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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1944
Page
3
Federal meteorologist Charles D. Reed reports that more than two thirds of Iowa corn has tasseled while only the late corn remains un tasseled. Detasseling workers, mostly women, are being discharged as progress continues and rain is needed in many counties.
Reinbeck W J Breakenridge from Dinsdale erected a 100 ton silo to store sweet corn silage from the canning factory. He takes the entire output for cattle feed in Rock Island yards while the canning company receives the fertilizer. A Nashua crew constructed the silo in two days.
The U S Department of Agriculture reports farmers received 113 percent of parity in mid July, down 1 point from June due to falls in gains, truck crops and meat animals. Iowa shows a one point rise as eggs boost the poultry index, with corn prices lifting the corn hog ratio slightly.
Keith Somers, 26, of Millersburg, was injured when the one mile south of here combine he was operating overturned, crushing his ankle.
Dieterich sat silent at regional meetings as LeRoy of Triple A explained Towan’s recent dismissal from the state AAA committee. The remark places Dieterich in a small group noted for restrained speech during proceedings.
Dr. Carl J. Drake, Iowa State College state entomologist, will discuss corn borer and other insect problems at the Cedar Rapids Farmers Club meeting on August 8. He recently completed a state wide survey showing the pest in all but 11 counties. Luncheon at Roosevelt hotel. reservations via Chamber of Commerce by Monday.
Special to The Gazette Lenore Simanek on her 80 acre farm one and one half miles east of here threshes 1015 bushels of oats from 20 acres unassisted last week.
Howard J. Dodge of Center Point says Tama oats look promising with good quality and expected above average yield. He also grows 75 acres of hybrid seed corn for the Federal Hybrid Seed Corn Co. Pasture water pools risk mastitis in cows. farmers should fence or dry spots. Summer seeding of alfalfa and brome grass is advised, noting a high yielding alfalfa brome mix harvested earlier.
Iowa State College plant pathologist S. M. Dietz reports eight of thirteen oak species in Iowa are infected by a fungal disease called oak wilt. Red oaks suffer severe damage in northeast and north central regions as trees die from the top down after initial leaf rolling. A cooperative study by the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station and the Iowa Conservation Commission is tracking the disease at McGregor, Dolliver, Algona, and Forest City parks, with Pilot Knob park near Forest City heavily affected, especially Hill's oak.
A wartime drive to boost next season's pork output and cut feed waste targets scrub breeding stock on thousands of farms. Through county agents and farm groups, the Wartime Swine Industry council promotes four stock-selection points. It urges culling inferior sows, eliminating shy or slow-gaining pigs, ear marking litters, and sourcing replacement gilts from fast-growing, large litters. The council stresses choosing stock that turns feed into pork efficiently at low cost.
The War Food administration allocated 15 million dollars for Farm Security loans to tenants to buy farms. Texas leads with 1,282,835 dollars, assisting about 2,700 tenant families nationwide. States listed include Colorado Illinois Iowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Nebraska South Dakota Wisconsin with varied loan totals and counts.
A Iowa State College Farm Science Reporter study shows corn yields on eroded Fayette silt loam Tama silt loam and Shelby loam drop due to insufficient subsurface phosphorus. Greenhouse tests confirm low available phosphorus worsened by erosion, with Shelby loam most affected.
Iowa counties report widespread corn damage from the common stalk borer with losses from twenty to fifty dollars per field. Addressing weed-infested fence rows and timely cutting and burning of weeds in August is urged to stop moths from laying eggs. Harold Gunderson of Iowa State College notes borers migrate from weeds to adjacent corn.
Feeder prices are well below last year as abundant cattle from ranges and strong consumer demand hint at good margins. Western receipts surge in Sioux City, while uncertain fall runs and war progress affect the market. OPA/WFA beef ration policy shifts complicate hog pricing and space needs.
In southeastern Indiana thousands of acres of black locust are browning from an insect called the locust leaf miner. Purdue extension entomologist G. E. Lenker notes periodic outbreaks, with parasitic insects usually checkering the pest. Adult beetles skeletonize leaves while larvae create blotch mines, with upland trees and tops most affected and little may be done to protect entire hillsides.
June output at Iowa and U S hatcheries plunged as 3.49 million chicks hatched in Iowa, far below 18.37 million in June 1943 and well under the five year average. First six months 1944 totalled 97.63 million vs 110.99 million year prior. Turkey poult output also fell 11 percent from June last year.
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