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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1956
Page
2
The Tripoli Leader is an official Town of Tripoli and Bremer County newspaper published weekly on Wednesdays. It is edited by the Tripoli editorial association and edited by publisher William A Buckley with annual subscriptions listed at 3 dollars in Iowa and 3.50 dollars elsewhere.
Iowa poultryman W R Whitfield warns that overordering chicks wastes money and reduces egg output. He urges producers to measure houses and stock only 15 percent more chicks than can fit with three square feet per pullet, noting fewer hens can boost total production.
The Bremer County Board of Supervisors meeting January 16 1956 dissolves Drainage Districts No 2 and 14 returning them to landowners with any remaining funds prorated by assessments. The board also approves Oscar L Heideman’s bond as Steward of the County Home and adds the Bremer County Home 1955 annual report to the minutes.
A 9 inch pie yields eight servings with a 325 degree bake. Filling takes fifty minutes and topping fifteen minutes.
Whitfield notes thousands of farms adopted a management step that raises average egg production to about 200 eggs per hen. Housing shows space for more feeders and waterers, with some rooms even unused. Overall egg production has risen significantly.
Iowa readers learn from L Z Eggleton extension poultry marketing specialist that promotion like January Egg Month boosts sales only if poultrymen provide top quality eggs year round. He notes high quality eggs are nutritious, low in calories, and essential in diets, with quality judged by yolk fullness and firm white.
Iowa State College Extension Service editor argues against hog price supports, warns of production controls and area designations, favors soil bank land retirement, and urges a straight market approach leveraging efficient hog producers like Iowa to meet national pork needs. He weighs parity pricing, county controls, and past wartime price regimes in a call for long term farm policy.
The Leroy Gophers 4 H club met January 1 at Billy Bentley’s home with 12 members and 1 leader present. They discussed arranging basketball games with other clubs. Harold Laube spoke on the use of bricks in farm buildings. next meeting to be at David Dirksen’s home.
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