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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1971
Page
11
USDA data show soybeans on hand April 1 at 619 million bushels, far below trade hopes of 850 million. With corn stocks down 15 percent to 2.331 billion bushels, exports and crushings are reassessed, while analysts warn drought and blight threaten crops and prices.
Delaware county extension director Robert Hall notes record planting tempo with 4 percent of corn acreage planted by May last year and a projected 1 to 16 percent this year as weather aids early spring sowing. Farmers pace planting toward a May tenth finish with soil readings easing near freezing last week.
Cedar Rapids broadcaster Bob Nance will address a joint meeting of the Cedar Rapids ProAg club and the Feedard Grain club at Rilkedgely Cedar Rapids on Tuesday May 1. A social hour begins at 6 30 pm with dinner at 7 pm and Nance will speak on Australian agriculture.
Waterloo Hawkeye Institute of Technology opens a farm training program July 9 for 110 military veterans eligible for GI benefits. The two classes cover stock and crop production, farm management, animal breeding and related trades, with 12 hours weekly over 44 weeks and eight weeks off. Fees total about 120 per quarter plus 20 for books.
Washington plan proposes moving Farmers Home Administration financing from Treasury to private funds with government insurance, boosting farm operating loan and mortgage ceilings while cutting treasury use. Des Moines Senate debates a hog movement bill amid costs and health cert requirements for shipments. Montreal Expos host Chicago Cubs in baseball telecast on KCRG-TV9.
MANCHESTER The annual Delaware county 4-H camp will be held May 28 29 and final Camp Wapsie is four miles southwest of Coggon Registration deadline is May 20 The camping expert plan this year is open to all 44 members currently in grades 4 through 7.
Davenport reports growth in the expanded nutrition program with 1,270 participants across 232 families. Home economists Bonnié Birker and Scott Puilsty note 224 urban recipients receiving public assistance, 892 children, 521 enrolled in school, and 278 in school lunch programs, with aides visiting 16.5 families on average.
The 11th annual Delaware Dairy Festival will be held at dairygro wds in Manchester on June 16 with chair Dave Huber noting plans. Highlights include serving a dairy year 6 to 7545 pum, honoring the Delaware county dairy princess, a plaque for the 1871 Distinguished Dairyman, and certificates for top dairy heritage producers and the annual production testing program. Over HM Delaware County dairymen and related parties plan and carry out festival activities.
A recurring feature titled Dennis The Menace appears daily in the Gazette classifieds. The playful column follows the antics and mischief of a familiar character, adding light humor to readers' days.
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