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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1944
Page
5
Cedar Rapids Gazette dated Thursday August 8 1944 reports regional updates including wartime news, local ads, and community notices with photos and brief items from city and county.
Iowa farmers plant 90 percent of 4,905,000 acres of oats to new varieties cutting disease loss by an estimated 40 percent, says I E Methus of Iowa State College. New strains like Tan, Control, Boone and Marmon resist stem rust, with further varieties under development to combat other diseases. Root necrosis and halo leaf spot remain minor threats, while overall disease impact across the Mississippi Valley shows improvement.
Lincoln Neb Aug 20 is best time to seed brome grass and alfalfa say University of Nebraska agronomists. Prepare seed bed with shallow plow, harrow frequently to firm the bed. Use southern type brome over northern Ca onoan seed and choose weed free se ed from tested seed lab for clean stands.
STATE COLLEGE Pa Tomatoes one of the problem foods for predation by freezing may take place in freezer lockers with other fruits and vegetables Pennsylvania experiment station tests show that tomatoes individually wrapped in cellophane and frozen unblanched at 40 degrees keep well and taste like fresh tomato ice when partly thawed The skin bursts evenly around the widest part and peels off The flesh cannot be sliced after freezing but is suitable for serving in other ways.
Chicago report says Dairy Industry council and War Food Administration stress only normal culling of unprofitable and diseased cows. They argue no nationwide recommendation, and any future guidance should depend on reliable fall and winter feed data.
Tipton Cedar County 4-H girls’ club teams will compete at Tipton High School on August 19. Miss Laura Heddleston county home economist says oven and dairy products will be the topics of the demonstrations.
The War Food Administration reports July egg prices were irregularly higher for most grades with top grades in the best position. Lower grades weakened due to heavy fresh receipts and free offerings of stored stock. Shell egg reserves peaked July 1 with faster declines since. Frozen egg stocks rose but slower. Live poultry supplies and prices were broadly ample and irregular.
The piece, from the University of Nebraska extension service, notes corn as the United States leading crop in acres wealth and total production, underpinning livestock and poultry feeding and the American diet. A famed auctioneer quote about removing cows from tables closes the snippet.
Agriculture Secretary Wickard announced 10 more counties in Illinois Iowa Minnesota Oklahoma South Dakota and Texas qualify for government financial assistance to resume 1944 crop production after flood and windstorm damage. Counties listed include Stephenson Iowa Sioux Aitkin Blue Earth McLeod Ottertail Sibley Lincoln.
CHICAGO AP The American Meat Institute says civilians will face less meat soon as the War Food Administration plans to buy large quantities of frozen pork beef mutton and veal before year end The institute notes no exact quantities but says liberal hog side products including hams loins and shoulders are desired Purchases come as hog receipts decline after a period of heavy arrivals and industry staffing and efficiency problems hinder processing speed
County extension directors and Farm Bureau officers from 13 eastern Iowa counties met in Cedar Rapids to discuss office records and procedures with extension service officials and the Iowa Farm Bureau federation. Ames speakers H. L. Eichling and E. F. Graff led as extension supervisors along with Wayne Tyler and Ivan Notbohm from Des Moines.
Iowa Farmers Union will elect a new state president and vice president at the September convention. Incumbents D. W. Van Vleet and John L. Uban did not file. Anton Green OL Weber and C Waagmeester are candidates for president. Fred Stover and George Wharam for vice president. Ten candidates filed for directors including Chris Sorensen Emmer Foster Charles Wiltt and Charles Shearit.
Two cows owned by Lawrence Dinlon were struck and killed by a car driven by Edwin Vick as they were being moved across the highway to pasture. Vick was not held to blame. Loss was estimated at $200.
The 391 cows on test in Linn D H 1 A 3 during July, with 57 dry, produced an average of 605 pounds of milk and 24.2 pounds of butterfat for the month. Supervisor Hilda Lyman of Central City reported return per dollar’s worth of feed at 277, feed cost per pound of butterfat 25 cents, and per hundredweight of milk 1.01 dollars.
Mr and Mrs James Huffman sold their 170 acre Pleasant Ridge farm on highway 64 two miles east of Wyoming to Mr and Mrs Lester Scott of Baldwin for 110 dollars per acre. It is described as a good producing farm. North Liberty Iran Chamberlin sold 138 acres of pasture and timber land two miles north of here to Mitt Sexton of Iowa City for 5425 dollars. land described as hilly.
Chicago grain futures for the week ending August 4 show a steady downward trend with limited daily fluctuations. Wheat futures gained slightly to about 1.5546 dollars, while December and May contracts closed lower. Cash wheat remained strong, oats followed wheat with tight ranges, and barley traded within narrow limits amidst active oat demand and Canadian import competition.
Threshing and combining are in full swing near Maynard with oats quality good though yields range 30 to 50 bushels per acre. Straw is baled in the field as a second clover crop is cut. rain delays a bit. Some corn fields will be completely detasseled this week.
OSSIAN reports threshing underway with oats yielding well and hay crops outstanding. Pastures are in good condition while farm labor shortages are not critical in this community.
A yearling New Hampshire hen owned by William Birky of 437 Twenty-seventh avenue SW laid a giant egg measuring seven and three-eighths inches in circumference with a longitudinal circumference of nine and one half inches.
Lucy Bennington, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bennington of Volga City, broke her leg after a fall while playing in a barn recently.
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