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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1934
Page
4
John Rittenhouse and brother Harry thresh twenty acres of alfalfa with yields of 117 and 75 bushels of seed respectively. Straw, mainly chaff, sold for 7 dollars per ton by John and 10 dollars per ton by Harry. Special to The Gazette.
Special to The Gazette reports a light frost on Wednesday nipping tomatoes cucumbers and corn in several areas. Farm activities focus on silo filling and ground conditions remain wet. bean and soy crops show damage but some fields still rebound as harvest momentum slows.
A fragmentary item praises Doris Paul as a promising youngster in a scattered feature. The piece remarks on her physical mental and spiritual strength and notes that her parents are the kind to rear an all around champion. The language is informal and evaluative with unclear source context.
Reports indicate good quality in most crops with second crop Sudan grass being harvested. Ear worms damaged sweet corn significantly this year while watermelons show uneven ripening and occasional poor quality in some areas.
A belated haying season is in progress on contracted acres in Oelw eile. Yields range from one half ton to a ton per acre.
Monticello to host the Farmers Mutual Creamery third annual Labor Day picnic at the city park next Monday noon with ex roast dinner for attendees. Afternoon activities include kitten ball, baseball games, field sports, horse and mule races, horseshoe pitching, and a tug of war under the direction of Buttermaker L D Morey.
A car load of western horses sold here in Columbus Junction with yearling colts going 20 to 25 dollars and mares and geldings 40 to 76 dollars. Fred Chandler of Chariton and H. M. Duncan acted as auctioneers. Two hundred fifty head of feeding shoats and various livestock also sold with strong demand and full payment at sale end.
Interview with Elmer E Paul of Wilton Junction area reveals his daughter Doris, aged fifteen, won the Iowa state 4-H health contest. He discusses 4-H booster views Farm Bureau ties, tomato and corn crops, drought, AAA programs, and political opinions amid 1930s farm conditions.
Secretary of agriculture Ray Murray will address the English Valley Co operative Creamery annual picnic on September 8 in North English. He is expected to discuss a recent FDA ruling about extraneous matter in cream and butter. A kittenball game between Iowa county patrons and Keokuk county patrons and tugs of war for men and women are on the sports program.
Cancellations lowered corn under seal in Winneshiek to 61 319 bushels and loans to 27 593 dollars 75 The largest recent unsealings were by C M Miller of Burr Oak and A P Pfister of Pleasant township 900 bushels each The original under seal was 77 363 bushels and loans totaled 34 813 35 dollars.
Des Moines reports a sharp turn in hog values after a midweek surge with prices steady to 10 cents lower early Thursday and about 40 cents higher than last week overall. August receipts dropped 23 percent from July and 27 percent from last August, while quality improves and heavier hogs command 6.35 to 7.70 dollars per hundredweight depending on weight class.
The Wellman Co operative creamery reports an 69,312 pound rise in output for eight months of 1934 versus 1933. Butter output for 1934 Jan to Aug totals 322,359 pounds, up from 253,047 in 1933. Patrons received 29 cents per pound for butterfat in late August, the highest since December 1931. August 1933 paid 21 cents. The creamery lists nearly 400 patrons, with 75 new additions this year. Burrell Foster is president and R. G. Weeks the manager.
Chariton The fifteenth annual convention of the Iowa Cooperative Livestock Shippers is scheduled at Des Moines December 12 and 13. Cooperative livestock marketing associations in Iowa will elect voting delegates to the state meeting. W. R. Johnson of Perry is president, O. S. Swandahl of Huxley vice president, and J. C. Williamson of Chariton secretary-treasurer.
Arthur Domer of Stanwood showed the grand champion baby beef, an Angus, at the Cedar County fair in Tipton. The reserve went to a Hereford shown by Myron Schneider of Lowden. Open class tops included Shorthorn, Hereford, and dairy breeds with multiple 4-H and open class winners led by Ronald Spear and George Cary. The champion calf weighed 510 pounds on Dec 1 and 1,030 pounds after feeding, with grain cost about ten cents per pound.
International News Service reports Iowa rainfall figures totals to date and for August. One day 0.44 inch ending 7 am Friday. August to date 2.66 inches versus 3.58 normal. Deficiency 0.92 inch. Jan 1 to date 14.49 inches vs 22.83 normal. Deficiency since Jan 1 8.34 inches.
Mike Trier entered nine mules in the state fair livestock show and brought home eight prizes.
Farmers and 4-H members gathered Thursday at the Buchanan county fair for dairy cattle judging. Grand and junior champions were named in Holstein Guernsey Jersey Brown Swiss and Ayrshire divisions with numerous exhibitors from Independence Greeley Jesup Lamont Nashua and Fairbank among the top placers despite light rain. Stock judging and related events proceeded as planned with W D Campbell and H F Detlefsen overseeing cattle divisions.
John D. Spencer and H. J. Hertzler of La Plata Mo purchased several thousand bushels of ear corn from Blairstown area farmers. Local sellers include Herbert Rieke 1094, Frank Kouba 1880, Frank Hartz over 2000, and Roy Thompson about 1000 bushels. Corn sold last week at 46.68 cents per bushel, much sealed at 45 cents. A fleet of five trucks carried the corn to La Plata, with trucking added, delivering about 80 cents per bushel to Missouri feeders.
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