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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1949
Page
2
Washington AP reports the new farm law raises beef cattle parity to 17 dollars per 100 pounds from 13 under the old formula. The shift uses a ten year price basis and will not significantly affect prices due to the absence of a beef price support program. old parity formulas remain for basic crops for four years if higher.
The Dysart adult Farmers Group will discuss tractor fuels and fuel economy on November 16. A film titled Gasoline's Amazing Molecules will be shown. Topics include obtaining best fuel economy fuel care proper carburetor adjustment and engine temperatures. The meeting starts at 8 p.m. in the vocational agriculture room and all interested persons are invited.
Iowa farmers recall a brutal November 11 storm that paired a blizzard with a World War armistice anniversary. Cattle died, fruit trees perished, and communications collapsed as wind and snow roared in from the northwest driving temperatures below zero.
U S bureau forecasts Iowa and national alfalfa seed output for 1949 at about 1 851 400 bushels up 41 percent from last year and 24 percent above the 1943 47 average. Yield per acre is 1 93 bushels, the largest since 1935, with Iowa at 8 000 bushels and ranks twentieth among states.
Winneshiek county farm bureau announces 1950 officers at the annual meeting H H Sersland serves as president Erlin Stoskopf vice president Peter G Smith secretary Calmar Albert Womeldorf treasurer Mrs M M Nygaard re elected women’s president Mrs Erwin Heckman re elected girls 4 H chair man Willard Orvella elected boys 4 H chairman Resolutions support bipartisan farm legislation flexible price supports soil conservation eligibility for supports federal control of national resources and funds for agricultural education and research.
The Louisa County Cattle Feeders Association schedules a fall cattle feeders tour for November 18 with sixteen farms on the itinerary. The Lee Werner farm west of Grandview opens at 9 30 a m and dinner will be served at the Columbus Junction sale barn, followed by a stop at the R C Smith place at 1 30 p m.
Montadale sheep will appear in fat lamb competition at the International Livestock Exposition this year. A Bowling Green feeder has entered 50 head in the carlot contest. Montadales were developed in 20 years by crossing a Cheviot ram with Columbia ewes.
West Branch farm expands with a three story 29 by 40 foot structure four miles north of town. The building blends corn crib granary and hog house, rising 44 feet with a 4,500 bushel granary, 13 foot drive, 5,200 bushels of corn capacity per crib, and 18 farrowing pens. The project, begun two months ago, is largely hand built by farmer and son Ronald, with another son Ival in the army. The complex includes a 41 foot inside grain elevator, ventilation, sloped crib floors, and reinforced concrete footings. The Ellysons stock 50 Hereford cattle, 200–300 Poland China and Duroc hogs, 40–50 sheep, and 10 Guernsey dairy cows and heifers.
Twenty three eastern Iowa dairy herd improvement supervisors met Thursday and Friday in Cedar Rapids for their annual fall conference. The Iowa State college dairy extension staff led the sessions: Floyd Arnold Ray Marley Bob Fincham and Joe Hineman.
The fifth annual farm drainage contractors and tilers conference will be held at the Hanford hotel in Mason City on December 2 and 3. W S Lynes of the Mason City Brick and Tile Company sponsors the event with papers from leading drainage authorities and many discussion periods. Manufacturers will display drainage machinery and equipment. Last year’s conference drew over 300 drainage men.
Ames Iowa State College extension agronomist H B Cheney urges farmers to buy fertilizer this fall to prevent spring shortages. He notes 1950 crop demand will meet high production but storage limits may slow output. Earlier deliveries cure longer and store well on farms if dry space exists.
The twelfth annual Midwest Small Animal Association meeting joins with the regional American Animal Hospital Association gathering in Burlington next Tuesday and Wednesday. Papers on treating small animal illnesses and clinical demonstrations will be given by national authorities. Local veterinarians are expected to attend to improve Midwest pet care and hospitalization services.
Gazette Farm editor Rex Conn broadcasts daily at 6 30 a m on KCRG.
Listings show multiple November auctions around Cedar Rapids Prairieburg Marengo Tipton Coggan with items including livestock equipment Jerseys hogs hay grain Guernsey cows milking gear and dairy machinery. Titles include public sale closing out sale and livestock dairy equipment and household goods from several named bidders.
Harold Mc Tavish, secretary of the Cedar Rapids National Farm Loan Association, will speak Monday evening to the Monticello young farmers class. The 8 p.m. meeting will be preceded by a pheasant dinner at the Masonic Temple building, per instructor Dale Studt.
Washington AP government hog expert Dr. Herbert Hetzer says buying baby pigs from hatcheries is rising as more farmers concentrate on pig production to sell to others. He expects growth to continue but not reach chicken hatchery scale, aiding weaker farms by reducing sow herd pressures and boosting young pig survival.
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