Maryland farmers lead in hybrid seed corn usage
Maryland growers dominate hybrid seed corn adoption with about 90 percent of last year’s crop from hybrids. The University of Maryland agronomy department lists several recommended hybrids—U, 5 No. 15. Ohio C-12. Ohio W-10. K-24. U. S. No. 505—detailing maturity, disease resistance, stalk strength, and suitability for silage and mechanical picking. Maryland seed production for 1950 is planned with county agents providing approved seed sources.
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Maryland
Agronomy Department
University of Maryland
Free State
Corn Belt
Allegany County
Ohio
U. S. No
U. S
High School Bands Bring Festival to Martinsburg
Thirteen high school bands from Virginia Maryland and West Virginia gathered in Martinsburg for a two day music festival. A concert at Shepherd College followed by another in the public square featured the West Virginia University orchestra conducted by Kenneth Wood. A parade and competition in Martinsburg Stadium is set for tomorrow with judges Col H C Bronson and Dr Peter Buys.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
Shepherd College
Public Square
West Virginia University Orchestra
Kenneth Wood
Martinsburg Stadium
H. C. Bronson
Hague
Peter Buys
Hagerstown
Bronson
War Departments
Special Service
Dr. Buys
American Bandmasters Association
Government Lays Slow Path for Maryland School Fund
Annapolis administration leaders withhold state aid for county school construction until a comprehensive spending program is drafted. A special executive session of the Public Works Board will plan how to distribute a 70 million school aid program, with two main sources: a 20 million direct grant fund and a 50 million bond pool. Governor Lane will chair the planning, joined by School Superintendent Thomas Pullen and other state officials.
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Annapolis
Board of Public Works
Maryland
Lane
State House
Thomas G. Pullen
John B. Funk
Joseph McCusker
Richard W. Case
Hoopers
Miles
Baltimore
Miles Taid
Board of Public Workers
State Board of Education
Public Works Board
Ile
Funk
New Windsor Meeting and Local Agricultural Notes
New Windsor New Windsor The April meeting of the New Windsor WC TU will be held Tuesday evening Apr 12 at 730 at Mrs M D Reid home. Mr and Mrs EE C Roop and daughter Ann and Miss Barbara Watkins visited relatives at Harpers Ferry and Charles Town W Va recently. Mrs Charles Bachman was operated on at the Ear Eye and Throat Hospital on Monday for an eye condition. Corn crop loans are discussed as farmers plan to use 1948 price supports. Joseph H Blandford warns of early moth infestation and possible loan date changes. County committees to inspect stored corn for moths. loans denied if moths found.
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New Windsor
WC. T. U
M.D. Reid
EE. C. Roop
Ann
Barbara Watkins
Harpers Ferry
Charles Town
W. Va
Charles Bachman
Joseph H. Blandford
Maryland Production and Marketing Administration
Maryland
Blandford
Wheat Agreement Of Value To Maryland Farmers
Joseph H Blandford chairman of the committee says the International Wheat Agreement will aid Maryland farmers. He cites three benefits: stabilizing foreign wheat markets, complementing the domestic program, and creating an international cooperation pattern for agricultural problems. The plan envisions a U S youth feed market of 167.5 million bush.
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Maryland
Joseph H. Blandford
Maryland Production and Marketing Administration
Blandford
United States
Today in History and Birthdays Spotlight Notable Americans
Know America Today's anniversaries recall Rufus Putnam born in Sutton Massachusetts and Fisher Ames born in Dedham. The 1855 Prohibition enactment in New York and Lee's surrender at Gettysburg are noted alongside 1942 Bataan and 1941 Coventry events. Birthdays include Archibald Roosevelt and Paul Robeson with other figures.
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Rufus Putman
Mass
Millwright
Jeader
New England
Ohio
Sutton
Fisher Ames
Dedham
Theodote Louise Smith
Clark Univ
Worcester
Hal Jowell
Maine
Thomas Meighan
Pittsburgh
Charles P. Steinmetz
Germany
New York
Gen. Lee
Appomattox Court House
Federal Children’s Bureau
Act of Congress
National Labor Board
Wilson
Norway
Denmark
Coventry
England
Bataan
Petrillo
David E. Lilienthal
US. Atomic Energy Commission
U. S. Senate
Bogota
Colombia
Archibald B. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
Charles E. Burchfield
Ashtabula
Frank O. King
Fia
Paul Robeson
Princeton
N. J
U.S
James William Fulbright
Arkansas
Sumner, Mo
Archibald L. M. Wiggins
Atlantic Coast Line
Louisville & Nashville RR
Horoscope and anniversaries for treasury official and weather bureau
The note lists an undersecretary of the treasury born in Durham North Carolina 58 years ago and mentions today as financially active with acquisitive tendencies and fear of loss. It adds that the U S Weather Bureau is 57 years old and cautions that outcomes vary with birth hour.
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Treasury
Durham
N. C
U. S. Weather Bureau
Cantata Life Everlasting by Grace Reformed church in Taneytown
The Senijor choir under Miss Margaret Shreeve will present the cantata Life Everlasting by Petrie at Grace Reformed Church. Mrs Rein Motter will preside at the organ, with a detailed program of sacred pieces and choir participation on Sunday April 10 at 7 30 p.m. The choir list includes Ruth Perry Blanche Stull Delmont Koons Carel Frock Emerson Rue Leonard Reifsnider and others.
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Taneytown
Senijor Chor
Grace Reformed Church
Petrie
Margaret Shreeve
Rein Motter
Motter
Rue
Matter
Ruth Perry
Blanche Stull
Delmont Koons
Carel Frock
Emerson Rue
Leonard Reifsnider
Local Names List Fragment Sees Multiple Signatures
Readable fragment lists individuals including Harry Mohney Mrs Edgar Fink Mrs Howard Baxer George Motier Harry Mohney Edgar Fink Wilbur Thomas James Brammer Stagt and Delmont Koons in a partial archival notice. Names appear without clear event or action details.
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Harry Mohney
Edgar Fink
Howard Baxer
George Motiter
Wilbur Thomas
James Brammer
Stagt
Delmont Koons
Words as weapons and balm from XN. A. Lufburrow
More than 2135 billion dollars worth of new life insurance was purchased by United States residents in 1947.
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Lufburrow
United States
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