Dl4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 28,1984
Cornell beef book written
ITHACA, N.Y. Ezra Cornell,
the founder of Cornell University,
maintained a herd of Shorthorn
and North Devon cattle on his 207-
acre farm that became the campus
of this Ivy League school.
When the University opened its
doors in 1865, the founder included
his cattle, along with his Ithaca
farmland, in his original en
dowment. Thus, the history of beef
cattle programs at Cornell dates
back to the year the University
was founded.
This little known fact about Ezra
Cornell’s cattle is described in a
new booklet - A History of Beef
Cattle at Cornell - by Ken
Tillapaugh who was beef cattle
manager at Cornell for more than
three decades until his retirement
in 1983.
Tillapaugh’s book chronicles the
Farm loans
WASHINGTON, D.C. - An addi
tional $250 million for farm
operating loans is being made
available immediately by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s
Farmers Home Administration,
Secretary of Agriculture John R.
Block announced.
The funds are being transferred
from other loan programs where,
it is anticipated they will not be
needed in the remaining 12 weeks
of the current fiscal year.
“This move will help ensure that
farmers’ needs for credit to
finance this year’s production will
be met,” Block said. “These funds
are in addition to a record-high
$1.91 billion already budgeted for
operating loans this year for
Farmers Home Administration. ’ ’
Of the $250 million total, $l5O
million in insured - or direct -
loans is being moved from the
single-family housing program,
and $lOO million in loan guarantees
is being moved from the business
and industry loan guarantee pro
gram.
The additional funds will be
made available on an as-needed
basis to Farmers Home Ad
ministration field offices.
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V growth and development of the
various beef cattle programs at
Cornell University over nearly 120
years. Today, the beef program
has attained stature as a major
division in the department of
animal science in the New York
State College of Agriculture and
Life Sciences at Cornell.
Research activities involving
Cornell’s beef cattle program now
are centered in the beef cattle
research facility at the Animal
Science Teaching and Research
Center near Harford, about 15
miles from campus. The beef
facility at the 2,500-acre research
center is capable of ac
commodating up to 600 animals.
The overall goal of Cornell’s
program is to develop more ef
ficient methods of raising and
managing beef cattle under New
York conditions, thus making beef
producers in the State more
competitive with their coun
terparts in other regions of the
country.
For a free copy of Tillapaugh’s
book, write to the Beef Cattle
Division, Department of Animal
Science, 130 Morrison Hall, Cornell
University, Ithaca, NY 14853. The
telephone number is (607) 256-7712.
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American Soybean Association’s
Soybean Expo. The four-day
program is expected to draw over
2,000 participants to the Tulsa,
Oklahoma Convention Center,
Aug. 3-7.
Any soybean farmer can par
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dition to 21 educational Soy Profit
Sessions, Expo participants will
have over 12 hours of free time to
visit more than 250 exhibits that
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Soybean Expo opens
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The 75-minute Soy Proft Sessions
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Stress; 1985 Farm Bill Policy
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on Soybeans; Computers on the
Farm; Weed Control; Time
Management; Market Outlook;
Improving Husband and Wife
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Market Cha
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