Apple Pie Contest Awards Trip to Williamsburg
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival awards the top prize in the Apple Pie Baking Contest to a high school girl from the Appalachians, with an expense-paid trip for the winner and chaperone to Colonial Williamsburg. The event on May 2 at James Wood High School includes participation by VA, WV, and MD schools, with Winchester and Frederick County schools excluded.
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Winchester
Colonial Williamsburg
Shenanoah
James Wood High School
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Frederick County
Williamsburg
Rinker
Orient
Association
221 Farmers Register For Feed Program
The local Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service says 221 farmers in Frederick County signed up for the feed grain program this year. Indications show 3,316.7 acres to be diverted for corn barley and sorghum. Land may be used for pasture until May 1 and must lie idle after.
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The
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Frederick County
ASCS
Southern States Ladies Day at Frederick Cooperative
Ladies Day at Southern States Frederick Cooperative runs tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sponsored by the Farm Home Advisory committee, the event features hourly prizes and demonstrations including coin popping in an electric fry pan at 10 a.m. a party salad at 11 a.m. snacks at noon appliances at 1 p.m. and a boy’s view of party ideas at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern States
Frederick Cooperative
Farm Home Advisory Committee
Champion Heifer Sells at Eastern Angus Futurity
Hidden Hills Farm owners Dr and Mrs RJ Neubner showed the Reserve Senior champion at the Eastern Angus Futurity in Harrisburg PA. The winning heifer was sold to Raly Farms of Millbrook NY for $1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hidden Hills
RJ. Neubner
Harrisburg
Raly Farms
Millbrook
New York
Planting Delayed By Prolonged Cold Weather in Maryland
Prolonged cold and wet conditions kept most Maryland farms idle through February and early March. Frost line deepened and heavy rains caused field crumple and poor soil conditions delaying spring planting per the Warsland Delaware Crop Reporting Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Warsland-Delaware
Outstanding Md Conservationist To Be Chosen
T Walter Denny president of the Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts announces a three member committee to choose the state’s outstanding conservation district. The top farmer conservationist and a district board member will be guests of Goodyear for a study trip to Arizona in December. Judges are Dr G M Cairns dean College of Agriculture College Park chairman Paul Galbreath Assistant State Conservationist University of Maryland and Edward R Kiel State Conservationist College Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Walter Denny
Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Goodyear
Arizona
Maryland
G. M. Cairns
College of Agriculture
College Park
Paul Galbreath
University of Maryland
Edward R. Kiel
U S Pepper Development Near in Puerto Rico
U S Department of Agriculture scientists in Mayaguez graft imported pepper plants onto native stock to resist collar rot a major fungus barrier to domestic pepper production Other USDA workers test Paganus plants in greenhouses for grafting or breeding stock.
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Mayaguez
Puerto Rico
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
USDA
Top Hereford Bull Brings 1025 At BCIA Sale
At the Maryland Frederick BCIA sale a Hereford bull consigned by WE Herefords and others sold for 1025 to American Breeder Service Inc. The event featured bulls from Maryland, Pennsylvania, Verona and Alabama, with Endit Percfards averaging 457.14 and other lots fetching 268 and 425. The sale noted ages over 16 months averaging 9 and under 18 months priced accordingly.
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Hereford
WE Herefords
Euzene
Frederick County Beef Tour Dates Set for April
Frederick County announces a beef tour scheduled for April 13 and 15. planned farm visits begin at 4 am and include tastings and promotional drinks at Green Valley Chit and Rocky Ridge Club. participants listed include local growers and organizers such as Letty White and Mary Keilholtz.
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Frederick County
Saltiday
Viet Tere Brashear
Tahert
Glopa
Leader Earl McDevitt Guides Mt Pleasant 4-H Club
Earl McDevitt leads the Mt Pleasant 4-H Club for 13 years and serves as Superintendent of the Frederick Fair 4-H Tractor Contest for 15 years. He organized the 4-H Tractor Maintenance program and directed the Mt Pleasant fire pond project. He is a former Master of Mt Pleasant Grange and member of the Ruritan Club and Evangelical United Brethren Church. He and his wife live in Mt Pleasant. he works as a milk tester after previously hauling milk and farming near Lewistown in the 1950s.
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Mt. Pleasant
Earl McDevitt
Frederick Fair
McDevitt
Farmers To Decide 1964 Wheat Price
William L. Dudley announces 1964 wheat program details including a May 21 referendum date. National quota 1 220 million bushels and acreage 49.5 million. price supports $2 certificated and $1 30 non certificated. diversion payments and 80 percent of normal yield as certificates. Dudley urges farmers to study the program and vote with local ASCS offices as the sole source of facts.
