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...president. Instead they invented and offered him the title of "Vice Chairman of the Board," which he declined. For president they chose Thomas George Lee, a hard-headed executive of 52 (15 years older than P. D. III) who started as a stenographer in the beef department. Nearest to a reason given was: "They wanted a man in the operating end." Chicago's deduction and comment: "They were not afraid P. D. III would be another plunger like J. Ogden. On the contrary- The last of the Armours felt there was only one thing left to do.* He resigned...
...Department of Agriculture hastened to clear up the matter, explained that there are "dairy bulls," "beef bulls," "dual purpose bulls," that what seagoing Governor Evans wanted was a pair of dairy bulls. He got his bulls...
...prize ring. Aberdeen Anguses have won nine international shows, more than any other breed. Jimmy's owner is Banker J. Frank McKenny of King City, Mo. whose herdsman is Elliott Brown's uncle. There was no chicanery about Jimmy's championship. He was sold for beef at auction to the Breakers Hotel, Atlantic City, for $2,700, or $2.50 per Ib. (Last year's prizewinner was bought by Chainstoreman James Cash Penney...
Turn back the pages of Harvard-West Point football history and you will get an accurate and albeit interesting glimpse of what the gridiron game was like at the turn of the century. Line plunging was the rule, end runs a luxury, and beef a necessity. The forward pass, of course, had not yet made its appearance and the games were not as spectacular as they...
...coat, the musk ox has a close covering of woolly fleece which experiments (at the University of Leeds, England) have shown to be excellent for cloth. It dyes and bleaches well, is as soft as cashmere, does not shrink. The meat of the musk ox cannot be distinguished from beef, nor the milk from cow's milk. Neither meat nor milk taste of the strong musk odor which is characteristic of the animal and can be detected several hundred feet away...