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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1937
Page
6
Government experts project 1837 may mark a peak in agricultural recovery. They cite first half cash farm income near 4 billion dollars, the best price-to-cost ratio since 1925, and sustained demand. Farm population fell 1910 to 1930 then rose to 1936, while overall farm costs and net income would rise with normal weather.
On a Lafayette farm the CCC water control work saved ten acres of corn during heavy rains. Workers built a 40-rod dike, dam and concrete flume, diverted East Otter creek to reduce washing, and redesigned a creek channel to ease flow into the ditch outlet. The project cost Price cement and crushed rock, with CCC labor funded by the government. Price says it more than paid for itself.
Fayette county 4 H club members held judging workouts Saturday at four farms to prep for the state fair and Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress this summer. Dairy cattle were judged at Turner Niehe and Mabon farms and baby beeves at Whitley farm with demonstrations on showing by Lucille Whistler and dairy calf fattening by Grover Murene. Country Agent McElroy and club leaders Damond and Ferton assisted. workouts to continue every three weeks until fair time.
Postville reports a Jersey cattle show featuring ten cows with high butterfat records. Herod Kaeser announced the event with Fred Johnston and Fred Idtse handling duties as judges and staff. The competition, part of the Northeast Jerseys Cattle club activities, is set for the upcoming month.
A group of horses at LeGlace farm were electrocuted after windstorm wires fell, killing the team early Wednesday. The incident occurred as they were near the fence and contacted live lines. Local authorities are investigating the weather related accident.
Fayette county wool pool to be sold June 5 afternoon with expected total beyond last year’s 30 000 pounds. Sealed bids invited based on two grades first and second. First grade excludes black burly dead braid heavy belly and seedy fleeces. Sales committee listed: Schoeder Handley Osmundson Ostrand er Carlin Shaffer Rothlisberger Hennig Halstead Deweese Hastings Browne.
In Postville at an Iowa Buttermakers meeting, Ben Gulsvig of Monona and Edgar Riser of Postville tied for first with a 93 butter score. Louis Lenmar and Robert Ewing tied for second at 92.2, while Gordon Jounders and Eliott Nelson tied for third at 92. High men and women in judging were noted, with Sires and Schultz among top performers.
The Farmersburg watershed tour by the Four-County Soils Association, originally set for June 8, has been moved to June 15. Floyd Parks, fieldman for the organization, said the tour will cover soil improvement efforts in the area.
The Gazette notes Hopkinton area gardens show strong prospects with lettuce tadisnes onions and asparagus ready for use. Cherry trees geeseberries currants apples and grapes promise good yields though cool weather may limit bee pollination and full apple crop. Strawberries raspberries and blackberries are well budded with peach trees showing potential. Farm work nears normal with most corn planted and alfalfa growing after a fair winter stand.
Eight Iowa county 4-H members join a newly formed poultry club linked to the Iowa Poultry Producers association. They will prepare flocks for a state exhibit at Ottumwa August 10 to 15, with five contestants advancing from the county. Members include Albert and Arthur Wallace, Helen Dane of York township, Julia Faktinson and Kathleen Olson of Hilton, Virgil Himschoot of Hartford, Arnold Riess of English, and Betty Margaret Schafbach of Sumner township.
Florence L. Clare reports the Milking Shorthorn Breeder's Association of northeastern Iowa will hold its annual picnic at Irvin F. Meyer's Gold Mine Stock Farm six miles west of McGregor on Wednesday. Meyer jokes about the farm name while highlighting his colonial home, barns, silos, and registered herd. The feature includes tales of 80 years of gold diggings, a sinkhole, a nearby military trail, and a legend of a wagon train of $60,000 gold near Fort Atkinson.
A Verona Wisconsin cheesemaker notes May prices at 1.25 dollars per hundredweight for 3 percent milk. He suggests this partly explains why cheese factories are scarce in Iowa. The discussion highlights that butter often pays more locally, with pig and poultry feed influenced by skimmilk whey from dairy processing.
The tale centers on a sink hole rumored to hide a lost pay roll and treasure. Despite periodic searches, no treasure has been found as workers and locals keep revisiting the site, with some explorers camping nearby and others dismissing the legend as fishy.
Secretary Cook announces Central Iowa Parish show at Bremer county fair Waverly August 21 24 The E M Mitchell Sons Reinbeck will exhibit Parish show officers Paul Mitchell Reinbeck Frank Brandhorst Southeastern Iowa Parish at Keosauqua Van Buren County fair John R Hilland Milton D J Blunk Ottumwa Eastern Iowa Parish at Buchanan County Fair Independence August 17 20 Officers F J Bachman Clarence A E Eschen Lamont Parish herd of twenty up to ten per exhibitor to be selected to compete at All Iowa Dairy Show Cedar Rapids September 6 10
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association hosts a June 8 Marion picnic with six selected women covering education social contacts security electricity in the home hired man problems and health. Miss Paulena Nickell will summarize the women talks while two legislators Fred Bruene and Henry Grunewald join L. G. Allbaugh for an outlook discussion. event includes a ball game and other sports.
One thousand two hundred trees were planted on the Anna Wilson farm in Fayette county as an erosion control demonstration. Eight hundred black locusts and four hundred ash seedlings were placed under the Northeastern Town Soils Improvement association and the Fayette Farm Bureau banner. Plantings will extend to other demonstrations next year on farms of Jacob Spies Max Saltsgiver George Holmes and Harry Stolle.
A Brown Swiss bull topped the weekly community sale at Waukon Friday bringing $99. Cows sold as high as $85 and several two year old heifers brought $75. Seventy three head of cattle went through the ring.
A country woman reflects on the true value of life and fairness as she praises her son’s college achievement while expressing sympathy for another deserving boy who did not win. Her biased but heartfelt remark reveals depth of understanding born from years of farming and shared community ties.
Three cows in the herd of George G. Burton of Cedar Rapids have completed official records in the Herd Improvement Division and qualified for the advanced register of the American Guernsey Cattle Club. A twelve-year-old cow produced 324 days, 6,681.8 pounds milk and 345.2 pounds butterfat. a two-year-old produced 325 days, 6,513.3 pounds milk and 349.8 pounds butterfat. a six-year-old produced 347 days, 7,874.8 pounds milk and 432.7 pounds butterfat.
An old advertisement suggests Juniper Oil and Buchu leaves in small green tablets to help bladder irritation and flush kidneys. It warns that disturbed sleep signals danger and claims you will feel better after a good night’s rest. Located at May’s Drug Store.
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