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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1937
Page
4
The fragment outlines a Jones feeder tour with players Paulsen and Lorenzen in a contest near Hale and Hans Kere farm. It notes cattle details, weights around 1,200 pounds, and farm conditions, with references to herd management and local locations.
Decorah County Agent J E Wegle announced a women husking contest set for Thursday at the Wenthold brothers farm three miles south of Decorah. The event aims to be the first of its kind with 30 minute rounds starting at 9:30 am and a draft-team display to accompany the men’s husking show. Local coverage by The Gazette notes the contest supports 100 bushel corn yields.
Forrest H Bennett elected county agricultural agent in Keokuk County with duties starting December 1. A 1932 graduate of Iowa State College he worked five summers for the U S Department of Agriculture. He has taught vocational agriculture and directed athletics at area schools and recently moved from Oskaloosa to establish a new department.
The Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation began surplus removal purchases of fresh apples in sixteen states to move the 1937 crop through normal market channels and aid growers. By Oct 15 it had bought 619 471 bushels across Arkansas Delaware Maryland New Jersey New York Maine New Hampshire Massachusetts Michigan Idaho Oregon Washington Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia and Indiana.
The Chicago lamb market fell with prices down 50 to 75 cents as dressed and live lambs weakened. The week saw 8,600 head shipments, weekly average price at 10.05, top native lambs at 10.60, range lambs at 10.25, and dressed lambs finishing around 14 to 19 per hundredweight.
A country woman advises buying narcissus or hyacinth bulbs at five-and-dime stores to yield fragrant blooms. Narcissus need five to six weeks to bloom, so Thanksgiving flowers should be potted soon. hyacinths respond to forced treatment but take longer. Three narcissus bulbs in a red bowl create a cheerful splash to brighten the dreary season.
In Vinton Benton county Farm Bureau and Greater Vinton club sponsor Farm Carnival days Friday and Saturday. Town ship Farm Bureau groups compete for cash prizes in window displays at Vinton merchants who donate display space. Non competing displays include Benton county REA and conservation groups.
Don Langlas was chosen president of the Marengo high school Future Farmers of America chapter last week. Elected with him were Car roll McKusker as vice president Marlon Burgy secretary Glenn Scott treasurer Bully Sayers sergeant at arms Earl Misel reporter. R L Amsberry vocational agriculture instructor is the adviser of the group.
Linn county 4-H girls club formed in Putnam township with officers Carolyn Fuhrmeister president Dolores Becicka vice president Maxine Netolicky secretary treasurer Lillian Fisher historian Ovella Stastny news reporter Leaders named Mrs Mable Jiroutek Mrs Lloyd Casson and Mrs Lum Truhlar. Vera Mac Lippert Indian Creek Blubirds spoke Tips on Good Grooming Miss Gove led posture games Martha Lippert spoke on conservation Ruth Marie Hense county president discussed club history Gertrude Fishel Sunny Susies spoke on Seams at the first meeting.
Improvements in Stanley last summer include a 32 by 44 foot barn on the Louis Chase farm and a 24 by 32 double corn crib on the J M Lincoln property. A 32 by 44 foot barn is under construction on the Johnson farm tenanted by Fred Steffen, and a 27 by 32 foot barn with truss roof is rising on the John Wilkinson farm. Buildings on the I W Bird farm have been repainted, most on the J M Lincoln farm repainted, and the Wilbur Clark farmhouse was updated with asbestos siding.
In West Union the Jessie F. Philips eighty acre farm near Fayette road sold to J. D. Archer for 120 dollars per acre. Archer also sold another eighty acre parcel nearby for 110 per acre. Possession set for March 1938. A second sale in Wayne township Jones county saw the 120 acre H. M. Dirks farm go to Lawrence White for 100 per acre cash.
William Anderson of West Liberty ends a two month show circuit with fourteen purebred Short horns. He exhibited at Montana state fair Illinois Missouri Iowa Minnesota and Oklahoma before finishing at the American Royal Livestock Show in Kansas City last week.
A Shorthorn cow owned by the Ed Roach estate in Jefferson township Allamakee county sold in Milwaukee at 914 cents per pound. The animal weighed 1 260 pounds and brought 209.70 dollars.
A sequence of farm sales is listed with dates and locations. Calara Berkshire sale near Thornton in Iowa City. Northeast Iowa Duroc breeders sale in Independence. Beverly auction. Joseph Barta closing out on Cedar Rapids First Ave. Kreinbring farm near Lisbon. G. A. Alden 80 acre farm near Springville.
Helen Creger, 15, daughter of Mr and Mrs A L Creger of Elwood, earns a place among twenty five girls to represent Iowa at the National 4 H Club Congress in Chicago this December for the best one year home furnishing record book. The Elmwood junior leads Brookfield Cheerio club with perfect attendance and has won county honors including a trip to the state convention at Ames.
The third official Argentine corn crop estimate from the federal bureau in Washington sets outturn at 359,625,000 bushels, with 19,035,000 carried over and 378,660,000 total supplies. Domestic use is 60,000,000 bushels and exports through Oct 21 reach 217,874,000, leaving about 100,000,000 bushels for the rest of the season ending March 1938. US grain markets were uneven as rains delayed harvest. No 2 yellow bid 61¾–63c at KC and St Louis, No 3 yellow 62–64¾c at Chicago.
Williamsburg—Forty head of Angus cows and calves sold for about an average of $100 per head at the J. J. McCune sale. Prices ranged from $175 for a cow to $35 for a calf. A calf brought $150, as reported by Mr. McCune.
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