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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1941
Page
55
Eastern Iowa farmers report 25 to 50 percent corn heat damage with silos filling nationwide as experts cite light soils drought impact. Cedar county farmer Amos Suchomel notes 35 percent damage while rains and planting timing influence field condition amid widespread hay and forage declines.
Postville seedsman H. Roberts said Saturday that farmers in this vicinity are adjusting crop plans and awaiting weather conditions. He noted growing interest in drought resistant varieties and timely planting as the growing season approaches.
Stanwood farmers begin silo filling earlier than usual because heat has affected the corn crop. Flax threshing is nearly done with yields of 20 to 25 bushels per acre and average quality. Dry weather limits second clover hay. pastures and new seeding need rain though corn yield may not rise much. A strong peach pear grape crop and heavy loads of apples on fall and winter trees.
In Washington Iowa Don Radda won the 1941 county tall corn contest with a stalk 21 feet 9 inches. His winning stalk was 20 inches taller than last year’s state and national winner. Dewey Propst of West Chester took second with 20 feet 4 inches and Jess Radda, brother of the champion, was third with 19 feet 10.5 inches.
The Buck Creek fair returns Tuesday in Moulton's grove at Buck Creek with a chicken dinner opening the events. Dr. R D Cole business manager of Cornell College will speak in the afternoon and an evening program is planned.
Eli Shada of Springville Linn county 4-H clubber and budding auctioneer sold steers at the All Iowa junior feeding contest with official auctioneers Pete Lassen and Fred Albin serving gratis. Eli earned his share by consignments and brought bids of 14.75, 13.25 and 13.75 dollars per hundredweight for three steers.
A dry spell tightens water supplies on eastern Iowa farms. On a Toledo area farm seven miles northeast of town, Lewis Dostal and his sons Ludwig and Arthur just cleaned a dug well in a pasture ditch to allow seepage. They hope the cattle will soon have adequate water.
The article outlines six county fairs and 4 H shows this week across eastern Iowa, leading to the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines August 20 29. It notes 4 H livestock judging schedules baby beef auctions and the finale at the state fair with judges from nine states awarding 91000 in prizes as up to 7000 animals contest across cattle dairy swine and horse divisions.
The record cites individuals including Arthur L. Anderson Tam worths Albert H. Stuart Here fords Arthur L. Anderson market barrows Don Brinton Fort Dodge Dean H. H. Kildee Ames and R. E. Secor Ottumwa, indicating a regional agricultural event or listing of buyers and sellers.
Fifty nine 4-H members plan to exhibit 250 pigs at the Jones county fair August 19 to 22 including 27 purebred litters 16 market litters and 40 market pigs. Thirty three dairy calf club members will show 58 heifers in three classes with breeds Brown Swiss Guernseys Holsteins and Dutch Belted. In total 340 4-H youths from 25 clubs will display the largest 4-H exhibit in county history. The state fair will feature a home project exhibit titled The One-Dress Wardrobe by Jackson township rural women.
The Fayette County Farm Bureau Dairy Program Comes of Age booth will feature results from over 21 years of dairy projects in Fayette county. County Agent Paul McElroy and testers Sam Alshouse and Kenneth Enderland of dairy herd improvement associations No 1 and No 2 will supervise the exhibit.
Plans are set for the Washington county annual 4-H club achievement show in Washington Iowa August 18 to 20. Home economics exhibits will be judged Monday by Mrs Lillian Lewis Hoag of Elgin. A demonstration team contest and style revue are scheduled Tuesday. The livestock show, in the new armory building, features judging Monday morning with Vincent Kelly Ottumwa dairy heifers Rex Beresford Ames extension animal husbandman baby beeves W C Anderson West Liberty purebred and market hog classes and Angus Moore Mount Pleasant lambs.
Delaware county will be represented at the Town state fair judging contest on Aug 28 by Virgil Wessel and Homer Brockmeyer of the Colesburg 4-H club and Robert Robinson and Alvin Voelker of Adams Prairie township 4-H club. Four classes of dairy and beef cattle and horses will be judged, with home project women exhibiting under More Light on These Subjects. A panel on Business Facts Women Should Know will include Mrs Oscar Simons and several other local leaders.
The Tama Dairy Herd Improvement association holds its annual picnic on Tuesday at the Herman Frahm farm.
