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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1941
Page
11
Iowa State College summary reports fewer renters moving in 1941 as leases renewed earlier amid a defense boom. Cash rents rise with more tenants assuming management, and crop share leases persist in cash grain areas while pasture regions see shifts toward cash rent.
A dense puzzle listing across and down clues ranging from Turkish officials to musical notes. The mixed set includes terms for body parts, nautical measures, and common verbs, with several entries referencing occult and literary themes.
In Albia Iowa a corn belt plowing match will feature a girls under 18 competition on Turner farm six miles south of Albia. Entrants include Lorna Scott Jean Wheeler and Lavina Fullenweider with a queen of the furrows to be crowned.
Wallace's Farmer announced William Treimer farm near Hartley in O'Brien county will host the 1941 state corn husking contest. The Treimer crop is grown for the event and aims to yield over 70 bushels per acre. The Oct. 30 derby will be run by a Dan Hoeman led committee with 15 huskers, including finalists from seven districts and defending 1940 champ Marion Link of Ames. The national contest follows on Nov. 3 near Tonica Illinois with champions from 11 Midwestern states entered.
Four inches of rainfall in ten days boosts fall pasture for West Union area and fills soybean seed pods. Corn remains about 90 percent safe from frost. Seed yield from second growth clover is light. Silo filling progresses while wet weather delays threshing and a few farmers have stacked grain.
Des Moines dispatch shows 896 Iowa horses killed by encephalomyelitis through Sept 13. Dr. J A Barger notes no rapid rise in cases, reports diminishing virulence overall with regional variations including 90 deaths in northeastern counties. County tallies list deaths and cases across eastern Iowa.
Waterloo prepares for the dairy cattle congress running Sept 29 to Oct 5 with over 200 manufacturers and dealers at the Mid West Industrial show. Premiums total 35000 dollars, top livestock herds enter from across the nation, and a USD A exhibit on Agriculture in National Defense anchors a large educational program. A saddle and harness horse show joins 20 circus acts as a major indoor event drawing about 200000 attendees.
More than 100 high school judging teams will compete for the Iowa state dairy judging title at the Waterloo Dairy Cattle congress from September 29 to October 5. The winning team earns a spot to represent Iowa at the national contest in Kansas City, Missouri. Official judges are Prof. C Y Cannon of Iowa State College and Floyd Arnold. superintendent is Ernest M Wright. Ed Syndergaard will supervise the event.
Miss Margaret Stewart announced Linn County will hold a countywide nutrition meeting on October 3 with representatives from all groups involved in food problems invited. The site is expected to be Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce rooms. The statewide conference at Ames featured 672 attendees and talks on not only enough food but the right kind.
Miss Winifred Martin Ames extension assistant will present the 1941 42 rural music study Music of the Land to 4 H club leaders assistant leaders 4 H girls and the women's home project committee in Cedar county Friday.
OSSIAN The Eber DeCoy estate farm of 159 acres northeast of Ossian sold Saturday to Anton Elsbernd of Fort Atkinson for 100 dollars an acre. The farm has buildings in good condition and excellent soil with Present tenant Eldo Peck. MONONA The Andrew Walch estate of 225 acres west of Monona sold to Hubert Sass of Monona and Will Collins of Ossian for about 8000 dollars with possession March 1 1942. Sass bought the 85 acres north of the Milwaukee railroad right of way and Collins bought the south part.
In Buchanan county DHIA the average is 20.4 pounds butterfat per cow from 515 pounds milk. Shillinglaw and Satterlee’s 22 grade Guernseys average 1757 pounds milk and 36.4 pounds butterfat. Winneshiek DHIA notes a high cow gap of 23 pounds with Salveson Holsteins and Erickson Holsteins delivering top butterfat.
Franklin Mullin reports in Chicago that consumer resistance and production expansion fail to curb rising food costs. Prices in wholesale markets hit highs not seen since early 1930, with large increases across butter cheese eggs hogs cattle lambs grains and consumer staples like lard pork loins ham and flour.
Rains last week put Winneshiek farm land in good condition for fall plowing. Yet little plowing has occurred as farmers focus on filling silos and cutting corn for fodder. Pastures show improvement but insufficient growth limits heavy feeding.
Manchester G L Cramer and son James, at Delhi's east edge, report 18 acres of hybrid corn drilled May 25 now yielding about 100 bushels per acre due to late rains. They estimate 25 bushels per acre increase after two weeks of favorable precipitation, despite prior drought threats. The field, previously alfalfa, has deep sandy loam soil and stalks show no fire or browning.
Raymond Kirchmann of Sumner is hired as tester for Fayette DHIA No. 2 and will start on September 19. He replaces Kenneth Enderland who plans to return to school this fall and later join the air corps.
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