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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1935
Page
4
Domestic production of red clover seed is about 45 million pounds, down 24 million from the five year average and 5 million from 1934. Alsike and alfalfa seed figures follow, with 1935 Canada sweet clover output near a failure and prices facing notable shifts.
Observations warn heavy rainfall damages corn particularly where stalks are down and ears are damp. Agricultural discussion notes clover seed trade shifts with 1935 import totals, pricing drops, and mixed prospects for clover and alfalfa seed demand amid abundant meadows and pasture, with potential policy effects.
October report shows Linn Test Association No. 1 with 246 cows averaging 465 pounds of milk and 22.4 pounds of butterfat, a 12 percent drop from last year despite abundant feed. E W Stanley led with 869 pounds milk and 329 pounds butterfat from 14 grade Holsteins. grain mix listed.
South Bethafi farmers and nearby areas start corn harvesting and fall plowing while slow progress is blamed on mold fears. Other tasks include painting buildings raking yards and burning leaves as work continues.
A sequence of farm auctions scheduled for November 5 to 9 includes Kramer and Rosencrans closing out near Walker Craft and Phyfe dissolution near Central City, Mayer and Rice Holstein and Hampshire sales 312 miles west of Central City, Heyen auction at Langworthy, Amman closing out near Cedar Rapids, Farrell Estate auction near Fairfax, Stallers consignment sale near Springville, and Mike Miller acreage sale near the Rock Island viaduct south of Cedar Rapids.
The 1936 outlook for farm family income shows a higher level than 1935, with gains concentrated in the north central states due to meat and grain prices. Expenditures will shift toward capital goods like automobiles and machinery, while food and clothing gains lag.
Hog prices on Oct 15 excluding tax stood 46 cents above parity, though hogs fell 73 cents from Sept 15 to Oct 15 as packers moved spring crop to market. Farm price was 9.56 a hundredweight, parity 9.10, with cottonseed and beef cattle showing varied parity relations.
Edward Gibbons of Berlin New Hampshire sent a second carload of twenty eight draft horses from Decorah territory. The average weight was 1700 pounds and prices ranged from 175 to 200 dollars per head. The horses were shipped to a logging and paper mill in Berlin. Mordecai Ezekiel notes 1935 farm cash income at 65 percent of 1929 and industrial cash income at 71 percent of 1929.
The U S department of agriculture reports about 700000 bushels of Argentine corn arrived at Atlantic ports in the week ended Nov 1. Shipments from Argentina to the United States totaled 638000 bushels last week. Prices close at 77 78 cents a bushel for afloat cargo and 77 cents delivered duty paid for November and December shipments.
The Institute of American Meat Packers president William Whitfield Woods said wholesale prices for fresh pork loins fell 30 to 35 percent over the last four weeks, with similar declines in other pork cuts and beef, lamb, and veal. Lamb and beef prices also declined, driven partly by seasonal livestock marketings, though hog shipments were roughly half of October last year.
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