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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1940
Page
8
Weather slows oat and barley seeding in southeast and east central Iowa with many farms unfinished by midweek. Northern counties report minimal field work as rain and cold hinder plowing and seeding, while Buchanan and Independence areas show higher completion and good growing conditions after recent drizzles.
Two hundred farm women gathered at Dysart to share experiences and ideas while farm communities in Iowa celebrate women’s gatherings. This warmth reflects a growing, valued state tradition of communal exchange among rural residents.
Last fall pastures survived the winter well with little thawing and freezing this spring. A half inch of ram Sunda absorbed. Minimal plowing occurred last week. One 20 acre field sown in oats in Madison township west of Decorah. Beyond that Winneshiek county reports little farm work done.
Special to The Gazette. Oats seeding in Louisa county has been in progress the last two weeks and probably will be completed this week. Rainfall over the weekend was 38 inch. Some plowing in preparation for corn planting next month has been done.
The Johnson county cowtest association with 427 cows, 54 dry, averaged 833 pounds of milk and 316 pounds of butterfat in March. Carl Pieper tester reported today. The Oakdale sanitarium herd led with 1318 pounds of milk and 448 pounds of butterfat from 67 purebred Holsteins, four dry.
Special to The Gazette reports average production for 467 cows 52 dry on test in Fayette No 4 Cow Test association reached 753 pounds of milk and 31.2 pounds of butterfat. Edward Mescher tester announced today. Edwin Chenswold herd near West Union, nine purebred Jersey and grade Shorthorns milking, led with 927 pounds of milk and 43.2 pounds of butterfat.
WAUKON Mrs Henry Stabe of Lansing township has been named Better Homes chairman for Allamakee county. Better Homes week, a nationwide observance, is set for April 28 to May 4.
A local resident touts Natex for relief from constipation indigestion nervousness and headaches. An official at Podzimek's Pharmacy invites readers to sample Natex while cautioning testimonials must be genuine.
U S Agriculture officials warned that German occupation of Denmark could shift British imports toward Canada and the United States. Denmark supplied large portions of Britain's pork butter and eggs, with pork and butter shares totaling tens of millions of pounds and dozens respectively. Market reports showed pork futures rising in Chicago while hog prices climbed on strong interior demand amid improving road conditions.
Twenty one tons of TVA phosphate have been received by the Benton County Soil Improvement association and are used on 14 farms to test fertilizer value in a soil management program. A five year cropping plan and liming and phosphating have been set for each farm as this marks the fourth year of the demonstration in Benton County. The program is a cooperative effort with the extension service and TVA testing fertilizers from the Muscle Shoals plant.
Thirteen tons of TVA superphosphate will be received in Decorah for eleven Winneshiek County farms to test soil management benefits. Twenty tons of TVA phosphate arrived at Waukon for demonstration on multiple Allamakee County farms led by local growers and landowners.
Mrs Earl Miller was reelected home project chairman for the coming year by Franklin township women in Allamakee county. Other officers named include Mrs Dell Rose as vice-chairman Mrs Earl Allert health chairman Mrs Forrest Henderson music vice-chairman Mrs Leon Chamberlain music chairman and Mrs Albert Leet secretary treasurer.
Tama county hosts its thirteenth annual Achievement day as 190 women from 17 of 20 townships participate in home furnishings and sub projects on garden insects refrigeration bird study health and music. Judges from Ames rate townships across organization results publicity features and program numbers.
WEST LIBERTY More than 100 attended a tea hosted by Wapsie township Farm Bureau women in the Grange hall southwest of West Liberty. Officers for the coming year were elected: Wade Wolf township chairman Vaughn Sanders secretary and treasurer Blanche Birkett music chairman Allen Ellinson report chairman J L Brugman publicity chairman Ray Buckman health chairman. Birds use protective coloration to remain inconspicuous and prey with recognition colors as marks of identification among species.
Unusually heavy tick trouble reported across Keokuk county sheep herds with some scab infestation noted. The Keokuk county Sheep and Wool Growers association reports strong demand for their portable dipping tank as about 35 000 sheep exist in the county. In Washington county officers hire Hubert West to operate the tank for the season with fees 9 cents for members 10 cents for non members. A wool pool committee is set to run the Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers association program with the first pool planned for May and a lamb grading demonstration planned for early June.
Ames extension landscape specialist John R Fitzsim mons will conduct planting demonstrations on farm landscaping in Allamakee county April 17 at the Lawrence Slattery farm Paint Creek township and April 18 at the Oscar Sorlie farm Lansing township.
The Linn Benton Iowa Johnson Cream Improvement association will meet April 18 at the Cedar Rapids Y M C A with supper at 6 30 p m. B H Johnson of Central City, president, announced. Fred Ford dairy inspector said the program will cover procurement methods and fair trade practices with a statewide speaker invited. Expected attendees include cream haulers and creamery operators.
Decorah Iowa reports that 105000 bushels of Winneshiek corn are marketed by hoof as farmers mainly feed the crop to livestock and frequently ship in corn. The county remains one of Iowa’s few with such practices despite last year’s record crop.
Grinnell County AAA Chairman Marvin L McLain reports 1 560 821 bushels of 1939 corn sealed in Poweshiek county and 1 101 259 bushels of 1937 1938 corn sealed for loans totaling 1 517 385 60 dollars.
The Mary L. Johnson estate comprising 120 acres located one and a half miles south of Mechanicsville was sold at auction Saturday to Walter Zerbe for 95.50 dollars an acre. The land is mostly plowable with no improvements. Wilbur Colby of Mechanicsville was the auctioneer.
The USDA reports a 37 percent rise in creamery butter production for the week ending April 4, with a 1.4 percent uptick in the West North Central division. Despite the gain from the prior week, nationwide production remains 0.8 percent above last year, while the West North Central division trails year-ago output by 1.8 percent.
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