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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1941
Page
17
Iowa farm price index declined eight points to 140 for the period ending October 15, with prices for grain and meat animals lower than September. Corn and hog prices fell about 10 percent overall, barley held steady, eggs and milk rose, butterfat and wool unchanged, and chicken prices dropped about five percent.
A compact schedule lists farm auctions across Iowa in late October and early November. Henry Jurgensen Chester White sale near Olin, Jurgensen and partners closing sale near Beddell and Haworth, Iowa Live stock Exchange in Cedar Rapids, Eldon minor public sale, Bert Lockwood near Monticello, Jerry Zach closing out near Cedar Rapids, Leon Bod dicker Berkshire sale near Cedar Rapids, Miller Estate near Marion, Jones Bros Jersey dispersion sale in Iowa City, and other dispersals through November 11.
Former Indiana governor Clifford Townsend will headline the Iowa Farm Bureau federation annual meeting in Des Moines in November 1921. Francis Johnson announced Townsend will discuss agricultural production tools and materials and join a panel on the convention theme Our Part in Winning the War and the Peace. He will speak November 20 and share the platform with AAA administrator R M Evans.
Des Moines AP reports favorable weather has pushed 2,825,000 bushels of corn from western and central Iowa to eastern feeding regions. The move follows rain delays that blockedShelter operations, with most grain to be moved in the next one or two weeks. The corn, from 1940 or 1939 crops, is shelled at farmers' expense and transported in empty steel bins to ensure feed supplies.
The supervisor said 1941 crop, just starting to come in, will be moved to supply deficient areas under the Food for Freedom program for 1942 to boost feeding operations for increasing livestock. O'Reilly stated the plan will greatly facilitate those operations.
Walker neighbors and friends of Carl Schonberg, ill for months, husked 44 acres of corn on Tuesday. Women provided dinner for the harvesters. Helpers included John Fairchild Jr and Clarence Fairchild, Ira Alden, Elza Jeffries, Ernest Schonberg, Andrew Schonberg, Oscar Schonberg, and many others.
An old advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a remedy to stimulate bile production and improve digestion. It claims daily bile flow supports comfort, energy, and general well being, urging readers to buy a 10 cent package.
West Union sees Conesville buyer acquire the C. M. Fee farm of 244 acres with buildings at 107 dollars per acre. C. W. Humphry purchases 54 unimproved acres at 75 dollars per acre. Decorah mortgage sale yields 45 acres of Ben Johnson farm to Theodore McLain at 67 dollars per acre. Richard Blaess buys 46 acres of Effie McCauley farm for 1225 dollars total. Hazleton reports Habacek and Faltis land sold to Alice Stiles for 13700 dollars at 57 dollars per acre with possession on March 1, 1942.
Boone county 4 H livestock judging team will represent Iowa at the National Club Congress in Chicago next month. The Scott county team placed first at the 1941 Iowa state fair but is ineligible due to an overage member. Boone won second at the fair.
Special to The Gazette Hittier Adna Hoge and family fought rats in a corncrib battle on a wooden floor over a broken cement floor. They endured. casualties included more than 49 rats, with the young eaten by the dog and cats. Toward the end Hoge drowned the remaining rodents from their entrenchments with feline help.
Ralph Ford, 31, from Warren County, won the 1941 Indiana state cornhusking title at the Steve Taylor farm near Woodburn before 45 000 spectators. He produced a net 24.77 bushels in the 80 minute event, besting Clarence Neal of Boone County who husked 24.43 bushels.
Secretary Wickard said a full parity loan could raise feed prices and dampen production, risking shortages. He noted the 85 percent loan supports corn as the key crop in the food-for-defense program, aiding pork, beef, dairy, poultry, and eggs.
Manchester will launch its first farmers night school Monday Nov 10 in the new vocational agricultural building. Lyle Retz chairs the advisory council with Ralph Childs as secretary treasurer. W H Magdefray will lead the program focusing on cattle hogs and poultry across 10 weekly sessions.
Heavy rains across southern and eastern Iowa slow corn harvest with ears sprouting and moulding in muddy fields. Federal meteorologist Charles D. Reed notes standing water hampers husking and wagons, while northwest Iowa proceeds with husking and spring plowing. Soybean combining also delayed by downpours and some bean damage.
Farmers report favorable weather for harvest with generally better than expected corn quality. Heat and drought harm some fields while high winds toppled others bending ears to the ground. Upright corn remains dry and of good quality overall despite issues.
The cold snap in Monezuma ended the growing period Monday night with frost destroying lettuce radishes green onions string beans and summer flowers. The thermometer read 23 degrees at 6 am Tuesday.
The Louisa county Farm Bureau will hold its annual meeting at Morning Sun on the evening of November 1. Allan Kline, vice president of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, will be the banquet speaker.
Burt H. Neal and Sons of Mount Vernon are the first Linn county farmers to enter for the forty second International Livestock Exposition and Horse show at the Chicago stock yards from November 29 to December 6. They have entered Shorthorn cattle.
A country woman laments autumn cobwebs drifting from September into October. She recalls their delicate spans across cornhusking fields and telephone lines, marvels at their ascent and entanglement with weathered asters, and wonders about their origin and fate in the city streets.
DES MOINES (INS) Butter production fell seasonally as the USDA reported for the week ending Oct 23. Output was 5 percent below the prior week and 3 percent under the same week last year. Milk diverted to cheese factories and condensaries limited butter manufacture, with western north central states like Iowa seeing a 4 percent week-to-week drop but year-over-year parity.
A new watershed area is planned by the Belle Plaine CCC camp with the Iowa county Farm Bureau to extend between Blairstown and Marengo near Coon Creek. Contour planting terracing and tree planting will be practiced, county agent D H Zentmire reports.
Three hundred nine parity checks totaling $87,000 were received this week by the Delaware county Triple-A. Farmers will call at the office for their checks. Other compliance checks are expected within five or six weeks. Chairman Chester O. McCarthy announced. This year the parity and compliance allotments are included in one check rather than separate payments.
Army emergency airport building program contemplates converting golf course fairways into improvised runways. The plan envisions rapid airlift capability by using existing fairways to support operations under crisis conditions.
Marvin Nissen of Wyoming sold a truckload of spring pigs at Cedar Rapids last week while J Beaty of Atkins received two carloads of 875 pound feeder cattle from Kansas City and plans early spring feeding. Feeder loans at The Peoples Savings Bank Cedar Rapids remain popular with low rates and long terms. Dairy production hinges on better nutrition with legume hay or non legume hay feeding plans outlined by Iowa State College Extension Circular 253.
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