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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1938
Page
6
State botanist I E Melhus called the leaf rust outbreak the worst in ten years. Wheat fields across Iowa show yellowish red pustules, with crown rust threatening oats as high as 40 percent in bordering fields.
A fragmented travel note describes a trip across the High prairie country from Garnaville via St Olaf to Elgin, praising Clayton county scenery while admitting some areas are less thriving. The writer mentions a past farm equity loss not blamed on soil.
Rhinehardt Siebel, a farmer near Amber, rigged up a rubber tired corn plow not for riding but to protect small corn from steel wheels. He says the pneumatic wheeled cultivator also requires less greasing and runs more quietly than a standard walking plow.
Fayette County Farm Bureau picnic featured the newly formed 46 member 4-H club band conducted by Donald Hennessy of Maynard with William Diamond as promoter. R J Hamilton of Fort Dodge addressed, stressing production control to avert dictatorship. Attendance was light as farmers favored fieldwork on a pleasant day. Weather has limited Fayette county gatherings recently. ED O NEAL AT ALLISON, ALLISON With Edward A. O Neal of Florence Ala president of the American Farm Bu
As speaker, farm ers from Franklin Grundy Black Hawk Bremer and Floyd counties are expected to attend the annual Farm Bureau picnic here on June 22, highlighting a statewide gathering of agricultural community leaders and supporters.
Buckingham Grain company reported 320000 bushels handled the largest annual total in its history with gross business of 207352 dollars. 117 carloads were shipped by rail and 74000 bushels by truck. George Beenken remained elevator manager as Ed Hayes Frank Yuska W Walter Wilson and others were elected officers and directors.
Linn County Board of Supervisors adjourned to May 31 1938 after approving numerous accounts and payrolls. The lengthy list records payments to bakers grocers utilities and service providers including City Water Works and Iowa Gas Co among many others with totals for salaries and relief aid.
Ames reports heavy turnout as over 500 4-H girls register by 10 am for the state convention theme Heritages and Horizons chaired by Mrs Raymond Sayre Ackworth. R K Bliss and Dr Charles Finley address delegates about growth through hands on learning and home arts with sessions on nutrition clothing and homemaking plus a panel on a girl s responsibility in a modern world.
The Gazette photo shows knee high corn three miles northwest of Garnaville on Dickman Brothers farm. Henry and George Dickman plant hybrid No 114 on April 30 in alfalfa sod. The ten acre field is nearly 100 percent stand, weed free, cultivated twice, with good early growth on a east to south slope shielded by a west grove.
Pete Reiter of Cascade sold feeder heifers on the Monday Chicago market at 9.35 per hundredweight. The report notes strong demand for quality cattle and steady prices across the sale.
Construction of a 36 by 48 foot barn is underway at the Beney Witt farm located northeast of the area, with work progressing on the new farm structure.
Mount Vernon is named one of five district husking contest sites for finalists to reach the state meet near Ringsted in Emmet county. Districts include Iowa Falls Burlington Storm Lake and Greenfield. Final dates and sites are pending. the national event will be near Sioux Falls South Dakota.
Fred Ruther of Cedar County sold a load of well finished cattle in Chicago Monday. The cattle averaged 1281 pounds and brought 10.50 a hundredweight.
The state board of education on Tuesday appointed C. A. Iverson to head the dairy industry department at Ames, succeeding M. Mortensen who retires after twenty years as dairy industry chief. Iverson, 45, has spent 23 years at Ames and is expected to continue Mortensen era policies.
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