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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1932
Page
10
Ames poultry extension report shows calendar flocks in October averaged 312 cents receipts per bird against 79 cents expenditures, a 233 cent margin. Lower feed costs and careful culling lifted margins from 167 cents a year earlier, with flocks averaging 18 birds and hens laying 132 eggs in high producing flocks.
A 21 year old Leland Weaver husks and crates corn on the Robert Bowen farm near Linn County, averaging 128 bushels daily with his own team and wagon. Bowen owns 119 acres to harvest this fall, yielding about eighty bushels per acre. Weaver is paid two cents per bushel and provides his own equipment.
Iowa State College horticulturist C V Holsinger advises growers in southern and western Iowa to bury raspberry canes to protect them from winter winds. He says cover with soil about one inch deep, best done by three workers, with minimal cane loss and potential yield gains next year. Northern Iowa vines are less affected due to more moisture and snow.
Agricultural Credit Council in Benton will consider five cases at a scheduled meeting. The report notes officials and attendees from local farms and nearby counties, with discussion focused on credit arrangements and farm program proposals.
Joseph J. McGigerin, a 120 acre farmer two miles north of Alburnett, purchased the 154 acre Tal Jones farm adjoining on the east. The property has buildings needing repair but arable land overall. McGiverin plans to unite the two farms and may use the second building for a married hand. the deal was completed Saturday through Cedar Rapids based Udgs Resa company.
Fragmented OCR summary notes cow weights, feed sheets, and farm figures. Mentions West Branch, tests, averages around 24.2 pounds, and various items like pasture, fenced areas, and feed calculations. Specific details are unclear due to garbled text and OCR errors.
Iowa dairy testing associations report 84 groups with 1 941 herds totaling 38 402 cows produced an average of 307 pounds of butterfat per cow last year, up from 273 pounds five years earlier. Culling, better feeding, and grain-fed rations boosted efficiency and profits.
Washington to host meetings of the American Soil Survey Association and the American Society of Agronomy with representatives from many states. Topics include soil fertility study, crop yields, and the origin of major soil families as part of a federal land policy framework.
A historical item notes butter production increasing by five percent at North English. The fragment references figures and names scattered through the OCR text, mentioning percentages and several personal or place names in a garbled format.
Thirty seven neighbors gathered at Alburt Kron's Riverside area farm to husk over 1500 bushels of corn from thirty acres. The task began at 7 30 am and ended at 3 pm with local women aiding in meal preparation for the workers.
Consignment sale at Gibson barn West Liberty on Monday November 14. Public sale at Lisbon by W. E. Challis on Tuesday November 15. Closing out sale six miles south of Mt. Vernon by George Horesky on Thursday November 17.
The American Royal Livestock show in Kansas City opened with 9 000 head of cattle horses swine sheep and other farm animals from 25 states and Canada. Prizes total 125 000 with 75 000 for Hereford cattle. Officials hailed the large entry as a sign of better times as children visited on opening day.
A fragment notes little shredding activity near Winthrop due to moisture in the corn and poor weather. Reger 44 and Tre Geretve WWISTHIOP appear in garbled text while Huening makes progress amid moisture and unfavorable conditions.
Brecal to The Gazette notes Reinbeck lumberjacks Bert Watson Will Hicks and Lester Hicks as premier in the area. They felled thirty eight cottonwood trees this fall and worked up eighteen truckloads of stove wood for use or sale.
Marauding dogs Friday night killed and injured sixty of Mrs S S Bowens flock of 300 turkeys near Donnan. Several birds were slated for the Thanksgiving market.
October federal inspection totals show declines across cattle hogs and sheep at twelve markets, with Seattle headcount at 694 463 down 11 percent from a year prior. First ten months of 1932 total 14 246 260 head, lambs continuing high despite overall cuts. Steers weaken while hogs and lambs rise on thinning supply and colder weather.
Ray Murray of Buffalo Center elected state secretary of agriculture in the Democratic land Slide on Nov. 8. Born April 27, 1892, at Cessna Park, St. and moved to Buffalo Center in 1895. Former service man and state vice commander of the American Legion in 1930. Member of Winnebago county Farm Bureau, State Historical Society of Iowa, and the Methodist church. Married with two children.
U.S. agricultural exports rise in September led by cotton with volume up 60 percent year over year. Wheat and flour exports fall to new low, total lint cotton shipments July–Sept reach 1,735,000 bales worth $65.6 million. Excluding cotton, the index sits at 66, and grains slump to 45 percent of pre war averages.
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