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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1934
Page
6
Ames report shows corn at 71 cents per bushel on Oct 15, while hog price fell to 5.10 per cwt as crop shortages boosted corn costs. The index notes hogs weaken during new crop movement with wider price gaps, and forecasts only a small late winter rise in hog prices.
A vivid描写 depicts a woven wire fence catching drift as corn shocks and pumpkins glow yellow under a seething scarlet sunset. The scene marks a brilliant Halloween and a near perfect day and month, with Skylned tones and a calm, reflective mood.
Extension economists report lighter hog weights and lower slaughter supplies will tighten hog and pork markets over the next two months. They note storage reductions, high quality hogs scarce, and prices may rise faster in late winter and spring. Iowa feed grain at 5.5 million tons versus 14 million normal, hay at 70 percent of normal.
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed two large barns and a silo on the Francis Yeggy farm one mile north of Riverside. Workmen nearby moved all machinery from the buildings. The barns were partly insured and the silo, filled with feed, had no insurance and will be a total loss.
A tenant-farmer two miles west of Hopkinton reported his team of horses struck and killed by a Milwaukee passenger train Saturday evening. The incident occurred near the Allen House as the train passed through the area causing the fatalities. No further injuries were reported.
Ernest Steinke a 210 acre partner near What Cheer Iowa discusses family farming practices. He notes coal quality, soil, crop yields, chinch bugs, and drought impacts while voting history and political views lean Republican. He mentions county agent help and local tax levels as he recalls attendance at Century of Progress Exposition.
A housewife praises practical winterizing ideas and low cost decor to brighten the home. She recounts transforming a dark upstairs room with cretonne, tan shades, curtains, a trunk, and a window seat for a warmer, cheerier winter atmosphere.
Iowa Livestock Exchange in Cedar Rapids hosts an auction Friday November 2 followed by a closing out sale by John Plower 534 miles northeast of Cedar Rapids and Anamosa consignment sale on Saturday November 3.
Special to The Gazette reports extensive repairs and new buildings on Spencers Grove farms. Northwest ern Insurance, Wis, builds a modern barn on its farm run by George Passehl. a corncrib and other structures to follow. Iverson farm adds a 40 by 60 foot barn with curved rafters and steel stanchions. Snyder Ith Iowa City farm sees fencing, a new corncrib, and repairs. Beyer adds 20 by 94 foot barn extension. Heath Urbana home porch repairs. Kearns farm upgrades continue.
Iowa 4-H members placed in breed classes at the Ak-Sar-Ben livestock show Omaha. The grand champion Hereford weighed 1 040 pounds and was owned by Mervin Aegerter of Seward County Nebraska. Reserve Hereford went to Robert Hanson of Montgomery County Iowa. Don ald Halverson of Stanton Iowa won the Shorthorn championship, with Robert Schomberg of Nance County Nebraska taking reserve honors.
Sigourney hosts the first meeting of the 1934 35 agriculture evening school for farmers at the high school Monday night under Fair Griffin. The fifth annual program includes entertainment features and topics on legume crops pork production farm management and beef and dairy cattle.
Northeastern Iowa dairy leaders Excel as Phil Lusson of Alpha and Elmer Primus of Earlville top the Des Moines creamery operators convention judging. Lusson’s butter scored 95 of 100 to win a state championship in a 102-entry class. Primus earned best judge honors with top judging performance. Other eastern Iowa winners include Albert Harms Oelwein third place butter entry 94.5, Lester Wilson Edgewood junior butter third, Walter Wascow Westgate junior butter third, Mrs. C. H. Kolsrud Manchester second in women’s judging, Mrs. N. M. Larson Decorah third as women judges, Wayne Hunter Littleport second as a male judge.
A White Rock rooster on Casper Fox farm east of here behaves like a pheasant, strutting and flying short distances, avoiding crowing. He appears fostered by a pheasant hen that raised six Rock chicks, with only this rooster surviving the wild life.
In Spencers Grove William Swamley baled forty tons of hay sold and trucked to drought areas. Tame hay sold for 17 a ton and wild hay for 12 a ton. Nearby farmers bale surplus hay. Bert Hudson reports 35 bushels per acre soybeans, highest yet this season. In Newhall F C Heinrich cribbed 2300 bushels of corn from 53 acres after husking.
VINTON an auction bill found at the E. E. Mitchell farm six miles east of Vinton lists a sale on Sept. 9, 1886. Charles Dorsey administers the Beal Dorsey estate. J. W. Hite is the auctioneer. Terms: cash on sums of $5 and under, over that amount one year no interest then 10 percent interest if due.
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