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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1941
Page
4
The 1940 farm equipment sales totaled 561 million dollars, up 18 percent from 1939. Exports reached a record 76.88 million, while production climbed to 560.83 million, with tractors and small-farm units driving gains. Employment indices rose, metals shortages appeared, and prices remained steady under government guidance.
Theodore C. Byerly of Melbourne Iowa and University of Iowa graduate was appointed director of poultry investigations for the U S Department of Agriculture this week.
The Agriculture Department reports May 31 1941 totals for corn loans under the 1940 program. Loans reached 101 751 002 bushels valued at 61 999 543 with repayments of 2 002 664 04 to date. State breakdown lists Illinois Kansas Nebraska Iowa and others with varied loan sums.
Twenty 4 H club girls and teachers from Linn county will attend the state 4 H girls convention in Ames this week, leaving Wednesday and returning Saturday. Miss Lucille Gove county home demonstration agent announced Monday. Delegates include Jean Gerber Mary Schulte Monita Hayes Mary Louise Dickson Kathleen Wilson Mildred Sloan Ardyce Quaas Mary Carol Plattenburger Nilda Miller L W Buresh Genevieve Koch Lillian Washburn Frances Lee Knight Arlene Jiroutek Mae Fallis Virginia Sloan Lois Frederick and others with Mrs Donald Ashby as chaperon. Special to The Gazette. WYOMING Jones county sends 26 delegates and Mrs George Fishwild attends as county committee woman.
Mrs. Ralph Foreman of Troy Mills reports the first canned peas of the year, with five quarts canned Friday. Potatoes, string beans, and early cabbage are noted, while cherries show a short early crop but better later. Corn grows rapidly with fields eight to twenty inches tall and sweetcorn patches nearly waist high.
Fifteen hundred 4-H club members from Minnesota will attend 4-H club week June 9 to 12 at University farm in St. Paul. State Club Leader A. J. Kittleson reports the program includes homemaking and farming classes, demonstrations, a play day, and leadership sessions with a federation meeting slated for Tuesday.
Rep Harrington said Army officials will accept heavier grade B medium steers up to 900 pounds dressed, reversing a trend to favor lighter beeves. The policy could bolster the fat cattle market, with heavy purchases expected through summer and a diet featuring beef and smoked ham, potentially depleting stock and improving outlets for heavy beeves.
A joint picnic of the three Clayton county associations is set for Tuesday at the fairgrounds with Floyd Arnold Ames extension dairyman as principal speaker. Activities include cattle judging at the county asylum and Len Ha Ha farm, plus a sports program featuring Elkader Monona Donald Farmer tester, Garnaville Quentin Post tester, and Clayton Delaware Gustav Studts tester.
TIPTON A H Baer formerly six miles southeast of Tipton topped the Chicago hog market in three consecutive months. On April 17 he sold 20 crossbred Berkshire Hampshires for 8.85 a hundredweight. On May 19 another 20 brought 9.25 and on June 4 a third 20 head consignment sold at 9.55.
C P Carstens of Cerro Gordo county was chosen by the Dubuque county Farm Bureau board to succeed Thomas J Gleason as county 4 H club agent. Gleason joined the US Army in March and Carstens will graduate from the University of Minnesota this June to report in Dubuque county on June 16.
In Keokuk County Delta 339 cows on test averaged 820 pounds of milk and 31.6 pounds of butterfat for May. Lloyd Clinton, tester, reports high cow a grade Holstein owned by J F Litwiller Wellman with 78.4 pounds butterfat for the month.
The Johnson County Dairy Herd Improvement Association reports May averages for 435 cows on test. Average production was 946 pounds of milk and 36.4 pounds of butterfat per cow, with 61 Holsteins in the state sanatorium herd averaging 1521 pounds milk and 52.1 pounds butterfat.
In May the 360 cows on test averaged 43 072 pounds of milk and 36 3 pounds butterfat with 27 dry cows. The top individual was a purebred Holstein in the Eash and Swartzendruber herd producing 2 629 pounds milk and 97 3 pounds butterfat. Eash and Swartzendruber also led the herd with 11 purebred Holsteins averaging 1 523 pounds milk and 49 5 pounds butterfat.
In Benton No 1 DHIA May test, 366 cows averaged 843 pounds milk and 33.8 pounds butterfat, led by Lensch herd. A 15 cow segment averaged 1,355 pounds milk and 48.5 pounds butterfat, with high cow a purebred Holstein owned by Matt Birker producing 2,204 pounds milk and 77.1 pounds butterfat.
