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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1944
Page
15
A War Food Administration report shows April shipments of cattle and calves into Iowa at 24,470 head, half of last year, with four month totals 121,779 versus 188,632 in 1943. Sheep and lamb arrivals into Iowa in April were 22,169 head, down from 53,314. eight state Corn Belt figures mirror steep declines through April.
J. R. Stierwalt of Centerville has been named to succeed G. Gress Rogers as Marion county extension director effective June 1. Rogers takes military leave. Stierwalt, a vocational agriculture graduate from Iowa State College, was raised on a farm and brings 4 H club experience to the post.
Secretary Claude Wickard told a Senate subcommittee that a nationwide milk famine has passed as dairy cows rose about two percent from a year ago. He credited the food program and supplemental feed payments for stabilizing production despite a small per cow decline.
Anamosa hosts forty four Jones county 4-H members for physical examinations at the courthouse. Local doctors from Anamosa Onslow and Oxford Junction assisted with the checkups. Remaining north half members scheduled for May 25 in Monticello. Rally Day in Anamosa on June 1 will name healthiest boy and girl.
Cedar county 4-H Girl's Rally Day will take place in Tipton on June 7 with Laura Heddleson, county home economist, announcing. Mrs. Selma Duncan of the state 4-H office will be the guest.
Ames extension specialist Ralph Baker notes regular culling lowers egg production costs and feeds use. Iowa State College report shows feeding 50 percent production uses eight cents less per dozen than 30 percent, and three cents less than 40 percent. Prices for old hens fall in Oct and Nov with OPA ceilings easing as season advances.
A cow on the Walter Hare farm two miles south of here was struck and killed by lightning Monday.
Directors of the Linn county fair at Central City announce a light horse show tied to the annual fair on August 11 after a Cedar Rapids dinner. Classes include Linn county horses and children's ponies, with a society show at night featuring three and five gaited saddle horses and harness horses.
Mr and Mrs Frank Pealer traded 70 acres of their 110 acre farm between Wyoming and Onslow to Mr and Mrs Cecil Myers for their residence in Wyoming. Both families have moved to their new homes.
Iowa Buttermakers Association section one met in Elgin as guests of Louis Lehmann manager of the local creamery. E J Lee of Cedar Rapids oversaw the butter exhibition with Ed Riser Postville scoring 94.5, Francis Giblin Osian 94, and Lehmann 93.5. Official judges were B W Patsy Maynard Floyd Sires Cedar Falls and C W Pennington Sumner. A better scoring contest and banquet followed the monthly business meeting.
The hog marketing committee in St. Louis decides to end the embargo on hog sales at National Stockyards, effective 6 a.m. Sunday, after a heavy influx of hogs prompted a noon Tuesday start. The second sentence notes agricultural timing for clover seed harvest, advising first cutting before blossom browning.
D Gale Johnson argues extending price control for two years after World War II would prevent a surge in prices during reconversion. He warns that lifting controls too soon risks a spike as demand outstrips supply, while rationing and controls should ease only when markets normalize.
About 300 farm operation items have been uprated by the War Production Board to aid farmers in obtaining available supplies. WPB district manager Paul A. Jenkins announced the uprating from AA5 to AA-2X and noted the list includes items needed for farm production.
The notice lists non household items such as hay stacker cables fire extinguishers flashlights funnels grinders metal posts fly screens and lumber substitutes. Dealers must give farmers preference in purchases upon written certification that the supplies are needed for farm use and not for household purposes.
Cecil F. Rooks of the Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders association says Iowa tops the nation in registered saddle stallions in public service. Cedar Rapids report notes about 120 stallions enrolled with the state department of agriculture.
Iowa's locker operators report the state as the nation's leading example with 575 plants and rapid expansion in storage of meat and produce. Albert Guggedahl says growth is restricted by material shortages but expects nearly 6,000 plants nationwide by end of 1944, aided by fruit and vegetable storage and home processing kitchens. Glenn B. Holden notes most plants serve small towns and rural renters.
Stanley Forsythe stops milk route in Rowley due to farm work and fuel shortage. Town left without milk delivery and no replacement route arranged yet.
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