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Admitting the difficulty of bringing a cow, or any large beast, into Manhattan the Livestock division, nevertheless, was disappointing. There was only one entry this year: a dozen diminutive dinosaria (spotted newts), which dozed unconcernedly through the whole affair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 4, 1948 | 10/4/1948 | See Source »

...Holstein cow owned by Mrs. Ada Eliassen of Riegelsville, Pa. gave birth to five healthy calves-a great rarity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Sep. 13, 1948 | 9/13/1948 | See Source »

...responded as well as patients respond to liver extract. The discovery is important. For the first time, a laboratory has produced from commonly occurring bacteria a substance with anemia-treating properties, and pernicious anemia patients are freed from the ups & downs of the meat market. Liver extract, obtained from cow livers, varies in quality. The new product will eventually be mass-produced and comparatively cheap. The animal protein factor has proved that it clears up the blood damage in pernicious anemia. Still to be answered: does it repair the nerve damage that is frequently part of the disease...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Hint from the Henhouse | 8/30/1948 | See Source »

What is the gestation period of a cow? Did William Jennings Bryan call a prayer meeting during a Democratic National Convention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Aug. 23, 1948 | 8/23/1948 | See Source »

...that highly scientific Teuton way which makes the Polish and Russian Israelis guffaw. They say that when one yecki found a sick chicken he sent all the way to India for a serum, inoculated every one of his flock. They tell of a yecki with an old dry cow who asked a Polish Jew to sell it for him. The Pole found a Russian Jew to whom he said: "This is a fine young cow; she gives six liters of milk every day." The yecki, standing by, said: "Well, well, that I didn't know; I'd like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: The Watchman | 8/16/1948 | See Source »

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