Batting Rocks Over The Barn: An Iowa Farm Boy’s Odyssey, by Lawn Griffiths
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Batting Rocks Over The Barn: An Iowa Farm Boy’s Odyssey, by Lawn Griffiths
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The rhythm of rural life during the 1950s and 1960s comes alive through the eyes of a Grundy County, Iowa, boy who grew up to become a newspaper journalist and farm editor. An idle pastime of batting rocks over the barn or his experiences in a one-room country school or a third-grade debate over whose fathers had the best brand of farm tractors are told in this eclectic collection of some of Lawn Griffiths' most popular “Rural at Random” weekly farm columns in the Waterloo Courier during the 1970s. The award-winning writer tells about driving calves to spring pasture, the mayhem of scattering rats after hog houses were moved, transferring pullets into hen houses in the fall and the death of a beloved blacksmith who was always ready to weld broken machinery parts. He tells of the drudgery of baling hay, the job of cutting corn for silage, and cows tormented by flies in the summertime. Griffiths captures the seasons on the farm from oat seeding in the spring to pulling cockleburs from corn fields in the summer to making the long first day of summer a chore-free “Kids Day.” He tells how his father taught teens from town how to properly rake hay and how some came back at night to raid his watermelon patch. There's the account how Griffiths' twin brother earned his pilot's license, then took farmers to the skies to see their farms from above. That and more in a collection of stories of another time on Midwest farms.
Batting Rocks Over The Barn: An Iowa Farm Boy’s Odyssey, by Lawn Griffiths- Amazon Sales Rank: #890207 in Books
- Published on: 2015-05-30
- Released on: 2015-05-30
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .38" w x 6.00" l, .50 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 150 pages
About the Author The rhythm of rural life during the 1950s and 1960s come alive through the eyes of a Grundy County, Iowa, boy who grew up to become a newspaper journalist and farm editor. An idle pastime of batting rocks over the barn or his experiences in a one-room country school or a third-grade debate over whose fathers had the best brand of farm tractors are told in this eclectic collection of some of Lawn Griffiths' most popular “Rural at Random” weekly farm columns in the Waterloo Courier during the 1970s. The award-winning writer tells about driving calves to spring pasture, the mayhem of scattering rats after hog houses were moved, transferring pullets into hen houses in the fall and the death of a beloved blacksmith who was always ready to weld broken machinery parts. He tells of the drudgery of baling hay, the job of cutting corn for silage, and cows tormented by flies in the summertime. Griffiths captures the seasons on the farm from oat seeding in the spring to pulling cockleburs from corn fields in the summer to making the long first day of summer a chore-free “Kids Day.” He tells how his father taught teens from town how to properly rake hay and how some came back at night to raid his watermelon patch. There's the account how Griffiths' twin brother earned his pilot's license, then took farmers to the skies to see their farms from above. That and more in a collection of stories of another time on Midwest farms
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Brave Old World By Ken Moe Griffiths demonstrates a reporter's keen power of observation and a poet's skill with language in this collection of memories of rural Iowa farm life in the middle of the last century. His words resurrect a way of life lost in this century. For all its gritty reality, the world Griffiths recounts from his own childhood experience is richer and more humane than today's era of cost-efficient agribusiness, particularly regarding treatment of animals. BATTING ROCKS OVER THE BARN is much more than a nostalgic look at Midwestern rural life and farming practices in the 1950s, though it is both of these. This is an honest book about the nobility of life in direct contact with the environment, about learning from the land, about community solidarity, and about family faithfulness. It is especially worthwhile for those of us who grew up in big cities.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A wonderful description of farm life told through the eyes of ... By Doris Gazda A wonderful description of farm life told through the eyes of a growing boy. Oh, the things he did are too numerous to mention here but if you read this book you will learn literally everything about farm life. The story is told with a light touch and is fun to read. This would be a great book for young people to read, especially those who know nothing but city life. They will learn about the hard work and long hours of farming told through the eyes of a fun-loving kid. Highly recommended!!!
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A bit of entertainment and education By Daniel J. dundon A confession - I know the author. We worked together as reporters for an Iowa newspaper.Although I worked in Iowa for nearly 20 years, I really had relatively little contact with agriculture. I covered cops and courts, politics and education but rarely farming unless a crime occurred on a farm or a farmer ran for elected office. The closest I came to writing about agriculture is when Deere & Co. released their annual financial report or announced workforce changes.So reading Lawn's "Batting Rocks Over The Barn" was really somewhat of an education for me. I had no idea many farm buildings were portable or that surcingles were contraptions used on dairy cows. Not only did I learn something about Iowa farms, I was able to reconnect with the genuine people of Iowa through this book. They are good people and Lawn has done an excellent job of capturing them in his prose.So for a bit of an education on agriculture or just a bit of entertainment and relaxation, give this book a try. You won't regret it.
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