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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1941
Page
6
Preliminary USDA estimates show 1941 turkey production about the same as 1940 at 33 553 000 birds. The report notes a slight year to year change due to storm losses and higher average weights, with cold storage holdings up and marketing timing slightly earlier than 1940.
Senator Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin urged dairy and oleo interests to agree on fair standards for oleomargarine, arguing against advertising oleomargarine as butter and warning that government promotion could harm dairy products after the crisis. He said oleomargarine's health value equals butter only in theory, and stressed fair differentiation and market integrity.
A soil improvement demonstration will be held Friday afternoon at the Ed Voetker farm in Post township Allamakee county. Don Sheets of the soil conservation service will lead the event showcasing contour strip layout methods and topics include pasture improvement gully control and buffer strips.
A fragment describes daily routines on a farm with repetitive tasks and limited social outlets. Mentions study clubs nutrition groups Red Cross and church suppers along with farm events and meetings.
A. J. Loveland, Iowa AAA leader, announced a revised 1942 AAA and food for defense schedule. District conferences are reduced with meetings set for Thursday Independence Garner Friday Cherokee Washington Saturday Chariton Atlantic.
In North Liberty Johnson county the True Blue 4 H club of Madison and Penn townships met at Evelyn Daviss home west of town and elected officers for the coming year. Louise Kadera was named president with Elizabeth Adams as vice president, Geraldine Herring secretary, Grace Larew treasurer, Margaret Noval reporter, and Ellen Novy historian. Leader is Mrs Vera Larew with assistant Mrs Erma Novak.
Special to The Gazette. A talk on new mother baby care methods will be delivered at 1:30 pm Thursday by Mrs Alma Jones Ames extension specialist. The Tama county Farm Bureau women's committee sponsors the event and invites the public to attend.
An advertisement claims a proven method for arthritis neuritis and sciatica, focusing on removing poisons from the system. Dr E Ball of Excelsior Springs, Mo offers a free book "Good Health, Life’s Greatest Blessing" and invites readers to write for details.
The dairy sector seeks range advantages from a fair policy for milk butter and cheese producers. Senators argue cotton farmers would gain as dairy buyers increase purchases. Wiley urges McNutt to recall oleomargarine standards and adopt a compromise fair to dairy and oleomargarine makers.
Seven new entry records were set as the thirty second annual Dairy Cattle congress opened for a week in Waterloo. Open dairy cattle had 1,114 entries plus 313 4 H club heifers for a total of 1 427. Other records followed in poultry, wild fowl, rabbits, canned goods textiles, and machinery displays. Belgium horse show drew international attention as wartime conditions shift breeding centers. Milk Shorthorns debuted in dairy judging, with college teams and 4 H teams entered. Minnesota tests compared open and wooded pasture forage yields and crude protein.
Independence IA The Wapsie Valley Dairy Herd Improvement annual report shows 24 herds tested with an average 18.83 cows per herd producing 9,390.41 pounds of milk and 376.09 pounds of butterfat per year.
Des Moines Iowa farmers received a one month extension to apply for liming materials under the AAA program due to wet fields delaying work. State AAA chairman Albert J Loveland announced the extension beyond September 30 but stressed orders would only be filled if on file in county offices before October 1.
The Commodity Credit Corporation reported loans on 206,398,928 bushels of 1941 wheat by Sept 20 totaling $207,775,924 across 339,946 loans in 32 states. Average price per bushel was $1.01 including transport to warehouses with storage split between farms and public warehouses. Iowa loans reached $630,711.37 on 2,471 loans.
Auctions listed include O. J. Hess Poland China boars sale one half mile north of Worthington on Sept 30. East Iowa Angus Assn sale at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids on Oct 1. Aikin and Son Duroc boars sale Central City on Oct 2. Donald Robinson hogs sale northwest of Mechanicsville.
Wilt Rate estate near Mechanicsville sold in two parts. Walter Spry bought 111 acres of bare land south of highway 30 for 132 dollars per acre. LeRoy Stout purchased 106 acres with buildings north of the highway for 86 dollars per acre. Auctioneer Wilbur Colby. In West Union, Tone Schroder sold a 160 acre farm six miles west of town on highway 18 to Fred Traflet Sr and Fred Traflet Jr for 53.13 dollars an acre. Trafelets plan December or March 1 move. Meyer farm to Mr and Mrs Harold Westcott.
The Agriculture Department reported 1,960 commodity credit corporation loans on the 1940 corn crop were repaid in the week ending Sept 20 1941. Total repayments reached 24,127 worth 14,216,969.01 dollars. outstanding loans total 85,217 on 79,523,599 bushels valued at 48,461,128. Data by state lists repayments and new loans.
The Agriculture Department reports alsike clover seed prices rose 60 cents per 100 pounds from Aug 26 to Sept 14, averaging 11.85 per 100 pounds for clean seed, with losses in cleaning about 20 percent. Sweet clover seed also rose 20 cents to 3.65 per 100 pounds, while 1941 crop quality is fairly good but below 1940. Minnesota and the Dakotas expect much smaller 1941 shipments, implying total production may fall below last year.
FSA county and home supervisors from 38 eastern Iowa counties met at the Roosevelt hotel in Cedar Rapids for a two day conference. The program included review of loan policies for the coming year and discussion of administrative details. Participants included George Helkens state director Ames C H Gagan state farm debt adjustment specialist and Fred Morgan and Guy Sprow from the Indianapolis regional Farm Security Administration office.
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