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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1937
Page
9
United States milk cow numbers fall to 24 040 000 head, seven percent below 1934. Cattle totals declined from a record 26 910 000 to about 24 040 000 as average prices for cows rose slightly. Milk production trends show an overall drop versus last year, with feed and price conditions cited as influencing factors in dairy output.
A group of Linn county farm women west of Cedar Rapids judged bread on size crust color crumb lightness texture and aroma under guidance of Miss Lucille Gove at the James McNamara farm house. They also scored cottage cheese jelly and jam during a community style noon meal as part of Linn county home project nutrition sessions.
After a blizzard, a dairy herd averaged 3.2 test for butterfat and yielded twelve and a half gallons of milk daily, down from twenty five gallons. The reduced production cost the farm about $129 per day in milk value.
A garbled fragment references a Fence Drift incident in Reventoire-Tt, hinting at a puzzle or technical issue. The text is incomplete, lacking clear names, dates, or actionable details. Further readable context is needed to identify involved parties or outcomes.
Francis Johnson, president, announced the 1937 standing committees for the Iowa Farm Bureau federation. New committees include the agricultural planning group chaired by H. E. Hazen with A B. Kline and H. F. Lubkeman. the transportation and development group chaired by H. F. Lubkeman with Ed Doolittle and LL. B. Cunningham. and the policy committee led by Johnson with A B Kline, WB Hamilton, O W Beeler, and others.
The document lists standing committees with chairs and members: Budget and finance chaired by A C Hanson with Ed Doolittle and others. Legislative chaired by A C Hanson. Marketing chaired by C W Huntley. Organization chaired by A B Kline. Rural credit chaired by H T Crist. Service Relations chaired by H J Teachout. Taxation chaired by L B Cunningham. Executive committee chaired by Francis Johnson.
A total of 1,560 checks worth 248000 dollars were distributed in Tama county Tuesday for soil conservation awards. This marks the first checks received in the area.
A second group of 250 coil conservation awards ranging from 627 dollars to 90 cents is distributed to Delaware county farmers this week. The total distributed in this cycle brings the county’s receipts to 106 dollars and more.
The Clinton county Farm Bureau festival and 4 H show are set for August 11 to 13. Roy L Traver of DeWitt was chosen president of the executive board with Mrs Charles Roll as vice president Lea Coverdale as secretary and Harold J Kriebs as treasurer. Other board members include Charles Mortensen Alf Higgins Mrs Florence Wilson A J Hanrahan M D Lacy and D C Peterson.
Stephensen of Reinbeck was elected president of the Tama county rural electrification board at a meeting of township chairmen Tuesday. Other officers include Fred Husak Clutter vice president E P Skrable Elberon secretary Russell Winders Toledo treasurer and directors Fred Lienknecht Beaman O A Seydel Dysart Fay Wilcox Tama Ed Swatosh Belle Plaine and T E Young Tracer.
A sequence of farm auctions is listed with venues and dates. Kemp Angus dispersal at 3144 miles NE of Marion, consignment sale at Beverly, Iowa Livestock Exchange Cedar Rapids, horse sale there, then Taylor Auction 314 miles south of Norway.
Fairfax report says Ralph Heaton farm home roof and attic were burned off after chimney sparks set the roof ablaze. Cedar Rapids Fire Company No. 5 arrived to confine damage to the upper part. Fairfax chemical tank aided after well was pumped dry. Cedar Rapids then used its tank to extinguish the blaze.
Fifty head of horses and mules sold at Luckey and Harbison sale in Columbus Junction. A span of eight and nine year old mules weighing 3200 pounds brought 360 dollars, a span of ten year olds brought 270. A team of five year old black mares sold for 340, with individual horses ranging 150 to 165 dollars. Most animals were acquired on tractor deals. Auctioneers were Paul Klotz and H M Duncan.
Fayette county farms set individual soil conservation bases last week in a meeting led by E. L. Quaife of the Ames extension service with all committee members and alternates present.
John Quist announces that about 2,000 Iowa 4-H members completed market and purebred pig projects last year. Market pigs and litters totaled 2,189 pigs valued at 40,825 dollars with 938 participants. purebred gilts and sows and litters saw 231 gilts valued at 20,351 dollars and 746 sow litters totaling about 167,000 dollars.
Ames extension poultry marketing specialist A. D. Oderkirk notes high storage stocks keep prices down despite growing demand. He cites heavier winter production and modest spring gains, with shell eggs at 322000 cases on March 1 versus 130000 a year ago. Poultry stocks total 158 million pounds, up from 86 million last year.
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