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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1932
Page
11
A Iowa packing industry analysis shows a steep drop in by-product values over two years worsening the spread between livestock prices paid to farmers and retail meat prices. Declines in hides and tallow now account for large parts of value loss, with cattle and lamb by-products hit hardest.
Special to The Gazette McGregor Iowa Jersey Cattle Club held its annual picnic despite heavy rain as members listened to speakers including J C Nesbit Fort Atkinson Wis and Fred S Idise Indianola Iowa. Nesbit urged breeders to adopt individual breeding programs and to prove the bull at the head of the herd, not rely on old proven sires. He warned against blinders for show type and high record dams and urged selective seed stock sale and year to year testing. A motor tour visited Jersey dairy farms in the McGregor area after the program.
Interview with Henry, owner of 280 acres near Atkins, argues the primary is a fraud and calls for radical change. He predicts land forced into large corporations, class divides, possible civil conflict, and critiques taxes, roads, Hoover, Brookhart, and Roosevelt while favoring reform over party lines.
A reader argues for liquor allowances at home to reduce taxes and aid revenue, supports modification of prohibition to help unemployment, and favors a T. B. test to filter bad liquor while stressing personal responsibility for family health.
In May the Tama-Poweshiek Cow Test association reported 348 cows averaging 793 pounds of milk and 43.6 pounds of butterfat across herds. Sixty eight cows exceeded 40 pounds and thirty-three surpassed 50 pounds. Five members fed ensilage and all but one fed grain.
An advertisement cites Dr. J. S. Leonhardt as discovering an internal medicine that treats piles by correcting the cause rather than cutting or salves. It claims success in 960 of 1,000 patients and offers money back if ineffective.
An agricultural reflection by R.F.A. Production questions the broader meaning of cultivation beyond seed quantity. It frames culture as central to farming, asking what the eventual harvest will reveal about farming practices and outcomes.
The text notes that the total value of products affects the gap between live stock prices and meat prices, highlighting the importance of by product prices in setting overall market trends.
In Linn County Cow Test Association No 3 May results show 269 cows, 21 dry, averaging 717 pounds milk and 31.3 butterfat. One Holstein in Emma Batchelder and Sons' herd produced 70.6 butterfat on 1,643 milk. J. Rice and Hawkinson led with 930 pounds milk and 38.7 butterfat from 12 cows. Snyder Brothers Inc. second high herd with 646 pounds milk and 37.1 butterfat from 23 cows. Six herds averaged over 35 pounds butterfat. High herd fed 20 parts ground corn to 10 parts 16 percent dairy feed.
Charles E. Hearst, president of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation, predicted that Congress will soon appropriate more than $1,000,000 for grasshopper control. He spoke on his return from Washington where he briefed congressional leaders on the crisis in western Iowa and the middle west and urged state help with poison mash to farmers in affected areas.
The Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association weekly bulletin lists hog cholera reports across many towns including Iowa City Vinton Greene Clarksville Dumont Dike Monticello Alburnett Victor Waverly Belle Plaine Sigourney Cascade Maquoketa Manchester Ryan and Cedar Rapids. Cattle reports note hemorrhagic septicemia in Cascade Monticello Cedar Rapids Manchester. Horses report navel ill of colts influenza at Dysart Dike Columbus Junction. Also a note on Gulf Stream effect raising water at Cuba's western tip.
The Linn county 4 H girls will compete in a morning Music Memory contest at First Presbyterian church with 12 memorized pieces and eight songs for Rally Day. After a picnic at Ellis Park, the bicentennial themed afternoon program features Piege and Ithan. A county queen will be chosen for the state convention in Ames June 27 to 29 based on club standing and bearing.
F Vavricek on Johnson Avenue West reports a good early crop from one-eighth acre with rain boosting yields. One berry reportedly measures eight inches in circumference.
Joe Pitlik a farmer near the Ivanhoe bridge south of Cedar Rapids sold a team of 11 year old horses for shipment with a carload to Illinois. He received $90. Pitlik said five buyers called on him in one day indicating improving demand for horses.
On June 4 1852 John Bender plowed the first furrow marking Madison township Jones county Ia A granite monument with yoke commemorates the event set up in 1913 The Bender family hosted four picnics and witnessed rapid modern change from oxen to roaring traffic
Benton county Farm Bureau women schedule an Achievement Program for June 9 at Van Horne to close the clothing course. Exhibits will show year long processes and articles. Principal speaker will be Mrs. Ellsworth Richardson of Albania, with Mrs. A. G. Mowbray of Garrison and Miss Nelson also speaking.
Krebs Brothers florists and gardeners near Cedar Rapids report the earliest cabbage harvest in their history. A severe freeze drove temperatures near minus three degrees but the crop recovered, promising a heavy yield of firm heads weighing about half a pound each. The first cabbage was harvested last year on June 7.
Farmers report corn slow to emerge with cutworms harming fields though some crops were replanted after recon rains. Early oats head while strawberries sell for ten cents a quart and potatoes bloom. Sheep shearings run eight to ten pounds per fleece with some wool at nine cents a pound.
Tama county farmers, led by grain dealer DYSART Herman Schroeder, expect record soy bean acreage this year. Over 800 bushels of seed have been sold, and Waterloo canning company reports strong activity. Growers in Geneseo area also plant soybeans for first time amid nationwide interest.
In Millersburg local report indicates strawberries are ripening with prices given around 10 to 12 cents a quart. Gooseberries currants and blackberries show fair to good yields while corn plowing advances with some fields worked twice. Recent rains boost gardens meadows and the cabbage in heads.
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