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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1936
Page
17
Elm defoliation from cankerworms is extensive across timbered areas and farmsteads in eastern Iowa this spring. County agent Rex Conn says most trees will refoliate within a fortnight, though repeated defoliation risks wood-boring damage.
Ames extension economists say hog prices, though recovering recently, remain seasonally vulnerable and may dip further in the coming weeks. A stronger cattle market supported the rebound, but delayed marketings and cheap corn could push declines into July with a smaller late summer rise and a lower peak than the late April high.
Newton reports the county corn hog board received a government corn hog check for eight cents to rectify a prior payment error. The cost to correct the eight cent error was estimated at thirty cents.
A brief feature highlights a woven wire fence drift artfully captured in Iowa. The piece emphasizes the peaceful rural scene and the visual appeal of the fence as a rustic, decorative element.
Des Moines reports Miss Lillian Hethershaw of Drake University argues birds protect crops by eating grasshoppers and other pests. She cites that house wrens robins and catbirds consume mostly insects, and nesting season boosts insect control.
In May the Johnson County Cow Test Association reported 449 cows across 23 herds averaged 731 pounds of milk and 29.6 pounds of butterfat over 23 testing days. C C Stutsman led with 1 088 pounds milk and 43 9 butterfat. Daisy Fobes Ormsby Finance and Aggie Tritomia Cherokee were top cows with high production. Batchelder resigns as tester to take Kern County role.
Thirty four states do not produce enough hogs to meet their consumptive demand for ham bacon and pork chops according to a government assessment.
Special to The Gazette reports soybeans thriving on Everitt Bower farm near South English, the first of this year’s beans. Threshing of the 1935 fall crop begins on William Gaylord farm near Sigourney, with other Sigourney area farmers like Lester Utter and Henry Archie also threshing. The beans will be ground for hog feed. some corn cultivation noted and one Jefferson county farmer completes crossing forty acres.
A 0.33 inch shower fell Saturday in South Amana area. Monday reports note three single row corn plows and one two row plow observed in nearby fields as farmers work the land.
Despite cool nights, Winneshiek county crops advanced last week with pastures and livestock doing well. Alfalfa shows outstanding growth and may yield large crops. 10 to 15 percent of corn remains unplanted. Early fields have excellent stand and color aided by late week rains for topsoil moisture.
Heavy rain and wind damaged farms around Blairstown on Saturday afternoon. A silo and tree fell at H. J. Garling’s farm, a corncrib overturned at Charles Sick Jr. farm, and a large box elder tree toppled at C. A. Hevener’s home. Trees split at George Bruch’s field. limbs torn at MHaniester Brothers’ farm. Fruit trees damaged. corn plowing delayed by wet fields. hay crops growing well with a large hay crop anticipated.
Fifty acres of soybeans and 400 acres of hybrid corn have been planted on the Homestead farm of the Amana colonies.
The barn hoghouse and cattle shed burned Friday on Henry Kriegel's Tama county farm ten miles south of Tama. Mrs. W. H. Appel of Emmett Idaho says rebuilding will start at once, with part of the loss covered by insurance. Fire origin unknown amid rumors of possible incendiarism after several recent farm fires south of Tama.
The Linn county 4-H beef calves are reported in much better condition than last year by Carl Oldsen secretary of the Iowa Beef Producers association after the first day of the club inspection tour led by Percy Letson. The tour continues Tuesday with calves in Marion Mount Vernon and Alburnett and features a photo of Herefords on the A J Nelson farm near Troy Mills. Oldsen spent his first day back in the field since an April auto wreck.
Iowa's national champion 4-H judging team faces funding hurdles as the state comptroller blocks a 5000 transfer from surplus funds to cover a trip to the international contest in Bristol England. Private fundraising is under way led by H C Aaberg assistant secretary of agriculture. Team members include Vincent Kelley Washburn Kenneth Kramer Waterloo and Clinton Sage Waterloo with coach Paul Barger Black Hawk county agent.
Ladora E. E. Matteson, hog dealer here, Sunday shipped six carloads of hogs for which he paid out more than $8,000 Saturday. Two carloads of cattle also were shipped to the Chicago market last week. In shipments last week included one car of cement, one car of lumber, one car of tile and one car of plaster.
Warren Bissell of the state soil committee says six counties Benton Buchanan Clinton Jones Dubuque and Black Hawk will receive individual soil depleting leases this week. Clerical work ends in Linn County this week with early next week announcements. Delaware Clayton and Jackson counties expect notices in about one to two weeks.
Fayet te county 4-H livestock judging team training for the Iowa state fair begins at 9 a.m. June 2 at the P N Sinnott farm in Center Township. Instruction focuses on judging cattle horses and hogs with emphasis on beef cattle.
Fayette County Rural Electrification association forms with A L Eitel of Hawkeye elected temporary chairman and L D Hitch of West Union as temporary secretary. About eighty farmers from sixteen townships attend as sixteen township directors are named. Charles Beaty and officials plan a survey to gauge current service willingness and existing lines.
Ralph Lortz Jr . sheared twenty one ewes near Williamsburg harvesting 231 pounds of wool averaging eleven pounds each. Wool dealers in Williamsburg paid 32 cents per pound on Monday.
Farm women from forty Iowa counties travel to Washington for the third triennial conference of the Associated Country Women of the World. The Muscatine county chorus leads a seventeen member delegation by chartered bus, with officials and musicians aboard, funded locally. Delegates from Linn Keokuk Fayette and other counties join participants worldwide, including officers meeting Saturday and a formal opening Monday with greetings from government leaders.
Rowley Farmers Cooperative Creamery paid patrons 32 cents a pound for first grade butterfat in late April, 31 cents for second grade, and 30 cents for third grade. First half of April prices were 35 and 34 cents respectively.
Monona Cooperative Creamery paid producers 32 cents a pound for No 1 butterfat and 31 cents for No 2, as reported by secretary E E Drahn. April production totaled 49 455 pounds of butter from 39 727 pounds of butterfat received.
Roy Rensberger, a former resident of Wellman, reports 580 poults smothered during a hail storm. The frightened birds crowded together on the roof, leading to mass suffocation in the sheltering house.
Charles De Wulfe 18 of Wheatland was pinned beneath a disc in a field. He lay an hour with a leg under the machinery, tried to free himself by removing a bolt, bled badly, and was found by his mother. A physician treated deep lacerations as his team stood nearby.
A draft membership agreement for a Cedar county cow test association was prepared at County Agent Morrell Leeds office. Twenty six farmers must sign before operation starts, with butterfat records feed costs and breeding help included. The one year term begins once testing starts.
John Dunn Linn county treasurer reports final checks on 1935 crop control contracts have arrived for eleven Linn townships with more expected this week. Total due Linn farmers on last year’s pacts is about $190 000. disbursements begin Wednesday at Center Point for Grant Spring Grove Otter Creek and Washington townships and Thursday at Cedar Rapids for Putnam and Monroe.
Final payment checks totaling 56891.21 for 1935 corn hog contracts were received by Buchanan county farmers from corn hog treasurer Arthur Satterlee. Combined with last week’s receipts the total reaches about 163000 dollars, roughly 90 percent of final payments. Checks on Monday were for contract signers in Hazleton Buffalo Washington Sumner and portions of Homer and Byron townships.
Thousands face nocturnal urination and backache linking to kidney and bladder strain. Take a 35 cent Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsule as directed to flush poisons and reduce uric acid, with claims of quick relief and joint benefits, from Haarlem in Holland.
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