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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1935
Page
8
Federal bureau forecast for 1935 36 hog marketing year begins October projects smaller slaughter totals than 1934 35 with a shift to lighter winter output and heavier summer slaughter. Prices likely rise above 1934 35 but stay below this year’s peak amid uncertain production growth and improved but constrained demand.
A torn storm devastates a ripe grain field as economists warn that pork prices move erratically. Analysts expect weak demand and rising cattle competition to influence markets, while relief programs could impact conditions if economic activity improves.
Farm Bureau leader Eduard Deal urges preservation of the Agricultural Adjustment Act program. Delegates from multiple states gathered at a western region meeting to discuss extending farm subsidies and tax measures tied to agricultural production. Officials emphasized widespread demand for continued farm support mechanisms.
Reading from Keswick area reports the Webster Ozets threshing on Morte Gross farm produced forty bushels of oats though rain interrupted threshing. Nearby West Union saw first Fayette county threshing on O S Schroyer farm yielding seventy one bushels from about a half acre. Dysart and Dysart area farms reported rye and barley threshings with long straw and feeding difficulty.
Eighteen acres of wheat on the Tom Siler farm one-half mile north of West Branch yielded under twenty bushels per acre. The grain lodged badly and had not begun to fill. This season’s first threshing in the area signals oats is in shock and threshing soon will be general.
High winds blew down corn on the Alfred Jacobs farm three miles northwest of Elgin. Heavy rain of about two inches Sunday afternoon caused Be creek to wash away bundles of barley.
Maynard oats harvest began strongly in Maynard vicinity last week but slowed this week as a wind and rain storm Sunday flattened standing grain for about three hours.
Special to The Gazette reports harvesting and haying are in full swing in Vining. Oats and other small grains contribute to a bumper yield across the region.
Timothy is badly lodged after heavy weekend rains. Timberseller Swertzendruber, a farmer east of Hobrook, threshed oats Saturday afternoon before the rain. T J Collins and sons, east of Parnell, operated three binders on their farm Friday and Saturday.
Rowley area farmer Ossman, nearly 60, suffered a severe leg wound Saturday after his right foot was caught in a side delivery hay rake. Medical attention followed at a local facility.
A farm dog in Edgewood and a dog named Blackie near Washington mothered an unusual litter including a fawn and three ground hogs. Blackie nursed the young, kept them on a shared dish, and will be shown at the state fair this summer. High winds damaged crops in Edgewood while oats and hay yields look promising in Scotch Grove.
Imports of Argentine corn reached 1 695 000 bushels in the week ended July 19, close to the domestic offering total of 1 951 000 bushels. The report notes high quality grain from Argentina with No 1 grades, a test weight around 59 to 61 pounds, and moisture just above 12 percent.
Boccal to ape Garet YNARD to tents of the Maynard Creamery company received twenty seven cents a pound for June butterfat according to C HL Paul secretary.
Special to The Garette reports Elgin Farmers Dairy patrons received twenty seven cents a pound for butterfat from the last half of June, indicating milk-product pricing during the period.
The Eastern Iowa Veterinary association reports a surge in farm animal illnesses this week. Hog cholera appears in multiple communities amid rising swine typhus and enteritis cases. Horses suffer heat effects with influenza distemper. equine encephalomyelitis outbreaks occur. roundworm damage increases. swine flu and pneumonia are noted in swine herds.
Dysart farmer Thiersen bought eighty acres of the James Lally estate in Benton county for 115 30 an acre. Agnes Lally and Lawrence Lally administrators made the sale. Marengo probate transfers Iowa county land at 120 per acre from Arthur Hudepohl estate to Arthur Hudepohl Jr. Heires receive 12 000 for 100 acres with 7 000 in federal farm mortgage bonds.
Special to The Gazette reports Brandon grocer Brand on F. Gates purchased the C. E. Stumma farm of fifty acres one mile south of Brandon for fifty dollars an acre. Gates plans a new barn and poultry house and will paint and refinish the dwelling interior.
West Union report from Fayette County Cow Test Association No 4 shows 322.4 pounds of butterfat per cow for the year ending June 30 an increase from 252 pounds nine years earlier. High herd average belonged to R F Learn Elgin at 398.5 pounds with 7 249 pounds of milk and 13 97 cow years. High individual cow was a six year old Holstein owned by Max Grafenberg West Union at 539.1 pounds butterfat and 13 818 pounds milk.
In Muscatine and Louisa counties the Michael creek diversion in drainage district 13 is about 60 percent done. The south levee is nearly finished and the north levee is about half complete under U S Army engineers. The creek will be turned into the Mississippi River when finished around Sept. 1.
A back to the farm movement lifts farm land prices 15 to 33 percent from a year earlier across Iowa Nebraska South Dakota and Wyoming. Northern Iowa leads gains with 25 to 33 percent rises as buyers include many farmers seeking homes. Hog cattle and grazing land prices rise with abundant down payments and robust demand marking a broad land boom.
Farm improvements in the Dysart vicinity include a large machine shed on the James Anders farm west of Dysart and house improvements on the Fred Milne farm east of Dysart, totaling about 800 dollars.
Fayette County baby beef clubs plan their annual county tour July 31 leaving the Farm Bureau office at 9 a.m. Morning stops include E. D. James farm north of Stanley, Charles Whitley farm east of Fayette, and R. I. Claxton farm near Randalia. Afternoon stops at Harry Humphrey and Harry Stolle farms near West Union. A noon picnic at Fayette Park precedes the Beef Producers association meeting with officer elections and calf feeding demonstrations.
Fred Bachman of Clarence named chairman withHarry Fedderson as vice chairman Gus Schiele treasurer and Morrell Leeds secretary at the Cedar County Wheat Association annual meeting Compliance work for 1935 wheat contracts has been completed.
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