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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1955
Page
2
Tripoli Iowa official weekly newspaper published every Wednesday announces 1894 established status. William A Buckley serves as publisher with annual subscriptions 3.00 in Iowa and 3.50 elsewhere. Second class mail under 1879 act.
Bremer county reports 25 to 35 percent corn damage from dry heat but says much feeding value can be saved. Extension Director Dick Mathews advises leaving ears developing on at least 25 percent of stalks, cutting or chopping damaged plants for silage or supplement, and considering stover with ears versus without. Silage options include snow-fence and trench silos. Mathews offers on call guidance to farmers.
Richard Mathews notes Sept 1 Iowa corn at 137 million bushels less than Aug 1 with Illinois drop of 37 million. Ohio up 11 million and Indiana unchanged. Eastern belt hit less hard than the West. feed grain output up about six percent from last year while overall livestock up two percent. Kutish predicts reform and price variability. soybeans may rise to 2.15 to 2.25 dollars if oil exports grow, with storage profits uncertain.
County extension director Dick Mathews outlines four benefits of farm terraces: preventing soil loss and fertilizer waste, reducing stand losses in corn, storing rainfall to boost yields, and increasing effective rotation. Terrace systems are permanent, raising income and land values. local extension staff offer help.
Bethesda Lutheran Church celebrated its 85th birthday on August 21 with a special service and community gathering.
Mr and Mrs Claus Grage marked their 60th wedding anniversary in Manilla. The note invites readers to peruse the Leader Want Ads for more community notices and classifieds.
Iowa Governor Leo Hoegh continues his tours with a playful stunt by sampling fried grasshoppers. Reporters at the state house describe his frank remarks and readiness to entertain, reflecting his idiosyncratic approach to public appearances.
A Iowa couple's routine Monday dissolves when a driver departs and a minister and highway patrolman arrive, signaling a fatal traffic death. The column mixes intimate domestic detail with state notes on hunting seasons and governance. It covers safety, wages, reapportionment talk, tax study needs, and road funding debates, highlighting Hoegh, Hoech, and local unions.
The study unit accepted the bar association’s offer to perform services on constitutionality and grafting bills for Iowa tax study. The Iowa State Bar Association is to research taxation of all services especially radio and television advertising and a $10 minimum state income tax payment issue.
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