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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1936
Page
7
Federal figures show July 1936 beef kill at 927 536 head, the largest for July since 1880 except 1918, with hogs 2 691 815, lambs 1 352 468 and calves 523 000. Cattle and hog slaughter trends suggest more meat moved into consumption. Prices remained firm despite heavy receipts at Chicago markets.
A ten acre oat stubble fire near Manchester prompted the local fire department to respond to the Joseph Skinner farm five miles north on primary No 13. A hay stack was destroyed but farm buildings were saved. A second fire near the Nieman farm at the federal fish hatcheries also caused concern.
The article clarifies that 37 percent in Iowa corn reports equals 17 bushels per acre, based on a 45.94 bushel base. Grain broker Jack Piper notes this base is adjusted in dry hot Julys, aligning par figures with recent conditions.
Eighth 4-H club boys from Louisa county under County Agent Earl D. Peterson attended a livestock and grain judging training school at Ames. Afterward the judging teams were named for state fair competition: Livestock judging Fred Stone Richard Duncan Philip Dotson Burdette Moore and Grain judging Robert Weber Max Hafner LaVon Fullerton Robert Pierce.
Grinnell plant opened Monday for a one week run to can yellow corn. More than 1,200 acres of yellow corn were planted nearby but drought may limit harvest. Clark Hagen is plant manager. The plant will reopen in three weeks to can white corn.
Patrons of the Rowles Farmers' Cooperative Creamery received 37 cents per pound for No 1 butterfat, 46 cents for No 2, and 35 cents for No 3 for the first half of July 1946, per secretary Joe McGrath. Last half of June butterfat commanded 35, 34, and 33 cents respectively.
County Agent Emmett Gardner reports rye may aid fall and early spring pasture as drought disrupts crop rotations in Johnson county. He notes farmers sow buckwheat timothy and rye after rain but warns weather and grasshoppers could limit yields. White grub damage persists in Winneshiek county, especially Decorah area, with feeding continuing into cold weather. Elsewhere Fayette county farmers cut a third alfalfa crop and seedbed fodder for cattle while crop threshing nears end with oats around 35 bushels per acre. In Edgewood rain eases drought briefly but moisture shortage kills trees and grasshoppers threaten southern Clayton and northern Delaware counties.
Threshing of Timothy Walker grain finished Friday in the vicinity. Yields ran about 115 bushels per acre. Some corn still fair, but farmers await rain before fall plowing.
The Ames program on Friday at Iowa State College will discuss turning drought damaged corn into beef cattle. H J Gramlich of the University of Nebraska leads the afternoon talk with speakers E Wentworth, D L Swanson, O W Johnson, and George H Bruington addressing market demand and price outlook. The morning session at the experimental farm covers cattle on test and results from soybean oil meal and tankage trials.
Decorah reports M R Ringoen leading the Southeast Winne shiek Cow Test association in July with an average production of 944 pounds of milk and 336 pounds of butterfat from thirteen cows.
Austin Mead owner of 190 acres northeast of Manchester discusses his Grange roles, the history of Jones Mill Grange, and its goals. He notes rural reforms, drought effects, political leanings, and farming plans including alfalfa rotation, lime costs, and production questions.
Dairy cattle judging, horseshoe pitching and kittenball are on the program for the Iowa County Cow Test Association tour and picnic scheduled Thursday. Judging starts at 10 am at the county home near Williamsburg. A 4-H demonstration on quality cream production by Albert and Arthur Wallace of York township and a talk by Floyd Arnold of the Ames extension service are planned.
A Washington AP report says 535 050 farmers in Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota signed work sheets for the new farm program. Iowa reported 236 500 signers, Nebraska 175 000, South Dakota 113 550, all higher than 1935 AAA contract signers. The department notes signers may not participate and aims to gather history data via county agricultural conservation associations for future programs.
West Union report notes 136 4 H club calves have stall space reserved for the Fayette county fair August 24 to 28, nearly double the prior peak. The club barn will be the largest yet for the exhibition.
Eastern Iowa hosts a sequence of county fairs and 4-H livestock shows this week. Delaware county fair runs August 11 to 14 in Manchester followed by Cedar county fair in Tipton August 11 to 14. Jackson county 4-H near Preston is August 11 and 12. Clinton county 4-H at DeWitt is August 12 to 14. Wyoming hosts a horse show August 13 and 14. Jersey county hosts a corn carnival and 4-H show at Gladbrook on August 14 and a Jersey parish show at Postville on August 15, with Walker homecoming and horse show August 14 and 15.
On the grounds the dairy calves will predominate with many beef calves. The annual auction lists forty baby beeves forty market pigs and forty market lambs for sale.
WAUKON The former Edward Cooper farm of 100 acres in Hancover township Allamakee county has been sold to Edwin Lonning of Eagle Grove for $2 000. The farm will be occupied by Mr Lonning's brother.
Decorah reports Ed Shirall describes his nine and one half acre wood lot planting experiment as successful despite drought. Loss so far is only two percent.
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