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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1947
Page
18
The USDA forecast a modest decline in food prices this year despite ongoing rises in most commodities in the first quarter. Meat, dairy, poultry, fats, oils, and produce are covered, with beef and veal easing through summer, dairy down as production rises, and potatoes much lower than last winter.
Linn County President Howard Quaas announced a district Junior Farm Bureau training school to be held at the Cedar Rapids Y M C A Friday. Officers and members from surrounding counties are invited. Session starts at 9 30 a.m. Lunch at the Y M C A dinner at the Roosevelt hotel reservations needed.
Waterloo secretary E. S. Estel said the Dairy Congress completed its 34th year with 210000 attendees and profits of 69598, marking the year's success as the best in the event's history.
The Federal Milk Market Administrator announced a December price reduction for the Chicago area. Class I milk will be $5.003 per hundredweight, Class II and III levels adjusted, with Class IV cut by five cents per hundredweight. The overall drop compared with November is 24.3 cents per hundredweight, while December 1945 prices remain $1.654 higher.
The Chicago board of trade directors authorized the initiation of futures trading in October and November 1947 lard, effective Thursday.
Owen M. Richards of Chicago, head of the Nationally Association, outlined a five point program for the dairy industry at a meeting of 125 creamerymen and dairy farmers from seven northeast Iowa counties. He urged efficient production, quality improvement in manufacturing and distribution, better dairy techniques, information dissemination on dairy importance, and maintaining profitable prices. John Quist of Ames urged licensing bill for creameries and suggested amending state dairy inspection rules to allow tests by federal inspectors. A. W. Stewart presided.
About 35 county extension directors and home economists attend a three day rural housing workshop by the Iowa State College extension service in Nevada. The program opens with farmstead arrangement and home building decisions as Dr. Paulena Nickell discusses the plan for homes and Wednesday activities.
A study trip to two Story county farm homesteads explored water and heating systems as part of a Serial laboratory study. Thursday sessions will cover rebuilding decisions insulation and building materials with workshop speakers from the extension service and college home economics staff.
Iowa City breeder W S Morrison sold his senior herd sire Royal Standard Design to the American Scientific Breeding Institute of Madison Wisconsin for 3250 dollars. The bull’s sire Royal Marys Design produced 38 daughters with an average 462 pounds butterfat. dam 674.5 pounds in first lactation. The herd record shows six daughters averaging 498 pounds fat mature equivalent, an increase of 113 pounds over dams. Royal Standard Design carries a four star rating from the American Jersey Cattle Club.
Purdue University statisticians report Indiana wheat prospects for 1847 at 35,068,000 bushels, about 18 percent above 1946 and near the 10 year high. Wheat acreage for 1947 harvest is 1,594 thousand acres, up 14 percent from last fall, aided by timely rains and good stands. Rye seedings total 136,000 acres, 10 percent higher than last year but well below two years ago and the long-term average.
A dense list of farm auction and public sale dates from January 9 to January 28 in several towns. Entries include closing out sales and public auctions with locations described as miles from nearby towns such as Alburnett Olin Mt. Auburn Wyoming Cedar Rapids and more. Names of buyers sellers and organizers appear with numerous township references and directional cues.
Des Moines report from the weather bureau notes December was the warmest month since 1941, boosting farm output as livestock and fall seeded grains head into winter in excellent condition. Average temperatures ran about 4.5 degrees above normal and rainfall was roughly 0.75 inch below average, with the heaviest rain in the east and southeast.
Nebraska faces a shortage of railroad cars not ample for shipments of grain potatoes and livestock. The weekly state federal bureau of agricultural statistics report notes farm labor supply is generally more than ample and the 1946 corn harvest is 94 percent complete.
Public sale lists 42 head of dairy cattle including Guernsey Shorthorn and Holstein cows with calves at side, young cows Bangs vaccinated, several heifers and a Guernsey bull. 33 hogs are purebred Duroc, feeder pigs 48 to 100 pounds. Also corn hay machinery items and farm equipment to be sold March 30 to April 1 by John Knapp, owner.
A national Successful Farmers magazine poll finds 33 percent disapprove of US foreign policy while 35 percent withhold judgment until problems are resolved. Farmers favor stricter ties with Russia, criticize the President as too lenient, and show concern over factory wage levels with 41 percent backing a 40 to 65 cent hourly increase and 48 percent opposing.
The count of frozen food plant lockups rose by 1 561 nationwide between July 1945 and July 1946, reflecting a notable postwar expansion in storage facilities and distribution capacity.
The piece urges practical farm practices like contouring sloped fields to reduce soil loss, renovating pastures to boost carrying capacity, and providing warm water for livestock. It notes timing for reseeding, maintenance tasks, and mentions a 1947 farm record book available at local banks. also reports Walter Van Note's moving plans after a recent sale.
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