Penn State Dairy Scientists Tackle Dry Milk Flavor Challenge
Research by Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station dairy scientists aims to develop a dried whole milk that tastes like fresh milk for the armed forces. Efforts focus on removing calcium to avoid chalky taste, replacing milk fat with vegetable fats, and eliminating delta decalactone, with funding from the Quartermaster Food and Container Institute.
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Penn State Dairy
Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station
United States Armed Forces
Dairy Science Department
Pennsylvania State University
Stuart Patton
Patton
Quartermaster Food and Container Institute of the Armed Forces
Nine Per Cent Drop In Horses and Mules
The Crop Reporting Board estimates 3,558,000 horses and mules in the U S on January 1, down 370,000 head or about nine percent from 1956 and about half the 1946 55 average. The North Central States show a 12 percent drop while the Western States fall six percent. The average value is $71.60 per head, up from $62.60 a year earlier.
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Crop Reporting Board
North Central States
Hereford Steer Captures Houston Fat Stock Show Grand Championship
A sleek 825 pound Hereford steer named Pug won the grand championship at the Houston Fat Stock Show, continuing Hereford wins across major 1957 livestock shows. James Everett of Valentine Texas guided the steer to top honors over all breeds in the open show, with sales support for Houston’s Texas Children’s Hospital.
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Houston
Tex
Phoenix
Denver
Amarillo
San Antonio
James
Robert Everett
Jeff Davis County Club
Frank Newsom
Pug
J. E. Garren
van Horn
Bill Williams
Mr. Williams
Texas Chil
Claude Hamil
Index of Prices Through Feb 15 Drops Two Percent
The month ended Feb 15 saw the index of prices received by farmers fall about two percent due to lower hogs tomatoes lettuce milk and potatoes. Chickens oranges and some commercial vegetables rose in price. The parity index rose nearly one percent to a new high, boosted by food feeder livestock and motor supplies, leaving the parity ratio at about 80.
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Crop Reporting Board
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Martins
LS Pace
Martin
Lancaster
D. M. Stoltzfus & Son, Inc
Quarryville, Pa
Quarryville
Sterling
Florin
Wolgemuth Bros., Inc
Florin, Pennsylvania
Mount Joy
Bear
Sita Ah Edge
Dts
Inter-State Milk Producers Cooperative
Leola
Lancaster County
Paul Trimble
Florence Mae Flory
Paul Herr
Horst’s
Arbor Acres
Horst’s Poultry
Blue Ball
Finkletown
New Holland
Cub Tractor
McCormick Farm
Ephrata, PA
Cramer’s York Fertilizer
Beth
West Willow Farmers Association
West Willow
Ph. Lane
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