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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1939
Page
10
Government report shows 1938 prices paid to growers for legume seeds lower than 1937 averages for most crops with alfalfa and red clover differing. Red clover and alsike seed prices vary, while timothy seed remains near the 1937 level. Stock trends show larger overall grass seed on hand and mixed changes across species.
Denison reports a 1300 pound Iowa pig named Lindberg owned by Martin Borg of Kiron has qualified for the New York World’s Fair. A pedigree and certified weight check was completed Wednesday and arrangements made for the pig to appear at the exposition alongside polar bears and African lions.
Anamosa's Ole Sorensen has been selected by the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation to lead the newly created rural youth division. Best wishes are sent as he begins this new role, with remarks on why the NFBF chose him and a note that his absence will be felt in the eastern part of the state.
The Southeast Winneshick Cow Test Association reports 409 cows tested in February produced an average of 20.4 pounds of butterfat. The Bodensteiner herd led herds with 32.8 pounds, while a Holstein owned by M C Bergan topped individuals at 66.9 pounds.
Manchester reports from the Greeley Cow Test association that 450 cows on test averaged 536 pounds of milk and 20.9 pounds of butterfat in February. The High herd of HH Porter averaged 1,101 pounds of milk and 39.4 pounds of butterfat, with one Porter cow producing 1,464 pounds of milk and 70.3 pounds of butterfat.
Robert Nowacheck was elected president of the newly organized Oxford Live Wires. Donald Starr became vice president and Lester Turner secretary treasurer. Ed Sozma is the 4 H teacher.
A country woman argues that a true great American farm novel will come from a farmer who sees beauty in hard farm labor and endures erosion and harsh elements. She believes the novel will emerge when that farmer writes honestly about enduring desires and courage.
A provincial meeting of 35 farmers from Jones Linn and Cedar counties distilled seven main points on grass ensilage. Molasses need not exceed 40 pounds per ton. grass silage uses more water by livestock. sweet clover risks scouring. top-silo waste higher but spoilage lower. grass ensiling helps in wet June. dairy production matches corn ensilage. no conclusive proof on higher protein grain use with grass ensilage.
The Montour National Farm Loan association holds its annual meeting in Toledo at 1 30 p m Tuesday. Norman Landers from Omaha assistant secretary of the Federal Land Bank of Omaha Raymond Sayre of Ackworth director and B J Harms secretary treasurer of the three associations will attend.
Washington county farmers will attend three Ames extension meetings this week. W. J. Roudabush said an all day planning board session led by farm management expert Herbert Folken is set for Wednesday. C. W. McDonald attends a Washington County Sheep and Wool Growers meeting that evening, followed by S. W. Edgecombe leading an all day fruit growing training school on Thursday, with an afternoon orchard pruning demonstration.
Hale Jones son of C C Jones and former Jones County 4 H club member is hired as tester for the Story County contest association. He will base his headquarters in Nevada.
The 4-H training session for Anamosa county girls will take place March 6 at the Farm Bureau office in Waukon with Miss Selma Ekquist from the Ames extension service in charge. Congress created the secretary of the navy post in 1798 to safeguard U S shipping and trade on the high seas.
A sequence of farm auctions planned across Iowa with dates and locations. J A Reed sale in Springville on Saturday March 4. Wemphill sale postponed. Anamosa Livestock auction in Center Point area on Monday March 6. Canney and Mickel dairy dissolution sale near North Liberty on Tuesday March 7. Horses sale at Ia Livestock Exchange in Cedar Rapids.
R. B Booth oversees Linn county corn loans at Cedar Rapids and reports a temporary shortage of chattel mortgage forms from the state AAA office. Applicants will be notified promptly when supplies arrive and loans can be completed.
The Volga City feed mill, operated since 1926 by Ted H. Leete, has been sold to Louis Oldfather of Strawberry Point. Lyle Moats, Oldfather’s son-in-law, will run the mill beginning March 6.
Hog receipts in February at interior Iowa and southern Minnesota markets totaled 582 300 head, down 3.7 percent from February 1938 but still among the heaviest since 1934. For Oct Feb, interior receipts rose 12 percent year over year to 4 054 700 head. Prices stayed near monthly averages with slight volatility as storms slowed loadings and some plants reported no hogs received.
Aurora Farmers Creamery paid patrons 28 cents a pound for butter fat received in January per Secretary A. J. Hahn.
Farmers of Postville attend the annual Postville Commercial Club banquet Thursday evening in their honor. H L Dieterich of the state AAA committee will be the speaker.
H Stander Ames extension plant pathologist will discuss crop disease control at Waukon on March 9. The meeting had been scheduled earlier but was postponed.
Ray Sorensen, longtime Jones county 4-H club agent since June 1937, was chosen as director of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation's new rural youth department. He will move to Des Moines to start work early next week, bringing prior leadership of Iowa boys 4-H clubs and a strong Jones county club program to the Junior Farm Bureau and related youth groups.
L. Grove from Ames led three meetings for fruit growers in Jackson County on Wednesday and Thursday. He described selecting varieties for home plots and proper planting, irrigation, pruning, mulching, and disease and pest control for strawberries raspberries blackberries currants grapes cherries plums pears and other small fruits.
Brown Swiss cattle breeders in session decided to stage a district show at Postville on June 30. They plan to invite the Iowa Brown Swiss association to hold the state picnic in Postville. Hugh Mabon of Randalia reelected district chairman and Harold Iserman of Waverly named secretary. E. M. Wright of Waterloo attended in place of Fred Idtse, ill in Waterloo.
J. R. Fitzsimmons, Ames extension landscape architect, told about 150 attendees at the sixteenth garden short course to treat gardening as a pleasurable activity. He warned against rubber-stamp plots and urged linking the garden to a house view and personal touch. He cited 1,260,000 Iowa gardeners ages 11 to 65. He noted rural gardens can be informal and desirable. He added a tip to tie the garden to a house feature for a pleasing view. Also mentions early lace-making machine origins with Hammond and Crane in 1768.
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