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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1934
Page
9
Hog markets struggle with falling prices while cattle receipts rise. Analysts note a mixed effect from AAA policy and processing taxes, as pork demand weakens and hog slaughter increases slow. Market chatter questions if lighter hog runs lie ahead.
A brooder house fire Saturday at the Dunlap Brothers farm south of Dysart killed about 600 week-old chicks. The blaze is believed to have begun with an explosion of the brooder stove.
The piece lists Reno and Coughlin leading the newest New Deal team with Herring Kraschel and Langer close behind. It ponders the Reverend's potential fallout with God and the possible impact on leadership and direction.
Iowa Ayrshire Breeders will hold their annual picnic at the Ames dairy farm on May 19. Russell Lang of Grinnell is president. Members inspect the college dairy farm and learn its practices. Co T Conklin of the American Ayrshire Breeders Association is expected. A sale of Ayrshire calves may be held.
A swarm of bees forced the Wilson family indoors in Pittsfield Massachusetts as painters used three gallons of maple syrup thinking it was linseed oil. The mystery ended when the syrup was found to be the source of the swarm.
State geologist Dean Kay warns that loess formed in pre glacial times and now powers dust storms across Iowa as surface vegetation vanished. In Troy Mills corn planting progresses amid dry fields and sparse pastures. Farmers in Sand Springs report good soil yet extreme dryness hindering fieldwork.
Special to The Gazette reports Carl Cobie of Delta lost a walking plow left at field edge after finishing plowing last Friday. Neighbors saw it loaded and assumed he loaned it. Maquoketa area notes spring plowing nearing completion with drought aiding soil work but lacking rain since Easter Sunday.
Independence and Sigourney report 218 contracts ready for early payment release after adjustments to hog production figures. Des Moines communication confirms Keokuk County field man Allan Klein expects immediate release and transfer of contracts to Washington for final check next week.
Thirty five township and publicity chairmen of Benton and Tama counties met with Mrs J C Wood of Traer representing the sixth Farm Bureau district at the Oakly Thompson home. Mrs E J Reiss of Garrison announced the Benton county Farm Bureau women's achievement day for May 14 at the Legion hall in Van Horne. Eleven or more townships will exhibit completed work. Mrs Mary Gregg of Ames will act as judge.
Federal report details April 15 price moves across farm items. Lambs up 3 cents per 100 pounds from March 15, cattle up 10 cents, sheep veal calves and hogs down. Wool down 0.7 cent. US wool average 26.2 cents, 2.6 times last year. Hog prices fall to 3.49 per hundredweight from 3.88, hog corn ratio at record low for the month. Overall price indexes rise in some groups, with meat and truck crops leading gains.
Washington AP Officials from the Farm Administration and Commodity Credit corp say no disposal decision has been made for 270 million bushels of stored corn backed by 121.3 million dollars in loans. Loans mature Aug 1 with a Oct 15 decision window.
Maquoketa area creamery reports an average 25 cent per pound butterfat for April with weekly payments. Top producers include Hans Jorgensen Baldwin with 149.82 dollars, Hans Skott Jr and Son Maquoketa 129.63, A J Wirth Elwood 123.77, O J Bowman Maquoketa 102.68, Orben Schoff Last Nation 98.82, Peter B Petersen Delmar 94.22.
Tipton Henry Gehris of Cedar County sold a load of short fed Hereford steers weighing about 1271 pounds at 8 dollars per hundredweight in Chicago. The cattle had five months on feed and were bought in November at 3 dollars 60 cents per hundredweight.
North Tama C T A reports 467 cows on test in April with an average 1,069 pounds of milk and 41.6 pounds butterfat per cow. Top cows include Roy Hotzel herd 90.9 pounds butterfat and Hayward Brothers 90.7. Joe Chezik Jr and others set high herd and individual butterfat marks across the association. Central City Linn County test shows 297 cows with 30.5 pounds butterfat. J J Mills and Son Coggan lead with 47.9 pounds and W L Smith with 47.8 across 29 Holsteins.
A May 7 meeting of the First district beef feeders association, led by president E. L. Stewart, will discuss processing tax impacts and how to fund any reduction plan without new taxes. A county association meeting Friday will weigh financing options if a reduction scheme is adopted.
Blairstown farmer Charles E. Schultz bought a team of roan mares 3 years old, well matched and weighing 3 300 pounds, from Pat Dailey for 350. He also bought a team of 10-year-old males weighing 2 950 pounds for 200. Schultz sold a 7-year-old roan gelding 2 100 pounds to a dealer this spring for 200.
Sixty six Louisa and Muscatine county 4 H club members took part in preliminary judging at the Letts and Turkington farm near Columbus Junction before the sale of Hereford cattle. County and county agents oversaw the event to select teams for the State fair. High scores were led by Richard Jenkins 300 and several 350s in Louisa, with Muscatine scorers reaching 370 by Edwin Yedlick and Lauren Fryermuth. Judging wrapped before the sale.
Strawberry Point buyer Lloyd Lathrop shipped a load of good horses to Appleton Wisconsin. The consignment included a Percheron stallion and a purebred Belgian mare from Leo Pearl and other mares from Flower and Schuchmann near Arlington. Lathrop has purchased horses for 25 years and has shipped over 100 head this season. He paid up to 110 for suckling colts and 300 for mares, noting strong demand.
Fire driven by an explosion at Loveland Iowa destroyed an elevator worth 3000 dollars. About a thousand bushels of wheat and 1800 bushels of corn housed there were burned and two railroad cars were partly destroyed.
At Des Moines the Farmers Holiday association denounced the agricultural adjustment act as a failure and fraud vowing to oppose grain grades and foreclosures. Milo Reno was reelected president and John Bosch named vice president with John Chalmers becoming national secretary treasurer. Colonel Long to speak at closing address.
Three loads reach Chicago by truck from Troy Mills and Central City. John Takes delivered thirteen prime heifers averaging 750 to 800 pounds. Powell Bros. brought forty four fat steers and three cows from Charles Mills with weights 1,350 to 1,400 pounds.
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