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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1933
Page
6
Soy dealers report a shift from bearish to bullish sentiment with price advances of about 25 cents per bushel. Standard varieties sell for 1 to 1.10 dollars, with Pekings Virginias and Mukden commanding higher prices as supply tightens in southern Iowa Illinois and Indiana.
Rowley patrons receive payment for butterfat at 17 cents per pound for the last half of March. A F Sloan the secretary reports the same rate of 17 cents for the first half of March butterfat.
A brief note lists a fencing incident titled Fence Drift with attribution to R. F. A. The entry records a minor accident or error noted in the column.
Delaware County farm near Manchester maintains a prominent Holstein herd of fourteen milk cows under Steward W S Odell. The herd produces strong butterfat yields with cows delivering 496 pounds last year and 283 pounds from Jan 1 to May 1. Milk totals and daily production support county food programs and local markets.
Ames professor A P Erwin reports U S experiment station in the Virgin Islands has developed new sweet potato varieties. Roots of new seedlings were received for testing. In Iowa the sweet potato does not flower so crossings must be done via slips from existing roots. In the Virgin Islands, flowering allows crosses and development of desired traits.
Mrs. Milworth Richardson of Albia Iowa is the sole recipient of the annual American Farm Bureau Federation distinguished service award. June will feature special recognition for farm women at county and township meetings nationwide, with a May 13 radio tribute to Mrs. Richardson.
The third annual practitioners clinic runs June 15 at Mechanicsville under the Eastern Iowa Veterinary association. Dr R Menary of Cedar Rapids chairs the committee, with sections led by W C Vollstedt and P V Neuzil for horses and cattle, James C Carey and C H Banks for swine, C H Waite and John B Bryant for small animals, W L Andres and others for sheep and poultry.
Mrs. Sam Switzer, a Mechanicsville farm woman, reports strong hatching results this spring. From 1430 eggs set she hatched 1150 chicks using the Tom Barron strain of White Leghorns. She keeps 600 laying hens and uses Missouri type housing with straw loft. A local hatchery mash mixed feed is preferred for cost efficiency.
Boston AP reports continued wool sales on large lots of 64s and finer territory and twelve months Texas wools. French combings and better staple 64s sold at 45 to 47 scoured, with some lines up to 50. Receipts of domestic wool at Boston for the week ending April 22 were about 2,527,400 pounds, up from 2,606,500 the prior week.
Clair Miller of Tipton announces the annual fair managers conference to be held Thursday at the Hotel Roosevelt Cedar Fangid.
Bathed by bright sun Iowa farmers began spring field work on Tuesday with hopes of adequate returns after three dry years. Light rains touched central sections while dawn rain fell in the east around Dubuque Cedar Rapids and Davenport. Temperatures reached 79 in Burlington. a light frost was possible but unlikely to damage buds.
Ames farmers gain about 4 cents per bushel from treating seed corn with chemical dusts to curb dry rot. Demonstration plots across Iowa show average yields up 39 bushels from treated seed over six years, with yearly gains over five bushels per acre. Four dusts Merko Semesan Jr Sterocide and Barbikill prove effective and costs about four cents per bushel.
Secretary H A Wallace announces revised barley standards effective July 21, broadening leniency in scale factors. All barley including skinned grains must be undamaged or lightly affected by blight or mold to qualify as regular grade. Blighted barley defined as 2 to 5 percent damaged or discolored by blight or mold with added designation. Sample grade wording updated to include barley with more than 5 percent damage or blight.
Daily Farm News For Farm Folk delivers concise agricultural updates under editor Ray Anderson. Practical notes on crops, weather, and market trends guide rural readers.
The seventh annual Iowa State baby chick show and tenth annual egg show are set for May 11 12 and 13 in Ames. Sponsored by the Iowa Poultry Improvement Association and Iowa State College poultry faculty, with judges named for both events.
Springfield AP says forthcoming administrative and legislative action to stabilize the Illinois fluid milk industry was outlined at a meeting led by Director W McLaughlin of the state department of agriculture. An advisory committee of fourteen was formed with representatives from Chicago Peoria St Louis Bloomington Champaign Moline Rockford and others, including producers and distributors.
Tipton high school vocational agriculture instructor M A Crary reports a seed corn test of 1500 ears showing only 60 percent fertility. Twenty percent were dead and 20 percent were diseased by fungus, which Crary said can be controlled by treatment.
The Linn county 4 H baby beef club, the largest in its history, will hold inspection tours Friday and Saturday. County Agent George E Dillon urges participation. Carl Oldsen of the Iowa Beef Producers association will join one day to discuss feeding and care. Tours begin at 9 a m at Troy Mills and Alburnett schools with calves in nearby areas to be inspected. The club has 67 members raising 116 calves: 62 Shorthorns 29 Angus 25 Herefords.
Carl Oldsen of the Iowa Beef Producers association will inspect Tama county 4 H club baby beeves Thursday on a tour for members leaders and parents arranged by County Agent Z R Mills. The junior feeders have thirty eight head on feed.
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