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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1935
Page
5
Iowa's average corn hog signer paid 10.25 of his 1934 benefit to cover administration costs of the program. The total benefit payments are put at 73,803,223.98, with administration expenses up to January 1 totaling 1,796,566.72 or 2.43 percent.
Mitchell county shows the lowest contract cost at 6.69 each for 1427 pacts. Washington county posts the highest administration cost 16.14 on 1702 contracts. Cedar county reports the highest average benefit 500.77 while Davis county has the lowest 225.25.
Federal official W Huyck reports 200 tons of corn stover shipped from Muscatine with 200 more due by mid March to drought districts. About 100 tons of soybean hay have been sent, along with some corn fodder.
A Toledo area closing out sale at John Barlow's sold a team of horses for 350 dollars. One horse brought 120 dollars another 75 dollars and a yearling colt 85 dollars. Hens brought 90 cents each.
Adolph Theis bought the Seilhamer estate farm of 160 acres two and a half miles southwest of Newhall for 100 dollars an acre. Victor Moehler had leased the farm for 1935 and remains in possession. The property is a square quarter section bisected by a creek with good tillable soil and mostly adequate buildings needing some repairs. Childs Realty of Cedar Rapids handled the deal.
In 1934 trucks delivered 54 552 carloads of fruits and vegetables to New York the highest highway volume on record. Boat and truck shipments now exceed 25 percent of total receipts while overall 1934 arrivals reached 206 480 carloads compared with 201 187 carloads in 1933 marking a six year upturn. Town is the largest butter and egg shipper to New York but only supplied three carloads of produce last year.
Floyd Arnold of Ames Extension led three one day schools on dairy feeding and management for the Delaware County Farm Bureau. Sessions ran 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Manchester Legion hall Delhi area and Ley Leyley? high school.
Egg values in New York fell nearly a dime for the week as increased supply and weak demand pressured markets. Firsts averaged about 17 1/2 cents a dozen in March 1934, with retail prices easing and expectations of a rebound once storage begins. Butter prices dropped to 39 cents, while New Zealand imports and brisk eastern broiler receipts shape near-term prospects.
West Union reports year ending March 1 shows livestock shipments 556 head fewer than last year, yet total money from sales rises by 12 125 due to higher cattle and hog prices. Hogs 5 267 head cattle 399 calves 560 sheep 212 total 6 438. Gross profit 6 412 with merchandise 5 818 and livestock 593. Dividend planned May 1 for 220 stockholders. officers re-elected include J S Crowe and H Neumann.
Special to The Gazette Harold Murphy was named manager of the Farmers Commission company of Ryan to succeed Hugh McElligott at a board meeting Thursday afternoon. Directors include W. D. Gavin C. F. Wenger William Duggan Less Lyness Thomas Kennedy E. J. Hull Mike Morissey John Duggan and C. C. Barry.
Chart prepared by A W Zelemek shows per capita fibre use 1920 34 with cotton leading 20–30 lb, wool declining to under 2 lb, silk rising to 0 7 lb then falling, and rayon climbing from scratch to near wool by 1934. Wool’s share drops as silk and rayon rise. men’s wool suit production falls. 1934 NRA data show 9.5 million silk rayon wool dresses annually.
A farm editor from Washington quotes an FDA official calling eastern manufacturers’ wool propaganda as a tactic to lower prices for the new clip. The piece compares advertising spending by cotton silk and rayon industries with wool, notes shifting fabric consumption, and discusses AAA changes, farmer protests, and political moves in Iowa amid rising living costs.
Byron Wilson, head of a National Wool Growers Association committee, reported in Washington that U S wool carryover on January 1 reached about 424 500 000 pounds, 100 000 000 more than a year earlier. He noted dealers held 382 000 000 pounds and growers 42 500 000, with mill activity rising toward normal and consumption nearing 50 000 000 pounds monthly. He warned the carryover could drop to 200 000 000 pounds when the new clip arrives and discussed plans to stabilize prices through a wool control program and financing similar to corn and cotton loans.
Boston buyers saw strong wool sales last week with heavy weights on original long average French combing 64s and finer at 60-63 cents, scoured basis. Short French combing and clothing sold 58-60 cents, while twelve months Texas average to good wools brought 62-65 cents, scoured.
Mon March 4 closing out sales by Martin and Blinks Lisbon 344 miles SW Alden Cedar Rapids A Bain estate Cedar Rapids 19th st NW Tue March 5 dairy cattle sale W L ee Mount Vernon. Wed March 6 Ralph Meade closing out sale 3 miles SW Tiffin consignments Anamosa horse sale Sat March 9 Page and Bowman cattle sale Maquoketa
The report notes fair weights of strictly combing 84s 50s and similar fleeces yielding 2312 25 cents in grease. Finer bright Ohio fleeces sold in moderate volume at 27-28 cents for 56s 1s blood, 28 cents for 58s 60s 44 blood, and 26-27 cents for 64s and finer or fine Ohio delaine.
Claude Wickard announces that signup for the 1935 corn-hog program must be completed by April 1. The deadline covers all states, earlier than last year, with about 120000 farmers already under contract and 175000 contracts last year.
Rowley Farmers' Co operative Creamery paid thirty nine cents for last half of January butterfat, per secretary Joe McGrath. Earlier in January butterfat sold for thirty seven cents per pound.
Alfred Johnson, buttermaker at Hopkinton Co operative Creamery for the past eighteen months, tendered his resignation to the board on Tuesday morning. He will assume the post at Tenold as soon as a successor is appointed.
Linn County Farm Bureau lists township home project meetings this week. Highlights include sessions in Fayette Otter Creek South Marion Alburnett Clinton Fairfax and North Marion with hosts Mrs DeWitt Oyer Mrs C R Weislegal Mrs W C Sheets Mrs James McNamara and Mrs A E Miller.
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