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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1941
Page
9
T W Schultz head of economics at Iowa State College urged discontinuing corn acreage allotments. He proposed counties set conservation standards, combine corn and soybeans, adopt farm practices to boost production, and use AAA funds to reward compliance.
Decorah report notes most crops spared frost except some late corn and beans. Harvest of seed beans is underway and the latest frost helped speed drying.
Albert Andera of Calmar won the contour plowing contest held Friday on the Art Moellering farm near Garnaville with 90 points. Ole Embretson, Leo Herold, and Fred O Rily placed runners up. Andera will represent Iowa at the Dairyland meet next Wednesday near La Crosse. Richard Moen of Calmar was second with 87 points and Lover Palas of Farmersburg third with 84.
Special to The Gazette Waterloo Iowa three Linn county dairy herds were named among the state's most productive at the annual dairy contest banquet. The Holsteins of W L Smith west of Central City led all herds with 600.4 pounds of butterfat per cow for the year and 510.5 pounds in another measure. Roy Wickham Center Point led Jersey herds with 509 pounds butterfat. Henry Gensicke west of Cedar Rapids topped Guernsey with 488.6 pounds and Clyde Monson Gowrie led Brown Swiss at 465.7 pounds. The list also includes numerous eastern Iowa producers with butterfat yields across several breeds.
A countywide nutrition meeting for Benton county will be held at the courthouse at 8 p m on Wednesday. Ann Nygaard county home demonstration agent announced the gathering to survey county needs and plan Bentons input to the defense nutrition program.
Clayton Dunham family sells 112 acre farm two miles southeast of Traer for 125 per acre to Fred Dethiefs of Dysart with possession March 1. In Clinton Buchanan and Dubuque counties, farms change hands including Naeve farm at Andover for 9700, Searls farm at Jesup for 65 per acre, Pfeiler farm near Holy Cross for 7500, and Harris farm near Greeley for 17500 with various possession dates.
Luana Cooperative Creamery patrons received 41 cents a pound for August butterfat. Payments totaled 29,131.09 dollars for 171,997 pounds of butterfat, used to produce 89,716 pounds of butter.
Ames experiment station reports a Conesville corn field yielding more than 100 bushels per acre. Iowa State officials inspected the field and said none equal it. Ears exceed a foot in length, are well formed and of excellent quality.
The Towa State Hospital herd of 87 Holsteins led the Wapsie Valley Dairy Herd Improvement association for September with 1 047 pounds of milk and 31 7 pounds of butterfat. Across 463 cows, the group averaged 539 pounds of milk and 20 pounds of butterfat. A County Home cow topped individuals with 1 713 pounds of milk and 63 4 pounds of butterfat.
Postville plans ten week night school sessions starting Oct 8 at the high school. Adrian Gamble directs Smith Hughes agriculture classes for men focusing on farm shop tools and machines while women study home furnishings. A council led by Mrs Kneeland Miss Turner and other local members oversees the program.
Miss Francis Hettler Ames extension food specialist will discuss the latest scientific food findings at a meeting of farm women held at the farm home of Mrs Earl Miller near here on Thursday.
The Waterloo Bremer and Van Buren counties led Iowa 4-H at the Dairy Cattle Congress show on Saturday. John Droste of Waverly won grand champion showmanship and Ayrshire honors while Wendell Nicklin of Douds topped Jersey classes. A total of 272 head exhibited across Jerseys Holsteins Ayrshires Brown Swiss Guernseys and Milking Shorthorns with multiple county and breed champions named.
Benton county 4 H club girls will hold their annual achievement banquet at the Methodist church in Vinton Saturday evening at 6 30 p m Their mothers will be guests Arrangements for the banquet are being made by the county 4 H club committee.
The Middle The West Amana farm department completed digging potatoes with an exceptionally good crop. Grades are selling from 30 to 60 cents a bushel.
Readable list of upcoming farm auctions throughout October including dairy cattle W Vorhis at Vinton and various breed sales such as Poland China Duroc Chester White across Mechanicsville Lisbon Tipton Mt Vernon Walker Watkins Olin and surrounding towns with dates from October 1 to October 30. Multiple sellers include J W Vorhis W H Kau ble George Sailor Melgens Bros Herman Martin J Seehausen E C Forest and San Forrest McCalley Carey Bros Henry Jurgensen and others.
The Eastern Iowa Veterinary Association meets at the Hotel Roosevelt Cedar Rapids Tuesday and Wednesday for its 28th annual convention. Dr. C. C. Franks of Grimes opens as state veterinarian and treasurer, with speeches by Dr. H A Seidell, T. Henry Foster, and Mark G. Thornburg. Officers for 1942 to be elected. banquet and ladies program planned.
Poweshick county Farm Bureau will stage its annual meeting and a fun night at Montezuma High School on Thursday evening starting at 7 30. The event will feature community singing, summary of reports, adoption of resolutions, and the election of officers for 1942.
Representative Henry O Talle met with Donald Nelson to press copper allocations for rural electrification projects. Nelson said copper needs outstrip supply and pledged steps including a copper stock survey, banning nonessential uses, and allocating copper to REA where possible. About 75 900 tons would normally be needed this year with potential savings of 100 000 tons from nonessential use, though diversion to REA remains uncertain.
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