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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1933
Page
2
Iowa farmers plan to shift from corn to other crops reducing corn acreage by about six percent from 1932 levels. Leslie M Carl reports 1933 corn planted area at 11,028,000 acres, down from 11,732,000 last year, with expected production around 419,000,000 bushels.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a fence drift with woven wire and references to names and items such as photos and a star, but details are unclear. The fragment mentions colors, settings, and possible equipment labels, suggesting a photographed or logged fence event.
In SOUTH BETHFL the community swaps items for goods and services. A tractor exchanged for two cows and four calves, others traded corn for oats, meat for a haircut, turkey for a magazine subscription, and cream for dental work. A speckled hen from near Spomaside weighed a quarter pound and measured nine by seven inches.
College Township Farm Women gather to discuss adding color with scarves gloves and colored handkerchiefs to outfits. They emphasize careful use to avoid overdoing accessories and note practical guidance on coordinating outfits.
Special to The Gazette Ames reports February poultry incomes declined amid low egg prices and high hatchery costs. Average receipts per hen dropped to near 9 cents with expenses around 57 cents, marking the smallest margin in four years, while calendar flock operators saw mixed production results and higher breakeven costs.
About 42 000 persons attended seven outlook meetings across Iowa, led by Ames extension farm economists with Farm Bureaus. J C Gaylorway announced the average attendance of 59 per meeting, with some meetings reaching around 200, reflecting growing interest in broader economic issues beyond farm commodities. The discussions covered tariffs, foreign debts, monetary inflation, banking, and cross-industry conditions shaping agriculture, plus potential group action on costs and production adjustments.
Eldorado and Union townships won the district Benton county drama semifinal at Blairstown with plays De tour Ahead and Now Dont Laugh. The final at Vinton Saturday will feature Eldorado Union Barzain Kane and Now Dont Laugh casts judged by F E Palmer.
Farmers in Troy Mills district begin spring tasks such as discing stalks burning fence rows and sloughs hauling fertilizer and oiling harness. Ground frost and a hard crust hinder work as frost leaves the land damp and cold. Farm women join in labor with duties noted amid a storm of garbled names and scattered phrases.
Rural bulletin edited by Ray Anderson delivers practical farming tips and seasonal advisories. Notes on crop cycles and livestock care accompany market updates and local agriculture announcements for readers across the region.
Washington reports the early lamb crop this spring is about 8 percent smaller than last year in main lambing states. Despite lower numbers, lamb condition is better overall, with improved January weather and feed in eastern and middle western regions, though losses of young lambs were heavier this season. Pastures were short last fall and slow to start this spring, with Missouri expecting smaller output due to death losses.
Dysart shipments this week include two carloads of cattle and three of hogs to Cedar Rapids by Schroeder and Harwood. A carload of cattle and hogs was bought from Elmer Schafer of Garrison, another carload from Ferdinand Sieh of Tract, and a carload of hogs from Close Merchant of Garison. The Tami Benton Grain company sent two carloads of corn to Cedar Rapids, and two cars of corn were shipped from the Schroeder elevator to Cedar Rapids.
A brooder house heated for chick raising burned Wednesday on the F E Neberga farm. The hampered hatchery chicks inside were saved and cared for. A bushel of hemp seed weighs 44 pounds was noted in the article.
H C Aaberg assistant secretary of agriculture Iowa says demand for horses will stay strong as average horse age rises to thirteen years signaling shortage given fifteen year life. He notes mules live about eighteen years and urges continued colt club work and education by the Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders association. He cites that placing a good brood mare on all 212000 farms would absorb 636000 acres output to aid crop surplus reduction, and stallion registrations up 50 percent while grain prices keep horse costs to 9 to 11 cents daily per horse.
Twenty six of 256 cows in the Tama-Poweshiek Cow Test produced over 40 pounds of butterfat in February with nineteen exceeding 50 pounds. Rhinehart and Son's 24 Guernseys led the group averaging 78 pounds of milk and 43.3 pounds of butterfat. Top butterfat cows were in the Rhinehart herd at 76.2, 13.3, and 71.6 pounds. Other high cows came from Kienzle, Flaugh, and Abel herds.
BEREA Ohio residents may see pigs and dogs on leashes with red tail lights after dark under a new city ordinance. Exemptions include stray cats and dogs. The measure aims to improve street safety and visibility for animals driven through town after dusk.
A sequence of farm auctions announced for March. DeClow barn hosts a consignment sale on Friday the 17th followed by Anamose fairgrounds on Saturday the 18th. A state Holstein sale is listed at Water-00 on Thursday the 23rd.
Sixty seven 4 H girls in eight Linn county clubs report February meetings and spring housecleaning plans. They study wallpaper backgrounds color schemes refinishing furniture and picture framing with passepartout. A straw vote in Age of Innocence club was decisive and lamp shades chair covers and music memory selections occupy club programs.
Ames AP Nutritional anemia in young pigs can be prevented by a mix of one part ferric sulphate to twenty parts dirt. Dr B H Thomas of the Iowa Experiment Station said the disease kills many pigs at four to twelve weeks due to iron and copper deficiencies in the sow's milk and limited ground access. Feeding soluble iron to the sow is ineffective. giving iron salts directly to pigs works.
Thomas N. Scott of Perry won the Wayne Dinsmore gold medal for first place in the annual sophomore horse judging contest at Ames. J R Gate of Glidden finished second, G M Diser of Booneville third, James Hillier of Austin Minnesota fourth, and Loren Airy of Derby fifth. A bushel of flax seed weighs 56 pounds.
Twenty western horses and five unbroken colts sold for an average of 51.80 at Lafayette auction. They were shipped from Idaho. Top price 75 for a five year old hay gelding. Linn county farmers bought in cash. George Price was auctioneer and A. J. Schueler served as clerk.
Grundy County Fair association members elected directors Renke Renken Pleasant Valley township Charles Stubbs Felix township John Conrad Ross Long J Vanderwicken Grundy Center A Ontjes Grundy Center A proposal to merge fairs in Grundy and Butler counties with shared attractions was discussed The Grundy county fair is planned for the first week after the state fair The 1932 fair left a treasury balance of 80 dollars after premiums and expenses were paid.
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