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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1957
Page
2
The Tripoli Leader is a second class mail newspaper published each Wednesday in Tripoli Iowa established since 1894. William A Buckley serves as publisher with subscriptions at 3.00 per year in Iowa 3.50 per year elsewhere in advance.
Wapsie Whirl met at Carolyn Lahmanns on March 4 with 11 members two leaders and two mothers. They planned a bake sale for March 9 and sent a thank you to Grover's store for display window use. Multiple clubs held meetings with demonstrations on sewing plants and shoes and announced April 1 meetings.
Bremer County residents invested 253,952 in United States savings bonds by February end, 21 percent of the 1957 quota. Iowa two month total 30,098,524 equals 21 percent of the annual goal. national average 16.5 percent. Other area counties show Butler 151,183 (16 percent), Chickasaw 205,253 (25 percent), Fayette 359,399 (24 percent).
Bremer county extension director Doyle N Gordon promotes pruning fruit trees grapes and berries from now until growth starts. He notes pruning yields healthier plants easier care and greater fruit harvest with training for young trees and elimination of weak crotches. Ed Cott Iowa State College recommends pruning when set out and annually for grape production while raspberries require yearly pruning. Two demonstrations will be in Bremer County on April 3 at Readlyn and at Lyle Ormston's farm with Cott leading.
Iowa ranked first nationwide in livestock slaughter for meat production in 1956, accounting for 12.5 percent of U S slaughter. More than 16.5 million head were slaughtered, led by hogs and cattle, with Iowa also posting a higher total liveweight than Illinois and strong gains over 1955.
Seventeen women attended the Fremont Township Farm Bureau meeting at Mrs. H. H. Hoppenworth's home on March 12. Mrs. Leslie Lohmann and Mrs. Edwin Lohmann led the lesson on making good clothing purchases. Each participant brought an item to show and explained why it was a good or poor buy. Leaders offered tips for buying clothes and demonstrated examples of good and poor purchases. Mrs. Hadley Brewer, township officer, assisted.
The Farm Bureau chairman announces Farm Bureau Women's Night at Tripoli Town Hall on April 2 with Fremont displaying Meat Cooking modules arranged by Mrs. Grant Grove and Mrs. Robert Rathbone. Women from Farm Bureau will visit Des Moines March 26 to observe the legislature and tour the city, with Mrs Herb Hoppenworth named representative from Fremont. Inflation has kept prices high since 1953, says Iowa State College farm economist Francis A. Kutish, noting ongoing economic pressure.
A official notes growing inflation risk due to rising wholesale prices since 1956 and a mid year cost of living increase. He cites stability in price indices since 1953 came at the expense of farm prices, which stayed weak until the 1956 surge revealed inflation. Cattle numbers also show a 1949 peak and a 1956 drop leading to 95.2 million on Jan 1, 1957.
Kutish notes 1956 end census shows 96.8 million cattle, down 1.7 percent from a year earlier. He cites 12 to 15 year cycles and warns no two cycles are alike, so a new decline period isn’t guaranteed. Western states led the drop, especially calves and steers, while weather could hold cattle in 1957 and affect stocker activity and Corn Belt demand.
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