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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1945
Page
26
The Agriculture Department reports a 7 percent drop in farm livestock value for 1944, totaling $668.65 million, with hogs down 28 percent by Jan 1 1945. Declines followed tight feed early in 1944, though a bumper harvest improved 1945 feed outlook.
Jay Partridge and Clayton Welch detail Iowa State College tests to inspect corn planters before spring work. Advice covers valve timing, linkage wear, and correct fork action, with guidance on adjustments, parts wear, and ensuring proper heel wear, alignment, and timing for two row planters.
Iowa livestock numbers declined on farms in 1944 led by hogs and chickens. Hog population dropped 26 percent from a year earlier to 10,990,000 with 3,480,000 pigs under six months. Cattle fell about 1 percent though beef cattle rose. Sheep and lambs totaled 1,723,000 with stock sheep at 1,097,000. Horses 581,000 and mules 101,000. Farm chickens reached 38,598,000 with 95 percent hens and pullets. Egg production hit a record 4,333,000,000.
Wheat held by mills at year end 1944 reached 164,782,235 bushels, down from 196,973,008 three months earlier and below the 173,787,598 bushels at end of 1943. Wheat flour stocks stood at 6,997,654 sacks, higher than the prior two quarters but under 7,891,625 sacks at year end 1943.
The larger the coulter diameter the better the cutting action. Within a certain limit the shallower a coulter is set the better the cutting action.
Iowa State College braces for a postwar enrollment surge as returning G I s seek education under the G I Bill. Dean Kil dee says space and hours must expand, with federal staff boosting operations while labs stretch to night shifts. Cattle policies, wool markets, dairy subsidies, and beef ceilings are debated as war ends.
Clermont A combine sold for 389 dollars at the Arthur Solson farm sale east of here this week. Sows sold for 58 dollars cows over 100 dollars calves 30 dollars steers 56 dollars. A team of horses sold for 252 dollars at the Lauer and Lohr farm sale, top cow 151 dollars, oats 72 cents, corn 85 cents and chicks 1.34 dollars.
Des Moines AP reports Iowa plans a spring wheat and flax insurance program to cover up to 75 percent of a farmer’s five year average yield. Meetings set in flax heavy counties with a March 31 signing deadline. Premiums are county based, one year policies, aimed to prevent losses while allowing reseeding.
Chicago report notes pigs under 30 to 40 days old suffer dyspepsia from sudden temperature changes. Dr H C H Kernkamp of the University of Minnesota urges warm dry quarters and a strong antiseptic to treat affected piglets.
The Western Iowa Experiment Association organized by farm leaders in Woodbury Monona Harrison and Crawford counties plans to purchase a 400 acre farm four miles east of Castana and a second Missouri river bottom tract to be leased to Iowa State College for experimental work. The project aims to extend soil fertility and crop studies beyond Ames with field sites in major soil areas.
Farmers in those sections volunteered financial support indicating strong grass roots demand for soils information. The commitment shows the belief that practical, condition suited data is essential for growers and will drive better farming decisions at the local level.
John F. Wager Linn AAA chairman announced quarterly dairy production payments for 1945 instead of bi monthly. Dairymen should file January to March sales slips after April 1 at the county AAA office. Payments range by quarter with rates on whole milk and butterfat. About 137000 Iowa producers receive these feed payments. Farmers urged to file slips accurately to secure full amounts. deadline for November December production filings is February 28.
At the annual meeting of Buchanan County Rural Electric Cooperative INDEPENDENCE officers were elected: N. S. Frye president Peter J. Gaffney vice president H A Shares secretary Ross Cherry treasurer J B Kenny Laurance Falcon Rowley F B Burrington Arlington Raymond Flickinger and L A Zummak directors. The cooperative serves 1332 consumers on 592 miles of line. Manager L B Schreyer reported about 300 persons attended, with remarks by Earl Wisdom and Jay Partridge.
The department of agriculture estimates total 1944 slaughter: 19,700,000 cattle, 14,000,000 calves, 96,600,000 hogs, and 24,300,000 sheep and lambs.
Notice to subscribers requests that when changing address readers provide both old and new addresses or route numbers and indicate whether the change is within town limits.
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