Maryland 4-Hers Abroad Share Farm Life in Europe
Two Maryland 4-H youths Amy Fry of Montgomery County and Stewart D. Young of Carroll County participate in the International Farm Youth Exchange. Fry writes from Switzerland about bread making, potatoes, and village farm life with the Hofer family, while Young’s reports from France. The letters detail daily farm tasks, cultural differences in marriage timing, and the rhythm of rural European living.
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Maryland
Hofer
Frau Hofer
Marianne
Herr Hofer
Ursula
Switzerland
Hansuli
Maryland Farmers Move Toward Permanent Conservation
Maryland farmers shift to long term practices under ACP aid. Cottman reports drainage and earthmoving up from 1951 figures, while lime and fertilizer applications decline. He cites better PMA and SCS coordination, with fourteen counties consolidated. Also urged to buy Defense Bonds as a depreciation reserve for replacing worn equipment.
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Maryland
James A. Cottman
Maryland Production and Marketing Administration
Cottman
Soil Conservation Service
SCS
PMA
Revealing Closeups of Ike and Adlas in New American Weekly
The October 19 issue features color gravure portraits of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson. It explores how Eisenhower’s wife perceives him and how Stevenson's sister views him, through family perspectives in the magazine’s installment.
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Eisenhower
Stevenson
New American Weekly
Baltimore Sunday American
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America
Weisenstein
Jura Range
Maryland Farm Front
DR. Weygand
DR. Parker
Chiropractors
X-Ray Laboratory
Ana &Nk
Vssu Wu
Cambridge
Laurel, Delaware
RED Rose Dog & Puppy Food
Raymond D. Loose
Leesport
Lakeview
Billy II
Billy
Billy Iou
Orangedale
Flossie
Leckerman Co
Ike
Adlas
STEEL
Denton
Barrick
Bakers Hy
Thomasville
M. J. Grove
Angs
Pentoh, MD
Soil Service
Walter B. Palmer
Met
Southern States Farmers’ Supply Cooperative, Inc
Denton, Maryland
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