Know Your Breed Holstein by W. J. Dryden
The first importation of Holstein to be established permanently in the United States was made by Winthrop W. Chenery at Belmont Massachusetts in 1857. The Holstein Friesian breed began in the Netherlands and now the United States hosts more purebreds than all other dairy breeds combined with many world champion milk and butter producers among them.
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United States
Winthrop W. Chenery
Belmont
Mass
Netherlands
Grocery Company
Olive Street
St. Louis
New York
Irving B. Ellis
Robert M. Love
Nancy Harkness Love
Harold L. George
Love
ATC
AAF
Wayne “Cornhusker
Fairbury
Neb
Leo Schmoldt
Russia
England
China
France
Liquid medicine for livestock cautions in cross section
The article warns that giving liquid medicine to livestock is risky when using a glass bottle. It describes a drawing of a funnel made from a cow horn and explains steps: boil and clean, saw off about an inch from the tip, and drill into the natural cavity.
Cattle Brucellosis Testing Urged Amid Rising Rates
The American Foundation for Animal Health reports higher brucellosis rates last year, with incidence nearly doubling over five years. Testing and retesting of cattle herds remain essential, as vaccination should supplement not replace the testing program. With veterinarians returning from military service, authorities hope to curb the wartime surge soon.
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American Foundation For Animal Health
Guard Rail Helps Reduce Piglet Loss in Farrowing
A Texas station farrowing house uses a simple wooden guard rail to prevent sow trampling of piglets. Easy to build from common farm lumber, the arrangement significantly lowers piglet mortality.
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Texas Station
Ladino Clover Proves Valuable for Pasture Use
Ladino clover is a high protein pasture crop valued for seed and soil improvement. As a perennial, it grows aggressively under favorable conditions, suppresses weeds and undesirable grasses, and offers minerals vitamins and fiber balance for farm forage.
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W. J. Dryden
Georgia
Bartow County
Cartersville
Bette Winterbottom
University of Georgia
Doroth Sanderfer
Shorter College
Rome
Redgall
Gene Talmadge
James V. Carmichael
Unite
Carmichael
Smokey Joe
Robert Wood
Boston Red Sox
Smokey Joe” Wood
Colgate University
Hamilton
N. Y
Young Wood
Ted Williams
Babe Ruth
Cleveland
Ernest C. Lawrence
J. Robert Oppenheimer
University of California
Bobby Riggs
Forest Hills
Don Budge
Riggs
U. S
Truman
Bord Inverchapel
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Big Lake
Wisconsin
Billy Hitchcock
Washington Senators
War Department
Sayaji Rao
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg
Ward
Hillman
Jacob S. Potofsky
CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Digrey Hiller
Carnation Ormsby
Horn Medicine Funnel
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