This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 29 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1935
Page
8
Yearling brood sows of Duroc strain sold for 33 to 35.50 a head at the Fred Huey closing out sale south of Lisbon. Spring gifts brought 29.50 and 80 to 90 pound shoats 6 a head. Straw and hay brought varied prices, with corn and oats also selling. Auctions featured bidders from several towns and totaled over 4700.
Hay from Mount Vernon Clover brought 15 dollars a ton at Mrs Irene Johnson s farm sale south of Mount Vernon Broad sows sold for 18 to 18 50 per head Cows topped at 42 dollars A side delivery rake brought 50 dollars and a hay loader 40 dollars Seed oats 1933 crop brought 66 42 cents per bushel Auctioneer W E Challis of Lisbon and W M Bennett served as clerk
Special to The Gazette from Dixon reports a range of livestock sales at William Hansen’s Dixon stock sale. Prices reached 345 for two 4 year roans, 370 for two 6 year mares, 192 for a 5 year grayeld ing, 190 for a 3 year bay welding, 152 for a 4 year mare, 162 for a 2 year bay gelding, 330 for 8 year old mules, 290 for another mule pair, and horses overall selling from 80 to 135 per head. Additionally, stock hogs at 130 pounds sold at 8 per hundredweight, yearling heifers 3175, summer steer calves 2850, summer heifer calves 2450, stock cows 28 to 36, Angus bull ten months old 97. Auctioneers Bong and Colby of Stan and were Sprits! to The Gazette South English. Old corn brought 1041 cents a casket and new corn 76 cents a bushel at Haviman and Nee Wander unit sale near South English. Seed oats sold 76 cents a bushel, baled straw 63 cents a bale, and hay 2175 a ton. stock fodder 90 cents a shock. Cows topped at 59.
A large farm sale listing cattle horses hogs sheep machinery and grain with many lots including 12 head of cattle various cows heifers and calves, a Shorthorn bull, 12 hogs, 1 Hampshire sheep flock, 1 DeLaval cream separator, seed corn equipment, and household goods. Ed Skalsky and wife own, sale Saturday February 9.
A brief quotation from L C Adams of Whittier on making use of things as they are while pursuing improvement. The piece frames practical progress over passive waiting and challenges readers to act.
Horses brought 76 to 125 dollars each and costs 50 to 67. Cows sold 30 to 40 each. The sale totaled 1700 dollars. One hundred bushels of corn sold for 70 cents a bushel and 200 bushels of oats at 50 cents. Six tons of hay sold for 13.50 dollars a ton.
Scranton resident Henry H. Stevens tops the State Corn and Small Grain show during Farm and Home week at Ames with grand champion bushel and multiple sweepstakes wins. Otto Schneider and Walter Rupp led amateur and open classes, while Louis Albert Reinbeck and A B Schenck claim sectional sweepstakes in 10 and 80 car divisions. Other winners include Eugene Dugan, Virgil Beck, and F W Smpenn in various 80 car and 30 ear classes. Best ten ears of sweet corn go to Hans Frebner. popcorn honors to Louis Albert.
An irregular Crockett Gazette note describes spring pigs arriving at Springville farms. The list mentions White Bits and several cresta partners, with a count of thirty seven pigs. The text is fragmented but records farm stock movement and local livestock activity.
Fragmented OCR notes describe a public horse sale listing eight horses with colors and descriptors, including sorrel and bay animals. Several names and details are illegible, but the event notes an auction with multiple bidders and horses described as sharp, costly, and marketplace in tone.
AP reports that Iowa Farm Bureau asked that corn-hog contract signers elect two of three Iowa committee members. Dr. A G Black said Iowa’s corn-hog setup will proceed with last year’s personnel and no changes to the Iowa committee or board of review. He noted midstream changes are not advisable.
Raymond Sayre of Ackworth says Secretary Wallace sent a three page letter clarifying the administration’s stance on Iowa corn and hog arrangements. Sayre, who helped draft a resolution for two thirds of the state committee to be chosen by ballot, notes Wallace justified the current method and indicated no public report yet to county directors. He plans to consult Farm Bureau state officers and may release a public summary later.
Greeley patrons received an average of 28.73 cents per pound for butterfat in 1934 with total butter income of 143,522.23 dollars. Officers elected were Ben Funke president Robert McDowell vice president and Charles Luense and Herbert Stone as new directors. About 150 farmers attended the annual meeting. In Central City B H Johnson reported a 89,000 pound rise in butter manufactured in 1934 over 1933. Make was 404,720 pounds from 327,286 pounds butterfat, an overrun of 2393 percent. Average price paid patrons for butterfat was 28.64 cents per pound. Three hundred attended. Directors elected were Herschel Stickney Minor Estell and Earl Henderson.
Edgewood patrons received an average butterfat price of 28.33 cents per pound for 1934, up from 22.66 cents in 1933, per Ralph Rizer secretary and manager at the annual meeting. The cooperative produced 319,917 pounds of butter, 32,664 more than 1933, with a 24.3 percent average overrun. Receipts totaled 104,350.05 for butter and buttermilk sales to patrons, stores, and other outlets. feed sales reached 29,219.99.
