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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1933

Page

4

Mortensen Urges Roquefort Outlet For Iowa Dairy Surplus

Prof M Mortensen Ames head of dairy manufacturing speaks to 160 creamerymen at Cedar Rapids urging roquefort cheese as an outlet for Iowa surplus milk. He notes local production lower cost than imports, exhibits samples from Ames, and says Iowa plants can soon assist in cheese manufacture while whey remains underutilized.

Oquefort Iowa M. Mortensen Department of Dairy Manufacturing Ames Hotel Montrose Cedar Rapids Phan Thedt Ned Mortensen

Iowa dairy meet touts butterfat and oleo stance

Danish expert Mortensen argues dairy goods beat imports and urges reducing butter substitutes. He cites 50 percent of margarine used by farmers and backs raising butterfat minimum from 80 to 82 percent to lift quality and consumption. Ames events include judging contests and a Cherry Burrell luncheon.

Iowa Ames Mortensen George Godfrey Frank Robotka Cherry-Burrell Corporation Memorial Building

Iowa co operative laws to be revised

Ames economist Frank Rabotka told a Cedar Rapids creamery operators convention that Iowa will revise five existing cooperative laws at a special session. The plan calls for three new statutes covering agricultural non agricultural and non commercial co operatives with possible stock and preferred stock options.

Iowa Frank Robotka Ames Cedar Rapids Rabotka Ames Economist Robotka Ames Department of Economics

Gly-Cas Amazes Cedar Rapids Crowds At Thrifty Drug Store

Local residents flock to the Gly-Cas Man at Thrifty Drug Store Corner 1st Street and 3rd Avenue SE for explanations of Gly-Cas claimed to relieve stomach kidney bone blood troubles rheumatism and nervousness. Reader testimonials from Cedar Rapids like Jenn Wright praise dramatic improvements after years of failed medicines.

Cedar Rapids Jenn Ht Wright Gily-Cas Addom Cor 1St St 3Rd Ave

Resinol Soap and Ointment Claim Pimples Fade

Advert suggests Resinol products clear pimples by washing with Resinol Soap twice daily and applying Resinol Ointment to pimply spots. It promises visible improvement in one week.

Nature

Cattle Die in Fire at Leverton Farm Near Oelwein

Fire on the Gary Leverton farm near Oelwein caused a 5000 dollar loss with half insured. Twelve Holsteins and four horses perished along with a 32 by 54 barn a hog house and a milk house. Firefighters and neighbors saved the corn crib and other buildings. Bond and his nephew Cliff Thompson escaped after Bond collapsed in the milk house and was rescued.

Oelwein Gary Leverton Ellsworth Bond Leverton Fayette County Board of Supervisors Oclwein Fire Department Bond Cliff Thompson Thompson

Fayatte Men Place High At Little International

OELWEIN two Payette county students from Town State college won at the Little International Livestock show. Paul Sauer bry of Oelwein a dairy husbandry sophomore exhibited the grand champion dairy animal and John Ingels of Randalla senior in animal husbandry won reserve in the same class.

Oelwein Payette County Town State College Paul Sauerbry John Ingels Randalla

Hampshire Boars Fetch High Averages At Fall Sale

Thirty five Hampshire boar pigs sold for an average of 22.50 at the fall sale of Orben Schoff in Lost Nation. Three pigs topped 36 and the high bid reached 38. Purchasers included Nebraska Illinois and thirty three from Iowa. A roast turkey dinner was served and Gene Fagan of Cedar Rapids acted as auctioneer.

the Gazette Hampshire Orben Schoff Nebraska Illinois Iowa Schoff Gene Fagan Cedar Rapids

Barley Tops Maynard Farm Sale At 55 Cents A Bushel

At Edwin Olsdh sale one half mile south of Maynard the corn in crib brought 25 cents a bushel oats 25 barley 55. Day returns ranged from 5.80 to 6.20 a ton for tame hay. Feeder shoots 5.55 to 6.30, a 10 year old team 126, horses 32 and 45, ten cows 26.85 average, yearling Holstein bull 39, Leghorn pullets 37 to 43 cents, hens 18 to 37 cents. Equipment and implements sold from 4.25 to 69 with prices listed for several items.

