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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1938
Page
4
The bureau of agricultural economics says milk production per person has held steady for 15 years and that price fluctuations stem from factors other than supply. Longer term, expect more cows and higher production, with stable butter stocks limiting winter price gains. Milk consumption to rise in cities. 1939 supply adequate for normal replacement.
Rowley Farmers Cooperative creamery paid 28 cents a pound for No 1 butterfat in the first half of October with No 2 at 27 cents and No 3 at 26 cents Secretary Joe McGrath reports Prices matched those of the last half of September.
Iowa State College entomologists denied promising a $2 bonus for dead rats amid flood of letters from farmers reacting to a college publicity campaign claiming dividends for eliminating rats. Farmers described killing rats by the hundreds and asked how to participate or where to send rat parts.
United States corn exports for the last week of October reached 1,722,000 bushels, lifting October’s total to about 4,000,000 bushels. Kansas City arrivals hit 622 cars, with 98 percent graded No 3 or better. A Mexico City committee announced large imports of U.S. and Argentine wheat to ease shortages, potentially paid with Mexican oil.
Tipton opening session of the adult evening school by the vocational agriculture department lists topics from feeds and feeding to the 1939 outlook and hybrid corn. The council includes Dr. C H Banks Eddie Bell J A Waddell Milo Agne and Don Welty with follow up meetings after Christmas.
Iowa County farmers have purchased 2 490 tons of agricultural limestone under the Iowa Limestone law. Shipments went to every township with an average cost of 1 47 dollars per acre. Most corn in the area has been harvested and county yields are above normal. Many new cribs were built to handle the large new crop.
Mrs D S Wolfe reports a five month old pullet hatched 12 chicks from 16 eggs at her North Liberty farm. Eight survived and the three roosters weigh about one and a half pounds each. Chicks hatched August 29.
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics says demand may rise for 1939, but 1938-39 farm prices could be below 1937-38 levels due to a record soybean crop and abundant competing supplies like cottonseed and flaxseed. If 1939 production holds, prices may edge up.
The second annual Clinton county poultry and egg show will run December 15 to 17 in DeWitt with birds shown in trios across breeds and divisions. An auction closes the event, plus a 4-H poultry judging contest for teams from several Iowa counties and Illinois counties White side and Carroll. The December 17 banquet caps the weekend. Joe Schmidt Jr and Alfred Hansen lead the show staff with Henry Jaeger overseeing the egg division.
Clinton The annual Clinton County Beef Cattlemen banquet is planned at the coliseum in Clinton on December 8. A. E. Darlow of the University of Wisconsin Madison will give the principal address.
An eight room house is being built on the Fred Neverman farm two and one half miles southeast of Monona to be tenanted by Stanton Sawwell. A cold storage locker plant sized 28 by 48 feet is under construction by Kernit Klinge in Monona with 300 locker capacity.
Monona reports the Thursday Country club formed as a home project group at Mrs. Burnell Schiff’s home with Mrs. Alvin Gilster as president Mrs. Henry Christofferson as vice president and Mrs. Willard Tapper as secretary treasurer The first meeting will be held with Mrs Christofferson this Thursday.
A 120 acre Henry Notbohm Estate farm near Lafayette is listed for auction on Thursday November 10. The sale site is two miles north of Lafayette, offering the property under standard farm auction terms.
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports higher red and alsike clover seed supplies for 1939 and lower prices, spurring expected sales as hay crops remain abundant. Production in 1938 rose for red clover but fell for alfalfa, with acreage and yields varying by species.
Neighbors and friends of James Toom gathered at the Toom farm near Central City to husk corn, picking 25 acres as Mr. Toom has been ill for several weeks. Helpers included Joseph Deditz Clarence Beck Lorence Beck Clifford Renfer Ernest Renfer Thomas Mendenhall Harold Ochenbach Albert Fuessley Jr Elmer Wright Allen Wright Charles Shaffer Ross Shaffer Vern Shaffer Raymond Nietert Ed Halstead Don Smith Bert Tritle Jake Shaffer Orville Shaffer Wayne Strait. Women who helped prepare dinner included Mrs Hattie Grassfield Mrs Charles Shaffer Mrs Ross Shaffer Mrs Albert Fuessley Jr Mrs Clifford Renfer Mrs Bert Tritle Mrs George Smith.
An apple tree in the yard of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Ingman in Vilisca is 64 years old, planted in spring 1874. This year it produced a crop of eight and one half bushels.
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics forecasts higher hatchings and increased poultry marketings in 1939 due to favorable feed costs and rising consumer incomes. Eggs show a 10 percent larger laying flock and more storage, with prices likely soft in the latter half as supplies grow.
Colesburg president John Schaub announced the Colesburg Institute will be held at the high school on December 2 and 3. The first day covers vocational agriculture and home economics training while the second day focuses on soil fertility and landscaping. An auction of exhibits closes the event that evening.
Moscow marked the 21st anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution with parades and speeches. Molotov denounced Britain and Germany, blamed Lindbergh for downplaying Russian air strength, and outlined purge actions in the fleet. Dimitroff warned of regional aggression while Voroshilov cautioned Japan after the Manchukuo clash.
Johnny English a 14 year old boy once given 1000 to one odds to live a month is set to go home after three weeks of super voltage X ray treatment at Mercy hospital Doctors believed the cancer would kill him but the therapy began helping and he recovered enough to walk The case drew national attention as he hoped to listen to the World Series and spoke with Shirley Temple and Cubs players who visited during his illness
In Munich Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber delivered a bold sermon at the cathedral, denouncing Nazi suppression of individual rights. He urged protection of three rights: belief in God, freedom to attend services, and freedom of opinion, asserting the church must defend individuals even amid regime pressures.
Federal Judge William Clark issued an injunction upholding the right of CIO and allied groups to operate in Jersey City. The ruling limits opponents of the Hague agreement while permitting union activities to proceed in the area.
A 10 month lawsuit against Mayor Frank Hague and officials ended with an injunction that bans refusing street meeting permits unless a deliberate policy forbids all public street gatherings. The ruling stops selective permit denial while allowing similar rights to others.
Officials traced a deadly Oslo blaze that killed 29 celebrating an anniversary in photographer O. Anderson's ninth floor studio. Twenty six died inside as three leaped from windows. the cause remains undetermined, with decorations feeding the flames and a blocked inward opening hallway door trapping many.
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