Four H O F A Photography Course In Frederick County
The national 4 H program offers a four part photography course this summer for all youths in Frederick County. A committee from the Cooperative Extension Service the National 4 H Service Committee and Eastman Kodak co sponsors prepared manuals for students and leaders. Courses begin soon with units on camera operation composition lighting and color photography. Rewards include gold filled cam era shaped medals and a $25 savings bond to state winners.
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Frederick County
Compaative Extension Service
David D. Eigenbrode
Holly A. Akre
Winchester Hall
Eastman Kodak Co
U.S
Feed Grain Plan Signup Exceeds 1963 Figures in Maryland
Signup for the 1964 Maryland Feed Grain program shows participation well above last year with 17 percent of Maryland’s 22 661 eligible farms agreeing to divert part of their acreage to a conserved crop. Turney reports 3 857 farms, 79 728 diverted acres, and total payments over 3 million dollars, plus per acre payments. National totals reach 34.3 million diverted acres, up 86 million from 1963.
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Maryland
Henry Turney
Maryland Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Free State
Turney
Maryland University
John Wagner
College of Agriculture
Angus calves up 14 percent in six months
U S farmers and ranchers registered a record 201,883 purebred Angus calves in the past six months, a 14 percent rise from the same period last year. For the first half of 1963 the association logged 176,950 calves and 157,213 ownership transfers, up 7.4 percent.
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U.S
Glen Bratcher
American Angus Association
St. Joseph
Missouri
Early spray advised to fight apple diseases at bud break
Dr. Philip L. Rusden of Bartlett Tree Research Labs urges spraying trees at bud break to prevent leaf blights and fungus. A second application 10 days later is suggested in wet springs. Key diseases include anthracnose, elm leaf spot, cedar apple rust, willow scab, and more across multiple species. Also noted: Galdevale Treasure Aggie 495 5644, a three year old owned by George C Stauffer & Son produced 16280 lbs milk and 567 lbs butterfat in 305 days.
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Philip L. Rusden
Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories
London
Galdevale
George C Stauffer & Son
Walkersville
Abundance Of Leaf Insects Expected This Spring
Entomologist Roy C. Beckwith of Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories reports a likely surge in leaf rollers and leaf tiers across the East this spring. He notes outbreaks of cankerworms and tent caterpillars, with leaf tiers tying and defoliating oaks and maples, urging timely sprays just before leaf emergence.
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Beckwith
March Snow Aids Maryland Crops This Year
Late March snowfall helps soil moisture in Maryland and Delaware. Creighton Gellow of the Maryland-Delaware Crop Reporting Service says winter precipitation should give Free State crops an excellent start this year.
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Maryland
Creighton Guellow
Maryland-Delaware
Tilghman Trophy Awarded to Maryland Turkey Leader C Ellsworth Jager
C Ellsworth Jager of Maple Lawn Farm Fulton Maryland receives the 1964 Tilghman Trophy for outstanding contributions to Maryland's turkey industry. He has long led the Maryland Turkey Producers Association serving as president two years and on numerous committees and the board. He also engages in real estate and is active in church Holstein club Farm Bureau and 4H All Star group. He and his wife Mary Elizabeth Staaffer married in 1938 have two sons and a daughter.
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Maryland Turkey Producers Association
C. Ellsworth Lager
Maple Lawn Farm
Fulton
Maryland
C.S. Shaffner
Lager
Tilghman
Agnes Tilghman
Sager
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Howard County Holstein Club
Farm Bureau
Jager
Mary Elizabeth Staaffer
Walkersville
Charles
University of Maryland
Milk Price Set For March 1964 Dairies
Dairy farmers delivering base milk in March 1964 to Maryland Upper Chesapeake Bay order plants will receive a minimum uniform price of 4.56 per hundredweight for 3.5 butterfat. The minimum may adjust upward or downward by 0.1 per cent butterfat deviations and is subject to location differentials and producer deductions. An example shows Ormsby Md Pond View Netherlands 3557161 (GP) with 101,785 lbs milk and 3,796 lbs butterfat over 3,143 days, owned by Allie Messer, Frederick.
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Pond View
Molly
MD Pond View
Babe
Thankwell Crusader
MD Glenbrook
Molly M
Pond View Grand
Korndyke
Helen Korndyke
Glenbrook
Allie Messer
Frederick
Chesapeake Bay
E. Hickman’ Greene
Ormsby Md
Pond View Netherland
Catoctin View Curley Design
Austin B. & Walter B. Coblentz
Jefferson
State and County Market Grain and Livestock Report
USDA wholesale egg offerings show ample demand with mixed prices for whites and browns. Butter supplies ample, with spotty demand and varying bulk carton prices. cattle and hog markets in Baltimore show moderate activity and price ranges for slaughter and feeder cattle, with mixed good and standard grades and higher hogs. Local grain prices close with corn at $1.95 and oats and barley values noted, along with milk and butterfat production data for a Jefferson County farm.
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New York
USDA
Baltimore
Corn Good Buy Stock Up On Corn Now At Grocer
Cooperative Extension Service home economists urge buyers to stock up on corn, noting it is low priced and versatile for cob, cream style, soups, succotash, or plain kernels. The advice highlights corn as a budget friendly, adaptable produce option for households.
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Cooperative Extension Service
Duncan Named Manager of Frederick Co operative
B Earl Duncan appointed manager of the Southern States Frederick Cooperative to succeed William Parsley. Duncan, a Walkersville native, has worked at Woodsboro and Frederick Co-operatives, with prior roles as assistant manager in Woodsboro and Frederick and a stint at Mt Airy.
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B. Earl Duncan
Frederick Co-operative
William Parsley
Duncan
Walkersville
Walkersville High School
Southern States
Woodsboroo Co-operative
Woodsboro Co-operative
Southern States Mt. Airy
Warn Against Carbon Tetrachloride in Home Dry Cleaning
Maryland Extension Service home economists caution to avoid carbon tetrachloride as a home dry cleaning fluid due to skin absorption and potential damage to kidneys, liver, and heart. Spilled on hot metal surfaces it can release phosgene gas, a deadly chemical.
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Maryland Extension Service
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C. Millard Eiler, Jr
the News
CS. Shaffner
Sabillasville
Ellsworth a+ger
Julian Hopkins
Easton
Louis Schram
Pasdena
Farmers Supply CO
Delaval Milkers
New Idea Farm i
Shrarhiye
Angus
Davis Camera Mart
Turkey
Ellsworth Trager
Dr. C
Henry F. King
Savage
Charles Savage
Ralph & Grover Walker
Arthur Johnson
Chester Leishear
Billy Watkins
Ale Buddy Welsh
Phil Watkins
R&gh
Arnold Price
J. W. Shoemaker
W. Z. Bryan
Roland Green
David Cavanaugh
J W. King
Leis Sutphn
J G Howes
Paul Johnson
Earl Johnson
John &. Inter
Breed & An G
Robert Dorsey
Elwood Nehouse
Oakwood Farm
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Stiles & Sons
xLeroy Savage
Isacrarh
xBeéall Bros. Inc
WA Ricuy
WK. Matthews
JW. Purdum
Joe Schwartzbeck
Matthews
State & County Market
Zenith
Motorola
Melvin M. Engle
N. Carroll St
Sudan
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Farmers Feed & Supply CO
Gast
All Saints Street
Hampshire
Shaffner
Earl Duncan
Frederick S
By Lette
E. Ray Wachter Photo Center
S. Market ST
Frederick Petroleum Cooperative, Inc
Evergreen Point
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