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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1936
Page
10
Eastern Iowa fields show thicker shocks and straighter straw as early oats look promising with better yields than fair. Late oats suffer damage in some localities, likely reducing harvest. Corn fights tough odds amid heat and pending rain, while pastures dry and new seeding, especially clover, faces loss.
Cedar County farmer Earl Elijah and The Gazette farm editor inspect corn fields near Clarence where white caps appear on leaves during peak heat. They note corn uses vast water to cool leaves and tassels and warn rain is needed soon to avert damage.
NORTH LIBERTY Three acres of rye were threshed Friday by Divis Sentman for his son Purl. Oats averaged thirty bushels per acre on fifteen acres. The oats were good quality and heavy after threshing. North Liberty elevator offered thirty cents per bushel. Farmers report drought affecting crops and need rain. Some corn bringing 70 cents per bushel. raspberry crop shortened by heat. Farmers using horses switch teams during oat cutting.
Farmers report early oats and barley harvested with light yields expected. Late oats to be harvested this week while corn tassels begin. Gardens suffer from drought and the potato crop is forecast to be light.
Special to The Gazette Tipton reports farmers adapting to extreme heat by starting before sunrise and ending after sunset. Some rise at 3 a.m. to 9 a.m., then return at 3 p.m. Two teams are used to rotate rests, keeping haying with three or four horses in service to endure daily heat.
A vivid verse by R. F. A. describes a battle corn plant caught in woven wire facing extreme heat and dryness. The passage personifies the plant as it curls, crouches, and endures sun and night sparring for breath and moisture to persist another day.
Heat causes heavier losses of fat hogs while hay loaders strain under heavy crops. Hired help is scarce and farmers pay workers from 2 to 4 dollars a day.
Oats ripened quickly and farmers harvest as alfalfa stands thin. Many finish putting up hay while some plow corn. Pastures dry. milk cows drop in production. If heat persists, cattle may be moved to feed lots.
Marie Esler of Tipton was elected county president of Cedar county 4-H girls clubs at Rally day. Merjorie Estle West Branch became vice president. Helen Wingert Tipton secretary. Helen Mather West Liberty treasurer. Ruby Schroeder Mechanicsville historian.
Orville Stoner of Town County sold a load of 1200-pound steers in Chicago. The price was 8.50 per hundredweight, reflecting a sturdy sale for the cattle.
A country column observes aging farms and changing countryside scenery. It questions farming choices that erode soil and neglect legume crops while noting home modernization harms the yard and farmhouse charm. It urges patient, informed care for land and longer-term productivity.
H M Hamlin of the Iowa vocational education department predicted Iowa could hire 200 to 300 agriculture teachers in coming years as federal funds for vocational education increase after July 1 1937. He noted only 127 schools now have federally aided agriculture courses, with at least 400 projected.
Federal officials announce a large grant to Iowa for 1937-38 totaling 485 801 dollars doubling the 1935-36 allocation. Of this 206 800 funds support agricultural instruction with 4 000 expected new vocational agriculture instructors nationwide. Iowa receives 40 013 for vocational teacher training, 116 752 for home economics teachers, and 47 925 for trades and industries education. Distributive trades will get 23 769, with the remainder allotted to the state vocational education board.
Miss Helen Swinney of the Ames extension service will visit Waukon on July 15 to aid 4-H club members and leaders in preparing demonstrations for Achievement Day set for the early part of August.
Federal official Claude R. Wickard announces 1936 amendments to the soil conservation program covering Iowa to Wisconsin. Modifications allow land from harvested grain hay to be classified as soil conserving with a later check, permit payments for drought losses with evidence of good practice, and permit emergency forage crops on conserved land without losing classification.
In June the Benton County cooperative test cows averaged 758.3 pounds of milk and 28 pounds of butterfat across 26 herds. E. E. Taylor of Vinton led with 1,228 pounds of milk and 40.5 pounds of butterfat from seven grade Holsteins, followed by Matt Birker with 973 pounds of milk and 35.3 butterfat from eighteen purebred Holsteins. The high individual butterfat was a Harvey Jacobs Jersey cow at Center Point with 66.4 pounds in June, producing 545.8 pounds butterfat as a senior three-year-old last year with $135 profit over feed costs.
A brief note explains that the rag doll serves as the simplest and least costly method to test seed corn viability. It emphasizes ease of use and affordability for farmers seeking quick results.
Early Monday morning measurements show a five and a half inch two day rise in the Dillon Atherton farm hill of corn near Viola. Growth patterns reflect extreme heat with Saturday adding three and a quarter inches while Sunday added two and a quarter inches as temperatures peaked at 128 degrees.
New York domestic butter receipts for the first half of the year total 127,962,290 pounds, up from 121,028,465 a year earlier, with Iowa shipments slightly down yet still leading. Egg receipts reach 4,262,535 cases, up from 3,701,257, while Iowa shipments surge for the greatest increases. Cheese receipts climb to 33,166,210 pounds, Wisconsin supplying most.
A cargo of Argentine corn was unloaded in Los Angeles in the week ended July 10. The USDA grain news service notes July August shipment corn at 82 cents a bushel delivered duty paid to US ports. Domestic No 3 yellow corn quoted at 1.01 for CIF New York and central California at 1.145 a bushel.
Work has progressed rapidly on the construction of an addition to the turkey packing plant in Wellman. The 80 by 124 foot extension will raise capacity by more than half and include incubator space and a cold storage plant. Storage for turkeys will grow from six to nine cars, enabling the company to operate fourteen incubators.
Miss E Kennedy of Pasadena writes she suffered dandruff and itching for over a year before using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She says her scalp feels fine now and flakes vanished, hair looks better. Advertisement promotes Cuticura for skin and scalp issues with 25 cent soap and 25 cent ointment and free samples.
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