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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1943
Page
5
Concentration of out of state packers at Chicago Madison Omaha and other terminals reduced the interior hog run by six percent in the first half of December. Through December 15 interior receipts totaled 2 711 100 head up 10 percent from 2 448 700 a year earlier and mark the highest December total on record.
For over ten years farmers have operated on a domestic basis for most livestock products, reflecting a long standing arrangement in agricultural production and supply.
Ames extension service has conducted twelve 10 hour farm labor training schools in county seats this winter. About 60 more schools are booked to prepare school leaders local extension staffs farm leaders and farm agency reps to train inexperienced farm help for the 1944 food drive.
Friends of Mrs. James H. Schlichting gathered at her farm east of Columbus Junction to husk and crib her entire corn crop. Attendees included L. K. Maxson Raymond Roland Pvt Harvey Maxon Manford Gentzler Lou Bonnichsen Virgil Bonnichsen Raymond Bonnichsen Burl Johnson Gerd Bromley Emer Smoke Ralph Lieberknecht Burl Reed Ernest Kemp Rudolph Schlichting Walter Westerbeck Jonas Westerbeck A L Coon and Junior Coon.
Grade Jersey cows sold at $90 and yearling heifers at $50 in the Will G. Erbe sale three and one half miles southwest of McGregor Tuesday. A team of horses was bid in at $150. Pullets sold at 90 cents, oats 77 cents, corn 90 cents, and mixed hay $14 a ton. A hay loader sold for $115 and a milking machine for $216.
A 7 year old mare weighing 1700 pounds sold for 127.50, a 6 year old mare at 1350 pounds sold for 122.50, and a 2 year old colt sold for 102. Guernsey cows brought 100 to 145, corn and oats sold at ceiling and 78 to 85 cents respectively, 12 tons of mixed hay at 7 to 8 a ton, tractor sold for 518.85, tractor plow 165, and tractor gang plow 85.
A moving sale announces a public auction of described property to be held at the farm six miles west of Solom or eight miles southeast of Shueyville. The notice emphasizes the sale as a closing out event due to relocation.
Friday sale lists 153 head livestock including mares cattle hogs and pigs along with hay grain and machinery. Items include 6 mares age 6 to 9 2800 lb, 130 hogs with sows bred to a Duroc boar 20 tons hay 10 tons straw and farm equipment such as a John Deere engine mower a wagon and more. Sale starts at noon cash terms. Frank Louvar owner auctioneers Gee Parizek. Oxford Iowa. Swisher Trust & Savings Bank clerk.
U S government cold storage reports show butter at 176,045,000 pounds on December 1, with 211,229,000 in the previous month and 103,286,000 on the five year average. Cheese stocks run 177,110,000 pounds, eggs 6,376,000 cases, and beef pork lamb totals reach 703,775,000 pounds with government shares included.
Mrs George Strayer of Hudson is elected secretary of the American Soybean Association to succeed her husband who has joined the military forces. Des Moines Associated Press reports the appointment on Friday.
Ben Kilgore assistant to the president of the American Farm Bureau in Washington will speak at a Benton county Farm Bureau victory party in Vinton Saturday evening. The event honors Allan Kline and closes the annual membership drive. Kline was elected president of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation and W B Hamilton Iowa federation secretary will also speak.
A Des Moines survey of Iowa farmers by Wallaces' Farmer and Iowa Homestead shows 60 percent foresee 40 cent corn and 7.50 hogs in the third or fourth year after the war. Ten percent expect prices to stay, 14 percent see hogs at 3 dollars and corn at 23 cents. 16 percent undecided. Younger farmers slightly more hopeful.
Iowa State College will offer a new farm operation curriculum for general farmers. Dean H H Kildee announced programs lasting two and four years beginning January 4. The coursework covers livestock, crops, farm management, soil fertility, machinery, dairying and poultry husbandry.
The Gazette reports Otto Rohwedder near Wyoming sold 20 head of 1285 pound Hereford steers at Chicago for 16.65 a hundredweight, topping the market that day.
The December livestock report notes higher feeder lamb shipments into the corn belt and western states, with total feeding likely above last year outside Kansas. While Kansas will cut lambs finished on wheat pastures, the overall corn belt total will stay below last year’s record.
Rowley cooperative creamery patrons receive pay for butterfat delivered in late November. Prices are 55 cents for grade one, 54 cents for grade two, and 53 cents for grade three per pound, unchanged from the first half of November.
A series of livestock and equipment sales scheduled across Iowa towns from Cedar Rapids to Stanwood. Auctions include J C Neckville Mike Miller Frank Novak Ralph Streets H G Donnan Jos W Holets Ralph Schuldt William Yeries Edward Sullivan E W Fuhrmeister Frank Havlik Robison Freeman Est Frank Louvar and Jerome Mulherin on December 18 to 31 with multiple locations and distances. Units include dairy and closing out items.
The Gazette farm page reports Maurice O'Reilly of the state Triple-A office addressing corn sales by landlords to tenants and sales by farmers. Warnings outline weight measurement methods, moisture considerations, price ceilings, deductions for moisture above 15 percent, and formula pricing from rail or barge points.
Chicago reports suggest the meat packing industry will absorb record hog marketings despite wartime manpower shortages. John Holmes of Swift and Company notes processing capacity has held up and expects the bulk of winter supply to be processed within six weeks, with possible delays at some facilities.
Ames economists say despite a bumper corn crop the 1943-44 feeding year will see about 8 percent less feed grains nationally and Iowa faces tighter protein feeds. They warn uneven distributions hurt the north Atlantic and south central states, with hog and poultry margins squeezed and government actions to support hog prices.
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