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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1939
Page
4
Sharp drop in interior market receipts shows a turning point in hog supply. Friday’s receipts were 18 100 head, well below last week and year ago, with total interior receipts 136 700 through Friday, the lightest since mid November.
A columnist notes rising hog prices and uncertain market actions. The piece questions what farmers can do, suggests packers face consumer pressure, and forecasts potential government involvement in the pork business within a year.
A Linn county dairyman was elected president of the Jones county Holstein Breeders association at the annual meeting in Anamosa attended by 28 breeders. W L Smith of Central City was named president, Lee Finn vice president, and William McGovern director. George Slater of Olin and William Vincent were named directors and secretary treasurer respectively. The group adopted three resolutions urging a summer picnic at Wapsipinicon state park, a 1 cent per pound putterfat levy in May 1939 and May 1940 to fund dairy advertising, and state funds to match a federal Bangs disease indemnity to preserve testing programs. Vet M D Snell spoke on Bangs disease control.
Special to The Gazette WAPELLO Feb 4 to Feb 8 seven meetings will be staged in Louisa county to explain TVA phosphate demonstrations in each township. County Agent Jack Cowen announced today. Meetings set for Morning Sun Columbus Junction Oakville Amity Grandview Toolesboro and Wapello will choose one cooperator from each township. The county soil conservation committee leads the TVA project with D H Christianson chairing F B Scales secretary treasurer James Humphrey E M Strawhacker and C E Pierce as members. Warren Wieder recht serves as ex officio member.
Tait and Wagner of Cedar Rapids reported two farm sales for Peoples Savings Bank. The 90 acre Gensicke farm southwest of Cedar Rapids sold to Frank Bellow of Fairfax for 10500 cash about 118 per acre. Unimproved Lefebvre farm southeast of Fairfax sold to Charles Lefebure of Chicago for 2610 about 90 per acre.
Waterlooo E M Wright secretary of the Iowa Dairy association reports widespread approval for a proposed levy to fund dairy product advertising. Creameries in Sioux City Randalia Hudson Traer Emmetsburg Marshalltown Nora Springs Manning North English West Union Burt Akron Clarksville Humboldt Benson Corning Bloomfield Saratoga Lytton Postville Newell Maynard New Hartford Center Junction Oelwein Dolliver Greene St Olaf Langworthy Gowrie Church Janesville Roland Swaledale Edgewood Denver Stuart Dedham Nashua Des Moines Charles City Elgin Spencer Sioux City Albia join in backing. Other endorsing groups include the Iowa State Dairy association Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers of Iowa Iowa Association of Local Creameries Iowa Creamery Butter Manufacturers Iowa Creamery Operators Iowa Milk Dealers Iowa Farm Bureau federation and breed groups.
Des Moines AP reports a soil conservation districts bill sponsored by Rep David A. Dancer and others would require farmers to follow practices if 90 percent of neighbors deem land use injurious. Districts form with 65 percent voter approval, with an arbitration board to resolve disputes. Senate sponsors include Sen Carl O. Stalin and others from Hamburg Emerson Fostoria and Bedford.
Washington AP reports a 1 900 acre pasture improvement project in southern Iowa is transferred from the Agriculture Department to the Iowa State Board of Education and the State College at Ames. The land spans Appanoose Davis Decatur Monroe and Van Buren counties and will host ten years of land use demonstrations on degraded pastures.
Ivan Salmons of Emerson wins the 1939 agronomy department trophy for the largest and finest exhibit and the best oats sample. Maurice McNeilly takes the Plambeck trophy for second largest group. Haver Dougherty earns the Pierre award for legume seed. Veryl Walstrom wins the Eldredge trophy for the best 10 ears of popcorn.
Linn Oil Cooperative Oil company reports a 10 percent dividend totaling 11292.09 on 129693.66 in sales for 1938. Manager Harry Dunn announced at the annual Marion meeting attended by about 250 farmers. Membership is 1100 with five directors reelected. Directors include Hoppe Meeks Neal Vondracek Batchelder Quaas Lehr. Hoppe serves as VP and Michel of Marion is president. Blinks of Marion is secretary and treasurer.
