Auto Fatalities Showdecrease For This Year
The Safety Department report shows the first eleven months of the year tally 141 fewer deaths than 1937, a 27 percent drop. In November deaths fell by six. Of 26 pedestrians killed, two were children. seven pedestrians were in the roadway, two bicyclists also died, and four hit and run cases occurred. Baltimore City accounts for 14 deaths, counties 31.
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Safety Department of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Baltimore City
Shore Fruit Growers Converge at Dover Convention
Peninsula Horticultural Society holds three day meeting in Dover Delaware with speakers from Delaware Maryland Virginia and other states. E R Dick of Smyrna presides as sessions cover fertilizer placement potatos cantaloupe orchard care and crop marketing.
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Delmarva Peninsula
Peninsula Horticultural Society
Dover
Tel
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
E. R. Dick
Smyrna
Del
House of Representatives
Legislative Building
W. M Parker
Virginia Truck Experiment Station
C. E. Philips
Harold T. Cook
T. J. Nugent
Virginia Experiment Station
T. F. Manns
Delaware Experiment Station
J. W. Heuberger
New York Experiment Station
Elmer W. Grove
J. H. Clark
M. A. Blake
New Jersey Experiment Station
Ernest N. Gary
Charles Graham
Maryland Experiment Station
William C. Crow
Department of Marketing
Washington, D. C
K. J. Kadow
Delaware and Maryland stations to host annual association event
The annual bangeet of the association will be held Thursday evening with principal speakers Gov. Richard C. McMullen of Delaware and Lawrence F. Livingst on of the BE. du Pont de Nemours Company in Wilmington. The event features Ns L Hopperstead M W Pier Pont M W Godwin L A Stearns H S McConnell and George S Langford from the Maryland station.
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Ns. L. Hopperstead
M. W. Pierpont
M. W. Godwin
L. A. Stearns
Delaware Experiment Station
H. S. McConnell
George S. Langford
Maryland Experiment Station
Richard C. McMullen
Delaware
Lawrence F. Livingston
du Pont de Nemours Company
Wilmington
Prospective Strawberry Acreage Largest in Ten Years
Maryland and other strawberry states expect about 197000 acres in 1939 the largest since 1929 according to Dr A L Schrader head of the University of Maryland Horticulture Department The rise is 9 percent over 1938 and about 7 percent above the 1927 56 average Acreage gains are noted for late intermediate and second early groups.
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Maryland
A. L. Schrader
University of Maryland Horticulture Department
U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Maryland Strawberry Outlook Expected 1939 Production Rise
The report projects that if 1939 per acre yields match the 1927–36 average, Maryland could see about 300 million quarts of strawberries, up about 9 percent from 1938. Weather in spring 1939 will heavily influence final yields, while market demand may offset price effects from larger acreage.
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Maryland
Schrader
Engineer Shares Tips on Dry Cellars
Ray W. Carpenter, agricultural engineer, outlines causes of cellar dampness and gives practical pointers to dry cellars. He identifies humidity sources, inadequate drainage, and air circulation as key factors affecting storage conditions.
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Ray W. Carpenter
Waterproofing And Drying Methods For Cellars And Loans To Maryland Farmers
The article discusses waterproofing or plastering exterior walls to prevent dampness from condensation in cellars, especially on tile or concrete block walls. It notes ventilation as the best remedy, references Parmners Bulletin 1572 Swaking Cellars Dry, and offers free copies from the U. S. Department of Agriculture. It also details 1938 farm loan rates: 43 cents per bushel for Maryland farmers not exceeding soil-depleting acreage allotments, 57 cents per bushel in Commercial Corn Areas West, and 43 cents outside the Commercial Area with a 75 percent rate relation.
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Neering
University of Maryland Extension Service
Carpenter
Parmners Bulletin
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Maryland
G. Z. Kellar
AAA
West
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Bellevue
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U. S. Tariff Commission
Belgium
United States
MR. Farsier
Bellevue Road
W.H. Valliant & Bro
Bellevue, Maryland
ST. Michaels
Dorchester
Talbot
Palmer
Universal
United States Motors
Dubree
Falcon
Gray
Evenrude & Elto
Chas. T. Mace
Bike & Engine Man
Cambridge, MD
Sturmer
Easton
Colina
Wayne
Cambridge Tribune
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