Word: milking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Myths & Milk...
...summer of 1925 I offered Mrs. Riddle $20,000 for Anesthesia Faith of Hillstead, whose record of 19,741 milk, 1,112 fat was then the record of the breed. My offer . . . was declined, and the cow died without ever having another calf. When Mrs. Riddle founded Avon Old Farms she by no stretch of the imagination owned a cow worth $60,000 or one-tenth as much...
...conductor of the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra ("the oldest and best orchestra in France," says Münch), "le beau Charles" was the idol of lady concertgoers. Like Koussevitzky himself (whose second wife was rich), Charles Münch is independently wealthy. His wife, the daughter of a Swiss condensed-milk millionaire, inherited a fortune said to be close...
This year Elliott is planting alfalfa, clover, oats and corn, enough to fatten 100 steers a year. He has built up his flock of chickens until they are producing 1,700 eggs a day, and plans to add turkeys and capons. Along with the milk, cream and butter from 45 Guernseys, the eggs and chickens are sold to wholesalers in nearby towns...
...particular importance to the students were soy-bean milk stations and a daily allotment of peanuts to supplement their rice diet...