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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1934
Page
2
At the Warren township farm bureau meeting held July 24 at the Knapp home, Leslie Waverly summarized the Brookings Institute report for Iowa. Moeller weighed adoption prospects while 4-H reports and home project fair plans were outlined. Exhibits include market pigs, cow testing records, and premium lists for Bremer County 4-H at the Bremer County fair grounds August 22-24.
A playful riddle notes that an elephant can have fleas while a flea cannot have elephants, highlighting a humorous inversion of size and control.
A London coffee stall customer complains the tea is weak while the server insists it is merely weak not helpless, revealing a light humor exchange about wording and expectations.
Town of Des Moines corn hog committee outlines options for excess pigs under contract. Producers may cancel contracts, pay $20 per head, or have excess hogs used for relief through federal and state agencies. Pigs must be delivered to designated shipping points and distributed to minimize impact on pork demand.
Bremer county 4 H boys club members will hold their second annual camp at Camp In Gawanis on Saturday and Sunday August 4 and 5. They will participate in kittenball and other athletic events including swimming under camp supervision with a sunrise service the next morning. A. B. Kirk will demo corn breeding. An interdenominational service and campfire mark the evenings. girls and parents are urged to attend Sunday with a picnic.
Members and friends of Polk township farm bureau met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo Diekman Thursday evening July 26. The county agent discussed the township farm bureau agricultural exhibit project at the 4 H club fair to be held at the Bremer county fair grounds August 22 28 and 24. Reiter Brothers of Clarksville entertained the crowd with several musical selections. Refreshments were served.
Dr. Geoffrey Shepherd of Iowa State College outlines five conclusions on who bears the pork processing tax as the hog supply shrinks. He finds the packer’s margin widens to equal the tax but the consumer does not pay. farmers gain via subsidies and smaller crops. most income increases come from packers through reduced volume, not higher margins.
The immediate and enthusiastic acceptance of the Firestone Century Progress Tire has triggered a vast buying surge. Factories are operating twenty-four hours to meet demand while the new Firestone Triple Guarantee backs every tire for unequaled performance, life against defects, and 12 months against road hazards, with six months in commercial service.
Survey results from the extension service indicate farmers are using replacement contracts to shift acreage this year. About four-tenths of corn and hog contracts moved to alfalfa and clover, with wheat fields split between clover timothy and old sods. Weed control and idle land persist as minor factors while erosion prevention and home-use crops rise.
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