A traveler details Wisconsin dairy cooperative efforts at Shawano headquarters where six Holstein and six Guernsey bulls are used for artificial insemination. A veterinarian runs a lab storing sperm for use across the Shawano milk shed with service fees of five dollars covering three breedings. Three co-ops operate in Wisconsin with plans to expand to six thousand cows. The system aims for cost efficiency and wider herd impact, likening its value to hatchery gains in poultry.
Paul Walshire of a Weaver Witwer farm near Atkins unloaded two double decks of Oregon lambs at Atkins on Saturday. The lambs averaged 70 pounds. Guy Cole of Washington Iowa, purchaser, flew in Saturday to inspect the shipment.
At the Jackson county fair in Maquoketa top baby beef price reached $17.50 per hundredweight paid by Andrew Bank for a Hereford steer exhibited by Richard Blutgen of Bellevue. Heifer top brought $135 to Robert Deppe of Bellevue. Other notable bids list several Andrews and Bellevue exhibitors with Angus Shorthorn and Hereford entries. Winners in Friday morning team pulling show included Lightweight Harry McClimon of Elwood pulling 2,300 pounds with 2,900 pound team and Heavyweight Paul Spain of Charlotte pulling 2,400 pounds with a 3,455 pound team.
Don Colony of North Liberty consigned the Hereford steer that topped the Johnson county 4 H club sale as the Iowa City Elks bought it for 17 dollars 50 cents per hundredweight. Thirty five head sold with an average of 13 87 per hundredweight as local businessmen and Cedar Rapids Ottumwa and Water 00 packers joined buyers.
Independence report notes Irwin Daubenberger displayed the prize winning Hereford calf at the Buchanan county fair. Wilson Packing of Cedar Rapids paid $15 per hundredweight for 37 head. An Angus calf, also shown by Daubenberger, sold for $13 per hundredweight to Dubuque Packing. Overall prices ranged from $10.25 to $15 with an $11.88 average. Wilson’s Cedar Rapids outfit bought 18 head, Rath Packing 11, and Dubuque Packing 8.
Seventy-one Gladbrook Tama county 4 H club steers sold Saturday at an average of 11.97 per hundredweight. Weighing 67 270 pounds they grossed 8 055 05 with a top of 14 cents a pound from Rath Packing for the reserve champion Hereford shown by Lester Lenhart of Tama. The next best price was 13 cents a pound from Wilson and Company for the champion Shorthorn shown by Erwin Tomlinson of Traer.
Hereford grand champion at Tama county 4-H show was 875 pounds exhibited by Art Timm of Tama. Reserve grand champion Angus 860 pounds shown by Ethel Koster of Gladbrook. Blue ribbon Shorthorn shown by Erwin Tomlinson of Traer who also took champion purebred Shorthorn heifer. Other champions listed including Cheviot and Shropshire entries by Gaylord and Richard Stavely.
Keokuk county fair What Cheer August 16 19 Washington 4 H show Washington August 18 20 Poweshiek 4 H show Grinnell August 18 20 Union district fair West Liberty August 18 21 Fayette county fair West Union August 18 22 Jones county fair Monticello August 19 22 Iowa State Fair Des Moines August 20 29.
Lyle Lord of Iowa City showed the champion purebred litter at the Johnson county 4-H club show. Dean Williams exhibited the champion purebred boar and John Wolz the champion purebred gilt. Eldon Bothell topped the market pig litter and Williams the top barrow. Hazel Immel won the yearling colt and Elizabeth Adams of North Liberty led poultry. Dale Burr of Lone Tree won grand champion baby beef and placed first in the boys judging contest.
CENTER POINT The canning plant began its corn pack last week under Frank Brookman. About 1,000 acres are under contract with good grade corn despite a moisture shortage. Recent showers are expected to aid later plantings.
Three farmers near here are adding barns. Frank Grafft is building a barn near Newport bridge, Harley Snyder is finishing a barn one mile north of town, and Stanley Zimmerman has completed a barn in Fairview township.
AMES Agriculture and other defense sectors face a severe manpower shortage with many graduates being sought offshore and nationwide. Iowa State College reports rising demand for agricultural education and agronomy graduates, while salaries and openings span hog farming, dairy, farm management, farm economics and journalism. Last year 324 graduates. this year only 211 thus far.
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