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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1938
Page
9
Iowa farm price index at 102, the lowest since December 1934, with purchasing power at 81 percent of prewar levels. May prices fall across hogs, sheep, and grain while cattle and dairy outlooks foresee mixed recoveries and continued pressure through late summer and fall.
W J Bill Campbell of Jesup has been elected a director of the American Jersey Cattle Club at its seventieth annual meeting in New York City. He will represent Iowa Missouri Kansas and Nebraska among twelve national directors. Campbell recently was named outstanding dairyman of Iowa and helped found the All Iowa Live stock show at Cedar Rapids.
A special Des Moines report notes a fairly strong week in direct hog trade with little net price change through Thursday. Heavy butcher hogs and sows show broad demand and strength, while lighter hogs cut out at a profit. Memorial week receipts totaled 69 800 head, 5 percent below the prior week but 34 percent above last year. Fresh pork demand is slow and prices ease at large centers.
Joe G Raim of Solon was elected president of the Johnson County Agricultural Conservation association to replace M F Sullivan who resigned. Other resignations followed from Glenn Hope Frank J Floetchinger J M Zenisek and J C Droll. New officers include Ray Smalley Dale Anderson Emil Meyer and A B Thomas with roles announced at the Farm Bureau office.
Henry Harrison succeeds Marvin Jargo as president of the Clinton County Cattlemen after the fifth annual cattle tour. About 800 cattle were inspected during an all day event with 300 attendees and eleven stops featuring model beef production plants crop experiments and new stock sights.
DES MOINES AP The Iowa agricultural conservation committee announced that county meetings to instruct on checking performance under the 1938 AAA program will start June 13. O D Klein said regional meetings in Chicago next week will convey checking procedures to committee members and former fieldmen. Payments depend on how closely farmers meet program provisions. first checks will occur in June, with a second in the fall on farms needing later determination.
May moisture drives corn work as subsoil drains quickly and surface stays workable. Tractors perform well this spring though they burn no oats or corn, prompting thoughts on power alcohol competing with oil firms and how implement makers could push it forward.
Notification from Cedar Rapids says H. A Harlow of Nashville Tennessee has been appointed federal grain supervisor with headquarters in Cedar Rapids to succeed the late G A Cabinett. Mr Harlow is expected to arrive in Cedar Rapids shortly after June 10.
Special to The Garzette reports Emile V. Burton manager of the Oxford Junction Shipping association marketed seventy two 208 pound hogs at Chicago for eight 80 a hundredweight.
Coun ty Agent Emmett C Gardner announced a lamb grading and market demonstration to be staged June 17 at the Farmers' Marketing association yards. C W McDonald from Ames will oversee the event with bids sought from packing companies and lambs sold on a grade basis.
Carl Hastings John Thomas and Eugene Colony were elected directors of the Johnson County Livestock Marketing Association at the annual meeting in Iowa City Thursday evening with more than 500 attendees.
Swaney Jersey farm of Grinnell won both grand championships at the Jersey parish show in Toledo. Grand champion bull was a senior yearling. grand champion female an aged cow. Judge Floyd Arnold of Ames. Thirty seven head exhibited. Parish herd to be chosen for All Iowa Cedar Rapids show. Waterloo Dairy Cattle congress entrants named.
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