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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1935
Page
2
The New York wholesale top for henneries stands just two cents above dirties, signaling a tight market with Iowa dealers noting no eggs available. Eastern retail prices run 45 to 50 cents a dozen as imports from China threaten storage operators and the domestic dried egg trade.
W J Kemp, north of Marion, argues for purebred sires to boost profit. He sold a 23 month steer at Cedar Rapids for 124 25, weighing 1183.4 pounds after 3 per cent shrink, fetching 1042 cents per pound. The steer came from a cow Kemp says would not fetch more than 30 dollars, contrasting with a purebred Angus bull sale at 90 dollars to a Holstein cow farmer.
The report lists eggs at 50 percent to 27 cents per pound. Domestic dried egg yolk is 52 cents, Chinese product duty paid at 46 to 47 cents. Domestic and Chinese dried egg whites are 78 to 80 cents per pound, duty paid on the Chinese product.
Spreta reports Corn-hog election meetings in Jones county with township gatherings listed by name and location spanning Scotch Grove Jackson Castle Grove Hale Wyoming Washington Fairview Cass Center Wayne Monticello Rushland Madison Greenfield Oxford and others. The county organization and allotment committeemen will be chosen at the meetings and county officers elected at a later date.
Tipton Creamery announces butterfat prices at 38 cents per pound, a rate described as the highest offered in recent years. Local dairy suppliers report steady demand and notes of price stability amid market fluctuations.
Cows in fifty-two Iowa Cow Testing associations produced 7 percent less butterfat in January with 26 pounds per cow, though culling rose, mainly to remove diseased cattle. Legume hay and silage use remained high while balanced rations lagged, signaling feeding gaps despite higher culling. Seven top associations and owners posted strong butterfat figures.
Special to The Gazette Anamosa reports January averages of 696 pounds milk and 25.3 pounds butterfat per cow with 57 cows producing over 40 pounds of butterfat. John H. Smith herd leads with 1055 pounds milk and 374 pounds butterfat. two top cows come from the men's reformatory herd. Fourteen cows culled in January to secure feed, all but four members still feed balanced rations.
The WooJ Peet farm of 135 acres near Martelle was bought by C K Gordon for 60 dollars an acre and resold at the same price to Clarence Peet. Possession will pass March 1.
Illinois produced 9,500,000 bushels of soybeans from 801,000 acres in 1934, a 73 percent rise from 1933, per the University of Illinois College of Agriculture outlook. Nationally 17,700,000 bushels were harvested, with Illinois contributing 45.3 percent of the crop.
MAYNARD The 1935 butter Molt output of the Maynard Co operative creamery was sold at 22 to 24 cents a hundredweight as compared with 5 to 6 cents for 1933 buttermilk and 14 cents for 1934 buttermilk. Buyers were August Bachle, John Rueckert, Totin Meyers, Lester Schmitt and George Meyers.
The Delta pickle plant will again contract for cucumber traps this year after a shutdown last season. Watson Witterback will oversee the project. Many plants failed to secure returns to cover seed costs due to the drought and complete cucumber crop failures.
A new 48 by 48 foot barn was completed on the CCC Mullins farm located five miles southeast of Troy Mills. The structure was built by the Cedar Rapids Life Insurance Company, owner.
Public cattle and equipment auctions listed by multiple sellers across Iowa towns. Events include Penns dairy cattle sale Mount Vernon and sales by Albert Wenger Coggon Bert Dean Marion, Zimmmerman Marion and North Liberty Chehak, Anamosa D E Brickley, Krug Atkins Driscoll Lynch Mechanicville Hanson Swisher Reed Katz Morley and Slaymaker Western with dates February 12 through 20.
Foreign butter imports into New York rose for the week ended February 9 totaling 1,011,808 pounds. The week saw 15,532 boxes from New Zealand and 1,400 boxes from Argentina plus 568 casks from Denmark and Baltic regions. Domestic butter receipts fell about 10 percent in January to 20,544,000 pounds. Dressed poultry receipts were unusually light at 12,279,000 pounds.
Tipton high school vocational agriculture classes offer soil maps for a limited number of Cedar county farms showing field acidity and phosphate needs. They also test samples of timothy clover soybeans and small grains and seed corn. tests are free except corn at 40 cents per 100 cars. Proceeds fund Future Farmers conference expenses in May.
Hal Trosky of Norway former Cleveland Indians first baseman will address the East Central Iowa Veterinary Association in Iowa City on Thursday evening ahead of the February session. The program includes a film by Dr H W Strader and talks by Dr J A Barger on Bangs disease and other veterinary topics.
A 9 percent dividend was declared Saturday at the Iowa County Farm Bureau Co operative Service Company annual meeting. John Uban of Members Mutual Oil Waterloo spoke as the afternoon session featured Joe Feller and John Wallace re-elected as directors.
