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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1934
Page
4
The article notes that inspected receipts of all grains in 1933 rose sharply from 15 742 500 bushels in 1932 to higher totals, with corn shipments also significantly up. It cites figures and dates from 1932 to 1933, reflecting a bullish market movement and record receipts under federal supervision.
The Maynard cooperative creamery re elected AE Smith president Otto Schmitt pre president and the Maynard Savines bank treasurer at their annual meeting. J F Ingels and Herbert Malvern were elected trustees for a two year term. Simon Harrison director hard over directors Irvin Ecker and QOF Sewell A a secretary and buttermaker will be hired at a board meeting Thursday. A five percent dividend was declared by stockholders of the Farmers Lumber company of Dysart at their annual meeting. A S Guagy was elected director.
The Cedar Rapids corn and hog program meeting planned for January 5 has been canceled by the state corn and hog committee. A series of conferences at Ames this week may lead to a Cedar Rapids county or district confab before the sign up campaign starts next week, with a formal decision to come after discussions at Ames.
Linn and eastern Iowa counties report smaller corn loan totals despite large acreage feeding areas. Cedar and Benton counties lead due to adaptable crop storage and livestock demand. Johnson county reports modest loan totals while western Iowa shows stronger grain-holding and higher payments under government programs.
The Gazette reports Jones county farmers received 154 loans totaling 77 942 88 with 2 017 25 in five loans this week. The largest single loan for corn was 945 to Ben Wilkinson of Gibson. Eight loans Saturday added 2 565 10. Nett gen of Onslow held the first 1934 loan with two cribs of 2 430 bushels and 1 093 50.
Special to The Gazette reports hog cholera in the Troy Mills area. Thomas Thompson and E. Wright each lose fifty head of hogs, with H. McGuire and C. Hart among others suffering cholera losses in the northern Troy Mills community.
Mervin Donelson, 24, of Ames was named assistant agricultural agent in Linn county. He began work after the January Farm Bureau board meeting in Cedar Rapids and will handle routine duties during County Agent George Dillon’s extra tasks from the corn and hog production program. Donelson, Ames graduate in dairy husbandry, hails from a Boone county farm near Ocden. Vic Donelson, a noted state farm organizer, is his father.
West Liberty hosts a Gibson sale day horse show on January 11 starting at 10 a.m. with over 90 dollars in cash and merchandise prizes from local merchants. Twelve classes award three prizes each, covering mares, geldings, age groups, and group entries.
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