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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1934
Page
2
Cedar Rapids Co operative Dairy reports 1933 totals with butterfat over 1.8 million pounds. Patron receipts for milk and cream reach 471,722.36 dollars, 419 milk patrons and 651 cream patrons averaged butterfat prices around 21 to 28 cents per pound.
A farmer north of Marion observed raking corn stalks for burning Tuesday morning with similar activity noted Monday in several counties including Washington and Johnson. The piece notes spring’s pull on farmers and remarks that farmers are born, not made.
Special to The Gazette compiled results from multiple counties showing January butterfat averages. Fayette No 4 led with 29 pounds per cow, while Anamosa and Wapsie Valley reported among high milk yields and notable butterfat totals. Other associations noted high cows, herd averages, and dry cows across Johnson, Linn, Washington, Maynard, Hopkinton, and area towns.
TDF Greh manager of the J Le- Rey Farmer Canning company reports 1933 total payments to Cedar Rapids area vegetable growers around 14000 with season payroll near 13000. The company aims to contract 75 nests of green beans and 279 acres of tomatoes with Mat price or sliding state payment plans for growers.
Miss Knowles of the Ames extension service met with Fayette county Farm Bureau women to review 1933 work and outline improvements for this year. Data show gains in township organization, publicity, follow-up meetings, and homes adopting suggestions, with seven aims for home project work adopted.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference buttermilk bringing 12 to 14 cents per hundredweight. Several unreadable lines follow with scattered letters and stray phrases, lacking clear names, dates, places, or organizations.
Ames Prof Paul Miller of the Ames department argues for organized marketing of livestock as the New Deal advances. He says co operatives remain essential, not obsolete, and that farmers should use group selling to improve merchandising, lower handling costs, and target markets. Direct buying benefits from better market news and interior packers.
An 8 year old bay mare weighing 1920 pounds topped the Anamosa consignment sale selling for 192.50. A 7 year old bay gelding sold for 126 and a black team brought 110 each. Cows topped at 36.50, calves at 1450, winter calves 5.50, other livestock and farm gear also sold. Auctioneers were Lee Be Bee and Paul Klotz with Chester Gregg.
Farmers across seven southeastern Iowa counties prepared to finance spring planting through the Mount Pleasant Production Credit Association which has applied for a charter of 75000 dollars under the farm credit act. Walter L Beck of Danville was elected president with I O Bell Mount Hamill as secretary and a slate of directors including Carl Bentzinger Donnellson Ralph Hunt Oakville Adam Forge New London Walter Modin Danville John Wilson Mount Zion Theodore Oriez Washington and A L Coop Fairfield.
The Washington county 4-H event allocates about 400 dollars in prize money to winners. A list of participants and award amounts appears, though the OCR text is fragmented and some names are unclear.
Ben Funke was elected president of the Greeley Farmers Cooperative at the annual meeting on Tuesday. William Hennessey became vice president, John Teeeler secretary, William P. Warriss treasurer, and Rube Carpenter along with John Fischer and others named as directors. C N Buachler chosen as buttermaker with Howard Holthaus as assistant buttermaker.
Prof. A B Caine of the Ames animal husbandry department says buyers statewide seek horses for shipment to eastern farms. Sioux City and Des Moines are major markets, with 15 000 and 8 858 horses received in 1933 respectively, while 241 437 horses were traded in 1932 and 403 644 in 1933.
Charles R. Forest from Mount Vernon and operator at the Dr Robert Cook farm near Winthrop has accepted a superintendent post at Emerald Glen Guernsey farm near Augusta. He was chosen from 165 applicants and will begin duties immediately. Paul Schweitzer succeeds him at the Cook farm.
Fragmented public sale text shows items like land and livestock offered west of Cedar Magids with unclear bidders and dates. The notice mentions bidders, prices, and conditions but key details are unreadable. No clear names, places, or deadlines are discernible beyond scattered references.
Farm auctions set for February 14 to 19 across multiple farms. Falcon and Travis run an auction four miles east of Alburnett. consignments by John A Schlotterbeck and Joe Alberts near Van Horne. Cari lla farm near Lison. D A Cruikshank near Toddville. Petersen and Barnes near Onslow. George Slater near Alburnett. West Branch commission sale. Edward Buresh closing out near Cedar Rapids. George Smith near Cedar Rapids.
IOWA CITY More than 1,300 farmers in Johnson county signed corn hog production curtailment contracts by Tuesday. Township committees expect to finish sign up this week. Ralph Wharton and Glenn Marner were appointed tabulators after a competitive exam. SIGOURNEY More than 1 750 corn hog contracts in Keokuk county signed by Monday per Maurice Soults.
More than 1,500 farmers in Washington county who signed corn hog contracts are eligible to vote at meetings to elect permanent township officers Thursday. The event targets county residents and positions decided at the gatherings.
Jefferson City reports disclose that 70000 dollars of CWA money funds Missouri cattle TB testing. Forty vets test 400 to 550 head weekly in three counties with helpers, aiming to clear a county in five to six weeks. Six counties may join by February 17 as the project ends. Dr H B Curry leads state testing efforts.
Recorded corn loans in Linn county amount to 312278 05 on 695829 bushels of cribbed corn. Twelve loans were recorded since Saturday noon totaling 5502 60 on 12228 bushels.
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