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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1939
Page
3
The 1940 farm outlook predicts an extra 700 million dollars of purchasing power next year due to heightened industrial activity and export demand. Cash farm income is expected near 1937 highs, while general prices are not expected to surge.
The bureau forecasts consumer incomes in 1940 will grow with industrial gains and price levels for farm products may rise modestly above 1939. Export demand for some farm goods will increase to meet belligerent needs, while other commodities may suffer from war impacts.
Johnson County Farm Bureau officers, 4-H girls club officers and leaders will attend a music information meeting in Iowa City on Thursday.
Washington reports that the federal crop insurance corporation lost about 1.43 million on wheat this year. It took in 6.77 million bushels in premiums from 165,551 growers and will pay 9.46 million bushels in indemnities to 42,420 farmers, with a net deficit of 2.09 million bushels worth roughly 430000 dollars. Losses concentrated in Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Texas and South Dakota.
North English residents from the K P lodge gathered at the Lockridge farm to husk 1200 bushels of corn as Lockridge recovers from surgery. A list of 40 participants and helpers in serving dinner is noted. In Washington area, Roy Steele supporters plan to harvest 45 acres of corn with twenty five teams and fifty men for the Steele family, marking the third community aid effort.
A country woman's note on adapting to shorter days and lonelier nights. She suggests centerpiece ideas using cattails grasses gourds and peppers and highlights the beauty of a warm fragrant kitchen for quiet confidences.
Rowley Farmers Cooperative Creamery pays patrons for butterfat delivered in October. Grade one earns 30 cents, grade two 29 cents, and grade three 28 cents per pound, per secretary Joe McGrath. Prices for the last half of September were 30, 29, and 28 cents respectively.
Poweshick county corn show set for Brooklyn on November 18 features open classes for the heaviest and longest car the best single car and the best 10 cars of corn A 4-H club class will award the best single car and best 10 cars entered by members
A series of farm auctions list events from November 8 to 14. Floyd Bolger’s Poland China sale at Marengo, Wallace Bash Holstein sale near Wellman, C Jurgensen Ches ter White sale near Olin, W H Morehead estate sale near Maquoketa, Mathias Nemecek closing out near Ely, and In City Sales Co. livestock auction in Des Moines.
Argentinian livestock authority J. Gordon Davis of Buenos Aires will judge steer classes at the 1939 International Livestock Show in Chicago starting December 29. A panel of 46 judges from the United States Canada and Argentina will decide prize winners across many breeds as hundreds of competition entries fill eight days of dairy programs. The show opens with a junior livestock event featuring hundreds of 4-H youngsters presenting baby beeves lambs and pigs. the grand championship of fat cattle is a marquee prize to be awarded midweek after extensive judging.
A district Guernsey breeders association will meet in Independence on November 8 for general organization and to plan a parish show. C. B. Finley, Minneapolis field representative of the American Guernsey Cattle Club, will lead the session.
Federal data indicate 108.2 million pounds of thresher run lespedeza seed produced this year across Indiana to Louisiana, down from 189.2 million last year. Drought cut yields, hay harvests rose, and prices drifted low with Korean seed fetching 3-4 cents per pound and clean seed 4-5 cents.
An old style ad urges correcting habits and drinking water to prevent constipation. It promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy that stimulates bile flow to aid digestion, claiming 20 years of use and listing price and availability at druggists.
Four Linn county steer projects will compete at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago starting December 2. Beeves hail from near Marion, with Martha Kemp exhibiting two Angus cattle, Myron Oxley one Angus, and Adam Reid Jr. one Shorthorn.
Glenn Jarrard led local harvest with 142 bushels of corn husked Friday and 140 bushels the prior day in Conesville. The figures highlight strong field yields for the season and the farmer’s steady pace.
Ed Carney of Fort Scott Kansas purchased the 160 acre McKinley estate farm at Wellman Friday for 4760 dollars or 29 75 per acre. The land described as rough pasture with poor improvements. Auctioneer was D G Yoder of Wellman. Also noting a local wildlife item about ducks diving to dodge a bullet.
Edward Amsden of Garber displayed two giant potatoes in Elkader Clayton county. One cobbler measured 191 inches long and 11 inches wide, the other 18 by 12 inches. They weighed 414 pounds total. Seed came from Maine. late variety yielded nearly 400 bushels from 334 acres with hills up to 23 potatoes. Commodity Credit loans cut interest from 4 to 3 percent effective Nov 1, 1939.
Telephone testmen prevent trouble using sensitive equipment and meters to locate faults quickly. They work with repair crews until issues are resolved. Today the system runs in trouble only once every 28 months and repairs take about half as long as a decade ago. The company invites suggestions and easy ways to contact them. WE COMPANY
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