30th Annual State 4-H Club Week Opens at College Park
Maryland youths from all counties converge on the University of Maryland August 19 for the 30th State 4-H Club Week. Activities include tractor safety for younger boys, homemaking topics for older youths, Washington tours, leadership training, and evening programs plus Vesper services. Older Youth Day on August 7 and a Friendship evening on August 8 highlight a packed schedule with demonstrations and recognitions.
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Maryland
University of Maryland
College Park
Washington
Maryland Horse Breeder’s Association
Eastern Shore Poultry Growers Auction thrives on volume
Six hundred thousand drumsticks daily show the Eastern Shore Poultry Growers Exchange at Selbyville Delaware. Farmers list flocks, buyers inspect at farms, and auctions start at 2 pm. The non profit venture aims to bypass New York prices, with over 1.6 million birds sold in a week.
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Delmarva Peninsula
Eastern Shore Poultry Growers Association
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Selbyville
Del
Exchange
Delmarva
Frank Gordy
Newark
University of Delaware Extension Poultryman
Gordy
Eastern Shore Poultry Growers Exchange
New York
Peninsula
W.E.W
Louis W
Two-Headed Calf Dies at Maryland Farm
A two headed calf with four eyes two mouths and two ears died on the farm of Phares Morris near Queen Anne’s County. Weighing 70 pounds the joined heads at the neck attracted attention though Dr. E A Churchill says such anomalies occur about once in 100000 births. The cow’s second calf was a normal birth. the farm is tenanted by James Woolford.
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Perry Twining
University of Maryland
Twining
Poultryman
Phares Morris
E. A. Churchill
James Woolford
Maryland Sets Wheat Goal for 1953 at 275000 Acres
Maryland will target 275000 acres of wheat for 1953, as James A. Cottman, Acting Chairman of the State Agricultural Mobilization Committee, notes. The national goal is about 72 million acres, roughly 8 percent above Maryland’s planned sowing.
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Maryland
James A. Cottman
State Agricultural Mobilization Committee
Card of Thanks for Stephen Kish by Pauline Kish
This notice thanks friends who aided during illness and death of Stephen Kish, husband and father. Pauline Kish and family express appreciation for support and kindness.
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Stephen Kish
Pauline Kish
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Saya
Amos R. Meyer
Meyer
Eastern Shore Poultry Growers’ Assn. Auction
America
Farm Institute
Nuttle Lumber Companies
Cambridge
Easton
Denton
Tle Lumber Co
Wood
G. Emory Gottwall
Moore
Denton, Maryland
Southern States Farmers’ Supply Cooperative, Inc
Purina
Majic
Scotman Space
Greensboro
FARW
Maryland Wheat
GALE
Philtco
Tel
Nichols
New Hampshires
Arbor Acres
A. W. Perdue & Son
Ocean City Rd
Salisbury, Md
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