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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1936
Page
20
Iowa State College economists report August prices at 135 per cent of prewar levels, highest since 1919. First half 1936 cash income totals 254 million, up 25 million from the same period in 1935, driven by crop sales despite reduced government payments.
Iowa farms produced 627 million gallons of milk in 1934 according to a federal census. Cows milked rose from 1,297,914 to 1,485,000, while butter churned totaled 12.7 million pounds on about 45.9 percent of farms. Fayette Winneshiek and Clayton counties led in milk output and in cows milked.
A May Drug Store advertisement promotes a 25 cent test for irritant caused waking at night and weak bladder. It recommends boiling water intake and a bladder laxative with buchu leaves and juniper oil. If not pleased in four days, the druggist refunds the 25 cents.
Allamakee county fair runs Sept 8 to 11 in Waukon. 4 County fair takes place Sept 11 to 14 in Postville. Stanwood hosts a horse show Sept 11 to 12. Event details underline regional agricultural showcases and livestock displays.
Ames extension animal husbandman E L Quaife urged hog feeders to weigh feed values on a tonnage basis as prices vary by region. He listed local ton prices for five feeds and outlined ration options for pigs from 25 to 225 pounds, plus protein supplements and use of small grains.
Notice states William Siechert is appointed and qualified as executor of Frank Henry Siebert of Linn County Iowa. Creditors must pay debts to the executor and claimants must file with the Linn County District Court through W C Boland attorney.
Over three years three men have led efforts to rid 1,800 state cattle in Iowa institutions of Bangs disease. Nine of fourteen herds show no reactors for a year. another eighteen months may finish the project. Dr. Walsh supervises, with Dr. McNutt testing up to 20,000 samples annually. E. H. Felton chairs the board of control overseeing state institutions.
At the Mrs. Carl Woods farm east of Vinton sixty four tons of hay sold for 8.75 a ton. Flint corn and oats brought modest returns while livestock including mules horses cows and yearlings also sold. Auctioneers Tony Schmitz and Clint Schlofelt conducted the sale.
At a closing out sale near Mount Vernon, a two year old colt sold for 140, a roan filly 150, a bay mare 160, a bay gelding 150 and a sorrell mare 153. Cows ranged 49 to 60, yearling steers 60.50, short yearlings 26, fall calves 13.75. Sheep and hogs sold to 10.50 for a buck, pigs 4.85, sows 41, April shoats 14.25. Clover 11.25 per ton, oats 45 cents a bushel, corn in field 17.50 to 17.70 per acre. Buff Orpington pullets 0.73 each. Farm implements sold, auctioneered by W. E. Challis, clerked by G. L. Hill.
Vegetation benefits from two inches of rain in the last week in Delaware county. Late corn begins to appear for market use while late tomatoes and cucumbers show improvements. Silo filling is general near Manchester as corn is harvested for roughage. Soybeans withstand drought and will soon be cut for hay. Fall plowing becomes possible thanks to heavy rains.
Notice is hereby given that the administrator of the estate of Walter L. Bartovsky, late of Linn County Iowa, is to be contacted for payment and claims must be filed with the Clerk of Linn County District Court. Attorneys J. Ateju and M. W. O Rieiey cited in the notice.
Consignment sales set for Friday September 11 at Iowa Livestock Exchange Cedar Rapids and Saturday September 12 at Ana mosa. A Wednesday September 16 auction by J E Zabokitsky three miles north of Amana follows, with Wm Helgens farm sale about 13 miles northeast of Amber.
In Iowa City a nine cow Guernsey herd owned by Robert Breese led the Johnson County Cow Test association for August with 737 pounds of milk and 33.9 pounds of butterfat. The top individual was C. W. Keyser's Guernsey with 71.5 pounds of butterfat and 1,324 pounds of milk. The 445 cows tested averaged 603 pounds of milk and 23.7 pounds of butterfat.
Balster Brothers of Monticello led the Jones County Cow Testing Association in August with an average production of 707 pounds of milk and 33.8 pounds of butterfat per cow. The high individual cow, from the Men's Reformatory, yielded 1621 pounds of milk and 598.4 pounds of butterfat.
Forty-six 4-H baby beeves were sold Tuesday by the Tama County Sales company in Toledo. Top carf owned by Ethel Koester of Gladbrook sold to Marshall Packing company for $11 a hundred. Average price for twelve Shorthorns twenty three Herefords and eleven Angus calves was $9.62 a hundred.
Solon farmers report oats at 45 cents per bushel and corn near 1.10 a bushel. Drought slashes corn yield to about half normal while cucumber and tomato crops show modest strength. Grasshoppers damage cornfields. apples and plums are scarce.
Grant Thorburn of New York described as a nailmaker by trade is noted as the owner of what is claimed to be the country's first seed store. The statement places Thorburn at the origin of seed retail in the United States.
The itinerant American Soybean association convention will travel Ames to Cedar Rapids to Hudson next week and focus in Linn county on expanding soy crop uses. The Tuesday morning visit includes Fred Sargent's Mount Vernon area farm with tests on soybean varieties and soybean oil paint.
Interview with G F Chalup sky owner of 240 acres east of Walford. He narrates hog numbers and corn, plans to sow alfalfa, and details pasture goals, clover losses, rye and timothy seeding, and soil conservation views. He notes politics and intends to vote Republican.
A postcard reveals a free, no obligation method to recover from arthritis neuritis sciatica and other rheumatic ailments. The Victoria Sanatorium Ball Health School Dept. C Colfax Iowa advertises this recovery method to readers with no medical treatment claimed.
The Frank B. Reed sale near Lamont attracted over 1,000 farmers with total receipts of 6126. Corn topped at 26.50 per acre while oats sold at 14.5 to 15. Soaring livestock values included a $200 team and 65 per cow for 30 cows. Machinery and implements sold strongly with a 3 year old tractor at 385 and grain binder at 190. Buyers came from up to forty miles west of Waterloo.
Ames UP Dean H H Kildee announced twenty-five Iowa farm youths will receive Sears Roebuck and Company agricultural scholarships to Iowa State College this fall. Each student will get 50 dollars per quarter for the next academic year to study in the agricultural division, selected by county agents and vocational agriculture teachers based on need, desire, character, and 4 H club and related records.
In Toledo the co operative cannery shut down after a nine day operation that employed 120 workers as the small corn pack totaled only 20 percent of other years, ending the season.
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