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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1946
Page
11
REA head Claude Wickard unveils a three year plan to bring electric service to 1,329,000 farms and rural homes. The program faces opposition from private power firms while wartime delays and policy changes spurred demand and favorable loan terms.
The Iowa Poland China Breeders Association state sale at Hawkette On Rapids features 45 head from central and eastern Iowa herds. The event includes fall boars and top animals with prizes from the state winners and a 4-H club show. Special invitations go to club members and farmers seeking quality breeding stock. Write for catalog from Grimes Iowa.
Wickard argues private companies cannot cover all rural areas without REA. He cites a co op in Ohio that faced a private company rushing to pole a line alongside 87 miles to serve 221 members, highlighting competition hindering efficient service.
Talcott of Randallia was unanimously re-elected president of the Fayette county Holstein Breeders association. New officers include John F. Wilkinson as vice president and M. C. Wangness as secretary treasurer with several directors and additional officers chosen during the Wednesday meeting.
Annual meetings of the Iowa Farm Serum company the Iowa Farm Mutual Insurance company and the Iowa Life Insurance company will be held in Des Moines on January 29 and 30. County Farm Bureau directors from 100 Bureaus will attend. Allan Kline will report on Washington legislative activities and directors finalize plans to push state Farm Bureau membership to 100000 with a special meeting for Farm Service managers.
Union Trust and Savings Bank of Stanwood Iowa appoints a clerk. The notice lists the bank's name and locality for an official staffing or fiscal notice.
Ames The high moisture corn this year does not feed as well as sound corn for dairy cattle warns Floyd Johnston extension dairyman. Soft corn has less dry matter per pound requiring about 10 pounds to replace 8 pounds of good corn. Dry matter this year may run 65 70 percent, reducing usefulness per bushel. Ground soft corn heats and spoils, so keep moist particles separate and grind weekly in cold weather. A cow milking 6 8 gallons needs 12 15 pounds grain with two thirds corn if hay is alfalfa.
At the Adel De Rycke closing out sale six miles southwest of Belle Plaine corn sold for 95 cents and oats for 76 cents per bushel. All machinery under price control sold for sealing prices. Broad sows to farrow first week in March brought 70 dollars. Milk cows brought 130 to 155 dollars, a two year old bull 256 dollars, and a team of horses 76 dollars. O E Myers of Belle Plaine was the auctioneer with Hartwick State Bank clerking.
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson will address a luncheon of farmers sponsored by the Sioux City Chamber of Commerce on February 16. All area farmers invited. He will speak in Des Moines the day before at the National Farm Institute.
A purebred Holstein cow owned by H. J. Dane of Iowa City, Haldane Mike Bonnie Beatrice, produced 14 390 pounds of milk and 515 pounds of butterfat in 307 days with twice daily milking. Also defines a standard cord of wood as 128 cubic feet.
A late January to February slate of farm auctions lists Duroc, Guernsey, Hereford, Hampshire and Poland China breeders. The notices name breeders and sale sites such as Hawkeye Downs and various county locations near Central City Nor way Mt Vernon and Dyersville with dates from January 26 to February 18.
Des Moines report says a brief shortage of shipping egg cases risks disrupting government egg purchase support. A. J. Loveland of PMA Iowa notes peak marketing ahead and says Triple-A committees report insufficient stock. PMA Washington will source needed cases in wood plywood or fiber to keep buying program on track.
The sale features 2,800 pounds of horses and mules including a black and red roan pair aged 4 and 8, two brown Jack mules, and 30 grade Holstein cattle with 21 cows and heifers, many due to calf. Also offered are 10-year-old stock, two mares, and open-yearling heifers, plus a wide range of machinery, miscellaneous goods, and a 1935 Ford V-8 with tools and farm gear. Bidding open to buyers on the farm with various cribs, troughs, milking gear, and yard items listed.
DES MOINES AP Dr P O Dorweiler West Bend Ia was installed Thursday as president of the Iowa Veterinary Medical association at the closing session of a three day convention. Dorweiler was elected to the post at the 1945 convention. The new president elect is Dr John Bryant Mount Vernon. Other officers include Dr W G Riser Des Moines first vice president Dr Grant Munger Cedar Rapids second vice president Dr C C Franks Des Moines secretary treasurer Dr F S Sharp Ute executive board member from the first district and Dr W B Vanderloo Dubuque delegate to the house of representatives of the American Veterinary Medical association Alternate to this post is Dr Corweiler. The ladies auxiliary installed Mrs B E McCulloch Eagle Grove as president. Mrs Fred E Reid Washington is the new president elect. Mrs D M Walker Des Moines was re elected secretary.
At the Herbert Schmitt farm sale west of town, corn sold for 1.091 a bushel on Tuesday. Clover hay brought 75 cents per bale, timothy hay 80 cents, baled straw 65 cents, oats 73 cents. Cattle quoted: cows 130 to 145 dollars, heifers 116 to 120, calves 70, sheep 18.50.
At the Iowa Grain Dealers convention panel discussion, about 300 delegates urged maintaining soybean prices near last year’s levels to meet production needs. Karl Nolin of Farmers Cooperative at Ralston forecast a mad scramble for soybeans with a probable subsidy cut and possible price rises to offset part of the loss. The group also opposed the government set aside for soybean meal, calling it misaligned with interstate shipments, noting January’s 5 percent allotment.
The Garnier Holsteins herd of 15 cows owned by H. J. and Louis Garnier of Maynard underwent a two day retesting by Supervisor George Youmans of Fayette DHIA No. 3 in December and January. The herd averaged 58.2 pounds of fat per cow with 3.71 percent fat on the December test and 58.5 pounds with 3.57 percent fat on the January test.
Lafayette Indiana dispatch reports Purdue extension economist Dr. J E Losey says county advisory committees and agents will revise recommendations to veterans seeking farm purchases based on the revised G I law. The key change doubles the loan guarantee from two thousand to four thousand dollars.
Losey explains an $8000 government guaranteed loan for veterans to buy farms with half government backing. The bill shifts to reasonable value for land, ties loaning to lender veteran and VA appraiser agreement, and extends loan application window from two to ten years after the war. Advisory committees of farmers will aid veterans in agriculture planning.
Earlville Farmers Cooperative Creamery elected officers at its annual meeting with Joe Kaiser as president Ray Maiers as vice president Chris Rohr as secretary treasurer Jerome Baum butter maker and manager Harry Gibbs Dell Paris Jr Frank Hunt Dale Harris and Carl Hunt as directors The creamery produced 265326 pounds of butter last year up 48659 from the prior year with butterfat paid at 551 cents per pound Crawfordsville Brads sows sold 54 to 58 at Murray Krabill farm corn 109 hay 14 and baled straw 66 cents
Emerson Wolfe of Marion, a district SCS conservationist, told a Linn county young married folks dinner at the Roosevelt hotel that America’s future lies in soil. He urged a three dimensional farm appraisal and noted price per acre is not a soil quality measure, illustrated by Holland and Germany photos from his tank corps service. Forty couples attended. planning committee members and host couples are named.
Four Brown Swiss cows in the Walter Kruempel herd near West Union produced over 400 pounds of butterfat in a 305 day period with twice daily milkings. The figures come from a report by Fred S Idtse secretary of the Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders association of Beloit Wisconsin.
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