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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1940
Page
5
Coggon area agricultural teacher plans Thursday field tour to compare soil losses from a severe Saturday night rain. Inspectors report silted slopes with no practices versus negligible loss on contour strip fields, urging adoption of erosion control methods.
Special to The Gazette. E H Ellickson, tenant on Peter Molden farm three miles southwest of Decorah, shows four acres of corn averaging over four feet tall with stalks up to six feet. He also has 36 acres well above knee-high, former hog lot. John Wheatman nearby shares about 36 acres knee-high corn. Other farms in area report wireworms, with about two and a half inches of rainfall or moisture noted.
A man at Coggon swears by a bottle and claims a pop bottle filled to overflowing during Saturday rain. Farmer Carl Meintz reportedly caught nine inches of water in a five gallon paint bucket.
A 36 hour rain ended Monday morning bringing the heaviest fall of the year. The moisture benefits small grain, oats and corn, with pastures reviving and gardens taking new life. Corn and soybeans show splendid prospects, alfalfa haying near end and other haying started with varied yields. Wind damaged a narrow strip north of West Union.
Monday photos depict field erosion after Saturday night’s heavy rain. Waubeek area cornfields show deep shovel marks and submerged crops in waterways, while contour strip farming resisted wash. Anamosa’s Slate Reformatory lands report bottom ground under water along Buffalo creek and nearby Wapsie floodplain.
Slaughter of hogs in 27 markets under federal inspection shows a June 21 week total of 695,509 head, down from the prior week and two weeks earlier though 37 percent higher than last year. First three weeks of June hog kill reaches 2,143,700 head, up 28.6 percent year over year. Cattle and calf slaughters fall versus prior week and last year. Sheep and lambs rise.
Louisa county sheep growers now have access to a sheep dipping tank owned by Homer West of Washington. A charge of 6 cents per head applies for dips in lots of 100 or more, while 7 cents per head is charged for smaller lots.
Warren Wiederrecht selects a general committee for the Louisa county Farm Bureau picnic and sports festival to be held August 3. The lineup includes men Ora Deppey R G Davis John R Courtney Art Brockway Lee Dotson Ray Moody Albert Hauf Harold Swan Jack Snyder Harry Stineman Tom Fry Elis Harris Earl Devore plus women and 4 H representatives Barbara Lieberknecht Elna Bailey Lucille Dotson and Mrs Ray Barrick Mrs W A Havenhill and Mrs Paul Beik. A July 16 planning meeting will include Ray Sorenson from the state Farm Bureau office.
J Fawcett of the National Wool Marketing Association reports in a June 22 article that the government has placed a military wool order requiring about 47,000,000 pounds of grease wool. The order, approved June 3 in Washington, covers 5,000,000 yards serge and elastic, 4,000,000 yards 32 ounce overcoating, 1,500,000 yards 1045 ounce shirting, 400,000 blankets, 197,000 gloves, 755,000 drawers, 555,000 socks and 1,173,000 underwear, with delivery in four to five months. He cites upturn in wool values amid textile mill destruction in the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
In Johnson county E O Knick and Larmer sold Hampshire butcher hogs weighing about 240 pounds each at Chicago on Monday for 5.40 a hundredweight. The hogs sold top of the market without sorting. Also a note on brick walls: leaks may be cured by pointing the joints to tighten quartar joints, reducing vulnerabilities.
Iowa completed its 1939 40 tenant purchase program with 151 loans totaling 1 245 085 across 31 counties. Since 1937, 271 loans have been issued totaling 2 510 442, repayments exceed due by 16 790, loans run 40 years at 3 percent, and borrowers may choose fixed or income based repayments with five year early payoff.
Franklin Mullen reports favorable weather backs a near record 4.6 billion bushel grain crop. Wheat, corn, oats, rye and barley production may match or fall slightly from 1939 while market value could drop below recent three year totals unless prices rise. Notes hybrid seed promise may lift yield despite reduced acreage.
Twenty five Iowa counties were named by Mrs Sarah Porter Ellis state home demonstration agent Jeader to exhibit and participate in the home economics extension program at the state fair. Counties will arrange booths and program numbers on child development subjects with selections based on this year's study. Participating counties include Monroe Dallas Warren Shelby Boone Marion Lavas O'Brien Benton Jones Adair Sioux Fayette Sac Franklin Scott Woodbury Kossuth and others.
The distribution covers home furnishing and crafts across Nu Trit ion Jasper, Taylor, Keokuk, Appanoose, Cedar, Buena Vista and Humboldt counties, signaling broader regional access and vendor reach for shoppers.
A judging contest for FFA and 4 H club members in southeastern Iowa will accompany the Brown Smitch Canton show in Sigourney on Saturday. The event starts at 1 p m and ribbons will be awarded to top teams and individuals.
T Challis a farmer in Cedar County sold 15 butcher hogs averaging 235 pounds in Chicago at 5.25 per hundredweight. He also sold 44 lights averaging 178 pounds at 5.15 and six sows averaging 493 pounds at 4.10 per hundredweight.
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