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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1935
Page
2
A buzz saw was used beside the grain separator to trim mud caked oat bundle butts after heavy rains muddied shocks on the Paul Haerther farm southwest of Atkins. The salvaged grain required a two day threshing instead of one, as the loader could only feed from one side.
Special to The Gazette reports Fred Maschman near Millersburg reties thirty acres of timothy by hand as grasshoppers or crickets shred the bundles. Will Falls, one-half mile north of Millersburg, loses a mare and colt in an electrical storm Friday evening. Heavy rain floods rivers and creeks, delaying threshing. some corn are down and fields soggy. POSTVILLE Albert Fools near Postville reports oats yield over seventy bushels per acre. WEBSTER threshing of oats and small grain finishes in the Webster ring after a six day run. Pigeon ring wraps after a five day prior. Bundle wagons filled nightly for early starts, with no major breakdowns or rain interruptions in eleven days.
A fragmented editorial voice questions meat costs in Chicago era markets. It notes hogs sold at 225 but disputes scarcity while citing record hog kill last month and heavy cattle, sheep, and lamb kills. Poultry and eggs are cheap and the piece mocks housewives’ concerns and parity pricing.
Roy Sorden ran the thresher as oats in two rings averaged over forty bushels per acre. Threshing timothy will be completed later.
In Columbus Junction growers report a strong fruit outlook with abundant grape crops and heavily loaded peach and plum trees. Apricots are ripe, signaling a bountiful market and favorable growing conditions for local orchards.
Heavy rain and hail stopped threshing in Blairstown Friday afternoon. Hail fell over a strip two and a half miles north with little damage and no wind. Hailstones reached egg size. one resident found a hailstone about 7 inches in circumference.
The tsetse fly, carrier of sleeping sickness, inhabits sharply defined pockets. Travelers can move safely within about twenty yards of these zones, avoiding contact with the vector.
An article from Marion by J Shaid outlines three erosion types sheet gully and wind with focus on sheet and gully erosion in the locality. It explains terracing contour farming and long rotations to reduce runoff and soil loss citing Bethany and Oklahoma stations for yield and erosion reductions.
Des Moines reports outline farmer opposition to protective tariffs and support for processing taxes. Vernon A Vrooman argues both tax and tariff rest on constitutional clauses, urging unity of agricultural parity with protected industries. A midwest drive targets $100,000 in 30 days to fund a court challenge to tariff legality and AAA defense.
Helen Miller and Doris Miller of Fremont and Dayton townships won first place at Cedar county 4-H fair and Girls Achivement day for a whole wheat bread demonstration. Judge Frances Pew Speidel of Washington, Iowa, selected them for state fair duties Aug 21 30.
Three hundred 4-H club boys from over thirty counties gathered in Ames for preliminary workouts before the state fair livestock and train judging contest. They judged horses sheep hogs beef and dairy cattle and identified brains. A similar practice will be held here next Saturday.
The Farmers' Independent Council of America announced in Chicago seeks to oppose the AAA and defend farmers rights. Dan D. Casement of Manhattan Kansas named president with Stanley F. Morse as executive vice president and Dr E V Wilcox as secretary treasurer. Directors include Congressman Fred Crawford and others from Michigan, Pennsylvania and New York.
More than 1,000 people from Fayette county attended the Farm Bureau farewell picnic at West Union fair grounds for B. W. Lodwick. He is moving from county agent to state head of rural resettlement and will base new headquarters probably at Ames. Lodwick and Mrs. Lodwick received a mantle clock and pen set. The gathering also honored Paul McElroy, now permanent county agent after serving as temporary during Lodwick’s leave.
The county wide reception for Mr and Mrs Carlton Knupp in Vinton has been postponed indefinitely. Mrs Knupp, formerly Miss Jane Nelson Benton county home demonstration agent, and Mr Knupp president of the Vinton commercial club, were to mark “the union” of town and country. Mrs Knupp will be honored Tuesday afternoon by Benton county Farm Bureau women at Riverside park.
Johnson County corn fields show rising chinch bug damage according to County Agent Emmett C. Gardner after a farm tour. Infestations are strongest near Oasis with some fields showing up to fifty damaged rows and a potential yield loss of about twenty bushels per acre. Gardner notes more bugs than last year and upcoming adult flights may worsen the damage.
Crimson clover seed movement is slower than last year with about 65 percent sold by Aug 6. Prices to growers declined after harvest, ranging from 6 to 6.50 per 100 pounds, while imports in July reached 76,700 pounds, all from Hungary, and wholesale eastern sea board prices fell 50 cents to 1 per 100 pounds. Kentucky bluegrass seed sales also lagged, with roughly 50 percent sold by Aug 6 and prices around 55 cents a bushel for rough seed in Kentucky.
Marguerite Kennedy a 16 year old from West Liberty wins Muscatine county health title in a drive to recapture state honors. The report notes her height five feet four and three quarters inches and weight of 125 pounds with last year’s state winner Doris Paul from Wilton Junction referenced as a prior title holder.
Muscatine Island cantaloupes are being shipped to market in small quantities and are of fine quality. The main crop is expected in about a week with a yield about half of normal due to a cool wet spring. Irrigation has continued for two weeks. watermelon peak expected Aug 25. sweet potatoes harvest around Sept 1 with a larger yield than in recent years.
United States hog slaughter for July fell to 1,712,311 head the smallest monthly figure on record for fed inspections. Sheep and lamb slaughter reached a monthly high of 1,545,804 head while cattle totals at 744,900 marked the largest July slaughter in ten years. Prices for hogs topped $12 per hundredweight in Chicago amid volatile year-to-date totals through July.
Forty girls from Jones county 4-H clubs camped two days at Anamosa State Park under Mrs. A R Embree with assistants. Activities included hikes talks games and a taf fy pull. Attendees came from multiple clubs led by town and club leaders in a statewide 4-H gathering.
New York reports a July 1 estimate placing the U S commercial apple crop at 170 232 000 bushels or 56 750 000 barrels A 34 million barrel rise from 1934 and a higher output than 1932 1935 remains below 1931 Iowa production rises to 1 890 000 bushels moving from 23rd to 20th in state rankings
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