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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1941
Page
8
A 30 cent rise in soybeans over six weeks boosts the value of beans in farmers hands by more than seven million dollars. War demand for soybean oil drives buying, with futures trading shifting to the beans pit as corn futures volume wanes. Prices top 120 a bushel, highest since 1939, with corn pit dealings cut to beans.
Seven members gathered for a Pomona Grange session in Manchester on Wednesday but did not convene due to insufficient turnout caused by heavy field work late chores and poor roads. Discussion covered small grain sowing hog and cattle vaccination the Triple A war and Cedar Rapids strike, plus market spread since price pegging.
The report notes that futures trading in beans for the first half of April reached about 51 million bushels, up from 31 million in the first half of March and 5 million in the first two weeks of April last year. When the exchange opened in 1936, soybeans were traded in a single corn pit.
Mrs Edith Barker 4-H girls' club leader met with county club leaders and 4-H officers to plan the annual Rally Day set for June 6 in Toledo.
The Ames extension planted 12 inch white spruce seedlings on the Harold C Wilcox farm seven miles west of Hopkinton in 1935. Mr Wilcox recalled a hard 1936 for evergreens and watering to help young trees survive. Demonstrational windbreaks began in 1924 and Ramsey took over in 1934. About 600 windbreaks have been set in Iowa over 17 years to show rapid windbreak growth and hardy species.
The Agriculture Department outlined soil conservation and parity payment rates totaling about 650 million dollars for 1941. Rates apply to cotton, wheat, corn, rice, and tobacco, with details for each commodity and type, including adjustments from 1940 to 1941. The release also notes distribution of 212 million dollars in parity payments from Congress and earmarks for specific crops and tobacco forms.
The new law removes the 75 percent parity requirement for payments. The department may issue parity payments when market prices exceed 75 percent of parity for eligible commodities.
Charley Parks was the first to plant corn here and plowed an acre of sweet corn on Tuesday. Gardens and early potatoes are planted, lettuce and radishes have emerged, and oats are up with a good stand. Some lawns have been mowed.
Iowa beekeepers will meet at Iowa State College on May 15 and 16 for their annual short course. Chief speaker L E Floyd from University of Manitoba will lecture on package bees. Other speakers include G H Cale John G Jessup and F B Paddock. Topics cover honey production disease control and new beekeeping developments.
Tipton farmer W. E. Penningroth led Cedar county market with 22 hogs averaging 185 pounds bringing $9 a hundredweight. The shipment also included 16 sows averaging 366 pounds selling for $3 a hundredweight. Quality of hogs described as outstanding.
Iowa 4-H and FFA members reported an average profit of nearly 30 dollars per 16 lamb lot in the 1940-41 western lamb feeding project. The study covered 2,800 lambs across 21 counties with average purchase 8.82 and selling 11.31 dollars, 110 day feeding periods, and gains driven by corn feeding despite blizzard setbacks. Chicago junior market lamb show set for June 17 to 18 at Union Stock Yards with 60 cash prizes and open sale format.
Johnson County 4-H boys clubs will elect officers at a Saturday meeting in Iowa City. County Agent Emmett C. Gardner announced the event and a program includes a safety driving quiz and entertainment.
Rural Iowa event honors Marengo Fillmore and surrounding townships with superior and good ratings. Exhibits music and organization praised as Mrs. Sarah Porter Ellis of Ames judges panel. Discussion on consumer problems at market led by Mrs. J. R. Wallace with eight local participants.
Decorah Farmers Ice Cave creamery produced nearly 100000 pounds of butter in March, surpassing all farmer records and 8000 pounds more than March 1940. Butterfat payments were 36 cents per pound on routes and 38 cents delivered at the creamery.
Minnesota and Iowa tied for first in the National Creamery Butter association quality butter contest marking the first tie in 50 years. Individual and team winners include N. E. Fabricius Ames Iowa and Indiana won the team title with new officers elected at the two day convention.
Special to The Gazette Volga City buttermaker Fred P. Ger nand earned a 94 on his butter entry at the National Buttermakers Convention in St Paul this week. He also served on the Iowa judging team and judged butter there on Wednesday.
A six week farm youth school for 100 Iowa 4-H boys and girls will be held at Iowa State College this summer. From July 22 to August 28 the program, announced by Charles E. Finley, aims to train members in agriculture, home economics and social activities with scholarships totaling 4000 dollars awarded to fifty boys and fifty girls from all counties.
The first contouring session occurred Thursday at the J. Ralph Wilson farm near Morning Sun. Four more demonstrations follow Friday at farms near Columbus Junction and Letts, with times 8:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. in the morning sun area.
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