DARE Interview : Lansing, Iowa; Primary Informant IA014

Fieldworker

McCabe, Charles

Date

• 1967

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• IA014: White; male; age: 69 (old); education: 8th grade; community type: village
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: IA014 (3:42)
• Full Interview (Tape 0358-S1).
• Content:
• 00:12 Family background—both sets of grandparents came to Iowa from Germany
• 01:33 Farming: stock, grains
• 02:25 Machinery
• 04:00 Dairy cows
• 04:39 Son now runs farm: beef and hogs, problems with dairy cattle (mastitis)
• 07:29 Local types of trees
• 08:15 Cows, dairy
• 09:05 Changes in town since childhood
• 10:22 River activities, types of fish
• 12:15 Hog traits, prices
• 14:33 National Farmers Organization in area
• 16:00 Local bridge
• 17:12 River flooding
• 20:18 Weeds in grain crops
• 22:27 Arthur the Rat
• 26:12 Tape end