Gazette Maynard Edwin Olsdh

Thirty-One Linn Dairymen Receive Honor Roll Certificates

Thirty-one Linn county dairy association members earned National Dairy Association honor roll certificates for averaging over 300 pounds of butterfat per cow in the last year. The list names producers by association No.1 No.2 and No.3 with farm names locations and butterfat figures from 400 to 304 pounds.

Linn County Cowtest Association National Dairy Association Dairymen In Association No.1 Co. C Post Springville W.S. Penn Mount Vernon Schoonover and McClelland E R R. F. Smith and Son Ely C. A. Reinheimer Marion Huston and McKinnon Cedar Rapids Penningroth and McCann Averill and Company A. J. Minor Association H. A. W. Koch Central City Emma Batchelder

Linn Husking Meet Set For Monday In Central City Area

Plans for a Linn county corn husking contest at R. D. Forrest and Son's Riverview farm near Central City move forward with eight entries. The event begins at 12 30 P M on Monday with a field supporting ten to eleven pickers. Jim Forrest chairs arrangements as spectators enjoy a natural stadium setup. The winner advances to the state contest in Audubon on November 3.

Forrest Farm Central City Linn County R. D. Forrest and Son Riverview Farm Gazette Leo Odhenfels Fairfax Fay French Leo McGowan Marion Maurice Johnston Mount Vernon Bruce McCullough Jim Forrest Wapsie Bridge Shuckers Audubon

Hybrid Outyields Other Varieties In Edgewood Tests

Special to The Gazette Edgewood three test plots of hybrid corn on the farms of Bryan Sherman Fred Fisher and William Phillips were harvested with the results showing the Sherman plot 67.5 pounds to forty four hills vs 56 pounds for Yellow Dent Phillips 8275 pounds to forty four hills vs 65 pounds for Turkey Track and Fisher 18 bushels more per acre than Reid's Yellow Dent One Phillips hill had five large ears and if the entire plot yielded at that rate it would produce 135 bushels to the acre The piece also notes a comparison of measurement systems for a billion in the United States Germany and England.

Gazette Edgewood Bryan Sherman Fred Fisher William Phillips Here Sherman Phillips Fisher Reid

Farm Auction Weekender Offers Variety Across Iowa

Auction listings run Thursday October 26 with Elias Shaffer estate near Troy Mills Chester White hog sale near Center Junction Holstein sale near Westgate Poland China hog sale near Independence and R F French farm A Boling yards consignments at Stanwood Friday October 27 Cedar Rapids Reload Yards livestock sale Saturday October 28 acreage on 43 street near Mt Vernon road by M D McGraw

Elias Shaffer Troy Mills Chester White Center Junction J. B. Seehusen Westgate George P. Klammer Poland China Independence R. F. French Boling Yards Stanwood Cedar Rapids Mt. Vernon Road M. D. McGraw

Corn Fit to Crib in Most of State

Des Moines AP corn husking advanced quickly in northern and western Iowa counties while southeast areas waited due to moist kernels. The weekly report by Charles Reed notes cold weather with frequent frosts ending tomato canning and ongoing pumpkin processing in extreme southwest. Winter wheat is growing well and seeding is finished. soybean threshing yields remain strong. Hog cholera outbreaks appeared in 37 new places after a period of quiet.

DES Moines Iowa Charles Reed Iowa Weather and Crop Bureau

Yearlings Bring $5.90 At Chicago Market Sale

Iowa County farmer LaureL Wiess from Marengo Laurel Wiess shipped mixed yearlings to Chicago. The cattle sold for 5.90 dollars per hundredweight on Monday market day.

Gazette Marengo Laurel Wiess Iowa Chicago

Darned Good Feed In Prospect For Farm City Dinner

Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce hosts a farm city dinner at the Shrine Temple with C A Cobb as speaker on the corn and hog adjustment program under the agricultural act. Attendees converge by 6 p.m. with police offering parking and a welcoming committee ready to direct guests.

Cedar Rapids C. A. Cobb Henry Wallace

Plan for 36th Clayton County Farmers Institute

Plans are laid for the thirty sixth annual Clayton county farmers institute to be held over three days in December.

Edgewood Clayton County Farmers’ Institute

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