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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1935
Page
4
Iowa State College economist Dr W G Murray urged a five point lending policy during Farm and Home week to help farmers buy land in low price years. He called for larger loans in downturns and smaller loans in prosperous times to curb tenancy and enable ownership.
Bill Murray of Ames argues for variable principal payments tied to farm income, higher safe loan percentages, and liberal terms to enable farmer ownership. He backs appraisals based on actual producing power and ends percentage commissions on loans, while urging legislative support for these reforms.
Approximately 200 former patrons of the Buckhorn creamery signed a pledge at a Tuesday meeting to trade only with merchants who do not handle oleomargarine or butter substitutes. Officers elected for 1935 include Hans Skott Jr as president and C J Knorr as a director.
The Gazette reports Lowden Livestock Co-Op's 1934 gains with seventy four loads and eighty eight decks shipped to Chicago during the year. It notes expenses and personnel, including manager names, while detailing a sale of cattle that topped the market at Shoua Jund with a 284 pound weight.
Special to The Gazette. Ames sweepstakes in corn and small grain show during Farm and Home week awarded to Carl Holden of Williamsburg. First place white and yellow commercial corn and multiple per-peck and per-sample prizes across oats wheat barley soybeans flax and other grain categories were announced by Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers association secretary Joe L. Robinson.
Iowa City officials report distribution of $22 000 to 228 contract signers as second installment payments for 1934 in Johnson County. The total of these second payments reaches $85 314, about half of the amount due. Township meetings on the 1935 contract begin Saturday and continue next week.
Special to The Cnazette reports Poweshiek county shows full early participation in the 1935 corn-hog program. The first signup day in Lincoln township drew both old signers and five former non-signers pledging cooperation.
An 85 percent sign up is expected in Cedar county as six corn hog educational meetings run this week in preparation for next week sign up. Meetings were held at Mechanicsville and Clarence with further sessions at the courthouse Bennett Durant and Springdale consolidated school. Washington county reports delayed second payments and early pay contracts with 1934 contracts finalized and refunds of 1200 dollars. Sign up for 1935 contracts has begun with expectations to match last year.
Tipton Cedar County drama contest scheduled for March 29 and 30 per county Farm Bureau board of directors announcement on Tuesday.
An advertisement offers a free booklet presenting opinions of famous doctors on whether epilepsy is inherited and if it can be cured. Request by mail to the Educational Division Dept F-402 545 Fifth Ave New York NY.
Public and closing out sales scheduled across Iowa conclude in February. Listings include A J Fuhrmeister near Ely Orlin Ichl near Alburnett A C Schoenfelder near Norway Henry D Hanson estate near Williamsburg Ed Skalsky near Ely George Rudish near Kenwood Penns dairy cattle sale Mount Vernon public sale by Albert Wenger Coggan near Coggan and Henry Zimmermann near Marion with dates Feb 9 to Feb 13.
One hundred Standard bred Buff Orpington pullets sold for $1 each at the Conesville closing out sale of Mrs. Ernest Wagner. Other items included cows, calves, hay, corn, a mare, foals, and farming machinery totaling $2,100 to $3,100 across Monticello sales. Paul Klotz acted as auctioneer for Conesville and Monticello events.
About 1,000 head were sold Tuesday including 460 cattle 390 hogs 120 sheep and a horse. Manager Bert Whitaker cites farmer liquidation amid dwindling feed supplies as the reason for the sizable sale.
Farley farmers from the Farmers Creamery company averaged 28.2 cents per pound for 1934 butterfat. At the annual Farley meeting J. L. Mahoney reported the figure. Officers re-elected for 1935 included C. J. Hoefer as president J. J. White as vice president J. L. Mahoney as secretary and treasurer and W. F. Kluesner Frank Klostermann and Frank Zalanznik as directors. T. E. Landis remains buttermaker after thirty-five years.
Calmar creamery patrons receive thirty eight cents a pound for butterfat. Butter is selling for forty cents a pound this year, up from eighteen cents in 1933 and twenty cents last year.
Henry Kruse sold a load of cattle on the Chicago market last week for 11 dollars and 75 cents per hundredweight. The lot weighed 1 100 pounds.
Advertisement notes daily drawings for free theater tickets. Readers are urged to watch the Want Ads for their name and potential prize. The item implies ongoing promotions and reader participation opportunities.
Clinton county farmer William Matthiesen credited his 22 year old son Emil for feeding a load of 21 prime steers averaging 1332 pounds that sold for 13.85 per hundredweight at Chicago Tuesday. The sale brought in 3800 for the Matthiesen family, the top price since 1930. Emil, crippled father and son plan to reinvest in more Kansas range cattle next spring.
Tom Baker live stock dealer of Oelwein shipped thirty one horses to Montgomery New York this week. The stock averaged 150 dollars each with four matched pairs and one odd horse listed at 190 dollars.
Miss Martha Ann Isaacs 21 of near Iowa City was elected vice president of Young Farmers clubs in Iowa by Farm and Home week delegates from 27 counties at Ames. George Strayer of Hudson was named president and Howard McCracken of Gowrie became secretary with Herbert Larson of Iowa Falls as treasurer.
Clyde Bechtelheimer, a longtime Iowa dairy official, paid 16000 dollars for the 160 acre J. R. Kline farm in Orange township near Waterloo. The sale, handled by the Federal Land Bank of Omaha, notes a well improved, productive property. Riverside area notes: Cloyd Cress sells 260 acre farm north east of Riverside to Charles B. Rice for 13000 with possession March 1, Cress to remain as tenant this year. Cress also bought 120 acres north of Riverside, the Lucien Mougin farm.
Following the death of Louis Dubisher near Fairfax nineteen neighbors gathered for a neighborhood bee to husk and crib his corn crop. Women prepared dinner at noon. Helpers included Wesley Chechura Frank Hosek Jr Emil Cech Edward Chechurt Harry Schlueter Charles Votrobek Will Kulhany Otto Melsha Milo Hala John Moucha Frank Cerveny John Tomash Ben Dubisher John Knopp Henry Votrobek Milner Dubisher Ben Votrobek Frank Dubisher and Joe Pospichil. Mrs Anna Dubisher Mrs Frank Votrobek Mrs Henry Votrobek and Mrs Joe Votrobek assisted with the meal.
In Fayette County Cow Test association No 1 January results list 326 cows with 44 dry. average 779 pounds milk and 28.3 pounds butterfat. John Downer’s herd led with 16 grade and purebred Holsteins at 1,108 pounds milk and 39.9 pounds butterfat. A J H Bassett and Son grade Guernsey mare produced 85.6 pounds butterfat.
Ninety five farmers near Toledo signed for 653 acres of sweet corn for the 1935 pack at a meeting held Tuesday. They discussed reopening the canning plant under a cooperative financing plan to secure a federal loan from Omaha for purchase and working capital. Speakers included Dr. Knight E. Fee president William Kaliban George Kelly Jr and Burns Byram county agent.
An old advertisement touts D. D. D. for eczema and skin irritations. It claims thirty years of success, soothing oils, greaseless dryness, and immediate itch relief, with a 35e trial bottle and money back guarantee from Italian Balm owners.
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