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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1937
Page
8
A Cedar-area cattleman reports a record feeding margin with a $13.50 spread between cost and selling price. The note mentions a carload of 147 head and cites a margin of $1330, with pricing details from John Hinkhouse at $463 per hundred and eastern market activity east of West Branch.
The report covers 4 H show results at What Cheer and Grinnell, noting cattle sales led by Mr Hinkhouse. It details his large herd, high finish cattle, recent purchases in Nebraska, and record August cattle prices at Chicago, with emphasis on market trends and weight gains.
Monticello Creamery pays 37c for butterfat as 4-H events highlight Grinnell and Marengo fairs. Angus and Shorthorn champions named, with dairy and sheep judges, 4-H health winners, showmanship awards, and veteran exhibitors from Grinnell to Montezuma.
Fall is in the air as cool dampness and frost hints sweep across the county. Autumn scenes unfold with straw piles, sweet corn fodder, pumpkins, wild grapes, goldenrod, and fall flowers along fence lines and roadsides.
A historical note compares hog prices to cattle values, stating hog tops at 1085 pounds or dollars in the past near 560 while lambs and hogs have not combined under cattle at any single time as now.
Local auction near Van Hlerne sees strong demand for farm gear and tools. Bidders compete for tractors, implements, and miscellaneous equipment as potential buyers examine lots and place competitive bids.
Fairs planned this week include Keokuk County What Cheer from 23 to 27, Fayette County West Union from 24 to 27, Jones County Mortemlo and Washington County 4-H show at Washington from 24 to 3, and the state fair at De Ve new.
An Angus shown by Bill Bob Hunter of Iowa City won grand champion in the 4 H club baby beef show at the West Liberty fair. Reserve went to Donald Spencer also of Iowa City with a Hereford. Yedlick of Nichols led the champion Shorthorn plus the first junior Shorthorn. Calvin Bohling of Muscatine captured first in junior Angus and Thomas Burns of Iowa City won junior Hereford. Gerald Nicewanner of Stockton exhibited the grand champion 4 H club litter of pigs, Chester Whites. About 10 000 people attended the fair Tuesday as it neared its Wednesday conclusion.
Anna Swenson 17 and a member of the Sunshine Makers 4-H club in Post township was selected as Allamakee county health champion and will represent the county at the state fair next week. Club leader is Mrs John Martins.
Robert Lyon chairing Tama county agricultural conservation committee announces a series of instruction schools for soil act committee men on pasture land classification. Sessions are Thursday at 9 am northwest of Elberon on the L J Novotny farm and at 2 pm east of Gladbrook on the Henry Thede farm. Friday sessions are 9 am southwest of Traer on the F E Safely farm and 1:30 pm at the agricultural conservation office in Toledo with Paul Burson leading.
Preston held the second annual Preston creamery patrons picnic on Tuesday with about 1,000 attendees. Speakers included Ben Walker of Lancaster Wisconsin and F E Krause the present county agent. The program ended with music sports and an evening dance.
Iowa crop chief Charles D. Reed said rains and mild weather raise prospects for a large corn crop with little frost danger when June temperatures average around 67 degrees. A yield forecast of 425 bushels per acre was previously projected, and rains benefited oats, pastures, alfalfa, soybeans, and garden crops while grasshopper damage appeared in southern counties.
Mechanicsville feeder Frank Rhodes sold fifty head of yearling steers averaging 1 003 pounds at Chicago for 17 dollars per hundredweight, the top price for yearlings.
Edgewood special to the Gazette reports threshing ended Monday on the Dr Wilson farm ending the Anson Randall machine run. The machine threshed 15 412 bushels this year versus 9 174 in 1936. Dr Wilson yielded 2 419 bushels from forty nine acres with 2 313 bushels.
Five upcoming sales listed for late August. Beverly Cattle company hosts a sale on Thursday followed by a consignment auction at Iowa Livestock Exchange in Cedar Rapids on Friday. Saturday features a 160 acre Williams farm near Cedar Rapids, and Monday plans include the Challis estate farm of 9204 acres south of Stanwood plus a 100 acre farm by Ed Smahel located southeast of Cedar Rapids.
Ames entomology department announces Hessian fly free dates in eastern Iowa. September 18 covers Allamakee Winnebago, Clayton Fayette Black Hawk Buchanan Delaware Dubuque. September 20 includes Jackson Clinton Jones Linn Tama Benton. September 22 lists Poweshiek Iowa Johnson Cedar Scott. September 24 covers Muscatine Louisa Washington Keokuk. Early drilling of one or two fields may seed future infestations. complete control requires destroying volunteer wheat promptly.
WAUKON district soils agent Mr Parks urges against fall plowing of rolling stubble land to protect soil from erosion. He endorses discing stubble on the contour and using a spring tooth harrow in spring, noting yields matched those of deeply plowed beds and topsoil was preserved.
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