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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1935
Page
2
Secretary Wallace set 1935 wheat adjustment payments at a minimum of 33 cents a bushel, up four cents from 1934. Total 1935 payments to producers will run about 115 million dollars, with slight county administration deductions and no change in the 30 cent processing tax.
A seven member Iowa City committee proposes three 4 H club buildings in Johnson County at an estimated cost of 10000 dollars. Plans include a 60 by 100 foot layout with spaces for educational exhibits cattle and sheep and swine housing at the airport park site. They seek a possible PWA grant and note no show site exists for the August 14 16 1935 event.
Leading chain stores raised tub butter by two cents to 29 cents a pound in the latter half of last week. The wholesale market has moved up slightly, making a 27 cent price hard to sustain. Chains rarely raise prices this time of year unless confident in the higher level.
Tipton Cedar county farmers with at least forty acres and 500 bushels of barley may enter the malting barley contest by the Master Brewers Association of America. Any six rowed barley except Trebi two rowed hull less types are barred. First place in each state advances to the national sweepstakes at a Milwaukee convention in October. Entries due September 1. Applications go to the state committee.
Manchester Delaware county old Mead creamery two miles north of Manchester is being converted into a machine shed. Built seventy years ago by Chauncey D Mead and A L McNeill from native oak, it stored milk in pans with running water and was skimmed by hand before giving way to co op creameries. The building later served as a sorghum mill and served cane loads by horse drawn vehicles. Now idle, it is being completely dismantled.
On the Virginia Maryland Eastern Shore potato growers declared a full holiday for shipments by truck rail or water to lift prices from below cost to $2 per barrel at shipping point. Roads were policed and pickets targeted truck operators unable to prove loads met the price, a measure that achieved the $2 rate within four days.
In Anamosa area a exceptionally tall dock grew in an alfalfa field north of town. William Stanton of Bernard, six feet tall, held the weed aloft while photographed. A seed count by John W. Ingels, assistant county agent, found about 25000 well developed seeds on the plant.
West Branch Cow Test association reports 414 cows with 635 pounds of milk and 27.9 pounds of butterfat average in June. Eighty four cows exceeded 40 pounds butterfat. high herd by W A Cameron of Downey averaged 869 pounds milk and 42.2 butterfat from ten grade Guernseys. Other leaders include Edwin Orr Downey 42.1, Ivan L Gates West Liberty 40.7, Oswald E Jensen West Branch 40.3, and Ed Hayslett 40.1 butterfat. High cow in Alfred Larson herd produced 1,368 pounds milk and 84.8 butterfat.
Keosauqua hosts dedication of the South Iowa Co operative Creameries building on July 18 with a morning butter scoring contest. A noon banquet and afternoon program follow the judging segment.
A report from Allamakee county shows 84 000 pounds of wool sold during the season ending July 1. Elsheimer and Son of Waukon shipped 38 000 pounds to Silberman and Sons of Chicago. A R Anderson moved 15 000 pounds to Niel Brothers of Fort Wayne via Dr F Wolfe of Lansing. 31 000 pounds moved through the Allamakee County Wool Growers association. Wool sacks ranged 250 to 287 pounds and sold around 60 dollars each. The article notes rising interest in sheep raising in the county.
The Gazette notes heavy imports of canned corned beef from Argentina Brazil and Uruguay plus smaller shipments from seven other countries. Argentine corn imports reach 970000 bushels for the week ending July 5 with 1445000 bushels sent to the United States. Argentine corn prices run at 86 cents a bushel while domestic No 2 yellow corn quotes at 97 and a half cents.
Washington reports 1934 per capita milk consumption at 796.6 pounds, slightly down from 796.9 in 1933 and far below 831.5 in 1931. Total 1934 milk use estimated at 100.713 billion pounds, with imports 487 million and exports 157 million, while production fell to 101.766 billion pounds despite storage aiding higher consumption.
Tipton-Cedar county 4 H club members plan a baby beef and beef heifer tour on July 16 with farm stops at George Cary Tipton Wendell Hyde West Branch Helen and Anders Mather Jr West Liberty Billy Suchomel Solon Charles Gordon Agne Tipton Francis Moffit Mechanicsville Billy Busching Stanwood James Moore Tipton Marie Esler Tipton Robert Joslin Clarence Arthur and Earl Domer Stanwood Mearl Esler Olin Kenneth Crist Clarence Allan and Myron Schneider Massillon Emil A Seebeck Bennett Harold Willard and Lucille Eiler Tipton A picnic dinner will be served at Red Oak Grove park Carl Oldsen secretary of the Iowa Beef Producers association will attend.
M. C. Zurka of Cedar Rapids built a hybrid garden tractor from a motorcycle, three car models, and corn plow parts. He uses fliver rims with angle iron lugs and a Model A transmission with a cut down Model T rear. The engine, gas tank, and controls come from a motorcycle, yielding ample power to clear soddy growth on a four and a half acre tract.
Two years of pasture improvement work will be shown at the state hospital farm July 11. Improved pastures yield more beef per acre and longer grazing than unimproved plots, with steers gaining on a grass ration during drought. The Ames experiment station and state board of control conduct the program starting 10 45 a m with experts from Ames and other institutions presenting on pasture research and management.
Maquoreta reports that acreage compliance checks are mostly complete in Jackson county with some township delays from wet weather. Surveyors’ measurements align closely with contract figures.
New York City demand cooled by high temperatures but vacation business offset the drop. Steamship lines reported heavy bookings since July 1 and purchases above normal. Summer camps opened adding a new trade class, keeping meat prices about steady.
Futures show Iowa new oats opening around 20 to 23 cents a bushel on the farm at threshing time. The U.S. harvest is estimated at about 1.3 billion bushels. Chicago bookings for oats to arrive totaled 360,000 bushels last week covering July to September shipments.
J T Winborn of Kalona elected president of the Johnson county wheat production control association for 1935 Rex Smith of West Branch named vice president I G Birrer of Riverside treasurer and Emmett C Gardner secretary Eighteen Johnson growers sign AAA contracts for 1935 per County Agent Gardner
In hot Woodland after the Fourth, Baby Bunty and friends plan a shower bath game with Uncle Wiggily. They gather a large empty tin, ice pick, rope and sticks while Uncle Wiggily prepares holes in the can and scouts a rustling bush for unexpected visitors.
In Keokuk county barley wheat oats and rye are turning toward harvest. An eight acre rye field east of Martinsburg was cut Friday. Sweet corn tassels in Jefferson county and near Abingdon. Batavia area reports flood damage to clover hay and other crops from 3 inch rain last Thursday.
Jackson county farmers report the first alfalfa hay crop as good but coarse due to rank growth and heavy yield. Wet weather and winter ice damage caused spoilage and killing out in some fields. Corn is being cultivated for the third time, and oats, wheat, and small grain straw show strong yields. Ely area notes delayed haying as rains continue.
A new Oklahoma law effective August 8 provides protection for livestock owners by allowing the killing of dogs that kill or worry sheep. It also authorizes charging dog owners for damage caused by trespass dogs.
An advertisement claims Narito relieves neuritis pain rapidly, including in a 73 year old mother, without narcotics. It pledges quick effects after three doses and offers a money back guarantee if pain persists, urging readers to consult their druggist.
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