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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1936
Page
15
Federal cold storage data show beef at 64.97 million pounds on May 1 down from 79.51 million a year ago, pork lighter than April 1, poultry down to 49.32 million, lard and lamb below recent years, and cheese stocks near or above average despite declines in some categories.
M R Ringoen's sixteen Brown Swiss cows led the Southeast Winneshiek test association for April with 934 pounds of milk and 38.8 pounds butterfat. Willard Torgrim's fifteen purebred Holsteins were second at 948 pounds milk and 36.1 pounds butterfat. A J and M E Finholt's Diana topped individuals with 1,971 pounds milk and 70.9 pounds butterfat.
E L Hegg says the annual meeting of the Johnson County Livestock Marketing association will be held in Iowa City the evening of May 28. The event is led by manager E L Hegg and targets members and stakeholders in the local livestock trade.
Linn County agent Rex B. Conn urges fruit growers to apply calyx spray to fruit trees after most petals drop and bees stop. He notes southern Iowa growers missed cluster bud spray due to cold dry weather but cautions not to omit calyx spray, detailing mixture of lime sulfur and arsenate with hydrated lime for fifty gallons and stressing thorough coverage. He also recommends Bordeaux spray for bad grape infections and warns against lime sulfur on grapes.
K. E. Beeson of West Lafayette Indiana reports 1935 soybean oilmeal imports over 50 000 tons the year's high since 1930 from 2 000 000 bushels of soybeans Imports of soybean oil 14 129 809 pounds largest since 1929 the equivalent of 1 500 000 bushels of soybeans Vegetable oils imported in 1935 equal 2 250 000 000 pounds up 884 000 000 from 1934 and 733 000 000 above the 1930-34 five year average
Two thirds of Iowa county soil tests indicate lime is needed to correct acidity. D H Zentmire notes limestone application costs can be offset by a new farm plan offering 2.50 dollars per acre for applying two tons of ground limestone per acre. Ground limestone prices range from 1.75 to 2.25 dollars per ton, with quarry prices at 65 to 85 cents.
The Jesup consolidated school farm crops class reports 1800 ears tested so far with 2000 ears remaining. The rag doll method reveals many dolls with about 22 percent dead kernels, indicating seed viability issues in the project.
Warm wet conditions last week boosted Iowa 1936 corn planting, with as much as 50 percent planted in southern counties and progress north toward the Minnesota line. Seed beds are good, oats and barley growing well, and pastures and alfalfa thriving, though chinch bugs threaten the drier southeast and grasshoppers are hatching in the southwest. Hog cholera also reported in parts of the state.
Dysart moved to plant 450 acres of white sweet corn for the local canning plant this week. The work will take about ten days with planting of the yellow variety to begin around May 13. Over 900 acres have contracts. more than sixty-two contracts have been signed this year by farmers northeast and southeast of Dysart.
The Gazette reports corn planting as farmers' main task with oats yielding well, pastures growing fast, alfalfa thriving, early gardens flourishing, and fruit trees in bloom. Most fruits promise a good crop except peaches.
South Bethel reports weak fruit prospects as cherry blossoms are scarce peach trees suffered frost damage last year and apples, pears, and plums show light blossoms with uncertain yields.
Five thousand black locust seedlings are planted in gullies and slopes to repair fifteen years of erosion on farms across Tama Benton Iowa and Poweshiek counties. The 4county educational erosion control association funds the project with seedlings from Ames at 2.50 per 1000 and aims to total 20 200 seedlings across nine demonstrational gully filling sites including Tow Wick and others. A second demonstration seeds old pasture, disking bluegrass land with clover mixes, lime and fertilizer to improve pasture health.
A report notes winter killed grapes and scarce harvest while rhubarb onions lettuce and radishes come from early gardens. Mushrooms have been gathered and farmers plant corn and plow fields. Many farmers bought tractors this spring to aid farm work.
A federal end of April assessment says US shorn wool production should not vary greatly from 1935, but domestic wool stocks are far lower. Mill consumption in 1936 is not expected to match 1935’s peak. Apparel wool stocks on March 28 totaled 103.6 million pounds, down 23 percent from 1935, with domestic wool comprising 57 percent of stocks. imports of apparel wool in Q1 1936 reached 29.86 million pounds, the highest first quarter since 1929.
Ames Iowa Herbert Kleiss a Brooklyn farmer pays off his rural rehabilitation loan by dairy sales His grade Holstein produced 97 8 pounds butterfat in February leading 18 703 cows tested in Iowa improvement associations His herd averaged 575 pounds butterfat far above the 265 state average He earned 140 97 in February from butterfat sales and officials say the rate will clear the loan promptly
Bulletin of the Eastern Iowa Veterinary association cites a Missouri scheme where operators inject caustic medicines into horses and mules to sell a supposed cure. Charges against D. D. Carnak alias Dr. John Davis follow cases near New Madrid. Farmers warned of possible spread to Iowa as hog cholera outbreaks rise in multiple towns.
Federal hay market report from Kansas City notes first crop alfalfa in the Yuma valley is in full swing. Growers receive 10.50 dollars per ton f o b cars for U S No 1 hay. Movement is into California.
Ed Rueggemeier of near Waukon purchased a Belgian mare nearing three years old from Adolph Mathis for 185 dollars. Mathis recently expanded his herd to over 300 head and bought a bull at Anamosa for 160 dollars.
Demonstration plots located on the Arthur Glandorf farm in York township and on the M. J. Fetzer farm in Lincoln township aim to test manure limestone and commercial fertilizer on production. Corn will be planted at Glandorf and eats at Fetzer. County agent D. H. Zentmire assists with additional pasture plots and erosion control plans using willow and black locust trees and dams in gullies.
Decorah tabulations from fifteen of nineteen townships in Winneshiek county show 2,217 work sheets signed to date. The average is about 150 per township, indicating a county total near 2,900. The county committee expects greater cooperation this year than in prior farm programs.
Work sheets for the new soil conservation program have been filled out for 1,711 farms in Cedar county, or 77 percent of all farms. Cass township led with nearly complete sheets, while Iowa Massillon In land Linn Fremont Farmington Springfield Fairfield Red Oak Gower and Springdale averaged about 98 percent. Only four townships have significant work left to do.
Sows trample pigs as winter bites Brandon vicinity. One farmer reports fifteen pigs killed from thirty nine total. Another farmer has three pigs left from seven. Litters range four to eleven. young pigs strong overall. A young sow recently farrowed thirteen pigs in her first litter.
Davenport reports the Muscatine Municipal Light Company will supply electricity to Scott County Rural Electric cooperative at a tiered rate plan. The seven eastern Iowa counties, including Scott, are expected to use about 1,125,000 kilowatt hours monthly. A 20 year $260,000 REA loan at 3 percent funds 265 miles of transmission lines with farmer consumers charged 4.75 dollars monthly for 100 kilowatts.
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