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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1941
Page
17
Iowa commercial truck crops for 1940 valued at 1,418,000 dollars, averaging 37 dollars per acre on 38,250 acres. Grain, hay and seed crops totaled 21,188,000 acres with an average value near 19 dollars per acre. The 1940 truck crop farm value rose 22 percent from 1939.
Iowa ranked fourth in sweet corn for processing in 1940 with 59 000 tons on 23 600 acres and a farm value of 389 000. Truck crop areas were localized in east southeast north central and southwest regions with processing driven markets near cities and Muscatine area leading watermelon cantaloupe cucumber and strawberry production.
From Oct 1 1940 to Mar 1 1941 Iowa tuberculin tested over 1,000,000 cattle. Dr H A Seidell reported infection under half a percent in most counties and that most infected herds had only one animal. He urged removing poultry over 18 months old to curb cattle TB, except high producing flocks supplying hatcheries. He noted avian TB exposure explains many reactions.
Des Moines dispatch notes creameries in Iowa and nearby midwest states plus the country show a 2 percent rise in butter production for the week ending March 27. Weather disruptions earlier in March delayed shipments due to a snow storm affecting several northern states.
A Tuesday sale reports 1,056 pound yearlings shipped and sold at eleven dollars per head. The sale notes indicate strong demand and steady pricing for the lot.
DES MOINES Iowa department of agriculture lab hires three more seed analysts after a surge in seed samples for testing. Secretary Mark G Thornburg announced the staffing expansion to handle the increased volume and ensure seed quality analysis.
Report lists current dairy prices with butterfat at 35 cents per pound less than 2 percent acidity. Sweet cream priced at 34 cents and sour cream at 32 cents, reflecting market rates.
Maier Brothers sold a load of yearling heifers weighing 1,022 pounds at Chicago on Tuesday for 11.25 dollars per hundredweight in a high selling lot. The deal reflects strong demand for cattle as buyers paid top rates.
Farley Gilman Lozier shipped two cars of Herefords weighing 1388 pounds to Chicago Tuesday. The cattle sold at 12.85 per hundredweight. Lozier accompanied the cattle to market.
Raymond Mollie sold 15 head of 977 pound heifers at Chicago Monday for 11.75 and 17 head weighing 871 pounds at 10.85.
Dotson sold a load of 1,100 pound steers in Chicago Monday at 11.40 per hundredweight. The sale involved Wapel Lo-R and marked a brisk cattle trade with strong demand for heavy livestock.
Carl A. Oldsen, field representative for the Iowa Beef Association, reports that purebred beef cattle sell for about twenty per cent more at today’s auctions than a year ago.
Howard Knupp near Vinton advances fried chicken and shows 485 seven week old chicks with low mortality after starting with 500 chicks. J C Shaw southwest of Vinton praises 144 spring pigs sired by 17 Hampshire sows with two more sows due mid April. Flax as nurse crop advised for grass seedings though it may promote weeds, planted early at seeding time one half to one inch deep. Three pecks per acre recommended using Bison or Redwing varieties. A commenter from Waubeek notes driving in mud in Nebraska.
Instruction in shop and machine work for a vocational education unit for defense workers has begun at Marengo high school. Mr Dillin w ing instructor and Mr Gruenwald will supervise the course. Twelve students including Harold Gunzenhauser Mer ritten Art Maurice Cecil Fiser and others will participate in eight weeks of three-class periods five days a week.
Nearly 50 county wide achievement days will be held in Iowa during the spring season, says state home demonstration agent leader Mrs. Sarah Porter Ellis. Listed early are Waukon Washington and Keosauqua with others in eastern Iowa including Fayette Donnellson a peean Vin tale Marengo and Dav 16 Muscatine Te Ela April 18 and Toledoc.
Floyd Nefzger, formerly a West Union buttermaker and city silver medalist for state and national competitions, has moved to Chicago for two weeks of duty instruction. He will report Thursday to begin his new duties after sixteen years in West Union and a prior three-year helper role.
Commerce figures show February meat trade with beef and veal exports barely up while imports surged. Pork remaining favorable to farmers. beef imports totaled 2.65 million pounds for two months, doubling year earlier. Lard exports reached 14.83 million pounds, largest since July last year.
Fred Kammiller of Dubuque Wisconsin dairy cattle breeder will speak Thursday evening as business and professional men host a dinner for farmers from the southwest and northeast sections at Marengo.
Extension entomologists report a potential moderate to light chinch bug outbreak in 1941 based on a spring survey. Early winter results show large bug numbers entering winter quarters, with Drake predicting many will survive in southwest and west central Iowa. Final results expected in 10 to 14 days.
Mark G. Thornburg, secretary of agriculture, announces cream grading schools in late April. The programs will focus on mold mycelia testing and enforcing compliance with the grading law to ensure cream sourced from farmers meets standards.
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Field work began in earnest in Stanwood as farmers plowed sod, disc field stalks, sowed oats, and prepared seeders. Fruit growers report damage from a late fall freeze on red crops, with fruit trees and berries awaiting favorable weather to resume work.
Whittier Norman Falcon a farmer four miles northwest of Whittier was in the field Monday discing soil after soy beans had been harvested.
Horses led prices at Halverson and Schmidt farm sale near Hawkeye with a 12 year old mare at 87 dollars. A 1500 pound bay gelding sold for 60 dollars, a 6 year old mare 53, a yearling gelding 55, and a mare colt 28. Eighteen cows sold 76 to 89, Guernsey heifers 28.50 each, White feeder pigs 11 to 17.50, Chester White sows 26.75, soybeans 7.75 a ton, timothy day 6.75, oats 39 cents a bushel. A grain binder brought 190 dollars.
Postville F F A. will plant shrubs and trees in the Postville vicinity in April. Mr. Sutton notes packets of evergreens to aid erosion control and provide cover for wild game, aiming to protect farms and improve habitat.
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