Montgomery County Fair Features Cheese Goats and Tractor Pulls
Montgomery County Fair runs August 22 to 27 highlighting cheese stands 16 blocks of cheddar weighing 300 pounds each and a big sellout cheese event. 4-H judging includes food nutrition clothing and home furnishings with about 60 children. the Pretty Goat Contest showcases dressed goats before Friday goat show. Tractor pulls dominate with modified, stock, and turbo stock classes drawing large crowds at Gaithersburg fairgrounds.
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Montgomery County
Frank Proctor
Emory Patton
Montgomery County Fair
Maryland
Fairgrounds
Gaithersburg
Shea named executive secretary of Maryland State Fair Board
Ernest C. Shea of Buckeystown has been chosen as the new executive secretary of the Maryland State Fair Board after an extensive search to replace R. Nelson Phelps who has retired. Shea, a Gettysburg College biology major, has agriculturally oriented work history including dairy farms and two internships with veterinary and extension service programs.
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Ernest C. Shea
Buckeystown
Maryland State Fair Board
R. Nelson Phelps
Shea
Gettysburg College
Farm Page Frederick Md Aug 16 1977 Highlights
Frederick Maryland farm page notes crop reports and livestock trends for the region including corn yields, hay prices, milk production data and local market prices. Brief items cover weather impact, planting progress, and seasonal farm advisories for readers.
Shanks Named to Board of National Polled Hereford Council
J D Shanks of Damascus was elected to the Board of Directors of the National Junior Polled Hereford Council. The election occurred during the Junior Polled Hereford Heifer Show and Forum in Oklahoma City. Shanks won first place in the Heifers carved between April 21 and May 2 class on GS Victoria 819 HAVE A DRINK. Watching shrubs and other plantings helps soil hold moisture longer according to the Colorado State University Extension Service.
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J. D. Shanks
Damascus
Oklahoma City
Okla
Shanks
GS Victoria
Colorado State University Extension Service
Farm Bureau Women host League of Women Voters event
Frederick County Farm Bureau Women host a mutual understanding day titled a Day on the Farm with the Farm Wife on Aug 18 at the Kitty and Clyde Crum farm north of Frederick. League of Women Voters members join for tours of Clyde Crum’s and Crumland Milking Parlor and a luncheon with remarks by Marr Aon Ford.
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Farm Bureau Women
League of Women Voters
Kitty
Chde Crum
Frederick
Frederick County Farm Bureau
Frederick County League of Women Voters
Capitol Milk Producers Cooperative
East Paimek Street
Group 421S
Im High
Marr Aon Ford
Farm Bureau
Charlotte Montgomer
Crum
Jeanne Beard
Evenn Zilmernias
Peg Long Gersi
Shirley Spees
Frederick Cove
Eversone
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Norman Cavell
Boyds
Marsha Black
Joy Stiles
Jack Shanks
Bobby
Kathy
Lisa Johnson
Dickerson
Fair Board
Harold E. Schaden
Wes
Adams County
Frederick County
Earl Remsberg
Emory Remsberg
Frederick Rems
Frederick, Md
H. B. Duvall, Inc
Patrick Street
Clyde Crum
Kitty Crum
Ree Mies
Freder
Sale
Southern States
QUAUTY AUTOMOTIVE —_ AIR
Dlpo
Creay Raldy
Frede
Evergreen Point Frederick
ICE Petroleum Service
Weares Motes Vehiie No
LENE
Deceerec
Veaine-Srong
Jefferson
Culpeper
Virginia
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