Leaders of Jones county 4 H clubs will hold a daylong training school here Feb 19 to study the first lesson of making and selection of clothing by 4 H club girls in the second seat clothing project. The lesson will be presented by Miss Anita McIlrath of Ames state 4 H club clothing specialist.
The grain market review shows Canadian feed wheat offered at 84.4 cents a bushel delivered in Minneapolis. Argentine corn shipments to the United States totaled over 4.5 million bushels since January, with new crop prices in Buenos Aires and Pacific coast markets. The report notes a record Argentine corn acreage and potential exports, plus mixed oat and barley imports and price quotes across Texas and New Orleans ports.
E J Weigel 29 of Riceville was chosen as agricultural agent to begin March 1 in Winneeshick County succeeding C W Dack who served fourteen years. Dack led the county from seven alfalfa acres in 1921 to about 7000 now and championed alfalfa for Canada thistle control while improving poultry dairy and swine programs and soil fertility before retiring to farm near Spencer.
Clarence patrons received 264 cents per pound for butterfat in 1934 as total butterfat reached 172 210 pounds generating 45 410 87 dollars. Buttermaker Albert Gintert produced 214 316 pounds of butter up 7 000 from 1933. butter sold at 24 47 cents per pound, up 4 41 cents. Overrun stood at 24 45 percent. Output of buttermilk about 40 000 gallons sold to Frank Miller for 140 dollars per hundred gallons.
Miss Margaret Kampmeier of Cleary College argues that youth question old traditions yet seek firm ideals. She says changes in standards across religion patriotism ethics and education reflect sincere efforts to find meaningful beliefs while urging elder understanding.
Soup Tuesday noon at Peoples church. Herbert H. Pearson travels to San Marcos Texas for Cafeteria supper First Lutheran Tuesday. Y M C A Boys band meets Tuesday 7 30 at the Y building. Negro boys and girls chorus meet Tuesday at 8 pm at the Y M C A. Free theater tickets awarded daily this month to readers listed in Want Ads. Emanuel Musel, 10, injured on railroad tracks near his home on Fifteenth Street SE. treated at Mercy hospital and released.
Mrs Ellen Curran of 326 Seventh Street NE was treated at Mercy hospital for a fractured wrist after a fall on an icy sidewalk while going to her mailbox Saturday night.
Sealed bids will be received by the Linn County Auditor in Cedar Rapids Iowa until 10 oclock AM February 21 1935 for 150000 gallons of gasoline 26000 gallons of lubricating oil. Bids opened promptly after closing. Include 5 percent certified or cashier s check. If awarded and fail to execute contract and file bond within ten days bid bond is retained as liquidated damages. Specifications available at the County Auditor Engineer offices Cedar Rapids. County Board may waive technicalities and reject bids. contracts subject to State Highway Commission approval. Published February 11 1935 The Cedar Rapids Gazette.
The article notes that copper and nickel coins have no legal value beyond metal content while gold and silver coins and United States notes are legal tender. It mentions that thousands of dollars change hands daily in coin form despite the legal status. Submitted by T. R. S. New London, Canada.
Local banks and financial institutions Cedar Rapids area including Morris Plan Cedar Rapids Building and Loan Perpetual Savings and Loan and Bohemian Savings and Loan will close Tuesday for Abraham Lincoln's birthday. City hall Linn County courthouse and city work crews will also close. Emergency crews stay on standby.
Grandpa Jitters the comedy dancer and star of the WHO Barn Dance Frolic appears with the Frolic gang at Memorial Coliseum Cedar Rapids on Wednesday and Thursday February 13 and 14. The cast includes Lem and Martha and 15 artists plus Louisiana Lou Perkie's Huskers Windy Brown Joe and Jean and Elm City quartet. Hanford post American Legion brings the show with a 2:30 matinee and 8 pm evening performances.
Property owners and tenants on Third Avenue SE between Fourth and Fifth streets appeared before the city council to protest a recent ordinance requiring parallel parking instead of angle parking. They cited loss of business and inconvenience for women parkers, noting prior street widening to obtain angle parking. They were urged to take the complaint to the traffic safety commission which had recommended the change.
The knitting frame used to manufacture silk stockings in England remains essentially unchanged from its invention in Queen Elizabeth I's reign.
Jan Kubelik returns for a performance with Rafael Kubelik assisting, delivering Paganini and Dvorak works, two original pieces, and several encores. The program opened with Dvorak in A minor then Paganini in D major, with Kubelik's speed and accuracy noted and a strong finish from Tchaikovsky and Saint-Saens selections.
An advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a safe kidney stimulant and diuretic. It claims cleansing kidneys prevents waste buildup and describes symptoms like backache moist palms leg cramps and puffy eyes. It urges readers to buy the product from druggists and emphasizes authenticity.
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