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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1932
Page
7
A farmer survey by the Cedar Valley Farm Business Association compares enterprise profitability among hog beef and dairy operations. Analysis shows beef raisers lost most, followed by beef feeders and hog farmers, with dairymen losing least. The study notes timing and farmer preference affect outcomes.
Camel sightings on a Missouri border pasture near Bloomfield tease farmers about shifting costs and profits. The essay by Wallace of Marion urges farmers to consider soil, farm size, markets, and personal fit before changing from dairying or hog or beef farming, noting price trends and risks.
The U S Department of Agriculture launches a five site grass breeding program this fall. It will plant imported and native seeds at Beltsville Maryland Middlebury Vermont Corvallis Oregon Columbia Missouri and Augusta Michigan to test adaptation pasture capacity hay and seed production.
Interview with William Mc Ru er owner operator of a 40 acre fruit and truck farm ten miles northwest of Kansas City Missouri. He discusses farming conditions roads trucking railroads taxes and the Missouri river channel and argues for strong farmer organizations based on reliable information and avoidance of nepotism.
A rural interview discusses co operation among farmers, a horse and chicken theft protection group, and views on Hoover, Roosevelt, and prohibition. The speaker critiques party loyalty, predicts aggressive ballot box revolution, and argues for sustained enforcement and education over quick fixes.
For ten years Kellogg's ALL-BRAN has aided digestion by adding bulk to the intestines and supplying Vitamin B. It contains more iron than beef liver by weight and forms a soft mass to clear wastes without habit forming. Two tablespoons daily with meals often suffices. consult a doctor if relief fails.
From England comes a joyful way to lift corns and callouses with a simple foot bath. Use a tablespoonful in a gallon of hot water for 3 or 4 nights to remove corns and soothe tired feet. Available from May Drug Co or leading druggists.
An apple tree on the James Ritchey property is in full bloom for the second time this year after an early spring bloom was partially blown off by wind, producing a second flowering.
The Maynard Co operative creamery votes to install an electric refrigeration system as the old ice house becomes unusable. Floyd Simpson serves as president of the creamery.
Grundy Center stall bookings fill all horse and cattle barns as the Grundy County Fair opens Tuesday. A rabbit and pet show is also featured, with E. W. Hostetter of Grundy Center serving as secretary.
The Luana Shipping Association offered forty five sows at Chicago market, selling at a top price of 3.80 per head for that class.
Eastern Iowa Veterinary association opened its practitioners clinic Tuesday at the Dr F M Wilson sale barn in Mechanicsville. Dr John B Bryant of Mount Vernon chairs the general clinic committee with Drs Wilson Banks Kellogg Menary Waite and others named for poultry sheep swine horse cattle and pet sections led by Dr D E Wright of Cedar Rapids.
Independence Iowa fair visitors view a Buchan an county exhibit showing three hog pens from a summer feeding demonstration by the county farm bureau. One group fed corn and tankage, another corn and soy bean meal, and a third corn alone on the R A Nelson farm in Washington Township. Cost of gain for each pen will be posted above the pens.
Winthrop's Best Pulling Team owned by Albert Helm and driven by Carl Helm won the horse pulling contest at the state fair, highlighting a rural victory for the Helm farming family northeast of Winthrop.
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