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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1933
Page
4
Thore Thompson of 1 000 acres northeast of Wadena shares a year of flax experience. He threshed 200 bushels from fifteen acres of Bison flax, used flax as a nurse crop for clover, and plans alfalfa sowing with flax next spring.
Mr Thompson reports flax seed sold for 160 dollars a bushel and notes crop cancellations during the financial crisis. He expects less flax sowing in Iowa this season and plans to seed flax on fields with quack grass and Canada thistles to aid alfalfa growth and weed control. The flax land, previously in small grain, will be prepared with spring-tooth harrow work to weaken weeds.
Leslie M Carl, USDA statistician in Des Moines, says beer returns lifted farm prices and may boost grain futures. He cites May and July barley futures at 46 47 cents, corn 32 35, wheat 57 58, with cash prices at 1932- best levels. Iowa grows about 5 percent of US barley, mainly for feed and rotation, with brewers favoring Manchuria and other varieties. scab from wet weather could ruin brewing quality.
Herman Peiper living south of Ivanhoe bridge on the Cedar river faced likely heavy loss as flood waters rose six feet in corn cribs storing 4,000 bushels. He runs a saw mill at the site and was among river bottom residents evacuated from their homes.
Clarence Raymond Bixler, farmer near here, sold two carloads of hogs in Chicago on Tuesday for 380 dollars per hundredweight. One load weighed an average 266 pounds, the other 269 pounds. The hogs were Hampshires. Bixler bought 500 feeder pigs last December at 4 cents a pound, averaging 100 pounds, and he also raised 150 head.
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics in Washington proposes official malting barley standards to support futures contracts and price quotes. A two grade system would set limits on varieties like Trebi and Glabron and specify kernel size, mellow kernels, damage, and flaws for the malting grade.
West Union Iowa March results show 341 cows in Fayette county Coop No 4 averaged 717 pounds milk and 301 pounds butterfat. Twenty six cows exceeded 50 pounds butterfat with nine culled for low production. Grant Lauer Eldorado led with 1128 pounds milk and 427 butterfat. Mathews Jersey herd averaged 724 milk and 40 butterfat. Top herds ranged 38.1 to 29.8 butterfat with Learn Deering Lueder Osmundson Learn and Kerr Gross noted for high outputs.
Audubon report says Michael Koenig, an Audubon farmer, won two more years on his farm after foreclosure on an $18 375 mortgage was dropped. A new two year mortgage for 17 937 with 3 percent interest was signed, and Koenig issued a two year note for 437 to cover the remaining unpaid interest.
Mrs Joe V Horak of Washington county after passing a county swine vaccination school exam will receive a permit to vaccinate her own hogs. Twelve farmers passed the exam including William A McGinnis H C Sutherland Austin W Zinge Fred S Downing and others.
The February export index drops to 71 from the pre war 100 average as wheat and flour shipments fall to 2 176 000 bushels with only two thirds going to the West Indies South America and the Orient. Cotton exports stay fairly steady but fall from the prior five months due to reduced shipments to Japan. Fruits and lard show the strongest gains while all other farm commodities stay below the pre war average.
Fifteen horses sold for 50 to 101 dollars at the Columbus Junction fair grounds consignment sale. Cattle calves shoats and farm goods varied in price with a gang plow, wagon, stove wood and produce also auctioned. Auctioneers were H M Duncan and Paul Klotz.
The Wapsie Valley Cow Test shows 228 cows averaging 826 pounds milk and 31.9 pounds butterfat. State Hospital herd at Independence averages 1,264 pounds milk and 44.4 butterfat for 74 cows. Arvid Magnuson and L. A. Thom and Son herds rank high with several cows exceeding 900 pounds milk and 35 pounds butterfat. Hotchkiss adviser urges cropping and pasture planning for winter feed and seasonal shifts with soybeans, bluegrass, sudan grass, or sweet clover as options.
C J Huber, a local farmer, shipped a double deck of hogs to Chicago selling at four dollars per hundred weight. The lot averaged 193 pounds with a 200 pound gain en route. He still has 200 head on feed.
J H Willison farmer near Anamosa sells spring wheat for seed at 75 cents a bushel and has traded a quantity of wheat for flour at the Maquoketa mill.
In Anamosa farmers face two weeks of bad weather hindering field work with oats unsown this season. Last spring all small grain was already in contrast to current delays. Farmers grow impatient as rain continues to stall planting.
SIOUX CITY Ia AP An increase in mortgage loans on farm stored corn has been announced by C C Jacobsen general manager of the regional agricultural credit corporation Loans rise from eight to twelve cents a bushel and apply to corn warehoused on farms under federal rules The main Sioux City office and the Omaha office will implement the change.
Ian C. W McDonald Ames sheep specialist will conduct a meeting for Washington county sheep raisers at city hall on April 13 evening. He will discuss early marketing of lambs on grade and during the day he will visit farms of sheep raisers.
DECORAH The Winneshick county Farm Bureau moves its office from the courthouse basement to the Engebretson store building. The move follows a board of supervisors demand for a $50 monthly rent increase after the bureau protested the higher charge.
Farm column edited by Ray Anderson provides practical agricultural tips and market notes for rural readers. It covers crop calendars, livestock care, weather outlooks, and small farm yields with plainspoken guidance.
Harold Jugenheimer of Scott County 4 H club near Eldridge led Iowa in corn club yields with 145.2 bushels per acre using hybrid varieties. The Scott county plots averaged 100.2 bushels while statewide club yields averaged 72.9. Four hundred seven members completed the 1932 project across thirty counties with 224 exhibitors earning premiums totaling 370 dollars.
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