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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1936
Page
23
Americans eat more meat than in years with cattle slaughter reaching near war-time highs. Hog and pork markets shift as prices rise with beef demand, while lamb and pork imports set records and poultry production tops. Industry factors including marketing campaigns and taxes influenced demand.
The text describes drift caught in woven wire and notes the corn is nearly out. Farmers are in better shape than usual for late November 23 as the weather overall has been rather fine this fall.
Nine Johnson County youths will exhibit calves at the International Livestock Show in Chicago next Saturday, County Agent Emmett C. Gardner announced. Included are three Angus calves shown by Cleo Yoder of Wellman, winner of last year's grand championship, and an Angus baby beef owned by William R. Hunter that won first prize at the Des Moines state fair in August.
The federal grain review notes Chicago offered Argentine corn for March delivery at 9.514 cents a bushel delivered and duty paid. Over 1.5 million bushels of Argentine corn were imported at Atlantic Gulf and Great Lakes ports as San Francisco shipments faced dock strikes.
A twelve head Brown Swiss herd sold near Waukon at an average of $68.25. The high cow brought $79. Ayrshire cow sold for $65.50, three heifers $41 each, yearlings $37.50 to $39, bull calf $53.50. Horses sold $45 to $100, hay and oats also auctioned.
Corn brought 1.04 a bushel at the Jim Churchill sale near Webster. Guernsey cows sold from 64 and up. An old tractor drew 385 at auction, reflecting modest farm trade values.
At the Robert Schmidt closing out sale northeast of Rowley buyers paid 49 to 50 cents a bushel for oats with 1 300 bushels sold. Corn brought $1.01 to $1.02 per bushel for 800 bushels. Hay went $8.50 to $10 a ton. Five horses sold from 54 to 124 dollars. Forty six hogs and milk cows sold for 31 to 65 dollars each. Fay Miller acted as auctioneer.
Ames report announces Iowa State College poultry judging team for the Midwest intercollegiate contest in Chicago on November 28. Members named are Dean Culbertson of Fayette Gordon Hunting of Moville J Keith Lungren of Paton and Robert O White of Pittsfield Massachusetts.
A sequence of farm auctions scheduled across Iowa on Tuesday November 24 and Wednesday November 25. Listings include Fred Bebee at seven miles west of Marion and multiple sales in Mount Vernon Center Point Anamosa Anamosa area plus Urbana Urbana Springville Bertram Maquoketa Garrison and Dixon. Referee J Jargo oversees a 77 acre Maquoketa farm sale.
Friday November 27 a closing out sale is scheduled two miles north of Marion. The event details indicate a local sale with timing set for that afternoon.
Anna B. Simon and Sons announce a closing out sale seven miles south of Cedar Rapids. Frank Estey conducts an auction seven miles north of Cedar Rapids.
On Monday November 30 Arbingast and Lacock hold an auction 2 miles northeast of Lisbon. The following day Tuesday December 1 Aaron Murray conducts a closing out sale 6 miles southeast of Mechanicsville.
The American association of creamery butter manufacturers schedules its twenty eighth annual convention in Chicago December 1 2. Dr E G Nourse former Ames Iowa station chief and Brookings Institution director will be banquet speaker on December 1. Eighteen dairy industry experts will present as part of a two day program beginning December 1 at 9 am.
George F Downey of Volga Township Clayton County spreads crushed lime on 32 acres of the old Downey homestead. Seeding was killed out last summer. he plans 15 acres of alfalfa and 17 acres of rye and sweet clover for pasture. He will add more sweet clover in spring.
Mary Eaton is rebuilding a 32 by 50 foot barn on her Edgewood area farm, one and a half miles south of town, to replace the barn destroyed by a recent fire.
Washington reports red clover seed prices rose by 2.40 per hundredweight from October 13 to November 10, reaching 25.70. About 65 percent of the crop had sold by November 10, with imports totaling 480,000 pounds from July 1 to October 31. Sweet clover prices also rose 0.45 per hundredweight to 8.60 as 85 to 90 percent of the crop moved, with first half November imports of white and yellow varieties listed.
Rowley farmers received 39 cents for grade No 11 butterfat in late October. Grade No 2 sold at 38 cents and grade No 3 at 37 cents. Early October prices were 37 36 and 35 cents in the three grades.
In Wapello on December 17, Dr. K W Stouder veterinarian from Ames will conduct a vaccination school for Louisa county. Farmers will learn to vaccinate their own hogs.
The Casper Troutman 200 acre tract near South English sold for 109.80 per acre to Jake Herman of Sigourney, with possession set for March 1. A two acre timber tract went to Fred Newsome for 25 per acre. Fourteen hundred bushels of corn fetched 1.0934 per bushel by Richard Wittetoe of Harper. The John A L Troutman 120 acre farm a mile south also sold. Arville Collier of Kinross paid 83 per acre. Improvements include a seven room house and outbuildings.
Cap Moore bought the farm at auction for $1.14 a bushel with H. W. Raplinger and H. M. Price acting as referees of the sale.
West Union hosted a harvest home Thanksgiving program and open house at the Fayette county home drawing about 250 visitors among 100 inmates. The theme Ribbons of Righteousness highlighted the county Guernsey herd winning eighty ribbons this year with twenty one championships and thirty first places. Speakers included Reverends Fisher Zoschke and Clinton with invocation by the home superintendent D C Carvey and benediction by Rev Boggie.
Paul McElroy and County Supervisors Will Lauer and Fred Campbell participated in the program. Instrumental music came from DeWitt Clinton, Wayne Timm, Roger Sewell and Claude Welch of Fayette, and a Fayette girls' choir performed.
Wapello county hosts the annual 4 H boys and girls banquet at 6 30 Saturday with Frances Deihl as toast mistress and Fred Stone as toast master. After dinner, committee chairmen will give reports and group singing will close the program.
Hundreds write to thank Nacor Kaps for relief from wheezing and choking attacks. The ad claims periods between paroxysms lengthen and sleep improves, urging readers to ask their druggist about the capsule remedy from the Nacor Medicine Company of Indianapolis.
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