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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1947
Page
5
The government abandons a fixed price plan and will buy wheat on the open market to secure supplies for needy areas abroad. Officials say buying now avoids delays, freight car shortages, and potential grain spoilage as harvest begins, with shipments to occupied Germany planned for July.
The Agriculture Department reports farm price levels declined from mid-April to mid-May with the parity index dipping for the first time in eight months. Prices for dairy products meat animals and oil bearing crops fell while cotton and some vegetables rose.
A group of neighbors gathered last week at the James McArthur farm north of town to assist with spring tasks while McArthur recovers from an appendectomy. Helpers included Fred Berry Ira Lint Cliff Mowbr y Virgil McArthur Walter Sebrecht Emil James W A and J L Stodola LeRoy Thomas Delbert Usher Donald Williams and Roy Wickham. Women prepared dinner for the crew.
The Poweshiek County Dairy Herd Improvement Association lists May results for 24 herds and 423 tested cows. Average production was 863 pounds of milk per cow with 33.1 pounds of butterfat, led by high producers including W. B. Rinehart and Son and O. V. Osborne’s Holstein in the 30 day period.
Special to The Gazette reports a deed filed May 29 transferring the Fort Atkinson creamery from Carnation Company Milwaukee to the Fort Atkinson Farmers' Creamery Company. Revenue stamps show a price of 7 000 dollars. The new organization aims to restart butter manufacture in Fort Atkinson. A second deed records the sale of the late William Kreutzer’s 40 acre Decorah area farm to Julian Grinna and wife for 8 000 dollars per stamps.
A pair of six year old sorrel geldings sold for 265 dollars topping the sale last week in Columbus Junction. Several matched teams sold above 200 dollars and saddle horses reached 187.50. Two loads were shipped to Virginia while local farmers bought many horses. Potatoes are natives of Peru called papas by Peruvian Indians.
Iowa State College agronomists advise farmers to cut open corn shoots after cold weather to assess viability. Discolored interiors mean dead plants, while green centers suggest revival possible with warm weather. Continued cool, wet conditions may increase replanting needs and prompt use of earlier maturing varieties if seed is available.
Chester Williams of Wern Farms in Waukesha Wisconsin paid 23500 dollars for a Holstein at a sale in Cary Illinois. The item highlights a widely advertised Dr Edwards Olive Tablets selling by drugstores with claims of gentle bowel relief and natural movements.
Dunloggin Mistress La Princess, an eight year old Holstein, sold for $23,500 the highest price for the breed in over two decades. Consigned by Robert Rasmussen of Elmwood Farms Lake Forest Illinois, the cow was the first lot at the Curtiss Candy Classic sale where the first 10 head totaled $45,800.
Gardeners replacing crops lost in last week's freeze and snow boosted Omaha seed and nursery sales. Across the Missouri River, a spokesman for the Council Bluffs Grapegrowers Association said grape damage was less than expected and tomato plant demand rose as growers advised buyers to wait before purchasing more plants.
The USDA Bureau of Agricultural Economics forecasts a lighter total laying flock for 1948, with pullets down about five percent from 1947 while hen numbers hold steady. Egg production is expected to dip in late 1947, prices to stay high, and marketings of chickens and turkeys to rise seasonally.
The report predicts chicken prices will fall slightly while turkey prices stay near current levels. Civilian turkey supplies during the holiday season will be at least 15 percent below last year, with cash receipts for 1946 at 2.65 billion dollars, down 4 percent from 1945. 1946 prices were near highs, but overall volume of poultry products declined from 1945. Projections for 1947 show receipts modestly below 1946 due to reduced sales. The note also cites a historical record: the export ban on Virginia horses in 1657.
In May County Auditor Mel Sattle issued warrants for 3,088 gophers plus 28 adult foxes 186 cubs and 29 rattlesnakes. The total bill was 550.50 dollars with ground hogs and moles expected to add about 5 dollars.
The Iowa State college dairy department will offer a three day short course for fieldmen of newly organized quality improvement associations June 9 to 11. Professor C A Iverson head of the department announced this program to improve milk quality and farm practice.
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