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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1934
Page
9
A Thursday gale in eastern Iowa and Wednesday in the west sent sandy soils aloft, hindering field workers and housewives, with crop damage in limited spots. Dusty, dry conditions raised subsoil concerns, while meteorologists note April as a windy month and anticipate rain to replenish soil moisture.
Special to The Gazette reports Iowa county farmers Misel Kell Sherman in Marengo Hartford Honey Creek cooperate with Ames extension forester Guy Ramsay to establish shelterbelts. Trees to be provided at digging and packing cost with planting supervision and farmer care required. Ramsey in Iowa county April 5 for week of April 16 planting. Only one farmer per township. species include Norway spruce Douglas fir Norway pine Scotch pine western yellow pine. Lincoln township already has a planting on C H Weldon farm. No new cooperators this year. open in 1935.
Special to The Gazette Marengo announces a spring 4 H party in Iowa county for all members families and friends hosted by the 4 H clothing club with girls in charge this year music awards and the 4 H Merry go round featured sights and hopes for annual event
Ames Iowa AP a bulletin from Iowa State College notes a large shift of soybeans to hay with 60 to 75 percent now used for this purpose. The report by Prof Albert Mighell cites soybean acreage rising from 471 in 1919 to 192000 in 1933 and outlines feeding value plus recommendations for rotation and planting methods.
Williams burg Iowa county Farm Bureau achievement day reports outreach to about 950 farm women last year across Farm Bureau programs. English township wins booth exhibit with 949 points for posters publicity and project work results and chairs refinished furniture created and 295 block printing designs completed.
Prof. A L Anderson of Iowa State College says careful herd management before farrowing cuts pig losses from crushing chilling scours and thumps. He recommends guard rails to prevent crushing and proper pen setup plus even bedding and strict sanitation including boiling water and lye for pen cleaning before farrowing in April peak.
Wilton Junction reports A. D Worthington, Ames entomologist, scheduled in Muscatine county May 16 to aid chinch bug control planning. County Agent Carl Rylander notes the work is sponsored by the Muscatine county Farm Bureau. Meandering land along river borders may shift over time.
Federal payments to Iowa farmers from corn hog and corn loan programs are estimated at about 125 million dollars. Officials say 60 to 70 million will go to farmers this summer after contract approvals. 57 million has been loaned on warehoused corn to around 132,000 farmers. County and township committees are processing contracts and quotas as the state program advances.
The federal bureau of agricultural economics reports lower April prices in major market centers from March. Grains declined slightly while hogs lambs and calves eased. Butter cheese and potatoes fell, eggs poultry beef hay hides and cottonseed meal held or rose. Wheat and corn market dynamics show steady or mixed movement amid favorable crop news and light receipts.
Clines at other central western markets indicate eased demand. Kansas City reports increased offerings and reduced inquiry from trade weakening markets. Bran and shorts sold freely by mills and jobbers who anticipated light government supplies. Linseed meal steady in Minneapolis while Chicago cottonseed meal demand fell, with prices down about one dollar.
The Interior Department's soil erosion service launches 27 demonstration projects across 23 states with 10 million dollars to show farmers how to keep fertile topsoil. The program covers 26 802 000 acres, aims to curb 400 million dollars in annual topsoil loss, and promotes strip cropping with alfalfa or clover to protect moderate slopes.
Fifty two veterinarians from sixteen eastern Iowa counties attended the Linn County Veterinary association April dinner in Cedar Rapids with Dr. John Bryant presiding. Speakers included State Veterinarian H A Seidell and G H Williams of Omaha. notes on serum code, eradication work in Iowa, sales tax impact on practice, hog ailments, and case reports in equine and cattle practice were presented by a slate of doctors from Tipton to London.
Washington report shows the farm export volume index at 80 in February, down from 93 in January and 109 in December, with 71 in February of last year. Cotton exports fell less than usual, and fruits remain strong with an index of 298 in February.
An Iowa hybrid seed corn company purchased the Durant livestock sales pavilion, originally built by the Tri-county Farmers' Institute. The firm will remodel the building, add drying equipment, and arrange for seed handling machinery. It plans 700 acres of hybrid corn contracts with growers, paying 1.5 times the Chicago No. 2 yellow dent harvest price.
Allen F. House of Hopkinton reported a pack of dogs harrying his cattle two miles west of town near midnight Monday. One cow was knocked down and died the next day. He filed the loss with county officials at Manchester.
W. H. Rowlands of Des Moines announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Secretary of Agriculture. He lists qualifications as a market and production analyst in agriculture, lecturer and writer in economics, and former professor of commerce at Drake University 1929 1932. He promotes an open rediscount market for agricultural paper and a retail market structure. He studied ten years at Bethany College King’s School Butler University University of Tremois and Iowa State College.
Cold storage meat holdings on April 1 were smaller than a month earlier amid heavy slaughter in March. Beef and pork totals fell from March 1 while lard remained high. frozen poultry and butter also showed varied changes versus March and year-ago levels.
Weather delays push Watkins farmers to two week behind schedule. Ground too dry for oat sprouting. Timothy and clover sowing continued. some barley and corn-stalk prep in progress. Winter wheat greens as rains are scarce. meadows need precipitation.
Washington county feeders Knotek and Chabal consigned Angus steers averaging 1298 pounds to the Chicago market. Swift and Company purchased the lot on Wednesday for eastern shipment at 7.75 dollars per hundredweight as the new season opens.
Cascade’s John P. Kurt of Dubuque County feeder sold two loads of steers averaging 1123 pounds on the Chicago market Wednesday at 7.60 dollars per hundredweight.
North English area creamery reports March butter output of 59 552 pounds, with total value around nine thousand five hundred fifty two dollars. Top producers include Paul Peiffer Keolta Orval Fry North English Harry Morse North English W W Fleig Son Richland J E Jordan Deep River Lyle Terrence Richland Ernest Bremer Kinross Henry Norling South English L R Herrick Webster and A Y Brittian Hayesville.
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