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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1936
Page
11
Livestock experts with the Bureau of Agricultural Economics forecast the price gap between choice and low grade cattle will widen starting in July, peaking in November as supplies shift and demand adjusts. They cite pork shortages, sausage use of low grade beef, and consumer preference for cheap meat among key factors.
Amid cold weather and poor corn quality in January and February, many cattle were carried over into late spring. With narrow price spreads and high corn costs, producers see little incentive to feed cattle, likely reducing fed beef supplies in late summer and fall. Prices may rise modestly in the second half of the year if business improves.
Linn County 4 H girls clubs plan their annual Rally Day at Franklin High School Cedar Rapids June 10 featuring a morning song contest and afternoon dramatizations and folk games A new honorary member will be initiated Miss Helen Swinney of the Ames extension service will be guest speaker.
E M Santman of Dysart was elected president of Benton Con Test association No. 4 in their annual meeting. Officers include John Hark vice president Russell Ashby secretary treasurer and Carl Santman and E H Paulsen directors. Carl Fredericks rehired as tester and permanent herd records adopted. Picnic planned for June 30 with associations No 1 and No 4. committee members are Santman Fredericks Moran.
Washington D C April butter production reached 132 194000 pounds up slightly from April 1935 with Minnesota Iowa and Wisconsin showing gains while Nebraska Kansas Missouri and Illinois declined. First four months of 1936 total butter output rose 4.4 percent from last year with evaporated milk also at record levels and dairy stocks remaining light.
In Monona a May scoring contest staged by creamery operators showcased Section 1 and Section 11 butter makers. Louis Lehman of Elgin won first among Section 1 with 93.75 percent. Fred Gernand of Volga City led Section 11 with 94 for a compliment. Continuous judging followed by a June 11 rematch at West Union with officials and judges named.
Tax records show April oleo production at 38,242,828 pounds, down 5,778,882 pounds or 15.1 percent from April last year. For the four months, oleo output totals 140,070,228 pounds, versus 148,828,471 pounds a year earlier, a drop of 8,758,243 pounds or 5.8 percent.
The piece paints a rural dawn scene with birds, livestock, and morning farm activity. The narrator reflects on the freshness of a new day and contrasts different cultural notions of how to divide time into work and play, proposing two hour periods like the Chinese model for balance.
Orville Kinsinger, a farmer ten miles northwest of Wellman, begins harvest of alfalfa, moving five acres Tuesday and storing it Wednesday. The crop is light due to May hail damage. E. G. Hudepohl, south of Amana, also makes alfalfa from an undamaged stand.
On the William Rice farm west of Central City Mayer and Son tenant the fields where new oats grow on one end while the adjacent ground is being prepared for soybeans. The nearby oats area borders corn fields with remaining 1935 harvest being gathered and sixty acres of corn planted this year being plowed for the first time.
In Oelwein area rain is badly needed as corn stands are poor from moisture shortages. Hay and oats lag, and cutworms and wireworms force some replanting. Charles Brownell and Henry James replanted acres while a few farmers plow corn. Alfalfa looks good and soybean acres are noticeably down.
Rain this week improved soil conditions for field work as most corn is planted and some replants occur due to poor seed and wireworm damage. Strawberries are ripening but require more moisture for a robust crop.
Practically all corn planted in the vicinity, with plowing for soybeans well underway. Corn is of a uniform height and stands well across fields, signaling favorable early growth conditions and steady farm progress.
On Wednesday J. S. Parr hired a large swarm of bees in the yard of John Buchholtz. The bees clustered on an apple branch and this was the first swarm hired in the locality this season. Parr is an expert beekeeper and the swarm was unusually large.
Oats are thriving while rye and wheat begin to head. Clover and alfalfa look promising, early peas bloom, potatoes bud. Potatoes face heavy bug pressure and growers are spraying to protect the crop.
M. H. Kelly of Waterloo and H. E. Skott of Epworth will lead a post graduate course on provisions of the new cream grading law effective July 4 1935. The session is scheduled at Jesup on June 3 at 7 30 p.m. Creamerymen in Buchanan and Black Hawk counties are invited to attend.
Clarence reports Clarence William Schroeder buying the 200 acre Henry Linder farm for 132 dollars an acre pending court approval. Upon closing he will own 680 acres in the Clarence area. Hazleton notes I A Morey sold his 120 acre farm five miles northwest to his son C A Morey for 12000 dollars with possession May 1. farm well cultivated with good improvements.
L A Levasseur of Marion purchased the Clayton Brown farm, a 160 acre tract near Martelle. Price is believed to be about 100 dollars per acre.
Five sheep were killed by dogs this week in the Austin Wilbur flock marking the first dog damage in the area for many months.
A new 24 by 36 foot house is being built on the Elmer House farm to replace a dwelling destroyed by fire last spring.
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