When Weldon Wayne Hershey was born on 7 August 1905, in Leonard, Shelby, Missouri, United States, his father, Jacob Hershey, was 30 and his mother, Myrtle A Stuart, was 28. He married Mabel Glendora Peel on 24 June 1923, in Shelby, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Shelby, Missouri, United States in 1935 and Taylor Township, Shelby, Missouri, United States in 1940. He died about September 1979, in Iowa, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Troy Cemetery, Union Township, Davis, Iowa, United States.
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The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
A law that makes it a crime to misbrand meat being sold as food, and ensures that the meat is slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.
Pioneer Hi-Bred International was the leader company experimenting with hybridization of corn and other seeds for agriculture in the world. It helped make different kinds of crop able to grow in harsh conditions so that other parts of the world would be able to farm and become self-sufficient. It was bought out by DuPont in 1999 and has continued to help struggling countries around the world.
Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames, for example Hershkowitz .
English: of Norman origin, a habitational name from Hercé or Hercy in Mayenne, France.
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