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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1936
Page
16
April livestock slaughter under federal inspection set a record for the month except 1918. Cattle totaled 812,264 head, hogs 2,558,614, sheep and lambs 1,266,393, with four months of 1936 showing a sharp year over year rise in cattle slaughter and hog losses below recent averages. Calves killed in April 1936 reached 524,694, the largest April total aside from 1938.
Editorial writer Harry Boyd laments the absence of lilac poets this spring. He mocks lofty verse, suggesting lilacs that are red, blue, or on moonbeams, and concludes the muse may be better off silent.
Iowa dairy test herds averaged 28 1 pounds of butterfat in April across 26 459 cows in 55 associations, up from 26 9 pounds in 1935. Higher butterfat prices and cheaper feed supported current production. top associations and owners are listed with their April yields.
Special to The Gazette Ames economists forecast a continuing decline in hog prices through May and June as fall pigs sell in volume. They project the pig crop for the first half of 1936 to rise 25 to 26 percent from 1935, with Iowa farrowings up more than the national average.
Gerald A Lineweaver a Webster high school teacher becomes 4 H club agent in Black Hawk county assisting County Agent Paul Barger. He spent five seasons as a showman with nationally known herds. Gladys M Johnson a McCallsburg home economics teacher is new home demonstration agent in charge of 4 H girls clubs and women home projects. Both begin within about two weeks.
Sociologist Ray Wakeley charts Muscatine Island's shift from a church dominated by strict fundamentalism to a community center under Rev. L. C. McDonald. As wilt battles in watermelons ease through Iowa State College work, the island moves toward broader farm and social life with renewed church involvement.
On eastern Iowa farms corn planting is underway. Charles Grimm near Millersburg shows two plants per hill after finishing April 29. W S Chandler and Albert Mateer, both of What Cheer, completed 14 and 40 acres respectively. The island community plans programs, a new community house, and a centennial celebration next fall.
In Winneshiek County all seeding is completed and about 40 percent of corn ground prepared. About 5 percent of corn planted so far with 35 to 40 percent expected by week’s end if weather stays good. Newly seeded clover and blue grass pastures praised. cattle turned onto pasture. Alfalfa stand excellent. Sows bred for fall farrow exceed 1934 35 by 10 to 15 percent.
John W. Coffman a farmer one mile north of South English completed planting sixty five acres of corn on Friday.
Farmers in the North English vicinity report progress on the 1936 corn crop. George Grove of Barnes City finished planting forty five acres on Thursday while A F Wright of What Cheer completed planting thirty acres the same day.
Glen Cottrell Rowley is the first farmer in the area to finish corn planting. He completed the work on Saturday. Oats are growing well, pastures are in excellent condition, and potatoes are up. Cabbage and tomato plants have been set out in gardens.
In Wilton Junction farmers report variable seed corn quality. Gus Telstow tested 100 grains from homegrown seed and all sprouted. Charles Neber gall tested 200 grains with 198 germinations. Paul Kruse planted 120 acres last week and reports nearly all seed germinated.
TOLEDO frost harmed peach trees with many perishing and grape vines largely killed. Strawberry and raspberry plants are in full bloom and a bumper fruit crop is expected. Farmers prepare ground for corn.
Farmers in Westchester report corn planting began last week and most are set to start operations this week, signaling the major planting season has commenced.
Waterloo details show Dr. L F Bacon of Cedar Falls chosen president of the Cedar Valley Veterinary Association at the May session. G J Sexton of Sumner named vice president and C B Strain of Dunkerton as secretary. Forty three practitioners from eight counties attended. monthly meetings paused until September with a summer picnic planned.
Irwin directors set September 3 and 4 for the annual horse show featuring all classes of horses a parade races and exhibition by high school horses A H Blair serves as secretary of the event.
Tests at experiment stations show potatoes should not be planted in limed soil to avoid scab. Scab and scab gnat can affect yields, so growers are advised to adjust soil pH before planting.
Mrs W H Hatch of Oelwein chosen as Fayette county delegate to the third triennial conference of the Associated Country Women of the World in Washington D C from May 31 to June 6 She will represent Farm Bureau home project women in Fayette county Mrs W H Turner of Westfield township named as alternate.
Patrons of the Rowley Farmers Cooperative Creamery were paid 35 cents for grade No. 1 butterfat and 34 cents for grade No. 2 butterfat in the first half of April. During the last half of March butterfat sold at 35, 34 and 33 cents per pound.
A meeting in Fayette is scheduled for the evening of May 20 to discuss starting a rural electrification project in the county. A representative from the Rural Electrification Administration will attend to explain the plan of operation.
The Reinbeck asparagus cannery operates at full capacity with fifty four workers plus cutters and truckers. It will can from 210 acres mostly near Waterloo and Grundy Center Reinbeck. Thirty eight women and sixteen men work in processing. Last year the plant canned 20000 cases from a similar area and this season’s yield is expected to exceed that figure despite weather.
The statement notes cheese as the most concentrated protein source among foods. It highlights cheese's high protein density and implies comparisons with other protein-rich foods.
An advertisement claims 35 cent Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules can flush waste and poisons from kidneys reducing nocturnal urination. It asserts relief from backache puffy eyes leg cramps moist palms and burning or scanty passages as signs of weak kidneys and irritated bladder.
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