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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1938
Page
6
Iowa's spring pig crop is estimated at 9,203,000 head, up 12 percent from 8,207,000 in 1937, with 1,429,000 sows and an average 6.44 pigs per litter. Nationwide spring pig crop totals reach 43,884,000, up 13 percent from last year, the largest in five years.
REA Chef John Carmody paced on a stage strewn with lamps and electrical gear at Olin high school late Tuesday, smashing no lamps but delivering a provocative take on public utilities.
Speeia! to The Gasette reports Manchester’s renowned auctioneer E J A Banta Hopkins is seriously ill with Brights disease and related complications at People's Hospital in Independence.
New York reports United States per capita egg consumption at 256 per person, with England 158, Germany 44, and Denmark 116. Canada tops with 260, while eggs serve many industrial uses in the U S.
Allamakee county 4-H club girls will hold an achievement day in Waukon on August 3. Each club will present a demonstration team and exhibits, with the winning team and top exhibits advancing to the state fair in Des Moines later in August. Edith Barker, acting state 4-H leader, Ames, will judge.
Delaware county 4-H club boys will participate in a countywide tour of club projects and a rally program on July 7. The day features practice judging of live stock, officer elections, a picnic lunch, games, and a talk by John Quist of Ames, state boys' 4-H club leader.
Seventeen Hilton Willing Workers 4 H Club girls from Conroy camp for several days at Anamosa State Park in a cabin. The group, led by chaperones Mrs Norma Halverson Mrs Luella Shaull and Miss Thelen Stanerson, includes Muriel Olson Evelyn Ruth Olson Carolyn Olson Doris Olson Phyllis Olson Kathleen Olson Lucille Copp Shirley Hall Esther Martens Helen Frick Sarah Jones Anita Kahler Cleone Cram Phyllis Cram and Julia Faltinson.
John M Carmody head of REA at Washington derided utilities as obstructive to rural electrification. He urged possible lawsuits over farmers lured from REA cooperatives and cited REA's 90 percent energy from existing plants, mostly private or municipal. About 500 people attended, including farmers from Linn, Dubuque, Delaware, Cedar, Jones and Jackson counties, as officials detailed ENI and appliance displays and progress in Jones and Jackson counties.
Rex Conn agricultural agent for Linn county announced that the first annual meeting of the Linn County Rural Electric cooperative will be held in Cedar Rapids on the evening of July. A temporary organization has been set up in Linn county.
CHICAGO ALH officers of the National Livestock and Meat board were reelected at the annual meeting in Chicago. The officers are Thomas E Wilson Chicago chairman D M Hildebrand Seward Neb vice chairman W H Tomhave Chicago treasurer and R C Pollock secretary and general manager.
Speial to The Gazette. Jesse Pearson, a Washington county feeder, sold hogs at Chicago for $9 a hundredweight on Monday.
J Everett Owens at Palo sold twenty one head of 1,144 pound Shorthorn steers at 9.25 per hundredweight and seventeen head of 1,219 pound steers at 8.74 per hundredweight this week.
An apartment house owner in Des Moines reports Natex greatly improved his digestion and sleep after years of constipation and indigestion. A Cedar Rapids Natex rep at May Cut Rate Drug Store promotes the remedy, urging locals to try the all natural root and herb formula.
May cattle imports reached 48 254 head with Mexican liquidation boosting volumes while Canada reduced to near zero cattle flow. First five months total 227 669 head versus 272 356 last year. Dressed beef and veal imports hit 9 900 173 pounds in May, the strongest May in two decades. Pork imports fell in May to 4 499 093 pounds, five month totals down from last year. Live hog imports remained minimal at 6 994 pounds in May.
Olin-Lorenzen Brothers feeders near Olin sent a load of 1,196-pound steers to Chicago on Monday bringing $10.75 per hundredweight. The sale reflects strong demand for livestock and solid prices in the regional market.
Hop clover appeared in Carl Fels ten acre alfalfa field southwest of West Union Iowa. The yellow blossom and hops like head earned its name. County Agent McElroy sent samples to Ames where Prof Hughes confirmed the identification. Fels suspects seed mixed with alfalfa seed and notes another sighting in Auburn township. Hop clover is rare in Iowa and difficult to raise commercially.
L G Allbaugh Ames farm management specialist told about 125 attendees at the Cedar Valley Farm Business Association picnic in Thomas Park Marion that a rise in industrial production may be ahead due to depleted inventories. He warned farm prices likely stay seasonal with good crops and ample feed. He predicted hog prices could drop as the spring pig run begins in fall. Also speaking were J J Wallace retiring fieldman and H S Nichol who had studied Russia’s hog production.
Iowa crop report says corn has rapid growth and is mostly in good condition though some northeastern counties face backward growth due to rain and floods. Heat and drought stress damaged oats, barley, and winter wheat while alfalfa and sweet clover hay suffered in northern areas, with western sections faring better.
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