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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1936
Page
16
Federal figures show July 1936 beef kill reaching 927,536 head, the largest for July since 1880 aside from 1918, with hog, lamb, and calf slaughter also up. The seven month total for cattle is 5,789,219 head, while hogs total 18,952,449 and sheep and lambs 9,367,710. Prices remain firm at Chicago amid heavier weights and large market receipts.
Jack Piper, a Cedar Rapids grain broker, explains the August 1 corn condition for Iowa at 37 percent. He notes the expected yield of 17 bushels per acre, with 17 being 37 percent of a base 45.94 bushels, adjusted downward in very dry hot Julys.
A Saturday oat stubble fire near Manchester covered ten acres and moved toward a farmyard. A hay stack burned, but farm buildings were saved. A similar blaze Friday at Nieman farm near the federal fish hatchery and a Sunday rekindle spread widely, likely from a locomotive spark.
Eight Louisa county 4-H boys joined by County Agent Earl D. Peterson attended a judging training school at Ames. Post training the county named livestock judging team members Fred Stone Richard Duncan Philip Dotson and Burdette Moore and grain judging team members Robert Weber Max Hafner LaVon Fullerton and Robert Pierce for the state fair.
Grinnell canning plant opened Monday for a one week run to can yellow corn awaiting harvest in a drought affected area. Over 1200 acres of yellow corn planted near Grinnell with uncertain output. Local manager is Clark Hagen. Plant will reopen in three weeks to can white corn.
Patrons of the Rowley Farmers' Co operative Creamery were paid 37 cents a pound for No 1 butterfat 36 cents for No 2 and 35 cents for No 3 during the first half of July. Last half of June butterfat fetched 35 34 and 33 cents respectively, per secretary Joe McGrath.
County Agent Emmett C. Gardner reports farmers in Johnson County sowing buckwheat timothy and rye after recent rains to aid fall and early spring pastures. Drought has disrupted crop rotations and weather and grasshopper threats create uncertainty about final yields.
White grubs continue to affect crops in Winneshiek county with a 15 acre field on the John Emery farm in Canаяe township six miles north of Decorah cited. State Entomologist C J Drake warns the grubs will feed until cold weather arrives.
West Union farmers in Fayette county report a third alfalfa cut or letting pasture regrow. Some feed cattle and harvest corn fodder while filling silos gradually. Threshing nears end with oats yields averaging about 35 bushels per acre.
Rain fell within two and a half miles of Edgewood Sunday easing drought concerns. Trees die from moisture shortage and corn hopes fade. Grasshoppers damage southern Clayton and northern Delaware counties. Garden crops suffer north of Edgewood. Leaves stripped from a shellbark hickory on the Charles Stone farm.
Special reports that threshing is finished in the area with yields around 11 bushels per acre. Some corn remains productive but farmers await rain before fall plowing.
The Ames program titled Making beef cattle out of drought damaged corn will be discussed at the annual Iowa cattle feeders Hey Day at Iowa State College. H J Gramlich of Nebraska opens the talks with other speakers E N Wentworth Armour's Livestock bureau D L Swanson Chicago Producers' Commission Assoc O W Johnson Le Grand and George H Bruington Des Moines will cover market outlook price trends and feeding experiences. Morning farm trials at the experimental farm will cover soybean oil meal and tankage experiments with cattle on test this year.
Decorah M. R. Ringoen led the Southeast Wisconsin Winne Sheep Cow Test in July with thirteen cows averaging 944 pounds of milk and 33.6 pounds of butterfat per cow.
Austin Mead owner of 190 acres near Manchester discusses Grange history aims and leadership. He notes Grain Belt droughts and rain patterns, critiques Roosevelt and supports Landon, outlines rotation with alfalfa and corn, and comments on taxes and production controls.
Dairy cattle judging, horseshoe pitching and kittenball mark the Iowa County Cow Test Association tour and picnic planned for Thursday. Judging opens at 10 a.m. at the county home near Williamsburg. A 4-H cream production demonstration by Albert and Arthur Wallace and a talk by Floyd Arnold of the Ames extension service are scheduled.
A summary from Washington reports 535 050 Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota farmers signed work sheets under the new farm program. Iowa accounts for 236 500 signers, Nebraska 175 000, South Dakota 113 550, exceeding 1935 AAA contract signers in each state. The department notes signers may not all participate and efforts aim to gather data for future programs via county agents.
WEST UNION The Fayette county fair runs Aug 24 28 with stall space engaged for 136 4 H club calves almost double the largest prior exhibit The club barn remains the largest structure on the fairgrounds and showcases the added entries
Eastern Iowa hosts Delaware county fair in Manchester from Aug 11 to 14 and Cedar county fair in Tipton the same days. Jackson county 4-H show near Preston runs Aug 11 and 12, Clinton county 4-H show in DeWitt Aug 12 to 14. Wyoming horse show Aug 13 and 14. Jersey parish hosts corn carnival and 4-H show in Gladbrook on Aug 14 and a Jersey parish show at Postville on Aug 15, with Walker homecoming and horse show Aug 14 and 15.
On the grounds the event will feature dairy calves and a strong showing of beef calves. The annual auction lists forty baby beeves forty market pigs and forty market lambs for sale with a focus on livestock from the club.
WAUKON The former Edward Cooper farm of 100 acres in Hanover township Allamakee county has been sold to Edwin Lonning of Eagle Grove for $2000. The farm will be occupied by Mr Lonning's brother.
Decorah farmer Ed Shirall reports his nine and a half acre wood lot planting experiment near Spillville shows only a two percent loss from the drought. The project aims to boost evergreen cover while conserving soil and moisture.
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