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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1939
Page
12
State agricultural officials outline when drought damaged oats barley and rye qualify for soil conservation payments. Guidance covers emergency forage crops sowing alfalfa and balks on nurse crops while cautions about overplanting and ground eligibility for corn payments.
Dated notes discuss corn prospects for June 1 with knee high plots of cold resistant varieties. Seed growers warn of variable growth across regions while grain crops perk up in the mild spell. The writer remarks on the season's fooling weather and hints at a busy harvest ahead.
The Farmers Grain Dealers association of Iowa will sponsor a rural youth discussion contest to promote interest in cooperative marketing. Entrants must be under 20 and related to a farmer-owned employer. Registration ends Oct 1 with nine district eliminations before Jan 1 1940 and a final contest at Des Moines during the annual convention Jan 23-25 1940.
Six new superintendents have been named for the Keokuk county fair at What Cheer. They are Bill Fyfe sheep division Albert Armstrong swine Paul Palmer farm products and fruits Mrs Ernest Green 4 H girls club work Everett Hemsley chief of police and Earl Grove junior livestock clubs. All other superintendents remain the same as last year.
Wayne Dinsmore secretary of the Horse and Mule association of America warns horse owners after reports of severe swellings and one death in 35 horses from sleeping sickness vaccination. He urges checking expiration dates and keeping chick embryo vaccine near 40 degrees F, using subcutaneous injections on opposite neck sides, and avoiding intramuscular administration to prevent swelling abscesses.
Cedar county farmers and businessmen will observe Sol Conservation week by touring the Indian Creek watershed SCS projects near Marion Wednesday afternoon.
Ray Bell director for the northeastern Iowa Farm Bureau district will give the main address at the Buchanan county 4-H club rally day program. Mrs Howard Hand as county chairman of girls 4-H clubs and Mrs Albert Strauer will oversee the program. The meeting opens at 9 30 am.
An advertisement from Nick Holz of Cedarburg Wisconsin endorses RUX as effective against rheumatic neuralgic and neuritic pains. The spot claims relief after use and promotes a low price eight ounce bottle at multiple local drugstores, urging a fair trial.
Receipts of interior Iowa and southern Minnesota hogs totaled 655,400 head in May, the largest for the month since 1934, up 37 percent from last year and 28 percent above the 1934-38 average. Eight-month Oct-May total stood at 5,809,900, about 17 percent above a year ago and near the 5-year average.
SIGOURNEY The Keokuk county Farm Bureau and Sigourney CCC camp will host seven soil conservation project tours for county business men next week. The schedule lists farms in South English Webster Gib son What Cheer Sigourney Hedrick Richland and Clear Creek township with tours each morning and early afternoon from Tuesday through Friday.
IOWA CITY Emmett Gardner county agent announced the annual lamb pool grading demonstration and sale for Johnson county sheep growers on June 13. The event features livestock evaluation and market activity showcasing local lambs and industry practices.
Champlin’s White Leg horn chicks featured for large white eggs and strong body size. Last hatch of the season available next Monday with 1000 one week old pullets and several thousand straight run Heavy Breeds 1 to 3 weeks old. Limited stock and sells out by June 10th. order now.
Fifty Linn county 4-H dairy club boys tested their judging skill on Jersey and Holstein cattle on several farms near Cedar Rapids Marion and Waterloo. William Horr organized the tour with demonstrations by E M Wright of Waterloo and Wright showed clipping hoof trimming and fitting for the show ring on multiple farms.
Vocational agriculture teachers from across Nebraska gather in Ames for their annual state conference June 7 to 10. Highlights include talks by state education leaders and agriculture officials. The program features an annual meeting Wednesday, district meetings Thursday, a luncheon for ten year instructors Thursday, and a Friday evening picnic.
Miss Helene Dilger Winneshiek county home demonstration agent announced Anna K. Neufeld Russian born instructor at Newton Kansas high school as headline speaker for 4 H rally day June 8 at Decorah high school auditorium She will speak on Russian farm life sing several songs THe program includes song festival music recognition contest club skits Hansel and Gretel by rural women chorus posture skits by Military Maids and dances by local groups About 160 4 H girls are in Winneshiek county and are expected to attend.
Will Warren and Carl Hastings of Iowa City will represent Johnson County in the state dairy cattle judging contest next fall at the Waterloo dairy show. They led a judging event held Thursday by the contest association with Guernseys judged at George Black farm Jerseys at Donald Jones farm and Holsteins at the state sanitorium farm. Fifty people attended the judging tour which ended with a picnic at Oakdale.
Tama county Farm Bureau completed plans to purchase the Owen building in Toledo owned by Dr A A Pace. The remodeled structure will house the Farm Bureau office the poultry department and the agricultural conservation offices on separate floors with occupancy aimed for July 1. A committee led by Harry H Lichty with J D Hayes and L C Davis finalized the purchase contract.
Independence reports May results from the Wapsie Valley Cow Testing Association. A total of 473 cows tested produced an average 307 pounds of butterfat and 753 pounds of milk. The Arvid Magnuson herd led with 1320 pounds of milk and 436 pounds of butterfat. a jersey in Clarence Boddicker’s herd yielded 1311 pounds of milk and 73.4 pounds of butterfat.
In Troy Mills and Elgin crops show strawberries starting to ripen but expected to be short due to drought and cold. Farmers report strong corn growth after rain, oats poor in color, and potato beetles active. Washington notes May rainfall totals and favorable outlook for corn and rye. strawberries expected to be good after recent rains.
Special to The Gazette Arlington saw rainfall that boosted oats gardens and corn after a dry spell. Mount Vernon notes knee high corn on Walter Cook farm three miles west of town with 28 acres planted May 3 on different soils. Strawberries ripening potatoes and peas blooming follow the recent moisture.
A hog vaccination school for Keokuk county farmers will be held at 9 30 am Monday in Sigourney under the Farm Bureau with Dr K W Stouder of Ames as instructor.
Warren and Berry were reelected as directors of the Johnson County Livestock Marketing association at the annual meeting in Iowa City. Over 400 attendees heard the manager's report by Quentin Messer with speakers Sam Thompson and Ray Anderson. The farm women's chorus performed.
A large crowd attended the Clinton county beef cattlemen tour with Rex Beresford of Ames giving feedlot talks at ten stops. DeWitt Community Club and Clinton Chamber of Commerce representatives participated. officers elected include President Ferdinand Schmidt of DeWitt and secretary-treasurer Henry Stucland of Grand Mound. Directors named were Henry Hansen of Bryant, R. S. Coverdale of Delmar, Alfred Mommsen of Goose Lake, with Marvin Jargo of Andover appointed to a vacancy.
Iowa naturalists gathered for the second annual state park naturalists' school in Ames. Dr. George Hendrickson, zoologist and entomologist, directs the sessions on recreational programs geology trees and shrubs cold-blooded animals and insects ferns and nature trails and park publicity. the program runs through Saturday noon.
Iowa assessor figures show about 300000 acres moved from tenant to owner operator status in 1938. January 1 tenant operated 57.1 percent of farm land, owner operators 42.9 percent, down from 59 percent in 1934 and down 19 points since the peak.
All members attended a Penn Avenue Grange meeting in Atalissa this week. The next meeting is set for June 28 and will be led by Mrs. Clarence Lindle, Mrs. Herman Terhune, and Mrs. Grant Smith.
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