Goodyear workers win wage raise after 51 day strike
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co and the United Rubber Workers reach a settlement granting 23,000 production workers raises of at least 6 cents an hour to end a 51 day stoppage in 10 plants. Average raise about 62 cents hourly, payroll up roughly 6.5 million yearly. ratification pending. Other Big Four firms still negotiating.
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Cleveland
U—Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Olo United Rubber Workers
Goodyear
Topeka
Kan
Gadsden
Ala
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
B F. Goodrich Co
U. S. Rubber Co
Firestone
U. S. Rubber
Goodrich
President Eisenhower Lands Five Trout In Colorado
President Eisenhower fished beside the South Platte near Pine Colorado during a Colorado vacation. he landed five trout in the first 25 minutes, drawing cheers of Yea Ike from onlookers. The trip includes plans to fish atop the Continental Divide with Aksel Nielsen and Milton Eisenhower, while 28 more bills were signed and vetoed, totaling 251 approvals and 6 vetoes.
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Pine
Colo
Eisenhower
Denver
Colorado
Bal F. Swan
Rocky Mountains
South Platte
Swan
Aksel Nielsen
Fraser
Hoover
Milton Eisenhower
Continental Divide
Washington
Wayne Hawks
White House
Hawks
Field Inspection of Grain Tracts Finished in Maryland
The Maryland Seed Certification Board completed field inspections of small grain fields planted by Maryland farmers and seedsmen for certified seed. 220 fields were inspected with 44 rejected. Newcomer notes high rejection percentages are expected yearly to keep standards. Seed passing field inspection must also clear germination and purity tests before bin inspections and certification tags are issued. Special concern is raised over Tagland wheat with excessive varietal mixture. Thorne wheat led acreage with 1,543 acres approved. Wong barley 878. other grains listed.
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College Park
Maryland Seed Certification Board
Maryland
Joe L. Newcomer
University of Maryland Extension Agronomist
Humber
Newcomer
Kentucky
Kendar
Tayland
Seneca
Arlington
County agents urge farmers apply for federal cost share
Henry R Shoemaker notes farmers can seek ASC office approval to qualify for fall federal cost share practices. Funds are available after recent payments, encouraging reseeding and lime, pasture conditioning, and new permanent pasture on retired cropland. Apply by visiting the County ASC, 15 East Church Street, with soil tests guiding payments.
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Henry R. Shoemaker
East Church Street
Tthe
Earl Remsberg
Mmany
E. Earl Remsberg
Remsberg
Frederick
Frye
Joseph Newcomer
FrankiBentz
Agronomy
University of Maryland
New System Of Corn Planting Is Reported
A new system called long hill drop improves corn planting by using 42 inch rows with hills spaced up to 84 inches. Seeding uses 7 to 10 kernels dribbled over 9 inches per hill, with staggered rows and ample light for development. Ohio tests promise to solve machinery issues for legumes and cover crops.
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Country Gentleman
Ohio
Dry cycle to extend seven or eight more years says weather chief
J R Tannehill of the U S Weather Bureau warns in Country Gentleman that the United States is in a dry cycle likely to last seven or eight more years. He ties cycles to Hale sunspot activity and predicts varied wet and dry years with a wet spell in 1956 and drought into 1957 or 1958. Dust storms may recur in the Southwest. The magazine will rename in January to Better Farming.
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J. R. Tannehill
U.S. Weather Bureau
Country Gentleman
Mr. Tannehill
Tannehill
Hancock Orchards Tour By University Of Maryland Groups
Maryland frust growers are invited to a September 2 tour of Hancock area orchards arranged by the University of Maryland entomology horticulture and plant pathology departments in cooperation with Mark Miller Washington County agri cultural agent. The Dillon orchard eight miles east of Hancock opens at 10 a m with irrigation systems shown. Second stop is Marvamia orchard owned by Stanley Fulton discussing fertilizers cultural practices and spray programs. A 245 pm visit to the Dillon cold storage and packing house follows. Lunch at 1250 at Widemeyer Memorial Park. The tour aims to connect field station research with growers and researchers.
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Dillon Orchards
Hancock
Widemeyer Memorial Park
Graham
Desirable protective controls for irrigation plants
College Park August 27 agricultural engineer Ray W. Carpenter of the University of Maryland says irrigation engines benefit from unattended operation protections. High temperature cut-outs, main oil pressure switches, and pump discharge pressure units shut down engines on failures, preventing overheating or loss of lubrication, with diesel engines cutting fuel to stop.
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College Park
Ray W. Carpenter
University of Maryland
Carpenter
Record soybean acreage signals larger fat supply
Peak production of food fats expected in 1954-55. Farmers planted a record soybean acreage this year, indicating a large supply of soybeans. Hog production is set to rise about 12 percent, boosting lard output, while cottonseed oil may fall due to a 2 percent cut in cotton acreage as of July 1.
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Southern States Cooperative
New Midway
J. A. Silver
A. M. Stonesifer
Southern States Marketing Cooperative
George A. Nicholson
Detour
George C. Zinkham Jr
Thurmont
Raymond ©. Butt
Woodsboro
Carl W. Angleberger
Legore
Lloyd Fuss
Taneytown
Robert Fuss
George Springer
Leslie Cregger
Emmitsburg
Clyde Bohn Jr
Unionville
Robert Kline
Richmond
Luther H. Cregger
Life Insurance
Credit
Good Silver Boo
Tia
Riend
Omeare
EA East
Patrick ST
Prene
Monument
Robert C. Schutzlil
YES
Ri Ho
Ceresan
Markell & Ford
South Carroll St
Eastern Samoas
National Geographic Society
Hancock Orchards
Catoctin
Melvin Federline
PMA
M. J. Grove Lime CO
Lime Kiln
Buckeystown
BABY
West South St
Purina
Ramsburg Fertilizer Co
Frederick, MD
E. L. & ML Burdette
Damascus, MD
Glade Valley Milling Co
Walkersville, MD
BH. C. Summers & Co
Jefferson, MD
J. M. DeLashmutt & Son
Woodbine, MD
Monrovia
Monrovia, MD
Peoples Supply Co
Myersville, MD
N. Z. Cramer & Co
Woodsboro, MD
D. W. Snook
Lewistown, MD
Hood
Grimes
MT. Airy, MD
B.& W. Hardware & Supply
Poolesville, MD
Rane
Parkmaker
Southern& Commerce Street
Tates Frederick Cooperative
Southern States Valley Cooperative
Middletown
Southern States
MT. Airy Cooperative
Mt. Airy, Maryland
Mt. Airy
Dr. Hess
Dr. Hess Laboratories
Nari
Willowdale Farms
Daniel C. Poole
Frederick County
Northwest
Geo
Gorsuch
New Windsor
Uthwe
Harry Rhoderick C. Kenneth Baltzell
Carl Frederick
Artificial Breeding Cooperative
College Park, MD