Lawn seed labels mislead buyers warn Maryland official
Maryland seed inspectors warn that lawn seed packages often carry false front labels while legal labels on back must show seed components by texture categories. Seedsmen have been notified to stop misleading claims such as all purpose or area specific and buyers are advised to prefer mixtures with fine textured grasses like bluegrass bentgrass or red fescue and to check analysis labels for accuracy.
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M. Hanford Day
Maryland Seed Inspection Service
State Board of Agriculture
Maryland
Day
Extension Corrects Alfalfa Weevil Control Note
Frederick County Extension clarifies Crop Comments 1965 on alfalfa weevil treatment. It states Maryland has not tested the company rate for Alfatox and reports University tests showing 1 lb diazinon plus 1 percent methoxychlor equals 1 lb malathion plus 1 percent methoxychlor. The Extension Service no longer recommends higher dosages and directs request for Fact Sheet 149 revised February 1965.
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Frederick County
Maryland
University of Maryland Experiment Station
University of Maryland
Feed Values Asks Farmers To Compare Prices And Patents
Feed values guide lists per feed item based on nutrition content and current corn and soybean meal prices. It notes buys at or below listed values are good, warns price changes distort value, and lists items from corn to alfalfa hay and silage with specific per ton costs. Consumer lamb prices are rising slightly as market lamb numbers hit record lows, and the 1963 US calf crop rose 2 percent to 41,811,000 head, the fifth straight increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen B. Bryant
Dairy Science
United States
Pennsylvania All American Dairy Show Planned in Harrisburg
The Pennsylvania All-American Dairy Show runs September 13 to 17 at the State Farm Show Building in Harrisburg. Manager Harold R. McCulloch announced a $92,700 budget with about half funded privately and premiums totaling $45,000. the event features the Pennsylvania Junior Daily Show opening Monday and the Holstein Black and White Show Tuesday, with main judging Wednesday through Friday.
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Harold R. McCulloch
Canada
Pennsylvania Dairy and Allied Industries Association
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
The
Department’s Farm Show Commission
William H. Juzi
Camp Hill
PDASA
Pennsylvania
Howard County DHIA Records Top Butter Averages in 1904
Howard County DHIA reports leading dairy figures for 1904 with Robert T. Dowd posting the highest herd butter average of 145.6 pounds. Other top entries include the Md House of Correction and the University of Maryland Forage and Research Farm. Individual cow records list Holsteins led by entry 904 and 586, with notable owners such as Ellsworth Lager & Sons and the Md House of Correction. Lifetime production figures as of December 31, 1964 show Copia Winterthur Winner Bess and Manor Heidi leading, while Alva S. Baker tops a list of greatest percentage milk increases at 22.6 percent, followed by Stanley M. Pickett and Robert Justice.
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Robert T. Dowd
MD House of Correction
U. of Md. Forage & Research Farm
House of Correction
Ellsworth Lager & Sons
M. House of Correction
Copia Winterthur
Bess
Manor Heidi
Mill Road Farm
Howard County
Alva S. Baker
Stanley M. Pickett
Robert Justice
Robert
Dowd
T. O. Warfield, IV
L. J. Fritz & Son
Brabant Farm R&gh
Nichols Bras
Biochemist Assures Drugs Safe in Livestock Diets
A biochemist from an American pharmaceutical house states that growth-stimulating drugs added to livestock diets are not harmful to human consumers.
Dr Frost Advocates Additives For Livestock Health
Dr Douglas Y Frost of Abbot Laboratories in North Chicago spoke at the Maryland Nutrition Conference for livestock feed manufacturers. He urged that additives including antibiotics and organic arsenicals benefit animal health and growth, citing USDA research from 1960 and an American program supporting such chemicals.
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Douglas Y. Frost
Abbott Laboratories
N. Chicago
Maryland Nutrition Conference For
Frost
U.S. Department of Agriculture Research
Maryland Conference Examines Feed Additives Safety
At a 1962 American Chemical Society symposium hosted by the University of Maryland departments and the Maryland Feed Industry Council, residues of feed additives were said to pose no public health hazard. Dr. Frost urged 500 industry and government officials to pursue more research to prove nothing toxic passes to consumers. The event, with 23 speakers, highlighted cooperation among university and industry groups in the Eastern United States.
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Ean Chemical Society
Frost
United States
University of Maryland
Animal Science
Dairy Science
Poultry Science
Maryland Feed Industry Council
Freeze Free Days and Bull Sales Reported
The report notes Maryland’s average annual freeze free days from 155 at Frostburg to 198 at Easton with frost dates usually by March 25 at Easton and by April 14 at Frostburg. It also states Brown Swiss breeder George L. Bassler of Rocky Ridge sold two bulls to Monter Institute in Santa Cruz Bolivia per secretary Marvin L Kruse.
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Maryland
Frostburg
Easton
George L. Bassler
Rocky Ridge
Monter Institute
Santa Cruz
Bolivia
South America
Marvin L. Kruse
Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders’ Association
Beloit
Wisconsin
The News Frederick Chronicle Item April 20 1805
Frederick in Maryland receives a Tuesday edition dated April 20 1805. The issue reports local affairs and notices typical of early 19th century colonial press with brief political and civic items.
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Frederick
Maryland
Farm Equipment Sale Listing Across Brands and Models
A wide sale offers new and used farm machinery from brands including John Deere, Oliver, New Idea, Massey Ferguson, and Allis Chalmers. Items cover blowers, silos, choppers, combines, corn planters, cultivators, disc harrows, manure loaders, mowers, corn pickers, plows, rakes, spreaders, spring tooth harrows, wagons, and miscellaneous equipment.
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John Deere
Massey Ferg
Allis Chalmers
New Holland
THC
New Holland Super
PTO
Cunningham
Meyer
Wf Mower
Oliver
Lauder
Ferg
IHC
New Idea
Kosche
Massey Harris
AC Snap Cplr
Trip Ltd
McCurdy
JD 420
Tdea
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University of
Iphase
D.H.I.A. Records
N. Z. Cramer
Great Re
Kentile
N. Z. Cramer & Son, Inc
Dial
Woodsboro, MD
Geigy Agricultural Chemicals
Geigy Chemical Corporation
Ardsley
New York
Alfa-Tox
Tay
Pere Ee Piel Cree
For
Southern States
Briggs & Stratton
Clinton
Commerce Street
Your Southern States Cooperative Agenc
Killefer
John Deere Kba
Lavell
Harvester
Ford
AT Finch Services, Inc
Westminster
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