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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1956
Page
4
For sale men s white shoe rollerskates with toe stops size 8. Contact Robert Lohmann in Readlyn Iowa by phone 10805. Listing appears in a 4 page classified section item.
In person applications invited for an experienced candling position at Kramer Produce in Tripoli. Apply directly at the location.
The USDA reports the 1957 spring pig crop down 8 percent from 1955, with fall pig cuts expected. November 1956 federally inspected hog slaughter was about 200000 head lower than a year earlier, a record-setting November. Kutish warns next two to three months may see reduced slaughter, lard stays high, and hog prices likely rise in winter. Early pigs likely to yield best profits in 1957.
Albert Ganske and Mrs Readlyn Iowa express gratitude to relatives friends and neighbors for assistance cards gifts and visits during wife’s hospital stay at Allen Memorial Waterloo and at home. Special thanks to Rev Dornbusch and family. Also thanking doctors nurses and aides. Another note from Mrs Robert Lohmann and Teresa Jane thanks for cards gifts and hospital visits with special thanks to Rev Goetz.
Bremer County farmers mortgaged 29,298 bushels of 1956 corn under government price support with 22,342 eligible for the higher 1.44 per bushel rate after meeting allotment and soil bank rules and 6,956 at the 1.19 rate for non compliance. Compared with 168,359 bushels of 1955 corn placed under support loans last year, the 1956 totals show broader coverage. Other 1956 crops placed under loans include barley 473, oats 15,727, soybeans 58,257. Deadline to obtain loans on small grains and soybeans is Jan 31, corn loans run to May 31. Details at the county ASC office.
Bremer County nears its 1956 quota with 11 months of sales totaling 1,384,966 dollars, 99 percent of the 1,399,074 target. Iowa's 11 month average is 86 percent, national 83 percent. November Iowa purchases near 10 million and 11 month state total 143,750,686 dollars. Other counties show varied performance with Black Hawk 92 percent, Butler 101 percent, Chickasaw 118 percent, and Fayette 112 percent.
Gary Herman infant son of Mr and Mrs Ewald Boevers southwest of Tripoli born November 30 at Allen Memorial hospital was baptized Sunday morning at St John Lutheran Crane Creek with Dr Em Fuchs officiating. Sponsors Verdine Boevers Nancy Schwarze Julius Wille. Dinner and afternoon guests listed from Tripoli and Waterloo. Proclaim Liberty motto from Liberty Bell inscription.
Iowa farm land and buildings averaged 220 dollars an acre on November 1, 1956, five dollars higher than a year before, based on responses from 475 real estate brokers. Leading causes include farmers buying land, tenants forced to buy or quit for lack of rental land, and owners with high quality farms delaying sales. Conditions varied by region, with gains in Northeast Dairy, North Central Grain, Southern Pasture, and Eastern Livestock, while Western Livestock held steady and drought affected several areas.
Bremer County 4-H committee met at the County Extension office December 19 to organize the year. Weighing stations announced for Dec 28 at Tripoli Sales Co 9 12 noon Dec 28 Readlyn and Witttenburg yards 1 4 p m Dec 29 Waverly Sales Co 10 a m 2 p m Richard Ormston elected secretary Merwin Whitney Delbert Wittenburg and Ernest Knoploh on the committee Doyle Gordon said David Breeze will work in the county after Jan 3 until called to the army High winds toppled the WMT TV tower near Independence causing damage and a local auto accident injury report notes Mrs Helen Stevens of Clear Lake hurt in a hill stall and brake failure incident Pottery migrations spread decorative tile making in the Islamic world.
Iowa State College extension poultryman W R Whitfield cautions that high egg production hinges on accurate records. Data from 1955 Demonstration Flocks show high producers average 241 eggs per hen versus 175 for low producers, yielding $1.50 more per hen at 30 cents a dozen. Poor flocks used more feed and cost 35 cents per dozen to produce, while better layers cost 23 cents.
Bremer county was allotted 581,100 for government cost sharing soil and water conservation practices ACP in 1957. The amount is 5,000 less than 1956's ACP allocation. If requests exceed funds, the county ASC committee may seek state reserve funds. Community meetings are planned in December to explain the 1957 program and start filings for cost sharing starting January 1. Farmers may also file at the county ASC office during the year.
A 1955 report from the U S Department of Agriculture shows Iowa produced about 182 million pounds of butter, accounting for around 13 percent of U S production and ranking third among leading dairy states. The Iowa Development Commission notes the substantial March 1956 significance.
The Iowa Development Commission reports Iowa dairy farmers rank highly in the nation, with per capita butter supply projected over 68 pounds for 2,671,073 residents, ranking third in whole milk use, eleventh in cheese, and seventeenth in ice cream production.
Iowa State College dairyman Floyd Arnold argues production records are essential to profit in dairy farming. Records guide culling, tailored feeding, and selecting replacements, lowering costs as output rises. Three methods DHIA, owner-sampler, and weigh-a-day-a-month help achieve peak production and best returns.
Iowa State extension nutritionist Jewel Graham presents holiday dressings for turkey duck or chicken. Recipes include Milwaukee Bread Stuffing with bread cubes caraway onion celery and egg milk mix. Mincemeat Bread Stuffing with mincemeat and butter. California Bread Stuffing with prunes apricots brown sugar and lemon juice. yields and stuffing instructions for each dish.
A historical yeast dough recipe yields round buns filled with prune or apricot, filled bun squares, and twists. It details making a milk butter sugar salt mixture, activating compressed yeast in warm water, adding eggs and lemon rind, kneading, shaping, filling, proofing, brushing with cream, and baking at 375 for 15 to 20 minutes to around 48 rolls. Optional glaze combines powdered sugar with hot milk.
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