Montgomery County Livestock Show Aug 21 at Gaithersburg
The Montgomery County Livestock Show on Saturday August 21 at the New Seriectwural Center Gaithersburg offers multiple awards for 4-H steer, swine, beef and horse events. Scholarships and bonds accompany Grand and Champion titles with breed divisions including Hereford Shorthorn Angus and Jersey Gurnsey. Judges from Crrier Farms Elbcion and Port Deposit will oversee horse pulling, cattle, sheep, and poultry divisions. Lunch will be provided by the Montgomery County Livestock group led by Mrs Linthieu Boyds and Tomas Bailey Laytonsville.
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Montgomery County
Gaithersburg
Montomery County
Hines Poultry Farm
Sumner Wood
Germantown
Kensington
O'ney
Ratrop
W. Warden
Shires
Jerseys
H. B. Cr Rion Farms
Elbcion
James Qute
Johner
Powlier
George D. Quigler
Airs 5 Linthieu Boyds
Tomas Bailey
Laytonsville
Americans Win In London Olympics Sweep Continues
London August 13 Americans capture more titles as basketball and Army equestrian teams boost U S haul to 37. Bud Brownings cagers rout France 65 21, Groza and center Boblstone key scorers. American flag raised amid spotlight as team colors and triumph echoed through the closing program.
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London
Army
Uncle Sam
Bud
Alex Groza
Kentucky
Bobh
Jesse
Sweden
Electrified Hay Drying Boosts Pennsylvania Farms
Electrified farming advances bring hay finishers to rural Pennsylvania where most farms have electricity. Wet conditions delayed hay, but the electrically driven finisher dries hay in mow floors, preserving protein and value. Utilities cost about 12 a ton and boost value by 5 to 100 a ton. The same fans aid grain drying and cow comfort, boosting milk production and overall dairy efficiency.
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Lancaster
NEA
Pennsylvania
U S. Department of Agriculture
Grass in the 1948 Yearbook Shapes Rural Votes and Policy
The Agriculture Department released the 1948 Yearbook of Agriculture, dubbed Grass, detailing grass as pivotal to farming and politics. It notes 260000 copies in print with 240850 to lawmakers, cost to taxpayers at 220000, and chapters on golf, lawns, and turf care, highlighting grass’s broad social reach.
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Washington
American Farmers Bible
U.S Dept of Agriculture
America
Hdire
Citi Fes
Dept. of Agriculture
Alfred Stefferud
Stefferud
John James Ingalls
Kansas
Red Banded Leaf Rollers Threaten Apple Crops In East
Apple growers report damaging red-banded leaf rollers in orchards, with heavy splitting of Suayman apples and widespread scab due to wet weather. DDT no longer controls the pests as parasites vanished by new sprays. Gate suggests August 23 for third brood spray. Rhothane or DDD identified as new insecticides.
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Appalachian
Shenandoah Valley
Red mites outbreak checked by rain and DDT impact
The rainfall this season has helped curb a red mite outbreak that troubled orchards last two summers and damaged apples. Mite control has been harder as DDT reduced natural enemies, though recent weather aided suppression. The Philippine archipelago remains largely volcanic.
Tobin Takes Oath as Labor Secretary Vows Repair of Damaged Dept
Washington Aug 13 Tobin took the oath as Secretary of Labor dedicating himself to fixing the damage he says the 80th Congress caused the Labor Department. His tenure depends on November's presidential election and which party wins.
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Tobin
Washington
Maurice J. Tobin
Labor Department
Installment Buying May Go Under Controls
Washington reports controls on installment buying likely to take effect mid September, contingent on President Truman signing the Republican anti inflation bill. If signed soon, the Federal Reserve would issue regulations with wartime parity, including one third down payments on durable goods and extended repayment terms for autos and appliances.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Tremans
Congress
Charles G Ross
Federal Reserve Board
Seven pay limits on items vary with down payments
The article notes payments on various items will range from 15 to 18 percent with a smaller down payment around 20 percent required for furniture draperies pianos rugs and similar goods. It states exemptions for items under 50 dollars or over 4000 and mentions wartime controls had a 2000 ceiling being raised due to higher prices. President Truman criticizes the Congress and Treasury confirms adjustments. A new Cub Scout Pack No 1 den is organized in Edgewood with Mr and Mrs G Ross Twentey hosting. den dad and mother named, Ronnie Twentey chosen den chief, five boys advanced to Bob Cats, and meetings set for Fridays.
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Truman
Congress
Treasury Department
Edgewood
G. Ross Twentey
Indian Springs
Twertey
Twentey
Ronnie
Bob Cats
Boor Marin Beans
Mel ¥Asser
Charles Wiles
Sonny
Buddy Burchett
Mr and & Twente
Yellow Springs
Allurement and misused English lesson notes
The fragment discusses common mispronunciations and usage errors for the name Helen and the word allurement. It contrasts correct and incorrect forms, hints at pronunciation with regional accents, and uses examples like lacquer and vision while noting the daily transmission in New York at intervals of about every minute in 1946.
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Vos Fir
New York
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