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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1942
Page
24
In the Clar ence Hoag timber three miles east of West Union sap ran and boiled into syrup this Friday afternoon. Sap began flowing March 3 and has continued as days warm, a condition that speeds the flow. Mr Houg, a maple syrup producer, has 200 trees tapped.
Iowa farm labor scarce claims disputed as U S employment service official reports no major shortage. Clinics in Mason City Cedar Rapids Davenport Waterloo and Spencer show more workers than farmers seeking help. Goodhue plan drawn broad interest with many volunteering. Wages range 55 to 75 dollars monthly with 60 to 65 average in north central and northwestern Iowa.
H J Eberhart of the Cedar Rapids employment service says farm job applications have exceeded calls and there is no immediate need for more workers. He notes volunteers are listed in each community for emergencies at the going wage, with 300 volunteers in Cedar Rapids area across four counties including Goodhue plan counts by county.
Six training schools on soil saving methods are planned in Linn county this week for AAA committeemen extension educational cooperators and SCS district cooperators. Sessions run Tuesday to Thursday at various farms including Glenn Stoner C D Wallace L L Carson H R Biges Charles R Smith and Lee O Connell farms. The Linn county Farm Bureau and soil conservation district sponsor the events at the request of the USDA war board focusing on soil conservation practices.
The narrator speaks of a yearly night rain and thaw that scents the earth, brushes bare hills, creeks, and budding treetops. The air forces a lift of the chin and a vivid sense of fresh spring.
The article notes greater soil fertility loss and erosion due to intensified cropping aimed at meeting wartime production goals.
County officers will be installed before the Linn county 4-H club banquet at the Presbyterian church in Marion on Saturday March 28. Miss Margaret Stewart announced the event. Genevieve Koch and Wayne Ford will serve as joint toastmasters and awards will be presented to outstanding members after dinner. Music by the Junior Farm Bureau girls sextet and rural youth school films from Ames will be shown.
In eastern Iowa tilers work on a Gorius farm near Anamosa to drain surplus moisture. J D Gorius hosts a crew of three with plans for seven more tilers. The Equitable of Iowa offers defense bonds as prizes to tenants who beat farm yield records by three, six, or nine bushels, with values up to 100 dollars.
Lee Allbaugh will depart the Farm Security Administration in Washington to become associate director of agricultural extension at Iowa State College in Ames on April 15. The move sparks questions about authority, potential reshuffles, and the future of extension work amid funding pressures and debates over education versus action in rural agencies.
The piece argues for a coordinated educational system from Washington to the acres, noting mixed success of extension programs in states like Pennsylvania and Iowa. It highlights turnover at Ames with Allbaugh seen as key, while George Godfrey remains influential, and stresses that the most effective extension personnel are few.
The Ames group prepared for a statewide food for freedom push by training educational cooperators to reach farmers in two mile squares. County agents largely embraced the plan, but recent reports show overall effort has been only fair as farmers balance farming with meetings and defense fund drives.
Tipton junior Lester Dark won the Ames crops judging contest with 1410 points out of 1500. Dr. Iver S Johnson of the agronomy department awarded the trophy. Fifteen entries competed. Williamsburg sophomore Lee Faas placed fifth with 1330 points.
W F Talcott’s harness shop in north West Union jammed to the eaves late Friday with two leather workers and a fourth man on night shift. Talcott said farmers could bring work in late, noting many harnesses were moldy and weakened by long storage. A Danny Mano in West Union had a tug break and failed.
Iowa farm flocks laid 269 million eggs in February 1942, a new monthly record and 29 percent above January's 232 million. Laying hens and pullets numbered 28.812 million, with an average of 612 eggs per flock, the highest March rate since 1925.
William T Diamond of Fayette was hired by Delaware county Farm Bureau directors as agricultural agent to replace Ed Molln who resigns to enter military service. Diamonds contract starts April 1 with a plan to study the county this week. He is a former 4 H club agent in Fayette County and has judged livestock at the county fair. He was born on a Franklin County farm and graduated in animal husbandry at Ames.
Linn county beekeepers move to combat foul brood with Joe Hermann of Manchester named director of the project. Rex Conn reports a 125 dollar county appropriation after a petition by 20 large beekeepers. Infected colonies will be destroyed and equipment disinfected under Hermann’s guidance. only movable frame hives will be legal.
Conway director of research for the National Livestock Marketing Association will discuss the livestock outlook and price control bill at a meeting here Tuesday at 1 30 p.m.
North Liberty area turkey grower W. W Young reports raising 3,500 birds last year with an average weight of 22.08 pounds, topping the 1940 record average of 20.33 pounds set by other growers.
Central City dairy farmer L. W. Smith operates a Holstein herd of 21 cows milking three times daily. The 1940 41 herd test year yielded 17 517 pounds milk and 600.3 pounds butterfat per year, ranking third nationally and first in numerical division. The herd’s four year average exceeds 500 pounds butterfat per cow annually.
Farm owner Sam Fernow sells all personal property from the farm two miles from Shoof Marton on Tuesday March toth. Included are 20 horses and troans, two cows fresh since January, two heifer calves, a Wammsnhire gilt, hay grain and fodder, farm machinery including a tractor and plow, a washing machine and domestic goods.Auctioneers Lassen and Mitchell, Wor Lockwood act as clerks.
Charles E. Finley announced that Allbaugh, associate professor of agricultural economics on leave since April 1941, will become associate director of the Agricultural Extension service at Iowa State College effective April 15. He has been at ISU since 1918 and led farm business associations since 1929 while directing farm management studies and extension work with Smith-Hughes programs.
An auction two and one half miles north and one and one half miles west of Stanwood on Tuesday March 1969 at 9 oclock. Head of brood sows, 11 20 head of spotted Poland China sows, bred to a Polish China boar, plus weaned gilts and Duroc cross litter prospects. Also one used tractor with water and complete. Auctioneer Olin Reling and bank clerk Clarence Sayings list usual terms.
George Jacobs announces a complete herd sale due to illness and family needs. Items include dairy cattle, heifers, calves, sows, Jersey and Guernsey cows, Holstein and crossbred stock, farm machinery, stoves, milking equipment, and transport gear. Sale on March 23 at 12 noon, location near Springville with gravel road access. Local buyers invited to inspect and bid on a broad assortment of livestock and farming gear.
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