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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1932
Page
32
Farmers report a bumper corn and soy bean season with abundant forage crops across eastern Iowa. Silo filling dominates work as corn stands are strong with late plantings near frost danger. home canning and fruit production also rise in Manchester and surrounding areas.
Special to The Gazette. Farmers report heavy soybean yields and a large hay crop as silo filling begins in Stanwood Morley Bertram Tipton and Bertram areas. Corn drying rapidly and frost near, potatoes plentiful with excellent quality.
Tony Schmitz, a farmer northeast of Van Horne, sold fifty nine head of 249-pound spring pigs Saturday at Cedar Rapids for three dollars ninety cents per hundredweight.
H J Grunewald of Blairstown sold two carloads of 1256-pound steers in Chicago on Thursday at 9.80 dollars per hundredweight.
In Tipton area, tenants and landlords finalize leases for the coming year with reduced cash rents from $9 to $5 or $6 per acre and some farms leased on a share basis with pasture cash. Only a few farms will change operators as stability favors current tenants like Walter Lieb on the Stoltenberg Bros 110 acre tract and others such as Lewis Friday on the Geiger and Pratt acres. Hal Albaugh renews the 400 acre Millegan estate tenancy and Achey Brothers extend the John Miller 400 acre lease.
A. E. Blinks of Marion notes a field on his son Roscoe Blinks farm three miles east of Marion may yield 100 bushels per acre. He points to rich soil and excellent stand nearly 100 percent. The 16 acre tract includes hybrid and yellow varieties and will be cut, shocked, and fed as cattle fodder.
Twenty seven of forty five head of 4-H baby beeves shown at the Louisa county fair sold Friday for an average of 8.00 per hundredweight. They averaged 869 pounds and were bought by Walter Roach of Chicago for the Milwaukee railroad dining car service. A Hereford owned by Billy Newell of Letts topped at 9.35. Eighteen calves went home with their youthful owners for further feeding, with some to be shown at the American Royal in Kansas City and the Chicago International exposition.
The Iowa farm holiday persists beyond its 30 day term as governors from several corn belt states hold talks in Sioux City. The August hog kill rose 9 percent year over year, while overall summer hog receipts declined at seven principal markets. The writer argues for consumer demand boosts and dietary shifts to aid recovery, noting corn crops may cushion the economy and predicting a future rebound.
Clarence-Earl Elijah a farmer near Clarence sold 101 head of long fed white face cattle at Cedar Rapids. The sale, handled by Iowa Livestock Marketing Association, shows averages around 1 212 pounds with 86 head at 9 65 per cwt and 15 head at 8 65. Levsen sold 159 head of yearlings at 8 50 and 10 head at 8.00. Elijah bought feeders through Intermountain Livestock Marketing at Denver. remaining cattle fed corn alfalfa hay ensilage and a protein supplement. He notes corn cost impacts profit and proclaims cattle marketing as a strong outlet for corn.
Homer Larson of Dike exhibited the grand champion Holstein dairy heifer in the Grundy county fair 4 H show. The same event crowned multiple champions including grand champion baby beef Joseph Knock and grand champion Poland China hog Henry Ackerman. Other top awards included grand champion Angus cow Charles Shipton and grand champion Holstein cow Lyle Hawn with junior champion Holstein bull.
Elliott Brown entries dominate junior and grand titles at the Minnesota state fair. Jubilante a Percheron stallion from Eagle Grove Iowa owned by Bawn and Emerson wins junior champion in his class. Luella Jane Aberdeen Angus cow from Rose Hill Indiana owned by Elliott Brown takes junior heifer champion and later grand and senior champion in her class. Another Elliott Brown herd entry wins junior heifer championship in the same class.
Interview with B. C. Foster, a 300 acre farmer near Wellman, Iowa, who discusses farming life, price regulation, cooperation among farmers, tariffs, debts, Hoover, taxation, and Prohibition. He supports government control of liquor sales under punishment for violators and predicts the Cubs will win the National League pennant.
A rural chat covers The American League prediction The New York Yankees will win and Joe McCarthy’s plan to outpace the Cubs Also dairy profits Using 25 acres of soybeans 50 cows milking 14 Holsteins in milk butterfat 361 pounds per cowtest year The Wellman cooperative creamery boosted butterfat prices by at least 5 cents per pound, paid patrons over $13,000 in its first year, and added $15,000 annual community income The Wellman turkey industry supports 75 000 to 90 000 birds this season and drives local lumber and feed sales
Grundy Center details the Grundy county Farm Union picnic at the fairgrounds on September 16. National head John Simpson of Oklahoma will speak after a 10 a.m. kitten ball game pitting the Plow Boys against Buck Grove, Reinbeck awaiting the winner, with horse shoes races and other sports to follow.
Frank Love tinsky operates 160 acres near West Branch and plans a new 32 by 32 residence costing about $5,500 with modern vapor heat and plumbing. Martin Carey, a nearby farmer at Oasis, has constructed a large hog house to replace one destroyed by fire recently.
Earl Page of South St. Paul started away from a central market feeder yards near Cedar Rapids. In the year ending Aug 21, 1932 he sold 20,380 cattle totaling $740,553.99. About 75 percent of buyers were within 100 miles. yards have 30 pens and 1,000 head capacity, with plans for 60,000 head this year.
Thirty four people from fifteen organizations in six eastern Iowa counties attended a training school at Tipton on winter storage of fruits and vegetables led by C. V. Holsinger Ames extension horticulturist. Cedar and Jones counties sent twelve each. Linn five. Muscatine and Scott two each. Clinton one. Represented groups included Farm Bureau Red Cross garden clubs churches county nurse Welfare associations 4 H clubs community clubs and house wives.
WEST BRANCH reports the first consignment sale of the season saw six hundred hogs sell to a top of $5.50 per hundredweight. Cattle in smaller lots brought yearling steers to $6.20 per hundredweight and eighty five sheep were sold.
The Linn county Farm Bureau lists a week of meetings and events. Sessions include 4-H boys and girls club committees, Bertram and Maine township bureaus, home project and dairy judging team workouts, and gatherings at Cedar Rapids YWCA Marion library Memorial Hall and Farm Bureau offices.
The Anamosa Ship Ping association sold hogs on the Chicago market for J. J. Walters Fred Remington Jack Brady and R. Holmes at 4.65 per hundredweight. The top bid that day reached 4.75.
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