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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1949
Page
6
The agriculture department announced no production or marketing controls on the 1949 corn crop, citing a policy of sustained abundance and the risk of large reductions. It forecast a 1949 market year supply of 3.7 billion bushels and noted potential controls may be planned for the 1950 crop, with other major crops under current programs.
Closing out sale of farming equipment tools and household furnishings at the residence two miles south of Marion and east of Cedar Rapids off No 30 on 40th street SE with items from an acreage sale.
Auction by Frank Vavricek owner with FP C Lassen as auctioneer lists John Deere hay loader two WerORR stock items a 1982 Ford pickup with rack and tires power tools and machinery plus hay oats radios and household goods including an antique extension table oil range washing machine sewing machine and miscellaneous articles. First Trust & 8ags Bank Clerk.
North English writer K B O Vernon Faas reports a lighter fox population this winter. He lists 64 foxes taken with counts including Ross Warner 27 before Christmas and Bill Wilkerson 15 plus Floyd Ballard 18 among others by Jan 26. A $2 bounty per fox and pelts worth about a dollar accompany the season’s harvest.
The department expects this year's corn plantings to match the prior two harvests at about 86 million acres with no controls. A 1949 wheat cotton and rice surplus bill seeks to remove incentives to over planting by disregarding 1949 records for allotments. Senators Lucas Anderson and Aiken push measures to speed quotas and curb surpluses.
CARE offers vegetable and field corn seed packets for 11 European regions to aid spring gardens and livestock feeding. Ordered through CARE Des Moines or CARE offices, cost around 4 dollars per package, with delivery to Austria Belgium Czechoslovakia Finland Hungary Italy France Greece Netherlands Poland and divided zones of Germany and Berlin. Seeds not shipping to Great Britain due to adequate supply.
ER All officers of the Trier Cooperative Creamery were reselected at the annual meets. R C W remains president, W D Mitchell vice president, J J Caslavka secretary, R P Young director. Wendell Crawford stays as manager. The creamery posted a new record for patron payments in 1948 totaling 766 643 to 500 farmers. Butter sold averaged 91.3 cents per pound with total butter sales at 791 906. Butter sold to Tama county stores fell sharply in two years from 148 155 pounds to 7 300 pounds.
Montana Livestock growers in Billings and nearby Red Lodge Gallatin area report ample hay and feed supplies. Officials note the state faces a mild winter with sufficient forage, easing concerns over shortages for ranchers and livestock operations.
A Gazette advertisement fragment lists multiple public auctions across Iowa sites including Maxton Dyeraville Linn county Marion Parnell and Independence. Items include livestock hay grain machinery purebred cattle and land parcels with varied dates and times in February and March.
Des Moines AP Hazen Iowa PMA director just back from Washington predicts Congress will pass a high support price program for basic crops near 90 percent of parity. PMA endorsed 90 percent. Farm Bureau favors 60 to 90 percent flexibility. Livestock may see high support based on grain feeding ratios. dairy butterfat price proposed at about 58 1/2 cents per pound.
F. A. Krause named new instructor in the DeWitt G I farm institutional training program. Former Jackson County extension director and farm editor for the Davenport Times in recent years.
Des Moines Iowa State Employment Service announces the first Farm Labor Clinics to aid farmers in finding help for spring work. Clinics will bring together farmers and potential workers, with more sessions planned in various locations. Officials urge farmers to assess hiring needs now and refer workers early for upcoming planting season.
Six Wilton high school students joined the FFA as green hands at a ceremony hosted by West Liberty FFA members. A Wilton Future Farmer chapter is being formed. Initiates were Fred Brammeler Keith Dice Robert Kinfeldt Kenneth Harfst Ray Matierer and Rolland Moeller. Sgt. Leonard Simms of the highway patrol spoke on traffic safety.
Tipton County Extension Director Howard Hamilton announced Hawkeye soybeans are available for seed by Cedar county farmers. A growers list is in the Farm Bureau office, with Iowa grown beans fetching $4.22 per bushel in Ames.
Lensch Holsteins Linn No 2 leads January DHIA with 25 cows averaging 1076 pounds and 41.8 pounds fat. Cows produced 96 and 86.7 pounds of fat, while the association average was 246 pounds of milk from 554 pounds of fat per cow. Knapp mentions 605 and 836 fat figures with A F W Stewart Paulin third high at 466 pounds of fat.
Amana DHIA notes cows in the Amana herds averaged 33.1 pounds of butterfat and 885 pounds of milk during January. Supervisor Jones records 386 cows in milk across Amana herds, with 10 pounds of butterfat completed that month. A Westana completed 305 days with 554 pounds of butterfat.
Agriculture Secretary Brannan urges consumer food programs while discussing floor standards for farm storage. He supports larger grain reserves to back meat milk and eggs and warns against forcing surplus accumulation. He notes the need to revise storage plans to prevent food shortages.
The Postville Commercial Club sponsors a farmers banquet on February 10. D. D. Office Ginn County Extension Director will be the guest speaker.
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