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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1932
Page
4
Iowa officials report 1932 production of seventeen major crops up about 35 percent from 1931 and over 17 percent above the five year average. Corn leads with about 40 percent more than 1931. harvest totals reach a record 539,672,000 bushels from 11,732,000 acres.
Maquoketa The Jackson County board of supervisors completed an inventory showing a $12 000 drop in values from last year on the 400 acre county farm The county home is well stocked with field and garden stores and canned fruit for the approximately sixty inmates and inmates.
County pair of grain judging and weed identification contests to be held in Olin January 3 and 4. Adults judge at 2 PM on Jan 3 with junior and vocational contests, premiums for 4 H members, soy bean and clover seed classes, township corn samples, and county championship after township results. Mr Hauser presides with County Agent Carl Smith and Paul Smith overseeing events.
In Olin area Will Hudachek and his 15-year-old son Martin farm 423 acres with no outside help. They own 223 acres and rent 200 more, with 180 in corn and 150 in pasture. A tractor and one-row picker handle husking from dawn to dusk, while Martin assists after school.
Corn sold at 150 cents per bushel at the Henry Reisner farm sale near West Union. Hay brought $3 a ton while cows averaged $25 and calves sold for $10. Pigs weighing 150 to 200 pounds sold for $5 each.
Fourteen Sunny Sparklers 4-H girls led by Mrs. Fuhrmeister organized a Christmas care drive in Ely. They canned seventeen quarts of food and made warm mittens and toy cats from inner tubes for needy Cedar Rapids families, delivering the gifts to the Sunshine Mission.
Ames prepares for the annual boys short course with livestock and grain judging contests. John Quist of the boys' club department notes ten livestock classes and five grain classes. Medals ribbons and trophies await top teams and individuals as about 400 boys expect to register from Scott Black Hawk Winnebago and other counties.
Election of the state 4-H boys organization will be held Tuesday afternoon. Burlin Hamer of Waterloo, state president, will preside.
The 120 acre William Schrader estate farm two miles north of Maynard sold to Sam Holmes of Randalia for 5000 dollars. Formerly known as the Ad Dewey farm it carries good improvements.
A consignment auction is set for Friday December 23 at the De Clow barn. Items from area farmers will be offered in a community sale with bidding details to be announced.
Experiments in four Illinois counties from Sept 1931 to Dec 1932 show most hog tuberculosis cases were avian rather than bovine. Of 4204 hogs injected, 359 reacted to avian tuberculin and 13 to bovine. Poultry testing across 2302 flocks found 57 percent showed reacting tuberculous birds. old birds were more affected than pullets, with many lesions found in liver, spleen, or intestines.
Fourteen farm girls led by Mrs. F L Fuhrmeister organize sharing near Ely. The piece emphasizes rural sharing as a core 4-H value and contrasts farm family togetherness with a distant urban lifestyle.
Twenty five head of hogs were butchered here Tuesday for home use and sale outside the colonies. August Lippman, manager, oversaw the slaughtering.
West Union Fayette County officials say the county farm hogs and beef system cut the needy meat bill in half. Seven shoats were butchered at the county home with heads and hocks used by the institution and the lard rendered later. A total of 1032 pounds of fresh pork was packaged for distribution to families served by the county on a regular schedule. Superintendent D. C. Garvey reports 100 hogs on the feeding floor weighing 180 to 250 pounds each and 2000 bushels of corn available if needed.
Patrons of the Monticello Farmers' Mutual creamery have received payments for the last half of November butterfat at 26 cents per pound.
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