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William L. Dudley
Maryland Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation State Committee
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
ASCS
Maryland Wheat Allotment Set At 145267 Acres For 1964
The Kennedy administration proposes a 145 267 acre wheat allotment for Maryland for 1964 with a nationwide grower referendum set for May 21. The plan cuts total allotments by ten percent and adopts a two price system to curb overproduction and stabilize producer income. Maryland previously held 167 152 acres under the current year. Delaware receives 25 680 acres versus 29 701 this year.
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Washington
Maryland
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Delaware
Wheat Referendum Vote Shapes Your Allotment
The article explains eligibility and options for voters with wheat allotments under the certificate plan. It details steps for those with over 15 acres, those under 15 acres, and specific actions for those under 13 acres to register or abstain. It notes consequences if the referendum passes or fails, including price supports and penalties.
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Tro
Magazene
I Federation
Freeman
Azreem
New Nitrofuran Feed Claims Major Poultry Breakthrough
A drug firm announces a newly approved poultry feed additive named nithydra zone or mitrofuran as a major breakthrough to boost chicken production. FDA cleared after five years of testing, with officials citing continuous protection against six poultry diseases and a novel mode of killing microbes rather than merely slowing them.
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A. L. Andrews
Hess & Clark
Ashland
Ohio
Food and Drug Administration
Ohio Company
Termite Damage Preventive Measures For New Homes
An old article outlines how termites invade through hidden elevator shafts and defective joints. It emphasizes sealing metal shields, proper corner fittings, and avoiding nail hole breaches for termite defenses. It also recommends cross ventilation and crawl space in partially excavated sites to enable inspections, and urges builders to construct termite resistant structures from the start.
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Andrews
Theo L. Bissell
Bissell
Peerty Land
Soil Conservation Service Maps Farm Ponds in Frederick County
The Soil Conservation Service lists about 900 farm ponds in Catoctin and Frederick Districts with 500 built with SCS help. Most are under one acre, stocked mainly with largemouth bass and bluegill, and some with catfish or crappies. Remedies for poor fishing include partial rotenone poisoning, drawdown, or seining to remove small fish.
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The
Soil Conservation Service
Frederick County
Charles E. Ware
Catoctin
Frederick
SCS
Game and Inland Fish Commission
Production Record for Emperor Hickoryvale Susie 44
A four year old produced by Mr and Mrs B L Grossnickle Union Bridge gave 14130 pounds fat and 340 pounds butterfat in 305 days.
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B.L. Grossnickle
Union Bridge
Voting rights on farm partnership noted in editorial
The piece explains eligibility expands beyond the operator to spouses, co-owners, and sharers in crops. It notes landlords and family members may vote, urging active participation rather than letting a single person decide. It references a friend named George as a example of forthcoming voters.
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George
Seibert’s Barrow Champion of Show at Eastern Hog Show
Seibert, Glenelz, fed and showed a crossbred Hampshire x Yorkshire barrow in the 4H FRA division at the 1565 Eastern National Spring Hog Show. The barrow was named show champion as Esskaypire offered $190 per pound.
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Willis Siebert
Glenelz
Hampshire
Yorkshire
Esskaypire
Jon Meama
Farm Calendar entries and events schedule
Farm Calendar lists upcoming activities and meetings such as Maryland Vocations Association at Westminster Elementary School and various county farm tours and vendor sales. The page notes multiple farm related events including beef tours, sales, demonstrations, conferences, and a county survey with dates and locations.
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Maryland Vocations Association
Westminster
Maryland
College Park
County
Frederick County
Sureey Meatho Verviers
Docieton
Fender
Battore Live Sock
Aveton Athe
Weal Froené Wuif
Montsomery
Courty &M
Bret Gensort
Ay Cecer
Gmtherware
Darren
Carell County
Lee
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Farmers Register For
Woodsboro Livestock Sales
Quatticuten
Pecos
Lee Stock Rides, Inc
Pebble Resonates
Comptetise Cnterpriese Hessof Toorae Pens
Servcek
U.S
BCIA
Beet Cat le Improvement Association
Heme
Sobers
Joe Tha
Bethl
Re Amercan Farm
SSRV
Garnet
Frederick Cousty
Thument High School
East Church Streen Apo i
Walkersville High School
Apri
Jim Roysdon
Lexington
Kentucky
Seibert
Barrow
Farmers Feed & Supply Company
Rastall
Magtard
Greer Fom
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