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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1933
Page
2
Bliss says Iowa will launch a federal corn and hog adjustment plan with statewide setup meetings to inform producers. R H S of Ames directs extension staff, with officials from Cedar Rapids and Coon Rapids weighing in, while critics warn of costs and policy effects on farming and employment.
Administrative units will be formed and perfected by farmers who conform to the plan. They will elect officers and handle all funds for bonus payments and administrative costs. County agents will aid in forming temporary groups and most counties will have agents serve as permanent officers' secretaries. The agents’ annual conference is set for Oct 26 27 at Ames where they will receive instructions. C A Cobb of Washington cotton administrator.
Two 4-H organizations were established at Burlingham school led by Gladys Adams and George Dillon. The Buffalo Busy Bees elected Ruth Wumott president with other officers and members listed. A boys club elected Carrol Smith president and named leaders and members. About forty attendees heard aims of 4 H club work.
Ames State College students placed among the top teams at the intercollegiate poultry judging contest in Chicago. Iowa State finished third in exhibition judging, fourth in production judging, sixth in egg judging, and ninth in market products judging with Onn Bohn Tipton taking fifth in individual honors. Other team members were LtRoy Gardner Rocher and Charles Mevers.
Wednesday October 18 a farm sale 3 miles NW of Ely by W. J. Buresh. Thursday October 19 a Poland China hog sale 6 miles SE Monticello by Helgens Bros. Friday October 20 a consignment sale at Reload yards Cedar Rapids by West Branch Commission.
The Farmers' National Grain Corporation received a carload grading No 3 yellow and the Piper Grain company received a carload grading No 4 yellow. The No 3 lot came from Ottosen in Humboldt county. Moisture ran 17.5 percent and test weight was 54 pounds per bushel.
Edwin Swank’s 400 acre farm near Oakville, Louisa county, shipped eighty black walnut trees to an Ohio lumber company for $2000, with one tree alone fetching $250 after a straight thirty foot growth. The long term reforestation program continues as cultivation covers 160 acres, with fifty one apple trees and other fruit trees added this season along with berries.
Thirty eight Duroc Jersey hogs were sold west of Columbus City by H J Oak and Sons for an average of 1575 on boars and 1175 on gilts Boars topped at 23 dollars. Auctioneers included Guy Pettit Paul Klotz and H M S Duncan.
In West Branch on Friday morning a sharp frost touched the area yet Mrs. George Owens hosted a garden dinner. Her menu featured roasting ears, buttered beets, carrots, lima beans, butter beans, string beans and strawberries from her garden, while she painted horses’ hooves with a turpentine and lard mix to keep them supple.
Federal Meteorologist Charles D. Reed reports Iowa 1933 corn moisture at 20.11 percent from 215 samples, a sharp drop from last year and the 30 year average. Dry conditions sparked rapid husking, with rains easing some drought in central Iowa. soybeans and winter wheat progress noted, with corn cribbing and old corn shelling underway in Rowley and surrounding areas.
GREELEY Delaware county corn husking contest scheduled for October 28 at the Hackbarth farm near town. Open to first eight applicants. Greeley businessmen offer prizes for top husker and best two-horse team. Holbert Horse Importing Co adds prize for best harness team. A noon band concert and an evening corn huskers dance accompany the event.
Twenty one Keokuk County wheat growers have signed acreage reduction contract applications reviewed by the county committee led by Albert Bakehouse of Sigourney. The summary shows a 447 acre reduction and an average annual production of 8 900 bushels. All contracts expected to be signed by Oct 26.
Canadian editor John W Jacobson shares a Toronto hand where clever defense and misread signals led to a six trick finish. The article includes a sample bidding sequence and a reader question about a vulnerable two bid. The suggested response is to pass with M64 OQ52 OAQ7I54 HAJB, as a risky overcall could incur heavy penalties.
A fragmented note cites fence drift and a colloquial riff on the big bad wolf. The excerpt references R F Milo of Reno and Secretary Wallace with a playful taunt about building materials and a remark on turpentine as medicine for wolves.
The 168 acre Ed Stoakes farm near Traer in Perry township sold to Joe Kucera for $110 an acre. Improvements are modern.
In an Iowa county farm trial eight of ten corn tests showed hybrids outproducing other varieties by about seven bushels per acre on average. Anton Heitshusen averaged 91 bushels with hybrid seed while Carl Holden’s open pollinated variety averaged 82 and Heitshusen’s open pollinated corn averaged 81.6. Cooperators included Frimmi, Brecht, Vogt, Feller, Wheeler, Denzlers, Hunzelman, Hartz, and Almendinger Brothers.
A 60 by 70 foot barn on the Ralph Wingert farm two miles east of Tipton burned Tuesday morning in a fire likely started by spontaneous combustion. The blaze consumed 110 tons of alfalfa hay. Tipton fire department responded but could not stop the fire.
Iowa City hosts Corn Empire days from Oct 26 to 28 with homecoming decorations staying up. A corn contest offers 60 dollars in prizes to the champion grower, with a single entry per family from Johnson and surrounding counties. Oct 27 features a pet parade awarding prizes for smallest and largest dogs and cats and other unusual pets.
Washington experts study semi arid plains in Nebraska and South Dakota to decide if grazing or crops fit best. They map land character for regional agriculture policy, with some areas clearly suitable or unsuitable and others needing further study due to unreliable moisture and irrigation limits.
Bellevue township farmers Elmer and Lester Wilming report soil limed last May at two tons per acre tested sweet after five months. Alfalfa on limed soil grew nearly a foot taller and corn quality improved. a pure 99 percent calcium limestone deposit on their farm is ready to be removed.
Washington AP reports relief administrator Harry L. Hopkins will purchase 1000 core loads of grade C apples using 300000 dollars. The program also includes butter cattle and undetermined wheat, with 5 to 10 million dollars of low grade cattle for canned meat planned for relief.
Thirteen entrants have entered the Washington county corn husking contest to be held October 28 on the Fred Palmer farm one mile east of Washington under the direction of George Freshwater, vocational agriculture instructor at the local high school. Competitors include Clarence Shull William Nicholson Crawfordsville Avin Hahn Glen Hahn Jack Hamilton Wayne Norman and Dick Stevens Ainsworth Elmer Aller Kermit Jones Warren Davis Keota Willard Bell Cecil Davidson and Sam Bowser of Washington.
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets offer a vegetable laxative alternative to calomel. Marketed to improve skin tone, appetite, and vitality by stimulating the liver and bowels. Sold in 15 30 and 60 cent sizes with claims of many yearly sales.
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