Expanding USDA Food Donations Reach More Areas
Food donation programs funded by the USDA extended to 1,665 counties and 260 cities this year, aiding nearly 5 percent of the population and 14 million in charitable institutions. Program oversight falls to the Consumer and Marketing Service, with ongoing efforts to boost county and city participation and adapt to local needs.
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Office of Economic Opportunity
Fifty Head To Be Sold At Frederick County Baby Beef Sale
Frederick County 4H Beef Club expands to 50 head for the Frederick Fair sale, up from past limits. With 64 members and 85 steers, buyers will see top animals chosen by an impartial judge, one per exhibitor, as Ralph Brashear becomes sale manager. A new sale barn at the fairgrounds supports this year's event.
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Beef Club
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C. Gordon Smith
Sjamsville
Smith
David D. Eigenbrode
Fairgrounds
Fair Board of Managers
SCS Head Gives Tips On Farm Ponds
Charles E. Ware of the Soil Conservation Service outlines pond uses for farms including livestock water recreation and fish and wildlife, and notes legal site and design requirements. He warns about filamentous algae and suggests adding copper to control pond scum in dry seasons.
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Charles E. Ware
Soil Conservation Service
Ware
County 4-Hers To Show At State Fair
Eighty seven county 4 H club members will exhibit nearly 200 animals at the Maryland State Fair opening August 28. Listings include Holstein Ayrshire Guernsey Milking Shorthorns Beef Horses Sheep and Swine entries with numerous names and counts. Bassler buys registered Brown Swiss bull Pine Hill Jimmy 145753 from Baughman & Son Taneytown.
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Maryland
David D. Eigenbrade
Mary Ann Grassnickle
Pat Staley
Lois Ann Remsburg
James Page
Dennis Remsburg
Geo. W Smith Ill
Kevin Dudrow
June Dudrow
Gail Remsberg
Valerie Remsberg
John Clem
Larry Grossnickle
Brenda Kepler
Ann Marie Wachter
Debbie Jean Wachter
Wayne Wachter
David Remsburg
David Dorcus
Richard Rems
Webster MacCartee Jr
George Nicholson
Carolyn Nicholson
Gary Nicholson
Guernsey
James Keller
Eugene Bollinger
G. Richard Garst
Diane Garst
Paula Goetz
Sharon Goetz
Priscilla Renn
Dente Brashear
Mark Long
Larry Flock
Larry Doub
Bassler
George L. Bassler
Rocky Ridge
Andrew F. Baughman
County farmers using ACP to establish grass
Harold M. Free, ASC chairman, notes grass sustains soil fertility and water quality. ACS helps establish new grass with cost-share. 211 county farmers used ACP aid, 1,045 applied for water-related cost assistance. Technical pond help available through Soil Conservation Service. Local ACP plan offers about 50 percent cost share, $11.07 per acre for initial grass establishment. BUYS BULL George W. Bell purchases registered Brown Swiss bull Pleasant Field's Buck 145752 from Frank W. Fogle.
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ASCS
Chaiman
ASC
George W. Bell
Walkersville
Pleasant Field
Frank W. Fogle
Union Bridge
Beef Consumption Down In Britain
The Food Ministry reports Britons consumed just over 47 pounds of roast beef per person last year, down from 53 pounds in 1963 and 55 pounds before World War II. Also notes Dan Wight of Frederick recently sold Aberdeen Angus bulls to Yelinek and Smail in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and to Gereon Schrenker in Rockville.
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Food Ministry
Wight
Dan Wight
Frederick
Yelinek & Smail
Greensburg
Pennsylvania
Gereon Schrenker
Rockville
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