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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1939
Page
15
April 1939 shows the smallest cattle calf and sheep and lamb slaughter for the month since the early 1930s, while hog slaughter reaches a record for the month since 1934. First four months totals reveal a low trend for cattle and sheep and lambs, with hogs higher than March.
A brief Iowa vignette notes weekend showers and early May scenery. Dandelions bloom amid blossomed fruit trees, with reflections on bee welfare and its importance to Iowa’s agriculture.
West Union residents note rain missed most of east Iowa on Sunday night with dry topsoil and slow grass growth. Dale Risdon, 17, shows seven five calf projects for the All Iowa Live stock show at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids in August. Calves averaged 313 pounds on Nov 1 and gained about two pounds daily under Risdon.
W D Potter charges Iowa egg laws enforcement has lagged under B O Brownlee. Brownlee defends effort and calls for dealer cooperation at a Cedar Rapids session on poultry grading. Officials from federal and state agencies urged sanitation, culling, grading, and disease control to cut losses and improve egg and poultry markets.
Lauren K. Soth notes Iowa may face lower cattle and hog prices through 1939 as industrial slowdown in the East weighs on demand. Hog prices likely drop further after a brief summer stabilization, with potential $4.50 to $5 hogs by next winter while interior packers pay about $6.50 to $6.75 for good butcher hogs.
Special to The Gazette Fayette Four H hybrid corn club members will plant and keep records on 40 varieties to study yield adaptability moisture content lodging quality and stand. A corn club show is planned after harvest. The 21 enrolled boys include Volney Palmer Robert McSweeny Elwood Mabon Marvin Ingels Edward Schaller Randalia Junior Patterson Wadena Junior Campbell Robert Faust Everett Faust Robert Teutsch Fayette Marcus Pace Connie Hennager Robert Hennager Maynard Robert Adams Donald Oelrich Lamont Keith James Forrest Cannell Willis Petratz George Waskow Sumner James Rochford Hawkeye Robert Loban Oelwein.
Mrs Leona Scott 81 reports Natex improved her bowel action appetite and back pain after weeks of sleepless nights She says she now eats three meals a day without distress her nerves quiet and sleep is deep A Natex representative visits PODZIMEK S PHARMACY daily and Natex is sold by other Iowa druggists A $100 reward offered for proving falsified testimonials.
The National Farmers Union urged applying the domestic allotment to wheat flax cotton and other crops and endorsed a board guided pricing system. It backed marketing quotas tied to 10 years of production and cost of production parity with income certificates for processors. The plan aims for democratic farmer administration and soil conservation, with expansion possible to corn and tobacco if producers approve.
Ninety percent of Tama county crop land and eighty nine percent of farms sign up for the 1939 AAA program, said AAA Chairman Robert Lyon. Lincoln township tops crop land signups at 97.9 percent, Grant township leads in crop land at 97.9 and farms signed up at 96.8 percent. Over half of Mesquakie reservation crop land will fall under Triple A this year with Indians farming and receiving individual payments for the first time.
A group from Louisa County plans a trip to the Ames campus on June 19 to inspect the college and its projects. The visit aims to assess facilities and ongoing agricultural programs.
County Agent and Mrs. Fred O'Riley of Waukon welcomed an 81 pound daughter Saturday at a LaCrosse Wisconsin hospital.
Corn planting in the Troy Mills neighborhood began Saturday but rain Sunday night and Monday paused field work. The heavy downpour benefited gardens and pastures while plowing nears completion and favorable conditions are expected to allow much corn planting this week.
Heavy showers in the Stanwood vicinity Sunday and Monday benefited oats and meadows. Corn planting is in full swing with seed beds exceptionally dry. New potatoes are up and cherries promise a heavy crop.
Lyle Monthei Ames extension engineer will lead two instruction meetings on farmstead wiring in Allamakee county this week. Sessions are set for Thursday evening at the court house in Waukon and Friday evening at Postville city hall.
Fire of unknown origin consumed a large barn on the George Rayner Jr. farm five miles from Lone Tree Sunday. Rural firefighters from nearby could not save the structure.
Joe Davis, club agent, announced the annual 4-H livestock show for Iowa county will be held at North English on August 10 11 and 12.
Mr and Mrs Robert Thorne of Sheldon flew in by Taylorcraft two seater to Maquoketa last week. They landed in the Ed Heneke pasture a mile south and then moved the plane to DeWitt airfield for the night. Thorne, 43, has flown as a hobby eight years and owns three planes in six years. He keeps the plane at Sheldon airport twelve miles away and uses it for business and pleasure trips.
Veterinarians from 18 counties attended the Cedar Valley Veterinary Association meeting in Waterloo. Frank E. Walsh, head of veterinary obstetrics at Ames, discussed the pathology of trichomonad infestation in Iowa cattle as part of his lecture on cattle sterility. Dr. C. L. Crider of Elkader spoke on cattle practice problems and E. L. Finley of Waverly, federal veterinary inspector, discussed Bang's disease in Iowa cattle.
Frank Chooka purchases a 280 acre farm ten miles northeast of Traer from the William Logan Trust for 95 dollars an acre. The transaction was handled by Traer real estate dealers Conant and King.
Eastern Iowa winners in the fifth national 4 H farm accounting contest received cash prizes from 10 to 25 dollars. Honorees include Arlene A Franzenburg Keystone Darline Paul Fayette Freda Tracy Maquoketa Charles Wonderlich Ollie Melvin J Riessen Stockton Marion Hendrickson Brooklyn.
Thirty five corn samples will be tested this season in Cedar county yield plots on the farms of Edgar Jipp Richard Schiele and Robert Mather. Each strain will be planted in five plots to improve measurement accuracy. Results will be announced in the fall after harvest. Yields will be computed on an air dry basis. The experiment is overseen by County Agent Howard Hamilton with committee members Amos J Suchomel Otto Pruess and George Kiser.
The Wapello district chorus tournament will feature a 25 member Louisia county farm women chorus performing in Mount Pleasant on June 3.
A testimonial advertises Adlerika as a two bowels cleaner that relieves gas bloating sour stomach headaches and sleepless nights by a single dose. It claims quick relief from gas and constipation and states the product is non-gripe and non habit forming and endorsed by doctors and druggists for 35 years.
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