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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1938
Page
2
February saw a slight drop in flock size per farm but higher egg production per hundred hens. Prices for eggs fell while feed costs stayed low, boosting culling and keeping total egg output above last year.
A weather note says freeze nights and sunny days as spring begins. A Bureau of Agricultural Economics report shows February eggs set at 17,996,000 and chicks hatched at 6,900,000 across 404 hatcheries, up 77 percent and 181 percent from last year. Advance baby chick orders as of March 1 show 13,741,000 on order, down 6.9 percent from last year.
Ninety four township committeemen attended the Fayette County school of instruction on administration of the new farm program. W S Bissell fieldman for the state agricultural conservation explained the provisions of the new AAA.
A team of gray mares seven years old and weighing 3200 pounds topped the Luckey and Harbison sale at 340. Sixty five horses were sold mostly trade ins on machinery purchases. A five year old bay mare 1500 pounds sold for 190. Mules aged nine and ten sold for 250 with others averaging 100. Paul Klotz and H M Duncan of Columbus Junction led the sale, with the State Bank acting as clerk.
The 1933 farm income available for disbursement into retail trade totaled 3.41 billion dollars, 4.092 billion dollars less than the 1929 level.
Exports of United States corn in the first week of March totaled 2 694 000 bushels raising the season total since Oct 1 to just over 32 000 000. Argentine exports were negligible while domestic arrivals at principal terminals last week amounted to 3 922 000 bushels, down from the prior week. Prices remained firm aided by the 50 cent government loan on 1937 corn available through February.
William Barton of East Lansing is named field representative for the American Angus Breeders Association. A native of Custer County Oklahoma, he graduated from Oklahoma A and M in 1936, taught at Michigan State College, and will begin active duties around April 1 focusing on breed promotion work and field service.
The Northern Town Agricultural Experiment Association will hold its annual business meeting at Kanawha Tuesday to map a year of community service and cooperation with science. About 500 farmers will attend after a 10 45 am session at the 85 acre experiment farm with seed cleaning and treating demonstrated. Eight Ames staff will speak on the program including W W Wilcox L C Burnett Martin Weiss H H Plagge R M Nixon Lauren K Soth C Reddy and George W Godfrey.
Two sales announced. On Tuesday March 15 Martin Neilsen consignment 214 miles west of Waubeck at Iowa City Sales Co. On Wednesday March 16 Bald win farm near Mt. Vernon one mile west of Fairfax Zack McArthur closes out sale.
Article argues the new farm bill limits parity for corn, favors marketing quotas, and harms northern corn belt farmers while shifting acreage from cotton to corn. It claims the plan risks national famine by government controls contrary to market signals.
Linn County Board of Supervisors adjourned to March 15 as Clinton era payrolls and public aid records are detailed. The ledger lists welfare, poor relief, fuel, rent, and numerous payrolls for employees and construction crews from Jan 31 to Feb 26 1938, including names such as Akers James Smith Gordon Parmer Wm Ramos Alfred Rodriguez John Stone Donald Sotelo Thomas Sinkey Clarence Simoons Harley Webster and many others with payments and allowances.
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