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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1934
Page
17
A fragmentary report cites a death and a decline in a local movement, while regional data from the central states Alaska land and Middle Atlantic states show shifts. The text references a large number of people and a movement trend with unclear specifics.
Secretary of the group and officers discussed farm policy at a Linn County session. Directors sought Farm Bureau involvement amid talks on dues, production needs, and potential regional outreach in the area.
Wheatland Creamery pays 24 cents for butterfat with the association reporting payment terms over the prior thirty days. The large check of 149 dollars is noted to a member and the creamery begins another cycle as members report activity and deliveries for April.
The Iowa corn and hog program faces high administrative expenses, with county costs estimated around 40000 to 10000 and total county expenditures between 350000 and 89000 for subversial newspaper surveys. Officials report added payroll and field staff costs, and the state board will not finalize totals until early next week as sheets from twenty five counties are reviewed and corrected.
Public sale listed at Penn's Dairy Farm Mount Vernon Iowa two blocks south of Overhead Bridge in West End on Monday April 2 starting 1230. Cows include Guernseys Jerseys and mixed Holsteins with freshening dates and milk yields listed. animals described as high quality and abortion tested.
Special to The Gasette describes Stewart Baker seven miles west of Decorah who using a three year corn oats and sweet clover rotation improved a rundown farm. He reports higher yields from 16 acres of oats and alfalfa and notes sweet clover as pasturage life saver in dry years. Baker rotates crops, hogs down corn stalks, expands pasture and hay, and maintains a Shropshire ram herd and Holstein dairy operation. The farm features a cemented barn, silo, fencing, shelterbelt, and a remodelled stucco home with terrace lawn and education of six children.
Wednesday announcement by Ralph Smith, secretary of the state committee, notes a lease transfer from the quitting farmer.
Waterloo Iowa Holstein sale of fifty five head totaled 4187 dollars with an average 376.14 per animal. Cows averaged 8086, twelve bulls 75.60, two bull calves 27.50 and 32.50. High cows included Laverty purchase at 19250 and Hamers 150 to 155. High bull bought for 10250. Linn county corn loans totaling 694,890 on 15442 bushels recorded. overall corn loans 394,100.20 on 877,656 bushels.
A mixed livestock sale at Columbus Junction featured a pure bred black Percheron stallion weighing 2200 pounds selling for 295 dollars, with buyers from several states. Other animals sold included mares, foals, Belgian and Percheron stock, and farm horses. At Anamosa, seeds and horses highlighted a consignment sale with clover and Timothy seeds selling high and multiple horses topping the market at 134 dollars.
Yearling steers and heifers brought $18 and $19.50 per head while year-old heifers averaged $25.90. A bull calf sold at $21. Bred sows sold for $13.50 each and feeder pigs ranged from $3.75 to $4.80. Machinery and furniture sold well with Lee Bebee serving as auctioneer.
Cherokee Ormsby Lill a 10 year old Holstein in the Cherokee hospital herd broke the 1933 state butterfat record by yielding 668 pounds in a 10 month test period. The cow produced 19 237 pounds of milk in 305 days and stands fourth in the world in her class, with seven calvings in her lifetime and multiple offspring kept on the farm.
The Commodity Credit Corporation extended the corn loan program expiration to May 1 for ten states. Producers must have loan documents postmarked by April 30 to be accepted. Banks may lend until May 1 and RFC loan agencies may accept properly tendered papers by June 30. States involved include Iowa Illinois Minnesota Nebraska South Dakota Kansas Colorado Indiana Missouri and Ohio.
John F. Mommsen of Clinton County sold a part load of Angus heifers averaging 752 pounds on the Chicago market at 6.60 a cwt, the day’s top price. A Shorthorn cow weighing 1330 pounds also sold at 4.50 a cwt in the shipment.
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