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APHS. American Poultry Historical Society Papers

 Record Group
Identifier: APHS

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Albert Wade Brant Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0027
Content Description The Albert Wade Brant Collection contains copies of scientific literature and unpublished documents on poultry meat and egg research, dating from approximately 1930 until 1998. An author file of 17,000 cards accompanies the publications. The abstracts were generated or made available by the following organizations or individuals: Institute of American Poultry Industries; University of Illinois; U.S. Egg and Poultry Magazine; Dr. George F. Stewart and A. Wade Brant.Other materials...
Dates: 1907-1997
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Intercollegiate Poultry Judging Contest Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0086
Content Description

The Intercollegiate Poultry Judging Contest Records consist of five bound volumes listing poultry judging team members and coaches, and the names of the institutions that sponsored the teams. Also included are pictures of the winning team members and coaches.

Dates: 1920-1965
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Poultry and Egg National Board Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0131
Content Description

The Poultry and Egg National Board Records include board meeting minutes, financial statements, annual reports, egg promotional material, new product research, cholesterol and fat studies, diet and nutritional cookbooks, reports of the American Home Economics Association conferences, and reports of the 1969 White House Conference on Nutrition.

Dates: 1939-1979
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Cackelator Poultry Feed Calculator

 Collection
Identifier: MS0134
Content Description

The Cackelator is an electronic instrument housed in a leather luggage-style case. It was used by Ag-Way Coop representatives as an early on-the-farm "computer" to formulate poultry feed mixtures based on flock production factors such as body weight and egg weight. This briefcase-sized device was carried to the farm and used by the feed representative and flock owner to determine nutritional inputs that would provide the highest net income for the poultry farmer.

Dates: undated
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Poultryman and Poultry Times Newspaper Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS0136
Content Description The Poultryman and Poultry Times Newspaper Photograph Collection contains black and white negatives taken by the staff of Poultry Times, a weekly newspaper from Gainesville, Georgia, (1956-1985) and the Poultryman, a weekly newspaper from Vineland, New Jersey (1956-1969). Included are negatives of state poultry associations' personnel and functions, universities' personnel, U.S. Department of...
Dates: 1963-1986
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections

Poultry Industry Hall of Fame Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS0304
Content Description

The Poultry Industry Hall of Fame Records contain nomination forms of American Poultry Historical Society members who were inducted into the Hall of Fame, artwork for Hall of Fame plaques, and correspondence regarding the preparation of plaques. See also the John Louis Skinner Collection, MS 153.

Dates: 1991-2002
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections