Dairy Industry Began With Bull and Three Heifers in 17th Century
The piece traces dairy origins from 1624 Plymouth Colony when Edward Winslow imported a bull and three heifers aboard the Charity. It follows cattle growth in New England, early cow care, and rising dairy economics leading to America’s modern industry.
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Plymouth Colony
Cattle on feed and placements rise in Nebraska and seven-state area
Nebraska it shows 1 360 000 cattle on feed on November 1 up 11 percent from last year and 20 percent from two years ago. October marketings by Nebraska feeders totaled 270 000 up 15 percent from last year and down 5 percent from two years ago. October feedlot placements reached 490 000 up 22 percent from last year and 24 percent from two years ago. In seven-state totals November 1 cattle on feed for slaughter stood at 7 302 000 head down 4 percent from a year ago but up 7 percent from November 1 1974. October placements were 2 303 000 down slightly from last year yet up 25 percent from 1974. Fed cattle marketed in October totaled 1 487 000 up 14 percent from 1975 and down 2 percent from two years ago.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Agricultural Yields in New York Before and After Revolution
The article notes wheat fields in New York State produced 25 to 35 bushels per acre at the time of the Revolution, but yields fell to 8 bushels per acre over the next fifty years due to poor fertilizing. Irrigated hay fields yielded three mowings or about two tons per acre before the Revolution, while without water there was only one mowing.
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