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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1949
Page
8
Washington reports 1949 may again see large farm production due to favorable weather and ample feed supplies. Fall and winter farming progress is strong, milk and egg production set monthly records, and farm mechanization grows while livestock stocks remain high.
A two day soil conservation short course will be held in Muscatine on January 21 and 22 inviting about 80 Muscatine County farmers to attend. Similar courses are planned for Scott Louisa and Des Moines counties during the same week.
Benton county 4-H enrollments in baby beef projects total 148 members with 129 calves weighed and tattooed before January 1. The roster includes 0 Herefords 84 Angus and 31 Shorthorns and the 1949 total is about 50 below last year’s record.
Wendell Hunt sold his 80 acre Earlville farm to August Nieman. Hunt will move February 1 to a 70 acre property near Runnels in Polk County, which he has purchased.
Mildred Nelson an Iowa State College nutritionist will meet Cedar county women at Tipton city hall on January 19. The program begins at 10 am.
AAA committeeman W M Reed reports 193449 bushels sealed in December in Linn county with January loan applications rising. He notes nearly all recent corn samples qualified for sealing.
Multiple closing out sales announced by various bidders across Iowa. Listings include livestock hay grain machinery and household goods with dates and locations such as Albert Lutz and Son near Vinton and Edward J Sullivan near Iowa City. Other sales include Richard W Wager Tipton Sam Tow Norway Amana and Ralph H Schuldt Amana area auctions.
The fourth annual National Conference on Rural Health will meet at the Palmer House in Chicago on February 4 and 5. More than 600 leaders from farm and health groups will attend, examining farm environment issues such as hygiene sanitation nutrition hazards and rural health council activities.
Entomologist Harold Gunderson of Iowa State College warns mange on hogs cuts profits by up to four dollars per head due to discounted sales. He recommends benzene hexachloride treatments by age, spraying with proper pressures, and treating sows before farrowing to protect piglets, noting odor if sprayed too close to sale.
Prof H D Hughes of Iowa State College will discuss legumes and grasses with Fayette county farmers. The gathering starts at 8 p m in the Fayette Legion hall, announced Extension Director M C Wangness on Monday.
Mexico and the United States will start discussions in Mexico City next Monday to replace the El Paso pact of last February. The foreign ministry stressed the talks seek a tightly supervised system for temporary Mexican worker migration to the United States, with direct employer contracts and greater government oversight.
Dr. E A Benbrook of Iowa State College headlines the East Central Iowa Veterinary Medical Society dinner at Roosevelt hotel. He speaks on parasite diagnosis in animals and birds. Dr J W Giffee of Cedar Rapids, U S inspector in swine disease control, will report on eastern Iowa swine erysipelas. Drs A Malloy and Ungs lead the discussion.
Three new directors were elected Monday at the Fayette Mutual Creamery Association annual meeting. They are Rex Roberts Ralph Sinnott and Isaac Paul. Holdover directors are Louis Kiel C E Clark Julius Wegner and Glenn Bennington. Officers will be elected Thursday. Manager F G Gernand spoke on quality improvement and State Dairy Inspector Clair Hogan of Fayette discussed dairy legislation. The meeting was well attended.
Harrisburg AP Albert J Loveland unders secretary of agriculture told a Pennsylvania PMA meeting that farmers must not bear the brunt of any future downward economic adjustment He urged better public understanding of federal price support programs noting farmers produce for consumers and deserve cooperation for a stable economy.
Congressman Carl T. Curtis proposes a bill letting farmers file final income tax returns by January 31, delaying the current January 15 deadline. He notes the earlier date creates hardship for farmers and their advisers. a similar measure passed the House last Congress but stalled in the Senate.
December testing shows average cow production at 453 pounds of milk and 218 pounds of fat. Twenty-three herds totaling 377 cows were tested, with 93 dry. 22 cows achieved 305 day lactation records including Wallace Millis Coggan Holsteins 616.2 lbs 5703 lbs and 513 lbs fat among others. Dr J E Pirie Cedar Rapids reported 521.1 lbs fat for Brown Swiss and 512.1 lbs fat for Holsteins.
COLUMBUS JUNCTION The top bid at the first in a series of special horse sales was $150 for a team of five year old black mares. Other teams sold from $110 to $135. The sale catalog listed 163 head of horses with 78 shipped out of state.
A weather note describes snow drift incidents from a storm, with flakes drifting and piling into drifts. It highlights beauty of individual flakes yet danger from heavy accumulation. The piece contrasts blizzard conditions in western states with the potential damage and harm from deep snow.
Mr and Mrs Whorley of Pomona California sold their 160 acre farm northeast of Hawkeye to Alvaragah of Stanley The house was built in 1946 and other buildings are in good condition Tenants are Mr and Mrs Ray Stenner
A 3000 tree demonstration will occur on the Berle Winkler farm three acre tract near National with walnut jack pine white pine spruce red pine and multiflora rose. The planting aims to curb erosion support wildlife habitat and provide a future woodlot.
Members of the Lansing Farm Bureau Community Club will meet January 21 at Lansing City Hall. New officers will organize the 1949 program during the gathering.
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