Cornell Home Study Course on Conservation of Natural Resources
Learn through nine essays in seven lessons covering history soil water forest wildlife and management. Enroll by December 31 for the $10 package including textbook lesson sheets and Cornell staff comments issued by the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell.
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Cornell
North America
New York State College of Agriculture
Cornell University
Community Appraisal program offered by Extension Service
The Tompkins Cy Extension Service with the Regional Resource Development Committee and Kenneth W Gardner announces a Community Appraisal program. Groups such as town boards councils service clubs churches and neighbors will use a workbook and maps to assess their community resources and problems. The initial three meetings will develop workbook information and maps on soil resources highways population and more with specialized help available later. Contact Agricultural Division at 225 South Fulton Street Ithaca phone 272 2292. No charge.
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Tompkins Cy Extension Service
Regional Resource Development Committee
Kenneth W Gardner
Cornell
New York State Commerce Department
Agricultural Division of the Extension Service
Agriculture, Home and
South Fulton Street
Ithaca
Sugar Beet Yield Called Excellent
Cornell researcher notes New York sugar beets near peak harvest with yields up to 30 tons per acre in Geneva plots and 20 tons in some fields. Average sugar content runs about 16 percent, above the 13 percent minimum, with 5 009 tests planned. Plant health shows no major disease outbreaks, though early planting could have boosted yields. about 6 800 acres to be harvested statewide.
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Ithaca
New York
Cornell
Ronald E. Anderson
Geneva
Anderson
New York State
Thoroughbred Breeding On Rise in New York State
In four years fifty new breeding farms have been founded in New York as interest in Thoroughbred breeding grows. Finger Lakes Race Track spurred much of the expansion with Lockover Stallion Station in Avon housing sires such as My Prince IT Prince Edward and Nasholin. Nasholin topped 1960 yearling prices. Peter Duchin’s Mr Right, runner in the New York Breeders Futurity, won the Dwyer Stakes at Aqueduct beating top rivals, including Ameroid, Belmont winner, as a key 1965 season highlight.
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Canandaigua
Empire State
New York
Finger Lakes Race Track
Lockover Stallion Station
Avon
Princequillo
Nashua
Orchestra
Peter Duchin
Mr. Right
Thomas Waller
Aqueduct
Ameroid
Ayrshire herd posts long record run and top milk cow
In its 17th year of official testing Mr Burr’s Ayrshires averaged 11 649 pounds of milk and 450 pounds of butterfat on 53 lactations with a 3 9 percent test Willow Brook Chirlaca yielded 14 230 pounds of milk in 305 days on twice daily milking topping the herd for milk production while Willow Brook Charlaca led butterfat with 568 pounds
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Willow Brook
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Fernow Hall
H.C. Delong, Inc
Gordon Huckle
Prospect Street
Trumansburg
Sherwin - Williams
Excello
Black
Main St
Trumansburg, N.Y
Ayrshire
Monteur Falls
Millspaugh Bros
Marshall
Marshall Brothers Hatchery
Ithaca, New York
Kimberchike
Purina
Farmco, Inc
Seneca Falls
N. Y