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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1936
Page
9
Severe winter cripples Iowa farming with postponed auctions and scarce feed. Secretary Murray warns of huge losses from cattle, hogs, and horses, as roads thaw slowly and mud blocks movement, delaying spring work into April.
A farm scene reports drift entangled in woven fencing. The description notes gear and cattle at the site with limited readable detail and no clear outcome or date.
A farmer near Brava Caled hires a veterinarian to tend a horse with a broken leg after an accident. The animal was limping and in need of urgent care as locals note its value and resilience.
At Union Stockyards Chicago a Shorthorn sale faced poor attendance due to a storm. Of 67 bulls offered, 41 sold with an average of 192 dollars. Oscar Neese of Lewisburg paid 450 for a September-1964 calf. Haylands Restoration 18.4856 consigned by Hayland Farms brought 315 as a show bull.
Wadena patrons of the Riverside Mutual Creamery association averaged 31.72 cents a pound for butterfat in 1935, totaling 70 913 50 dollars. They produced 292 523 pounds of butter from 233 672 pounds of butterfat, 856 155 pounds of cream and 1 139 pounds of butterfat in starter milk. Overrun averaged 24 45 percent.
Special to Tre Garcette reports Edgewood Farmers Creamery production rose by 31194 pounds in 1935 with total cream 946964 pounds and milk 2 887020 pounds. Average overrun 24.31 percent, cream test 27, milk test 36.6 percent. Butterfat prices ranged from 40 to 25 cents monthly. officers elected C E Raw president Everett E Smith VP secretary M J Gughen treasurer Earl Culbertson and Fred L Fisher directors for three years.
The National Grange argues that U S farmers lose under current reciprocal trade pacts and urges a senate ratification requirement or repeal of the Reciprocal Tariff Act of 1934. It cites heavy farm imports, calls for Biermann labeling, and contrasts with economist Dr T W Schultz’s view on trade policy and domestic impact.
A condensed list of upcoming farm auctions across Iowa towns from February 21 to February 27. Entries include sale times, organizers and locations such as Cedar Rapids, Central City, Tipton, Atkins, Solon, Mor se, Cedar Rapids, Fairfax, Shellsburg, and Mechanicsville.
A dissolution event for Secor and Brown is slated 142 miles west of Mechanicsville on Friday February 28. A public sale by Owen L MecConaughy is planned Tuesday March 3, two percent mile east of Martelle.
Thirty nine bred gilts and one sow, two years old, sold for an average of 5108 at Helgens Brothers Poland China breeders auction in Monticello. The top price was 100 paid by Lee Moteer of Reynolds, Illinois. Weather limited attendance and Helgens estimated weather losses above 800 dollars due to reduced turnout and lower expected averages.
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