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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1941
Page
10
Interior hog markets moved slowly in July with 617200 head, one of the top July counts in 11 years yet 12.5 per cent below July 1940 and near 1934 levels. Prices rose into mid July then declined. light hogs and light loins held steadier demand while heavy cuts lagged. Weather and carryovers kept the trade weak.
Twenty three counties in Iowa schedule Farm Bureau sports festivals in August while 60 counties total hold summer events and 75 counties plan contestants for the state event at Ames this fall. Benton county competes at Vinton on Saturday, Louisa at Wapello on Saturday, and Clinton at DeWitt on Aug 30.
Special to The Gazette WEST UNION The total value of livestock in Fayette county set by the assessors and equalized by township boards of review and the county board of supervisors is 1 613 771. Listed were 740 costs one year old value 13 320 779 colts two years old 21 006 6 358 horses three years old and over 228 970 11 stallions 1 136 two mule or jenny colts one year 36 four mules or jenny colts two years 104 123 mules or jennies three years or over 4 435 926 cattle in feeding 31 157 8 480 heifers one year old 152 875 6 751 heifers two years 162 271 26 671 cows three years old or over 800 955 2 235 steers one year old 53 685 556 steers two years old 16 696 1 613 bulls 58 332 4 685 swine over nine months 44 866 7 967 sheep over nine months 23 937
Toledo Cooperative Canning prepares to pack about 50 000 cases of corn next week from 700 surrounding acres. The plant will hire roughly 175 workers with a new minimum wage of 30 cents an hour. A board meeting Monday will finalize season plans. H H Lichty of Toledo is president with members Blazek Tama Davis Tama Thorne Tama and B R Emerson Toledo.
The July Chicago fat steer average price was 11.50 per hundredweight, 90 cents above June. After a July rally, late losses trimmed gains as hot weather lingered. Cattle demand waned with grass cattle and cows hitting new lows. yearlings and lightly bred calves showed some strength amid mixed market action.
Clermont hosts Dairy Day Aug 9 and 10 with five speakers including Francis Johnson Iowa Farm Bureau president and Robert E. Blue state House speaker. C A Iverson Iowa State College dairy head and Sen Edward Breen plus Lt Gov B Hickenlooper speak Sunday. Music by Clermont and Postville bands. Alex Fidler refereeing two 4 round bouts and two 38 round preliminaries.
A nine year old cow from the A W H Lenders herd at Marion has been admitted to the Advanced Register by the American Guernsey club Peterborough N H secretary Karl B Musser. The cow produced 11897 9 pounds of milk and 600 2 pounds of butterfat in 340 days in class AHI.
OTTUMWA AP The Omaha Bank for Cooperatives won all personal property of the defunct Ionna Poultry Producers Marketing Association at sheriff sale. The bank holds a $340,937 judgment arising from a mortgage. It bought more than 4,000 notes, $75,000 for notes, $900 for receivables and $32,528.46 for office equipment. Total sale price was $107,528.46, exceeding appraisal.
Iowa commercial hatcheries produced about 80 million baby chicks by mid July, up 26 percent from last year, signaling at least 15 percent more laying birds by January 1. Strong demand kept hatcheries running, with many late hatchlings sold and advised for close culling due to slower growth and later egg production.
Robert Hager, son of farmer Paul Hager near Waukon, formerly the Smith Hughes instructor at Grand Junction, is elected to a like teaching post in Waukon public schools succeeding Milo Pitcher who will run a dairy farm near Marshalltown. Laurence Rowe of Iowa City will replace Paul Merkle as chemistry instructor and Miss Anna Taylor of Van Meter is elected to a junior high position.
Des Moines reports the Iowa dairy industry commission will meet in Des Moines on August 4 to set up its budget for the 1941 42 program. Executive secretary Frank C. Galer announced expected butterfat tax collections from June 1 to 15 to total about $97 000 to $98 000, surpassing last year’s record of $92 585.
Kenneth H. Hyde announces a three member Delaware county tenant purchase committee with Ralph Childs of Manchester Leo Ament of Hopkinton and Lyle E Retz of Ryan serving as chairman to oversee the program.
Maquoketa reports Franz E. Krause county agent in Jackson resigns. He tendered his resignation Wednesday to the Farm Bureau board and asks release on October 1. Krause has served since March 1, 1927, after eleven years as a county agent in Fairbault Minnesota.
Ames officials report inspection of 7 000 acres of Boone Hancock and Marion oats, three new varieties from the Ames station. They expect yields above one bushel per seed, with 466 fields surveyed and 139 corrected for faults. Only 34 fields failed certification, ensuring wide seed oat availability and stable prices.
The Delaware county fair in Manchester opens Tuesday and ends Friday with no gate charge for the first time. Ed Molin leads the 4-H livestock show while music comes from local school bands. Auto racing Thursday and Friday features three running races. The Anamosa Legion junior drum corps appears, and three ball games pit Delaware against Masonville, Central City against Manchester, and Ryan against Manchester. Local businesses close Thursday afternoon for the event.
