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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1948
Page
9
Lester Hindman, a renter with 150 acres near Alburnett, discusses draft horses, farming costs, and markets. He notes horse prices, demand from big firms for advertising hitches, and says horses remain valued by enthusiasts though farming shifts toward cattle and hogs. He also comments on inflation, dairy cows, and politics.
Three Brown Swiss cows from Fred Bodensteiner Castalla completed top 305 day lactations in Winneshiek county DHIA during July. Records ranged from 408 to 467 pounds of test milk. Supervisor Maurice Partridge reports 24 herds tested that month, totaling 473 cows with average fat production of 28 pounds. Twenty two cows completed 305 day lactations.
Tipton reports the Cedar county 4-H livestock sale will begin at 9 30 am on September 3 with market pigs first in the ring followed by baby beeves. Judging for club livestock is set for September 2 at 9 am with anticipated 150 baby beeves and record numbers of beef and dairy heifers and market pigs.
Farmers thresh timothy seed along the Iowa Johnson county line southeast of Homestead. Seed payments and profitability are in question as timothy loses favor after years as a top producer. Observers note timothy in rotation aids erosion control but doubt it will rebound as a profitable crop.
Iowa farm population remains below its 1943 level as of January 1, 1948. 762 710 residents live on farms, down from 776 250 in 1943, with a low of 743 954 on Jan 1, 1946. The number of farms fell from 211 517 in 1944 to 204 208 a year ago as consolidation grows. Total farming acreage holds steady around 34.7 million acres, with average farm size up to about 168 acres.
Muscatine county field day on September 15 will showcase soil conservation work with ordinary farm equipment. Demonstrations include gully control by bulldozer and scoop outfits, terracing, pasture renovation, contour plowing, terracing with a disc plow and moldboard plow at the Vernon Shepards farms site. Ernest Irschner is general chairman.
Weav er Witwer of Marion reports Holstein cows in his dairy herd have completed official tests with the Holstein Friesian Association of America. Aggie Ormsby Model Legis led with 708 pounds butterfat and 19 247 pounds milk in 365 days at 5 years 10 months. Spofford Inka May produced 508 pounds butterfat and 14 054 pounds milk in 336 days at 4 years 9 months.
Winneshiek county set a new record by reaching 2000 Farm Bureau members last week, the eighth county in the state to attain this milestone.
WAUKON David Flage Ludlow township farmer injured when an elevator lifting bales into the barn came apart a section struck his head He was taken to the Decorah hospital with a skull fracture and back injuries condition Tuesday not considered critical
Cedar 4-H club girls will present a style review at Tipton High School Saturday at 7 30 p m Mrs Verla Lucas county home economist said the garments were all made by the girls as part of their clothing project The show features outfits for all hours of the day.
Home economist Marjorie Fincham of Winneshiek county lies in Decorah hospital after an appendectomy. She is expected to be discharged later this week and will assist with the 4-H achievement show at the county fair.
West Union FFA members entered 60 market hogs for the Iowa State Fair. Vocational Agriculture Instructor Bernard Ebbing named exhibitors including Herbert Winter Earl Winter Gerald Winter Guenther Bros Robert Cowles George Lauer Russell Lauer Dale Ishmann Donald Koester Charles Strong Clarence Cannon Myrton Strong Andy Grimes George Van Sickel Richard Halstead and Howard Whitcher. Hogs will be shown at the Fayette County Fair and depart for the state fair after judging on August 24.
Louisa county fair grounds and related areas will be sprayed with DDT at dawn Wednesday to control flies ahead of the annual fair. Columbus Junction pilot Fred Peters will operate the airplane spray financed by local business firms.
Ames Iowa State College began a market news research project aimed at helping farmers sell produce more profitably. Parry Dodds will lead the two year study, funded by a 22000 dollar grant from the production and marketing administration, with cooperation from the agriculture department and the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station.
The Amana potato crop shows good yield and sells at an average price of $2.00 per bushel, reflecting solid market demand for the harvest.
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