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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1939
Page
15
A Cedar Rapids nursery run by W. J. Hughes shows foreman Werncil Stolba budding Montmorency cherries on Mahaleb root stock. The process takes five men over a month, followed by forty five operations per tree to ready it for transplanting to farms and orchards.
The Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation bought 80,584 cases of eggs in August, split roughly between Chicago and New York, bringing total FSCC purchases to 127,413 cases since program start. Cold storage and receipts show larger poultry and egg supplies than a year ago.
A country woman recalls a perfect autumn night with a bright full moon, wind through trees, and fields of hay soybeans and clover. Car headlights and distant animal sounds add to the tranquil rural scene.
Reports from the bureau of agricultural economics show plentiful supplies of crops and livestock products with prices generally below last year. Wheat and cotton export prospects hinge on subsidies and European tensions, while hogs, lambs, and dairy demand rise as farm incomes edge up. Major fruits and apples forecast larger yields, potato output falls, and turkey production hits a record high ahead of Thanksgiving.
Carl Smith announces completion of a temporary organization to supervise nine township soil conservation projects by a CCC camp to be based in Monticello this fall. W D McLaughlin named president, James Littlefield vice president, Lee Streets secretary treasurer. directors include Adams Hein Buckner Danne man King Eggers. Meetings set Sept 5 Cascade Sept 6 Monticello Sept 7 Hopkinton at 8 p.m. A Sept 11 tour of the McGregor Farmersburg area for nine Monticello area townships starts 9:30 a.m. next Monday.
Iowa Sheep Breeders association will hold a Creston ram sale on September 18 as its first major activity. Fifty registered rams including Hampshire Shropshire and Oxford breeds will be sold by private treaty. Consignments arrive from Waterlo o and Mount Pleasant.
Gazette photo features Peter M. Swartzendruber of Wellman maintaining nine dairy bulls for service on an 9 acre tract. Eight Guernseys and one Holstein, with notable butterfat records, are used to supply local dairymen with calves and high grade stock within a 13 mile radius. Swartzendruber charges 5 dollars per cow bred and transports bulls by truck and trailer.
Article reviews U S corn hog and cattle price trends from 1914 to 1916 1917 and 1919 noting production levels and farm prices in relation to World War I. It compares hogs cattle and butter markets and highlights drought and policy impacts on prices and farm income.
Allamakee county fair in Waukon runs Sept 5 to 8. Stanwood hosts a horse show on Sept 8 and 9.
The Farm Credit Administration arranged 1 342 000 in financing for 261 Iowa farms in the first six months of this year, down from 2 462 000 for 442 farms in the prior year period. FCA also sold 123 Iowa farms owned by the federal land bank and 42 from the federal farm mortgage corporation, totaling with related financing.
Special report notes Brandon area farmers face haymaking issues due to tall dense soybean crops. Silo filling is underway as farmers halt sweet corn deliveries to the Vinton canning factory while some continue hauling tomatoes.
Report notes a cat dropped from any height will land on its feet due to the righting reflex. Observers consider the phenomenon a demonstration of instinctive balance and animal adaptation, illustrating principles of motion and safety.
Floyd Gates farm sale one mile south of Brandon sold fourteen Guernsey cattle at an average of $70. Two cows, a 5 year old Guernsey and a 2 year old heifer, brought $90 each. Loren Hite and Claud Gilliam were auc tioneers. May shoots averaged $7.25 and the top pen at 110 pounds sold for $8.35 each. Ninety five Leghorn hens sold for 42.5 cents and the Rowley Savings Bank acted as clerk.
Strawberry Point high school FFA members toured farms Friday to study supervised hog projects hybrid seed corn plots and a pasture improvement demonstration. Hog projects were examined at the Clayton Stoner Mike Miler Jr Marvin Tucker and Fredrick Scott farms. The Donald Barrack and Scott farms hosted hybrid corn plots with 16 hybrids tested and a four acre pasture improvement field established this spring.
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