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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1932
Page
6
Farm Bureau notes of interest to members and boosters cover county affairs. It outlines actions conducted by the bureau and summarizes ongoing farm programs and community outreach.
Farmers recount alfalfa stands after a cold snap with frost heave and snow cover. Offringa and Racker inspect fields in Warren and nearby townships finding scattered live and killed plants, noting snow depth and grazing timing influence survival. Multiple fields show resilience with sprouts, while some losses seed late reseeding advised only after assessment.
Bremer County farmers report widespread yet uneven alfalfa heaving this spring. Some strips show severe stand loss while tiled areas remain green and viable. Growers like Jobast and Koch discuss reseeding plans and recovery prospects as the field damage appears less extensive than first feared.
At the Polk township farm bureau meeting held at the Bonzer home on April 1, the one act play Changing Dad's Mind by Harry Hastings was presented. Rev. Herbert Temple of Waverly spoke on the church in modern rural society. Six Mile Grove school children presented recitations and songs under Mrs. James Zwanziger. A film Revelation and a comedy were shown, and plans for a bicentennial George Washington celebration at Waverly on July 4 were announced.
All home project leaders and others interested in Bremer county home project activities are invited to a meeting in the community building at Waverly on Friday, April 29 at 10:00 a.m. Miss Neale S. Knowles of Iowa home project work will meet with the women to conduct this rally day.
Federal loan applications are to be processed this week with several already submitted at the farm bureau office and checks received at the county recorder. Most applications have been approved, though some amounts were reduced to satisfy legal limits on itemized loans.
The Bremer county home project leaders completed the third series of lessons in the fourth year focusing on testing textiles. Sessions were hosted across multiple towns with leaders from Jefferson Maxfield Dayton Sumner Fremont Frederika W. Lafayette Polk Jackson and Washington in attendance. The next lesson series will cover Block Printing during the week of May 16.
Leonard Racker addressed the Washington township farm bureau at the Genther home on April 20 with the theme Our Boys and Girls. He called building youth the world’s biggest business while Grace Miller Marion Miller Ruth Kue presented club music. Discussions covered corn yield test plots bicentennial plans and summer meetings. D. D. Offringa outlined the farm bureau program as a short film Revelation and a comedy were shown with refreshments to close.
Members of the FE L F club of East Lafayette township gathered at Ethel Pothast’s home on Saturday April 16. All members answered roll call. Florence Winzenburg demonstrated canning carrots and Ethel Pothast spoke on gardening. Music memory selections were played. After the business meeting lunch and a social hour followed.
Ames, April 26. Grasshoppers near hatching with over 90 percent of eggs likely to develop into hoppers this spring. Dr. C J Drake says the situation is worse than last year, urging farmers to target egg beds in grassy areas and alfalfa fields. Poisoning should begin before widespread movement, with 1.5 million young killed per poisoned bran application. Weather may curb outbreaks, but control is essential. county agents will receive poisoning instructions. Blister beetles found, beneficial for eggs, while beetle species may rise. A Grasshopper control committee was formed by M G.
Thornburg Iowa secretary of agriculture chairs a committee with R. K. Bliss and Dr. C. J. Drake to coordinate pest control work. Requests have been wired to Congress for favorable action on a proposed federal aid bill to fund grasshopper control so work can begin before damage worsens.
Des Moines Iowa April 26 1952 the total amount of creamery butter manufactured in Iowa during 1951 shows an increase of practically one million pounds or one half of one per cent over 1930 and is greater than the previous year according to figures tabulated by the dairy and food division of the Iowa department of agriculture R G Clark chief of the dairy division notes the 1951 total was 217 307 000 pounds up from 216 318 000 in 1936 and 214 561 000 in 1929 He cites a surge in butter sales to creamery patrons and Town customers totaling 48 695 000 pounds an increase of about 25 per cent over any prior year.
An article in the F and Stock Breeder notes Welsh milking practices long before modern methods. Farmers used shared churns and venedation measures to divide butter and cheese, with cows yielding about two gallons daily, in a system with three milkings a day by the twelfth century.
A brief, quirky Victorian style vignette about Suzanne a spirited little girl with red hair asking her mother to kiss her heel after a stumble, only to be told to kiss it herself as the mother is busy at the sink. The girl laments that she cannot reach her own face is in front.
Bible quiz questions and weekly answers prepared by Rev. E. F. Byers pastor of the Congregational church "The church with a welcome." The questions cover Genesis stories, promises, Joseph in Egypt, and other scriptural references with brief provided answers.
The article questions the Bible naming of Herodias daughter as Salome and cites Josephus claiming a Salome as Herodias daughter by Herod’s brother Philip. It notes the name is a conjecture and distinguishes the Salome of the crucifixion as a different person. The piece also shifts to a short dialogue from Pathfinder Magazine.
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