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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1942
Page
2
The Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers Association translates OPA ceiling prices for scoured wools into grease terms for Iowa wools. Prices vary by grade with allowances for quality, transport, and shrinkage, while army demand and imports from abroad influence market dynamics.
The article notes wool price in town on February 15 at 40 cents per pound and a parity price of 28 cents. Leslie M. Carl, federal statistician in Des Moines, discusses parity formulas and their impact on beef cattle pricing and feeder profits.
A Guernsey cow from John C. Lueder herd near West Union stands at 11 years old with 4819.4 pounds butterfat across nine lactations. She has produced 107,308 pounds of milk over 2961 milking days, with test percentages ranging from 4.2 to 4.9 percent.
Packers do minimal shearing. Wool on lambs is removed by pulling using a chemical smeared on the flesh side to loosen the wool so it can be yanked off like feathers from a scalded chicken.
A fragmentary verse fragment depicts a country woman speaking of color in hills not green nor pink with a sense of waking from sleep and a calm, rustic observation. The text hints at southern idiom and folk imagery.
Chicago reports that the first full year of lend lease purchases shows a record flow of farm commodities overseas since mid March 1941. Exports of lard dairy and eggs cured and canned pork and grain have surged, reviving U S agricultural trade after wartime restrictions and lifting prices abroad.
The article notes a shift in wartime food aid toward concentrated processed foods with steady deliveries to Great Britain. Market experts estimate last year’s lend-lease lard at about 450 million pounds, canned pork over 350 million, and cured frozen pork near 300 million, requiring large hog slaughter for weight.
Special to The Gazette reports Ed Simanek has completed an 18 by 36 poultry house two and a half miles northeast of Walker. The project marks a small farming expansion for the local community.
The federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports varied stock and price changes for 1941 grass seed crops. Alfalfa, alsike, and sweet clover stocks fell versus last year, while red clover and timothy saw gains. shipments, stocks, and price ranges differed by state and county.
An old advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills to stimulate liver bile flow, claiming daily intake prevents decay in the bowels and relieves bloating constipation. It urges readers to buy 10¢ or 25¢ packages.
Elizabeth Denning nearing 98 on a 250 acre Pleasant Ridge farm recalls using her first kerosene lamp since age seventeen. Though REA lines expand nearby, she still carries the lamp upstairs each night while her son Charles notes she has gone to bed with that lamp at least 25 000 times.
Officers of the River Forks chapter of the Future Farmers of America elected are Roger Peters president, Warren Curtis vice president, Robert Wince secretary, Donald Rutt treasurer, Delmore Evans reporter, Minton Allen sergeant at arms and librarian. The chapter purchased a $25 defense bond.
Supplies of Argentine butter were heavy last week with wide distribution along the eastern seaboard. The DPM bought 4 133 packages in New York, stabilizing prices as domestic 92 score butter sold around 34 34 to 35 14 cents a pound in major markets.
A list of horizontal and vertical crossword clues with numbered entries such as statesman kind of soup behold and more. The puzzle mixes synonyms and abbreviations including elements like lutecium cerium tantalum and regional terms for Buckeye State residents.
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