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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1941
Page
4
The 1940 census of agriculture shows 59 percent of Iowa owner operated farms mortgaged, up from 57.9 percent in 1930, with average debt per mortgaged farm about 6509 dollars and owner equity roughly 5888 dollars. Only 88,206 of 213,318 farms are fully owned, and 31,859 debt free, while taxes per acre fell to 1.08 in 1940.
Special to The Gazette WAVERLY It is never too late to plant a garden until Sept 1 says S W Edgecombe Ames extension horticulturist at a district meeting of rural rehabilitation and home management supervisors of the FSA The speaker outlined a late planting schedule for storage vegetables July 1 15 cabbage corn Chinese cabbage beets July 15 Aug 1 beans Chinese cabbage radish turnips endive Swiss chard Aug 1 Sept 1 lettuce radishes kale greens mustards
West Union Fayette county sheep growers announce a quality lamb show and sale on June 25. Israel Shaffer president says lambs graded in five lots by C W McDonald. A sale follows grading. Last year 240 head were pooled.
A fragmented travelogue describes fence drift entanglements near Moin gona Iowa and a Farm house restaurant serving fried chicken and grand viands on a Sunday evening. The narrator mentions Ledges State Park and a local zoo with deer fox wolves and other wildlife in Iowa.
Special to The Gazette reports 173 delegates from 43 states Alaska Hawaii and Puerto Rico attend the fifteenth national 4-H club camp June 18-25 on the Washington monument grounds. Topics include Rural Youths Responsibility in the Present Crisis with speakers such as Claude R Wickard Hill Graciela Mandajano and Wright Patman. A citizenship ceremony before the Lincoln Memorial on June 24 honors delegates reaching voting age.
Decorah report from Sunday notes sunshine returns to Winneshiek county farmers after two weeks of rain and cool weather. Cornfields show weed growth while other crops advance. hay growth is splendid and pasture conditions improve for livestock.
The Agriculture Department reported June 7 that 101,937,017 bushels of 1940 corn valued at $62,112,950.42 were under loan, with Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North Dakota Ohio South Dakota and Wisconsin holding listed totals. Kansas City shipments dropped to 58 cars for the week ending June 13, with government corn moving to consumption channels and open-market sales mixed.
The apple maggot spends several days in a fallen apple before moving to the topsoil where it overwinters and then emerges as a fly the following year.
In Shenandoah, 12 farms join to form Upper Mississippi valley erosion control on a small-group basis. Nine hundred acres will cover hill and bottom land with eight miles of terraces and contour cultivation. Five dams planned, shared costs, soil conservationists aided planning.
Allamakee county Farm Bureau sets July 13 for its annual picnic in Waubon, with the exact site to be announced. V Vaniman district director for the American Farm Bureau federation will be the principal speaker. Stunts and contests are listed for the afternoon program.
The 1941 Iowa poultry flock selectors and testers school will be held in Ames July 8 through 12. W M Vernon, Ames extension poultryman, announced the event sponsored by Iowa State College with the Iowa Poultry Improvement Association and the supervisory board. The program trains poultrymen in flock sorting and pullorum testing with exams for permits under the national poultry improvement plan. The school welcomes poultry breeders, farmers, and flock service workers. A national plan meeting is set for July 7.
A Monday meeting at Iowa State College gathered agricultural extension specialists and USDA agents to plan mobilizing Iowa’s farming resources for national defense. Guided by extension director R. K. Bliss, the group addressed food production nutrition and issues like boosting output for Britain, substituting soybeans for forage, smarter eating and higher vitamin foods in a month long district conference series.
West Lafayette Indiana hosts a trio of agronomy events this week. Corn belt soils and crops specialists gather for a review of recent scientific developments. A corn belt posture improvement conference is set for Tuesday and Wednesday. The summer meeting of the corn belt section of the American Society of Agronomy runs Thursday and Friday with tours of Purdue University soils and crops experiment farm and outlying demonstrational plots.
East Iowa AAA committee men await Washington ruling issued Friday to boost soybean acreage for oil. Revisions allow larger 1941 plantings with no payment deductions on many farms. classifies soybeans as erosion resisting in states with soil rules. seed-only harvests gain same protections. USDA says fats and oils outlook steady, defense needs spur production. price support near one dollar per bushel.
Two new classes added this year to the Labor Day colt and horse show at Ryan. Mules and two year old horses join existing events. Harry Linn of Des Moines assistant secretary of agriculture will judge the entries.
Six hundred Holstein breeders from all Iowa are expected at the state Holstein breeders association picnic and Seventh district show in Wellman Friday. About 100 head of livestock will be exhibited. Judge James Bollerup will preside with judging starting at 8 am. Four-H teams will judge livestock in the afternoon and there will be separate judging for men and women. Invited from Muscatine, Johnson and Poweshiek counties, though not district, may enter. Afternoon speakers include E. C. Jones Wellman O L Hamer Waterloo Paul P Stewart Maynard E M Wright Waterloo and Floyd J Arnold Ames dairy husbandry extension service.
INDEPENDENCE At consign ment sale here Saturday a sow with seven pigs sold for $67.80. Several other sows brought $37.50. Gilts brought to 60, and wearing pigs $6 to $8.80. The top cow was a Holstein springer at $91.50. Two red springers sold for $90 each. One yearling Brown Swiss bull sold for $58.50 and a two year old Shorthorn bull brought $74.50. Two small steers weighing 450 pounds brought $46.50 each. Fifty calves, 8 head of horses, 125 hogs, 44 head of cattle, and a span of old brown mules were .
Ames report based on 700 Iowa farmers shows small, low income operators are slowest to adopt improved farming practices. Differences arise more from area and farm size than ownership. Income links to cattle and crop practices but less to hog practices. 45 percent cross breds, 35 percent use gifts from large litters, high income farmers feed more tankage.
DES MOINES AP The first $10 of an expected $100000 dairy promotion tax for 1941 was received by the Iowa Dairy Industry commission. The last day of the 1941 tax period was Sunday. The legislature reenacted the promotion tax law for two years requiring producers to pay one cent a pound on butterfat marketed from June 1 to June 15. Returns are due by July 15. Smaller milk dealers contributed Monday. larger creameries pay after June 20. The commission has collected about $190000 in two years for advertising campaigns.
Oncorah announces the Winneshiek county fair will run August 13 to 17. Livestock judging is scheduled for August 14 and 15.
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