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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1956
Page
2
Tripoli Leader is the towns Bremer County official newspaper published weekly since 1894. It is printed as second class mail under the March 8 1879 act with William A Buckley as publisher. Subscription rates are 3 dollars per year in Iowa and 3 50 elsewhere in advance.
Bremer county farmers may exchange soil bank acreage reserve certificates at 105 percent of face value for government owned grain or use them at 105 percent of face value to repay certain grains under price support loans. Corn is the only government owned grain eligible for exchange, with oats barley rye and grain sorghum loans repayable by corn certificates. Wheat certificates cannot be exchanged for corn but may repay price support loans on wheat oats barley rye and grain sorghum. Process starts at the county ASC office for plan explanation and delivery orders if exchanging for corn. Loan repayment follows the original rate plus interest to settlement. Delivery may use elevators or be at binsites with no handling charges. Exchanges not allowed during the harvest season October 15 to November 15 for corn or sorghum loans. certificates may be used for other grains during that period.
Franklin Goal Getters held a regular meeting Sept 18 at Lavonne and Marian Rucker with 11 members two leaders and two visitors present. Officers elected include Judy Cordess president Patty Moeller vice president Iris Oltrogge secretary Sharon Leistikow treasurer Imogene Heinemann reporter Eileen Ril ey historian and Lavonne and Marian Rucker recreation chairs. Mrs Store demonstrated sewing. A trip to Niagara Cave was taken Sept 29 and a visit to Spillville clocks noted.
The 1956 conservation reserve payment is set at 11 dollars per acre for Bremer County cropland not in use this year. Rates vary by county, with Iowawide ranges from 10 to 13 dollars per acre based on the crop production index. Eligible farmers may sign up by October 15 at the county ASC office for contracts from three to 15 years, with added year for 1956 starts and full payment this year.
On Mike Kurimski Sr. farm near Lovilia a pond vanished after a cave-in from an old coal mine area. The former 100 foot by 0.25 mile water body, 10 feet deep, left a 30 foot diameter, 20 foot deep hole amid undermined ground where the mine once operated.
Bremer county farmers were told by Leo H. Orth that maximum loan rate for 1956 corn is 1.44 dollars per bushel with a 1.19 dollar rate for noncompliant corn. To qualify for the top rate corn must grade No 3 or better, or No 4 on test weight. Eligibility requires either meeting 1956 acreage allotments or dedicating 15 percent of the farm’s soil bank base to the acreage reserve or conservation reserve programs or a blend thereof.
Paul Walther, former extension poultryman at Iowa State College, outlines seven practices used by successful poultrymen to raise egg output and cut costs. The list represents the key methods for higher production and lower expenses in poultry farming.
Poultry expert Robert Penquite of Iowa State College warns culling sick or crippled pullets at housing time this fall, but advises against culling healthy birds in their first six months in the lay ing house. He stresses ready housing, planned move from range to laying, and sufficient feeding and watering space to reduce disruption and improve egg production. An unrelated note mentions aLouis Grade farm hen hatching twelve chicks from a tree hole brood and Ohio’s state flower being the scarlet carnation.
Buy Leghorn type hybrids for high egg yield and small size. Insulate the poultry house to stay cool in summer and above 40 degrees in winter. Use cross ventilation by opening windows on three sides. Install one 4-foot automatic trough waterer per 100 hens. Provide 20 feet of feed troughs per 100 hens or nine round feeders. Self feed a ration of home grown corn oats and 26 percent protein concentrate. Confine the flock year round to save energy for eggs.
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