New USDA Yearbook Soil Expands Coverage for Care of Soil
The 1957 Yearbook of Agriculture "Soil" adds up to date guidance for home gardens and farms. It covers soil management, fertility, moisture, erosion, irrigation, and regional needs in 16 US regions, with tables, graphs, and practical farming practices.
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USDA
US Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Evra Taft Benson
Yearbook of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Superintendent of Documents
Goverment Printing Office
Wahington 25
Farm Calendar Highlights Local Agricultural Events
A schedule listing events from Oct 5 to Oct 17 includes Brandywine Angus Heifer Club Show at Norman Davidson Farm Kennett Square. New Holland 4-H at James Wolgemuth Albareville. Conestoga Bus Garage Lancaster steer feeder tour. NEPPCO Exposition at Harrisburg Farm Show Building. PFA dinner Mt Joy. Young Farmers at Manor School Mt Joy. Chestnut Level Farm Show Oct afternoons. NACAA Boston Oct 16. State Veterinary Medicine Conference Lancaster Oct 17. State Black & White Sale Harrisburg Farm Show Building.
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Norman Davidson Farm
Kennett Square
Conestoga
East Chestnut Street
Lancaster
Farm Show
Harrisburg
PFA
Hostetter’s
Mt Joy Young Farmers Meeting
Manor School
Penn State Holstein Completes Sixth Straight 1000 lb Lactation
Penn State Inka Pathfinder Star, the university’s famed Holstein, completes a 365 day record of 24 248 pounds of milk and 1 006 pounds of butterfat at age 12 years eight months. Lifetime production reaches 210 394 pounds of milk and 8 870 pounds of butterfat with four sons, four daughters, and extensive descendants in the Holstein-Friesian Herd Book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn State Holstein
Pennsylvania State University
Penstate Inka Pathfinder Star
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Inka
University Farm
Osborndale
Inka Ormsby
Waldo
Kellogg
Derby
Conn
Penn State
Penstate
Spruceleigh Inka Star
Theestern
Pennsylvania Artificial Breeders Cooperative
Keystone
Green Chop May Be Better Than Grazing
A cooperative USDA ARS and Pennsylvania Experiment Station study finds green chop feeding for dairy cattle may be more profitable than grazing, with one dairy farm adding three cows to the herd by switching from grazing to green chop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
Pennsylvania Experiment Station
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United States
New York
Babcock
Babcock Bessie
Babcock Poultry Farm, Inc
Ithaca
Neppco
Babcock Booth
Manheim
Farm Bureau Cooperative
New Holland
James Wolgemuth
Mt Joy
Chicago
Thuns
NACAA
Boston
Weil
Hotel Brunswick
Union Stockyards
Purina
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