The Dexter House of the Month Balcony Home
A feature on the Dexter as a balcony house design showing a compact ground floor of 22 by 25 feet and two upper sleeping rooms under a pitched shed roof. It outlines a three bedroom layout with a 24 foot living room, claiming practicality, economy, and 10 500 cubic feet of space. Also reports on alfalfa weevil infestation across western Maryland, with details on identification, spread via hay, and control measures including spraying and biological methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter
Long Green
Bel Air
Maryland Line
Jessup
Sykesville
Westminster
Union Hills
Carroll County
Knoxville
Frederick County
Bissell
Maryland
Ernest N. Cory
University of Maryland
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Late Blight Found On Tomato Plants From Southern States
The county agent reports late blight on shipped tomato transplants, with cankers on stems and about half the field plants killed. Spores present, plants uninspected before shipment. Maryland Extension urges importers demand origin inspection and certification to curb damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Maryland Extension Service
Tomato demonstrations spread through Caroline and Dorchester
About 20 000 tomato plants were moved from four hotbed demonstrations in Caroline and Dorchester Counties during late April and transplanted at six training meetings for leaders and growers. Eighty four community leaders attended, assisting in sharing tomato program guidance. A home demonstration exhibit featured curtains from feed sacks, dresses, crocheted articles, and canned goods. Approximately 150 visitors explored the Caroline County Health Department display and a miniature privy was shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
Dorchester
Cambridge
E. K. Bender
L. O. Weaver
Martin G. Bailey
University of Maryland Extension Service
Homemakers Clubs
Caroline County
Beatrice A. Bianchi
Dorchester County Aireys Community Mention Shown
A reference notes the Aireys community in Dorchester County was shown in the report.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Beo Poon
Kirn
John Dietrich
Extension
Dietrich
Extension Dairyman
Baltimore
Anne Arundel
Harford
Howard
Montgomery
Carroll
Mississippi River
T. L. Bissell
Colored Farmers and Homemakers
Elliott Robbins
Kelvinator
Bendix and Apex
Hanline
Armstrong
RCA Victor
Denton Home
Dentonia Theatre
J. Norris Coulby
Lawrence Legates
Airey
Dorchester County
Euko Nog
Philco
GALE
Gale Electric Company
Tel
Clarke
National Research Council
Stine Cage
Turkey
Southern States Farmers’ Supply Cooperative, Inc
Denton
Caroline Home
Paul W. Johnson
K. Aldridge Pepper
4Th & Market Sts
Margarette East
General Electric Equipment
Cooper's
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