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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1942
Page
5
Ames economists warn that continuing wheat marketing quotas and high loan values could choke feed supplies for livestock. They call for removing wheat allotments in key plains areas and expanding acreages to reach a 50 million bushels per year feeding target.
Chicago Producers Commission survey from 14 292 carloads of cattle now on feed shows 21 percent heifers 34 percent yearlings 29 percent medium weights and 16 percent heavies. Feeder marketing expected to rise in April to June with a peak in June and a slower rate in July to September. Rex Beresford Iowa State College and Herman Aaberg Ames lead meetings across Cascade LaPorte City Marshalltown and Ames with eastern Iowa sessions scheduled in April.
In Decorah and Winneshiek county farmers completed about 80 percent of seeding by Saturday night aided by favorable weather and more tractors. Cold nights dropped to the low 30s with ice in watering troughs and a trace of rain Thursday. Independence reports a needed rain in Buchanan county to aid new seeding and oats. sowing mostly finished and pastures green with many planting potatoes.
Favorable weather last week aided spring farming in Stanwood with Thursday rain followed by sun benefitting oats pastures and gardens. New pasture and clover meadows look promising as alfalfa fields are in good condition.
A country woman notes a hired man’s hesitation as contoured fields are plowed for the first time on a farm. He questions the plan’s practicality and the boss’s judgment, calling the layout messy yet possible with effort.
Plowing for corn is underway in good condition with work progressing smoothly. Field crews inspect soil and monitor weather to ensure an even seedbed ready for planting.
Early sowed oats are up and showing green in many fields as plowing for corn progresses. Early planted gardens are up but growing slowly in the area around Troy Mills.
Mrs. Daisy Kneeskern reports Frankville Farmers Cooperative cheese factory produced 40,354 pounds of cheese in March from 427,640 pounds of milk and 13,887 pounds of butterfat. Patrons were paid 59 cents per pound for butterfat, up from 41 cents in March 1941. March output mirrors last year’s 40,535 pounds from 428,190 pounds of milk and 14,127 pounds of butterfat.
Hatchery operators report a move from general poultry raising to egg production. Demand for Leghorn chicks leads all breeds for the first time in years, signaling a shift in local poultry trends.
Iowa Insurance Commissioner Charles R. Fischer said life insurance firms operating in Iowa would receive extensions on farm holdings beyond the five year limit due to a sluggish land market. He noted past refusals had forced sales, with farm disposals rising through 1941, and cited wartime labor and defense demands reducing buyers and tenants.
Ames economist Geoffrey Shepherd said the new differential loan rates for sealed corn in 1942 do not reduce large stocks in the northwestern belt as hoped. He argued rates should reflect area price relations along with average production and fluctuations, noting the scheme remains an initial step.
Benton Harrison of Maynard notes a misoriented image on The Gazette farm page from last Sunday. A John Deere tractor was reversed in one of two top pictures to balance the page, prompting an apology for the accuracy lapse and a vow to avoid similar errors.
Ames agricultural economists say Iowa spring pig production will not reach the 25 percent rise predicted by the December USDA survey. A later Iowa Farm Economist survey, based on 700 farmers, shows a substantial drop in intentions for the first half of 1942. The report also notes shifts in dairy cow numbers, varying by farm size, and identifies serious poultry housing overcrowding among 719 flock owners.
Willard Torgrim of Springfield township was named president of the Winneshiek county Holstein Breeders association at the meeting in Decorah on Wednesday. A. J. Kuhn Calmar is vice president and Bill Wilkins secretary-treasurer. Directors include A. L. Newhouse Burr Oak township G. T. Haugen Pleasant Walter Oole Glenwood Ben Rovang Springfield Frank Vrzak Jackson and O. L. Hamer Waterloo president of the state association spoke on activities and outlined program ideas. Thirty persons attended.
Arthur Grinager of the Allamakee County Home reports selling seven yearling hogs to a local buyer. The hogs weighed a total 4,110 pounds and the seller received a check for $503.45.
A scrambled clue list presents numbered hints and abbreviations for a crossword like puzzle including items such as Trump Sun god melody rye husks and various parts of speech with abbreviated notes and cross references. The text mixes numbers with short word prompts and OCR artifacts.
Washington report says more than 650000 new 4-H club members enrolled last week in a national Victory program. Over 900000 farm youth re-enrolled last year. The drive aims to mobilize farm youth for home front tasks including gardens hogs cattle and crops while girls focus on food preservation clothing upkeep health and nutrition.
Patrons of the Rowley Farmers Cooperative Creamery were paid for butterfat deliveries in late and early March. Joe McGrath, secretary, reports grade one at 40 cents, grade two at 39 cents, and grade three at 38 cents for the last half of March, with the first half of March paying 38, 37, and 36 cents respectively.
A Des Moines survey by the AAA AMA and BAE shows as of April 16 that 1 142 commercial elevators warehouses and mills stored 18 239 491 bushels of shelled corn 13 308 044 bushels of wheat 6 419 471 bushels of oats and 3 060 217 bushels of soybeans Storage capacity among reporting firms totaled 65 749 463 bushels with additional capacities of 1 365 311 and 1 627 744 bushels reported by smaller groups.
More than 2,200 students and teachers from 120 schools are expected at the twenty fourth annual Iowa high school agricultural congress in Ames May 1. Over 280 teams will enter the one day competitions. The program covers community planning forum discussion of farm problems and general agriculture.
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