Leadership traits Guide 4-H Leaders for Award Year
County state and national 4-H award winners will be named by the Extension Service as Sears-Roebuck Foundation funds the program for the last five years. Twelve junior leaders will receive $500 scholarships, fifty will gain all expense paid trips to the National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago, and about ten thousand will earn leadership medals.
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Extension Service
Sears-Roebuck Foundation
Sears
Chicago
The Best Seed Are By Far The Cheapest Seed
Extension guidance shows seed testing under Maryland law with germination and purity tags. It illustrates how to compare seed lots by pure live seed, revealing cost differences and urging farmers to favor quality seed for long term savings.
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Maryland
Arbor Day and Tree Facts in Maryland Life
Grace Palen urges Caroline County residents to clean up property and curb litter while Arbor Day themes spread through the month. The article recalls Arbor Day origins in Nebraska 1872 and highlights Maryland forest cover, notable trees, and local club schedules in Denton, Harmony, and Choptank for April meetings.
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Caroline County
Maryland
Nebraska
J. Sterling Morton
Board” of ‘Agriculture
Kansas
Tennessee
Minnesota
Ontario
New York State
Canada
Swallow Falls State Park
Oakland
Garrett County
United States
St. Johns College
Annapolis
Wye Mills
Henderson-Goldsboro Club
Carl Horke
Double Hills
William DeFord
Denton
Choptank Club
Choptank Community House
Harmony Club
Harmony Community House
Shorn wool payments set for Maryland 1964 year
Dudley C. Rist, Executive Director of the Maryland Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation State Office, announced that shorn wool payments for the 1964 marketing year will total 16.5 percent of the dollar returns producers receive from wool sales during January to December 1964. The rate was recently determined by the Department of Agriculture as the per-
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Dudley C. Rist
Maryland Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation State Office
Department of Agriculture
Rist
ASCS
Maryland
Need A Speaker For Your Club
Delmarva Poultry Industry association offers DPI Speakers Bureau to address civic groups about Delmarva's broiler industry. DPI President William Murray notes speakers can share the region's multi million dollar poultry enterprise history from 500 birds in the 1920s to 248 million broilers last year. The piece also outlines wool and lamb incentive payments under the 1964 program, with live lambs and mohair noted in payments details.
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Delmarva Poultry Industry Association
Georgetown
Delaware
William R. Murray
DPI
Delmarva
Shore
Delmarva Peninsula
4 H Clubs Promote Youth Leadership Across Nation
Miss Emmie Nelson of the National 4 H Service Committee notes record 206000 youth enrolled last year and about 140000 junior leaders work with adult volunteers. She says leadership involves taking responsibility and starting small to prepare for larger roles in school church and community.
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Emmie Nelson
Local Hog Show Exhibits 21 Carline County hogs
Caroline County sent 21 hogs to the Spring Hog Show at Queen Anne's 4-H Club Park in Wye Mills Maryland on Wednesday March 381st. Champion hog shown by Charles Cawley was sold to Esskay at 40.00 per hundred with the Champion Trio at 22.50 per hundred. Judge Tom Meredith oversaw the event with 100 hogs exhibited and blue ribbons awarded to all participating riders and exhibitors including Robin Beattie Robert Steel Kirk Beattie Archie Cawley Robert Wright Emil Frase and Wayne Foreman.
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Caroline County
Queen Anne's County
Charles Cawley
Tuckahoe Neck
Esskay
Robin Beattie
Robert Steel
Kirk Beattie
Archie Cawley
Robert Wright
Emil Frase
Wayne Foreman
Tom Meredith
Wye Mills
Maryland
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F. M. Rogers
Turkey
Farm Credit
Association
Grace Palen
Protas
LAD Estee
Southern States Agency
Scottie MacShore
Agency Now
Southern States
THE
Maryland Farm Front
Nelson
Journal
Gard-N-Yard
Adams & Wright Hardware
Set Journal
Gerardi Bros
Denten
Gale Electric Company
VC Harvest King
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