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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1936
Page
10
United Press reports a severe seed corn shortage as planting approaches, with experts warning prices could reach five dollars per bushel. Farmers say demand outstrips supply and seed quality may falter, threatening next season's crop.
South Prairie Farmers Institute judged exhibits focusing on seed corn quality amid a seed shortage. Iowa figures note delayed planting and poor germination due to late spring weather, with expectations of reduced yields but potential rises in corn acreage. Local agriculturists warned many farmers may need to buy seed due to depleted on-hand stocks.
Report shows cattle on feed up over 20 percent in 1935 compared with 1934. Movement from markets varied by region with eleven northern and western states posting larger on feed totals and expected higher marketing before May, while desert states saw different patterns due to feed supply.
Jefferson county women's quartet led by Mrs E A Smith of Batavia and Mrs Hilda Swartswelter of Richland won the top awards at the Iowa Farm Bureau convention. Other winners include mixed and male quartets from Woodbury and Keokuk counties. The Gazette awards, Meredith Publishing honors, and Wallace’s Farmer contest results were announced.
A farm sale at Ruppert Furnas near Columbus Junction offers sorrel mare teams and bay mare teams with foals selling high, gray mares with foal at $310, a black horse and suckling colt at $80, and fresh Guernsey cows averaging $75. Heifer calves, sows, gilts, cattle, hogs, and equipment also sold, with milk cows topping at $87.50 and corn at about 49 cents a bushel.
Des Moines AP. W B Hamilton Iowa Farm Bureau secretary treasurer outlines last year’s work and next year’s plans at federation convention. He explains a 1937 membership fee increase is needed to fund a new program, district men, and expanded county operations to grow membership and support American agriculture.
Sufferers blamed back pain on tired kidneys. The ad says kidneys flush 15 miles of tubules to remove waste, easing nagging backache and related symptoms. It urges asking a druggist for Doan's Pills, claims use for over 400 years and widespread relief.
Des Moines reports that winter weather has created a porous protective mantle over grasses, inviting chinch bugs to winter in roots and crowns. State Agriculture Secretary Ray Murray warns that frequent snows and minimal thawing may allow a strong bug resurgence next year despite past control efforts.
Go to your druggist today and ask for Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules to flush kidneys and relieve bladder irritation. The ad claims safe diuretic effects, reducing night awakenings, puffiness, and leg cramps, with a low 35 cent price and Haarlem origin.
The assessor's livestock valuations for 1936 show increases over 1935, with corn priced officially at 50 cents a bushel for assessment versus 75 cents in 1935. Cash corn fluctuated around 42 to 48 cents in recent weeks. The schedule lists changes for Colts one year at 20, and 16, Horses three years up to 48 versus 36, cattle feeders 36 with 24 prior, increasing 3.50 per added 100 pounds, and yearling heifers at 18 versus 8.
Friday January 17 sale at Iowa Livestock Exchange Cedar Rapids. Tuesday January 21 Courtney and Neilson public sale located five miles east of Marion.
The notice lists livestock valuation ranges: cattle two years old at 24 and 12 dollars, three years or over at 28 and 15 dollars, and swine over nine months at 10 and 3 dollars. It appears as part of a county agricultural or taxation notice detailing typical sale values.
Lisbon Milo A Lehr was elected president of the Lisbon Co-operative Creamery association at the annual meeting. O A Fisher was elected vice president M M Franks secretary treasurer and a board including William Reimer H A Reiger Sailor Phelps Glenn Richardson Joe Pitlik and C A Border. Lyle Capper was re hired as buttermaker and J Buell Miller as helper Mrs Lucille Andre was re hired as secretary.
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