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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1941
Page
5
Government price pegging failed to lift hog market results. April sow slaughter at federally inspected plants fell only slightly from last year, still ranking third largest for the month in eight years. Cattle slaughter showed a small shift with steers at 54.25 percent and cows and heifers at 41.55 percent, up from a year ago.
City council resolves to construct permanent sidewalks under Ordinance 1966 across numerous property parcels in Cedar Rapids Linn County Iowa including Auditors Plat 2 Second Avenue Fifteenth Street SE Bever Park Daniels Park Kenwood Park and other blocks and streets with detailed lot and block descriptions along First Avenue Fifteenth Street SE Crescent Street NE and Thirty-third Thirty-fourth Streets NE.
Des Moines AP reports 86 percent of Iowa voters approved wheat quotas in the national referendum, well above the 80.3 percent national average. Iowa tallied 3,622 voting in favor to 602 against.
A Cedar Rapids council resolution orders sidewalks built along numerous blocks in Kenwood Park Midway Park Thompson and Gables Original Town and adjacent areas. It details where sidewalks will run, how they will be financed and that property owners may obtain permits or have the city build at cost assessed to the properties. The measure was adopted June 1 1941 and published June 3 and 4 1941 in The Cedar Rapids Gazette.
Washington DC report shows May 24 1940 corn under the loan program at 101 585 169 bushels valued at 61 898 440 17. Repayments to May 24 totaled 2 602 loans valued at 1 534 398 64. State totals include Illinois 13 430 088 bushels 8 192 069 96 Indiana 895 911 bushels 546 477 75 Iowa 58 617 953 bushels 35 755 920 77 Kansas 610 398 bushels 369 808 34 Kentucky 66 890 bushels 40 802 90 Michigan 5 649 bushels 3 445 89 Minnesota 7 807 911 bushels 4 765 777 19 Missouri 2 908 511 bushels 1 772 405 82 Nebraska 12 868 886 bushels 7 831 743 80 North Dakota 113 150 bushels 52 087 28 Ohio 259 168 bushels 158 092 48 South Dakota 3 981 726 bushels 2 408 527 71 Wisconsin 18 928 bushels 11 280 28.
Receipts of salable cattle and calves in May at 12 markets Chicago Kansas City Omaha Saint Louis St Joseph Sioux City St Paul Buffalo Cincinnati Denver Fort Worth Indianapolis totaled 648.746 million head, up from 593.806 million in May 1940. Spring season March through May reached 1.941 million head vs 1.776 million last year. Beef steers at Chicago totaled 84,352 head with an average 1 081 pounds at $10.23 cwt. Prices by grade showed 9.7% choice and prime, 43.3% good, 4.39% medium, 3.1% common. Feeder steers across four markets numbered 36,822 at 728 pounds. Chicago average $10.21 cwt, Kansas City $10.06, St Paul $9.00. May calves sold 7,076 across four markets. Five month totals show 225,853 steers at 730 pounds with averages around $9.94 to 10.19 cwt. Calves totaled 43,539 and cows heifers and bulls 8,735 in May. five months yield 43,513 head and 30,932 head respectively.
Special to The Gazette. Dr. H B Stalnaker near Edgewood is nearing completion of a large modern barn 32 by 80 feet on an 185 acre farm he bought from John Schenke. The structure with a silo will cost about 4000 dollars and holds 90 tons of hay with room for five horses and calves. At Dysart Roy Whilepeck is erecting a 60 by 64 foot cattle and hay barn on the John Robb farm he operates locally.
In Winneshiek county contour cultivation reduced washout from last Thursday night’s storm. Cornfields suffered heavy damage making replanting at this late date doubtful, while small grain suffered less. Pastures and hay benefited. In Troy Mills weekend rains helped crops. plowing for soybeans neared completion and many acres may go to hay and seed. Blackberry stalks bloom and raspberries benefited from rain.
Special to The Gazette reports Middle Amana farm department started harvesting alfalfa on Monday. Corn cultivation is continuing as well.
James Sherbon, a rock farmer near Walker, set out 9000 tomato plants with two family members. They used a one row planter and a horse drawn implement, completing the work in about seven hours. The crop is contracted to a canning company at Vinton. Nearby residents report harvesting fresh potatoes and peas from their gardens.
Seventeen 4-H club girls and leaders from Louisa County will attend the state 4-H girls club convention in Ames from June 11 to 14.
A wartime entreaty poem by Mrs. Harold Wilcox contrasts a peaceful home scene with the distant screams of war. The speaker prays for lights to keep hearths warm and families safe as bombs and hunger rage overseas.
Dairy men from Minnesota will gather at University iFarm in St Paul on June 13 for dairy day activities ending National Dairy Month. Extension specialists and agronomists will report on research at University Farm including cheeses, vitamin E deficient rations, alfalfa cow diets, artificial breeding calves, dairy hormone studies, albino cattle color inheritance, and pasture grass trials. Bull book awards will be presented and tours of dairy barns and experiments will be offered.
Ed O Neals alternative to minimum parity prices is backed by Rep Gore and opposed by Rep Ford. President Roosevelt reportedly will veto any parity based measure. The issue ties to Commodity Credit Corporation funding and 85 percent parity loans for wheat cotton and other crops.
Carl Oldsen secretary of the Iowa Beef Producers association will attend Cedar county’s annual 4 H baby beef club tour on June 10. The event begins at 7 30 a m at the post office building Tipton. A noon picnic is planned at Red Oak park.
Des Moines Iowa July 1 conference called by Francis Johnson president of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation gathers about 45 selected dairy industry representatives. The plan focuses on promoting dairy use improving quality and efficiency stabilizing prices and boosting producers income through a new marketing committee and dairy and poultry emphasis.
Mary Schulte, 17, Fairfax Jolly Juniors 4-H member, Linn county, has forwarded her conservation record book to Ames for state contest. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Adam Schulte. Records from boys and girls will be judged with winners earning trips to the state conservation camp at Camp Mitigwa July 3-6.
A new medical discovery is used to treat stomach ulcers caused by excess acid. It also relieves gas pains indigestion and heartburn. Doctors share promising results with Lurin a home remedy available through druggists. Mix two teaspoonfuls with a half glass of milk and drink. money-back guarantee offered. Sold at May's Drug Store Ford Hopkins and drug stores nationwide.
Troy Mills Harry G Powell called into military service for one year as captain of the Sixth quarters master battalion at Ft Leonard Wood Mo held a closing out sale at his farm one mile northeast of Troy Mills recently Forty one head of dairy cows were sold Top cows brought 11250 each Buyer Emerett Sehl of Central City Eleven head were sold to Howard Franklin of Prairieburg They brought an average of 77 each Suckling calves sold for 1450 each and yearling heifers 3550 to 3850 Ten sows with pigs sold for 35 to 55 each Oats 150 bushels brought 38 cents a bushel A broader house and stove sold for 67 The sale totaled more than 4000
Joe Andrlik, a farmer twelve miles south of Cedar Rapids, brought a hill of corn to The Gazette measuring 27 inches tall. He said the field contains 22 acres planted May 2.
In memory of Dr. Louis H. Pammel a wooded area northwest of the Iowa State College campus will be dedicated as Pammel Park Sunday afternoon.
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