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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1972
Page
30
A nostalgic essay recalls childhood foraging with a mother and the Ament of wild greens, birds, storms, and rural sounds. The piece blends nature poetry with a memory of spring dandelions and pastoral life. In Ames Iowa, a dairy milking parlor innovation is described as a rotating system to cut labor and costs.
Carlson's Corner recalls veterans marching with a high school band beside flags to honor the fallen, whose crosses stand as a legacy beyond any will. The author notes quiet reverence and personal reflection, emphasizing two people sharing the moment beyond memory.
A three day tour of beef cow calf operations in southern Iowa is set for June 14 to 16. Hosted by Iowa State University Cooperative Extension and the Iowa Development Commission, the trip begins in Ames with overnights in Shenandoah and Chariton.
Dalton Georgia report on the first non farm rural housing loan under the 1971 Farm Credit Act. Bobby J. Cady of Dalton received funds from the Federal Land Bank of Columbia to build a four bedroom rambler six miles northeast of Dalton. Cady, 35, works as a chemist and grew up nearby with wife Barbara and two children.
Tipton farmer Leonard Hoffman has doubled his soybean area this year to 500 acres with 200 acres of corn. Soybeans fetch about 3.37 dollars per bushel versus 1.11 for corn on the Cedar Rapids market. He contracts a third of his crop with the National Farmers Organization for export via Davenport by barge. Hoffman notes 30 inch row soybeans boosted yields over 38 inch rows, averaging 42 bushels per acre last year with best fields around 50. He farms 650 acres near Tipton and 320 acres west of town with his son Victor and family livestock including hogs.
The California Ram sale in Sacramento highlighted by a Hampshire ram selling for 1600 dollars consigned by Ronald Hogg of Salem Oregon. Iowa group members Worley Warner and Dixon attended with 15 range rams priced at 275 each. The event marked the California Wool Growers Association's 52nd annual sale.
Ames ISU extension assistant director Charles E. Donhowe earned a top USDA superior service award among 10 nationwide honorees. The ceremony honored leadership in public affairs education Model Cities rural employment and low income nutrition programs. Appanoose county Rural Development Committee and director Russell Swanson were also cited in Washington.
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