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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1933
Page
4
Rain covered eastern Iowa easing ground for fall plowing and stimulating fall sowing of wheat and rye. Clover and timothy seedings suffered midsummer heat, but pastures and meadows revived. corn mostly unaffected as silos fill. Farmers report good seed corn prospects and improved yields statewide.
Personal impressions praise the Well-named Century of Progress show with starling radio power displays and the Arcturus ray lightning effect at night. It highlights the Science Hall and observation tower, the Wings of a Century ride, and critiques the Iowa exhibit in the States building while noting the entry fee for toilet rooms and a ceremonial homecoming feel.
Weather figures show Creston 105 and Des Moines 143 with Marshalltown 104 and Keokuk 112. Most of the state recorded between half an inch and one inch of rain, Sioux City reporting the lowest at .16 inch.
Renter activity is weak as landlords seek cash rent while farm product prices stay low. Northeast of Tipton cash rents run five to eight dollars an acre with kinship adjustments common. Some share leases appear, and parcels near Dysart and Geneseo are moving to new operators under cash or 50 50 terms.
A Dysart area report notes the construction of new machine sheds on nearby farms. The sparse OCR text suggests agricultural modernization with increases in storage capacity and equipment housing, reflecting local farming activity and development.
A federal land readjustment concept outlined for redistributing farm land aims to swap marginal plots for more productive soil under a Public Works program. Experts say careful surveys and social factors are essential, with possible trials in South Dakota and Nebraska.
Ernest Chapman of Tipton reports his ewes have borne a second crop of lambs this season. He notes it is unusual for ewes to lamb twice a year, with the first lambs dropped in March.
A large barn on a Corway farm northeast of Wheatland burned early morning. Firefighters reported flames began before seven and crews from nearby units battled the blaze. No injuries were listed and the cause remains under investigation.
Grundy county supervisors met in special session to revise the budget for bovine tuberculin testing. Thirty-five objectors petitioned to exempt the Beatty Bennett tax reduction law. the board forwarded the matter and petitions to Des Moines for action.
Des Moines report notes Washington directs that after Oct 5 it is unlawful to sell or import milk dairy products from cows in herds not yet tested for tuberculosis within the past year. Enforcement requires certificates from sanitary officials and accredited herds per state and federal agriculture authorities.
The United States department of agriculture projects purchases of lightweight pigs and piggy sows will total 9 666 000 head by next Friday. The estimate, up 1 666 000 from the original quota, reflects sow scarcity and pending corn hog policy hearings in Washington. At Sioux City and nearby centers, $2 338 000 has been paid to farmers for marketing pigs in the campaign, with about $1.8 million of that in Sioux City.
Elgin Farmers' Dairy pays patrons for late August butterfat at 24 cents per pound. The announcement notes the payment covers the last half of August and is issued to Elgin creamery patrons.
Martelle W B Meeks, a farmer nearby, reports seven bushels of seed from two and a half acres of alfalfa on the second cutting. The first crop was saved as hay.
Auction notices list sales around Marion Yoodville and Cedar Rapids bringing farm properties and livestock to market. KE rings land near Marion hosts a sale with livestock alongside town events. John Wy Auman presides over a 40 acre farm near Yoddville. Joe Metelak closes out sale four miles southeast of Cedar Rapids.
George Harms buys the &0-acre Welse farm one half mile west of Amber from Edd Eden at 54 dollars per acre. Mount Auburn farms traded: Wesley Shonka buys the Mrs. Gulick place three miles northeast of Mount Auburn from Edward Johnson with possession March 1. A. L. Wilson sells the Mount Auburn area farm occupied by Elmer Logan to William Stader near Iowa City, possession March 1.
Fayette County Agent B W Lodwick seeks entries for a fall corn husking contest with entry deadline October 14. If more than fifteen contestants enter township eliminations may be held. The county winner advances to the state contest on November 3 in Audubon County.
Adolph Schoon of Amber hires a crew to cut timber including 25 000 railroad ties for the North Western and Milwaukee lines near Scotch Grove. Ray and Joe Eby operate the saw, producing about 200 ties daily at 40 to 55 cents each. The item notes a separate figure about the Church of England income.
Special to The Des Moines item reports Iowa orchardists beginning winter apple harvest at about 50 percent of normal, 1,425,000 bushels, with high quality fruit and prices expected from 1 to 2 dollars per bushel. Potato crop also down at 3,900,000 bushels, 46 percent of normal, while peatland growers in northern Iowa reach 200 to 400 bushels per acre at about 1 dollar.
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