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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1938
Page
15
The Farm Outlook notes Iowa farm price index fell to 104 in February 1938, the lowest since 1934, with a 32 point year over year drop. Butter and eggs slid early, hogs rose, cattle firmed, corn steady, buying power down to 83 percent of 1910 14 level.
A small sale featuring cows, calves, pigs, hogs, a Guernsey-Holstein herd, Shorthorn beef cattle, and purebreds plus farm machinery and miscellaneous items. Notable lots include Jersey Guernsey Holstein cows, several purebred calves, and a Duroc Jersey sow with litter. Also offered are a steel wheel wagon, Concord harness, and seed corn. Saleeer John Nesley invites buyers with horses or cattle to bring their stock.
On February 28 Fred Scholl of Hawk Eye sowed wheat on a sandy field, believed to be the earliest spring seeding ever reported in this Iowa region.
Thirty-seven officers from eleven Fayette county girls 4-H clubs attended a training school led by Miss Thelma Weils home demonstration agent in Fayette. Pictured are club presidents Bernita Schweitzer DeLoris Norbohm Darlene Benter Jeannette Kiel Kathleen Byrne Mary Peters Ethel Halverson Fern Betz Beverly Bird Eleanor Dohse plus others. The group tea followed, and the current club project is study of oven products.
A Country Woman argues that March farm migrations reflect both romance and hardship as one million farm families seek better homes and conditions. She urges longer tenant leases, reliable landlord repairs, and careful landlord tenant matching to reduce moves and improve rural communities.
The twenty-fifth annual extension conference runs March 7 to 12 at Ames. It focuses on agricultural policies and adult and youth education. Topics include monopolies, national interests abroad, and aims of monetary policy with speakers Vernon Mund Quincy Wright and Arthur Upgrew.
Ames faculty and farm organization leaders in Iowa plan discussion group meetings and conferences. The topics include social trends, the American standard of living, farm family life, policies on adult and youth education, and ways to strengthen monetary policy and curb monopolies.
Feeder near Cascade marketed forty head of 1 243 pound steers at Chicago Wednesday for 990 a hundredweight. George Kurt of Cascade marketed two loads at the same price. High farm prices during the Revolutionary War drew crowds to the soil.
Lard stored at seven principal packing centers on March 1 reached 73,501,000 pounds, up 16,748,000 from February 1 and down 63,500,000 from a year earlier. Park storage on March 1 stood at 191,667,000 pounds, up 14,615,000 from February 1 and down 44,157,000 from March 1, 1937.
The 1937 wool production in the United States is estimated at 482 544 000 pounds by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Shorn wool totaled 366 344 000 pounds, pulled wool 66 200 000 pounds, and 45 997 000 sheep were shorn. The West and Texas drove gains, with Texas adding over 11 million pounds.
Texas production fell about 7,000,000 pounds from 1936. Iowa sheared 9,600,000 pounds from 1,200,000 sheep last year, down from 5,625,000 pounds from 1,250,000 in 1936. Fleeces averaged 8 pounds vs 7.7 pounds in 1936.
Ames town farmers must complete all steps for 1937 federal corn loans by April 1. H L Dieterich of the state AAA committee says local banks may accept loan notes only up to that date. Loans carry 4 percent interest and mature November 1.
Charles Hamilton of Louisa county sold forty seven head of hogs weighing 241 pounds each in Chicago for 9.45 dollars per hundredweight. The feeder from Wapello county conveyed the sale details on Thursday.
Sufferer Ann Parker of 1503 Capitol Ave reports gas on the stomach eased by Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. The tonic is claimed to improve digestion, stimulate stomach mucus flow, boost appetite, and supply strength and energy.
Des Moines reports show hog prices reaching new year-to-date highs as light receipts shrink total slaughter. Heavier weights gain 40 to 50 cents, light weights 30 to 40 cents, while packing costs rise about 40 to 50 cents. The seven-market week total runs about 140,000, down 26 percent from last week.
Auctions set for March 5 8 and 10 featuring Albert Auman Nesley Van Alst and others. Listings show sales near Louisa Anamosa Lisbon and 3 miles southwest of Louisa with multiple closing out events.
Washington D C March 12 is the date set for the first referendum of cotton growers on marketing quotas under the new federal farm act. Cotton planters in states producing the crop will vote on the last day of next week. If two thirds approve quotas compulsory marketing quotas will be established in the designated cotton growing district.
J. P. Kurt of Cascade topped the Chicago market with 1,240-pound steers selling at 10.385 dollars per hundredweight, totaling for the load. The sale underscores strong demand for large feeder cattle in the midweek session.
Ames reports 475 4-H club members fed 522 units of sixteen lambs each from 103 to 117 days. Average sale weight 91.2 pounds at $8.57 per hundredweight. Losses ranged by area. Des Moines to Omaha. Initial weight 69 pounds. purchase price $10. Death loss 3.1 percent. One feeder achieved a daily gain of .32 pound while lambs averaged 68 to 105 pounds final weight and sixteen lambs graded prime.
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