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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1939
Page
4
Hog receipts at Chicago's Union Stock Yards for April were the smallest in over six decades, yet prices fell sharply as light demand for lard persisted. Heavy hogs closed about 50 cents lower, averaging near seven dollars, the lowest since December 1934, despite improved export demand.
Special to The Gazette reports a demonstration on construction and location of a practical farm septic tank will be held at the Howard Hand farm three miles northeast of Independence. The event is sponsored by a concrete company and set up under the supervisor of the company's agent.
Miss Marion Nelson, daughter of Nordness, is employed in Decorah as office assistant for Winneshiek county Farm Bureau.
A county report reveals one corn crib stored under government protection suffered 40 percent destruction by rats before discovery. The write up notes severe infestation and suggests increased use of poisons and gases such as cyanide to curb rodent damage.
Five rat control demonstrations will be conducted in eastern Iowa this week. H. D Tate confirms a schedule with May 1 Floyd County May 2 Winneshiek May 3 Delaware May 4 Clinton and May 5 Benton. The plan is a general meeting followed by field fumigation and baiting to kill rats on farms.
Independence event agenda outlines date selection for the annual 4-H girls rally program. Mrs. Faye Roudabush of the Ames extension department will meet with the county club committee and officers to finalize plans.
Ames Iowa hosts the Farm Security Administration conference May 8 through 11. The theme asks What Is a Desirable National Agricultural Program with speakers from USDA Smith College UNC Grinnell Minnesota and the FSA administrator W W Alexander among others.
Harry Johnson, a farmer three miles northwest of West Union, planted ten acres to corn late last week. Seeding of small grain was completed by the end of April in Fayette county with some early fields showing green. Grass seedings in the area are badly damaged, attributed more to smothering than surface heaving from freezing and thawing.
In Winneshiek county oats are 75 percent planted and 6 to 7 percent above ground. Only about 35 percent of corn ground turned. fall seeding failed due to light cover. Spring pig crop up 10 percent, with 10 to 12 percent pig losses at farrowing. Calf crop good and lamb crop fair. overall farm animal condition satisfactory.
Ryan farmer Fred Bartels plans May 10 start for his corn planting team with Jim the 23 year old Belgian gelding and Nell the 24 year old Percheron mare. The pair, each about 1400 pounds, have plowed since they were colts but now rely on a tractor for heavy work while handling planting and cultivation by horse power.
A Jackson county Farm Bureau board committee was appointed to select a site and plan the Jackson county corn husking contest next fall. Members are A G Nims Ed Schumann and Ben Downey. The last husking tourney in Jackson was held years ago after difficulty finding suitable fields.
The eleventh annual baby chick show and the fourteenth egg show will be held in Ames May 11 12 and 13 as part of Veishea. Iowa State College poultry club sponsors with Iowa Poultry Improvement Association. Judges include W M Vernon Hugh Gordon Ray France and Roscoe Hill. No entry fee. chicks become property of show management and will be auctioned May 13. Exhibitors may enter up to 26 chicks.
A Denver area naturalist explains that horsehair worms or Gordius are not transformed hairs but parasitic worms common in Iowa ponds. They spend life cycles in crickets and grasshoppers, emerging from water insects to mature, while ruling out hair-to-snake transformation and reaffirming life arising from life.
Iowa five soil conservation projects move into greatest usefulness stage as display windows. About 2 716 farmers and 420 000 acres are involved in Shenandoah Greenfield Knoxville Marion and McGregor demonstrations. Programs focus on strip cropping contour tillage terracing pasture timber management gully control and crop rotation. Demonstrations started 1934 1935 with ongoing maintenance and limited technical help from staff.
County Agent Grover Hahn said Lyle Monther Ames extension engineer would conduct wiring schools in Clayton county Thursday at Monona and Friday at Elkader to teach electrical wiring and safety skills.
Lyle Monthei Ames extension agricultural engineer will conduct two electrical wiring schools next week. The first is the evening of May 9 at West Union and the second on May 10 at Illyria church.
