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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1928
Page
5
Mason City dealer Hugh A. Shepard challenges glowing yield claims as false reports drive prices down. He offers $60 to prove eight bushels per acre on a fifty acre tract in Cerro, Gordo or nearby counties, arguing oats at 30 cents a bushel cannot be profitably marketed. He urges farmers to feed oats to livestock instead.
Analysis by Iowa State College economists finds hogs on 1 Iowa County farms ran an average loss of 349 dollars in 1927 due to lower hog prices and higher corn costs, despite being above average in efficiency. In 1926 profits averaged 843 dollars and 1925 profits 752 dollars per farm. only 3 of 17 members earned hog income sufficient to cover other expenses.
Ten percent of butter samples analyzed by the Department of Agriculture over the past year showed low fat. RB. G. Clark warns that if this reflects statewide production, butter makers must tighten methods to avoid fines, costly rework, and losses when product is sold on the eastern market. Legal butter must contain 80 percent butterfat. When fat is below this, consumers are cheated. Overfatting reduces payments to farmers. The trade demands exactness in fat, moisture, cream ripening, churning, gall addition, and marketing.
Dean G. O. F. Curtiss of Iowa State College on Rookwood Farm near Ames reports a record oats yield of 110 bushels per acre with the logren strain of Green Russian. The midseason variety shows strong straw production and has outyielded other varieties by about 3.6 bushels in early trials since 1911.
A reservoir of succulent feed, the summer silo proves its worth as pastures grow short or fail. Silos from 10 to 60 feet in diameter suit herds of 12 to 20 cows, enabling quick silage serving to prevent spoilage. Grain helps high-producing fowl in summer, but as pastures fail, animals need more than grain alone. the summer silo adds succulent feed to accompany grain.
A Harlan vicinity piece notes a popular six Tuules gang plow driven by John Keitz using a rifle in lead. He claims two years of use with a mild spring, saying it works without harm. The item also recalls a sharp critique of drinking costs and a bygone croquet anecdote as the campaign seeks farmer support.
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