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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1932
Page
2
Prices show a steady decline this season since September with Chicago averages around 449 dollars, shipments to corn belt states down 23 percent from last year, and expectations of plentiful fat cattle but fewer spring stock. Finishing cattle moved to feedlots, late-week gains the result of improved demand.
A fragmented 1930s crop report shows Carl Crebets presenting yield figures and production data for crops including corn, potatoes, and hay. The text lists quantities in bushels and tons, comparing 1931 and 1932 outputs with various percentages and totals.
About 1 200 people hear Francis J Clair outline a plan to raise farm product values through domestic proration and minimum stabilization, backed by the National League for Economic Stabilization. The plan aims to tie home consumption to production with market center reforms and potential price supports.
The article surveys several postwar farm relief ideas including output quotas, bounty payments funded by millers, and tax‑driven subsidies to reduce crops. It weighs allotment schemes, price supports, and past proposals like the McNair Haugen plan and export debentures, noting mortgage burdens and the need for coordinated government action.
Fairfield Township players won a county drama contest presented in Cedar with the play A Balanced Diet. The event drew about 750 spectators over two evenings and featured eight plays from nine communities, with Dayton Township taking second and Red Oak Township third.
Iowa State College professor H D Hughes says Korean lespedeza may be seeded in southern Iowa to mature seed before frost, aiming for reliable reseeding in most seasons. Earlier tests doubted northern viability and cost effectiveness for annual reseeding.
DES MOINES UP reports Federal Agricultural Statistician Leslie M. Carl says a severe hay shortage last year caused cattle starvation in parts of Iowa will not recur. Iowa hay production in 1932 rose by 2,472,000 tons over 1931 with gains across wild hay tame hay alfalfa clover timothy soybeans cut for hay and other miscellaneous hay.
Clayton county live stock producers were represented on the Chicago market Friday with consignments through the St Olaf and Luana shipping associations. The St Olaf marketed hogs for Herman Glawe and Albert Glawe and Elmer Kurth at prices ranging from 3 to 3.30 per hundredweight, with weights from 171 to 221 pounds. Luana consignments included hogs owned by Wiliam I Moeller W Schultz Vic Meyer Ed Bugenhagen and others at 3.10 to 3.30 per hundredweight for various weights from 171 to 248 pounds.
Forty five persons attended the Grundy county Farmers Union annual meeting. Ira Storey of Reinbeck was chosen president Otto Knaack of Reinbeck vice president J B Meester of Grundy Center secretary and treasurer Charles Shearn of Reinbeck councilor Robert Moore secretary of the state organization and Everett Miller district manager were principal speakers.
New York traders report cautious turkey buying with both independents and chains delaying purchases and competing on price. First class birds move at 23 to 25 cents delivered to New York with retail 28 to 32 cents. Government stocks show 11.925 million pounds in storage, sparking concern that total holdings exceed 15 million pounds. Texas Oklahoma shipments to New York territory reach 10 million pounds on the way to market.
Coming farm auctions Tuesday December 20 near Central City by Anton Tefer. December 21 features a consignment sale at Iowa City. December 22 presents a dissolution sale two miles west Waubeek by A F Schley and Jarvis Crew.
Prof M Mortensen of Iowa State College dairy department argues repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment would cut milk and ice cream consumption as beer drinkers switch back. He notes restaurant milk use rose 25 to 50 percent since 1919 while ice cream rose as a beer substitute. Buttermilk and sour milk grew in popularity more than sweet milk.
Fred Reichart was elected president. Selmar Groth became vice president. Melchor Luchsinger was chosen secretary and treasurer. Directors named include Henry Frieden Charles Rothlisberger John Frederick Martin Hanson Sven Blockhus and Robert Wilson.
The Chicago Producers Commission association halves minimum charges, cutting cattle carload minimums from 17 to 10 dollars and setting new per hundredweight and per head rates for calves hogs and mixed and unmixed carloads. The changes align with railroads weight reductions of 10 000 pounds for loads to Chicago.
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