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...Secretary Wallace signed a Federal-State milk marketing agreement which 39,000 dairymen had approved 6-to-1. Thus the world's largest milk market (6,500,000 qt. a day), New York, became the 22nd district to get such a plan. Marketing Specialist Erskine Harmon was appointed Federal administrator to police the New York industry and maintain the established minimum price paid to farmers (base: $2.45 a cwt.). In drafting the New York program, designed to settle the longtime controversy between farmers and milk distributors in New York City's milk-shed, everyone but distributors (Borden, Sheffield...
...week the Parker House again went to the First National's assistance. Ten minutes after closing, workmen set about removing grills, glass desk tops, accounting machines and money from the bank's vaulted granite lobby and into their place went 12,000 glasses, 700 trays, 2,000 qt. of liquor, 3,000 qt. of soda and ginger...
...lungs are bigger than women's. Their weights range from 2 lb. (women) to 3 lb. (men). At full inspiration the lungs contain about 5 qt. of air. At every normal breath 1 pt. of air goes in & out of the lungs...
Three days later New York City's big milk distributors, including Borden's and Sheffield Farms, boosted the retail price of Grade B milk from 13? per qt. to 14? per qt., voluntarily raised the price paid farmers for fluid milk...
...Prime dairy statistics: 1 qt. of milk weighs 2.15 Ib.; 1 Ib. of butterfat equals 1.25 Ib. of butter...