Conestoga wagon and horse shaped early American trade
The Conestoga wagon and a bred horse emerged in Lancaster County to haul crops to Philadelphia and support early industry. Unique features included a 16 foot bed, a center sag, 24 foot canvas canopies, and left side driving. Horses pulled six ton loads and carried bells as identification. Ben Franklin helped deploy fleets for Revolutionary needs and the wagon aided Valley Forge supplies and a French funded silver loan of six hundred thousand dollars.
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Pennsylvania
Oth
Lancaster County
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Annals of Agriculture
Ben Franklin
Cattle Numbers Hint at Higher Prices This Spring
A government survey shows cattle and calves on U S farms at 128 million, down 3 percent from a year ago. Slaughter reached 46.1 million in 1975, up 16 percent from 1974, signaling potential substantial gains in beef prices as margins shift and feeder cattle prospects improve. Dairy cow numbers are 11.1 million, down 1 percent from a year earlier.
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Bernard Brenner
UPI
Washington
Agriculture Department
Nest
George Hoffman
Hoffman
Roftman
Soviet grain deal viewed as only partial fix
A UPI report cites economist Martin Abel of the University of … saying the long term Soviet American grain agreement is only a partial solution to the volatility in world grain prices caused by erratic Soviet purchases. Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz credited 1975 stability but called swings in Soviet demand the principal destabilizing factor of the 1970s.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Earl L. Butz
Martin Abel University of
Zeller leads Schuyler cattle test ADG race top Angus
At Schuyler Eastern Nebraska Beet Cattle Testing Station a Zeller Company bull number 13 gained 35 pounds in the test period for a 6.88 ADG and 3.32 WDA, leading 38 Angus bulls on test in ADG and weight per day of age. Tetherow Cattle, Merriman Angus Ranch, and Clair Jones Genoa share second and third places with notable ADG and WDA figures.
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Nebraska
Sime Mental
Tetherow Cattle Company
Valentine
Tetherow
Angus Ranch
Merriman
Clair Jones
Genoa
Schuyler
Midwest Crop Clinic Set for February 16 at Holiday Inn
A 1976 Midwest Crop Clinic for corn and soybean farmers will be held February 16 at the Holiday Inn in Columbus starting at 9:00 a.m. A free hot lunch is offered at noon while doors open at 9:30 a.m. Professional narrators will discuss export data and farming techniques with a focus on a computer program demonstration.
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Muncrdalked
Columbus
Holstein Association Elects Secretary-Treasurer in Grand Malcon Condern
Rural Columbus resident Mrs LeRoy Schee elected secretary treasurer of the Central District Holstein Association at its annual meeting held this week in Grand Malcon Condern with Rueben Meier serving as president.
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Oeder
Columbus
Central District Holstein Association
Grand Malcon Condern
Aurora
Rueben Meier
General Motors Tests Cornstalk Boiler Fuel Mix
General Motors reports a test using a mixture of 10 cornstalks as boiler fuel. The study suggests farm residue, including stalks left after harvest, could be a viable energy alternative to coal and may inform future fuel blends.
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General Motors
F.L. Green
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William Penn
Conestoga Valley
Virginia
Conestona Wagoner
Valley Forge
Prokupek Shoes
Lundell
Pam
Sheen
Qvily
Choice Sendar
W. Hwy
Zeller Bull
Austin
Tex
Abel
Congressional Office of Technology Assessment
United States
Congressional
Soviet Union
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Holiday Inn
Pad University
Lafayette
Indiana
Aserom
Upoke Company
Dow Chemies USA
Bebler Manufacturing Company
Schroeder
LeRoy Schee
RED Country International
Nebr
Land Bank
Mark Sumo
Federal Land Bank Association
23Rd Street
Jarl Luetkenhaus
E. Hwy
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