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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1933
Page
5
Prices across markets slow to respond to inflation while Iowa and Chicago register a rise. Hog prices edge up late week with Chicago opening higher and buyers active in Iowa. Analysts cite storage, supply, and potential inflation effects on future hog values.
A verse by R F A Smokin’ sets a quiet farm scene under a starry sky. The speaker muses on chores done, Dobbin’s rest, and a world of changing fortunes from beer to greenbacks. He notes politicians and a single statesman in Washington’s White House.
Special to The Gazette from Wington B C reports the United States farm population stood at 32 242 000 on January 1 1933 up from 31 241 000 a year earlier a net gain of 1 001 000 the largest rise since 1920. The article notes migration patterns including 1 544 000 city to farm moves and 1 011 000 farm to city departures in 1932, with subsistence gardening rising in cities as relief measures and limited impact on farm classifications.
The report notes a small overall excess of 4 000 in this instance with eight geographic divisions showing the farmward movement surpassing the cityward. The east north central south Atlantic east south central and west south central states had the strongest farmward excesses.
Over 500000 tests using the rapid whole blood stained-antigen method have been conducted nationwide. The test proves inexpensive, on site, and yields quick results with minimal interference to poultry productivity. Flocks can be tested with no banding and immediate reactor disposal. About twenty five firms licensed to produce the antigen. Developed by the Bureau of Animal Industry, USDA.
Iowa tops draft horses while Illinois and Kentucky lead other categories in the fifteenth census compiled by C D Lowe. The report shows on April 1 1930 only 467931 farms registered livestock and details on dairy and beef cattle hogs sheep and horse breeds across states.
Elgin hatchery dispatched more than 22 000 baby chicks on Monday with most going to distant points and the rest to local distributing agents in surrounding towns. Farmers receive a premium for weekly hatching eggs and some eggs originate from St Louis and other points.
Two carloads of canned sweet corn were shipped this week from the Dysart plant to St. Louis Missouri and Dallas Texas.
Seed laboratories at Ames report five Canada thistle seeds in eighteen grams of sweet clover from Eu gene Colony of North Liberty. Porter's lab notes show 11,200 more thistle seeds than allowed by Iowa pure seed law, with purity 97.03 percent and weed seed 1.5 percent. Colony paid $3.50 a bushel in Iowa City for replacement seed after sowing about seven acres, planning to plow under the green manure next spring.
Arthur Sander of Muscatine says his mare, foaled June 5 1893, will soon be forty. She has foaled eleven colts and remains sound, fat and in good working condition.
Railroads and boat lines hauled 517 656 car loads of nineteen kinds of fresh fruits and vegetables to sixty six leading consuming markets in 1932, down from 613 138 in 1931. Potatoes and oranges led output, with apples and grapes also strong, while New York Chicago Philadelphia Boston and Los Angeles markets reported year over year changes.
Cedar County youths may form a 4-H colt club if five or more enroll before July 1. County Agent Emmett Co Gardner notes any draft colt foaled after Jan 1 may be entered. Dairy calf sheep and pig clubs also open with enrollments closing May 15.
Oelwein Farmers' creamery distributed 921 checks totaling 21 cents per pound for the last half of March butterfat. Fred Harms, the buttermaker, announced a district butter makers convention will be held here in June.
Central and southern east Iowa finish sowing most small grain this week while northern counties need a few more days. Corn acreage may be 5 to 10 percent smaller than last year with prices and inflation possibly altering planting timing. Local notes cite early garden planting in Oelwein and alfalfa seeding amid high seed costs. Elgin farmers push long hours to seed. Dysart reports two week farm lateness and a Dysart operator trials pneumatic tractor tires.
Patrons of the Elgin Farmers Dairy company receive payment for the last half of March butterfat at 18 cents per pound net at the farm.
Arlington records show 82 502 pounds of butterfat received in the first quarter with January 28 544 pounds February 25 392 and March 28 446. Shipments to eastern markets and local use are noted with monthly totals and payments at 19 cents per pound. A total of 502 763 pounds of milk and cream containing 23 139 pounds of butterfat were delivered. New haulers began routes at 11 cents per hundredweight.
A two acre three plot alfalfa test was sown on Ed Negus farm east of West Branch in Cedar county with Grimm Dakota No. 12 and Cossack varieties. The area was limed last July except for a half acre strip and portions were fertilized with barnyard manure or phosphate to compare treatment effects.
Burr Oak 12-year-old 4-H member Roger Bender reports his Holstein heifer, fresh Feb 1, yields butterfat at under 9 cents per pound. He cut grain from 11 to 7 pounds with no loss in production and sold 28 pounds of butterfat for 5.20 dollars, a 2.80 profit above 2.40 feed cost.
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