Ringold Lady Dora Tops Hampshire Sows With 71 Pigs
Ringold Lady Dora No. 76306, first Hampshire sow to seven star status, raised 71 pigs to weaning, averaging 11 per litter. She achieved seven star litters, including a seventh litter of 15 pigs with nine saved. Owned by William C. Goodheart Jr. of Eaton, Ohio, later sold to Meadowlark Farms, Sullivan, Indiana.
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Farm Costs Rise Sharply As Wages Outpace Prices
U S department data show farm production costs nearly tripling from 1935-39 to 1947 totaling 14.9 billion dollars, with wages about 3.5 times 1935-39 levels. Prices have slumped, corn and wheat down from early 1948 peaks. Farmers can counter by soil management to boost efficiency and lower unit costs, notably through legumes like alfalfa or sweet clover in rotations.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Dry skim milk now in small home use packages
Dry skim milk officially non-fat dry milk solids is on retail markets in small packages for home use. Thrifty home makers gain economical product to enhance family meals. Ease, convenience and high nutritive value justify its place with flour sugar and salt on the pantry shelf.
Smile Awbile- Bananas and a tunnel train joke
Two little girls from London are taken away as a special treat someone gives them bananas the first they have ever had. One bites hers and the train enters a tunnel. The other warns Mary not to eat hers as bananas supposedly make you blind.
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