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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1938
Page
19
Muscatine suddenly rises as a major corn export hub with about 750,000 bushels aboard barges at two adjoining elevators labeled Iowa Gold. Trucks from multiple Iowa towns deliver shelled and ear corn as two firms coordinate round‑the‑clock shipments to New Orleans.
Special to The Gazette. The Delhi boys 4-H club will tour the livestock projects of its members in the afternoon of June 14. The plan was confirmed at a recent meeting.
Linn county Farm Bureau calendar lists meetings and events this week including Clinton township at Covington hall Tuesday 8 p.m. Cedar Rapids Coe college chapel hosts district women's chorus tournament Wednesday 10 a.m. Ely Legion hall hosts College and Putnam town ship meetings 8 p.m. Boulder township Prairieburg opera house Thursday 8 p.m. Buffalo township Waubeek hall Friday 8 p.m. Farmers gather for township Farm Bureau meetings across Linn County.
Iowa County Angus Breeders sale at Holbrook saw sixty head pass the block with bulls averaging 185 and cows and heifers 145. The top heifer, consigned by P. J. Donohoe, sold for 500 to South Side Stock Farm in Rockbridge Illinois, and the top yearling bull brought 300 to J. M. Tudor of Olin. Other notable buyers included F. M Driscoll of Williamsburg 245 and Bruce Kelley of Bryant 285. sale clerk A. H. Evans and J. C. McCabe served as secretary-treasurer and sale manager respectively.
Special to The Gazette at Waterloo reports L. C. Leath of Elkader signed the top two cows at the Holstein spring sale, bringing $145. R. F. Seldt of St. Ansgar bought the two-year-old and three-year-old cows. The sale had 17 cows averaging $117, six bulls averaging about $54 with a $75 top, seven milking age heifers averaging $62 with a $90 top, and Leath as the largest seller at $791 for eight head. About 150 farmers attended. J. E. Mack of Fort Atkinson, Wis. was auctioneer and Claude E. Wylam of Waverly was the sale manager.
A tour of soil conservation projects in the Farmersburg area is planned for June 8 during Iowa Soil Conservation week. Interested persons from Clayton and Allamakee counties may join the Monona group starting at 10 a.m. The group returns to Monona for a noon picnic and continues the tour in the afternoon.
Oelwein The Oelwein Farmers' Cooperative creamery recently produced more than 800 pounds of butter in a day likely a top output for such a creamery in the state. The facility serves 1 400 patrons with buttermakers F H Harms Otto Harms and Albert Harms and markets a large unsalted butter trade at a premium price.
Knute Espe of Des Moines compiled data for the Ga zette editor to map the geographical centers of corn production, hog production, and pork packing across stages of U S development. This marks the first publication of the three centers together.
The annual Country Life Institute at Ames will run June 20 to 22 with George W. Godfrey of Iowa State College coordinating. E. C. Lindeman of the New York School of Social Work will close the program with a final address on Whither America in Town Country Relationships. A town country relations panel in Iowa will be featured.
The fifth district Brown Swiss judging in Jefferson selected the herd for the All-Iowa Livestock expedition in Cedar Rapids September 4 to 9. Floyd Arnold led judging, with Abe Schlorholtz of Breda winning top entries in multiple classes and Dr. W. W. Pearson of Waukee securing several firsts. Numerous breeders from Breda, Adel, Waukee, Bayard, Linden and Bayard earned class honors in calves, yearlings, two-year-olds, three-year-olds, aged cows and produce of dam.
A historical overview traces how the United States became the world's leading corn and hog producer. It notes corn's central role in meat, the westward movement of production with the Ohio Valley through Iowa, and the rise of midwest hog slaughter centers as packing plants followed corn into the corn belt.
The piece traces hogs from frontier rovers to refined pork in the Ohio Valley and beyond. It notes hog drives eight to ten miles to market, early packing at trading centers, and the rise of Cincinnati as a pork hub. Railroads and refrigeration later reshape western and eastern markets, with Chicago adopting major meat packing after 1850.
A Gazette photo shows Iowa corn being poured from trucks into a Muscatine barge bound for Europe. The barge, with seven thousand five hundred bushels per hold and ten holds, sits opposite McKee Feed and Grain. A second barge at Mississippi Valley Grain docks also loads as trucks line up to unload.
A long excerpt discusses Chicago as a historic meat packing hub, noting dockage on pigs and stags, 3 percent shrinkage at Cedar Rapids, and producer complaints. It recounts a Drovers Journal tale from May 1876 about a cattle lot dispute, showing expert misjudgment and a staged payment bluff that ended with 29 sows slaughtered, highlighting ongoing producer mistrust.
Cedar county reports about 75 percent of corn planted by the weekend as showers paused field work. Some replanting occurred last week while farmers used rotary hoes to break crust from heavy rains. Weeds abound and may require ongoing control. Oats and other grains look well and alfalfa nears first cutting. Tomato settings and large contracts for tomatoes and sweet corn noted. Garden truck is plentiful and fruit trees promise heavy yields.
Almost all the corn in the Webster vicinity was planted by Sunday with a good stand. Early plan corn shows a healthy stand and was cultivated last week. Gardens yield radishes lettuce spinach ready for use. Early peas bloom and strawberries should ripen within a week. Potatoes budded. Oats meadows and pastures excellent. Rye headed out.
Special report notes Troy Mills neighborhood gardens are two weeks ahead with peas in bloom and abundance of radishes onions and lettuce. Strawberries blighted by cold may yield a short crop while cherry trees and berry bushes are in full bloom.
Special to The Casette reports Ames short courses drew 15 600 plus attendees in the year ending May 21 1938 setting an all time high. Farm and Home week led with 2 757 registrations followed by the 4-H girls convention with 1 904 and Cattle Feeders Day with 1 800. The Rural Electrification conference was the only new course this year.
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