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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1979
Page
4
The National Weather Service 30 day outlook suggests Iowa may experience a cool and wet spring if the forecast holds. Major named regions and dates are not specified in the accessible text.
Linn County Better Crops Club and the Alburnett Lions Club sponsor two conservation tillage divisions in crop yields contests for 2000 pound residue rules. The Soil Conservation Service may measure residue while entrants track costs to compare systems. Prizes go to top overall yields and top yields with conservation tillage. contact Dennis Earhart or Ken Millsap for entry details.
Twenty four 4 H members across seven Cedar Rapids extension area counties were selected to submit state award applications for trips to National 4 H Congress. Names include Ebers Moore Paulsen Walker Niermeyer and many others across dairy beef bread clothing and leadership projects.
Six 4-H clubs in The Gazette area receive Pioneer Community Improvement Grants totaling $1,000 from Pioneer Hi-Bred International of Des Moines. Recipients include Jackson Better Farmers Benton County Monroe Junior Feeders Clayton County Merry Hearts Scott and Scott Hot Shots Fayette County Land W Feeders and 4 Lucky I's Iowa County. Projects include park cleanup sign trash cans buddy program toy lending library picnic table Amana swing and related improvements.
Dysart Iowa three members Caro line and Rich Krafta and Earl Youngblood received honorary chapter farmer honors. Krafta aided with the lamnch show and Youngblood with the can crushing project while local awards went to Russ Hupfeld beef Larry Brandt crops Roger Peters home Al Beck live stock Chris Wilson ag mechanics Dan Degner poultry Joe Hadachek sheep Rick Green swine Randy Dvorak soil Dave Baldwin outdoor recreation Julie Luze. Chris Wilson 16 son of Sandy Wilson was star chapter farmer and vice president Kristi Krafta 14 was star greenhand. Randy Stein 17 son Elmer Stein won the DeKalb Award. About 210 attended. On this date in 1945 US troops entered Nuernberg Germany.
Dan Gilbert, 17, of Iowa Falls is named a district winner in the Brown Swiss Youth Production Awards. He earned the honor for his cow Gibralter Frances Geri, a five year old who yielded 17,480 pounds of milk and 847 pounds of butterfat in a 305 day period.
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