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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1943
Page
6
Butter industry faces market gaps as OPA set roll-back dates for June 1 to 10. Cremeries, wholesalers, and retailers brace for price cuts and subsidy payments, while many shipments head to DPMA. Small creameries worry about funds and bookkeeping as officers and managers review cash flows and credit lines amid market uncertainty.
Independence Buchanan county 4-H officers were named Tuesday evening during Rally day. Esther Cherry Quasqueton is president Alberta Hopf Winthrop is vice president Gladys Hillman Stanley is secretary and treasurer Frances Williams Jesup is historian. Mrs Albert Strauer Jesup county 4-H chairman led event. A revue titled 4-H Builds for Victory was performed with readers Mrs Marshall Adams Quasqueton and Phyllis Franck Quaseton.
Secretary Ickes announced increased gasoline allocations for midwestern farmers. Refineries west of the Mississippi may raise yields to 90 percent of late 1941 levels, up from 85 percent, with no shipment to the East. He cited critically low petroleum stocks in the Midwest, especially for agriculture.
Des Moines reports 84 percent of corn planting in Iowa complete by Sunday as wet southeastern counties see full-speed progress. Tractors work late with headlights. some areas only 25 percent planted, 8 percent below normal, about four days late. Soybeans near done in northwest, just beginning in southeast. Warm weather spurs haying, alfalfa ready to cut, pastures help ease livestock feeding demands.
Knee deep in June appears in the wheat with good color and growth. Oats and barley stand six inches high while Victory gardens progress with quick cultivation to curb weeds. Hog losses from heat noted. In Monmouth area sixty five percent of corn planted. Corn planted about two and a half weeks ago is just emerging. replanting underway. One farmer faced a 35 acre replanting need.
Iowa State College Extension Entomologist Harold Gunderson urges a farm wide fly control program. He recommends manure disposal, fly traps, screens on windows, frequent fly sprays, and burning or soaking dead flies to reduce disease carrying pests on farms.
Acres suffer seed rot as heavy rains persist. Ground crusted hard in fields planted earlier hindering corn emergence. Seed corn scarce, some test plantings. oats look strong. Alfalfa will be ready after corn and beans go in. Gardens thriving with radishes, lettuce, onions. strawberries set to ripen soon.
Gov. Bourke B. Hickenlooper designates June 21 to 26 as Iowa Soil Conservation week urging contour farming on at least 5,000,000 acres of corn and soybean ground. The proclamation emphasizes erosion as a serious Iowa issue and notes potential yield gains for the Food for Freedom effort. Citizens are urged to observe fertile fields, discuss with farmers, and consult soil conservation authorities to sustain soil wealth.
Patriotic citizens of Mt. Vernon and Marion will canvass rural farms for scrap. Marion drive set for Tuesday June 8 with workers canvassing farms and Marion closing shop. Mt. Vernon pickup scheduled for Friday this week as farmers are urged to have scrap ready.
Dr. Charles E. Finley, president, names six ISU men to study a wartime dairy bulletin with a parallel dairy industry group. Dean H. H. Kildee is proposed as joint study chairman. Members include R. E. Buchanan, C. A. Iverson, P. Mabel Nelson, T. W. Schultz, W. G. Murray, and G. S. Shepherd.
Monticello C A Mee Laughlin chairman of the Jones County soil district commissioners announced the district's work to date as reported by Cris Randolph work unit leader. Assistance has been given on 32 farms involving 305 acres stripped cropped and 606 acres laid out for contour planting. Demonstrations attended by 238 persons were held on 38 farms with 80 acres stripped cropped and 857 acres laid out for contour planting.
Spencer chamber of commerce chairman W. P. Woodcock announced on Tuesday that a soybean processing plant capable of handling 40 tons of beans per day will be built in Spencer.
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