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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1941
Page
21
Wool prices advance one to two cents a pound in October with stronger demand for fine and quarter blood wools. Trading increased after Oct 13 when the government sought bids for 13 million yards of wool cloth for defense, amid imports and stockpile plans involving Australia, South Africa, and other suppliers.
A Scottish Grove farmer Ray Naylor recalls last year’s heavy rain in 1935 and 1936. He notes rain eased none and corn harvesting is hindered but will proceed. An Iowa County farmer mentions dry soil at thirty inches while digging post holes.
Reports show 24,975,474 feet of lumber cut in 1939 by 16,935 mills across the United States.
A rural narrator rails against an old hen nesting in an apple tree. She mocks the bird’s solitary lifestyle while noting the cold loneliness and improbable egg production before February, venting on individualism.
Under the 1941 42 Canadian British bacon pact Canadian hog producers will supply the United Kingdom with 600 million pounds of Wiltshire sides and other cuts in the marketing year starting Oct 1 1941, about 40 percent more than 1940 41. Canada aims to slaughter about 5.2 million hogs and export roughly 450 to 480 million pounds of pork in 1941, with production rising to 1 12 billion pounds. Exports to Britain will be priced at 18.09 per 100 pounds with weekly bacon shipments set for Oct Dec 1941 and into 1942.
Millet growers faced mixed moves with some gains offset by declines. Clean millet prices ranged from 1.25 in Texas to 2.50 in New York and Pennsylvania for Japanese millet, and 0.80 to 1.75 in the Dakotas and Colorado for other varieties as reported by the agriculture department.
In October the 466 cows on test at South Jones DHIA, including 104 dry, produced an average 595 pounds milk and 24 pounds butterfat. W. S. Pangburn and Son led herds with 11 grade Holsteins averaging 934 pounds milk and 35 pounds butterfat. The reformatory's No. 308 was top cow at 2111 pounds milk and 76 pounds butterfat.
Special to The Gazette Fayette County reports October results from dairy herd tests. Association No. 4 tops with 517 pounds milk and 22.3 pounds butterfat across 504 cows in 26 herds. Ed Mescher, tester, notes Jerry N. Spencer Clermont owns the high herd. his seven purebred Guernseys average 739 pounds milk and 39 pounds butterfat per cow, with one dry. High individual is a Jersey owned by Tom Hanson and Son.
Auction listings show Jones Bros Jersey dispersion sale in Town City and Ralph O Kelly closing out sale 4 miles NW of Alburnett. Next week Mrs F H Kurt 192 acre farm near Monticello two miles east.
The report shows multiple herds and cows across Fayette DHIA October tests. Ed C. Treptow of Oelwein leads a high herd with 1 981 pounds milk and 71 3 pounds butterfat. a Holstein owned by J A Dow ner and Son leads all cows with 1 786 pounds milk and 75 pounds butterfat in 28 days.
Sheep judging opens November 29 at the International Livestock Exposition with wool show fleeces junior feeding contest lambs and carloads of sheep to be judged. Wether classes and carcass contest weighings set for December 1 followed by breed classes December 2 to December 4 for Shropshires Southdowns Cheviots Hampshires Dorsets Oxfords Suffolks Lincolns Rambouillets Cotswolds and Corriedales. The sheep shearing contest is scheduled for 9 a.m. December 5.
A fragmented puzzle of clues hints at a government seat horizon with references to a northeast native, a strong edible item, pronouns, and various wordplay elements. The garbled entry lists numerous cross clues across vertical and horizontal directions, including terms for chess pieces actions measurements and common nouns.
Arthur Poe of Cedar Rapids sold his 210 acre farm northeast of Independence tenanted by Homer Soules to Mr and Mrs Lawrence E Fisher of Vinton for 100 dollars per acre. Possession passes March 1. Soules, chairman of the AAA in Buchanan county, plans to move to a newly purchased farm in the same county.
Heavy rains caused rivers between What Cheer and Oskaloosa to spill over their banks flooding hundreds of acres of crop land. Roadways west of What Cheer near Spring Valley were washed out blocking traffic. Near Union Mills floodwaters covered many acres of corn, most of it unhusked.
The Agriculture Department reports that 84,491 CCC loans were repaid from Jan 1 to Oct 31 1941 amounting to 35,506,512 bushels of 1940 corn and 54,033,016 bushels of 1938-39 resealed corn. As of Oct 31 1941, 189,471 loans totaling 214,370.?
Julius K Bruene of Gladbrook was chosen as the new president of the Tama county Farm Bureau at the organization's annual Toledo meeting held Saturday. He succeeds the prior leader and takes on guiding duties for the local agricultural group.
A report shows 152 bushels and 1940 crop figures with resealed 1938 39 corn. Loans totaling 45 466 172.59 bushels from 1940 and earlier crops were repaid since Jan 1 1941 leaving 105 164 loans outstanding on 128 769 394 84 bushels. Only husbands can sue for divorce in Japan.
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