Association No 4 led Fayette cow testing in May with 537 cows in 28 herds averaging 870 pounds milk and 35.1 pounds butterfat. Jerry Spencer of Clermont owned the high herd with six Guernseys averaging 1 109 pounds milk and 55.3 pounds butterfat. The top individual was a Spencer Guernsey with 1 451 pounds milk and 81.3 pounds butterfat. Rank second went to association No 1 in the county.
The report covers five associations with 460 cows in 29 herds on test and notes Sam Alshouse as tester. High month cow was a Maynard Holstein producing 1 282 pounds milk and 86 6 pounds butterfat. Association No 2 shows 873 pounds milk and 31 9 pounds butterfat for 438 cows in 26 herds. High herd among Brown Swiss was at Arlington with 12 cows averaging 1 243 pounds milk and 511 pounds butterfat. Association No 3 records 847 pounds milk and 31 6 pounds butterfat per cow for 438 cows in 29 herds. high cow produced 2 049 pounds milk and 88 1 pounds butterfat. Dietel’s Guernseys led the nine-cow herd with 916 pounds milk and 44 pounds butterfat.
In May the 481 cows tested in Winneshiek DHIA averaged 879 pounds milk and 31.2 pounds butterfat per cow. Miles Daley notes 132 cows exceeded 40 pounds butterfat. The Martin C Bergan Holstein herd of Springfield township led with 46.3 pounds butterfat.
Independence notes Arvid Magnuson leading Wapsie Valley Dairy Herd Improvement with six grade Holsteins averaging 1389 pounds of milk and 45.7 pounds of butterfat. Wayne Hillman, tester, reports 463 cows on test averaging 915 pounds of milk and 35.8 pounds of butterfat.
Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers secretary Charles Sexton said pool wool from the 1940 clip averaged 38 cents per pound, nine cents above the April to June farm price. He noted 1939 and 1938 pool averages and farm prices, concluding pooling yielded about 24.5 cents per pound more over three years and has exceeded farm prices in nine of eleven years.
Washington tests by the U S department of agriculture show oiling the silks of roasting ear corn with mineral oil containing dichloro ethyl ether protects against the corn earworm. The mixture is used in warm weather, after silks wilt, with minimal quantities per ear and modest per acre costs.
Rowley Farmer's Cooperative Creamery paid for May butterfat with Grade one at 40 cents, Grade two 39 cents, and Grade three 38 cents per pound. Earlier, in April, butterfat prices were 39, 38, and 37 cents.
A COUNTRY WOMAN reflects on the satisfaction of orderly cornfields and the drift from drilled rows to contour farming. She notes the rhythm of lines, cross rows, and the desire for pattern, while recalling that contouring appeals to oldtimers as farming practice evolves.
An Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association bulletin lists 27 communities with hog cholera outbreaks in the last two weeks. Farms in Fayette New Hampton Vinton Shellsburg Mechanicsville Traer Brighton Keystone Luana Elkader Chelsea Spragueville Preston Sharon Iowa City Elgin London Oxford Mount Vernon Delhi Ryan Manchester Delwein Arlington Dysart La Porte City Mediapolis and additional hog erysipelas cases near Farson Marion Lowden Hazelton Aurora Waterloo Cresco Center Point Atkins Lost Nation Cascade.
Iowa City reports the annual DHIA tour picnic and judging contest for Johnson county associations Nos. 1 and 2 to be held June 18. Carl Pieper tester for association No. 1 reported Saturday with Arthur Porter Ames extension specialist named official judge and speaker. Tour starts at 10 a.m.
Muscatine Livestock 4-H club members in Muscatine county will tour projects Tuesday beginning at Wilton Junction. The schedule lists Angus calves Jim Norton Wilbert Norton pigs Burton Collier Hereford beeves Wayne Drumm Short horn beeves Virgil Shms group of five beeves Glen Moeller dairy cattle Elmer Paper sheep Walter Henke pigs Donald Sy Wassink.
Eighteen county farm women choruses were announced for the state fair contest by Fannie R. Buchanan of the Ames extension service. The choirs earned spots from nine district contests last week with fifty-one choruses competing. eight guest choruses are ineligible. Participants include Winneshiek Fayette Butler Kossuth Buena Vista Cherokee Carroll Calhoun Jasper Polk Benton Johnson Van Buren Wapello Madison Warren Ringgold and Page.
Ames hosts a June 15 field day and state picnic for Iowa Berkshire breeders on the C. F. Curtiss farm southwest of Ames. N. B. Everson of Wellington will attend. C. W. Mitchell will give the main address. A three way judging contest for 4 H boys F F A boys and breeders is set for the morning program.
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