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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1945
Page
6
The USDA predicts 1946 meat animal prices will be moderately lower than 1945 with supply in balance to demand. If subsidy payments end, cattle and hog prices may ease. Meat production per person rose to 180 pounds in 1940-45 and output likely remains high, though growth will slow.
Ames service report lists Iowa champion 4-H soil conservation club member Roger A. Baldwin Kellogg announced by G. A. Lineweaver. Runners-up receive $50 war bonds: James Christy Vin ton Paul Pulfer Elgin Clair Veggy Solon Evan Neilsen Logan Ross Heilman Joe Gorte Jr Neola. Jack Hansen Cedar Falls chosen for national 4-H dairy production contest. Dairy winners receive $25 war bonds: Donald Cantonwine Vinton La von Cory Toledo Don Funk Waterloo Aaron Kluever Walcott Joe Baughman Bloomfield Oliver Eckels Des Moines Darwin Wille Klemme Arlene Scharf Ft Dodge.
A fire at the DeKalb Agricultural association processing plant in Monmouth Illinois destroyed one of the seed corn driers. The blaze, reported Sunday, caused about $43,000 in damage and ruined 4000 bushels of hybrid seed.
Dr. N. E. Hansen, famed as a key figure in Great Plains horticulture, pursues a thornless rose while recounting decades of creating hardy crops. The Danish-born scientist, 79, has introduced species like the Cossack alfalfa and crested wheat grass and remains active as professor emeritus at State College after retiring in 1937.
The article argues that full feeding of fall pigs yields higher profits than limited feeding, citing improved weight gain and feed efficiency as key factors. It notes cost considerations and market conditions that favor intensified feeding strategies for this pork segment.
Pace bill H.R. 754 would require calculating parity by including farm labor costs, a move that could raise parity prices. Debate may prompt a broader revision of the 1909—14 base and a shift in farm income supports as groups react.
The piece notes shifts in plowing styles from even furrows to contour practice. It suggests deepening one side of the plow to form a terrace that holds water, praising soil conservation as a solution while joking about old and new methods.
In Urbana Illinois K A Kendall of the University of Illinois urges proper feeding and care for calves in their first weeks. He recommends keeping calves with dams briefly, then hand feeding, using one pound of milk per 10 pounds of body weight daily, three feeds daily early on, then switch to skim milk after three weeks. Begin grain with shelled corn and oats by week two, provide leafy green hay, and ensure comfortable well ventilated quarters.
A series of farm auctions announced for November 7 to 10 across Iowa towns Cedar Rapids Anamosa Brandon Central City Springville Oakdale Center Point. Listings name bidders including John J Benish Dirks and Blood Clif ford Geiger Louis Eiben E C Fink Putnam and Son and Ed Zatechka with sale locations and distances.
Proper bedding and moisture control are crucial. Calf housings must be draft free, dry, and well ventilated to reduce calf losses and improve health.
Linn county poultry interests are invited to a dinner meeting at the Cedar Rapids Y M C A on Tuesday evening November 13. County Extension Director D D Offringa said W R Whitfield of Iowa State College will discuss the all pullet flock program. Special invitations go to hatchery operators, produce dealers, veterinarians, lumbermen and poultry producers.
The Agriculture Department says it will cut the government lard set-aside for federally inspected packers in 19 states including Iowa and Nebraska from 4 to 3 percent of live hog weight. The move reflects a seasonal rise in hog slaughter and shifts Puerto Rico needs to U S civilian stocks.
Raymond Sayre of Ackworth Indiana was re elected a director of the Farm Credit Board of Omaha. The renomination came from the Cooperative National Farm Loan Associations of Iowa Nebraska South Dakota and Wyoming. Sayre has served on the board since 1938 and also serves on the Federal Land Bank Federal Intermediate Credit Bank Production Credit Corporation and the Bank for Cooperatives.
Sale starts at 11 o clock. Items listed include 81 head: yearling cattle and calves, 33 hogs, 11 ewes, 27 lambs, 6 norses, horses and mules, farm machinery such as trucks, spreader, mower, binder, grain elevator, separator, poultry equipment, grain and hay, and household goods. Terms cash. Lunch on grounds. PUTNAM AND SON owners. A H Glaspey, Auct. Hilts Bank, Clerk.
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