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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1937
Page
2
Johnson County Livestock Marketing association handled 23 197 head weighing 5 283 889 pounds in 1936 an average 228 89 pounds per hog Prime hogs averaged 9 905 per hundredweight. Manager FE L Hegg announced ahead of annual meeting set for Iowa City June 3.
ABE weekly grain review reports 1.25 million bushels of Argentine corn shipped to US through Atlantic and Gulf ports last week, with 906000 to US and 1 437000 to Canada. Domestic stocks are shrinking while offers remain small. Chicago No.3 yellow at 1.30–1.35, No.3 white 1.39, No.1 yellow 1.38. Stocks and prospects show tight supplies across corn, oats, barley, and grain sorghums, with farm and commercial stocks down from prior years.
Special to The Gazette Ames Iowa State College geneticists begin composition breeding to blend 1500 Manchurian soybean varieties for tailored protein and oil content. Martin Weiss of the USDA says 10 percent may pass testing to industrial uses, with Urbana Illinois lab handling most chemistry tests before cross breeding for best utility.
The article, adapted from a radio address by C V Holsinger extension professor of horticulture at Amos, urges starting hardy garden seeds now for home use. It explains seed depth for various plants, recommends flats or shallow boxes, and notes commercial growers have already begun hardy crops like cabbage lettuce and beets.
Eighth graders at Marengo high school will be entertained in May by the vocational agriculture and normal training departments. Kathleen McGivern leads the day’s program which includes a play demonstrating functions of the various high school departments and clubs.
Friday market update notes hog prices at ten twenty per hundredweight with top quotes around ten dollars and change. In Chaage sale lots priced for 289 pound hogs and other weights, buyers and sellers negotiate in market tone.
An old style health ad warns that kidneys and lung tube like filters suffer from neglect and strong drugs. It promotes Cystex as a doctor prescribed treatment claiming fast relief, vitality return in a week, and a money back guarantee, priced at 3c per dose.
The Morley community marks the opening of mowing season with plans for yard work. People anticipate spring tasks such as housecleaning and field work, plus building repairs as residents welcome warmer days and quicker growth.
An old advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic for nerves and functional disturbances. It claims seventy years of use across the United States, promises appetite stimulation, and notes available forms and prices with a call to write for free medical advice.
The page presents a mixed word puzzle with horizontal and vertical clue lists. Entries include gem and metal terms, geographic references and animal names, plus a final note indicating an answer to a prior puzzle and scattered numbered hints.
An executive board session of the Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association will convene at the Hotel Montrose in Cedar Rapids Friday at 7 30 p m. Secretary John J Strandberg cites the meeting to plan the seventh annual practitioners clinic set for June 22 in Mechanicsville.
Members of a Jackson county 4-H club decided to carry their own insurance on club calves at a meeting last week. They voted to self insure rather than seek policy coverage through external providers, citing cost and control considerations for members and families.
The Boston wool market for the week ending April 23 remained quiet with limited demand. Prices held firm on fine and medium grades while coarse wools and mohair showed strength or steady quotes. Ohio Michigan origin wools ranged 45 to 46 cents grease delivered east, Iowa Minnesota at 43 to 44 cents, and Texas scoured values around $1.03 to $1.06 for twelve months.
Nearly a quarter of Boyden 450 residents fell ill with smallpox after a funeral five days earlier, reaching 100 cases Sunday night. The town closed its school as physicians and nurses from Boyden and nearby cities vaccinated all residents. health commissioner Dr. Walter Balkema said the epidemic appeared under control as nearby country residents came in for vaccinations.
Forty head of purebred Shorthorn cattle were sold at auction by Evergreen Farms near Columbus Junction. Top bull price reached 160 with heifers bidding up to 152.50. Auctioneer was Jack E. Halsey of Des Moines.
On Monday morning a large spray of apricot blossoms in full bloom rested on the Solon farm editor's desk, a sample from the Frank Parizek orchard at the edge of town showcasing spring.
Jesup youth Ray Clime is named president of the ward executive council at Iowa State College, supervising activities of nonfraternity men, and becomes ward representative on the Cardinal Guild student governing body.
City Council of Cedar Rapids Iowa proposes resolution of necessity for a sanitary sewer from 3rd Street to 515 feet east on Wilson Avenue Southwest. Hearing set May 13 1937 at 10 am in council room. Objections to assessments or plans may be filed before hearing.
Indianapolis report on the resettlement administration shows about 5700 Iowa farmers received rehabilitation aid since 1935. RA loans and grants total over 1.4 million dollars with 2,608 debt adjustments reducing indebtedness from 18.2 to 13.5 million. A 1400-acre southern Iowa pasture project demonstrates reclamation efforts with terraces dams and revegetation. Granger homesteads near Granger provide 50 modern homes for miners families open to long term mortgage purchase.
A new boys quartet from Iowa county 4 H meets under Merle Vietmeier of Williamsburg High School. Members include Wallace twins Albert and Arthur York township, along with Frederic Falinson and Eugene Jacobs.
More than 600 rural and grade school students joined massed bands and choruses and soloists at Linn County Musical Festival held at Memorial Coliseum. Alan Richardson conducted the evening band. Dr C A Fullerton led the choruses with John Piersol at the piano. The event, third in Linn County, emphasized progress over competition with critics reviewing performances for instructors.
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