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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1934
Page
6
Iowa corn acreage shows sixty percent worth husking with an average yield of about 20 bushels per acre. Reed notes drought persists in south and west counties while northeastern areas harvest best crops. He predicts above normal rainfall for September and October with unusual cool spell last week ending May 29.
Des Moines reports a 1934 forecast from Charles D. Reed director of the federal weather and crop bureau. He says only about 60 percent of Iowa's corn acreage will produce crops, averaging twenty bushels per acre. If correct, statewide output would be around 115 million bushels, near surplus levels of prior years.
Temperatures in the 30s bring light frost to northern Iowa and nearby areas while a rare August frost appears in the south west, threatening tender vegetation. Reed notes hog cholera rising in many counties. In Tipton, farmers harvest cinver and timothy hay with soy bean hay, chinch burs damage millet, and chinch bugs appear in alfalfa. Mark Baty farms seven acres of soybeans near Troy Mills.
Farmers in central and northern Iowa express frustration over harsh conditions with grain binders cutting tom thumb corn and milkweed stubs. The piece notes weather as the main obstacle and shows farmers asking for a break rather than sympathy.
The beans measure fifty five inches in height and are of the Illinois Mammoth variety. They are noted for quantity and quality. Mr Baty plans to cut them with a binder when ripe and thresh them for seed.
Webster community reports ongoing Slip Tilings project aided by new silos dug and erected. Fall plowing continues as farmers store alfalfa. Recent rains boost soybeans and a fair crop is expected.
In Muscatine Island and Conesville districts the melon crop is about 40 percent of normal due to heat drought and plant lice. Watermelons and cantaloupes stay on market three weeks longer with good quality and prices above average. Sweet potatoes available in small quantities. harvest starts around Sept 15 and stored for winter sale.
Paul Shaff a 14 year old Clinton county youth from Camanche won the Iowa health champion title at the state fair with Doyle Jarrard of Washington taking second. The top ten included Robert McMullen Craig Fitzgerald Daniel Dorham Marlon Jeffers Leland Eggert Willis Burke Gene Hastie Edgar Smith. Shaff is a Clinton High School freshman and the son of Mr and Mrs Herman Shaff.
Precipitation data shows the 24 hour period ending Wednesday at 7 am and August to date totals. The area reports 2.03 inches of rain for August to date with a normal of 3.38 inches, a deficiency of 1.35 inches. Year to date precipitation is 13.86 inches, compared with a normal 22.63 inches, a shortfall of 8.77 inches.
Interview with Ralph Landers of Delta details selling two cows to the government for 38 dollars amid a severe drought. He describes scarce feed, poor corn and soy yields, and plans to winter five cows on brush and slough grass while urging continued relief and a break on the weather.
Alex Inglis whose Angus calf placed first and was grand champion at the Jones county fair in Monticello sold his 1 060 pound calf for 95 to a Cedar Rapids buyer. Inglis earned a cash prize a cup and a trip to the Ames 4 H club short course as county fair winnings.
Five hundred head of cattle were sold at the weekly consignment sale in Iowa City Tuesday. One load of 1 200-pound cattle brought $8 per hundredweight and other cattle sold from $5 to $7.35 per hundredweight. Cows topped at $5.65 per hundredweight. About 200 fleshy cattle were shipped by buyers directly to Chicago.
The Eastern Iowa Veterinary association reports a rising hog cholera outbreak with northern Buchanan and southern Fayette counties hardest hit. Oelwein and Independence report large numbers of new cases while several towns including Lamont Aurora Winthrop Hazleton and Quasqueton show double-digit outbreaks. The bulletin blames tight funds for lax safeguards aiding spread.
Chicago reports a dramatic hog market surge with prices up sharply over the past month. Best hogs now at 8.05 cents per pound, the sector aided by drought and government liquidation.
Keokuk county farmers delivered about 500 cattle to government representatives at the Sigourney stock yards. Spectators watched as the animals were unloaded and sorted into two classes for shipment to kill or to northern counties with leased pasture. Thirty head were condemned for destruction due to emaciation.
Livestock opening in Chicago shows hogs at about 15 cents higher on 10 000 head with 3 000 direct and 1 000 holdovers. early top around 8. Cattle turnout includes 12 000 commercial and 3 000 government with calves 2 000 commercial and 1 500 government, steady. Sheep at 12 000 head steady.
Edward S. Collins of Brentice Illinois general manager of the Illinois State fair collapsed and died Tuesday night during the Morgan County fair grandstand dedication. Collins formerly served as president of the Morgan county fair.
Jones and Floyd counties were released from suspension of AAA corn and hog adjustment benefit payments. Nearly three-quarters of a million dollars had been forwarded to contract signers. Linn County paid 297043, Union 138904, Monona 296844. Thirteen counties remain suspended with surveys nearly complete. Eastern Iowa counties yet to be released include Mahaska Johnson Iowa Tama Benton Dubuque and Fayette.
Tipton Cedar county fair underway with judging starting at 9 am across departments. Midway and industrial exhibits compare with prior years. kittenball games added. Farmers Union Boosters and Goodyear team from Tipton to play. Stanwood band concert at 1 pm. afternoon events include trotting and pacing races and a Bennett vs Solon baseball game. Society horse show features three gaited saddle horses and pairs with riders. Marcan's Musical Revue plans "The Surprise Party" for the evening program.
Farmers Mutual Creamery in Sand Springs paid twenty eight cents a pound for July butter fat. Ed Cox reports, noting a second year of rising production over a three month span. Batchelder notes August output rose similarly, continuing the pattern.
Wulf Brothers Cedar county feeders sold thirty three Hereford steers averaging 1,157 pounds at 9.50 per hundredweight and thirty more at 1,054 pounds for 9.25 per hundredweight in Chicago Tuesday.
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