The United States department of agriculture suspended Sachs Brothers of Chicago for one year beginning May 2 for using forged scale tickets at Union stockyards. Evidence from a April 22 hearing showed tickets forged with a special machine, used in calf sales to a packer, to dodge the stockyard tariff and deceive buyers.
The weekly grain market review notes heavy chartering of shipping space and marks that May exports of wheat and corn are expected to rise. Corn exports last week totaled 750000 bushels, Argentine shipments reached nearly 3000000, and domestic marketings rose to 3500000 bushels.
Independence reports the annual beef cattle tour and survey meeting for Buchanan county feeders set for May 31. Speakers include Carl Oldson of the Iowa Beef Producers association Rex Beresford and Herman Aaberg of Ames with the Chicago Producers Commission association.
City Clerk and Mayor announce a proposed resolution of necessity for paving Sixth Street NW from G Avenue to Penn Avenue in Cedar Rapids Iowa. Hearing set for May 18 1939 at 10 A M. Objections to assessments or plans to be filed by property owners for consideration.
Notice of hearing for proposed plans specifications and contract form for Sixth Street Northwest Cedar Rapids from G Avenue to Penn Avenue. City Council adopted plans with estimated cost 35200 dollars. Hearing at City Hall May 18 1939 allows written objections and oral testimony by interested parties.
County AAA chairmen received state committee guidance on how to classify sweet corn acreage for the program. Only corn actually sold to canning companies counts as not planted to corn. unsold portions remain planted to corn for compliance. The ruling addresses conditional contracts and anticipates unusually large sweet corn plantings in Iowa this year.
The Benton County cow test association No 1 reports 274 cows tested in April produced an average of 748 pounds of milk and 28.2 pounds of butterfat. Kirk Clime herd of nine Jerseys topped with 829 pounds of milk and 43.3 pounds of butterfat. August Kluss Holstein in Luzerne had high individual with 2145 pounds milk and 88.1 butterfat.
A bulletin from the American Butter Institute in Chicago states March oleomargarine purchases via internal revenue tax stamps total 27,727,854 pounds, down 28.9 percent from March 1938. First quarter sales reached 84,620,544 pounds, down 27.5 percent from January-March 1938.
A Fayette county 4-H officers school for girls club executives drew 39 attendees from 12 clubs. County 4-H chairman Mrs. Grant Kiel led the program with Paul E. McElroy county agent Dick Westerfield of West Union and Miss Thelma MaeVeils.
The Opera House in Elkader hosts the Clayton county 4-H boys and girls club party on Wednesday evening. Mrs. M. T. Hamilton chairs the program committee.
Traer veterinarian Dr. D N Voetberg reports two equine sleeping sickness cases in his area. A horse owned by Archie Nation near Clutter tested positive, and a second horse at the Leland Philp farm near Buckingham shows symptoms and is being treated. Both cases follow a warm spell late last week.
Washington county hosts the annual 4-H girls rally day on June 6. Planning with Miss Fannie Buchanan of the Ames extension service is set for Friday. Mrs. Lucille Cochran of Ames will assist county women to plan the home project in farm management for next year at the Friday meeting.
The Chicago Producers survey on beef cattle will be shown at eastern Iowa meetings this week and next. Monday sessions include Tama county feeders in Toledo and Linn county in Cedar Rapids at 8 p.m. Tuesday features Jones county in Onslow at 8 p.m. Wednesday Muscatine county in Muscatine at 8 p.m. Thursday Scott county in Eldridge at 8 p.m. Friday Dubuque in Dubuque at 9 a.m. May 9 Iowa county in Marengo at 9 a.m. and Keokuk in Sigourney at 8 p.m.
J. M. Kirkpatrick of Mount Vernon sold twenty head of steers at Cedar Rapids market for 11 dollars per hundredweight. The cattle averaged 1 163 pounds each.
City of Cedar Rapids invites sealed proposals for exclusive rights to operate refreshment stands in Bever, Ellis, Daniels and Riverside Parks from May 8 to November 1 1939 with Labor Day exemption at Ellis Park. Bids due May 8 at 10 am.
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