New Crops and Seed Bank Focus of USDA Research
USDA plans added emphasis on developing profitable new crops and preserving breeding stocks. Three crops, Dio s corcea, Simmondsia, and timber bamboos, will be studied, and a National Seed Storage Laboratory will be built at Colorado A and M College Fort Collins to house permanent seed collections and breeding stocks.
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USDA
National Seed Storage Laboratory
Colorado
Congress
Colorado A and M College
Fort Collins
Colorado Laboratory
Gulf and Atlantic
Top-Grade Macaroni? Actually Plant Studies and New Crops
The article blends guidance on selecting top grade macaroni products with agricultural research from ARS. It notes taste, texture, and water clarity for pasta quality, then shifts to experiments on nutrient uptake in trees and plans to preserve and deploy plant varieties. It highlights C. O. Ehlanson and ERS work, plus prospects for Dio scorea yams, timber bamboos and Simmondsia chinensis as new crops.
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Elsie Ramesberger
Pennsylvania State University
C. O. Ehlanson
ARS
Erlanson
West Chester Bull Becomes Summarized Sire King
Peterborough New Hampshire registered Guernsey bull King owned by J W McCoy West Chester Pennsylvania reaches Summarized Sire status after meeting club criteria. King has 42 tested daughters with 95 official records average 9306 pounds milk 467 pounds fat in 305 day mature equivalent.
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Peterborough
Guernsey
H. H. Buckley
Oneoita
Rilma
Cathedral Rose
Sadie
Cathedral Jewels
Add Similes She Attracts Two More Attention Than A Thermometer
The line likens attentions to a thermometer rising after a cool wave arrival. It captures a Toledo Blade style simile showing enhanced notice following a calm period.
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Toledo Blade
Simmondsia Could Offer Profitable Dry Land Crop Option
Studies suggest jojoba waxes may substitute for imported sperm oil and carnauba wax in various industrial products. Widespread planting in southwestern dry land could be profitable if production remains economical.
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Simmondsia
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Lancaster
Agricultural Research Center
Beltsville
C. P. Harley
L. O. Regeimbal
H. H. Moon
Mexico
Vapam
P.L. Rohrer
Smoketown, Pa
Amos Eby & CO
Strasburg
West Chester
Stanley H. Deiter
Willow Street Pike
Ph. Lancaster
Greider -Leghorns
Greider Leghorn Farms, Inc
MT. Joy
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