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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1934
Page
2
Government reports show 1 616 000 cases added to storage in 26 cities during the first three weeks of April, with total shell and frozen eggs on April 1 at 3 121 000 cases. May 1 stocks may exceed expectations though last year’s volume lingers in memory.
The piece notes corn hog reduction plans and contract prep delays as farmers seek first installments of bonus cash. Hog prices rise while cattle climb, with commission men profiting from the trend. A live fowl shortage and higher egg prices push dealers to ration scarce fresh and frozen stock. U.S. cold storage April 1934 shows frozen poultry holdings up from last year but below the 1933 average, affecting fryers and roasters.
Dairy records show 409 cows yielding 300 to 209 pounds of butterfat in March. Stevens and Frans of Ottumwa lead with cows producing over 400 pounds. Clair Weiner’s pair top over 500 pounds. Ottumwa and Gibson references noted in production summary.
A garbled note describes medicine capsules and their effects on the body. It mentions diuretic action, excess acid handling, and general health benefits, with unclear references to dosing and timing. The text is fragmentary and may reflect an advertisement or a poorly scanned page.
Earl Elijah of Cedar County writes to The Gazette Farm editor detailing his stance on the beef processing tax. He opposed blanket condemnation, urged constructive study, and supported a representative committee of breeders and feeders to work with the AAA. He notes market increases and emphasizes careful, unbiased analysis before action.
In a dairy association comparison, ten high producing cows averaged 9.816 pounds of milk and 463.2 pounds butterfat with $5502 income above feed cost, while ten low cows produced 3.529 pounds milk and 154.4 pounds butterfat with $11.52 income above feed cost. The six higher performing herds averaged $4638 income above feed cost. twelve grade and six purebred cows were purchased. 26 cows sold for dairy, 44 as unprofitable, seven died. 46 heifers on test. sixteen purebreds and three grade sires used. grazing and mixed feed inputs noted with various forage components.
European potatoes weighing 105 pounds each were shipped from Estonia to the United States, totaling 22 000 sacks. The consignment, arriving via the American Scantic Line after a fourteen day voyage, was directed to Jill Bros Inc and marks the first potato import since spring 1932.
In Farley the April meeting of Town Creamery Operators section nine drew 130 attendees. Tom Landis of Farley was honored for 36 years as a buttermaker since 1898. Colesburg’s C Honn led the butter scoring, with R B Blaine of Oyersville second. Beahler of Greeley led the men’s judging. Reed of Ryan was second in the tre Cadder judging. Mrs Bareurn ranked high and Mrs Beatver followed.
Short butter stocks pushed prices higher at New York City and Chicago consuming centers. Extras rose to 25 cents a pound in New York, with a 1 1/2 cent gain in Chicago. Low storage, late spring, dry Midwestern weather, and government loan factors reduced shipments. Cows fed poorly, many pastured, and supplies in barns and granaries depleted. Trade predicts further rises if shipments do not improve, though a modest surplus could ease prices.
Near Mechanicsville three miles southwest of town Frank Thomson and his sons Donald and Dale opened a lime pit after a ground hog unearthed a yellow limestone deposit. Since January they crushed over 1,100 tons for neighbors, selling at one dollar a ton, with multiple farmers including C. J. Lynch and W. A. Jackson purchasing lime for fields and spreading on acres.
Heavy steers sold at the highest price since November 1932 at the Chicago stock yards on strong demand. The top price for premium 1 427 pound steers reached $9 a hundredweight, with other cattle prices higher, hogs down five cents per hundred pounds, and sheep about steady.
The Manchester Co operative Creamery added a 600 gallon pasteurizer to raise total capacity to 1,860 gallons. Installation continued over the weekend with no plant disruption. The creamery paid 25 cents per pound for butterfat in the first two weeks of April and paid out about $8,000 in pay checks.
The Wheatland Co-operative Creamery association paid twenty three cents for butter fat received during the last thirty days. Klahn Brothers received the largest check of $158.26 and Mrs Ernestine Schneider the next largest check of $12279.
A Bowman cattle sale in Maquoketa featured a top price of $6.20 per hundredweight for a load of choice Herefords. More than 500 head of cattle were auctioned Saturday.
The farm administration announced the corn hog reduction campaign neared its close with 1,111,160 signed contracts. Iowa led with 170,000 contracts, followed by Illinois 125,000 and Missouri 105,000. The program pays 350 million dollars to cooperating farmers, with Marion county Iowa receiving 40,380.25 to date and more checks set to follow.
In the Walker vicinity James C Sherbon Jr and Anthony Sherbon planted thirty five acres of corn last week. Oats are up and fields show green. Early gardens are up. In Rowley plowing and preparation of corn ground for planting is in full swing. Farmers with feed shortages have begun pasturing. A majority expect to raise a soybean crop on government contracted acreage. All crops need rain.
Ames AP reports the May issue of Agricultural Economic Facts from Iowa State College extension explains why Iowa farm prices rose only 28 percent since March 15 last year, compared with 52 percent for the nation. Cash crops led gains, while livestock prices rose but less, affecting Iowa's overall index.
Final figures in the corn hog reduction program for Benton county show 33,000 acres leased to the government. County 1933 corn area totaled 131,895 acres, 1932 143,055. hogs produced for market were 173,301 in 1933 and 713,589 in 1932. Feeder and stocker hog purchases were 19,253 in 1933 and 11,791 in 1932.
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Hundreds of Cedar Rapids residents praise Gly-Cas as the best system purifier, claiming it cleanses the bowels and removes poisons causing rheumatism neuritis nervousness and other ailments. A local former railroad worker, E F Stearns, credits Gly-Cas with ending years of kidney bladder liver and stomach troubles after starting the remedy at the Thrifty Drug Store.
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