A Cedar Rapids listing notes a Friday sale at Town Livestock Exchange featuring farm auctions. The event is scheduled for February 8 with items expected to include livestock and related farm goods. Buyers and sellers are advised to attend for bidding opportunities.
Closing out sale on the George Rudish farm near Kenwood a public sale by Tyrell and Hoffman one mile north Lisbon Penns dairy cattle sale at Mount Vernon Albert Wenger conducts a sale 414 miles southeast of Coggon Bert Dean runs a sale 4 miles southeast of Marion on February 13 Henry Zimmermann holds a sale 512 miles northwest of Marion February 14 Martin Krug stages sale two miles south of Atkins
The document notes an increase of about $10,000 over the prior year and lists meeting officers including C. E. Ryan as president Everett E. Smith as vice president Ralph Rizer as secretary and manager M J Gaughen as treasurer and directors Charles Wiley and Emmet Weyant.
Patrons of the Farmers Mutual Co operative Creamery in Lowden received 49504.77 dollars for 1934 butterfat at 27.5 cents per pound. Production totaled 224614 pounds with 20496 bought by patrons, 20820 sold to London stores, and 183232 consigned to New York markets. Officers elected: Henry Mente sr president Hugo Meyer vice president Matthew Pauls secretary treasurer Leroy Hansen butter maker Henry Mente jr Hugo Meyer George Strackbein Emil Stolte W H Kahl Paul Wenndt directors.
At the annual meeting 144 farmers attended as the West Liberty Co operative Creamery reincorporated. Fr Lawton reelected president with A N Rabe as vice president Emmett Buckman secretary and W C Anderson treasurer. Directors F T Lawton A N Rabe Buckman and W C Anderson chosen for varied terms.
The Linn Cow Test association No 1 reports January results for 262 cows, 35 dry, averaging 635 pounds of milk and 28.9 pounds of butterfat. Forty six cows produced 40 to 50 pounds, eleven cows 50 to 60, six cows 60 to 70, one cow 70 to 80, and one cow 80 to 90 pounds. L F Bedell’s herd of 14 Guernseys averaged 820 pounds milk and 43.1 pounds butterfat. Schoon over and McCleland ranked second with 41.1 pounds butterfat.
An old advertisement promotes McKesson's Vita MIN Concentrate Tablets for winter vitality. It describes chocolate coated tablets packed with vitamins A and D plus minerals calcium and phosphorus. The copy urges six tablets daily and notes a $1 bottle contains 100 tablets sold at drug stores.
Ralph W. Smith of Des Moines, secretary of the Iowa Corn and Hog committee, explains in a letter to The Gazette that administrative ruling No. 128 and office form No. 18 are unrelated. He states ruling 128 allows increased production under certain conditions without taking from others, while form 18 shows a method for county allotment committees to adjust bases.
A note states chinch bugs in all stages can endure twelve hours submerged. This fact highlights their hardiness in flooded conditions and may influence pest management timing and methods.
Washington AP government economists forecast 1935 AAA payments to farmers totaling about 422.23 million with a possible rise toward half a billion. Breakdown lists Wheat 102 million, Corn hog 165 million, Cotton 94.23 million, Sugar 47 million, Peanuts 4 million. Tobacco payments uncertain, estimated around 10 million.
Wayne Dinsmore of the Horse and Mule Association of America announces a stallion pulling contest to be staged in August or September at a mid western state fair or exposition. Prizes total 1500 dollars with 400 at first. Two divisions include a one ton mile walk and a dynamometer test with a mate. Open to stallions foaled in 1932, sound and registered.
DES MOINES Iowa state lawmakers aired debate on farm bureau funding as Sen E I Mason Democrat Brooklyn introduced a bill to repeal the existing law. The issue centers on whether state aid to Farm Bureaus should continue.
Wapello Louisa county 4-H club members plan an annual 4-H event for the evening of February 19 with the venue to be announced later.
The farm administration scrapped a plan to import 50 million gallons of molasses for livestock feed after private financing fell through. It will pursue an emergency feed program with meetings in Kansas City and Minneapolis to discuss using molasses in rations for work horses, cattle and other livestock amid drought.
Scotch Grove Jones county 4-H girls will continue Clothing Selection as their major project for 1935 and add the study of an opera arrangement The Bohemian Girl by Balfe as a minor project The 1935 program was approved at a Feb 5 Anamosa meeting Leaders training rally achievement days social contact health grooming contests music appreciation and demonstrations plus exhibits a style show and club standardization Mrs Ray Embree of Morley was elected chairman of the county 4-H Girls club committee for 1935.
An advertisement touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a diuretic and stimulant to cure kidney and bladder troubles. It promises safe, harmless relief from symptoms like backache moist palms puffy eyes and scanty urination, urging purchase of the original Holland product.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.