Belle Plaine reports a cement block fruit warehouse 28 by 24 feet with two rooms being built on Roy Ahrens farm two and a half miles east of town. A 24 by 24 foot concrete block garage will adjoin the main structure. Ahrens, back from California, plans to store citrus fruits there.
Threshing is the main job in the vicinity as oats run short with yields around 45 bushels per acre. Crop quality is mostly good but rain is badly needed.
The agriculture department raised the release price for government owned corn from terminals to 73 to 77 cents a bushel in Chicago effective Aug 1, up from 69 to 75 cents. Stored corn in steel bins remains 65 cents or local market price if higher. The higher release price marks the first graduated adjustment for farm commodities ahead of the 1941 loan level.
Des Moines AP R L Pemberton field secretary of the Iowa Swine Producers association warns hog producers not to revert to the old lard type hog despite government price guarantees. He says demand for lard hogs is not rising and current stocks remain large. He urges continued raising of the intermediate hog to improve meat cuts like ham bacon and loin.
Director William S Knudsen of the Office of Production Management classified food production as a semi military job and pledged assistance to agriculture. A closed conference with Secretary Wickard and others discussed boosting output, supplying farm equipment, and increasing production of concentrated foods amid labor shortages. Sidney Hillman offered to arrange transport and training for agricultural workers.
Postville patrons of the Frankville cheese factory were paid 9,858.07 dollars for 18,255 pounds of cheese fat delivered during June, an average of 54 cents per pound, it was reported today.
W L Boyd chief veterinarian at the University of Minnesota said 912 cases of equine encephalomyelitis or sleeping sickness were reported in Minnesota. He noted the disease had not reached epidemic levels and new vaccination and treatment methods should prevent a recurrence that killed thousands in 1938.
Amos J. Suchomel of Tipton, west of Cedar Bluff, reports 40 bushels per acre on a 45 acre Boone oats field despite hail winds and rust. The crop totaled around 1,800 bushels weighing 36 pounds per bushel and was certified for purity by the Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers association as seed oats. Nearby crops ranged eight to 25 bushels per acre.
Threshing is near completion in the Rowley vicinity with oats yielding from 20 to 52 bushels per acre. High yield was reported by George W. Haines, four miles south of Rowley. Cornfields are thrifty, pastures excellent, and drought effects minimal. Early potatoes are yielding well and large in size.
The MacNewman and Ralph Drake threshing ring finished its run on Friday with oats reported at 45 to 50 bushels per acre. Ten years ago the ring operated on 18 farms. this year it covers five farms.
Independence reports hot weather barely slows corn in Buchanan county with only scattered firing on high ground. Oat threshing ends this week with yields from 20 to 50 bushels and an average near 30. Early varieties yield best. soybeans progress while pastures turn yellow and crave rain.
A steel windmill on the James Begley farm three miles southwest of here was toppled by a severe wind and dust storm Tuesday afternoon, crushing the granary beneath it. Rains after the dust storm aided new seeding, following a hot period after small grain harvest.
Webster records a half inch rain after a scorching day reaching 104 degrees. Corn began to fire. pastures and gardens dried. Oats yield 30 to 60 bushels per acre with Vanguard first in yield. Oats straw baled. threshing finished. Gardens and tomatoes plentiful. blackberries harvested. several men fell ill from heat.
In Tama County hot weather damaged some corn especially in the north, while corn around Toledo and Dysart remains good. Oats average 45 bushels per acre and wheat 20 to 40. Two thirds of threshing is done and nearly complete this week. Soybeans have an excellent outlook.
Manchester area farms changed hands this week through Baum Realty. George Tischhauser bought the Fred Smith 80 acre tract north east of Manchester for 120 dollars per acre, with electricity and a gravel road. Edward L. Molin sold the 160 acre farm south of Manchester in Milo township for 100 dollars per acre to Martin Sandman. the tiling and gravel road improvements enhance value. H A Keseberg purchased the 200 acre William A Hale farm in Cass township Jones county for about 100 dollars per acre. Eldo Peck bought the 100 acre Dan Snitker farm west of Frankville in Winneshirk county for 8700 dollars total, about 87 dollars per acre.
Cedar county 4-H members groom 140 calves for local Cedar County fair September 2 to 5 and other events. Twenty-two baby beef calves and seven purebred heifers will compete at the All-Iowa Fair in Cedar Rapids August 10 to 15. Fourteen baby beef calves will advance to the Iowa state fair in Des Moines August 20 to 29.
Thirty six persons enrolled for the annual Louisa county 4 H girls' club camp at Chautauqua park this week with Mrs. J B Garrett of Columbus Junction and Miss Mary Elder of Wapello in charge.
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