Africa opened up after Stanley found Livingstone
Editor notes that 100 years ago Stanley located Dr. David Livingstone at Ujiji near Lake Tanganyika, sparking the scramble for Africa. The piece traces colonial powers, borders drawn for trade, rising African urban migration, ongoing poverty, education gains, and health challenges including malaria.
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Stanley
Livingstone
New York Herald
Dr. Livingstone
Henry Morton Stanley
David Livingstone
Britain
World Health Organization
New York
Wales
United States
New Orleans
England
Queen Victoria
Milk output per man hour doubles since 1960
The ERS reports productivity in dairy farming has doubled since 1960 as milk output per man hour rises and per cow production climbs. Increased capital investment, mechanization, and widespread artificial insemination boost efficiency. 77 percent of herds joined dairy herd improvement associations by 1971.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Economic Research Service
ERS
Oper
Farm Family of Year Named in Oklahoma City
Benny and Viola Tice named Farm Family of the Year by Oklahoma Farm Bureau at its 30th annual convention in Oklahoma City. They run a 1000 acre Canton area ranch with about 100 head of registered Black Aberdeen Angus cattle. Bulls from their herd have been distributed across the Great Plains. The operation is now a partnership with son in law John Caywood.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Farm Bureau
Bennie
Viola Tice
Canton
Tice
Farm Bureau
Great Plains
John Caywood
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