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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1944
Page
5
July 1 storage stocks reached the highest July 1 total since 1929 as hog slaughter fell in June. Frozen pork cuts and pickle cured meats led the rise while CCC and lard changes shifted the overall balance. Beef, veal, offal, lamb and mutton figures were also reported with month to month shifts.
Washington reports from the Commerce Department cast doubt on the jeep’s value for farming after the war. The analysis calls the jeep a costly, versatile but limited vehicle unlikely to fit small farms and only marginally useful to large farms, with little impact on farm machinery markets.
Kansas City officials expect embargoes on wheat shipments to the terminal to be lifted soon. Frank Theis, chairman of the Board of Trade joint terminal committee, said the pile of loaded wheat cars dropped from 4,882 to 3,300 last week. If arrivals stay light, the permit system could be abandoned entirely.
Clyde Spry announced two hearings on soil conservation district petitions. The Delaware County hearing will be in Manchester on Aug 3 and the Davis County hearing in Bloomfield on Aug 10. About 600 Delaware County landowners have petitioned for a district. Iowa has 43 districts.
An animal disease bulletin from the eastern Iowa Veterinary Association notes floods heighten threat of blackleg and anthrax in cattle and carcasses must be burned. Reports in the past two weeks warn hog cholera outbreaks near Wellman, Lone Tree, Iowa City, Mount Vernon, Dysart, Traer, Keystone, Fayette, Maynard, Garnaville, Cedar Falls, Waterloo, New Hampton, Calmar, Denver, and Oelwein with multiple rabies concerns in Keokuk and Farmington areas.
A U S Department of Agriculture report by Ralph W. Phillips and T. Y. Hsu notes native Chinese hogs, especially North China types, produce larger litters and more weaned pig pounds than many improved modern breeds. Chinese sows mother pigs well, mature earlier, and gilts may farrow at six months. average newborn Chinese pigs are lighter with slower growth than modern breeds.
Field tests at the University of Illinois show damaged yellow alfalfa contains far less protein and minerals than healthy green hay. Injured alfalfa had 312 pounds of protein and 58 pounds of mineral per ton, versus 415 pounds protein and 77 pounds mineral in uninjured hay.
Harold Coursey of Burlington has been hired as manager of the Hopkinton cold storage and locker plant succeeding Harvey Talmadge who resigned weeks earlier.
Maynard reports detasseling starts this week in some fields while oats are cut and shocked and others are being combined. Haying nears completion as much of the crop is left in the field to save storage space.
Iowa State college extension poultryman Ralph Baker urges orderly marketing to sell this year's large poultry crop and keep prices near ceiling levels. He recommends heavy breed cockerels at five pounds and light breeds before three pounds, and spreading sales midweek to avoid price drops.
Washington AP reports the Office of Price Administration set new ceiling prices for turkeys boosting medium and heavy birds by 1 to 2 cents per pound and lowering lightweight turkeys by 1 cent. Effective July 20 these rates cover July to October sales. OPA notes military demand will absorb most birds, leaving little impact on consumers.
Iowa farmers have boosted aggregate food production by about 30 percent since the war began. Wallace Ogg says postwar adjustments will cushion the shift, urging farmers to use wartime profits to cut debt and build cash reserves while warning against buying land at boom prices.
Walter Cox of West Liberty was re elected president of the West Branch Dairy Herd Improvement Association at the annual meeting in West Branch. Other officers elected were John Offringa vice president Ivan Gates secretary and treasurer C Earl Smith director and Ray Depping director. Arthur Porter of the Ames extension service addressed the group and County Extension Director Howard A Hamilton led a discussion of the labor program.
Walker-Herman Beebe of Walker completed 50 loads of hay with only his nephew Dick Holman, 14, assisting in the field and daughter Jane, 7, driving the team on the fork. The trio finished the task through teamwork and small helpers.
Notice of probate hearing issued for Jennie Lentz's Last Will and Testament. The District Court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, will hear evidence on July 21, 1944 at 9:00 a.m. to prove and admit the will to probate. Arthur Axmear, Clerk. Edward J. Dahms, attorney.
Washington reports the War Food Administration will cut the list of rationed farm implements from 31 to 19 after July 20. Nine items will be rationed by county quotas while 10 others are distributed without county allocation. Manufacturers control 80 percent of production for 14 items, with 20 percent potentially directed by the agency. five items are fully distributor-led.
Tipton consolidated school vocational agriculture under J Morris Christy served 58 farm boys and 665 adult farmers in 1943 44. They ran evening classes at Cass No 2 and Clarence, held a farmers institute for 500, and tracked farm projects including hogs corn oats potatoes dairy cattle sheep and gardens while improving soils libraries records erosion and seed testing across local farms.
Fire of unknown origin Monday burned the barn at the Everett W. Wray farm on the north edge of North Liberty. Three tons of baled hay, tools and most contents were destroyed. Loss partly covered by insurance.
Local wool buyer Val Elsheimer purchased 35004 pounds of wool from Allamakee this season for a total amount not disclosed in the fragment.
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