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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1936
Page
26
Iowa farm prices for oats barley rye and soybeans on Aug 15 ran about double last year while corn rose 40 percent to 1.06 a bushel. Wheat and hogs advanced modestly with beef cattle and livestock prices mixed as drought lifted hay costs and dairy prices edged up.
A large barn on the William Coffman farm two miles south of North English was destroyed by spontaneous combustion early Monday. The blaze consumed hay harness a wagon and feed and the loss was covered by insurance.
Upcoming farm auctions on Thursday include the Will Black estate sale three miles south of Toddville and a consignment sale by Beverly Cattle Co. in Cedar Rapids featuring livestock and farming equipment.
A humorous account by R. F. A. describes fence drift as a nuisance caught in a woven wire. The piece recalls rain aid and the joy of turning over to sleep, the struggle to locate a rain coat, and the windshield wiper’s creaking return from a long vacation.
Tipton and Dysart areas show robust building activity this fall with farm structures and dwellings under construction. Repairs and new facilities include barns, hog houses, a double garage, fences, and a modern chicken house as owners replace fire and wind damaged buildings.
Linn County farmers show strong interest in Soil Act awards with over 850 applications received by Tuesday morning. County chairman John Wagor said 3,700 worksheets were filed and about 3,500 applications mailed last Friday, predicting most applicants will qualify.
Dillon Atherton, a farmer near Viola, keeps daily measurements of a corn patch called Gazette hill. From June 23 to Aug 8 the stalk grew 79 inches, tassel height reached 50 inches, and final maturity reached 100 inches with tassel at 95 inches. Growth averaged 1.33 inches daily from planting May 25 to maturity, with tasseling July 19 and silking Aug 2. The crop progressed through milk, dough, dent stages as temperatures ranged from 46 to 107 degrees.
South Bethel reports recent rains improving pastures. Farmers drive cattle along roadsides while several sow alfalfa including one farmer planting thirty acres. Home canning notes tomatoes grapes and plums amid scarce fruit.
George Topping, tenant on the George Shimerda farm three miles south of Wyoming, lost two cows and a heifer to lightning during Thursday morning’s storm. The loss is partly covered by insurance.
Farmers around Walker were filling trench silos this week before rain. Some growers built trench silos to store corn damaged by drought, creating practical on farm storage solutions.
Interview with Orville M Auman son of John Auman owner of 169 acres north of Cedar Rapids. They raise Angus cattle with Bandolier and Belmore bloodlines and discuss grands, show history, and herd records. They note 37 purebreds, 0 grades, and 472 500 Angus registrations by 1934.
Farmers at the Farmers' Co-operative Creamery in Lowden paid 38 cents for butterfat in No 1 cream for July. The plant produced 24,018 pounds of butter from 19,654 pounds of butterfat drawn from 63,884 pounds of cream. Patrons and local stores used 4,058 pounds while 311 tubs were sent to eastern markets. High patrons were William Kahl, Carl Kelding, Martin Wenndt and Alfred Freese.
Fall plowing started near Walford this week as some green corn is cut for livestock feed and shredding is underway.
The Agricultural Economics Bureau reports August egg markets were uneven with wholesale prices 2 to 3 cents lower as demand slackened and supplies appeared ample. Drought in the Midwest trimmed fresh production while coast and eastern regions kept production steady, influencing storage and future fall supplies.
Eastern Town fairs announce a busy schedule with the State fair at Des Moines from Aug 26 to Sept 4 and the Aurora fair Sept 1-3. Horse shows at Irwin Sept 3-4, Clayton county fair at National Sept 4-7, and horse events at Bennett Sept 5 and Ryan Sept 7.
A 4000-turkey flock at Carl Merfield’s farm south of Waukon becomes the county’s largest herd ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas trade. Mammoth bronze poults bought in April now weigh about 15 pounds. Smaller birds in a pen, larger birds in a wire-enclosed clover field, all fed with commercial mash.
Good quality cantaloupes and watermelons are moving from Conesville by train and truck. Recent rains have improved melon quality and shipments are underway.
A cargo of 326000 bushels of rye from Latvia arrived in Philadelphia on Tuesday and more is in transit, according to grain trade information received Wednesday by the Piper Milling Co in Cedar Rapids.
The Clayton Soil Act group has contracted an aerial survey of farms in Clayton county as a compliance check. Iowa lists eight counties using this method, which has parallels in the Farmersburg watershed project where a forty-field comparison showed only 0.6 percent variance from hand checks. Jackson county survey follows, with the selected county to follow.
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