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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1941
Page
11
President Roosevelt confronts a likely congressional override threat as farm lawmakers vow to reject a veto on the 85 percent parity loan act. Senate passage was 75 to 2 after house approval. a parallel $450 million farm payment package is also at stake in the ongoing conference.
Iowa poultry growers embrace a $30 12 by 14 by four foot mobile shelter with screen sides and a mesh floor. It shields chicks on sunny days and allows safe movement to alfalfa fields, aiding sanitation and pest protection. W R Whitfield Iowa State College extension poultryman compares healthy and unhealthy flocks, noting lower mortality, higher egg and market receipts, and better feed efficiency in healthy flocks. He urges separating laying and growing birds and strict sanitation to reduce disease risk and losses.
Keokuk 4-H club members prepare for a Sigourney event on June 10 featuring a group class and wool show alongside the usual lamb show and sale. About 18 boys with 90 ewes are enrolled in lamb club work this year, with entries in lots of five. County agent Norman D. Stamp notes added events enhance the program.
Monticello hosts the annual Farm Bureau sports festival at the fairgrounds on July 4 with base ball 4-H boys and girls kittenball finals foot races relays and horseshoe pitching finals plus special women’s contests Winners advance to the state sports festival in Ames the first week of September.
Ed Dugstad president of the Commercial club announced Clermont will hold its annual Dairy Days on August 9 and 10. The general committee includes W. R. Blake Frederick Larrabee L. L. Rounds J A Miller and Fredd Ne.
Grain futures rallied through May 16 as parity legislation in Washington lifted prices. Soybeans led gains with 4 to 6 cents up, followed by wheat and corn. Cash prices climbed, and substantial corn movement to Chicago occurred, mostly CCC owned, with high quality yellow corn in demand from distillers. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Minnesota supplied many cars, barge and lake shipments to ports.
The Wyoming horse show for this year is announced to take place on August 28 and 29. Local organizers expect participation from riders and stables across the state.
Soft whiplike shoots on apple trees are especially susceptible to fire blight, a bacterial disease causing wilt and blackened shoots. The phrase highlights how this growth form aids disease spread and damage during susceptible seasons.
The Agriculture Department reports Commodity Credit Corporation 1940 corn loans as of May 10, 1941 total 100,452,362 bushels valued at 61,000,000 plus dollars. Loans in Iowa reached 752.43 million bushels and 7.87 million dollars. Other states show Illinois 13,320,911 bushels 8,125,471.99 dollars and Kansas 610,398 bushels 369,808.34 dollars.
Jackson county 4-H leaders and committee members met to plan the annual rally day set for June 4. The program includes a song festival symposium by club presidents officer elections and a better groomed girl contest along with a good citizen good neighbor presentation linking 4-H activities to the national policy and defense program.
A clipped, reflective note on the Mississippi River. The piece evokes a serene river scene from a high point, musing on American identity and the river’s constant flow despite history’s upheavals. It hints at judgment and the river washing away human mistakes toward the sea.
In Madison nearly 3 500 acres were sown to Vieland a new disease resistant oat from the University of Wisconsin. E D Holden reports Vieland averaged 85 bushels per acre with grain weights from 35 to 39 pounds per bushel at threshing. Rust and smut rust resistance is expected to show in tougher years. lodging was minor last year with one heavy field lodging then standing again.
Linn County Iowa Board of Supervisors meet May 13 1941 approve resolution for destruction of noxious weeds under Chapter 246.1 with schedule dates for Group 1 June 15 1941 Group 2 June 36 1941 and group July 30 1941 plus permanent transfer of 45000 to the Poor Fund from Emergency Fund and tax sale certificate assignments.
The notice promotes a $100 loan with no guarantor and monthly payments as low as $6.43 for twenty months or $9.77 for twelve months. It emphasizes character and income over collateral, states charges reflect Household rate terms, and invites job holders to apply for loans up to $300 with transparent costs and no outsider signers.
TRAER-Conant and King report the sale of 80 acres at Traer for 7260 cash with possession to purchaser at once. The deal names Traer as the location and references the buyers and sellers in the transaction.
G F Matousek purchases the 160 acre Gordon farm near Burr Oak for 45 dollars per acre. Possession to pass March 1, 1942. Acting for First Joint Stock Land Bank of Chicago, Matousek also sells a 105 acre Chickasaw county farm at 50 dollars per acre.
Fayette DHIA No 3 436 cows across 29 herds in April averaged 1,369 pounds milk and 43.3 pounds butterfat with 19 purebred and grade Holsteins producing. High cow for the month was a Holstein owned by Floyd Gilley of Maynard, yielding 1,773 pounds milk and 67.4 pounds butterfat.
Harry Dengler, west of Dysart, outlines a new farm home on his property. The plan calls for a 30 by 30 foot building, one and a half stories tall with six rooms.
A Country Woman argues in a wartime domestic column for prudent resource use. She criticizes overstock from wallpaper to mattresses and rejects lend lease ideas, urging strict household self reliance amid materials distribution concerns.
Linn county beekeepers will gather at Center Point on May 28 in a session led by Prof. F B Paddock Ames extension apiarist. The program includes a 1 15 p m start at the R Smith apiary and visits to the Mittelstedt and Shearer apiaries with focus on swarm control summer management and honey crop handling.
Jackson county fair is scheduled for August 12 to 15 with the Maquoketa athletic park tentatively named as the site. Local fair committee announced the dates and venue.
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