Turn of Century Turkey Drovers and Poultry Roads
The article recounts early colonial poultry keeping and the turkey drovers era from 1790 to 1890. It notes farmers relied on chickens geese and ducks for sustenance and trade and describes the challenges of driving flocks to urban markets near Philadelphia with drovers guarding flocks by night. It also covers post Civil War poultry enthusiasm and limited modern progress before 1880.
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New World
Rover
Turkey
Philadelphia
Eastern
Turkey Steaks Enter Everyday Menus Alongside T Bones
Researchers note turkey offers high quality protein at good value and frequent non holiday use. Turkey hot dogs and fresh turkey steaks are appearing in supermarkets and meat markets as a year round option.
Farm officials urge Congress to block packer meat control
Washington officials plan to press Congress to stall a Smith bill aimed at limiting large scale cattle and hog production by packers and supermarkets. NFU's Robert G. Lewis said the Agriculture Department, echoing Johnson and Nixon era positions, opposes immediate government interference while privately inclined to curb packer entry into livestock.
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Washington
Congress
National Farmers Union
Agriculture Department
Neal Smith
Iowa
Robert G. Lewis
NFU
House
Johnson
Nixon
Department
Lewis
NFA
Earl L. Butz
Smith
Farmers say money not everything in farming careers
A survey of about 1,000 International Harvester readers finds two thirds of farmers believe young people have better pay in nonfarm work while most prefer rural life over city jobs. Only 34 percent would condemn farming as a career for their children, and many expect family farms to grow or reorganize into larger or corporate structures. Younger farmers show more willingness to take risks and optimism about farming’s future.
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Washington
UPI
International Harvester
America
Nebraska Kansas feeder cattle studies compare trucking costs
University of Nebraska Lincoln and Kansas State University publish two NU bulletins on feeder cattle operations and meat trucking. They analyze trucking cost per mile for shipping meat versus live cattle and detail structural characteristics of Nebraska and Kansas feeder cattle growing operations.
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Lanluln
Kansas
Nebraska
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
NU Agricultural Economists
Kansas State University
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