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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1941
Page
5
Feeder cattle averaged 10.75 at Chicago, higher than fat cattle at 10.68 in the first four trading days, the first time feeders led fat steers in over a year. Hog prices rose, narrowing the spread to 20 cents, the tightest since 1938, with calves and yearlings selling up to 14.50 for lights.
Waverly Iowa Senator Guy M Gillette told Bremer County Dairy Day that farmers will shoulder war burdens as they have in every war. He outlined four burdens including higher machinery costs, reduced agricultural imports, lower foreign markets, and general suffering from unorganized farming communities.
Ames dean of agriculture H H Kildee spoke at the hog type conference in Cedar Rapids on the need for a standardized hog grading and pricing system. He argued for a medium or intermediate hog and tied profits to carcass yield and quality, urging changes in market structure to boost profitability.
Twenty five attendees joined a soils conservation tour for Jones county tenant purchase borrowers at Monticello CCC camp. Air view slides opened the morning program followed by a camp project tour and a basket lunch at the Monticello fairgrounds before visiting Eggers and Gadent farms northeast of Monticello to view soil conservation work.
D H Lavoi of the National Livestock and Meat Board spoke at the hog type conference in Cedar Rapids noting U S pork consumption last year reached a historic high of 9 577 000 000 pounds with per capita lard use at 14 7 pounds a record He cited rising lard substitute use and cited Minnesota and Chicago medical studies showing lard’s growth promoting effects and potential disease research support.
Frank Allyn of Coffin's Grove township was named president of Delaware county boys 4 H clubs at the annual tour and rally. Rolland Willard of South Fork township was elected vice president. County Agent Edward L. Molin spoke on Delaware County 4 H looks ahead, and Floyd Parks discussed soil conservation. The tour visited Wegmann, Brockmeier, Adams, Keck and Rogell farms and dairy classes were judged at Wegmann.
The Delta Blue Ribbon Farmers' 4-H club of Keokuk county hosted a judging and inspection tour on Wednesday with nine members present. County Club Agent Norman Stamp directed the event. Projects visited included baby beeves dairy calves pigs and sheep.
Des Moines June 30 marks a shift to district reporting for hog prices in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota. Prices will be shown by three divisions with grades set by the U S Department of Agriculture. Western Iowa includes Atlantic and Storm Lake. central eastern Iowa includes Des Moines and Cedar Rapids. northern Minnesota includes Albert Lea and Austin.
Withheld results of the Iowa Creamery Operators association educational butter contest for section 13 held in Garrison. Seven samples were entered. Cox of Center Junction won the men’s contest.
Interior hog prices climbed this week driven by light receipts and strong demand from lard and pork contracts. Top hogs hit 10.70 to 11.00 at Chicago and other markets, with five day interior sales totaling 130 500 head versus 98 500 prior week, and year ago 158 909.
More than 300 farmers joined the Monona Farmers' Fire Company in an organizing meeting held recently. Officers elected include Art Seeland as secretary treasurer and Alvin Marting as vice president. Equipment purchase is completed and the truck will be housed in Monona city hall with members staffing it.
William Pruess, a farmer near Olin in Jones county, sold a load of steers averaging 1,383 pounds in Chicago on Wednesday at $11.25 per hundredweight.
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