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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1933
Page
4
Iowa official explains that 45 cent corn plus production adjustment payments can balance a unfavorable corn hog ratio. He cites a grower with 100 head to 75 under contract and a $375 bonus, showing how hog value and corn price align. Evans urges 1934 acreage cuts up to 30 percent to restore soil fertility.
The state committee chairman said the 38 campaign will start after January 1 with Administrative rulings to be air mailed from Washington by Wednesday. District cadets and extension teams meet at 1 PM Thursday to review rulings. Most Iowa corn and hog growers will be unaffected, but about 30 percent may need special interpretations to fit cases. The plan aims to align production with consumptive demand and allow farmers to cooperate with neighbors. Iowa leads the Midwest in organizing for the project as Illinois and others ramp up. Some readjustments may be needed as the plan rolls out.
Johnson County corn loans totaled 85 352 with 3 27735 approved since Christmas day. Six farmers had loans approved Tuesday on 7283 bushels of corn. Warehouse receipts for 7283 bushels filed at the county courthouse. Since Monday a total of 143 farmers have applied for loans to date.
Towns State college leaders report a survey of farm women in ten counties showing belief in several benefits from the agricultural adjustment program. Increased income, cooperative work, soil conservation, and better town country understanding ranked highly, with parity price and land use policy receiving notable support.
Dysart The Clark township Farmers Union held a meeting to choose officers. Officers elected: President Henry Shreck, Vice-president Theo Gore Kroop, Secretary-Treasurer Clarence Hupfeld, Director Henry Dengier, Chaplain John Hatt, Doorkeeper Frank Harran, and Corresponding Secretary Mrs Heresy Deneler.
Ray F. Anderson, farm editor of The Gazette, monitors legislative moves in Des Moines affecting Iowa farmers.
Farmers eligible for the corn hog plan may secure early payments by signing a rider to their contract. The rider enables adjustments by county committees to corn and hog production figures, with signers agreeing to accept changes. Initial payments depend on preliminary acceptances and final county checks, Washington approval follows.
Hale township community notes new Blue Bells 4 H club with about twenty members. Officers elected include Marie Phillips president Leola Dean vice president Ada Jones secretary treasurer Lois Levien reporter and Elsie Levien named leader of the club.
Eight Johnson county 4 H club members left Iowa City to attend the annual convention and short course at Iowa Strate college. All trips were won by the boys on prize livestock exhibitions. Attendees include Maynard Pechman Lone Tree Alvin Meyer Lone Tree Robert Jones Mount Burge Robert Mathes Hills George Miller Iowa City Paul Fuhrmeister North Liberty Edwin Siders Iowa City and Victor Mueller Iowa City.
About 300 refund checks were received at Hale Post Office from the Chicago Live stock Exchange. The checks range from twenty five cents up and cover every car of livestock shipped from Hale station between 1917 and 1920.
Iowa's new corn sealing job under the AAA loan program will yield about 500 000 dollars in fees to 700 sealers across the state. Each sealer earns roughly 0.5 cents per bushel for about 100 million bushels, with typical job caps of 25 dollars and some counties setting minimums of 1 dollar.
SIOUX CITY INS reports that the public’s refusal to pay more for pork led Swift Packing to push the processing tax back to farmers. Stanley Weir, Swift Packing provision manager, noted that after the Nov 5 tax, packers failed to raise prices due to reduced sales, so the tax is passed along to producers.
W B Robinson of Robinson, Jr wins first prize ten dollars for best bushel of corn at Earlville show on Saturday. Roy Koeneke and Ray Maters take second and third with five and two fifty dollars. Fred Sherman completes second week sealing 20 cribs for 17 farmers totaling eleven thousand forty five bushels worth five thousand one hundred eighty five dollars and twenty five cents.
The Cedar county corn-hog program would pay farmers about 962 500 in benefits if all local growers sign the contract. Hog production would drop 25 percent, corn acreage 20 percent, with 80 000 acres left under state rental at 30 cents a bushel. Total Iowa benefit estimated near 75 million dollars.
Iowa moves to begin a 75 million dollar corn hog reduction program with Thursday arrivals of official rulings. State Chairman R M Evans outlined district meetings and 15 000 preliminary signers to contract county and township leaders before field signups begin. Evans noted farmers will run county crop control after signups as Iowa prepares ahead of other corn belt states.
Consignment sale at DeClow yards on Marion boulevard and the Iowa Livestock Exchange auction at C R I C stockyards in Cedar Rapids. Local farmers and bidders gather for mixed consignments and livestock offerings.
Fayette county three corn sealers reported 123 cribs sealed holding 58 400 bushels for 91 farmers. Sealer totals show Wilkinson 55 cribs 29 000 bushels, Chamberlain 40 cribs 18 000 bushels, Hitch 28 cribs 11 400 bushels.
DES MOINES AP Emmet county has been recommended for accrediting Jan 1 as free of bovine tuberculosis. State Veterinarian H A Seidell announced the county's TB rate at .25 percent after tests conducted under Dr A J Matter of Estherville.
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