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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1938
Page
6
The Department report shows butter in cold storage at 158.872 million pounds on Dec 1, a record for the date, with government and relief transfers totaling 16.082 million pounds. Pork in storage at 296.6 million pounds marks a fresh all time low. beef and other meats also show historically light holdings but slight November increases.
A Cedar Rapids card from H L Haase reports farmers dispute yields of 100 bushels or more per acre with 3,330 hills per acre and 3 ears per hill. Near Keota Charley Kirkpatrick used 30 inch rows with six inch spacing and averaged about 160 bushels per acre, noting higher yields require closer rows or more than three stalks per hill.
Floyd Arnold of Ames extension dairy men advised replacing cob meal with light oats in dairy rations at a Clayton county meeting. He presented a table comparing ordinary oats to light oats, noting higher protein and fat in ordinary oats and lower carbohydrates.
A dairy meeting analyzed feeding values of grass, sorghum, and corn ensilage with figures showing percentage feed values. Arnold suggested silaging stemmy first cutting alfalfa when haymaking is hindered by weather, offering data to guide farmer choices. The session also covered proposed legislation to fund dairy product advertising.
Adolph Horstman was elected president of the Lost Nation Local Farmers Union at the December meeting held at the Arnold Wulf home. Edward Eden named vice president. Elmer Wulf secretary and treasurer. Gus Behrens Howard Eden as county directors for one year. James Clapp and John Scott named local directors for two years. Mrs Ella Wulf heads the women's auxiliary with Mona Kiel as vice president and Sophia Mohr secretary treasurer. Flowers committee includes La Vande Wulf and Edith Bergert. Cora Horstman and Mona Kiel named as ways and means. January meeting set for Jan 13 at the Bismarck Horstman home.
Amber creamery paid patrons 31 cents per pound for butterfat delivered in the last half of November, up from 29 cents since July 1.
Special to The Gazette announces the formal opening set for Saturday of the Warello Farmers Elevator cold storage locker plant which began operation last week and will be celebrated with a formal event.
In Iowa hundreds of groups meet in late fall and winter to review past farming seasons and plan the next. At Waukon high school Milo Pitcher leads farm mechanics night schools with Harry Linn, Des Moines horse and mule expert, discussing horse management and big team hitches.
DES MOINES UP Plymouth county mortgage case ends in reversal. Charles Closner Susie Closner and Lizzie Stockner faced foreclosure after a 1925 loan to First Trust Joint Stock Land Bank of Chicago. Judge Rodiman had extended to March 1 1939 but the Iowa Supreme Court ruled the extension hopeless given the debtors' inability to liquidate. Two constitutional challenges remain undecided.
In Linn County January Term 1939 Ideal Food Products Company sues numerous defendants including Letehterberger Sanford and Wilsons alleging ownership of all Lot Three in Auditor's Plat Twelve Cedar Rapids with exception. The petition seeks quitclaim of title and barring of any claim with costs, default potential January 3 1939. John M Redmond attorney for plaintiff.
B H Hibbard of the University of Wisconsin will speak December 19 at the Linn County Farm Bureau annual meeting. The session moves to Memorial hall Marion at 1 p.m. Rex Conn notes no forenoon program or noon lunch. Tipton hosts Cedar County Farm Bureau December 22 with W B Hamilton of Des Moines as principal speaker and a noon pot luck dinner.
Alan Kline vice president of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation will speak at the Benton county Farm Bureau annual meeting on January 9. County Agent James Green said the meeting place is yet to be determined. Kline attended Fortune magazine round table discussions in New York on Monday and Tuesday focusing on government spending versus private enterprise.
Ten nationally prominent economists educators and business tycoons comprised the other panelists. The group joins an earlier set of advisers to discuss policy trends and economic outlooks for the coming year.
Ed ward A. O'Neal president of the American Farm Bureau Federation spoke at the New Orleans meeting praising the 1938 farm program alongside soil conservation and marketing acts. He argued criticism over cotton and wheat prices is unfair noting the 1938 crop was not under control and urged evaluation against 1932 figures. He defended acreage cuts while warning against plans for unlimited production and called for currency measures to support trade.
Olin night school attendees heard L. T. Lorenzen of Wyoming, chair of Jones county AAA, speak on 1939 oil conservation. The women’s section heard Esther Kidder discuss home making under the heading Your Face at its Best.
At the international conference on Western farm products a proposal to reopen trade with Nazi Germany was framed as a likely solution to Canada’s wheat glut. H L Griffin of United Grain Growers urged accepting German marked goods to boost Dominion wheat trade while Sayre signaled low hopes for U S Germany talks.
Multiple farm auctions planned across Iowa from December 14 to 20 feature closing outs by Fred Kloubek Walter Ellison A F Jensen Yar brough Mekota Smith Crowley Beverly Livestock Addison Felix W O Norton and Iowa Livestock Exchange Cedar Rapids plus S T L A Freeman consignments. Italian wheat lead in 1926 36 crop cycle cited as key context and outlook.
Auctioneer Charles Reinheimer Jr. sells the Reinheimer homestead interests 1 mile west of Marion on Saturday December 17 starting at 1 PM. Livestock include two year old Shorthorn cows a yearling Shorthorn bull purebred Jersey calf and other stock. Machinery listed covers multiple plows planters harrows and belts plus tanks heaters and farm tools. Owner Charles Reinheimer Jr and Pr. C. Lassen are handling the sale.
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