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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1933
Page
9
Iowa State Grange resolutions urge the governor to probe direct hog buying effects on prices and sponsor control legislation at a coming special session. They seek equal market conditions, state supervision of weighing and grading, and promotion of the Fisher Stabilized dollar as inflation control.
Reports from Keota and nearby Lancaster discuss buffalo cattle and exotic animals on a northern Missouri farm. J O Singmaster notes fourteen head remain to be disposed of and hints at winter auctions. The piece also covers advocacy for farm funding, anti gas tax exemptions, and a Grange event with Agnes Samuelson addressing public instruction and degree ceremonies.
Washington reports the farm adjustment administration will issue wheat adjustment checks directly to farmers. George C. Farrell warns against schemes to steal or assign checks and says county associations will receive checks after verification, with about two weeks from papers arrival to payment.
Seven five head of Poland China boars and gilts sold at W. A. Duncan and Sons annual sale three miles west of Columbus Junction. Twenty five boars averaged 16 dollars and fifty gilts 10.50. Top price reached 31 dollars. FE Boltinghouse of Aledo Illinois and Klotz and Duncan of Columbus Junction served as auctioneers with C. C. Stapp of Cotter as clerk.
An Iowa delegation led by Lieut. Gov. Nels Kraschel pressed federal loan officials for faster processing of farm mortgage applications. Albert Goss, federal land bank commissioner, and Henry Morgenthau Jr. pledged cooperation and explained appraisal and staffing changes to speed relief, noting appraisal policy and a growing corps of appraisers.
In Clarence area corn averages 35 bushels per acre with husking by machine and hand picking under way. Wages discussed at 15 to 2 cents per bushel. In Grinnell yields are below normal with variable ear fill while alfalfa yields about four tons per acre. Dysart reports new double row pickers bought and strong machine plus hand harvesting with 25 to 65 bushels per acre.
Henry Holst a farmer south of Dysart received 640 lambs weighing 65 pounds each from Omaha on Wednesday. The livestock will be fattened on the Dysart farm.
Keota Iowa sold 320 acres of J O Singmaster farm to Henry Herthemeir Cattle Co of South St Paul for 159 50 an acre. The house cost 75000 to erect with California redwood interior. The estate features a ball room on the third floor and a 30 by 40 foot ground floor room. An old Percheron named Lagos memorial sits amid landscaped grounds with rare trees and a 20 acre buffalo enclosure. A 1300 pound two year old bull was slaughtered for barbecue for 800 attendees.
George E. Dillon was re employed as Linn county’s agricultural agent for the ensuing year at the October Farm Bureau board meeting. He will begin his fifth year on January 1. County leaders and club officials, including Mrs Josephine Arnquist Bakke and Mrs J C Woods, met in Marion with forty eight attendees to outline the 1934 girls’ club project and fall county outreach.
In Des Moines hog markets the price spread between heavy and light hogs narrowed as prices drifted downward earlier in the week. By Thursday light receipts and firmer demand lifted quotes, with the notable rise in heavy weights over 250 pounds reflecting the day’s activity.
The list shows A N Watson offering numerous grocery items with per unit prices and bulk deals. Items include sugar, butter, lard, bacon, milk, oil, canned goods, dried fruits, cheese, bread, syrup, honey, vinegar, apricots, crackers, cocoa, coconut, marshmallows, gelatin, and candy with varied cents per pound or per unit.
Local ad showcases free delivery and weekend discounts on groceries. Featured items include flour, coffee, baking powder, canned goods, produce, and cleaning supplies with prices and bulk quantities clearly listed. Plus emphasis on familiar brands and family-size quantities.
Four farm sales listed for mid October with locations near Cedar Rapids Ely road Robins and Anamosa. Sellers include Mrs Joe Metela C V Brewer W H Plughaupt and W J Buresh. Events span October 14 to October 18 with specific farm locations.
Buyers see heavier cattle priced closer to lighter weights as 240 to 260 pound offerings fetch pay within 10 to 15 cents of 180 to 230 pound premium cattle. Light to medium butchers drop 20 to 30 cents from peak. heavier weights largely steady or up. Packing sows 5 to 15 cents lower. 160 to 240 pound butchers mainly $4.40 to $4.80, 180 to 240 pound averages $4.60 to $4.75.
J. J. Wallace of Marion, adviser for the Cedar Valley Farm Management association, addressed farmers Thursday evening at a Peosta meeting sponsored by the Dubuque county Farm Bureau with county agent F R. Kerrigan in attendance.
The Earlville butter contest at a joint Iowa Buttermakers gathering saw Leroy Waskow of Aurora win with 94.5 points, E T Hunter of West Branch second with 94.25, and E J Primus of Aurora third with 94. F P Gernand of Volga City led the men’s judging while Mrs. Gernand was top women’s judge. Eighty one buttermakers attended as Unit No. 9 hosted and elected Primus as its state board representative.
Monticello The Anamosa Cow Test association with 443 cows 386 in milk posted September averages of 501 pounds of milk and 18.3 pounds of butterfat the lowest in sixteen months Delbert Mayberry tester notes. A Holstein from the Men’s Reformatory at Anamosa led with 1296 pounds of milk and 60.7 pounds of butterfat.
Grinnell reports Ralph W Smith of Newton re elected state master marking his ninth year at the Iowa Grange helm. Other officers named include Gale McLean Wilton Junction lecturer Mrs Earl Hadley Newton steward R L Amisberry Oneida assistant steward Dean Sauerbry Strawberry Point chaplain Mrs Cliff Ratcliff Newton treasurer Austin M Mead Manchester secretary Laverne Rafferty Grinnell gatekeeper A E Hadley Newton Ceres Mrs Mabel Wood Grinnell Pomona Mrs Ione Rays Grinnell Flora Miss Edna Boss Manchester lady assistant steward Miss Marcene Adkins Grinnell. The convention voted to hold the next session in Manchester.
Two Patterson farm tracts near Washington Iowa sold at auction. A quarter section eight miles north of Washington bought by Hugh Bishop of Wellman at 65 dollars per acre. A 42 acre parcel nearby sold to C R Oldfield of Washington at 75 dollars per acre.
Calves from Cedar county Iowa 4-H members led a Chicago baby beef sale with 930 and 1,070 to 1,080 pound entries bringing $6.50 to $7.50 per hundredweight. Overall two hundred thirty calves sold at an average $6.49 cwt, with nine sales totaling 1,641 head at an average $6.38 and a top of $7.75.
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