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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1978
Page
12
A winter pattern forms on a fence five miles north of Peoria Illinois along Route 91. The scene is noted as a common conversational subject highlighting weather’s visual impact on a sunny day.
An evening workshop titled Salesmanship for the Farmer Customer is scheduled Monday at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids. The session runs 7 to 10 30 p.m. in Building B on the east campus, costs 5 dollars with no preregistration. Instructor Allen Zahner will cover farmer psychology, customer relations, and selling aids for farmers.
A list of farm auctions and closouts with times, acreages, and seller names across Iowa towns. Notable items include a 200 acre auction by Merlyn McIllrath near Coggan, and multiple sales near Worthington Shellsburg Fayette Atkins Mechanicsville Winthrop Cresco Independence and Midway.
Sigourney resident Fred Bos of What Cheer won the Keokuk County corn yield contest for the second year in a row. This year he produced 38.5 bushels, following a 183.02 bushel per acre yield set as his first win and a 144.51 bushel yield last year.
West Des Moines advisors list includes Dean McWilliams Deep Riverfield crops Keith Horn Riverside Marylin Jorgensen Garrison Jerry Jellings Oelwein John Wall Iowa City Don Gingerich Parnell Klein Lubben Delhi Marian Owens Columbus Junction Robert Joslin Clarence Delbert Grafft Anamosa joins on one year terms for beef dairy swine crops and sheep committees.
The highest priced item at the All Bred Gilt Show fetched 425 dollars. The reserve champion was shown by Dave Stewart of Waverly and the champion by Larry Woods of Oelwein. Black Hawk 4-H won the team hog judging. Jeff Hein of Dy Sart Geneseo was top individual. Judging was by Bob Naylor of the American Hampshire Registry.
Des Moines State Agriculture Secretary Bob Lounsberry urged federal officials to extend disaster aid to poultry producers, matching other livestock aid. He proposes amending the Emergency Feed Program of the Food and Poultry Act of 1977 to cover future losses and retroactive 1977 losses.
A behind the scenes look airs this Sunday at a Nevada location described as a Soviet air force headquarters parade. The piece invites viewers to see the preparations, architecture, and participants involved in the unusual event.
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