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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1939
Page
2
The hog situation report says if feed crops are near average the spring and fall pig crop in 1939 may not reach 80 million head, the pre drought average. Slaughter in 1939-40 could be the largest since 1932-33, about 35 percent above 1937-38, with prices likely lower than 1937-38.
The piece relays a humorous yarn from Oscar about hogs in Arkansas and Iowa. It describes wet weather, mud on tails, and hogs sleeping after being brought home. Oscar claims he left Arkansas for Iowa after making a lot of money feeding hogs.
Maynard Cooperative creamery paid patrons 30 cents a pound for butter fat received in December, per C. H. Paul secretary.
A bill introduced in the Iowa House by Republican lawmakers would require blending ethyl alcohol made from state raised material with gasoline at a minimum of 10 percent by volume. The act would establish a permanent market for corn and farm products with penalties up to 30 days in jail or a $100 fine for violations.
The Jones county AAA committee reports 143 883 bushels of corn sealed in 193 cribs with above average moisture readings. Some cribs test as low as 14 percent while the largest sealer is R H George of Lovell township with 7 319 bushels in a new double crib. Grain moisture averages around 17 percent and about 1 250 applications for 1938 AAA payments have been received.
McClean a Wilton Junction farmer and key claimant among maladministration victims in Muscatine County says the state AAA report is a whitewash. He cites changes in 169 farm compliance summaries and plans a federal court challenge after consulting about twelve farmers.
DES MOINES A grain grad ing school directed by Willis B Combs senior marketing specialist for the U S A at Chicago will open the program Tuesday morning of the thirty fifth annual convention of the Farmers Grain Dealers association of Iowa at Des Moines The sessions will run through Thursday The meetings overlap with the Farmers Elevator Mutual Insurance association Farmers Elevator Service company and the Iowa Cooperative Grain company Speakers include Harry L Brown R E Buchanan Vance M Rucker Harold Hedges Jerry Mason O B Jesness Mrs W H Yungelas Tom Collins Dr A G Black P M Nielsen A W Hamann Charles E Wood W L Peterson Claude M Stanley Alan Loth.
Elkader officials announce the annual meeting of the Elkader Production Credit association will be held Thursday starting at 10 a.m. at the local office. The session will cover routine business and member updates.
L. C. Grove Ames extension horticulturist will conduct a farm orchards and small fruits school Wednesday in Elkader for Clayton county farmers.
Weekly grain market review shows U S exports of corn totaling 2 25 million bushels for the week ended Jan 21 with Argentina at 1 5 million. Seasonal exports from Oct 1 to mid January reach about 15 5 million versus 5 million last year. Domestic markets stay barely steady as more than 75 million bushels are placed under seal on farms and about 200 million may be sealed before loan expiry.
Washington reports by January 15 1939 US exports of wheat and flour total about 78.4 million bushels since July 1 1938 with a large portion aided by the federal export program. The division notes some shipments remain and the federal surplus commodities corporation faced about 25 cents per bushel loss on sales through that date.
New York metropolitan district received 8,959 carloads of live poultry in 1938, down from 9,484 in 1937. Truck shipments rose to 5,845 carloads while freight car receipts fell to 3,009, and express shipments dropped to 105. High handling costs and labor strikes help explain the reduced demand for live poultry.
One hundred fifty livestock experts from 12 states will attend the fourth annual meeting of the National Livestock Loss Prevention board in Omaha. They will map plans for the coming year and study ways to cut losses, which the board reported in 1937 at more than 12 million dollars. Reports will be given by H. R. Smith of Chicago and regional managers W. A. Peck St. Paul H. J. Hoyt Sioux City Jr. R. L. Cuff Kansas City and Dr. W. T. Spencer Omaha.
Monticello plans an educational corn show Tuesday at Monticello high school. A. F. Walker says FFA variety tests from last summer will be displayed with results showing open pollinated strains outperforming hybrids in lodging resistance and yield on several plots. Grass ensilage exhibit also featured. show open to the public free of charge.
