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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1936
Page
2
The agriculture department will map and specify crops on farms for five years under a new program. About 14,000 farms on 2,000,000 acres already have detailed plans, with 21,000 more farmers seeking maps for 3,000,000 additional acres.
Mechan icsville D F Driscoll sold a team of mares to Ed Zuborsky of Walker for $500. A 3 month old colt fetched $100. Dysart Oats sold for 3014 cents a bushel at the Don Lally sale four miles northeast of Dysart with corn at 47 cents a bushel soybeans 67 cents, Timothy hay 7 to 10.25 a ton. Milk cows 56 to 64, 550 lb steers and heifers 33 to 40, calves 26, a mule span 212.50, roan team 175 gray mare 89 brood sows 19.50 to 21.50, manure spreader 130 binder 61 corn binder 60 planter 47 elevator 54 disc 30.
Central City reports that the annual Farmers Exchange meeting is postponed and rescheduled for March 13. Manager Othel L. Wright notes the updated date.
A New York City dispatch reports Eastern state agricultural departments are promoting local eggs to favor New Jersey and other eastern producers. It notes New York and New Jersey urging freshness labeling, rising Western egg imports, tight storage supplies, and potential price shifts as spring approaches.
Wellman reports Mel Whetstine believes the first colt of the spring was foaled four miles southwest of Wellman. The foaling occurred at four o clock Friday morning.
Wheatland Farmers Co operative Equity Company officers elected include Herman Penningroth as president Emil Witte as vice president F H Schneider as secretary and H G Homrieghau sen as treasurer at the recent meeting
A Nebraska bulletin from 1935 shows 14 years of trials on corn stand uniformity and planting rate. Three stalks per hill yields 49.9 bu/acre, while irregular stands hover near 50 bu. The tests suggest some variation in stand need not sharply reduce yield, though careful seed selection and planting remain essential. The pamphlet No. 293 from the University of Nebraska offers broad guidance on seedbed prep, planting, and cultivation for unusual seed corn conditions.
Rex Beresford of Ames told an Iowa City audience that favorable weather and a normal corn crop could trigger a dangerous rush to buy feeder cattle next fall. He feared a surplus of feeders more than cattle, noting fat cattle had been riding the bumps.
The piece notes butter markets fell in early March 1935 with roads improving and cream delivery returning to normal. It cites 29 percent higher Land O Lakes output versus late February and 22 percent higher than early February, plus a 15 percent rise for centralizers from the prior week. It reports substitutions in Iowa as butter prices climb and links oleo tax collection to the butter market.
The Buchanan county agricultural planning board proposes cutting corn from 98 000 to 78 563 acres and reducing soybeans from 27 000 to 17 000. Alfalfa and oats would rise, with about 7 000 acres returning to permanent pasture.
A series of public farm sales are scheduled: Miller Brothers closeout near Bennett. Nederhiser Skalsky sale near Ely. 40 acre farm near Whittier. Mrs J W Fowler estate near Whittier. Owen Turner sale near Alburnett. Zack McArthur wood sale near Shellsburg. C C Clark closing out sale near Ely. Auctions run Monday through Saturday March 9 to 14 with locations described.
Special to The Gazette. Marengo man John Lindsay reports harvesting potatoes in March after the coldest winter in 117 years. While digging horseradish last autumn, he skipped over overgrown rows and found potatoes preserved under a heavy snow blanket.
Listed this week are Farm Bureau events in Linn County including training and breeding schools at Mrs. Sharon Smith home Buffalo Township, Memorial Hall Marion income tax meeting at Farm Bureau office Cedar Rapids, joint township home project at Mrs. Wilfred Bell home, Linn Junior Farm Bureau at Y M C A Cedar Rapids, district conference for county club agents at Y M C A Cedar Rapids, and a Maine township home project at Miss Stella Forrest home.
The West Union Commission company marketed 6 572 head of livestock in the year ended March 1 1936 up from 6 433 the prior year collecting 140 407 in cash compared with 74 751 previously. Cattle hogs calves and sheep were sold with total business 201 564. Net profit 2 497 with a 100 percent dividend paid to 220 stockholders.
A Marion poultrywoman outlines four weeks of costs for a 900 chick flock hatched Feb 6. Includes mash at 24 dollars per thousand pounds, scratch feed 2 dollars per 100 pounds, grit 25 cents, straw 1.20 for four bales, totaling modest daily expenses.
Special to The Cazette reports the Fayette County Holstein Breeders' association will hold a picnic and show at West Union early in July to select a county show herd. Sixty members attended, with breeders from Black Hawk Tama and Clayton counties. Fred Pieplow was elected president Myron Talcott vice president Paul McElroy secretary and treasurer. Directors named include Max Grafenburgh Archie Schroeder Sam Als House A R McLaury Carl Miehe A M Doughty and W H Turner.
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