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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1936
Page
17
The Sept. 1 crop report shows Iowa oats at 42¢, barley 88¢, wheat $1.09, soybeans $1.15, and corn at $1.06 a bushel on Aug 15, up about 40 percent from a year earlier. Hog prices rose to $10.20 per cwt while beef cattle.
A poem by R F A laments a dreamlike rain event as a fence drift and woven wire obstacle. The speaker notes a mock million dollar rain that saves corn yet returns to sleep, recalls finding a rain coat, and describes a stiff windshield wiper awakening from a long vacation.
A large barn on the William Coffman farm two miles south of North English was destroyed by spontaneous combustion early Monday. Hay harness wagon and feed were lost but covered by insurance.
Coming auctions on Thursday September 3 include the Will Black estate sale three miles south of Toddville and a consignment sale by Beverly Cattle Co in Cedar Rapids.
Lumbermen say rural building material trade rises this fall with carpenters and masons at work. In Tipton area farm improvements include a new barn replacing a fire loss, new hog house and corncrib, a poultry house, a barn, repairs on various buildings, and fencing. Cement work covered a double garage and hog house on several farms.
Builders report extensive late summer construction around Dysart including a new 18 by 22 foot double garage on the John Wacha farm, a new 8 room bungalow on the Frank Krafka farm, and a 36 by 72 foot barn foundation on the Carl Santman farm. Additional projects include dairy barn upgrades at Elsan Dairy, a new chicken house on the Lassen farm, porch enclosure on the Trottnow home, and a moved 6 room house to the Redmond farm.
Linn county farmers show strong interest in Soil Act compliance as 850 applications arrive in Cedar Rapids. County chairman John Wagor said 3,700 worksheets were filled and about 3,500 forms mailed last Friday. He noted every mail segment brings more applications and believes a large majority will qualify.
Dillon Atherton, a farmer near Viola, reports a summer study of a Gazette Hill corn plant. From June 23 to Aug 8, 46 days, stalk growth averaged 1.71 inches daily. tassel height reached 50 inches, final leaf 100 inches, tassel 95 inches. Ear-shooting July 25 and silking Aug 2. Weather ranged from 46 to 107 degrees.
Interview with Orville M. Auman of Cedar Rapids area discusses a 169 acre Angus farm nine miles north of Cedar Rapids. He and his father own 37 purebreds with Bandolier and Belmore bloodlines, past show success, and extensive Angus registration records totaling 472,500 since records began in 1934.
In South Bethel pastures improve after recent rains. Farmers herd cattle along roadsides while sowing alfalfa, one farmer planting thirty acres. Home canning features tomatoes grapes and plums though fruit is scarce. A few protected peach trees on the S R Johnston farm may yield a small crop. apple trees have little fruit.
George Topping, tenant on the George Shimerda farm three miles south of Wyomin g, lost two cows and a heifer to a Thursday morning lightning strike. The loss is partly covered by insurance.
Silo construction progressed on farms near Walker this week before rain. Farmers have built trench silos to store corn damaged by drought and protect supplies.
Patrons at the Farmers' Co operative Creamery in Lowden were paid 38 cents for butterfat in No 1 cream during July. The creamery produced 24 018 pounds of butter from 19 654 pounds of butterfat from 63 884 pounds of cream. Patrons and local stores used 4 058 and 311 tubs were consigned to eastern markets. High patrons for July were William Kahl Carl Kelding Martin Wenndt and Alfred Freese.
Fall plowing has begun near Walford this week with some green corn cut for livestock feed and shredding in progress.
The federal bureau reports August egg markets were weak with wholesale prices down due to sluggish demand and abundant supplies. Middle West drought cut fresh production while east and west remained largely unaffected, and storage stocks show mixed shifts in eggs and poultry across regions.
Fairs and live stock events listed include the state fair at Des Moines from August 26 to September 4. Aurora hosts a fair September 1 to 3. Irwin holds a horse show September 3 and 4. Clayton county fair runs September 4 to 7 at National. Bennett hosts a horse and colt show September 5 and Ryan has a colt show September 7.
A 4000 bird flock on Carl Merfield farm near Waukon is the county's largest turkey herd. Bronze poult weights reach 15 pounds, with birds staged in pens and a clover field. They are raised for Thanksgiving and Christmas for the market, fed on a commercial mash.
Cantaloupes and watermelons of superior quality are being shipped from Conesville by train and truck. Recent rains have improved melon quality.
A cargo of 326000 bushels of rye arrived in Philadelphia from Latvia on Tuesday. Grain trade info received Wednesday at Piper Milling Co in Cedar Rapids notes more rye is in transit.
The Clayton county soil conservation committee has contracted an aerial survey to audit farms as part of the 1936 program. Iowa counties including Clayton adopt this method as a compliance check, following a Farmersburg watershed comparison showing only 0.6 percent variance between aerial and hand checks. Jackson county survey underway with Clayton to follow.
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