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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1934
Page
4
Iowa reports March cattle TB testing set a state monthly record with 319 857 head in 17 725 herds and 3 378 reactors. February figures were 226 930 head in 12 670 herds with 2 323 reactors. Six counties are slated for accreditation by July 1 with others awaiting testing and potential expansion of accredited areas.
A fragmented report discusses a fence drift incident and the Wisconsin and Iowa dairy sectors pushing for immediate Bangs disease testing. Dr Seidel predicts federal funding and a statewide eradication program, including a traveling lab and veterinarian training, to begin after education conferences and possible disposal regulations.
March calf slaughter in the United States reached a record 34 179 head under federal inspection, with three-month totals at 1 422 600. Veal prices at farm level slid about 7 cents per hundredweight while parity was set near 810 per hundredweight. Heaviest March cattle slaughter since 1926 followed by hog and sheep declines with hogs at 4 66 per hundredweight and packer costs rising due to a processing tax.
Ed T Davis a Angus cattle breeder and Angus Breed Association officer announced candidacy for the Republican nomination for secretary of agriculture in Iowa in the June primaries. He sits on the state fair board and has supervised the hog department. born on a Johnson county farm, he has always lived near Iowa City.
Government figures show producers earned 43 cents per hundredweight more than in March 1933 while packers paid $268 less. Slaughter under federal inspection reached 1,242,450 head in March, down from 1,413,347 a year earlier. Parity prices stood at $7.08 for lambs and $5.46 for sheep. Chicago lamb market highs reached $10.15 with a peak of $9.40, both above last year.
A Des Moines AP report says the CWA survey of part-time farmers in seven Iowa counties is completed under Merritt Greene and is being analyzed by the Ames based subsistence homestead committee. Data from Black Hawk Dubuque Linn Mahaska Wapello Des Moines and Appanoose counties will help shape land utilization plans and the national subsistence homestead program.
The U S Food and Drug Administration advises that every Bran labeled cereal must state its contents clearly to protect buyers. Kellogg’s Atl-BRAN is labeled Aut-BRAN with Malt Sugar and Salt and Kellogg’s All-BRAN is highlighted for constipation relief but not a cure-all. Buy Kellogg’s All-Bran in the red and green Kellogg package made in Battle Creek.
The 1933 popcorn crop in Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska fell to about 23.5 million pounds from 42.5 million in 1932, with hot midsummer drought reducing yields. Despite generally good quality, demand is weak and prices range from 1 to 1.50 per 100 pounds, prompting cautious planting and concerns about land use and contract restrictions.
Sowing of oats has been carried on extensively in the North English locality. Many farmers have finished sowing small grain. With their fall plowing done, some farmers have practically no more field work until corn planting time.
Dr. C. J. Drake, state entomologist, estimates light to heavy chinch bug infestations in eleven states including Iowa Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Missouri Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan Illinois and Ohio. Weather could halt or spread outbreaks. southern Iowa shows heavy activity with many counties affected.
Special to The Gazette Manchester Mile Township Happy Helpers 4-H club met at Jewell Peterson's home Saturday and elected officers for the year: Jewell Peterson president Berniece Mulligan vice president Margaret Dawson secretary June Lyman treasurer Mabel Elsbury historian and reporter. New members include Margaret Dawson Gayle Lyman and June Lyman.
Before Cromwell's revolution English per capita beer use stood at 90 gallons. Current figures show consumption now under 22.5 gallons per person, indicating a sharp decline in beer intake since that era.
Shipping associations across Iowa have written and telegraphed congressmen urging support for Capper and Wearth bills to regulate direct hog buying. The Iowa Farmers Union president Glenn B. Miller also appealed for favorable action. Rep Edward C. Eicher of Washington supports curbing direct stock sales, with Rep Wearin as author.
Jesse Lackender of Hills shipped seventy eight head of steers to the Chicago market. The cattle averaged 1 640 pounds with a top weight of 2 170 pounds and were on feed for fifteen of eighteen months, the heaviest ever consigned from Hills.
One half of the necessary shares have been sold for the organization of farmers at Elgin on the Community Colt club plan.
RANDALIA The Fayette C T A No 2 reports 279 cows on test with 45 dry. March average butterfat 25.5 pounds and milk 859 pounds per cow. Over 40 pounds butterfat in 47 cows. High herd Fred Ingels 73.3 pounds butterfat. Ingels also has high herd of 21 cows at 43.6 pounds. Carl Miehe 14 cows 40.5 pounds. W M Adams 16 cows 39.8 pounds. S H Harrison 12 cows 34.9 pounds.
A four year old Belgian stallion on the Will Rolls farm near Elgin died from tetanus. The horse, belonging to the Holbert Horse Importing Company of Greeley, was lost Sunday morning.
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