Cascade Coop creamery patrons were paid an average of 30.38 cents per pound for butterfat in 1938. The plant produced 716,369 pounds of butter, with 577,945 pounds of butterfat and 2,023,683 pounds of cream received. Average test 28.5 percent, over run 23.9 percent. New officers elected include George Dolphin as president and Louis Dolphin as secretary.
Independence businessman INDEPENDENCE B O Gates was elected secretary of the Buchanan county fair in a directors meeting Tuesday. He succeeds W J Campbell of Jesup who resigned. The board accepted the resignation of Dallas Western Buchanan county agent as director but his successor was not named.
The listing details cattle, horses, hogs, and high grade cows. Barn stock includes red and white heifers calved 1937-1938, a white mare age 8, and two matched mares. Hogs include Hampshire and Duroc Jersey breeds. Farm machinery covers binders plows discs and conveyances with hay, grain, and water equipment. Also notes cattle tested for tuberculosis and Bang’s. Sale around early March in Walker Iowa with multiple consignors.
Charles Karsch of a Cedar Rapids area farm bought the grand champion carload of Hereford feeders at the National Western Livestock show in Denver. He paid $17 per hundredweight for 20 head from Andrew Anderson, plus $15 cwt for another 20 from the same consignor. Cattle are due in Marion Saturday.
Waterloo reports the Holstein Friesian Association of America registered its two-millionth Holstein cow, 40 years after the herd book began. The cow, owned by Harold Shaw of Maine, produced 674.2 pounds of butterfat as a three-year-old.
Karl Kaus of Hampton is named manager of the Traer Farmers Lumber company succeeding R B Leachman who resigns. Leachman has bought a lumber business at Strawberry Point.
Hameister Brothers near Blairstown led the Chicago cattle market with a Thursday sale of 1,036 pound steers and heifers at 13.15 per cwt. This highest price of the year to date reflects strong demand for feeders in the region.
A sequence of farm auctions is listed for February with multiple sellers and locations. Events include L. M. Phelps livestock near Tipton, Anamosa Livestock auction, H. E. Whitford Holsteins in Elkader, and estate closings or breeding sales in Marion Lost Nation Mechanicsville Urbana Frontier Park Cedar Rapids Aledo and surrounding areas.
Des Moines AP reports O D Klein state AAA committee chairman says by Saturday night farmers in 30 Iowa counties will be advised of their corn and soil-depleting acre age allotments under the 1939 farm program. He noted rapid progress and outlined the process from state approval to farm plan participation. County workers will educate township leaders and farmers as meetings occur. Many counties have been or will be holding meetings as signups begin. The state has approved allotments for Dickinson Emmet Howard Sioux O Brien Clay Cherokee Cerro Gordo Floyd Clayton Plymouth Buena Vista Pocahontas Humboldt Franklin Butler Bremer Woodbury Ida Sac Calhoun Hamilton Hardin Grundy Buchanan Crawford Carroll Greene Boone Shelby Audubon Dallas Polk Jasper Iowa Cedar Clinton West Pottawattamie Cass Adair Madison Warren Marion Mahaska Louisa Adams Union Clarke Lucas Monroe Jefferson Henry Des Moines Fremont Taylor Ringgold Decatur Wayne Van Buren Lee.
The Grove hatchery in South English reported its first hatch of 1,500 baby chicks this week marking a growth milestone. Local officials noted strong demand and expansion plans for the facility.
Robert D. Palmer of Linn County Rural Electric Cooperative announced federal REA approval for a 188 mile line to begin after frost. Sandberg and Johnston Construction bid 137 999 for materials and labor. total cost 155 620 including meters and overhead. The line serves 441 farms across multiple townships in Linn and Johnson counties.
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