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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1940
Page
2
Government dairy supports show a net butter removal of 18 million pounds last year with a cost of 9.8 million dollars and an industry profit near 60 million. Officials note higher prices and rising exports may push 1940 dairy product values higher amid strong consumer demand.
Poem reflects a speaker named in initials G. E. M. cherishing a small town. The narrator recalls childhood, bridal days, church bells, and familiar homes. They express longing to return, vow to remember faces, spires, and neighbors wherever life leads.
At a farmer’s consignment sale in Independence a brown smooth mouth mule sold for 40 dollars. Veal calves topped at 15.50 with bulk 10 to 14 dollars. Pigs, brood sows, and various cattle also sold, with Guernsey bulls and Shorthorn stock among top prices. The heaviest buyer was from Cuba City, Wisconsin, spending about 800 dollars.
A Chicago datelined note from Fresh Fruits and Vegetables reports a United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable association survey showing average retail markups on produce around 50.2 percent, with radishes and spinach notably higher. The study covered Illinois Iowa and Minnesota from May 1 to June 15 and found low loss from spoilage, high stock turnover, and nearly no loss leaders among independents.
Des Moines reports 293 million eggs laid in Iowa during June, up six percent from June 1939. The rise is mainly due to a 4 percent gain in hens to 20,104,000, while the January to June total reaches 1,638,000, just under half a percent higher than last year and seven percent of U S output. The town egg feed ratio falls to 8.8 from 9.8, reflecting higher feed costs and a slightly higher per dozen price.
John Olson of West Union shows 49 Nebraska Sandhills cattle weighing 950 to 1000 pounds expected to gain fattening in 40 to 50 days. Forecasters note heavier Chicago fat cattle receipts in early July and predict market curtailment after August as feeders plan to market heavily in June and July.
A young horse on the J F Ingles farm near Maynard was killed by lightning during a Thursday storm. The following day the barn was struck, tearing a large roof hole and damaging wiring. Howard and Marvin Ingles, sons of the owner, were in the barn but unharmed.
Spontaneous combustion is believed to have started last week the fire that razed a barn along with its contents, a tool shed, and a chicken house on the Sam Pape farm near Eldorado.
Thunderbolt hits the Schmickle barn two miles east of Walker igniting the structure and killing one horse while badly burning another and five pigs. A 1938 automobile also burns with limited insurance on barn and stock. In Independence two miles northwest of Troy Mills Mrs. Etta Church’s farm house suffers roof and wall damage but a baby sleeping in a room escapes unharmed.
The association's board includes Clarence Burleson J R Witzigman and D D Fuller. It plans to boost junior calf clubs visit every member, study live stock marketing and agricultural planning, and host the beef feeders banquet and annual tour. The banquet date was set for Nov 21 with Fuller Nims and Krause in charge. last year 330 people attended and 507 pounds of beef were prepared from two county champions.
Threshing on the colony farm is finished. The wheat yield averaged 39 bushels per acre and oats ranged from 45 to 50 bushels per acre.
Special to The Gavette. Washington Klein brothers, farmers near Keota, report a field of 38 acres of Canadian oats averaged 83 bushels to the acre and weighed 39 pounds to the bushel.
threshing began in Walker with oats straw short but grain heavy yielding 35 to 40 bushels per acre and one field at 60. In Decorah early threshing shows oats 25 to 30 per acre and barley near 25 with excellent quality. hail damage limited to southwest Winneshik county while last week's storms aided corn and soybeans in affected areas.
Maquoreta Elmer Jones of Green Island was elected president of the Jackson County Beef Cattle Feeders' association at a directors meeting in Miles. Tom Nims was named vice president, Ed Schumann second vice president, Franz Krause secretary, and William Dohse chairman. Other members.
WEST UNION Fayette county 320 acre improved farm five miles southwest of Hawk Eye sold at auction for 34 dollars per acre totaling 10880. Henry C Rein hart of Dixon Illinois bought the property from the Elizabeth Kersten estate with several Illinois heirs involved. An arrangement had the father of two heirs buying for a daughter. The new owner plans extensive improvements. Hazleton 160 acre farm near W P Menney estate sold for 8000 dollars or 50 dollars an acre to Orville W Menney the tenant.
Washington officials of the bureau of animal industry plan to extend experimental inoculation of hog erysipelas from Nebraska to other states. Research at Beltsville Md centers on treatment and diagnosis while noting the disease’s economic impact and risks of spread through uninspected sale barns and home premises.
Six hundred fifty people attended the Gray farm centennial near Columbus Junction celebrating a farm started by the James Gray family in 1840. Speakers included Dean Charles F. Curtis and state official Mark Thornburg, with 4 H club displays, heirlooms, and a collection of 300 pitchers showcased.
R. K. Bliss announced E. F. Ed Graff, former extension agent for northeast Iowa since 1921, as state extension service leader in county land use planning. Graff will supervise five district planning assistants with appointments in the northeast and northwest districts coming soon. Already named are Roland Welborn southeast Iowa, Robert Buck southwest, and Francis Kutch east central.
Iowa City report from the Johnson county cow test association shows 419 cows, including 53 dry, averaged 807 pounds of milk and 31 pounds of butterfat. CoH Jennings, Iowa City, records the high herd with 920 pounds of milk and 43.6 pounds of butterfat from 12 grade Guernseys, one dry.
The July report by tester Ray Kinzie shows Kenneth Roth owning the top cow with 1,655 pounds milk and 69.5 pounds butterfat. John Gocke heads the high herd with 14 Holsteins and Jerseys producing 1,009 pounds milk and 37.3 pounds butterfat.
Reports show Iowa mostly drenched in the last 48 hours except for Linn Cedar Johnson Clinton Muscatine and Scott counties where rain is still needed. Some eastern sections received moisture but corn tassels are late and yields may suffer if drought continues. New seedlings show damage in the dry areas as of Monday noon.
Iowa City Johnson county farmers will receive parity payment checks totaling 85120 over Monday and Tuesday bringing the distributed total to 85120 and 231 checks issued with a future batch of about 540 checks pending. Joe Raim, AAA chairman, said final applications were received several days ago.
Mrs. Harold Sheets of Cedar Rapids credits Natex with improving her four year old daughter Enid Elaine Sheets. constipation loss of appetite poor sleep and weight gain improved after a few doses. A Natex Representative at Podzimek's Pharmacy invites parents to learn more and offers samples.
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