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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1932
Page
8
Inspected hog slaughter in June reached 3,319,863 head, 2 percent above last year, while receipts at twelve major markets fell 14 percent. Cattle slaughter declined modestly with a 4 percent drop in market receipts, and calves under inspection were down about 7 percent. Sheep and lamb totals rose slightly with an overall year set at 18,659,941 head slaughtered under inspection.
Pleased paeans permeate yana publications praising pork prices and prosperity. Possibly ponderous porkers profit packers as producers face waning purses. Patience, please.
Interview with Charles Medberry owner-operator of 460 acres six and a half miles south of Elgin. He explains buying a new 175 acre farm for his son, financing challenges including bank waivers, and his view that relief must come from farmers getting better prices. He notes tax burdens, debt, and political disillusionment while highlighting his family farming activity and cattle, hogs, and egg prices. He criticizes Congress and expresses distrust in Hoover and the era’s politics.
A daily farming column blends opinions on prohibition enforcement with cattle health notes. A reader advocates stricter law enforcement, suggests varied revenue ideas, and discusses tuberculosis testing in cattle, noting five reactors and the impact of care and barn conditions.
Thousands of men and women 40 and younger suffer Get ting Up Nights Backache Stiffness Leg Pains Nervousness Acidity due to poorly functioning kidneys or bladder. Cystex is advertised as specially prepared to aid these troubles and starts circulating system in 15 minutes. Priced at 75 cents at druggists with a guarantee satisfaction or money back.
Farmers begin cutting oats and gathering barley while corn in various localities grows rapidly and shows a dark green color. Potatoes vary by patch and haying proceeds with lighter yields blamed on last summer's drought.
Fire at the A. W. Kendall farm near Delmar destroyed two barns and contents early Saturday morning. Authorities say hay spontaneously combusted. Marshall Lindenmeir operated the farm. neighbor Allen Brackett raised the alarm as Delmar had no telephone service. Firemen arrived too late to save the structures.
Severe hail battered Van Horne and surrounding farms with punctured roofs, broken windows, and ruined gardens. Homes and businesses including L. G. Colston barber shop and Mrs Dora Rehder residence suffered damage. crops were flattened eight miles west and north and southeast. listed victims include William Knaack S J Maguire Frank Woods Roy Keily and several Schulze and Seeman family members.
A Saturday afternoon hail storm swept a two mile wide path from west of Van Horne to Fairfax. Farmers hit hardest include Walter Schultz William Doss Robert Light John Brecht Cyril Boddicker and Lawrence Becker. Early oats were ruined and windows damaged by large hail.
Farmers report substantial corn damage from a Saturday hail storm spanning a mile or two south of here and west to Cedar Rapids. Gardens southeast of here damaged while Mount Vernon saw only light hail. Bertram received hen egg sized hail with crop destruction. Heavy rain at night downed oats and orchards had green apples showered. Early oat cutting began Friday nearby.
Hopkinton farmers report new alfalfa hay priced at ten dollars a ton as harvest continues. Haymaking is under way and a second crop appears likely with moisture levels robust. corn fields are tall limiting cultivation times for many growers.
Fayette County Cow Test association No. 1 reports 338 cows in June averaging 680 pounds of milk and 26.2 pounds of butterfat per cow. High individual gains went to Smith and Day with 67.2 pounds butterfat and 1,461 milk. Also noted were high herds led by Smith and Day and several owners including Ernest Buenzow and W G Lincoln.
Special to The Gazette reports several local accidents in the vicinity east of Oelwein. Raymond Meyer suffered a badly cut hand after a snap drawn through his hand while he kicked. the injury required treatment. Frank Gordish had his hand drawn into a pulley during haying, causing injuries.
Ames AP The nine member Iowa State college faculty committee outlined five rough draft projects to be submitted within 30 days for approval. They cover lard quality by feed, nutritional value, fat composition and shortening, heat stability for deep frying, and rancidity chemistry. The group spans animal husbandry chemistry and home economics with members including Prof J H Buchanan Belle Lowe P Mabel Nelson Dean Genevieve Fisher W E Nelson W F Coover Dean R E Buchanan and H H Kildee.
Tipton County Agent Emmett Gardner notes new parcel post regulations take effect October 1 increasing parcel length and girth by 100 inches and weight to seventy pounds across zones. He says many farmers rely on mail for market shipments.
DES MOINES 4 H club members will stage daily demonstrations at the State fair August 24 to September 2 showing bread making with soft blended and hard wheat flours milled in Iowa. They stress whole wheat cereals and compare flour costs to highlight Iowa grown cereals benefits for state prosperity.
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