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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1948
Page
12
John Lensch, 69, owner of 465 acres near Fairfax, says they rent the land and run a small operation with cows hogs and crops. He praises sweet clover but criticizes price controls and federal centralization, recounting his voting history from Roosevelt to Stassen and Truman.
The Linn County Sports Festival at Ellis Park Cedar Rapids will start at 9 30 a m with 4 H boys and girls Junior Farm Bureau and all star softball games. A picnic dinner is set at noon followed by music from the rural women’s chorus. From 1 15 to 4 30 track and field events and activities like nail driving archery baseball throw and football kicking are planned.
The fourteenth annual Wyoming horse show and community celebration runs Thursday and Friday with the horse show on the second day. Activities include entertainment on Main street, a ball game for children, and two afternoon and evening programs. Twenty five classes take place Friday with judging from 9 a.m. The event marks the first under the Wyoming Community club formed by the merger of the Wyoming Horse Show Association and the Wyoming Commercial club.
In Minneapolis AFL grain handlers at 12 elevators postponed a strike for 10 days amid the Midwest harvest. The union sought a 50 cent hourly wage rise while companies offered 12 cents. The union had authority to strike for 60 days under state law. Also noted: litter in poultry houses provides insulation when deep, dry, and stirred.
Iowa Farm Bureau forms resolutions committee led by Richard Stephens Crawfordsville as chairman and Howard Hill announces members. The group will draft the 1949 resolutions, review county submissions, and consult with state and federal farm agencies before presenting to delegates.
Iowa's 1947 year book shows 166 375 electrified farms through Dec 31 1947, about 79.5 percent of total farms. During 1947 roughly 16 000 farms were electrified and 5 000 miles of rural lines were added to reach 58 541 miles.
Iowa youth will display more than 3 000 head of livestock at the state fair during the 4-H and FFA congress. A total of 3 510 entries assure figures will match or exceed last year’s totals. Judging runs Aug 30 to Sept 1 with sales of market pigs and fat lambs on Sept 2 and 3 respectively.
Cooperative Association data show Iowa sixth in farms connected to REA service and about 12 000 farms linked last year. Wisdom notes Iowa farmers really use electricity with 20 to 40 percent higher consumption. many farms exceed 2000 kilowatt hours monthly. He warns of an acute shortage of generating capacity due to rising farm and industrial demand.
About 125 spectators attended the first Hackney futurity show at Elmwood farm Center Point road judged by James Gilchrist Evanston NL who also judged the All Iowa horse show. Winners included Cedar Heights Mascot Elmwood Prince Charming and Cedar Heights Julio among foals and mares and get of sire winners.
Farmers brace for lower prices as cash wheat and corn slip below support. hogs and cattle may gain while feeders face tighter margins. Storage issues and government price support debates loom as Congress nears, with calls to adjust the farm program and curb price volatility. A giant tomato from Vining highlights rural life.
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