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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1957
Page
2
The Tripoli Leader is the official newspaper of the Town of Tripoli and Bremer County Iowa. Published weekly since 1894 it is entered as second class mail at Tripoli under the 1879 act. William A Buckley is the publisher with annual subscriptions 3.00 in Iowa and 3.50 elsewhere.
The Peppy Pals met July 30 in Warren church basement with 17 members, six mothers, two leaders and two judges present. Aug 21 set as family night. Plans include a club party replacing a tour, a style revue, and achievement day with judges Mrs Buss and Mrs Werner. Readlynettes July meeting covered sewing care, plans for the 4-H Fair booth, and demonstrations by Nancy Dickman Andrea Klodt Judy Rommel.
USDA home economists share a simple peach jam recipe using 3 cups peaches 5 cups sugar 1 package powdered pectin and 1 cup water. Mix stand 20 minutes dissolve pectin stir 2 minutes jar set 24 48 hours then paraffin top refrigerate for a month or freeze up to a year. Hydrangea color depends on soil aluminum with more acidity yielding blue flowers. August brings peak garden produce with many homegrown tomatoes and plentiful turkey meat options for menus.
The note lists green beans lima beans sweet corn lettuce cabbage beets with celery onions and other vegetables incoming. Fresh peaches from Atlantic Coast and California and plentiful lemons limes and canned peaches are noted. August brings Pacific Coast bartlett pears and vitamin prompts advise daily vitamin C intake.
Henry W. Hinton explains that Future Farmers of America is not 4-H, though objectives may overlap. 4-H is county extension administered, while FFA supplements public high school vocational agriculture. The two can complement each other and benefit members. the text also asks about requirements if one does not join FFA.
In the August 7 1957 issue of The Tripoli Leader, readers learn that all students enrolled in Vocational Agriculture are required to have a productive project whether they join FFA or not. The Q&A explains that FFA is an extracurricular arm of the Vocational Agriculture program designed to supplement it and extend into the community, with a note that the topic will be continued in a future issue.
Iowa State College farm economist Francis A. Kutish projects about twenty percent more fed cattle heading into August and September markets this year than last. Farmers delayed marketing earlier in the season, influencing seasonal supply expectations.
Kutish notes June plans and July feeding totals show eight to eighteen percent increases across twelve main states, with remaining months set to mimic 1956 marketing. Western shorts fed and California trends could steady fat cattle markets. lower grades look stronger than past peaks though prime remains below 1956 highs. Grain sorghum plantings rise, boosting feed supplies. drought not as severe as last year. DIES Mechanicsville loses its 95 year old resident John Clifton.
The weekly Dee River Re. switches from a 58 year era of group printing to a machine set format for the first time, marking a substantial change in production processes and layout.
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