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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1937
Page
6
The 1936 Iowa dairy report shows a total value of 116 319 000 with butter and milk production highlighted. State banks ranked second in butter and fourth in milk, while Wisconsin Minnesota New York influence and farm outputs are discussed.
A depress ed price trend affects butter shipments from New York to Chicago and other markets. The record shows 107K figures and notes February and March activity with scattered references to regions and brokers.
Jones County marks the 84th annual fair opening in Monticello with a community program and events planned for the evening. Local officials announce schedule details and gate fees as the fair begins with ceremonial activities.
Fragmentary list shows farm auctions and dates scattered across days and months with illegible details. The readable items include references to Wednesday and Friday auctions and a partial entry for Monday. No clear entities or locations are identifiable.
Farmers log merit records as creamery offers 3c per pound butterfat for top yield. A 34 cent price is noted for milk and dairy products with various graded entries and dairy processes highlighted.
Cedar county 4 H members Lois Howard Ruth Schroeder and others will represent Cedar at the state fair this week. top demonstra tion teams will show Brightness Achieved From Discarded Materials in home furnishing and other displays.
The Equitable Life Insurance Co sold an 248 acre farm near To eda for 3 69 an acre to Frank Lockard of Geneseo. In Oxford Junction a 150 acre Frank Beranek estate farm six miles northeast was bought by Joan Lasack Jr for 8250 about 5150 an acre. Soil described as black loam with buildings in good condition.
A district meeting of the Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers Association is set for September 10 in Cedar Rapids. Program speakers include Dr. K W Stouder Ames extension veterinarian C W McDonald extension animal husbandman Jesse Bane Bon Durant president of the state organization and A V Brady of Sanborn state secretary.
Francis J Millison sent a load of Hereford steers to Chicago for the Vienday market and topped the season at $18. A second load brought $1 75 a head. The top load had nineteen steers averaging 1240 pounds, while twenty steer average 3119 pounds at 1450 dollars. Mr Murphy grossed over 7000 dollars but will not rush to buy feeder cattle.
Elgin reports sweet corn in better condition than expected as the packing season opens at the canning factory. Recent rains improved the crop and boosted yields for this year’s harvest.
Ula Mae Wilson fourteen, daughter of Harris and Mrs Wilson farmers near Central City, won Linn county 4 H health contest with a 99.6 percent score and will enter the state contest in Des Moines next week. Mildred Koep sixteen of Belle Plaine won Benton county 4 H health contest with 96.62 percent. orthopedics judged flawless. Shirles Markland of Vin ton finished second with 94.7 percent.
Ralph Heitman, feeder near Williamsburg, reported receiving 17.25 per hundredweight for twenty head of 1,146-pound Shorthorn steers in Chicago. The item appears among Want Ads under classification 36 advertising various breeds.
Aluscatine Iowa reports an auto powered milker used by Harvey McFate at Seven Springs farm three and a half miles west of Aluscatine awaiting REA power. He connected the milker to the auto intake manifold using a hose from the pipeline milker, a novel expedient.
Fairs scheduled this week include District fair at West Liberty from August 21 to 25. Poweshiek county 4-H show at Grinnell August 23 to 25. Keokuk county at What Cheer August 23 to 26. Fayette county at West Union August 23 to 27. Jones county at Monticello and Washington county 4-H show at Washington August 24 to 27. State fair at Des Moines August 25 to September 3.
In a quirky demonstration, McFate explains he learned a trick from a milking machine salesman showing how a car motor can be connected as a conveyance. He notes his own vehicle still milks cows and relies on REA electricity as an expectancy.
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