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The dairy cows at the fair were the most elite of the world. Says the History of the World's Fair: They belong to the herdsman's 400. Every one of them is blue-blooded and has a pedigree in the herd books as long as a man's arm. Every one of them, as her name indicates, is somebody's darling. Every one of them has a body servant and is a farm pet.
State flag of Pennsylvania Location of Pennsylvania in the United States. Pennsylvania, the fifth-most populous state in the United States, [1] is the birthplace or childhood home of many famous Americans. People from Pennsylvania are sometimes called "Pennsylvanians".
A farmstead in Perry Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.. Agriculture is a major industry in the U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania. [1] As of the most recent United States Census of Agriculture conducted in 2017, there were 53,157 farms in Pennsylvania, covering an area of 7,278,668 acres (2,945,572 hectares) with an average size of 137 acres (55 hectares) per farm. [2]
The Category should be limited to the de facto limits of Pennsylvania. So it should not include those who lived effectively in de facto independent Native American polities, those who were subjects of the areas of New France in the area also then claimed by Pennsylvania, or people who de facto recognized themselves as subjects of the Province ...
The dairy industry in the United States includes the farms, cooperatives, and companies that produce milk, cheese and related products such as milking machines, and distribute them to the consumer. By 1925, the United States had 1.5-2 million dairy cows, each producing an average of 4200 lb of milk per year.
Tom Candy Ponting (August 26, 1824 - October 11, 1916) was an American rancher, farmer and cattle driver. [1] In 1853–1854, together with his business partner, Washington Malone, they were the first people to drive a herd of Texas Longhorn cattle from Texas to New York City, the longest cattle drive in American history.
Pennsylvania has 8,500 farms with 555,000 dairy cows. Milk produced in Pennsylvania yields an annual revenue of about US$1.5 billion. [70] Milk prices collapsed in 2009. Senator Bernie Sanders accused Dean Foods of controlling 40% of the country's milk market.
Thom Hatch, author and novelist who specializes in the history of the American West, the American Civil War, and the Plains Indian Wars; Eugene Iverd, illustrator and teacher; Ron Larson, author of several dozen mathematics textbooks; Leon Ray Livingston, known as "King of the Hobos" Ruth Eleanor Newton, illustrator and designer