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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1942
Page
10
U S farm data show total meat animal production at about 403 billion pounds in 1941, a new high and 16 billion pounds above the prior peak. Gross income from meat animals rose to roughly 3.496 billion dollars, up 38 percent from 1940 and the highest since 1920, with cattle calves hogs and hog prices all advancing.
A reflective piece notes rain and upcoming fair weather, urging farmers to plant corn with optimism for a favorable spring. The author warns food will determine wartime outcome, calling it a mighty munition and implying resilience despite unsettled weather.
An old advertisement promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills claiming they stimulate bile flow to ease digestion. It urges readers to take the pills as directed and mentions prices of 10 cents and 254.
The report notes a production peak of 25 billion pounds of sheep and lambs in Western Australia and higher prices. The 1940 average lamb price was $9.58 per hundredweight, up from $8.10 in 1939, while sheep priced at $5.10 also increased. Lamb and sheep sales in 1941 reached 2.6 billion pounds, about 8 percent higher than 1940, with cash and gross income up around 27 percent. Feeding and breeding costs rose to $57 million from $47 million in 1940.
The Iowa state hospital herd of 83 Holsteins in the Wapsie Valley Dairy Herd Improvement Association Posted April averages of 1341 pounds of milk and 44.8 pounds of butterfat per cow. Rose, a Brown Swiss owned by George Haines, led with 1416 pounds of milk and 68 pounds of butterfat. The 414 cows tested averaged 825 pounds of milk and 32.9 pounds of butterfat.
Doris K McCormick longtime Delaware county Farm Bureau office assistant resigns after six years. She is honored with a defense bond by the county board for her service. Marcel la L Nelson of Independence will take over duties after assisting in recent weeks.
Independence area dairy tests show April production for 27 herds in Buchanan County DHIA No. 2 at 623 pounds of milk and 23.9 pounds of butterfat. Phillips and Satterlee led with high herd averages. their grade Guernseys averaged 669 pounds of milk and 33.1 pounds of butterfat.
DHIA No 4 leads April production in Fayette County with 748 pounds milk and 34 pounds butterfat per cow across 25 herds. Jon Leeder and Sons of Weet Union top the month with 17 Guernseys averaging 1026 pounds milk and 43 pounds butterfat
Delaware county Farm Bureau will sponsor a ten acre corn yield contest. Clyde Thompson of Hopkinton is the first entrant. Harold J. Bullock Farm Bureau president names the supervising committee including William Hauessier of Ryan Elmer Kehrli of Manchester and Henry Holthaus of Greeley.
Fragmentary text shows wandering water reference and disjointed phrases about a scene near a house with a tense mood. Mentions of motion, a suspended state, and unclear actions imply a chaotic, dreamlike snippet without a clear event or participants.
Dr Russell Mo Walder of Mayo Clinic and Der Alonzo Taylor will speak at Charles City on wartime nutrition education. Floyd County is one of four U S counties in a national study requested by the federal extension service to promote enriched flour and inform families about safe wartime nutrition. Mabel Nelson and Sarah Porter Ellis will also speak to rural and town cooperators and local business representatives.
Special to The Gazette WAUKON Carl Phillips tester for Allamakee County Cow Test Association No 1 reports 452 cows on test in April averaging 24.3 pounds of butterfat with 73 dry. Paul Heitmann’s herd of 21 Guernseys averaged 787 pounds milk and 33.9 pounds butterfat. Killen and Neverman’s high cow produced 924 pounds milk and 675 pounds butterfat.
A choice sorrel draft team owned by Ira and Arthur Albright near North Liberty sold at a Des Moines horse sale on Saturday for 350 dollars, the second highest price of the event.
Last month ranked as the second driest April in 70 years, but recent heavy rains moved conditions closer to normal across most of the state. April averaged about 0.10 inch, near the 1926 low, while winds, hail and gales caused some crop and building damage. The rain aided oats, barley, corn, soybeans, and winter crops. strawberry and tree fruit blooms look strong though apple trees suffered from a 1940 cold wave impact.
Washington AP reports Rep. Harrington Iowa introduces HER 7050 to set two parity base periods for cotton and other crops, defining basic farm products as cotton wheat rye corn oats barley and flaxseed. The bill assigns federal administration of loan funds to the agriculture secretary through a farm credit framework.
The USDA reports creamery butter output in Iowa and Nebraska for the week ending April 30 rose 6 percent from the prior week but fell 5.7 percent from the year earlier. Better pasture improved production. National butter output rose 8 percent year over year.
A new brooder house and 500 baby chicks were destroyed by fire at the Charles Orr farm three miles east of Tipton around 6:30 am Tuesday. Loss estimated over $150.
The F. W. Fitch company wins 17000 for a 558 acre Des Moines farm now part of the ordnance plan. Government valued land at 113200. Real estate experts estimated 98000 to 105000. Trial began April 28 with over 25 hours of deliberation. Attorney Frank Comfort may appeal.
Ninety two percent of the farmers in Delaware county participate in the 1942 agricultural program, reports Chester QC McCarthy AAA chairman after reviewing sheets. Farmers plan to plant one percent of their corn base and still qualify for soil-building payments, but to receive maximum payments they must stay within allotment and plant additional beans, sweet corn, tomatoes or flax.
Ames The Milk educational butter scoring contest for Iowa creamery operators will be held at Sheldon on May 21. Extension official A W Rudmick announced today that May 11 is the final date for shipping butter for the competition. The prize judging will take place at Emmetsburg on June 18.
Des Moines reports farmers may deliver seed to approved warehouses under the soybean purchase program after county AAA committee authorization. Eligible beans receive 204 per bushel from the Commodity Credit Corporation if officially tested with 85 percent or higher germination. Farmers are to be notified of nearby approved warehouses and keep high moisture beans in separate bins.
Preliminary plans for the 1942 district Holsteins show to be held here June 12 have been made by the Tre County Holstein Breeders association. Antone Hetschusen of Williamsburg is president Faye Barney of Fairfield is director and chairman of the show committee. Entries from Keokuk Washington Mahaska Jefferson Cubisa Kenry Lee Des Moines Wapello Davis and Van Buren are expected. Jens Bellerup of Waterloo will be judge.
Ames extension horticulturist H. E. Nichols urges orchardists to apply calyx spray now after rapid bloom from hot dry winds. With 75 to 90 percent of petals fallen, follow with first cover spray about 10 days later to avert scab amid possible cold rainy weather.
Farmers urged to shade and water hogs during hot days to prevent losses. Advice stresses avoiding overcrowding at market and using clean transport. A contour demonstration near Anamosa shows soil and water conservation planning for corn, with local farmers participating.
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