WORLD COARSE GRAIN PRODUCTION * (ACTUAL AND LINEAR TREND) Million Metric Tom 600 - WORLD (£ deluding U.S.) 7TT| 1 1 1 1 I I__ I L -1---I _ 1 1- 1 L-= 1960 61 1965 66 1970 71 1975/76 'lnclude! corn, barley, rye, ooti and torghom. US DA Sponsored by: MUNCY-CHIEF HYBRIDS Muncy, ’’ f Wl NTPA DOUBLE TOP 25 TRACTORS JANUARY 23 Session I Friday, January 23 1. 5000 Super Stock 2. 12,000 Super Stock Session II Friday, January 23 3. 7000 Super Stock 4. 9000 Modified Session 111 Saturday, January 24 5 5000 Modified 6 12,000 Open Session IV Saturday, January 24 7. 7000 Modified 8 9000 Super Stock 32,000.” 1976 PENN NliMnMrlONril TRACTOR pua 24,1976 PURSE Farm Show Coliseum 1:00 p.m SEND FOR RESERVED SEAT TICKETS! j SESSION I 7:30 p.m. I SESSION It ! a 1:00 p.m. NAM ADDRESS STATE 7:30 p.m | ENCLOSE SELF ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE WITH REMITTANCE TO J Economic Kejeorch Service .At $4.00 At $5.00 ALFALFA HAY PRICES (RECEIVED BY FARMERS) f PER TON - 1 1 California 70 _ . \''« I ,/r x so -rxj/"h~r' 30 Wltcanaln ioL— -I- -i - ■ .tL— -1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 YEAR BEGINNING MAY 1 USOA NEC eWSWMW JO*?* <*C rv ' *- , SESSION 111 At $4.00 SESSION IV At $5.00 Total amount enclosed PENN WINTERNATIONALS INC. BOX 116 INTERCOURSE, PENNA 17534 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Oct 18,1975 Longhorns Could Survive As Hardy Range Critters Men who were legends rode the ranges of the Old West, 0 *S'"* Harrisburg ZIP thev stalked the dusty streets of cow towns and boom towns They fought, shot, loved and rode their way into the pages of what is unique American folklore But. had it not been for the Longhorn, the cowboys of the Old West might today be as unheralded as the early American cattle men of the East The Longhorn was a rangy critter, descended from tough Andalusian cattle brought to the New World in the early 16th century by Cortez, the Spanish explorer The Long horns flourished in the sparse vegetation of the and South west Where a Hereford or an Angus might sttrve to death, the Longhorn could find and eat enough to stay alive. Needless to say, the animals were more renowned for this survival ability than for the quality of their meat While the meat could be eaten, the Longhorn's principal com mercial value derived from their hides, horns, hooves and the tallow rendered from their carcasses Immense herds of these an imals accumulated on the plains and in the riverbeds of the American Southwest dur ing the Civil War In Texas alone hundreds and hundreds of thousands of Longhorns, as wild and skittish as deer, abounded on the open range As the East and Midwest became more and more urban ized the growing population dev eloped an appetite for meat and other animal pro ducts that far outstripped the production ability of local far mers Many ex soldiers, from the North as well as the South, drifted westward to capture the Longhorns and drive them to railheads in Kansas or Oklahoma for shipment to market It was not an easv v,av to make a living, but n.dnv Tt-'d*- moguls got their s„srt b\ ji" 'ing 'anat- on Longhorns ir the hot dry climate of the Southwest, the Longhorns hid from the heat of the day and the insects by taking refuge in the almost impenetrable thickets of mesquite and palo verde A man on horseback could not possibly follow the creatures into those thickets But the Longhorn, whose horns com monly spanned ten feet from tip to tip, moved with un canny grace through brush, ducking, l swinging and weav ing his horns with a fluid motion that destroys the old cliche about the bull in a china shop Longhorns vanished from the cattle markets as home steaders fenced in the open range Homesteaders brought barbed wire with them and they brought English cattle breeds These cattle were more domesticated and they produced far superior beef But they were not the stuff of legends 11
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