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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1942
Page
14
Iowa creamery operators cited five causes for lower butter output in late winter and early spring. They blamed an unfavorable butterfat feed ratio, competition from imported butter, war labour shortages, diversion of milk to other products, and policy uncertainty over government orders.
The poem recalls a sunset drift along a side-road south of Ossian between Clermont and West Union. It reflects on wandering Iowa the Beautiful and laments curtailment of rubber and gasoline as a hardship while noting a sense of divine order despite global trouble.
Dorothy Simmons of Ames Extension Home Management urges Iowa farm families to double their canning and freezing of fruits and vegetables to reach wartime near self sufficiency. She cites records showing last year’s home preservation at about half the goal and notes that two servings of fruit and two of vegetables are needed during off seasons.
Troy Mills area farmers report most corn planted or to be done by week’s end. Some early corn may be rowed across fields. Last week’s frost damage to potatoes and strawberries is evident. Oat fields look well.
Ossian butter produced by Francis Giblin of Silver Springs co operative creamery posted a 95 percent score, the top mark among four sections of the Iowa creamery operators association contest. Next best were W. A. Schroeder of Randalia with 94 and George Pross of Alta Vista with 93 54.
South Bethel church and Rev. Harold Loerch accept Bert Graham’s offer to farm his 18 acre tract one mile south of the church on a 50 50 basis due to Graham’s ill health. Plowing is done and three tractors were used by Loerch Nebergall Dickinson and Smith with other members helping in planting cultivation and husking. The church is set to observe its 104th anniversary in July.
Ames extension specialist Ruby Simpson will lead canning and freezing sessions for rural women in Louisa county from May 26 to 29. Meetings will be held May 26 at Mrs Ralph Morris for Concord Oakland Union and Columbus City townships, May 27 at Miss Betty Tieman for Marshall and Elm Grove, May 28 at Mrs Paul Berk for Port Louisa Jefferson and Grand View, and May 29 at Mrs S J Deik for women of Wapello Morning Sun and Marshall townships.
Washington D C Secretary of Agriculture Wickard announced a nationwide program to create rural fire fighting units of about 10 farmers each. Local surveys of farm and rural hazards will precede education efforts to help eliminate risks and organize equipment inventories and maintenance across communities.
Special to The Gazette Chicago buyers showed strong demand for low priced beeves at 13.50 a hundredweight and below with most steer prices between 12.50 and 14.50. Top weekly quotes included 16.60 for a large white faced steer load and 16.75 for a feeder Angus load. Cattle availability was light for high grades and week saw gains in calf and stocker feeder sectors amid steady to higher bids.
Southern congressmen won a promise from the agriculture department to keep cotton payments, blocking cuts tied to a plan to divert 125 million dollars in benefits from cotton and tobacco. The agreement came amid debates over sub parity wheat sales and incentives for soybeans, peanuts, flax, and vegetable crops.
REA Administrator Harry Slattery tells 60 REA superintendents from Kansas Nebraska Colorado and Wyoming that the peacetime electrification program supports wartime needs. He notes electrified farms doubled since 1935 and every REA line mile aids the war effort, funding power to air bases camps and essential industries while expanding food production with less manpower.
In Waterloo area creameries from Dunkerton Jesup New Hartford Garrison Traer Hudson Benson Oclwein and Janesville vote to limit cream receiving days and cut about 15 percent of mileage from 1941 figures starting June 1 1942. Directors and haulers will rearrange routes and exchange patrons to cover the remaining 10 percent reduction.
Mr and Mrs Lou Weis resident on a farm west of Covington purchased the Rawson 71 acres about a mile south of Covington from the Equitable Life Insurance company of Iowa. The improved farm sold for 125 an acre with possession March 1 1943 reported through Stephen F Pazdera Cedar Rapids office.
Ames Homemakers should reduce sugar in canning and can fruit without sugar. Use sugar substitutes like corn syrup or honey in limited amounts, avoiding saccharin. Strawberries can be canned in their own juice, and freezing favors sugar use with thinner syrups.
Postville Farmers Cooperative Creamery voted to pay 45 cents a pound for April butterfat, up four cents from March and seven cents above April 1941. April patron payments total 27,609.17 dollars. April production used 61,547 pounds of butterfat from 76,412 pounds of butter, well below April 1941 figures.
Iowa expected to inaugurate a rationing program for farm machinery within months after a national AAA conference in Chicago. County war boards will decide which farmers receive new machinery, supplementing existing duties on farm building and construction permits. Dealers report growing shortages as demand for tractors and equipment rises.
Four hundred thousand tomato plants arrived by carload express from Linton Georgia at Manchester canning plant. The shipment, in excellent condition, marks the first in over four years and will be distributed to local growers. Two transplanters are used. remaining plants are being set out by hand.
Argton reports large scale planting in the Mill Grove neighborhood with 40 acres of tomato plants set out by hand, at a density of 2 500 per acre, for the Manchester Canning company.
Hog receipts rose in Iowa and southern Minnesota after the OPA announced permanent pork price ceilings. Friday runs totaled 39 900 head, up from 22 000 last week and 28 800 year ago, with five day totals at 173 700, well above last year. Prices held near last week’s levels as government controls constrain supply and keep hog buyers advantaged. In eastern Iowa Friday top quotes reached 14 dollars for hogs 180 to 330 pounds.
A 2,280 pound Shorthorn bull owned by Lloyd Logsdon of Trout Run sold for 219 at the Decorah sale. Prairie du Chien packing company purchased the animal.
A mixed set of horizontal and vertical crossword clues references an Indian leader, sacred bull, and various wordplay entries. The grid hints include anatomy terms, measurements, and common nouns, with scattered abbreviations and elided phrases typical of a newspaper puzzle page.
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