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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1936
Page
8
A government storage report shows March reductions across meat groups including beef pork and lamb along with butter cheese eggs and poultry. Beef in storage rose month over month but overall cold storage remained below five year April 1 averages for most categories with eggs and butter notably down.
Fragmented OCR describes a scene with a youth on a trestle or seat, horse imagery, and tangled language about a fence drift and shifting figures. The text is garbled with numbers and partial phrases, lacking clear event details or outcomes.
Iowa cattle feeders show a 21 percent increase in cattle on full feed since April 1 1938 led by a 30 percent jump in South Dakota and a 28 percent rise across eleven corn belt states. The nationwide total reaches 404000 head from 334000 in the prior period per US Agriculture statistics.
The Greeley Cow Test Association reports for 1935 a herd average of 7149 pounds of milk and 277.69 pounds of butterfat per cow on test across 626 cows. Delaware county and multiple herds topped records with notable cows: Paul McErmeel’s herd averaged 11,884 pounds of milk and 413.41 pounds butterfat, while Miss Queen Fabes Ormsby produced 19,226 pounds milk and 7.448 pounds butterfat on a split test.
Jim Herd of North English reported a horse was killed after a runaway while discing on the field caused severe cuts and bruises.
Farm co operatives and power districts will receive a major share of the 410 million rural electrification fund as private utilities decline to borrow from the program. Morris L. Cooke says utilities avoid the plan though Congress and Roosevelt approve the ten year effort to bring cheap electricity to rural homes.
Special to The Gazette about Webster area farmers buying 92 new and used tractors this spring. C L Wilhite of Keswick sold 48 new units and Leo Strohman sold 44 in the surrounding community. Martelle buyers include M T Murfield Clayton Kline William Frantz Earl Peet Rance Brady W B Meeks and Perry Russell with some horses traded in and Meeks buying a planter and cultivator.
The April 1 federal report notes heavy lamb fatalities in the corn belt during January and February with an overall unfavorable March. Missouri reports unusually poor lambing and high losses with lambs in poor condition, and green feed shortages worsen outlook for April and May despite potential late improvements.
Tom Myers sold twenty two head of well broken Canadian horses four to six years old and weighing 1500 to 1700 pounds here Monday. The top price was 195 dollars paid by C L Rigby. Most horses sold for more than 160 dollars each. Boling and Colby were the auctioneers.
A brooder stove gas buildup ignited a fire at Mrs. Cledith Seaton's Millersburg area farm Sunday. The Millersburg fire department saved the building but 200 chicks died from the blaze or smoke.
Dr Hofford, federal cholera inspector, cites confinement and lack of sunshine as anemia causes in pigs. He recommends pasture grazing and, as a quick fix, placing a chunk of fresh feed in pens. The Cedar Valley Veterinary association heard updates at Waterloo with notes on an upcoming Mechanicsville clinic and talks on acetonemia and milk fever by state veterinarians. Twenty four vets from twelve counties attended.
Linn County Holstein Breeders meet in Cedar Rapids to discuss participation in a four county Holstein show set for June 23 at Oakdale. The event involves Johnson Cedar and Jones counties with Rex Conn as county agent leading the planning.
H S Harrison of Maynard was reelected president of the Fayette County Guernsey Breeders association at Fayette in a recent annual meeting. Charles Hoyt Hawkeye was elected vice president with R O Dietel Sumner as secretary treasurer and a slate of directors named from Arlington West Union Waucoma Sumner and Fayette. C B Finley field secretary addressed the group.
Field work resumed Monday in the Troy Mills vicinity as gardeners begin planting. Mrs. Luella Harvey started potatoes on Good Friday while Mrs. Groves and Mrs. Schaad planted gardens and set out cabbage plants. Strawberry plants survived the winter well.
The Gazette notes about 75 percent of oats sowed in Webster County with the rest delayed by wet fields. Farm work includes corn plowing, early cabbage sets, and potato planting while conditions vary in nearby towns Morley Delta and Winneshiek with spring field activity just starting or paused by weather.
Charles Hinricks of French Creek township was elected president of the Allamakee county soil conservation committee. Michael Gavin of Lansing is first vice president, John Byrnes Jefferson second vice president, Michael Burke Dorchester alternate, Fred O'Riley county agent secretary, and Horace Clark Makee township treasurer. The article notes the department of agriculture promotes efficiency and urges farmers to lower one key factor in output.
An old advertisement touts Bukets green tablets to cleanse the bladder by drinking boiled or distilled water. It claims relief from irritation and frequent urges within four days and offers a 25 cent refund through May Drug Store.
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