Frederick County Agriculture Teachers Across the Years
A county record lists the men who taught agriculture at Middletown Frederick Walkersville Thurmont Emmitsburg and Linganore High Schools since 1912. Names include William Kemp Pinkney Hauver Carroll Biser Reese Poffenbarger and John Thompson among others with interruptions noted in 1918 1923 1943 and 1949 50. The Linganore department now has two instructors John L. Thompson and Kenneth E. Wisner.
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Middletown High School
Middletown
William Kemp
Roy W. Gray
Pinkney A. Haover
William Brockwell
Henry R. Shoemaker
Frank G. Remsberg
Raymond Ellsworth Beachley
Charles H. Remsberg
Homer Remsberg
Louis F. Ahalt
John Thompson
Donald Hodge
Harold Reiley
Cecil Keller
Frederick High School
Frederick
Sidney §. Stabler
Pinkney A. Hauver
William M. Kishpaugh
Harry McDonald
New Market
Adamstown
Arthur M. Ahalt
Edward F. Holter
Warren C. Smith
George C. Remsberg
Carroll Horine
Carroll Biser
Harvey L. Price
Harry Miller
Reese Poffenburger
Fred
Robert K. Remsburg
Reese Polfenbarger
William Baker
Harry Webber
Walkersville
Liberty
Reese Poffenbarger
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Vo- Ag
Cecil K. Holter
Edward Schaerker
J. Hugh Keller
Manville Cobrentz
Vo-Ag
Linganore High School
Linangore High School
John L. Thompson
Kenneth E. Wisner
Walkersville 4-H Leader Harold Roderick Profile
Harold Roderick leads the Walkersville 4-H Club with two years at the helm. A charter member since 1936 and 4-H All Star since 192, he has guided county 4-H maintenance programs for six years with assistant Alan Flanigan. He runs a ten acre dairy farm, is married with three children, and serves in local church and agricultural groups.
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Walkersville 4H
Harold Roderick
Walkersville Club
Maryland
Chicago
Roderuck
Alan Flanigan
Glade Valley Grance
Frederick County Farm Bureau
Maryland-Virginia Milk Producers Association
County and
Constary Board
The
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Farm Calendar Notes From Local Ag Groups
A fragmented farm calendar item references social events, markets, and notices from area farms and organizations. It mentions farm schedules, meetings with figures like Assorted regional groups and mentions food and exchange events. The text names entities such as Astor and Frege Corty Pry Watt, but details are unclear.
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Benes
Frege Corty Pry Watt Biederce Ff
BBC
Shenerdees Veley
Astor
Sele
Shewteck
High Sugar Corn For Silage And Hybrid Seed
George D. Wood explains high sugar corns, especially HS-50, as male sterile varieties used in hybrid seed production. These plants lack pollen and grain, preserving sugars that stay unconverted to starch, yielding higher sugar content. Maryland trials compare HS-30 with Conn 870 over four years.
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George D. Wood
Maryland
Vo-Ag 50th Anniversary Curriculum Offers Five Part Course
Frederick County Vocational Agriculture presents a five phase program to ready students for farm work and college. Enrollment reaches 289 across Linganore Middletown Frederick Walkersville and Thurmont with a focus on livestock soils and crops farm management mechanics and a supervised home project.
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College Ag
Frederick County
University of Maryland
College of Agriculture
Linganore High School
Middletown
Frederick High
Walkersville High
Thurmont
Vo-Ag
University of Maryland feeding trial insights on dry matter yield
The Maryland forage study compares yields at different moisture levels to assess dry matter per acre. It finds similar nutrition from high sugar and high grain silages, with corn silage trials showing male sterile corn equals normal corn for milk and butterfat production. Additional notes cover acetylene torch use in repairs, painting lessons, a flower show, and a dairy production record of 15,490 pounds of milk and 3.7 pounds butterfat in a year by Wilfon Pinky Beatty.
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University of Maryland Forage Research Farm
Wilfon Pinky Beatty
Charles L. Hardesty
Woodbine
Carroll Manor Grange Hosts Pomona Meeting
Carroll Manor Grange will host the Pomona Grange 1 quarterly meeting at the grange hall in Adamstown on April 27 with the Prince Georges County Pomona present. Augustus Wolfe Brandywine lecturer will present the afternoon program. A morning flower show accompanies the Home Economics program judged by Mrs. William Browning and others.
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Carroll Manor
Pomona
Adamstown
Prince Georges County
Augustus Wolfe
Brandywine
William Browing
Amd
Anniversary Banquet At Linganore High
Frederick County school system marks 50 years of Vocational Agriculture with a banquet at Linganore High School this Thursday. Honorees include Henry Shoemaker former agriculture teacher and county agent, and Harry McDonald former teacher now district supervisor. About 300 students parents and teachers expected along with PFA chapter Sweethearts as hostesses.
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Frederick County
Linganore High School
Henry Shoemaker
Frederick Canty
Harry McDonald
PFA
Pomona Grange Plans Referendum Discussion Meeting
The Pomona Grange will hold a special meeting Monday evening to discuss the Wheat Referendum. Congressman Charles McC. Mathias and COW Rackeon, Director of Public Relations for the National Grange, are expected to attend and answer questions. Home Economics committee members will provide refreshments.
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Charles McC. Mathvas
Permona
Soil Judging In Vo-Ag Class Sparked As Contest
One Vocational Agriculture activity is soil judging. A yearly contest in the county is run by the University of Maryland. It tests practical soil knowledge by examining depth, texture, and suitability for cropping and use management.
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Frederick County
Vo-Ag
University of Maryland
Ito
Top Winners Named in Annual Contest
The top three winners in this year’s contest were Steve Mlock, Rene Grossnichle, and Larry Decker as part of the event’s results.
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Steve Mlock
Rene Grossnichle
Larry Decker
Farmers Warned Not To Pasture Too Early
The Marmard State Veterinary Medical Association warns farmers against pasture seeding too soon. Unspecified spray risks and crop damage from pests are noted, with emphasis on delaying grazing until crops are established and sprays have taken effect to prevent disease and ensure healthy yields.
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Marmard
Ford
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