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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1935
Page
6
Cattle hogs and sheep at Chicago market in September reached five year highs with fat steers at 10.60 and hogs at 10.95 per cwt. Lamb averages climbed but lagged recent gains. Carload values surged from 1934 levels while receipts fell for hogs and lambs. cattle volume rose to 207 290 head for September, a post-1930 peak except 1934’s government purchases.
A cache of 1,206 corn-hog checks totaling $38,000 arrived at Delaware county corn-hog headquarters in Manchester Monday. This lifts two week totals to $120,241. Townships Stoners in Mule Elk and Adams Union Hazel Green will get distributions on different days at the Manchester courthouse and corn-hog office.
Tipton report: the annual Cedar county corn husking contest is scheduled for October 29 with a site to be decided. H Buch, chairman, heads the committee with Homebright and Sym Trowe in charge. Entries are open through the Farm Bureau for the event and prize details.
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration invites bids for 5 600 600 pounds of butter and 10 600 06 pounds of skim milk to be turned over to the federal surplus relief corporation for distribution. Deliveries span six weeks starting October 19, with storage via railroad cars or public bonded warehouses. Prices may be set per unit or as a differential to market prices.
Article discusses consideration of the Frazier-Lemke Act by debt conciliators and related economic reforms. It notes ongoing studies and potential implications for farmers and creditors as the law is explored.
Black Hawk county team topped the 4-H club dairy judging with 1,588 points to earn national contest advancement in St Louis. Members Clinton Sage Waterloo Kenneth Kramer Waterloo and Vincent Kelley Washburn led with Kelley the high individual scorer at 548 points among 200-plus participants from fifty counties.
Ames AP report discusses risks in buying cattle feeders and the impact on farmers. Analysts warn of price volatility, supply chain issues, and market manipulation affecting costs and availability, with broad implications for grain and livestock sectors.
Auction notices list sales at Mount Vernon St. Mt Vernon West Liberty Marion and Ely Oct 2 3 5 11. Participants include E C Forest Poland China Bartosh Bros Slocum Lowe Ruess Poland China Lnenicka estate and Fayette county Holstein sale in Oelwein.
The schedule includes a cattle and horse parade followed by a saddle horse show and daily circus acts each afternoon and evening throughout the week at the hippodrome.
Twenty four horses were shipped in Waterloo by the Hulbert Horse Imperium Company for display at the Waterloo Cattle concern celebration. The notice mentions a cattle barn and the Thames Zienhorn farm located northwest of the area.
At Iowa State College, experiments with three teams, four mules and two horses show alfalfa yields better gains than timothy. In two 150-day periods with cross feeding, alfalfa-fed animals averaged higher weight gains and a 3.35 percent saving in rough feed consumption, though results varied between periods.
The report lists Linn C T A No 3 herds with September butterfat averages at 18.4 pounds and details from 215 cows across columns of milk output. It notes varieties of production levels, udder issues, and notes several cows with high or low butterfat, milk pounds, and legume intake in a Centre district herd evaluation.
Soacizi Toe Gertie to lead judging lineup joined by Delesta Otr Terylor of Delia and Steven Evans of Citemwe Trurscey. Me besa anty Cow Test to judge dairy guideing competition at the Wreterico Dairy Car dle congress Oct 6. Frenk Fry tests association head. Zarl Schultz of Amer supervised judging at Cadwallader and Hooves farms.
Dysart area farmers shipped large lots of feeder lambs last week. Melvin Holst south of Dysart sent 520 head, Frank Michel east of Dysart received about 529 head, and Alfred and Henry C Holst west of Dysart handled a double deck carload unloaded at Cloutier.
Des Moines AP reports that 60.9 per cent of Iowa counties are in the modified accredited list for bovine tuberculosis control. Ten counties remain to reach the classification, with 3049 cattle in the accredited group and 2970 cattle still under testing. Dr J A Barger and Dr HL Serrel are cited as federal inspectors involved.
Sudan grass seed production this year is projected to be near the prior crop, with about four times as many acres planted as last year and yields around 239 pounds per hundredweight, against 143 last season. Prices to growers on September 17 averaged about 1.25 per 100 pounds cleaned seed, far below last year, while imports and regional conditions influenced harvest timing and forecasting.
E. Matteson of near Ladora sold a truckload of 166-pound hogs on the Chicago market Monday at 10.25 per hundred weight, the top price for that weight.
Timothy seed growers report slow sales with prices around $2.15 per 200 rounds on a clean seed basis, down from $16.80 a year ago. Exports in August set a record low for the month, reflecting minimal carryover and late harvest. Prices varied by province from $2 to $2.30 in key districts, while 1935 seed quality remained fair.
Geedal and W. E. Hunter of Mahaska county join Iven Trotman and A. B. Kime of Benton county in township evenings to urge farmers to express views on the agriculture adjustment act. The meetings precede a village poll on the 1936 AAA continuation, set before October 26.
Arthur H. Hartman, a farmer west of Manchester, was knocked unconscious Friday afternoon while helping fill a silo at the Swanson Brothers farm. An iron pulley slipped from its track and struck him in the doorway, requiring three stitches to close a scalp laceration.
A regional conference in Ames gathers extension workers and USDA delegates from eight states including Wisconsin Minnesota Missouri Kansas North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska and Iowa. They discuss coordinating extension and research in marketing problems across regions with similar farming profiles and set upcoming committee goals and recommended research.
At the Independence sale, brood sows sold for 59 each while a 5-year-old Holstein top cow went for 64. A 3-year-old roan colt fetched 107.50 and steers brought 2. Four heifers sold for 33.50 and veal calves 14 each. Total sales reached 575.27 with 265 stock sold plus 150 chickens and assorted goods. More than 100 attended.
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