Word: livestock
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...John Fox discovered that New England livestock could not survive the Middle East climate [July 7]? The Israeli government imported a Holstein bull (Whirlhill Hector) from our farm some time ago to improve their fine Holstein herds. All reports indicate that Hector and his daughters are thriving in the Biblical land of milk and honey...
...announced: "I've got an idea that will knock the Jews in this town on their butts. We're going to send cows to Israel." He got Bernard Goldfine to donate the first cow toward a project that fell flat only when Fox discovered that New England livestock could not survive in the Middle East climate...
...more than 2½ "times 1955's low of $4,235. For a national view, the Farm Journal polled its regional correspondents, found business noticeably better in every section except the Southeast, where row-crop farmers have been hit by weather and acreage cuts, but livestock and poultry farmers are prospering...
...third week of March. Another hopeful sign was an upturn in machine-tool orders, considered an important economic indicator. And one major segment of the economy was enjoying a springtime bloom of prosperity: the Agriculture Department announced that farm prices rose 4% from February to March, with livestock, fruit, potatoes and eggs leading the way. It was the third consecutive monthly rise, put farm prices 10% above the year-ago level...
Rather than sell their cattle, livestock-men are now busily building up their herds. At long last, they had excellent conditions for it. Good grazing land was plentiful. Parts of the Southwest had three times as much rain this crop year as last. Soil was moist for six feet down in some areas, and once-dry water holes were brimful again. Furthermore, standard-grade feed corn was selling in Chicago for an average $1.15 per bu. v. $1.31 a year ago, and cattlemen were fattening their herds at bargain prices...