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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1942
Page
30
The article details five required WPB and USDA forms for farm construction seeking permits, with thresholds up to 500 for residences and 1000 for other structures. It notes Elm Dieterich and local county boards, and emphasizes permits depend on war material priorities and essential war needs.
The Iowa Farm and Small Grains Growers Association and the Iowa Corn and Small Grains Growers sponsor the second 5 acre soybean contest in Ames. T. Robinson of Ames reports expected larger yields with a goal of 64 percent more soybeans statewide totaling 1 750 000 bushels. Gold medals will honor winners with cash awards totaling 1450 to the state winner receives the John Sand trophy and the title of Iowa’s champion soybean grower. At least three growers must enter to qualify for state boards. An entry fee of 1 will be charged per entrant.
In Washington County the DHIA test for April records 48 cows, including 22 milking, averaging 886 pounds of milk and 312 pounds of butterfat. Lews Eckhardt of Wellman led the herd with high production, reporting a 106 pound milk average and REC pounds butterfat for the month.
The Onslow farm owner plans to keep rolling land unplowed this season due to costs. He adds alfalfa and brome on a 10 lb brome and 72 lb alfalfa mix, shifts to contouring, and reserves pasture for cattle and hogs. Harold Teideman and partner run 120 acres tiled bottom land with seven pastures and a 100 head herd. Naylor, a Scotch Grove seed dealer, promotes pasture grasses and reports strong chrome grass seed sales gains.
Johnson county farmers are invited to a tractor clinic at the armory building in Iowa City Tuesday at 8 pm. County Agent Emmett Gordon announced the session will cover all aspects of tractor operation including carburetion ignition and combustion. The event is sponsored by the Iowa City Chamber of Commerce and the Johnson County Farm Board.
A 240 acre Buckingham area farm south of Hudson in Black Hawk county sold by Prudential Insurance to Frank L. Walter for 35000 dollars, equaling 145 83 dollars per acre. The property is well improved.
DHIA reports April results for Linn County dairy herds. No. 1 association led with 413 cows averaging 689 pounds milk and 306 pounds butterfat. high herds were led by G Eohither and Jerey owned by Maron L. Winte. No. 8 close behind with 44 cows averaging 108 pounds milk and 104 pounds butterfat. six cows exceeded 1000 pounds butterfat among records.
Harold Rowe leads a rural electricity demand study in Benton County showing morning peak fall as farmers start cooking and milking before noon. The effort, by Ambro Advertising at Coral Rapids, measures how farm routines align with war time hours and utility supply from Iowa Electric Light and Power.
Readable text shows an experiment at a university station from August to April comparing alfalfa based rations with corn silage oat rations. Three cattle groups were tested with feed costs per hundredweight rising and falling. results suggest alfalfa forage could lower costs on certain rations, though figures are unclear. The report mixes price data with trial notes, highlighting cost per hundredweight and feed components across diets.
The Gazette notes Benton DHIA 4 averages for April show 29.2 pounds butterfat per cow with 860 pounds milk and 39.1 pounds butterfat for Guernsey cows. Brown Swiss Elmer Mussman yields 2 208 pounds milk and 81.7 pounds butterfat. In Wapello, a pig litter near three miles south of Wapello, owner Harts Crammond, boosts pork production with a mixed milk and feed ration. nine of the first litter survive while second litter also thrives with four losses reported as the campaign continues.
Mrs Flyabet Peterson of the Ame vadette will serve as temporary home demonstration agent in Towa county for the rest of May. She will conduct demonstrations on food preservation as part of the victors Barden program and help with watch preparations for the county deliverts Rally on June 8.
A reflective piece urges buying war bonds and salvaging metal and paper to aid the war effort. The narrator laments inaction, pledges to start a one man salvage drive, and links personal effort to helping soldiers and bringing loved ones home.
Tama county trio A committee directs dismantling of half the empty steel bins in Tama for shipment to Nebraska North Dakota and South Dakota for surplus wheat storage. Larger bins 2000 bushels or more will be shipped while smaller 1630 bushel bins remain offered to farmers at 7 cents a bushel until sold.
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