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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1937
Page
11
The U S agriculture department reports the April corn hog ratio at 7.6 bushels per 100 pounds hog, the lowest for April except 1934, with Iowa at 7.5. Prices rose as corn surged, while hog receipts in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota totaled about 418000 head in April.
Weather notes describe heavy Friday rain in eastern Iowa and the region's need for moisture after years of dust. The column mentions tractors with paddle wheels and a hopeful tone for drought relief amid ongoing wet weather patterns.
The fifteenth annual Weishea celebration at Iowa State College runs May 13 to 15 with 1 000 students staging open house exhibits across five colleges. Highlights include a veterinary exhibit of a living ox heart pumping chemical blood, and civil engineering’s display tracing road evolution from graded to four lane highways.
The Iowa board of railroad commissioners approved 29 rural electric transmission lines totaling 1,849 miles to serve customers across 25 counties. Counties named include Fremont Mills Greene Hardin Grundy Palo Alto Black Hawk Tama Warren Webster Cedar Monona Washington Allamakee Clayton Jones Scott Pottawattamie Dubuque Poweshiek Calhoun Pocahontas Buena Vista Crawford Wright.
A rural columnist notes cold rainy weather hindering spring planting yet promises improvement by May. She observes tractors in rubber boots, muddy fields, blooming garden perennials, and a general sense of optimism amid drought fears in the Dakotas and Nebraska.
Wednesday tipt N Arnold Mente of Cedar County sold twenty eight head of cattle weighing about 950 pounds on the Chicago market at 110.25 per hundredweight.
Iowa researchers report hybrid corn seed production expanding. Joe R. Robinson notes 1936 harvest could plant about 1.5 million acres, with dozens of hybrids tested nationwide. The piece explains inbred lines, single and double crosses, and Iowa’s certification to assure yield gains and lodging resistance.
Farmers in the Wapello area have contracted with a Story City canning company to plant 1200 acres of sweet corn for canning. Verdon F. Farmer canvassed local farmers and arranged seed shipments for the contractors.
The Gazette reports transactions in Tama County with Adam Landgrebe’s 200-acre Dysart farm sold to Martin Landgrebe at 125 per acre, Brubaker farm timbered tract sold at 50 per acre, and Fred Carrick’s 80-acre Montour farm sold to James and Anna Vreeland for 5000 total or 62.50 per acre.
A Vinton canning company has planted asparagus roots on 21 acres of a 40 acre tract south of town and plans more plantings if roots are available. The first crop is expected in two years. The firm also cans asparagus and tomato products in La Porte City and plans about 2,800 acres of sweet corn in the Vinton area this year.
Nineteen hog raisers from West Union Fayette Hawkeye Arlington and Randalia heard Dr. K W Stouder of Ames lecture on hog cholera prevention in West Union and then took a vaccination exam. If they pass the test they may vaccinate their own dogs. Results due in about two weeks.
Washington C B Denman agricultural counsel for the National Association of Food Chains says chain stores boosted lamb sales 42.1 percent in January and February from 1936 to 1937. Merchandising campaigns by producer processor and distributor groups moved lamb into seasonal consumption in 17 000 meat markets and 36 000 stores in 48 states plus DC. Per capita lamb use reached 8.15 pounds aided mainly by newspaper advertising with an estimated 250 million ads in 8 000 papers.
The Farmers' Cooperative creamery paid 40.5 cents per pound for March butterfat. Of 19,584 pounds produced, 3,177 were sold to local stores and patrons and 254 were shipped to eastern markets. At a board meeting H. C. Werndt won the buttermilk contract for the year.
Winneshiek board plans erection of a 32 by 50 foot horse barn at the county farm with an 8 by 11 harness room and loft storage for fifty tons of hay. Bids for construction will be received May 8. The existing barn will house the county herd of purebred Guernsey cattle.
The Buchanan county Guernsey breeders group met in Independence to arrange a parish show at the Buchanan county fair. Twenty head will be selected for the All Iowa exposition in Cedar Rapids September 6 to 10. A fall Guernsey sale is planned, likely in Independence. R A Nelson was elected president with Arthur Satterlee as secretary. Directors named include Henry Gensicke, Homer Fike, and Arnold Pancratz.
VINTON Benton county 4-H boys banquet set for Wednesday evening to entertain 200 boys J Potter Smith club agent announces Stanley Keep Belle Plaine will be toastmaster Speakers include F P Reed Ames assistant state club leader and Harry Linn Des Moines secretary of the Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders association
Fort Dodge will host the second annual national beef cattle exposition this summer. Sam Stump, secretary of the chamber of commerce, announced the continuation after securing a showgrounds assurance.
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