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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1937
Page
28
Iowa County initiates steps to apply the leg limestone law with 2,500 landowner questionnaires mailed. Officials expect 30 to 60 ton applications next year, with several farmers indicating large total purchases under the program.
Wallace of Marion announced a series of farm tours by the Cedar Valley Farm Business Association to inspect farm enterprises and discuss outlooks. Meetings run Sept 23 to 27 at farms near Traer Dinsdale Whiteron Monticello Norway Vinton Urbana and Ames. LG Allbaugh will present outlook data.
Multiple 240 acre farms change hands across Lowden Hopkinton Scotch Grove and Newton areas. Prices range from 65 to 129.50 per acre with buyers including Herman Richmond Henry Becker Fritz Lang L. C Sehnell and Terlouw. Land is described as tilled with varying improvements and possession dates set.
A Benton County report states an Atkins man has been dismissed from his role as wiring inspector. Details indicate the action followed an ongoing case connected to inspections and farm work in the area. No further names or dates are clearly readable in the fragment.
The Wyoming Community Horse Show association crowned winners across classes. Herman Brunscheen Jr. exhibited the grand champion chestnut sorrel mare while Emil Hack of Massillon led the first place 2-year-old mare. Hack also appears in the winning 4-horse team with Schrader Brothers Center Junction. Prof. A B Caine judged and explained placings over the loud speaker. committee member Robert Alden stood nearby. Bettymae Hamilton of Onslow rode a pony that placed first at Stanwood and Wyoming.
At the John Gonner closing on the Joe Wieckbecke farm near Dysart buyers paid 20 dollars per acre for corn in the field. Team of five six year old roan mares sold up to 285 dollars, milk cows to 59, pigs 137, hay 850 a ton, stock cows 42, two year old heifers 50, steers and heifers 37, tractor 200, manure spreader 60, binder 75, planter 41, disc 37.50. Total receipts exceeded 5,000 dollars.
A Strawberry Point study shows fertilized potatoes yielded up to 195.8 bushels per acre on two 100 foot rows using phosphate and potash. Compared with eight untreated rows yielding 1290 bushels per acre, the test with phosphate alone rose by 22 bushels. Seed Cobblers were northern grown and planted 12 by 36 inches. most dug potatoes sold locally.
Open Pollinated entries lead Foledo corn show with Lenhart Tama taking sweepstakes for best single car. Hennessy and Ta no sed sacopestikes among notable competitors at the Tama festival event.
Closing out sale by F. K. Converse three miles south of Marion Iowa. Ague closing out sale four miles north of Walker. Orval Rose Guernsey Jersey sale at 34th Street Cedar Rapids. Guernsey consignment sale at Lt. Miller farm three miles north Wellman.
Richard Arp Clutter won first with ten cars of hybrid corn and Earl Lyon Toledo won first with a single car of hybrid. Hennesy took first on ten cars of yellow dent open pollinated corn and Lenhart Brothers first on open pollinated single car. Charles J Spinler Toledo showed the longest car and largest circumference at nine and one fourth inches. Tama manager Cecil Rooks judged the exhibits with Burns Byram and Tom Scott serving as superintendents.
Maquoreta Willis G Mi levy Jackson county feeder sold sixty hogs averaging 209 pounds each in Chicago. Buyers paid 12.60 dollars per hundredweight totaling 1260 dollars for the lot.
Special to The Gazette Iowa City plans for a 4 H club benefit banquet will be set Tuesday evening. E L Hegg manager of the Johnson County Livestock Marketing association announced. After the recent 4 H club show at Iowa City the marketing association bought a baby beef whose meat will be served at the benefit banquet. Representives of the Iowa City Chamber of Commerce, the Johnson County Farm Bureau and the marketing association have been invited to the Tuesday meeting.
Marengo high school hosts a farmers night school with six beef feeding and four swine feeding meetings. Began Sept 13 under R L Amsberry, detailing beef cattle outlook and body requirements with sessions on feeding ingredients and evaluating offerings.
A list of Oct 11 to Nov 22 sessions for local feeders covering feed concentrates roughages hog beef nutrition and disease impacts. Topics include beef feeding in 1937 38 hog sanitation and disease effects with Dr H K Stouder of Ames as the sole outside speaker for the Nov 22 banquet and graduation exercises. Enrollment runs about forty participants.
Bethany Missouri reported the Big Creek watershed soil conservation demonstration reduced intertilled crops by 30 acres on an average 141 acre farm. 23 acres diverted to meadow 5 to pasture 2 to woodland with 815 of 1042 farmers signing plans. The program covers 155000 acres across 1042 farms from Kellerton to Bethany.
The first car of new corn reached the Omaha market on Saturday breaking records for early arrival. The Moodydale, Iowa corn graded No 1 yellow with 13.6 percent moisture and sold to Bartlett Frazer of Chicago for 99 cents a bushel.
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