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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1940
Page
24
Carl Anderson of the Wellman area runs farrowing sows and litters in a large cattle shed then moves the pigs to alfalfa fields as spring advances. He reports 540 pigs saved from Feb 15 to Apr 1, with weights 55 to 70 pounds at arrival, and notes better lamb performance when pastured with ewes.
Floyd Netzger of West Union scored 945 to win the Section 11 competition of the Iowa Creamery Operators Association. Otto Weger of Strawberry Point was second with 9319. Mrs. Francis Giblin of Ossian won the women’s judging, and Floyd Netzger also won the men’s judging. Next Section 11 meeting set for June 26 at Randalia.
A C Hann of Colesburg won the butter contest with 94 points in Section 9. Howard Holthaus of Edgewood took second with 93 and W O Connor of Dyersville was third with 92. Mrs J Gerlich of Hopkinton won the women’s judging. Mr O Connor led the men’s. Next meeting set for June 26 at Petersburg.
The thirteenth annual livestock judging conference for county and district fair judges will be at Town State college June 11 13 announced by A L Anderson of the animal husbandry department. It runs Tuesday to fit Cattle Feeders day on June 14 and includes five class sessions sheep draft horses hogs beef cattle and dairy cattle. A gold medal will be awarded to the top overall judge.
A broadcast discussion with Iowa State economists and George Godfrey on WOI highlights uncertainty in farm prices over the coming months due to war. Analysts stress: weather, global demand, and government spending will shape prices while urging calm and unemotional thinking to avoid overreaction.
Federal and state agricultural experts meet in Des Moines to map plans against Iowa crop insects. State entomologist Carl J. Drake says chinch bugs threaten Iowa crops this year and southern Iowa faces a very serious situation.
CHICAGO The Chicago livestock market will close for Memorial Day Thursday and animals arriving that day will be handled for the next market. Collar officials indicated the change affects the weekend and will shift arrivals to the following day.
Allen Nash, head hog buyer for the packing company in Cedar Rapids, said Saturday that the interior markets will also be closed next Thursday.
Iowa 4 H dairy champion will get all expenses paid trip to the National Club Congress in Chicago next fall. Ernest M Wright Iowa State Dairy association field secretary announced the award. The champion's expenses will be paid by the Iowa Pie Brand Creameries Mason City.
Postville farmer Ed Voelker has registered his purebred herd with the American Cheese and Dairy Association, using the farm name ng beensi certified as the herd prefix approved by the association and listed in the records.
Calves and yearlings sold at Chicago last week boosted replacement cattle values with top calves at 12.25 and killers at 11.65. Fat steer highs reached 11.65, while the week saw 500 head of range calves and yearlings lift overall feeder prices amid war and crop control influences.
A Linn county 4-H beef feeder tour set for June 1 visits six calf groups. Bill Harr says the itinerary begins 9:30 am at the Cedar Rapids courthouse, then farms near Cedar Rapids and Alburnett, with lunch at Alburnett and final stop near Springville. John Quist of the state 4-H office will attend.
For the first four months, trucked-in receipts reached 56.76 percent of open yard receipts, up from 49.31 percent a year earlier. Hog, cattle, calf, and sheep arrivals by truck or drive-in formed major shares of salable or open market totals with 931 620 hogs, 354 247 cattle, 43 176 calves, and 97 763 sheep.
Patrons at the Aurora Farmers creamery received 29 cents per pound for butter fat in the last half of April. Secretary Albert Hahn confirmed the rate.
An evocative piece by a country woman celebrates memories and natural beauty from gardenia scents to May sunrises. It notes rain drenched lilacs, crimson tulips, bluebells, delphiniums surviving winter, and the simple joy of a child's wonder and a dinner bell at dusk.
Irwin Hamann of Garnavillo says about one third of farmers in Garnavillo and Farmersburg townships plan flax plantings this year on 2 to 10 acre plots. He will grow 3 acres on plowed-up pasture. last year 8 acres yielded 15 bushels per acre at $2 a bushel. Other farmers also plant flax on plowed pastures to bolster a domestic supply.
Whittier area reports most corn up with good stand and color. Cultivation starts early next week. rotary hoes used to break crust from rain. Oats stands thin. rains aid pastures seedings and gardens with radishes lettuce onions and asparagus. Fruit-tree spraying begun. plums form and cherry crop prospects good along with strawberries. Rabbit damage to shrubs berries and small fruit trees prompts extra pruning this spring.
Miss Mable Phipps assistant state leader met with county home project officers to plan the year. The major study will be Consumers' problems and responsibility with sub projects on choice reading and South American music.
Alfred Pufahl examines a alfalfa brome field on his Garnaville area farm two and a half miles south of Garnaville. Seeding in 1938 used oats as a nurse crop while the alfalfa and brome mix grew well by 1939 with two hay crops taken and a third grazed. Cows favored the mixed hay for grazing and fed on the alfalfa and brome mix.
Lester Bennington works a hilly Fayette county farm using crooked rows on the level with buffer sod strips to conserve moisture and raise corn yields. Neighbor Louis Barnes previously averaged 90 bushels per acre on contour drilled corn. A photo by Floyd Parks shows rubber wheeled depth gauges mounted on planter shoes to ensure uniform depth.
Forty one Iowa counties will plant sorghum demonstration plots this summer to compare forage and grain yields. E S Dyas Iowa State college extension agronomist notes major varieties include Black Amber Waconia Orange Early Sumac Honey Drip and new New Grain. Nine counties plant two plots while others plant single plots. four replications of varieties plus U S hybrid 144 are grown at the agronomy farm for direct comparisons with corn.
FSCC purchases of surplus butter for the week ended May 24 totaled 610 tubs of 92-score at New York City for 26.34 cents a pound and 105 tubs of 90-score at Chicago at 25.5 cents. The FSCC, saying production is rising, remains a market stabilizing force.
Painting and remodeling of the Solon creamery are complete. Churns and machinery have been installed for use in Munday, Edward Haber reporting progress on the project.
R A Norton predicts contour farming will straighten crooked rows and save soil and moisture. Seven years of tests at the soil conservation station show up and down hill rows losing 195 tons of soil per acre versus 36.4 tons on contoured rows. Contour planting also reduced runoff from 19 to 2.8 inches amid 176.34 inches total precip.
Ames Iowa hosts its tenth annual poultry industry day on June 12 with ISU extension poultryman A D Oderkirk announcing the event. W D Termohlen of Washington discusses surplus egg buying and H G Hamen from Chicago covers federal egg grading. Reese Hicks of the International Baby Chick association speaks on consumer programs and a panel led by H L Wilkie features leaders from Iowa Turkey Growers Association and other farm groups.
Twenty eight neighbors gathered at the John Foley farm near here on Thursday and planted corn for Foley, widowed father of seven. A neighborhood dinner followed served by local women. Fourteen men supplied tractors and planters, with teams from William Leahy John Jennings sr Leo O Meara and Dan O Connell assisting. Labor was donated by several residents including Eugene McMenemy Clement O Mara Ed Stahlman and Silas Armstrong.
Six neighbors helped on the Joe Ruley farm 312 miles south of Monmouth dragging and planting 43 acres of corn. Ruley has been unable to farm this spring. Helpers included Howard Propst Raymond Mulvihill Mike Yarolim George Yarolim Henry Koranda and Otto Bisinger.
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