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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1934
Page
29
Amid protracted drought in Iowa and neighboring states farmers are felling trees for cattle browse as pastures fail and feed becomes scarce. Corn and oats prices rise, hay is scarce, and water wells run dry while soybeans expand in chinch bug areas and livestock are sent to market at a loss.
A southern Iowa farmer in an oat field describes his farm wrecked by chinch bugs. He voices a grim remark and recalls a folk tale about a gallows culprit saying the event will be a lesson.
The report describes widespread drought effects across Iowa with streams fully tapped for irrigation and towns aiding farmers. Pastures brown, groves showing water stress, and small grain failing to reach harvest due to heat. gardens damaged, and corn showing resilience but needing rain to reach expected grades.
In Fayette county, Fairfield Harlan and Jefferson townships tied for first with 999 points at the Farm Bureau women’s Achievement Day. Scott township placed second with 998 and Union third with 984. Windsor 980 Dover 973 Center 963 Clermont 962 Putnam 947 followed. Special features from the tied townships were asked to be exhibited at the state fair in August. the event was led by Mrs Arthur Putnam and Miss Lillian Lewis with remarks by Mrs Ellsworth Richardson.
An old advertisement urges women to use Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound through life stages from puberty to change of life. A Mrs August Schumaker of Michigan City Indiana endorses its use before and after childbirth and for nervous or rundown feelings describing personal family experience.
Davis County agent Janise Green warns drought and chinch bug infestation will severely limit oat and wheat yields. He notes corn acreage cut 35 percent, with barrier programs using creosote oil awaiting a $1 million federal grant to fund control, while farmers shift to soybeans to escape bug damage.
About 150 4 H boys and girls representing 925612 members will attend the eighth national 4 H camp in Washington during June 14 20. State enrollments from forty states have been received by the department of agriculture extension service offices. Henry A Wallace and Frances Perkins will address campers at morning sessions on rural youth and cooperative agriculture. Educational trips are planned for afternoons with campfire meetings in the evenings.
Carl Wilson of Ames will accompany Washington county 4-H members on the spring tour June 7 to judge livestock and offer prep advice for summer shows. Club members will judge livestock and demonstrate hoof trimming and curling for show work. Louisa county 4-H boys join a judging tour June 8 visiting six farms with dairy beef horses hogs and sheep judged. Edgar Rogers will accompany.
Linn-Franklin 4-H Hustlers club will inspect live stock projects on June 4 meeting at 12 30 p m at Mount Vernon. Homes of Vernon Burge Stephen West Francis Wolrab David Hull Lloyd Ellison Warren Wickham William Goudy Charles Randall Roland Neal Ralph Bowman Arlo Ellison Willard Neal and Theodore Stinger will be visited.
Northern Cedar county livestock club members led by R H Domer will meet at Stanwood school on June 4 at 6 30 p m to discuss plans for a 4 H tour. They will review livestock judging work in preparation for practice judging on the tour.
The annual Keokuk County 4-H club county tour is slated for June 6. Thirteen farms in the western half will be visited for inspections of 4-H club work, with Maurice Soulis, county agent, and Joe Colgan, club agent, in charge.
May damage claims totaling 260 dollars were filed with the Jackson county auditor for cattle and livestock losses blamed on dogs. Farmers named include Lloyd Hammon Monmouth LeRoy Frederick Lamotte Louis Schmidt Rowan Brothers LaMotte James Street Monmouth plus others at Baldwin Andrew and Monmouth reporting losses of sheep lambs ducks and a goose.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports April creamery butter production at 133,217,900 pounds, down 3.45 percent from April 1933. For January–April 1934, output falls 8.83 percent to 474,841,800 pounds from 520,788,000 pounds in the same period 1933. Butter market tones remain firm with extras at 24 cents and standards at 23 4/4 to 24 1/4 cents. Future prices show June standards at 24 cents and November storage standards at 25 1/4 cents.
Fred Kemp of near Nashville keeps 27 cents as souvenir after shipping a 520 pound boat to the Chicago market on May 21. It weighed 520 pounds, shed ten en route, sold at 50 cents per hundredweight for a $2.55 return. Freight, warehousing, loading, insurance, commission, and other charges totaled $2.28, leaving 27 cents for Kemp, matching the commission.
The May 15 farm price index stood at 74, same as April 15, with year-ago index at 62. Prices paid by farmers rose to 121, up from 120, while the price paid to price received ratio was 61, steady from April and year earlier. Hogs, eggs, wool fell. gains shown for wheat, corn, butterfat, cattle, lambs, apples, other fruits, chickens, flaxseed, and hay. Butterfat rose to 21.5 cents. corn at 48.6 cents. cotton at 11 cents. potatoes fell to 73.7 cents.
In Anamosa, eleven growers pooled their wool, delivering 1,962 pounds for state pool consign ment in Des Moines and eventual sale by the national pool in Boston. The readable details show a small turnout contributing to a larger coordinated sale program.
Special to The Gazette reports Jewel Hennig of Hawkeye believes several hens on the Hennig farm show distinct advantages. One hen laid an egg with a tubular handle about one and a half inches long, a curious feature noted by the observer.
The Iowa rainfall report from the International News Service notes no precipitation in the two hours ending Friday at 7 a.m. For June to date precipitation is 0 inch, normal 14 inches, deficiency 14 inches. Since January 1 total precipitation is 4.46 inches, normal 10.97 inches, deficiency 6.51 inches.
A new quad-city milk sales license covering Bettendorf Davenport Moline East Moline and Rock Island becomes effective Saturday. Producers will receive 1.60 per hundredweight for Class 1 milk for direct consumption, with Class 2 prices tied to the Chicago butter price plus adjustments. An amended Omaha Council Bluffs license also becomes active, exempting certain producer distributors who sell only their own farm milk from the equalization pool fund.
J. W. Merrill, district extension agent for southeastern Iowa, is named state wheat agent for Iowa. He will supervise measuring and inspecting contracted wheat acreages and assess compliance with contracts. Local county inspectors will be appointed. district training sessions run from June 1 in Chariton, then June 5 Fairfield Red Oak, June 6 Cedar Rapids Denison, June 7 Spencer New Hampton, June 8 Ames.
United Press reports the Wheeler resolution for a broad inquiry into farm product income with FTC endorsement and a large appropriation. Senator Smith aims to delay action to block Tugwell’s nomination, while the bill would study producer share vs processor profits and corporate salaries amid monopolistic concerns.
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