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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1939
Page
5
Iowa markets Monday showed a wide spread between top hogs and heavies with top hogs at 180 to 220 pounds bidding $4.35 per hundredweight and sows 550 to 660 pounds at $4.35. Chicago closed the week with lard prices near 5.5 to 6.2 cents per pound, dragging overall hog values lower and widening the lard to hog gap.
A discussion of feed costs shows corn priced at 13.93 per ton posting value for Iowa markets. Protein meals such as linseed and soybean oil meal trade around 49 and 33.50 per ton respectively. Cottonseed meal and tankage hover near 37.50 and 57.50 per ton, influencing farmers to consider protein choices and ton-price comparisons in ration planning.
W W Plagge writes for Ames on preserving sweet corn for freezer storage. He lists varieties that freeze well and explains two methods: cut corn handled by scalding four minutes, cooling, cutting kernels, and packing in jars with a weak salt solution, or on the cob by scalding eight minutes, cooling, and wrapping ears in parchment for waxed boxes.
The 1938-39 Argentine corn crop is now estimated at 202,744,000 bushels, down 10,000,000 from the initial figure. With a small 1937-38 carryover and domestic use about 61,000,000, roughly 152,000,000 bushels remain for export or next season. Argentine exports for 1938-39 through March totaled 116,000,000 bushels.
Arlington Cooperative creamery paid patrons 27 cents a pound for butter fat in May. William Behrens, the buttermaker, reports the creamery received 50 125 pounds of butterfat within 1 100 360 pounds of milk and 34 188 pounds of cream.
The article marks 76 years since the first U S crop report in 1863 and highlights the Iowa crop reporting service led by Leslie M. Carl. It covers the history, reach, and methods of agricultural statistics, including 20 000 reporters, 100 000 questionnaires, and farm data from Iowa's 215 000 farms, plus Carl’s background and the program’s funding.
Linn county AAA chair J F Wager warns farmers to clip small grain for hay this week to qualify under the 1939 farm program as soil conserving. Later cuts face inspection to verify grain had formed before cutting, with a satisfactory grass or legume stand required by July 1.
Independence report: construction of a septic tank will be demonstrated at the Clarence Bodicker farm in Newton township Buchanan county at 1 30 p m Friday Jack Barnes of a cement company will supervise the project A similar demonstration occurred at the Howard Hand farm near Independence last week
In Williamsburg an organization forms to incorporate a plant in eastern Iowa to distill power alcohol from corn. Dobbs Franey, chairman, said the project is embryonic with no site yet chosen. The committee, formed at the Cooperative Service company meeting June 6 in Waterloo, surveys factors involved. Members include Franey, Ed Mattenley, John Uban, C. B. F. Michel, Charles West and Ray Porter.
Decorah Iowa Earl Lyon of Traer a former 4-H club boy in Tama county has been employed as full time club agent in Winneshiek county and will start his duties here Wednesday He was hired Saturday by a committee representing the Farm Bureau board of directors Lyon was graduated from Ames this spring with a major in dairy husbandry His 4-H record includes state champion Jersey calf club member in 1935 exhibitor of champion Jersey heifer in the state production contest exhibitor of grand champion Jersey Keifer two years at the Waterloo Dairy show and two years at the state fair
Anamosa high school will install a vocational agriculture department this fall with C. B. Jensen of Panora as instructor. Jensen, ISU graduate, has eight years teaching experience. Courses include farm crops for freshmen and animal husbandry for upperclassmen, taught year round.
Six hundred patrons of the Traer Cooperative creamery and Traer townsfolk will attend the first annual creamery picnic this Saturday. The day features a Captain Kidd treasure hunt with more than $100 in coins mixed with sand scattered on the streets for all ages to scramble. The picnic begins at noon in Taylor Park.
Ames Humboldt county agent Robert F Lichty earned a gold medal for top ranking across all livestock classes at the Ames livestock judging conference held last week. Fayette 4-H club agent William T Diamond scored higher by points but was ineligible as last year’s medalist. Officers elected for the Livestock Breeders and Judges association include Herbert H Jones of LeMars as president, Clifford H Hardie of Chariton as vice president, and J C Holbert of Ames as secretary.
On the Charles Carroll dairy farm near McGregor a five year effort has halted soil erosion by building three rock dams in a gully, planting black locust trees, and contour plowing with strip cropping. Mary Ellen Carroll, eight, stands by the growing shelterbelt as the farm participates in the U S soil conservation program.
Helena dispatch notes that despite a forecast for fair and warmer weather, Montana farmers and ranchers stay buoyant after two weeks of heavy rains. The rains largely offset a two month drought that nearly ruined range lands and crops, easing farmer concerns.
Tama county reports light rainfall totaling 9.71 inches for the year, with corn laid by in some fields while overall hay and oats will be short though some oats may yield well. In Independence, Buchanan county corn is knee high or above by the Fourth of July, moisture and heat driving rapid growth as oats fill out, soybeans are in good condition, strawberries and gardens lag.
The Allamakee County Farm Bureau announces its annual picnic will be held July 9 in Waterville. President Harvey Schultz stated the event details and encouraged members to attend.
Ottumwa resident Alvin Mooney shares testimonial on RUX Compound claiming relief from rheumatic pains and better rest. Ad promotes affordable eight ounce bottle for $1.50 across multiple town drug stores including Podzimek Pharmacy and Ford Hopkins Drug Store with broad regional appeal.
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