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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1934
Page
10
The spread between Chicago hog prices and interior Iowa prices narrowed to as little as 15 cents a hundredweight during the week Feb 8 1934. Iowa rail hogs sold at 4.50 per cwt with Chicago tops at 4.65 on Feb 8 and 4.85 previously. government buying eased boosting supply demand. Marketings light, interior bids rise to keep plants operating.
The writer notes Henry Ford's innovations, including wheat, corn, and cotton as soon to be obsolete ideas. It suggests Ford's machines still roam the roads, implying he spent much time learning to diversify his ventures.
Roosevelts cholera serum code sets emergency stock rules and price controls. Aimed at stabilizing hog cholera serum and hog cholera virus markets, the code requires 40 percent of last year’s sales in reserve by May 1, and creates a Serum Authority Inc to oversee compliance with price and production guidelines.
A report notes two month totals this year totaling 2 565 763 head versus 2 581 480 in 1933. Lamb prices rose to 10 15 near late February from 9 50 in January, reflecting market movement and readiness of buyers.
Washington County 4-H enrollment climbs with six organized clubs including Washington, Jackson Oregon Crawford Cedar and English River. The county show expands to four days due to increased activity, with Brighton and Lime Creek to be organized soon. Thirty three members are in the Dale heel CG Wh sever ty club and several projects cover sheep, pigs, beef, lambs, poultry and farm record keeping.
Public auction to sell the former Oliver Ferguson farm premises located along the Lincoln Highway. The parcel lies southwest of Mechanicsville, southeast of Lisbon, and south of Uncle Tom's Cabins, with directions given to reach the site. Auction details include land boundaries and access points as described.
An auction listing describes sale of 4 horses including a Black gelding and 30 head of cattle, calves, steers, and various livestock. Plus MACHINERY including a 10-20 tractor, corn binder, and two McCormick-Deering tractors. Wager on premises. Henry Lane as bidder. W. EL Chall Trustee. Dean Bennett Clerk.
Special Correspondent reports Senator Louis Murphy of Iowa questions the Jones bill proposing a 2,000,000 fund under the Agricultural Adjustment Act to pay beef and dairy producers. He argues the hog tax fell largely on producers, urges Treasury funding for relief, and seeks limits on Agriculture Department authority to impose processing taxes. He warns such taxes could sustain low prices and harm cattle feeders and dairy farmers.
Special to The Gazette Benton County 4-H reports 60 baby beeves entered. Weighed calves and 33 members enrolled across Benton County Baby Beef club with names and breeds including Hereford Angus Shorthorn and more from Vinton Blairstown Walker Norway Newhall and other towns.
Special to The Gazette Mrs. John Wade of Polk township Benton county raised 500 Leghorn hens whose income last year paid 600 dollars in interest and taxes. She plans to move to New Hampton this spring and, instead of selling hens at five cents a pound, sold 185 quarts of cold packed chicken at forty cents a quart with patrons supplying jars. From the 3 pound average per quart, she realized a profit beyond what she would have earned selling live weight.
Webster Gazette notes a horse topped the Ter Lawson sale with a bid near one dollar. Another animal fetched about 25 dollars and a hay rake sold for 10 dollars.
Wellman area farmer Gotlieb Hess recently sold a young team of horses to Albert Maas for 240 dollars.
WEBSTER The second 4 H club training school in Keokuk county was held at the home of Mrs Fred Duensing two miles east of Sigourney under the direction of Miss Esther Pond of Ames A complete program covered costume personal hygiene and grooming of a 4 H girl Present were leaders committeewomen and 4 H club girls from South English What Cheer Sigourney Hayesville Gibson Keswick Thornburg and other areas.
Special to The Gazette confirms a lively 1877 interest in agriculture in Delaware. The third annual meeting of the Farmers Institute, under Patrons of Husbandry, met January 23 to 26 at Stone Hall. Officers included C. B. Lout as president, J. C Skinner, J.A.G. Cattron and C. Sanborn as vice-presidents, E. O Clemons and L. G. Gates as secretaries, and Jasper S. Hunt as chaplain.
Poultry specialist W M Vernon cites farm flock surveys showing fuel cost per chick averages 1.6 cents, rising to 2 cents for broods started before May 1 and 1.5 cents after. Early hatching yields heavier chicks and higher later prices for cockerels and eggs, with storms not delaying brooding much.
G H Slemmons of Johnson county was hired as 4 H club agent in Fayette county until July 1 by the Fayette county Farm Bureau board at their March meeting. Slemmons, Iowa State College graduate 1930, spent a year at Cornell University and has aided his father on a farm southeast of Iowa City.
Consignment sale set for Anamosa on Saturday March 10. A public sale by Steele and Challis occurs two miles north of Tipton on Tuesday March 13. Closing out sales by B J Power, trustee, listed for March 15 at 334 miles 8 E Lis on.
Dr. F. D. Farrell of Kansas State College argues compulsory crop control should be a last resort in long term land use, urging inducements and public pressure first. He outlines a 10 point land use program including land and water inventories, credit linkage, stable landlord tenant relations, water resource controls, and market related adjustments.
Bennett-Henry Reiser shipped 241 pound butcher hogs via the Bennett Shipping Association. The Chicago market paid $4.65 per hundredweight for the lot. Hogs were mixed breeds and ranked in a quality class by themselves.
Cascade farmer John P. Kurt sold two carloads of 1 088 pound steers near here. The cattle drew 7.35 dollars per hundredweight at Chicago, reflecting strong demand for heavy feeder steers.
Special to oe reports onion holdings across the United States are two thirds those of a year ago, with New York and Massachusetts near last year’s levels. The Midwest is short, Indiana leads in cuts to one third, while Michigan Ohio and other states show declines. Despite shortages imports remain limited to a few Spanish onions from Chile with shipping delayed until late February. Bermuda onions in Texas and California advance, potentially clashing with early Iowa districts as growers plan to expand acreage next season.
Anamosa area leaders were elected to the Holstein Breeders association of Jones county. Vincent heads the group as president with J E Tyler as vice president and Carl Smith as secretary and treasurer. Directors include Lee Finn Viola W L Smith Edwin Wilcox Monticello and Chris Peterson Onslow. Tyler was re elected as a delegate to the state association.
Dr J A Flynn Jesup veterinarian detected twenty seven reactors in a herd of forty seven cattle tested at the W H Seaman farm near here. The group included seventeen milk cows one bull one steer five heifers and three calves. The cattle were slaughtered at Waterloo Saturday.
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