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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1946
Page
13
Forty six Linn county farms adopted 1945 soil conservation plans covering a balanced crop, pasture and livestock program with erosion controls. Plans include 4579 acres contouring 145 strip cropping 43 pasture seeding 32 terracing 109 tiling and one gully structure.
The Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association will replace the old competitive corn show with a non-competitive exhibit during Farm and Home Week in Ames, February 11 to 14. The last competitive show was held in 1942, as hybrids and field tests emphasized yield and disease resistance over showy form.
The document records a Cedar Rapids bank closing on December 3 1945 with assets including cash 81065140 government obligations 193123400 loans 41372371 and other items. Liabilities show deposits totaling 327331157 and capital accounts plus reserves. Officers Prochaska Pochobratsky Kriz swear the statement true before a notary.
A sequence of farm sales listed with dates and locations across Iowa. Entries include closings out and public sales for Schott and Carpenter Emma B and Earl J Wilson W H Goodrow Fred L Goldsmith Mrs P L Griffin Sam Haegerty C J McNamara Rittmer and Killian C J Miller James Kubichek Elmer F Burr Lewis S Johnson George Goodyear and upcoming events like an Iowa county Duroc breeders gift sale and an Albert Martin and Sons Hampshire sow sale.
The column notes poultry shows evolve from feather and form to production and disease resistance as breeders pursue meat quality. A three year national contest with an $8,000 prize drives development of meat bird types, while fancy features fade away. A humorous farm-note ending contrasts a slow trading day with a hearse buyer’s sharp remark.
An agriculture department report finds little hope of consuming as many eggs as produced annually in the near future. If wartime production continues, postwar markets may face surpluses. projected 1941 consumption would require about 5.50 billion pounds, 1943 production reached 6.86 billion pounds, and even a high 1950 intake would need 15.80 billion pounds.
Members of the East Central Iowa Veterinary Medical society plan a panel discussion titled Mistakes Made in Veterinary Practice at the YMCA in Cedar Rapids Thursday evening. Doctors Strandberg Strader White Glenn Brown Woods Kellogg and others will join speakers on meat inspection and parasite control reports. An executive board meeting of the Eastern Iowa Veterinary association will follow at 4 p.m. at the YMCA.
Ernest M. Wright of Waterloo receives a progressive breeder plaque and certificate from the Holstein-Friesian Association of America. Only 82 Holstein establishments nationwide have this honor, and Wright's is the first in Iowa. The award recognizes a well balanced herd improvement program over years. The last production test in the registry was completed Sept. 30 with the 11- line endangered by incomplete text.
A cow herd averaging 416 pounds of butterfat and 11 648 pounds of milk in 296 days with two daily milkings. The herd is scored for type and carries a current award. The tally covers 24 animals, 12 freshened, nine of which are home bred.
At the sale six miles south of Lone Tree 125-pound feeder pigs brought 28 to 30 dollars per head with breeding gifts at 35 to 38 dollars. Cattle sold to 115 dollars, horses 40 to 65 dollars, hay 12 dollars per ton, straw 0.60 per bale. Oats and corn hit ceiling prices.
W G Murray Iowa State College agricultural economist warns farmers to beware a potential land boom despite holding off so far. He cites Iowa Farm Economist reports showing minor value rises but fewer sales, with November 1945 land at 140 per acre, up from 130 in 1944, and notes risk of speculative inflation similar to 1919–20.
Tipton Cedar County Farm Bureau women to meet Friday at the municipal building for reorganization. Mrs Don Wherry of Mechanicsville outlines the women’s program for international study and delegates for Farm Home Makers Day at Ames February 12 will be chosen.
C H Van Vinck of Iowa State College and Frank Irons of the U S Bureau of Agricultural Engineering will discuss new machinery to control the European corn borer at the Cedar Rapids conference January 16 17. Machinery includes shredding stalk corn pickers low cutting binders and clean plowing devices. A strong disease control program will reduce production costs and raise long term profits.
A new power saw tested by the University of Illinois and its forestry department proves useful for wood land owners in Illinois. The welded frame device on two wheels is powered by a six horsepower engine and can cut trees vertical or horizontal.
Roy Ireland purchases a 120 acre farm near Anamosa from the Equitable Life Assurance Society. Reported price is 11400 dollars. Maurice Fay, Anamosa real estate man, arranged the deal.
The Cedar County Farm Bureau starts its annual membership drive with a Tipton school dinner Monday evening. About two hundred county workers are expected to attend as the drive targets 1,200 members for 1946, led by county organization director Louis Thordsen.
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