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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1934
Page
4
August slaughter under federal inspection was the heaviest for any month with 1 576 204 cattle and 970 211 calves killed. Hog slaughter fell to 2 641 186 head while sheep and lamb numbers neared August records. Eight months totals show cattle 7 648 648 and calves 4 909 220 versus 5 475 137 and 3 220 295 a year earlier.
More than 1500 members and friends of the Cedar county Farmers' Union attended the Cedar County picnic. Governor William Langer of North Dakota was unable to attend and was represented by James Mulloy of Bismarck secretary of the industrial commission. Other speakers included Mrs Ver Steigh state president of the Ladies Auxiliary LaMarr Foster state representative from Cedar E E Kennedy of Kankakee Illinois national secretary of the Farmers' Union and Wes Robovsky of Cedar Rapids. George J Ormsby of Durant county president of the Farmers Union was master of ceremonies.
A Fayette County inquiry led by AAA researchers claims a 147 percent cut in hog numbers was applied to contract signers but produced zero savings. County Agent Byron Lodwick and Dr A G Black dispute the results calling the probe unjustified and say only a select few know the real circumstances. Henry Wallace refused to explain when questioned in Dubuque.
Theo Martin, a cash renter near Mount Vernon, praises the Frazier-Lemke mortgage refinacing act as vital for farmers. He criticizes Iowa bankers, cites low interest open-market refinancings, and argues a 1 percent base plus amortization can liquidate farm debt in 25 years, boosting credit and farm material orders nationwide.
Special to The Gazette. Waterloo attendees include thirty six practitioners from Tama Black Hawk Linn Benton Boone Fayette Buchanan Chickasaw Bremer Dubuque Jones Mitchell Butler Grundy. Dr John Weininger of Boone spoke on control of infectious poultry diseases. Dr P V Neuzil of Blairstown added practitioner view. Dr C E Juhl of Osage reported the International Veterinary conference held in New York City last month.
In Muscatine, soybean hay bringing $15 a ton is reducing chinch bug losses by about two thirds. Farmers expanding from grain and clover to 25,000 acres of soybeans yield about three tons per acre. Corn fodder earns 38 to 49 dollars per ton.
North Tama Cow Test association August results show 488 cows tested with 879 pounds milk and 34.6 pounds butterfat per cow. One hundred eighty five cows exceeded forty pounds butterfat. Dysart pairs lead herds with top totals of 1425 pounds milk and 52.3 butterfat.
Special to The Gazette reports the Washington County Cow Test association averaged 713 pounds of milk and 28.5 pounds of butterfat per cow in August from 307 cows with 41 dry. The average price was 26.2 cents per pound of butterfat, income $7.47 per cow, feed cost $3.18, net $4.29. Truman Erb’s ten Guernseys led with 818 pounds milk and 43.1 butterfat while Charles Ashby’s herd produced 2,300 pounds milk and 78.4 butterfat observables.
Manchester reports August results from 454 cows in the Greeley Cow Test association. Average milk yield was 554 pounds and butterfat 22.8 pounds, with 21 cows producing 40–50 pounds and seven cows 50–60 pounds. John Armstrong herd led in butterfat at 28.8 pounds. Dan J Schnittjer herd in Delhi yielded 61.6 pounds for the high cow.
Eight hundred head of cattle from Colorado, Nebraska and Texas sold Saturday at Beverly near Cedar Rapids. Prices ranged from 5.25 to 6.25 dollars per hundredweight, top at 6.30. Bowman notes at least 60,000 cattle distributed to farmers since April 1, 1932, via similar Maquoketa sales amid good eastern Iowa pasture.
A Fairfield farmer sought a loan of 29.47 using his cattle as collateral. He mortgaged four houses, six cows, two yearling heifers and all farm implements and personal property. County Recorder B. H Eliott filed the mortgage papers.
La Porte City reports a large barn and a hog house under construction on the John Drews farm directed by W. G. Ballheim. The project reflects ongoing farm improvements in the area.
Federal government and Iowa Emergency Relief administration begin drought relief slaughtering at the Midwest Packing company Albia plant. It is the first and largest of five Iowa plants under relief, with Dr. B E Robertson inspecting and sealing carcasses alongside state relief workers and plant staff.
Precipitation data shows 0.06 inch in the past 24 hours ending 7 am Tuesday. September to date totals 2.21 inches, exceeding the normal 1.53 by 0.68. Year-to-date rainfall from Jan 1 stands at 16.70 inches versus 24.36 normal, a deficit of 7.66 inches.
Keith Hiller of Wapello wins gold at the county fair for beef work. Billie Newell of Letts earns silver for beef and lamb work. Richard Duncan receives silver for pig club work. Others include Richard Jenkins James Pierce and Robert Briggs. Max Hafner of Letts receives a Chicago livestock trophy for best baby beef.
The Gazette reports the largest single sheep shipment to Stanwood arriving Sunday night from the Black Hills. Six double deck cars carried 3,000 yearling lambs to the C. L. Rigby farm north of Stanwood, with additional cattle deliveries to Alfred Meyer and others.
John Took fifty head of cattle and two hundred twenty seven head of lambs from drought country and had them trucked to his farm on Saturday.
The ad urges daily happiness by feeling well and guarding health. It promotes Kellogg’s Att-Bean breakfast cereal as a constipation remedy with bulk, vitamin B, and iron, comparing it favorably to patent medicines. Two tablespoons daily usually suffice, with medical advice if not relieved. Made by Kellogg in Battle Creek.
In the Mrs John Graf farm orchard southeast of Wes Union drought reduced yield with 1900 to 2000 trees producing about 1100 bushels. Varieties include Fall Duchess about 600 Wealthy 200 Northwestern Greenings 200 Summer Duchess 100 and G W Popenhagen is tenant.
Mrs. J. C. Wood of Traer district committee woman of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation will address officers and local leaders of the Cedar county home project work at a county picnic and meeting to be held here Saturday.
Illinois on September 1 became the fifteenth state to gain federal recognition for freedom from bovine tuberculosis after completing tuberculin testing in Hancock and Warren counties. The eradication drive, begun in 1921 on a county basis, has applied over a million tests annually and reduced infection to under 1 percent in recent years. Local and federal officials, with public support and funds from the legislature, credit the Chicago Milk Ordinance of 1926 for spurring statewide effort.
Bert Campion of Johnson county sold a tarload of hogs on the Chicago market for seven dollars seventy five cents per hundredweight.
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