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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1965
Page
6
The Fred Luebs family expresses sincere thanks to relatives friends and neighbors for flowers cards and food given in memory of our father and grandfather. All this will long be remembered.
The State Department of Agriculture declared giant foxtail a secondary noxious weed in Iowa. Seed lots of clover and other small seeded crops with more than three seeds per ounce must list the weed and seed count on the label, as must cereal grain lots with more than five seeds per pound. The weed competes for moisture and nutrients and can proliferate despite its single growing season.
Iowa State University economist Gene Futrell says lamb feeding should stay moderately profitable through fall and into 1966 as slaughter lamb prices stay above year-earlier levels. The Sheep days event in Monticello Hampton and Spencer outlined higher feeder lamb bids and limited demand as key factors shaping profits.
Tripoli Iowa reports sumer demand for red meat and a continuing downtrend in sheep numbers. Jan 1 1965 had 26.7 million sheep and lambs, eight months of 1965 slaughter 11 percent below 1964, but prices rise may boost breeding and 1966 lamb crop. Feeder lamb supply remains small.
Demand remains strong with current prices $2 to $3 higher than the fall of 1964.
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