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Plant patent was awarded to Henry F. Bosenberg of New Brunswick, NJ, on August 18, 1931. It covered a climbing rose named New Dawn that blooms successively throughout the season instead of in June only, as does its parent, Dr. Van Fleet. 1057. Diesel-powered tractor offered on the market was the Caterpillar Diesel Tractor, manufactured by the Caterpillar Tractor Company, Peoria, IL. It was a track-type, weighed 24,390 pounds, and developed 68 maximum drawbar horsepower. It was powered with a fourcylinder, four-cycle diesel engine.

Poultry show was the Grand Show of Domestic Poultry and Convention of Fowl Breeders and Fanciers, held on November 15– 16, 1849, at the Public Garden, Boston, MA, with 1,423 specimens in 219 cages. More than 10,000 persons attended. 1070. Fur-bearing animals raised commercially were minks reared in Oneida County, NY, in 1866 by H. Ressegue. Prices of skins were high, and live animals for breeding stock brought $30 a pair. 1071. Ostrich farm was established at South Pasadena, CA, by Edwin Cawston in 1886.

Dogs trained to guide the blind in the United States were taught at The Seeing Eye, Nashville, TN, in 1928. The Seeing Eye was incorporated as a nonprofit association on January 9, 1929. Mrs. Harrison Eustis was the first president. The organization moved to Morristown, NJ, in May 1929. Buddy, the first Seeing Eye dog to guide a blind person in this country, was a shepherd dog brought over from Vevey, Switzerland, in June 1928 by Morris S. Frank. 1181. Horse show of national scope was held at Madison Square Garden, New York City, October 22–26, 1883, by the National Horse Show Association of America.

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