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Newspaper
Cambridge Tribune
Location
Cambridge, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1947
Page
3
The late blight situation is summarized as of April with outbreaks in Florida Alabama and Louisiana. Florida saw spread along the east coast then west coast, with control from fixed copper and Dithane. cold weather reduced losses. Louisiana and Alabama reported early field infections, while overall statewide blight remains limited and not yet widespread beyond Florida.
Dudley C. Rist of the Production and Marketing Administration at College Park announced revised Maryland crop insurance data. He said the program yields a total net profit of premiums over indemnities amounting to 9 559.55 dollars, noting earlier estimates suggested costs exceeded payments to insured farmers.
Maryland studies show 8696 crop insurance contracts issued 1939 to 1946 with 1866 paid losses. Repeater farms faced repeated losses. county ACA committees will adjust protection costs to reflect normal risk. In 1946 about 20 percent of farms had losses largely due to heavy rains at harvest. A TV radio roundtable series on farm information begins April 29 at 12 30 p m over WFMD Frederick with WJEJ Hagerstown and WANN Annapolis.
W Lee Elgin commissioner of motor vehicles extended the new automobile tag deadline to May 28 after the penitentiary could not supply all tags for at least two weeks. Commercial tags follow the same date with forms to be mailed May 7. Sales totals through last Friday show 275 764 tags issued in 27 days.
The tag deadline this year was moved up to allow time to revise applications under the General Assembly action of 1947 changing fees. Full sized license plates are being issued this year for the first time in three years with two plates per vehicle, while prior years saw only corner clips sold for attachment to previous tags.
Maryland officials, Solomons Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, several labs and manufacturers plan a joint study of marine products from Chesapeake Bay resources. Theodore Miller will coordinate the project with broad aims to aid fishermen, plants, and processors, with an informal agreement allowing publication of findings and acknowledgments.
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