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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1934
Page
6
AAA plan would limit production to the amount consumed domestically plus what can be sold abroad, replacing the current base-output percentage system. The livestock plan would be tied to feed grain contracts covering wheat corn and other basics, aiming to align output with feeding needs amid drought and emergency purchases.
Wilson and Company's Cedar Rapids plant paid Lyle V Sutton of Delaware County 5 285 per hundredweight for 305 head of porkers averaging 253 pounds. About 1100 hogs will be handled this year with 60 sold in June at 479 per hundredweight. Sutton, aided by Carl Worlschow, shifts to 400 head after this year.
Farmers in Clarence Township and nearby areas report delayed harvests as heavy rains hinder crop maturity. Widespread picking continues this week with concerns over quality and expected yields of tomatoes and other produce, while some fields show signs of vine stress and potential shortages.
The Farm Bureau editor features H A Happy Stead a cash renter of 200 acres west of Hopkinton Iowa born 1888 in Waseca Minnesota. He compares farming to salesmanship calling farming harder but more enduring and discusses AAA program delays delays in payments and local farm organization strength and opinions on politics and speculation. He notes New Deal impact, futures, and his views on governors and the pennant race.
Reports from Wilton Junction say a influx of wild birds from drought stricken regions is arriving. Farmers note flocks of blackbirds feasting on bollworms, potentially aiding crop pest control.
Arlington Creamery reports July butterfat at 28 cents per pound. The item notes production and pricing details with references to related canning and packing activities amid irregular yields.
MAQUOKETA Seven carloads of Iowa drought cattle were scheduled to reach Jackson county Tuesday with three loads to Maquoketa three to Spragueville and one to Elwood This is the first shipment of Iowa drought cattle to Jackson county Farmers seek pigs and cattle from the south by purchase or trade to be shipped here for winter and returned south in spring WILTON JUNCTION Plans to pasture drought cattle on extra Muscatine county lands watered by streams with state administration funding and a sixty day period County Agent Carl E Rlander and the corn-hog association cooperate in locating grazing land
Gail Mc Clean of Wilton Junction signs a truck shipment contract for 600 bushels of ground corn to Ottumwa dealers. The agreement covers delivery to local buyers in Ottumwa under stated terms.
Fayette county officials, led by County Agent B. W. Lodwick, meet with John Wilson Jr of the A A A to discuss a proposed one and a half percent reduction in corn hog contract payments. Wilson seeks Washington guidance on how to apply the cut, while local checkers are ready to begin once cleared, with all corn land measured and hog counts taken.
Rain totals for August and year to date show a deficit versus normal. For August to date 2.03 inches versus 2.28 normal, and since Jan 1 rainfall stands at 113.86 inches compared with 122.53 inches normal, a shortfall of 8.67 inches. A 24 hour period ending Tuesday at 7 am recorded no precipitation.
The 80 acre improved farm of Mrs. Ervin Krebs one mile east of Dysart was sold to James Skiles for ninety dollars per acre. The property was formerly owned by C. F. Zobel.
Linn county 4-H girls clubs exhibits at the Des Moines state fair earned top placings in the 1933 home furnishing project. First for interesting center with enameled pieces and chair recaned. second for interesting center with makeshift furniture, hooked rug, and hooked chair mat. second for portfolio foot stool reclaimed picture frame. third for crocheted rug.
Albert Nelson a Delaware county farmer sold a carload of 1225 pound steers at Chicago for 38.50 per hundred weight in a shipment reported by The Gazette from Manchester.
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