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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1940
Page
4
Seven Guernsey cows lead the sale at the Perley closing out auction near Marion. The event totals 3700 dollars with 50 cattle and 150 hogs sold, prices rising on cows, yearlings, and pigs while corn in the crib brings 62 cents a bushel.
The text discusses British hog prices around 2113 and the potential for an early summer peak in U S markets. It cites March–April farrowing, high corn prices, and a shift in marketing timing, with England's wartime actions and naval blockades influencing future pork imports and prices. The overall trend is upward amid the armament program.
June milk output figures from North Tama Cow Test association show 314 cows tested averaging 864 pounds of milk and 343 pounds of butterfat per cow. Burns M. Byram notes W D Mitchell led with 19 purebred Hostems averaging 1 158 pounds of milk and 44 3 pounds of butterfat.
In Benton county, June results show test cows averaging 756 pounds of milk and 28 pounds of butterfat. Hoyt Holsteins led with 985 pounds milk and 35.3 butterfat. Glime Jersey top individual produced 1,431 pounds milk and 73 butterfat. In Jackson county, Wing and Son led with 377 pounds butterfat per cow average from 381 cows, the high individual at 75.3 pounds.
Story County farmers fight a severe chinch bug invasion threatening the 1940 corn crop. Creosote was distributed by railroad and road transport, trenches and treated paper strips prepared around fields to trap and deter the pests, described by county agent I G Montgomery as the worst in a quarter century.
Johnson County 4 H club girls' demonstration teams will receive help from Miss Nelle Thompson of the Iowa State College extension service at meetings here Tuesday.
Iowa State College researchers led by H J Barre analyze venting crib width and wall slats to speed drying of dent corn. They warn moisture management, wind, and cross braces affect storage safety under the Agricultural Adjustment Act loans with data from USDA and Ohio experiments.
Fire at Calvin Crouse farm 14 miles NW of Marshalltown led three gasoline tank trucks to haul water to the farm cistern. Grundy Center and Conrad pumps fought the blaze. A barn hog house double corncrib and 30 tons hay plus 2500 bushels corn and 400 bushels oats were destroyed. Trucks delivered about 15000 gallons of water. The corn may smoulder for days.
The Preston 4 H dairy calf club will hold a tour Tuesday at 1 p.m. Ernest Wright secretary of the Iowa State Dairy association will attend and will show movies of the Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress in the evening at a township Farm Bureau meeting at the Claud Kelley home.
Fourteen men equipped with haying gear on Wednesday and Thursday baled 29 acres for James Keegan a local farmer in ill health since spring Assisting workers included Harry Kinley Joe Kinley John Keegan Ray Cashman Ed Cashman Fred Ross Joe Grant Russell Richardson Phil Kester Art Luck Leo Burke Leo Doyle Hubert Kinley and Leroy Kinley.
Fire destroyed the barn and corncribs at the M. T. Wilkinson farm west of Marengo on Saturday morning. Only straw remained storing in the barn. Cause of the blaze undetermined. Loss partly covered by insurance. Marengo fire truck responded.
United Kingdom fat hog prices jumped from 1912 to 2113 per hundredweight with a 2.13 dollar price for hogs up to 180 pounds. Sheep prices climbed to 23.48 per hundredweight. Cuban lard imports in May exceeded 7 million pounds, the largest since 1934, with five month total around 29.3 million pounds. The report notes higher costs and imports adjustments amid global supply shifts.
Demand for American lard has risen to 000 pounds in the period, widening access for most Cuban families as cheaper lard competes with pricier vegetable oils and fat substitutes.
Linn county 4-H health examinations will charge a $3 fee with exams conducted by Cedar Rapids dentists and doctors appointed by the Linn County Medical and Dental Association. The top health participant will win a trip to the state fair to compete in the state health contest. Appointments start after July 15 through early August via Miss Lucille Gove.
Ripe tomatoes have been reported in the W. W. Singleton and Fred Buckman home gardens. Gardens and raspberries need rain.
Advertises personal loans with no endorsers or security, options to repay in monthly installments. Shows example a $100 loan repaid over 12, 20, or 4 months with varying payments and a 244 percent monthly rate on balances up to 150. Emphasizes private transaction, no credit checks on friends, and minimal foreclosure risk.
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