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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1941
Page
19
President Roosevelt faces possible congressional override after backing parity loans set at 85 percent of parity for cotton corn and wheat. Senate approved 75 to 2, House 4 to 1, while farm leaders promise action through loans or $450 million in benefit payments already approved.
The Iowa Farms Foundation promotes a 12 by 14 by four foot movable shelter with screen sides and a mesh floor costing about 30. It shelters chicks on sunny days and protects them from predators at night. Whitfield compares healthy and unhealthy flocks showing lower mortality and higher profits with proper sanitation and separation of mature and growing birds.
Keokuk 4 H club members prepare for a 4 H quality lamb show in Sigourney on June 10 with about 18 boys and 90 ewes in five animal lots. A group class and wool show are added to the usual individual lamb show and sale, County Club Agent Norman D Stamp reports.
County agent Carl Smith announced Monticello fairgrounds will host the annual Farm Bureau sports festival on July 4. Events include baseball, 4-H boys and girls kittenball, foot races, relays, horseshoe pitching finals, and women’s contests. Winners may advance to the state festival in Ames in early September.
Clermont sets annual Dairy Days for August 9 and 10. Ed Dugstad, Commercial club president and sponsor, announced the event. The general committee includes W. R. Blake Frederick Larrabee L. L. Rounds J. A. Paeson J. F. Miller and Fred Cline.
Congressional approval of parity legislation spurred wheat futures and lifted most grains during the week ended May 16. Soybeans led gains with 4 to 6 cents, while corn rose about 3.5 to 4 cents and oats 4 to 4.5 cents. Cash prices followed futures. large CCC corn moved to industries from country points. Chicago barge arrivals totaled 283000 bushels with trucks at 68000. lake shipments to American ports reached 331000 bushels.
Wyoming officials reveal the annual horse show will take place on August 28 and 29. Organizers expect exhibitors from region and surrounding states to compete in disciplines including jumping and western riding.
Soft whiplike sprouts on apple trees are particularly susceptible to fire blight, a disease that can spread in orchards and harm new growth.
The Agriculture Department reports Commodity Credit Corporation loans of 100,452,362 bushels of 1940 corn worth $61,207,736.22 as of May 10, 1941, with 827 repayments totaling $446,013.29. Iowa leads with 57,871,769 bushels valued at $35,300,752.43, followed by Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin with varying figures.
Jackson county 4-H leaders outlined plans for the annual rally day to kick off summer activities. Events include a song festival symposium by club presidents county officer elections and a better groomed girl contest. A good citizen good neighbor presentation links 4-H work to the national policy and defense program.
A reflective piece styled as a poem scenery from the Wisconsin shore at sunset remarks on the Mississippi River’s steady flow. It frames the river as serene and powerful, washing away human mistakes and enduring through history and conflict.
In Madison nearly 3,500 Wisconsin acres were sown this spring to Vieland a new disease resistant oats developed by the University of Wisconsin. E D Holden reports last year Vieland averaged 85 bushels to the acre and grain weighed 35 to 39 pounds per bushel at threshing. Resistance to disease should show up more in rust and smut years. There was little lodging, though one heavy yielding field flopped then recovered.
Linn County Board approves a weed destruction order with June to July deadlines for primary noxious weeds and requires landowners to clear roadsides. The board also transfers 45 000 from Emergency Fund to Poor Fund subject to comptroller approval and authorizes a tax sale certificate assignment. They accept the Linn County Home annual report and authorize purchase of a Caterpillar tractor.
TRAER Conant and King report the sale of 80 acres of unimproved land five miles northeast of Traer by Anton Kremenek to Mrs A A Crabbe of Traer for 7260 cash with possession at once. DECORAH G A F Matousek buys the 160 acre Gordon farm near Burr Oak at 45 per acre. Possession March 1 1942. Acting for the First Joint Stock Land bank of Chicago Mr Matousek also sold a Chickasaw county farm of 105 acres at 50 an acre.
Fayette DHIA No 4 reports April totals for 436 cows across 29 herds with 833 pounds milk and 30.9 pounds butterfat per cow. J Decker and Son of Westgate produced the month’s high herd with 19 Holsteins averaging 1,369 pounds milk and 433 pounds butterfat. The top individual cow, a Holstein owned by Floyd Gilley of Maynard, yielded 1,773 pounds milk and 67.4 pounds butterfat.
Dysart resident Harry Dengler west of town plans a new dwelling on his farm. The house will be a story and a half with six rooms and sized 30 by 30 feet.
In a lively column, a country woman vents about domestic chaos and clutter across rooms from bedroom to dining room. She rejects lend-lease style aid while urging sensible distribution of resources from wallpaper to mattresses and questions where to store new items.
Linn beekeepers will meet at Center Point on Wednesday afternoon May 28 led by Prof. F B Paddock Ames extension apiarist. Rex Conn announced the gathering at the R I Smith apiary and will tour the apiaries of G W Mittelstedt and A R Shearer to discuss swarm control summer management and honey crop handling.
Maquoketa dates for Jackson county fair are August 12 through 15 with the athletic park as the tentative site. The announcement came from the county fair committee.
Advertises a $100 loan with no guarantors and affordable monthly payments. Details show twelve payments of 9.77 to repay 100, or twenty months at 6.43 monthly, with tabled charges based on balances. Promotes character and income over security and invites in-person visits for full information.
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