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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1935
Page
10
U S agriculture officials announce planned importation of molasses from Porto Rico to aid drought hit corn belt cattle and horses. The program targets delivery through commercial channels with molasses priced around 20 to 27 dollars per ton and substitution in part for corn feed.
A detailed guide explains the 1935 contract process for hog and corn bases, including form CH-103, filing steps, township meetings, and the roles of county and township committees. It covers base classifications, required forms CH-104 CH-106 and CH-101, landlord entries, signatures, and conditions on base boosts and payments.
Readable lines show Iowa County corn and log payments totaling 590 216 58 with scattered fragments referencing dates numbers and local names. The text appears garbled but centers on financial totals and related entries in a county record.
The Farmers Grain Dealers association of Iowa announced its thirty first annual convention in Des Moines January 29 31. Speakers include Mason president of the Omaha Bank for Cooperatives and Ray Bovern of Minneapolis secretary of the national elevator code authority. The event covers elevator codes, grades, automatic scales, and roundtable discussions with a banquet at the Fort Des Moines hotel.
Six purebred Aberdeen Angus cows with calves at side averaged $105 each at the consignment sale in Columbus Junction. Calvin Blanchard of Wapello bought them. Cows to freshen in spring averaged $100, bought by Washington county farmers. Heifer calves calved after May 1 averaged $49.50 and eight spring bulls averaged $67. Fifty Angus head were sold by W. H. Cooper of Hedrick as auctioneer.
Incomplete OCR text mentions a molasses spigot and basement or kitchen area handling. No clear event, date, people, or organizations are readable to form a full news item.
The fragmented text mentions fence drift caught in woven tire and references AVA programs. Neal Tina chairman voices fears that farmers in his county may be at risk, with a note on corn-hog sign-up levels and threshing time community meals.
Des Moines reports show packers unsatisfied with current hog demand and prices. A Wednesday drop of 15 to 30 cents reflected ample hog runs and weak margins between live hog costs and cut-out values, with overall supplies below year ago and buyers cautious on price.
Cattle values push toward prewar levels while grades improve in step, signaling consumers may pivot back to pork as a cheaper meat option. Yet a processing tax keeps pork relatively expensive, maintaining price gaps.
State veterinarian Dr. C J O'Brien reports cattle testing in Winneshick and Allamakee counties for the two weeks ending January 19. Ninety-one Winneshick herds totaling 2,343 head had 59 reactors, while 127 Winneshick herds totaling 2,839 head had 61 reactors.
John Podhajsky, a farmer west of Clutier, marketed seventy five hogs Wednesday for a total of $1,400. The item notes the sale value and the seller's location.
Preliminary declamatory contests will take place in 44 locations across northeastern Iowa on Friday March 1. The schedule lists group pairings by town and school clusters from Tama Toledo to Maxwell Huxley and Collins, detailing venues such as Cedar Falls, Dubuque, Osage, and many others.
Arlington neighbors attend the Arlington Cooperative Commission company annual meeting set for February 2 at 1 30 p m A Stetter secretary announces officers will be elected
A sequence of farm auctions published for late January lists events across Iowa towns. J A Shepard closes out near Mount Vernon Anamosa consignments. James Shrope hosts a public sale at Mechanicsville. Ray J Blain closes out near Cedar Rapids with Aller sale. Fe R Finson near Central City.
Johnson county farmers unable to feed livestock due to financial hardship will receive feed in exchange for work at county yards. Between 250 and 300 dollars worth of feed has already been arranged through the Social Service league. The relief need began after January 1.
Decorah area reports extreme cold as Orlando Halvorson a Springfield township youth walked thirteen miles to Decorah for a young farmers meeting at Luther College. He hoped for a ride and finally found one within three blocks of the campus, completing the trek in brutal conditions.
A Tama county tally shows 18 000 bushels of sealed corn remaining. Walter Moeller has been appointed corn sealer for Gene seo Clark and Oneida townships in Tama.
Since January 1 only one corn loan recorded here, the loan by George Herold for 315 bushels. Total filings to date amount to 17,206 bushels.
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