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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1936
Page
25
Chicago market tallies 671000 head in June, up from May 601304, with cattle 170000 and calves 36000. Hog receipts reach 322700, the year's high for a month but low for June records. sheep at 141000 mark the smallest June total since 1889. Hog average 9.90 per hundredweight, lambs 11.35, steers: top 10, average 7.85. cows and heifers average 6.65.
Amused home demonstration agent Miss Lucille Gove expressed surprise at the rapid growth of 4-H club work in Linn county. A new 4-H girls club met at Mrs. E. Albee’s home in the Midway area with seventeen members invited. officers were elected Mary Louise Oxley president Arlene Fernow vice president Mary Ann Lehr secretary treasurer Annabelle Oxley historian Jeanne Ives reporter. The group organized under Miss Gove’s guidance and with assistant leader Miss Marjorie Albaugh. The total in Linn county now stands at sixteen clubs with 225 members enrolled.
Horses topped at 170 dollars in the first weekly auction at Oelwein's new pavilion drawing over 900 attendees from Wisconsin and Illinois. The top horse was a 3 year old mare while the top cow, a 4 Jersey, sold for 60 dollars. John Thiele of Oelwein served as auctioneer.
A Countriwoman muses on Independence as farmers in northeast Iowa enjoy abundant rainfall and thriving hay crops while neighbors in southern Iowa face drought and crop losses. She reflects on hollyhocks, the meaning of independence, and the need for gratitude and support among farmers during July celebrations.
A. H. Kruse, farmer near Steamboat Rock, delivered the first load of soybeans to the Soybean Processing company plant in Waterloo. Processing is to begin in about thirty days. Two more loads arrived Tuesday from L. A. Wright of Ocelwein and Roy A. Freed of Dewar elevator.
Special to The Gazette reports the Delta High herd in Ma haska County Cow Test Association during June consisted of ten purebred Jerseys owned by Clair Werner of Gibson. They averaged 651 pounds of milk and 35.6 pounds of butterfat for the month.
Linn County agent Rex Conn reports more insect damage than usual but not alarming. Stalk borers and pea aphis affect oats corn and potatoes near Cedar Rapids Mount Vernon and Prairiesburg with edge-field and weed-row damage. Grasshoppers and chinch bugs show no major impact. drought threatens clover hay and seed crops. seed corn quality is poor this spring.
John Wager, chairman of the soil conservation and allotment committee in Linn County, said listing sheets with individual bases and farm data would be completed and sent to Des Moines Friday. More than 3,700 worksheets were completed in Linn County. Thirteen appeal cases were filed.
Farmers in Jones County report exceptionally high red clover hay yields with good quality and long stems. William Reese of Jackson township harvested 31 large loads from 11 acres. Will Hiller of Castle Grove township gathered 37 loads from 12 acres and plans green manuring. Reports say yields are the highest in their experience. Rolly Duncan has half an acre of early Ohio potatoes ready, planted the day before Good Friday. Brandon area sees oats cut for hay as weather favors curing and most clover has been stored. Grasshoppers are numerous but not causing major damage.
Decorah The Decorah Farmers Ice Cave Creamery pays patrons 31 30 and 29 cents per pound of butterfat. Haulers receive an average of 2.4 cents per pound.
Vincent Kelly of Waterloo Indiana tied for the individual championship at the Royal show dairy cattle judging contest in Bristol England with 550 points. John Atkinson of Middleton-in-Teesdale England also scored 550 points. England won the team championship with 1,630 points and the All States finished second. The article notes the U S cattle population on Jan 1 1936 was 68 213 000 head.
Observation in the Dillon Atherton field near Viola Indiana shows corn growth varies as the plant expands. The tallest stalk rose one and a half inches Wednesday, while the best previous day reached three inches. An inner leaf added three and a quarter inches, increasing total growth despite limited height. Temperature averaged 76 degrees with a 98 degree high. soil at five inches depth read 82 degrees.
Fragmentary census figures list 000 hogs 51 673 000 sheep 11 637 000 horses 4 685 000 mules. No context or locations provided.
About 100 poultry producers attended the free clinic on Dr W J Pirie's Springville premises where eleven veterinarians performed post mortems on birds. Diagnoses were made by multiple practitioners from 11 a m to 4 p m. Dr George B Senior led the clinic for the U S Department of Agriculture with aid from W J Pirie J M Griffith R M Hofford J W Pirie J C Glenn L W Kellogg John B Bryant F J Crow E O Thomas and J S Potter of Iowa City.
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