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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1933
Page
13
Eastern Iowa farmers circulate a petition to President Roosevelt calling for a $1 per hundredweight levy on all livestock shipments not passing through open competitive markets. Organizers claim 790 signatures and plan to reach 10 000 to press the White House.
Attendees from the Department of Agriculture and experts discuss fall and winter control of chineh bugs across four Northwestern states. Proposed methods include burning weeds, gas treatments, and planting soybeans. Recommendations will be drafted by university researchers and sent to pest bureaus for action.
Eastern Iowa hosts two fairs this week with events at Marshalltown and Meemral Winneshiek County on September 11 to 14. A school fair and craft tram are scheduled at Vo ola rest Saturday.
Auction notices list farm sales to be held Wednesday with multiple vendors in the Crettal area. Executors name George Fy per executer and readers are urged to inspect listings for dates and terms.
The Maplecrist Packing plant shipped a carload of dressed turkeys to New York City and a second carload was due to be sent Saturday. More than 100 workers are employed at Wellman for dressing turkeys as thousands have been produced this season in the area.
Weather observer notes only 2.12 inches of rain in the month with most fall on August 2. Late planted corn suffers most as drought persists. silage tiling and shocking emerge as only salvation while many fields yield short ears and brown stalks.
In Cedar Rapids markets Levesen cattle brought strong bids, with steers and heifers selling for premium figures. The sale drew buyers from surrounding counties and showcased solid demand for beef cattle.
Elkader Volga test association reports average butterfat 20.7 among herds with mixed figures across farms. The record notes variations in cream content and pasture conditions affecting yield.
Cedar county farmer considers spending two dollars to haul government donated pig tankage to his farm for fertilizer. Prior of Sinclair Packing notes the material is 55 percent protein and 50 percent moisture, with lime possible after treatment. he weighs economic and humane questions in a controversial, rambling discussion of meatpacking and farm benefits.
Receipts of butter in New York in August rose 4 percent above the highest August since 1927, with a 15 percent surplus against ten year August averages. Storage movement was heavy and butter exports slip slightly. Producers face narrow margins as wholesale prices stay firm and imports lag. Weather and storms impact fruit markets.
The Clyde Day farm of 160 acres southwest of Stanley tenanted by Wratt Kiefer was sold recently to S Stevenson of Brandon for 65 dollars an acre cash.
Two eastern Iowa 4-H club heifers shown by Roland Mitchell and Vernon Benda earned grand champion Holstein status at Tama County and Wapsie Valley fairs. They are contenders for top honors October 2 to 5 at the Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress.
The 329 cows in Fayette Test Association No 3 averaged 417 pounds of milk and 17.1 pounds of butterfat in August, per tester Alonzo Hancock. Top individual was Fayette Dairy’s grade Jersey at 1,909.5 pounds milk and 60.2 pounds butterfat. Several herds and cows are listed with milk and butterfat figures.
Cholera claims many hogs in Garrison area with Verge Gardner area suffering the heaviest losses. More than 190 spring shoats and about fifteen sows died. Jersey Club cuts life membership fee from 100 to 50 dollars announced by secretary Lewis W Morley.
Sorghum cane yields twelve to eighteen tons per acre this season averaging fourteen as reported by Frank Wessale manager of Waconia Mills near Cedar Rapids. Plant runs 24 hours since Aug 22 with half of the contracted 600 acres harvested. Garnant and Booth lead in yields with up to 18 and 16.25 tons per acre. The operation employs 140 people on three shifts and uses a sliding scale for producers. Final settling Feb 10.
About 1,500 Iowa farmers have signed applications for wheat adjustment contracts as the state organizes county wheat control associations. Murl McDonald of Ames says signers cultivate 45,000 to 60,000 acres and participation grows with county mobilization. Some farmers with small or irregular wheat acreage still hesitate to join the program.
Independence reports thirty percent of Buchanan county corn out of frost risk with normal weather likely to yield a safe crop by October 1. Last week saw progress despite heat and drought. some farmers expect strong yields, while others note rains in the south part boosting prospects. Pastures are recovering as hogs and cattle feed on green corn.
Special to The Cratette Washington Ta Harvey Barnes of Crawford township is president of the Washington County Wheat Production Control association. Klopfenstein Washington township is vice president, W ham J. Roudabush county Agent secretary, Ernie Temple Franklin township treasurer. The allotment committee includes Barnes chairman, Ed Wells Dutch Creek township, Ben Stout Brighton township. Board of directors elected: Ben Stout, Brighton. Arthur Lo Koch Clay. Harvey Barnes Crawford. Ed Wells Dutch Creek. Ernie Temple Franklin. Floyd Wieland Highland. El Speidel Marian. JP Tobin Oregon. Joe Klopfenstein Washington.
Secretary Wallace outlined 135 packing plants at 83 points to slaughter hogs under the emergency program. Contracts credit the Agriculture Department five cents per hundred pounds live weight for sows and fifteen cents for pigs. Target is 4,000,000 pigs and 1,000,000 sows by Oct. 1 to aid producers and keep meat affordable.
Special to The Gazette Manchester farmer Ray Hamblin grows 134 acres eight miles southeast of Manchester. A 30 acre block planted May 11 matured before September yielding 50 to 60 bushels per acre on prime soil. The field includes seven decades of hog-raising history and shows early maturity aided by a surface cultivator. Hamblin notes white seed matures earlier and yields more than yellow, with most ears fully filled and dead ripe.
Washington reports the Bureau of Agricultural Economics forecasts gross farm income for 1933 at about 6.3 billion dollars, up from 5.143 billion in 1932. The rise includes 6.1 billion from sale of farm products and at least 260 million in rentals and AAA payments.
A group of nine farmers five miles southeast of Olin began silo filling at the Foster Miller farm on Wednesday. Two silos will not be filled this year in the area due to premature corn ripening caused by hot dry conditions, with yields expected to be small.
Specior in the Gazette reports Mrs Carrie Mardon traded her Armour South Dakota farm near the Indian Reservation sale for 150 acres located about one and a half miles north of Manchester.
Government monthly report shows 3,476,715 hogs killed under federal inspection in August, second heaviest calf and hog slaughter on record, with 1,532,240 sheep and lambs and 840,262 cattle killed. Calves total 415,816. Prices for cattle near 7 dollars, hogs about 4.30, lambs lowest in months as demand lagged.
INDEPENDENCE The average feed cost per pound of butterfat for August was 12.4 cents, from tester Thomas Hotchkiss. The 417 cows tested produced 588 pounds of milk and 22.8 pounds of butterfat on average, down 2.9 pounds from July. The State Hospital herd led with 1,007 pounds of milk and 34.3 pounds of butterfat.
Wednesday is set aside for Lian county wheat growers to join the federal production control program. County Agent George Dillon will be in the Parm Bureau office at the post office building all day to help complete contracts and explain the project. The Farm Bureau calendar also lists a Tuesday meeting at the Marion library and a Wednesday Maine township meeting at Chester Bliss farm home with home project organization.
Elgin canning company closed the season with the smallest sweet corn pack in years. About 22 000 cases were packed, roughly one third of the average, and 635 loads weighed. Short working days and a minor crop due to warm weather and late rains affected production. Field corn ripening quickly amid heat. recent rains aided corn and late potatoes.
The 371 cows in Johnson County Test association averaged 614 pounds of milk and 23 pounds of butterfat in August. Kalona farmer had the high herd with 32.8 pounds of butterfat from grade Guernseys. The top cow, a Guernsey owned by M W Miller Kalona, produced 1308 pounds of milk and 60.2 pounds of butterfat in August.
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