Six Holsteins Recognized for Milk Tests at Penn State
Brattleboro Vermont reports the Holstein Friesian association verifying outstanding production records by six registered Holsteins used by Lancaster County farm 28 Penn State University in cooperation with the creatoration overseeing weighing and testing. Notable cows include Roaring Maples Gas Faith with 14 042 lbs milk and 603 lbs fat and Roaring Maples Expris Delta with 16 335 lbs milk and 51 lbs fat. Other records include Polly Admiral 14 955 lbs milk 570 fat and Parkchester Sovereign Pat 16 656 lbs milk 5 4 fat. All cows milking twice daily for up to 318 days.
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Brattleboro, VT
Holstein Friesian Association
Lancaster County Farm
Penn State University
Creatoration
Harold K Book
Ranks
Roaring Maples
Gas Faith
Roaring Maples Expris Delta
Brubaker
Lititz
Bruk Vil
Robert H Kauffman
Manheim
Parkchester
Sovereign Sta
Edison’s Ten-Year Quest To Perfect Alkaline Battery
According to McGraw Edison Company archives, Thomas A Edison pursued the alkaline storage battery for ten years and conducted more than 5000 experiments before achieving a successful design. The period highlights his persistence and methodical experimentation in early electric storage research.
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Thomas A Edison
McGraw Edison Company
Law on minor car purchases in Pennsylvania
The law states no fixed age to buy a car without a parent’s signature for a minor. A contract by a person under 21 can be voided by the minor before reaching 21 or shortly after, so sellers who transfer a vehicle to someone under 21 risk a default and can only seek the car back.
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Pennsylvania
Cooperating Farmers Join Lancaster Soil District
The Lancaster County Soil and Water Conservation District accepted 13 new cooperating units totaling 943 acres under conservation practices. Signatories include Elis S. Martin 56 acres, Harvey B. Zimmerman 47, Benjamin N. Zimmerman 65, Issac B. Zimmerman 64, Fred W. Johnson 67, Henry S. Eby 66, Aaron Z. Zimmerman 67, Elizabeth M Lauder 78, Clarence Good 84, Willis M Martin 57, Clair Shimp 160, New Holland Machine Co 119, and Ira N Williams 18 acres across East Earl New Holland Columbia Narvon Quarryville and Manheim districts.
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Lancaster County
Issac B. Zimmerman
New Holland
Fred W. Johnson
Willow Street
Henry S. Eby
Aaron Z Zimmerman
Elizabeth M Lauder
Columbia
Clarence Good
Narvon
Willis M Martin
East Earl
Clair Shimp
Quarryvile RD
New Holland Machine Co
Ira N Williams
Manheim
U S Poultry Products Attract Interest At World Poultry Congress
A U S Department of Agriculture exhibit at the 11th World Poultry Congress in Mexico City drew thousands. Visitors from 47 countries sampled ready to cook poultry, learned about quality and export availability, and observed USDA experts answering questions in a model kitchen and demonstrations of industry progress.
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USDA
U. S
Annual Feeder Sale Set For November 1
The Fourth Annual Lancaster Feeder Calf sale is scheduled for Lancaster Union stock yards at 1 p.m. Nov. 1. It is organized with the Penn Livestock and Allied Industries Association and will offer purebred feeder calves from top eastern beef herds. Offerings will be sorted into uniform lots before sale. Lancaster Livestock Exchange officials report fancy club feeders will be available.
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Lancaster
Lancaster Union Stock Yards
Penn, Livestock and Allied Industries Association
Lancaster Livestock Exchange
Fancy Club
Poultry Rations and Processing Topics Highlight Exhibit
Panels traced improvements in poultry rations over the years and explained mechanized processing. The exhibit covered poultry nutrition and cooperative marketing, plus a theater showing U S poultry industry films with English and Spanish narration. More than 15 006 USDA publications were distributed to Congress delegates.
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Ona
U. S
USDA
Congress
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Penn State
Lloyd M. Burkholder
U S
Epichrata, Pa
Stevens
Stauffer
A W
CROS
Keystone Hatchery
Daniel R. Myer
Leola
Allis Chalmers
Allis Chalmere
LES and Service
N. G. Myers & Son
Rheems, Pa
L. H. Brubaker
Lititz, Pa
Snavelys Farm Service
New Holland, Pa
Lancaster, Pa
Nissley Farm Service
Washington Boro
Mann & Grumelli Farm Serv
Quarryville, Pa
R. S. Weaver
Stevens, Pa
U.S
H & Ffa
Surav
Farm Bureau
Spnc
Quarryville ST
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