Carnation Lola Lassie Spofford Joins 1 000 Ib Butterfat Club
The Holstein-Friesian Association grants a new 1,000 pound butterfat record to Carnation Lola Lassie Spofford at Carnation Milk Farms Washington. The six year old produced 25,389 pounds milk and 1,010 pounds fat in a 365 day Advanced Registry test under State College of Washington oversight.
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Carnation
Lola Lassie Spofford
Carnation Milk Farms
Washington
State College of Washington
Pontiac Clothside DeKol
Spofford
Lola
Poultry Products Inspection Act Takes Full Effect in 1959
The USDA notes the Poultry Products Inspection Act becomes fully effective on January 1, 1959. Except for exempt producers and retail dealers, all trade processors must have plants officially approved before shipping products interstate after January.
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USDA
Swift Ordered to Cease And Desist Market Practices
The U S Department of Agriculture issued a Packers and Stockyards Act order against Swift and Company on December 23 to stop buying hogs at prices based solely on average weight, to halt arranging competitive buyers as original purchasers, to stop providing price information to buyers, and to refrain from restricting competition or manipulating live stock prices. The action, made for settlement, preserves two additional allegations about price information and market-wide price establishment as the department seeks a settlement through negotiations with interested parties.
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Washington
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Packers and Stockyards Act
Department
Swift and Company
Swift
USDA
US Crop Report Notes Record Yields Across Staples
The report highlights a record oat and wheat production with higher yields than 1957 and a large crop since 1942. Rye also shows a notable yield, while potato output rises 15 percent above 1957 and above average, marking the fourth largest on record.
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Lancaster
Ithaca, N. Y
Babcock Poultry Farm Research Center
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Lloyd M. Burkholder
Hatchery
Vantress Cross
Red Cross U. 5
Ephrata, PA
Stevens
D. M. Stoltzfus & Son, Inc
Quarryville, Pa
Quarryville
Sterling
Gree Saa
Oliver
Farmersville Equipment Co
Ephrata
R.D
N. G. Hershey & Son
Chas. J. McComsey & Sons
Hickory Hill, Pa
Manheim, R. D
J. B. Lapp
Atglen, Pa
R.D. I
Mount Joy, Pa
Baby Chicks
Nas A Farms
BABY
Mount Joy
de Laval
Landis Bros
Manheim Pike
Summers Bros
GAP
Lanc. Co. Farm Bureau
Dillerville RD
LANC
Weaver's
Equi
Strasburg
J. B. Zimmerman
Blue
Schotzberger’s Elm
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