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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1955
Page
2
The Tripoli Leader is a second class mail publication in Tripoli Iowa serving Bremer County. Published weekly each Wednesday since 1894 with William A Buckley as publisher and a subscription rate of 3.00 per year in Iowa and 3.50 elsewhere.
Bremer county farmers show higher willingness to follow corn acreage allotments in 1955, per ASC inquiries in Waverly. Compliance enables price support and soil conservation cost sharing, with Eveland noting 1954 benefits included 20 to 40 cents extra per bushel for compliant corn and more than 43 percent of Iowa farms in compliance.
Walter L. H. Poock near Sumner explains a four-year use of grass and legume silage stacked in 18 to 20 foot high piles with 25 foot diameters. Each stack holds 25 acres of mixed alfalfa red clover alsike and timothy hay. A 6 inch sawdust top reduces spoilage to two inches. sides spoil 5 to 7 inches. He notes low investment and labor, plus benefits like less freezing and near-field bunk.
National wool act payments may be assigned to banks trust companies or federal lending and marketing agencies as outlined by James M. Eveland Bremer county ASC chairman. The agreement requires full coverage of the marketing year payment a single assignment per program and security against cash advances plus accounting remittance within 60 days after payment.
The Douglas Family Living group met at Horton Hall on May 10 with 21 members present. After the business meeting, group singing followed. The lesson The Heart of the Home was given by Mrs Ferdinand Klenzman, Mrs Chas Dietz, Mrs John Warnke and Mrs Rueben Schnurstein. Slides were shown. Potted plants were given to honored mothers. A potluck lunch closed the evening.
The Bremer County ASC election plan announces July 9 to July 15 voting for township committeemen by mail with secret ballots. The county convention to name the county ASC committee will occur July 30 in Waverly. New terms begin August 1 and the chairman and vice chairmen serve as delegates to the county convention.
Richard Juhl an 18 year old Bremer County 4 H member is one of eight candidates to seek a state 4 H Boys office at the State Short course in Ames June 21 23 He is a senior at Waverly High school FFA officer and livestock judging standout with a dairy herd and multiple club roles He plans to work on the family farm after graduation.
Francis A. Kutish of Iowa State College predicts milk prices will stay near support levels through the 1955 marketing year. Production is expected to rise seasonally, with total 1955 output near 1954's 123.5 billion pounds, aided by higher per cow production and continued use of dairy products, while government purchases absorb excess supply.
Economist Kutish sees continued hog price strength possible in May and June as producers shape market trends. Slaughter increases in early 1955 and rising bred sow prices signal expanding hog cycle with grain stocks at record highs and corn use below normal.
The Wapsie Whirlwinds 4-H club held a May 2 meeting at Frederika High School gym with 40 attendees including mothers, leaders, and judges. Shirley Schulte spoke on skin care while Whyla Schwarz spoke on personal cleanliness and Sue Sowers demonstrated ceramics. Doneth Zipsie was named better groomed girl with Judy O’Connell as alternate. carnations were given to mothers. lunch followed. The Klondike gold rush note dated 1896.
The Bremer Dairy Herd Improvement Co op completed the April test with 607 cows on standard DHIA in 27 herds and 2 057 cows in 112 owner sampler herds. The 607 standard cows averaged 935 pounds of milk and 33 1 fat for 30 days, with five herds exceeding 40 pounds fat per cow. Notable producers include John Albrecht & Son Sumner with 21 Holsteins 1336 pounds milk 49.7 fat, W S Lynes Waverly four Ayrshires 1144 pounds milk 48.3 fat, Jim Rodman Sumner 13 Holsteins 1418 pounds milk 42.8 fat.
April dairy activity reports show 75 lactation records submitted for full proving by the USDA. Richard Leavens of Plainfield lists 20 grade Holsteins totaling 1,203 pounds of milk and 40.9 pounds of fat. Seventeen applications for lifetime certificates for cows producing over 2,000 pounds of butterfat were sent to Ames in April.
Karen Pinch daughter of Mr and Mrs Carroll Pinch Route 3 Waverly was named winner of the D A R history award for Bremer county rural schools the annual medal goes to the eighth grade student with the highest history grade Karen attends Douglas No 8 school taught by Mrs Esther Joens
A patrolman recounts stopping a car on patrol after recognizing a wanted description and license number. He notes the tense moment and what might have happened, underscoring a near-miss in a routine shift.
A driver halted on a highway when a stolen car appeared. He confronted two frightened youths, mistaken criminals due to a wedding guest's prank. The couple, honeymooners, claimed the car while the incident was resolved at a police station.
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