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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1942
Page
2
Clayton county reports 22 townships with active home project groups totaling 2,210 farm women in the Farm Bureau and extension service food and nutrition programs in 1941. County chair Mrs. Joel Clark Elkader elected again, with vice chair Mrs. Henry Leonard Elkader and other officers named.
V. K. Webster announces Floyd S. Yetter will serve as district conservationist for Winneshiek and Allamakee counties. Yetter previously was county engineer in Jones County, CCC camp superintendent at Solon and other duties, replacing H. H. Backhaus who has recently been called to military service.
ELKADER Clayton county program highlights an achievement day with over 150 farm women attending as Mrs. Joel Clark of Elkader is named chairwoman for the project.
Herman Aaberg Iowa representative of the Chicago Producers announces meetings to review the annual marketing intentions survey. Eastern Iowa sites include Cascade April 15 at 8 p.m La Porte City April 16 at 9 30 a.m Marshalltown April 2 8 p.m Vinton 7 30 p.m and Beresford will miss Vinton due to a conflict with dates Chicago cattle salesman Henry Johnson will assist in Cascade La Porte City and Marshalltown.
Arthur J. Petit, seed loan supervisor, will meet farmers at the Linn county Farm Bureau office 207 Federal building on Thursday April 16 from 9 a.m. to noon to interview applicants for emer seed loans. Many lenders are seeing requests for soy beans flax and other crops along with usual seed and feed needs. Farmers unable to pay prior feed and seed loans due to drought hail and other issues remain eligible this year. Loans are being processed within a few days after application.
Smoke from a large forest fire near Duluth Minnesota traveled for three days and was reported as far south as Texas. The plume prompted warnings and weather officials tracked the unusual spread.
The Linn county Junior Farm Bureau met in Marion and voted to sponsor a county 10 acre corn yield contest with a 50 cent entry fee and a July 1 entry deadline. Winners with 100 bushel per acre averages may be awarded for 120 bushels or more.
An Ames extension report shows 31 525 cows in 1 738 herds across 73 dairy herd improvement associations in Iowa produced 29 3 pounds of butterfat in March. 1 054 cows were removed for low production. Fremont Page Mills led with 35 6 pounds butterfat from 960 pounds milk.
The report describes a rural feeding scene in northern counties. On Wednesday afternoon seven and one half miles west of Elkader on the Benny Butikoffer farm Gene Knapp appears, while Mr Butikoffer works. People operate a feed er and a four horse tractor pulling a disc or drag in the same area.
A tribute piece recalls Ella Gardner of the agricultural extension, praised for her exuberant radiance and wide reach across the United States. The article notes her sudden death late last month and the loss felt in American agriculture, signaling an immeasurable impact.
The fragment notes 59.2 pomatetters and 1581 pounds of milk with unclear context. Details are incomplete for a full event description.
Monticello reports for March show 362 cows on test in North Jones DHIA averaging 731 pounds milk and 28.2 pounds butterfat, with Anton Nad ing as tester. J. E. Ahlrichs herd of 21 grade Jerseys, two dry, ranked high with 44 pounds butterfat and a top cow producing 78.5 pounds butterfat.
Henry K. farmer is in a Waterloo hospital after his right arm was amputated. He was operating a corn crushing machine on a farm near Dinsdale when his arm was caught in the machinery.
The Gazette reports the death of Miss Ella Gardner a recreation specialist with the United States Department of Agriculture who died suddenly in Washington on March 29 after a cerebral hemorrhage. She joined federal extension staff in July 1935 and was known in eastern Iowa for 4 H training and physical education work with girls.
What Cheer farmers Henry Faas and Richard Axmear have arranged with a Belle Plaine based hybrid seed corn company to produce 130 acres of seed corn for 1943. The operation will need about 70 detasselers during detasseling and a large harvest crew in the fall.
Hazleton records show Dr J W Donee purchasing an 80 acre farm owned by Stanley Clarence Galsene for 3200 dollars 40 per acre. The farm includes no buildings and the deal was brokered by C I Nelson real estate.
Anamosa reports a new 4-H pig project the pen of 3 by the Jones county boys club aims to boost pork production. It requires three market pigs of one breed farrowed after Feb 1 1942 to be marked by June 1 and registered at the club office. The best pig may be shown in the county fair market pit division.
February shipments show reduced volume from December with 309 million pounds moved and value down to 52 million dollars. Evaporated milk dried eggs and canned meats led February totals while shipments of beans corn and naval stores were minimal. Cumulative figures through March 1 show large totals for dairy meat lard and fruits with substantial dollar values recorded.
A fragmentary rural wit piece, likely a humorous reflection on countryside manners and household routines. The excerpt mentions hats indoors, strong horseradish, and simple farm life moments, capturing a rustic voice and country backdrop.
Secretary Claude R Wickard states the Rural Electrification Administration has completed its relocation to St Louis under the Roosevelt decentralization order. The transfer underscores New Deal reforms aimed at centralizing administration outside the capital.
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