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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1941
Page
4
A 10 member Iowa State College committee led by Frank Robotka calls for consolidating creameries to cut costs. It argues many Iowa creameries operate at small volumes with outdated horse and buggy procurement, urging uniform cost accounting, stricter test readings, and consolidation of butterfat processing into fewer plants with concentrated routes.
R F A Granted argues the Iowa creamery system has flaws such as overlapping cream routes and price shifting. He notes risks from managerial overreach and calls for local control with cooperation among cooperatives, urging producers to decide on centralization versus local governance.
Canadian live hog exports to the United States from Jan 1 to Apr 30 total 10 450 head, far surpassing last year’s 18. The shift stems from price gaps with Chicago buyers, while Canada plans tariff and export adjustments. Canadian pork exports and hog marketing rise with a record pig crop anticipated for 1941.
A committee calls for monthly operating statements to guide enforcement, standardized test readings and weights, and bonded civil service state dairy employees. It urges county planning groups to study butterfat marketing costs, Iowa State College to collect data on cream truck costs, and notes haulers resist efficiency gains by threatening route transfers. The remedy proposed is returning control of cream collection routes to the creameries.
The committee includes Frank Robotka as chairman J M Cowden of the Ames extension service marketing section as assistant chairman Falmer C Hansen a Cedar Falls dairy farmer Charles B Thatcher a West Bend dairy farmer A P Anderson Humboldt creamery buttermaker and manager A S Stone Avoca manager Burns Byram Tama county agent E J Weigle Winneshiek county agent A W Rudnick dairy industries section and Lauren K Soth economic information section of the Ames extension service.
The farm photo shows 8-year-old Howard Hammon harrowing corn on an eastern Iowa farm near Mount Vernon. He planned to fish later with farm operator R. H. Bowman. Howard owns a pig and a calf and hitched the team himself though not big enough to throw the harness.
The agriculture department announced a 1942 national wheat acreage allotment of 55 million acres, down 7 million from this year. It cites export losses and surpluses, with a 390 million bushel carryover and a total supply near 1.25 billion bushels. Evans says the crop will last nearly two years and urges soil conservation and diversification under the food for defense program. State allotments for 1942 are listed for Illinois through Wisconsin.
The Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association introduces a new plan for field inspection and certification of smooth brome grass seed in Iowa. Farmers may apply by June 10 with inspection fees of 9 dollars for the first acre and 25 cents per additional acre. Fields eligible are those seeded before 1935 or traced to pre-1935 plantings. western Iowa growers report high potential yields and profits from brome seed.
Fire at the Monahan farm one and a half miles north of Oelwein killed about 500 chicks and damaged a house. Oelwein firefighters saved other farm buildings from the blaze early Wednesday morning.
Claude Wickard, secretary of agriculture, said parity is a key objective of national farm programs and will be pursued alongside soil conservation. He noted progress since 1933, acknowledged setbacks like the Supreme Court ruling on the original Triple A, and said the President expects basic crops to reach parity this year with wheat farmers likely to receive parity when accounting for loans and payments. He urged support for farm organizations and Congress, warning against high prices without supply adjustment and avoiding another farm board crisis.
A broad rainfall moved from west to east across Iowa on Thursday aiding newly planted fields. Totals included 0.78 in at Iowa Falls and 0.41 in at Creston with other towns reporting varied amounts as temperatures cooled and a potential frost loomed in the northwest.
At Des Moines the top price in the national polled Shorthorn show was $1000 for a two year old bull consigned by Fred Bloomstrom and son of Waverly Nebraska sold to William H McDonnell of Mile Brook Illinois. A second $1000 was paid for the grand champion female from Lynwood farms Carmel Indiana. Broadmeade farm Amity Oregon bought a grand champion bull calf at $520.
A wet late Tuesday with hail and wind slowed corn planting in Brandon. Gardens yield radishes lettuce asparagus and rhubarb while ripe strawberries suggest an abundant crop ahead.
Sealed bids to the State Car Dispatcher Des Moines Iowa due noon May 30 1941 for one 1941 two door sedan for the Department of Public Safety. Trade in one 1840 Chevrolet Coach No 43 P. Bids limited by price under 31 000. Forms from State Car Dispatcher and Sergeant C B Day. Dispatcher may accept or reject bids for the State of Iowa.
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