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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1936
Page
16
Joe E. Robinson reports eastern Iowa may harvest about half a crop of hybrid seed corn for 1937 while southern and western regions face failure. About 11,000 acres were planted by 200 producers, with certification inspections nearly complete and several major Iowa firms listed by acreage.
Ames agronomy professor H D Hughes told AP on Saturday that except for a few counties farmers should have little trouble securing seed corn for next year. He noted any seed shortages will mainly require shifting supplies from nearby areas with adequate stocks as the agricultural extension service works on the issue.
Eastern Iowa hosts a series of county fairs and 4-H livestock shows. Delaware county fair runs Aug 11–14 in Manchester, Cedar county fair Aug 11–14 in Tipton, Jackson county 4-H near Preston Aug 11–12, Clinton county 4-H in DeWitt Aug 12–14, Wyoming horse show Aug 13–14, Jersey County corn carnival and 4-H show in Gladbrook Aug 14, Jersey Parish show in Postville Aug 15, and Walker homecoming with horse show Aug 14–15.
Members of the winter hog raising night school led by E. C. Darling will conclude with an all day tour Monday. They will depart from the high school at 8 a.m. to observe hogs on various farms, visit the high production dairy herd at C. Earl Smith’s, and inspect a canary grass trial pasture at George Steen’s. Darling leaves West Liberty in August for Mount Pleasant to join Iowa Wesleyan College.
Interview with Charles L Voekel owner of 83 acres near Miller sburg covers tiling work life since 1900s politics and economics He explains tile rates up to 12 inch sizes drought views corporate power Roosevelt Lemke Landon and farm policy beliefs plus a remark on adopting a cooperative system rather than capitalism.
Hundreds of men and boys in eastern Iowa have completed detasseling hybrid seed corn crops. Crews worked during the pollinating season to ensure fertilization by chosen male plants, plucking tassels as they appeared in female rows, requiring repeated tramping through each field. Pollination is now accomplished and the detasseling work is finished.
A grass fire burned fifteen acres on the Robert Wurtzell farm six miles east of Waukon. The blaze started when Wurtzell knocked out his pipe while building a fence. Furrows were plowed around the field and the Waukon rural fire department assisted in extinguishing the fire.
Patrons of the Greeley Farmers Creamery were paid 36 cents a pound for butterfat in sweet cream during June, 35 cents for No 1 butterfat and 34 cents for No 2 butterfat. Net amount distributed to patrons totaled $22,618.22.
A June total of 78 803 pounds of butter was produced by Buttermaker C N Bahler and two assistants Harlan Rohwedder and Harry Corell. The ten top herds included Victor De Keyser 867 pounds J W Matthews 790.7 C C Lillibridge 625.7 J Q Gibbs 624.6 Ben Funke 571.5 Martin Holtz 553.7 Clem Westemeier 551.3 E L Kauffman 534.1 Paul McElmeel 533.2 J D Fischer 520.5 pounds.
Ames alumnus Earl Krantz, manager of the government Mor horse farm at Middlebury, develops a new breed named Southdale. H. H. Kildee, dean of the division of agriculture, reports on his return from a tour of the New England states.
Forty 4-H club baby beeves sold at the Wapsie Valley fair auction in Central City. Top price reached 10.75 per cwt for a 940-pound Short Horn calf bred by Phillip Hand Center Point, bought by Cliff Butters. Six buyers, including three packing companies, attended. Sixteen head were exhibited. fifteen remained for Iowa State Fair.
Linn county Farm Bureau calendar lists two grasshopper control demonstrations on Monday morning. Rex Conn says Ames Extension Service will send a demonstrator. First at 7 a.m. on Walter VanNote farm north of Cedar Rapids. second at 10 a.m. on Guy Hillier farm northeast of Marion.
County Health Champion Fay ette Fern Betz 15 of Maynard won Fayette county health contest with 97.5 percent scoring lead over Venita Wegner Randalia 97.2 and Mary Peters Arlington 97. Other participants include Darlene Benter Sumner Darlene Wolfe West Union Elaine McSweeney Oelwein Katherine Byrne Hawkeye Melva Margraf Elgin Laura Spies West Union Virginia Robinson Hawkeye Elsie Frisch Sumner and Marie Smith Lamont. In Winneshiek county Lucille Soland 17 Springfield township was named county health winner to represent the county at the state girls 4-H health contest at the state fair after a recheck of close contestants.
A Iowa corn season amid drought and extreme heat tests farmers reliance on experience. Seed moisture mold damage followed by a cool wet start, then 14 days of 100 plus degree heat reduced pollination and cob fill. Experts note corn needs about 1,500 tons of water per acre per season and shallow roots amplify drought risk. Late planting advised but season to season risk remains.
Delores Basler of the Clover Clovers 4-H club Table Mound township earned health champion honors at the Dubuque County Achievement Day. Bernice Kline of Sherril was runner up. Delores also helped the demonstration team win a trip to the Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress with a canning tomatoes in tin cans display.
George Godfrey of Iowa State College will speak at the annual North English Valley Co operative creamery picnic. A highway patrolman is also slated to speak. The event takes place on August 11 in North English Iowa.
Foreign butter arrivals in New York last week totaled 500 boxes from New Zealand 2 150 casks from Latvia 400 casks from Poland 3 000 boxes from Siberia and 250 boxes from Cuba One New Zealand consignment had crossed the Atlantic twice before reaching port New Zealand butter was priced for prompt shipment 21 to 22 cents c i f or 35 to 37 cents duty paid New Zealand butter for direct October November December shipment was offered at 2312 cents c i f New York Argentine butter sales ease but delivery remains slow due to surpluses and logistics Egg consumption remains strong but receipts lag and poorer quality noted Poultry losses from heat and high feed costs reduced flock sizes Storage holdings for eggs are light and shipments out of storage are rapid Turkeys imports from Argentina total 1996 cases with duty limiting further imports.
In July Iowa shipped 3,585,765 pounds of butter to Chicago, while Wisconsin sent 6,468,983 pounds. Overall butter shipments to Chicago from all sources reached 22,373,755 pounds, down from 33,920,105 pounds in July 1935.
SCOTCH GROVE The Jones County Soil Conservation association board authorizes a contract with Wilson Aerial Survey of Seattle Washington to use aerial photography in the soil conservation program for Jones Linn and Cedar counties. Cost set at 5.12 dollars per square mile.
The Dysart canning plant expects an estimated 35 000 to 50 000 cases of sweet corn this year. The pack will start about August 18 following extensive repairs and remodeling at the plant.
Carl Thillen, a farmer near Greeley, marketed twenty six hogs weighing 8 625 pounds and received a net check of 841 dollars.
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