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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1938
Page
4
Results from five years of pasture improvement at the State Hospital farm in Mount Pleasant show a 125 pound per acre application of super phosphate doubling pasture yield. Liming and reseeding plus fertilizer raised steer gains and reduced weeds in treated pastures.
Benton county 4-H Rally Day showcased 116 of 161 girls scoring perfect in music recognition with eight selections identified. Miss Marius Bockholt was crowned Rally Day Queen amid a busy day of club ceremonies and campaign-like county 4-H elections. Dr. F E Palmer was honored as an honorary member, and 23 girls will attend the state 4-H convention at Ames with eight leaders accompanying them. England's forestry commission has planted 200000 acres of forests, while twice that area remains to be restored.
Local paper highlights top used car bargains advertised first in the Want Ad section, noting early listings from dealers and private sellers. Early ads signal the best prices and widest selection for buyers seeking value in the market.
A brief piece notes Fence Drift in woven wire as a tradition tied to 4-H events and Rally Day for a girls' club, comparing it in impact to graduates’ cap and gown. The author praises changes over the last decade in rural Iowa’s cultural display.
The first carload of new crop alfalfa arrived and its price dropped sharply by $1 to $4 a ton. Undercured hay graded sample with good leafiness and fair color sold at $10 per ton. Loose alfalfa in windrows went for $6 per ton near Larned Kansas, while in Platte Valley Nebraska prices were $4 to $5 a ton.
Nine Ayrshire cattle from the F. W. Fitch farm southwest of Ankeny were rated outstanding in a parish show judged by C. Y. Cannon of Ames. The herd will form the nucleus for a parish exhibit at the Cedar Rapids All Iowa Livestock exposition next September. A heifer calf shown by Joe Beck Jr. topped her class. Sixty people attended.
4-H members from Poweshiek county toured local farms to view 145 baby beeves on feed and 16 pure bred heifers. County Agent notes 154 baby beeves in the county this year. Demonstrations covered judging fitting showing trimming feet calf blankets management and feeding.
The Clayton-Delaware test association comprising 354 cows averaged 827 pounds of milk and 32.4 pounds of butterfat in May. Davis Scott tester reported. Walters and Youngman of Garber had the high herd with 1,036 pounds of milk and 51.7 pounds butterfat from thirteen grade Jerseys milking. The high cow was a purebred Holstein in the Fred Fisher herd at Edgewood yielding 1,569 pounds of milk and 84.7 pounds of butterfat in May.
Presidents and voting delegates from most eastern Iowa counties attended a closed policy conference for the state Farm Bureau federation in Cedar Rapids. A B Kline of Vinton, vice president, presided with W B Hamilton, federation secretary, in attendance.
VINTON The annual joint picnic of Benton County's two contest associations is planned for June 24 at the School for the Blind in Vinton. Carl Fredericks, tester, said today.
Organization of a second contest association in Buchanan county will be considered Thursday at the Wapsie Valley association annual picnic in Independence.
In Des Moines and surrounding areas corn planting neared completion amid heavy rains May 31 and subsequent showers. S. E. Decker, assistant U S meteorologist, said progress could finish in about four days if weather allows with some replanting due to floods and poor seed.
Heavy rains cause oats to lodge with farmers in Montezuma noting eight of ten report some crop damage. The survey captures the impact on local fields and potential yield implications.
The Clayton County Agricultural Conservation Committee began distributing over 1,600 checks to county farmers. The total value of the payments amounts to 147,181.99 dollars for the 1937 conservation program.
Claude Wickard announced field checks begin Friday to assess 1938 AAA performance in ten north central states. The effort will fix 1939 wheat acreage allotments and determine loan eligibility, price supports, and crop insurance coverage.
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