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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1941
Page
6
Iowa farmers on June 15 received prices averaging 98 percent of pre war levels, the best since 1937. Hogs at 9.30, lambs 10.40, corn hog ratio 15.2, butterfat feed ratio 33.1, egg poultry feed 15.1, with increases over May and last year.
Iowa State fair officials note strong interest in this year's horse show driven by war conditions and breeding needs. Premiums total 18615 dollars across Percherons Belgians Shires Clydesdales draft stock and mules with extra prizes from breed associations. The team pulling contest is set for August 27 28 and more events follow.
Weather notes report heavy rain and subsequent heat improving corn growth while oats in milk stage suffer. Rust concerns noted. Walking fields shows tangled, drum-like vegetation reminiscent of Venetian red.
The Department of Agriculture pegs 1941 Kentucky bluegrass seed output at about 2.7 million bushels rough cured, down from 1940’s 3.35 million and the 5-year average. Drought in Kentucky Missouri and Iowa hurt yields, though quality is expected higher overall. Prices varied by state with Nebraska and Minnesota paying around 1 to 1.5 cents per pound. exports for January–April totaled 104,533 pounds, far below last year. Carryover seed likely larger than a year ago. a follow-up stock report is due August 12.
Brown Swiss show at Iowa Falls draws 126 cattle from 25 exhibitors with 500 attendees. H. A. Sherman wins senior and grand champion bull and junior champion, while William H. Gilbert claims senior grand champion female. Multiple class winners listed with Iowa Falls Alden and Osage participants. Orange City results note T Maassen and Son top bull and Edward DeBoer top aged cow.
A lyrical panorama of haying work in the countryside. Wagons, tractors, and hayloaders fill fields and barns with sound as workers, horses, and a pecking order of chores mark a hot day. Women plan meals, men return tired yet lighthearted, and teenage vitality shines in the yard and fields.
About 2,000 farms in Winneshiek Howard and Mitchell counties in northeast Iowa have received electric service from the Tri State Power Cooperative generating plant at Genoa Wisconsin since June 21. The BEA output began June 15 at Gay's Mills Wisconsin and is expanding across the tri state area toward Clayton and Allamakee counties with a hookup planned for August 21. The Genoa plant on the Mississippi River cost over 1 million dollars and is described as the only REA steam generating facility in the country with coal shipped by water from southern Finland.
Special to The Gazette Sigourney reporters list blue ribbon winners from Saturdays Brown Swiss show. Names include LeVausha Wilcox Guernsey calf. Cobbler Ottumwa four-year-old. Dale Brothers Grinnell aged cow. Stanley Mouser Wellman four-year-old cow. Van Auken N Valesti yearling heifer. Cobbler Floras Wellman junior heifer. Mouser Erpseck heifer. and others among junior and niece calf divisions.
Iowa farmers and landowners received nearly 2000 AAA payments of 1000 dollars or more in 1939 for conservation and parity adjustments as part of a nationwide report to Congress. The program included over 43,000 payments above the threshold, with millions more issued under conservation and price adjustment efforts. Appleby explains parity funds aimed to align farmer incomes with 1910-14 parity levels, while noting tobacco excluded due to price under parity. The report lists numerous individual and corporate recipients across states, showing wide participation in the program.
In the Walker area, corn remains head high though many fields lie as rain delays field work. Haying has begun but more work is held back by ongoing showers that have knocked down corn and other crops.
The Agriculture Department reports less than 50 000 bushels of 1940 crop corn entered loan in the week ending June 21. Total current crop loaned 102 183 241 bushels valued at 82 263 083 60 dollars, with state breakdowns from Illinois to Wisconsin listed.
Clayton county Farm Bureau will move after 20 years to the hotel annex across the street. The new quarters include a main office private office store room and a meeting hall for 50 persons usable by Farm Bureau branches and the AAA Production Credit Association FSA and farm cooperatives. The AAA will take the old office.
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