Decorah Farmers Ice Cave creamery reported 1938 results with 1,311,278 pounds of butterfat shipped and 342,265.12 dollars earned from butterfat sales. Local butter and milk sales totaled 105,945.31 dollars. Disbursements included 25,131.06 to haulers and 7,907.96 in wages.
Nordness creamery near Decorah disclosed 1938 figures at its annual meeting. Butterfat paid 313 cents per pound on average, 27.8 cents net to patrons after 33 cents per pound for haulers. Patrons received 62 83939 dollars for 227 160 pounds of butterfat. Receipts include 62 883 73 dollars for butter to New York and 10 175 05 locally. eggs receipts 5 258 59 with egg payments 4 110 94. Willard Torgrim reelected president and G O Remmen secretary with directors listed.
In Lisbon the creamery's annual meeting announced 89 352 pounds more butter produced in 1938 than the previous peak. The plant was expanded with new equipment. Milo Lehr was elected president. Will Reimer vice president. M Franks secretary treasurer. Otto Fisher, Howard Reiger, Glen Richardson, Joe Pitlik, Tailor Phelps and Clarence Border became directors. Lyle Capper is manager. John Buell and Tom Williams serve as buttermaker and assistant.
A string of farm auctions listed with dates and locations including Virgil Fay near Winton, Yoder & Sons near Kalona, Ed McCoy near Springville, W H Gibson near Marion, and John Inabnit near Alburnett. Each sale notes closing outs and miles from local towns.
Ex pected entry of the commodity credit corporation into the egg market Monday did not materialize Instead an erey conference for Feb 1 at Cleveland was called at the request of Hobart Creighton president of the National Poultry Producers Federation Representatives of producers market agencies and the government will consider means to increase consumption by purchases for relief at the Cleveland meeting with no purchasing program announced.
Ames hosts the Tanbark Derby during Farm and Home week Feb 13 18 offering nine gold medals and fifteen rib bons to winners. Open to amateur farm operators only with no prior medalists or former judges eligible. Each county may enter a 3 man team and judge ten livestock classes. Reasons will not be required.
Thirty-five fall shoats sold at 6 dollars per head in Clyde Johnson closing out sale three miles northwest of Columbus Junction Saturday. Five vaccinated brood sows averaged 30 dollars. Milk cows sold from 45 to 80 dollars. Three horses aged 6 to 9 years ranged 50 to 93 dollars. Pullets 45 cents each. Forty-five tons of clover hay 3 dollars a ton. Eight hundred bushels of corn 40 cents a bushel. A tractor 500 dollars, tractor plow 90 dollars, manure spreader 20 dollars, corn planter 16 dollars.
A 3-year-old Traer horse led the weekly consignment sale at $140. Seventeen horses passed the ring. Angus steers averaging 575 pounds sold at 8.90 a hundredweight, 770-pound steers at 890 a hundredweight, and heifers 450 to 760 pounds at 7.90. Beef cows topped at 78.50. Feeder pigs were 8 cents per pound and gifts brought 24 per head.
A hog vaccination school for Dubuque county farmers will be held Friday at Worthington. Dr. H. B. Treman, Ames veterinary extension representative, will conduct the session.
New York City meat imports for the week ending January 20 topped 2 million pounds. Polish pork led with 1,575,967 pounds while South American canned meats added 560,200 pounds. Australia and Canada contributed beef livers and fresh pork cuts among other imports from Denmark to Roumania.
The Phil Snyder estate farms totaling 202 acres were sold at administrator's sale at the Onslow Savings bank last week for $44 an acre. One 102 acre tract four miles northwest of Monmouth was bought by George Snyder of Onslow. The 100 acre tract three miles northwest of here was purchased by Philley Snyder.
County Agent Dallas Western announced four Ames faculty representatives will hold an all day meeting for Buchanan county dairymen in Independence on February 1 starting at 10 am. Participants include Dr C A Iverson head of dairy industry Ames Dr J L Lush head of genetics and animal breeding Prof E N Hanson dairy husbandry and a dairy extension department representative.
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