesey section 23 93 11.
A Prague Prayer Presse quip explains that a visit is when a person’s mother comes to see them, while a visitation refers to when the other generation’s mother comes to see the family, highlighting a linguistic distinction in familial terms.
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