poultry

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Correspondence received by hobby poultry farmer in reference to buying chickens, eggs, supplies, and equipment. Much of it on various company letterheads. One letter came with a feather attached.

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The Kimber Poultry Breeding Farms Records contain pedigrees of individual records attained by chickens in breeding pens from 1926 and 1927; a catalog describing factors in Kimber Farms' efforts to produce a more profitable White Leghorn chicken; newsletters; and a photograph.

Content Description The Lee Frederick Schrader Papers the personal papers of Lee Frederick Schrader from the Department of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Experiment Station, Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN. Materials include over 800 detached reports, booklets, reprints, etc., of economic studies concerning the poultry industry which were made by over 400 individual American and foreign scientists and organizations. The series of research studies were reported between 1950 and 1996 and covered...

Content Description The Leslie E. Card Papers contain correspondence, reports, publications, photographs, and miscellaneous papers relating to poultry industry and research in the United States. The correspondence documents early egg-laying contests. There is a comprehensive list, by state, of poultry farmers in the United States (1925). A group of materials relate to the James E. Rice testimonial dinner (1934). Also included are official publications, notes, and programs of the annual meetings of the Poultry...

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Materials consist of over 400 catalogs, almanacs, pamphlets, magazines, and newspapers from the 19th and 20th centuries. Topics include poultry and other livestock, animal treatments, and farming equipment, manuals, and techniques. Arranged alphabetically by company name.

Content Description The National Poultry Improvement Plan Records contain documents, reports, and summaries of early efforts to improve the economic aspects of poultry production through breeding and disease control. Materials include newsletters, publications, and reports relating to the poultry industry and the early history of NPIP.The collection includes the following materials: Data on chickens and turkeys tested for Salmonella pullorum (1923-1948), and selection and...

Content Description The collection contains extensive files from the National Turkey Federation (NTF) and its advertising agency, the Evans Advertising Agency of Salt Lake City, Utah. Records include photographs of the NTF’s early officers, statistical reports, correspondence, promotional budgets, marketing research, recipes, photographs, slides, audio recordings, filmstrips, videotapes, and hundreds of color photographs and transparencies. Materials document the NTF’s efforts to promote the...

Content Description The New York State Poultry Industry Coordinated Effort Records consist of bylaws, articles of incorporation, and subsequent amendments. There are materials related to special studies regarding federal Turkey Marketing Orders (1961-1962) and freight rates for feedstuffs set by the Interstate Commerce Commission and Eastern Rail Carriers (1964-1966). Records of the federation's member organizations (New York State Poultry Council, SPICE Marketing Cooperatives, New York State Egg Distributors...

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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.

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The Poultry Processing Photograph Collection consists primarily of black and white prints and negatives of various dimensions, mounted and unmounted, representing stages in the handling and processing of poultry and eggs. There are some color images and written material related to poultry technology.