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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1935
Page
13
Iowa records show oleomargarine tax stamp sales for Jan 1 to Feb 12, 1935 reached 780,540 pounds, surpassing the 1934 six-month total. January 1935 oleomargarine sales hit 419,330 pounds, far above January 1934. The state produced oleomargarine domestically, while Iowa butter output was about $62 million last year, up $10 million from 1933.
W. J. Campbell of Jesup runs a 43 acre Jersey cattle farm with fifty purebred Jerseys. He has served as postmaster for eight years and is president of the Lions club and head of the Red Cross. He also presides over the Iowa Jersey Cattle club, with a herd producing over 400 pounds of butterfat yearly and uniquely classified by the National Jersey club.
Charles D. Reed, head of the weather bureau, declines to operate the Iowa weather and crop bureau on a $7,634 annual budget. He notes the state comptroller recommended $7,634, while he had sought $8,300 and says the lower figure cripples worthwhile work. Some plan a hearing to raise funds to $12,000 to compile livestock statistics and farm data across 14,000 Iowa farms with 65 questions to each farmer.
Monona hosts the second of six Jersey Parish meetings to organize the 1935 parish shows. The series includes stops at Ida, Tama, Vinton, Fairfield and Iowa City with sessions to plan upcoming events.
The Garrite reports the Anderson farm, located four miles south of Amber, filled a silo on a Saturday in February. About 139 tons of corn fodder were ensiled, an unusual but completed task for the area.
Taylor Stout paid 12000 cash for eighty acres eight miles southeast of Washington at 150 per acre. The farm, highly productive and tilled, has good buildings and will likely be operated by a tenant after retirement. The Sickles celebrate a golden anniversary and plan to retire.
Ames reports seed shortage could spread noxious weeds including horse nettle field morning glory and Johnson grass. Dr. R H Porter Iowa State College lab director notes soy bean seed brings most dangerous weed seeds into the state in pods or shattered off parts. Approximately thirty counties pay the blanket fee and farmers in those areas may have seed tested free.
Garber Co-Op reports 26.3 cents per pound for butterfat in 1934 with 13 to 27 pounds of butter sold at about 23 cents per pound. Mark Thein was elected president and James We Late served as secretary at the quarterly meeting.
Tipton reports Fred Hinktensse of West Liberty named president of the Cedar County Beef Producers at a meeting last week. Officers include Thompson of Meehanay as secretary and treasurer. Board members are Ralph Wingert of Lip to, Amos Suchomel of Solon, and Fred Bathman of Clarence.
A sequence of farm auctions across Iowa includes closing out sales by Floyd Slaymaker near Newhall and Ned Venter near Oxford, Ballou and Bonjour dissolution near Olin, Gordon and Finney near Marion, and Maurice Safley near Tipton. Horse and livestock sales are noted at Anamosa Waubeek Monticello Mechanicsville and Swisher, with managers and sellers named such as D. E. Brickley E. E. Bah dam and John Robertson.
An advertisement notes Kentucky company M Titus conducting a sale at Marion on Friday February 22, with another item noting Maloney Brothers closing out sale scheduled for Saturday February 23, located 6 miles east of Norway.
A rural school scene depicts a child in a harsh northwest wind, with a school staff member unseen until too late. The poem honors the many unsung heroines who manage overshoes mufflers and daily tasks for country schoolchildren.
About $200000 in second payment corn and hog benefit checks is being distributed this week in Cedar county to signers of 1934 adjustment contracts. Some checks for farmers with excess corn acres or hog production have not arrived yet. the 1935 sign-up started last week in a few townships and organizers expect similar participation to last year.
JESUP The Jesup creamery board Friday re-elected J. H. Copenhaver president W. D. Patten vice president W. J. Bonefas treasurer and Arnold Jensen secretary Buttermakers are C. W. Cady manager and A. D. Comfort All help was re-employed The January report shows 145897 pounds butter manufactured and 40 cents per pound butter fat paid to patrons
Iowa farmers signed over 100000 applications for the 1935 corn hog contract through Saturday night. Director R K Bliss of the Ames Extension reports 98115 applications in 98 counties, with 25 counties' figures incomplete for the week ending February 9.
Clarence Runft of Black Hawk township Grundy county delivered two sows weighing 920 and 750 pounds to the Waterloo packing plant. The buyer said they were the largest sows ever bought by the plant, yielding a total of $100.20. A few months earlier it would have taken many more hogs to reach this sum.
George Friedman of Turkey River Junction was reelected chairman of the Dubuque County Corn and Hog Production Adjustment association at a meeting of township chairmen in Dubuque. F R Kerrigan was reelected secretary as John B Cousin and A F Aitchison were named other allotment committee members.
Eastern Iowa counties reveal election dates Grundy February 19 Jones February 20 Black Hawk February 21 Benton February 23 Fayette February 25 Delaware February 26 Linn February 27 Buchanan February 28 Clayton March 7. F H Schnieder elected chairman of Springrock township Corn-Hog association in Wheatland with Carl Hamdorf as vice chairman and Elmer Klahn as secretary. Fred Bushman of Grand Mound chairs the county allotment committee and spoke at the event.
In Monticello the Farmers Mutual Creamery directors elected J. H. Zimmerman as president and Fred Cramer as vice president. Other directors named were John Tschantz Theodore Rieniers William Balsiger Will Hoffman and Carl Heiken. Patrons received 42 cents for butterfat in the last half of January at the creamery. In Coggon M L Ware secretary reports patrons were paid 42 cents per pound butterfat for the last half of January.
C. B. Finley of Minneapolis, field man for the American Guernsey Cattle club, will speak at the Buchanan County Guernsey Cattle club meeting here Thursday. He will explain what the great Guernsey boom is about.
DECORAH The Winneshiek County Creamerymen's Association urged closer inspection of creameries paying exorbitant butterfat prices at their annual meeting. Officers for the coming year were elected: H P Nicholson of Ossian president, G O Remmen of Nordto wesse president, Henry Lubke of Deruran secretary-treasurer.
A fire at the Mowbray Farm near Walker gutted a 60260 barn and damaged feed, equipment, and poultry. The blaze, reported Monday afternoon, caused significant loss with tractors and tools affected while authorities arranged seed testing services through Jana Dale College for local residents.
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