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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1940
Page
4
The May 1 cold storage report shows total meats holdings fell to 853,373,000 pounds from 946,173,000 on April 1, a drop of 92,700,000 pounds. Lard, egg and butter stocks are discussed with year over year and five year average comparisons. the piece ends with an unrelated poem excerpt.
May 1 stock figures reveal frozen poultry totals at 115,442,000 pounds, down from April and significantly higher than a year earlier. Turkey holdings led gains but fell from 53,708,000 to 43,667,000 pounds month to month. Beef in storage stood at 61,591,000 pounds, above last year yet below the four year May 1 average. Pork supplies declined alongside other meats.
Farmers in eastern Iowa push to plant corn this week with McColloughs racing to finish 30 acres on their Springville farm. Across Fayette Decorah and Winn, warmer weather and ground conditions boost planting, with notes on blossoms and pastures lagging due to moisture.
On May 1 pork holdings remained higher than a year earlier and the five year average. Frozen mutton and lamb were down from a month and year earlier and from the five year average. Frozen and cured trimmings and edible offal totaled 87 million pounds, below both the prior month and year and the five year average.
Special to The Gazette Independence Veal calves topped a record 20.24 dollars per head at the Saturday consignment sale. Fifty five calves sold with many above $15. One hundred feeder calves were auctioned with top 7.20 and most around 5. Thirty two cows sold led by a Holstein at 645. A Brown Swiss bull brought 86. Heaviest buyer was C. J. Bunde of Wisconsin purchasing about 500 dollars of livestock, mainly calves.
Ames State College agricultural students will tour Cedar Rapids’ world’s largest cereal plant Wednesday. The visit starts at 10 a.m. and showcases the plant’s operations.
Gov George A Wilson proclaims June 3 to 9 as soil conservation week noting soil's vital role in life town holds top U S grade A farmland and Iowa ranks high in hogs beef horses corn eggs chickens and oats linking soil fertility to wealth and happiness
Washington reports that British grain demands may push Canada's 1940 wheat acreage to a record 28.246 million acres based on May 1 estimates from Ottawa. Spring wheat area is set at 27.534 million acres with 712 thousand acres of winter wheat. The agriculture department notes Canadian farmers view grain as essential for Britain. Milk is noted as a 6,000 year food source.
A federal report shows apparel wool held by US dealers and manufacturers as of April 1 totaled 169 million pounds, down 7 million from a year earlier and the smallest in six years. An estimated 11 million pounds sits on ranches and farms in the 13 western states.
Ed Kurth uses a measuring rod to show soil loss from erosion, revealing a buried hayloader in a 25 acre field near Farmersburg. Since decades of erosion, Kurth plans terracing, contour plowing and strip cropping with Soil Conservation Service help to stabilize slopes while leaving the loader as a living measure.
Chadima and Sons sold 40 steers averaging 1,270 pounds for 10.65 per hundredweight to William Dohnalek of Cedar Rapids. Dohnalek shipped the cattle to Ottumwa.
Washington AP report says April weather and feed conditions were favorable for the early lamb crop. The marketing service notes good conditions in most early lambing areas in the far western states, with abundant new feed and mild weather aiding development.
Fire of undetermined origin destroys the barn on the Mrs John Thiese farm three miles northeast of Garber. The farm is unoccupied. Garber fire department responded but could not save the building.
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