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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1937
Page
25
High temperatures and hot winds hasten silo filling across eastern townships. Corn in blister stage dries out quickly and dented corn loses some quality. Crews work on farms with light soil as they adapt with windrowed bundles to slow drying. Recent rain helps fall feed and seeding and eases plowing, while cooler weather would aid silo crews.
In Belle Plaine farmers report corn vulnerability to frost at under half safety. Local rainfall reached 4.43 inches in August, 0.62 inch above normal, and temperatures ran 4.6 degrees above the 63 year average though 1.2 degrees cooler than August 1936.
Silo filling has begun on sandy Fayette county land as dry husks indicate early corn ripening. Timothy from a large acreage is being threshed with seed yields reported heavy, six to seven bushels per acre in many fields.
Special to The Gazette reports sweet corn in the Urbana vicinity yielding unusually well with two to three and a half tons per acre and priced at 10.50 per ton. Clover hulling has started and the yield is good.
Special to The Gazette notes C. F. Grieve farm on the walker silo project began last week. Cornes drying continues under hot dry weather. New clover seedings failed and alfalfa sown before rain withered. Soybeans yellowing and pastures shortened.
Independence reports silo filling in full swing across Buchanan county as corn matures quickly under hot dry weather. Soybeans are being cut for hay throughout the county, indicating strong field activity.
J D Burhman closes out sale on Tuesday September 7 at the Iowa City livestock pavilion three miles south of Marion. The event features farm equipment and livestock offered at auction to bidders in the region.
Sale of the Louis Moore 120 acre Stanwood farm brought 162 50 per acre the highest local price since 1932. W H McClellan of Tipton bought as an investment. Four nearby farms totaled 440 acres bringing 164 300. Other sales included Hansen Sonnemaker and Haesemeyer properties with prices from 125 to 160 per acre. Auction featured cattle and pigs with sales above 50 per head and oats at 24 14 cents a bushel.
John Johnson, a Danish farmer from Kimball South Dakota, arrived in Buchanan county early last week after reading reports of high Iowa corn yields and 108 bushels of oats per acre. He rented the 360 acre Ozias farm two miles west of Independence and plans to move in once possession is available this fall or winter.
Entries open at 7 a.m. Monday Sept 6 and close at 9 a.m. Tuesday Sept 7 with drops at Gazette display space Hawkeye Downs. One hill of corn per farm. Corn cannot be removed until 4 p.m. Friday. Roots and dirt must show individuality, preferably burlap wrapped. Husks and foliage must stay. Sweepstakes prize $25. zone prizes $26 first $15 second $10 third $5 fourth-sixth. total $205 plus $25. Ed Dyas to judge Tuesday Sept 7. Zone 1 covers three north tiers, Zone 2 central tiers incl Muscatine Scott, Zone 3 south tiers.
Two horse shows at Ryan and Stanwood highlight eastern Iowa events this week with a new harness class at Ryan and expanded Stanwood exhibits. Two county fairs follow in Allamakee with Waukon Sept 7-10 and Postville Sept 10-13. Waukon hosts 4-H and dairy judging events led by Rex Beresford as judge for 28 baby beef cattle and colts.
Linn county Farm Bureau announces meetings and home economics teas for the week. Activities include township teas in Washington Grant North Marion Otter Creek Clinton and Linn townships with listed hosts and times, plus a Farm Bureau directors meeting at the office.
The Gazette Want Ad section lists musical instruments for young learners. Names of competent music teachers are printed in the same columns for reader reference.
REA lines in three Muscatine county townships were energized Saturday supplying 800 farms with the Muscatine municipal plant under contract with Eastern Iowa Light and Power. About 257 miles of high line serve 500 ready for electricity and 300 being wired with switches to be thrown by midweek.
Monona Cooperative Creamery reports July butterfat payments of 35 and 34 cents per pound, according to secretary Alvin Drahn. The note indicates other producers may have received similar rates for the month in Monona.
Elmer Pullen’s five acre McGregor farm produced about 1200 pounds of tobacco per acre this season despite dry weather and worm damage. Harvesting began last week and will last ten to fifteen days with hand cutting and a unique spearing method to hang plants for air‑circulated drying in a shed.
Two boys Howard and Ronald Van Note tend Argentine and South African corn on their father Laurence Van Note's farm near Plato north of West Branch. Samples will be shown at The Gazette ALL IOWA Hill Of Corn during the Livestock Exposition. Seed planted May 28 came from Piper Milling at Cedar Rapids via Chicago cargoes. Both varieties grew rapidly and suckered. both developed smut though other corn on the farm remained unsmuddy. Argentine stalks may bear multiple ears while South African stalks show one good ear and a smaller one on the same stalk.
Growers move timothy seed slower than usual with about 20 percent sold by Aug 17, far below 1936 and 1935 levels. Prices dropped 55 cents per 100 pounds since July, averaging 2.20 to 2.35 per hundredweight in key districts, while exports remain unusually small. Kentucky blue grass seed pooling stands at 89 percent as prices edge up slightly from June.
Solon story notes Frank Krob and John Krob have used four outfits over 35 threshing seasons. They began with a 10 hp engine and 28 inch separator in 1902, upgraded to 13 hp and 32 52 separator in 1904, then 18 hp steam and 32 56 separator from 1910 to 1931, and since 1931 a 27 50 tractor. Their outfit threshed up to 4660 bushels of oats in a day and hulled 1300 bushels of clover in a season.
More than 200 head of livestock in Gage county have died from prussic acid poisoning after grazing on drought stressed Sudan grass and related conditions, county agricultural agent W. E. Huff reported.
Washington AP reports only three states remain off the agriculture department tuberculin list as New Jersey joins to give 45 states TB free. The list shows infection under one half of one percent in accredited areas with remaining counties in New York South Dakota and California awaiting tests.
Washington AP reports the agriculture department unveiled stricter seed verification rules for alfalfa and red clover. Tags proving origin require seed meeting minimum germination and purity standards with noxious weed limits, and government origin verification will be limited to domestically grown seed.
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