Outlook Shows Home Mortgages Lengthening
A Maryland Extension Service analysis notes long term loans spread home ownership but cost more in interest. Comparisons show 35 year loans on 15 000 cost about 17 823 in interest vs 9 264 for 20 years, while monthly payments differ 7815 and 101.50 respectively. The piece covers FHA and Farm Home Administration terms and advises seeking flexible payoff options.
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Maryland Cooperative Extension Service
U.S
Federal Housing Administration
Extension Service
Farmers Home Administration
Ins
MCMP Meet Set Today At New Market
The Maryland Co operative Milk Producers District 4 meeting is planned for Tuesday at the New Market Fire Hall with dinner at 7 p.m. Edgar G. Emrich will preside. Directors from District 4 include Jesse I. Burall and Maurice S. Ahalt. R. L. Strock will discuss milk production pricing and statistics. Head Fieldman Boyd M. Cook will discuss equipment service contracts.
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Maryland Cooperative Milk Producers, Inc
New Market Fire Hall
New Market
R. L. Strock
Boyd M. Cook
Grange Adopts Broad Policy Package At Portland Session
The National Grange finished its seventh annual session in Portland Oregon adopting a policy declaration prioritizing rural progress and family farms. It calls for cooperative farming, reduced freight rates, a national electric pool, uniform driver licenses, state sovereignty from federal intrusion, six day rural mail, and limits on imports among many measures while opposing a broad federal role in numerous areas. It also endorses oil and mineral depletion allowances and secular education while opposing parcel post cuts and certain federal controls.
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National Grange
Portland
Oregon
Grange
THE
Cooperative Agricultural Bar
Clear Channel Radio
Cooperative Farm Credit System
ASC
ASCS
Rural Areas
Soil Bank
REA
Feed Value guidance and two December meetings outlined
George D. Wood County Agricultural Agent explains how feed value is determined by energy and digestible protein, suggests using soybean meal and No 2 shelled corn as standards, and notes prices shift the best buys. Two meetings on Friday December 13 at 10:50 am and 1:20 pm will cover the same material.
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George D. Wood
Jet Stream Turbulence Sparks Weather Debate
Weathermen link a shifted jet stream to a variegated national summer, with rain in the Far West and drought in the East. Irving Krick blames atomic tests in Russia and the U S area, while James O Connor argues such swings recur naturally, MIT’s Hurd Willetts notes minimal radiation effects.
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Philadelphia
Irving P. Krick
Denver
Russia
U.S
James F. O'Connor
U.S. Weather Bureau
Hurd Willetts
MIT
Maryland DHIC Annual Meeting Set for Thursday
The Maryland Dairy Herd Improvement Corporation holds its annual meeting Thursday at the Holiday Inn on U S 40 near Baltimore with sessions starting at 1 10 a m A luncheon follows as Dr E L Corley head of the DHIA at the U S Department of Agriculture discusses Use of Records and Dr R Davis head of the Maryland dairy department moderates a panel on Increasing Production Per Cow Panel members include top state dairy men who will share methods of culling milking practices and DHIA record use Also noted is the seven year old Registered Holstein Cotteria Pontiac Margaret 4185437 owned by Donald Dean Keller of Middletown which yielded 14620 lbs milk 623 lbs butterfat and 1237 lbs solids not fat in 305 days.
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Maryland Dairy Herd Improvement Corporation
Holiday Inn
U.S 40
Baltimore
E L. Corley
DHIA
U. S. Department of Agriculture
R. Davis
University of Maryland
Cotteria
Pontiac
Donald Dean Keller
Middletown
Winter Rose Care and Protection Tips for Dormant Plants
The article explains winter protection for established and dormant roses after freezing weather. Prune long canes to 24 to 30 inches, mound soil around the bud union by eight to ten inches, and mulch with straw or leaves after frost. For new plantings, create a cone of earth in the hole, set roots on the cone peak, and cover to soil level, then mound soil around the stem. Remove the mound when new shoots reach about one inch.
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Cutpont
Moths This Month Signal Cankerworm Trouble Next Spring
December moths, mostly male fall cankerworms, drift to lights and reveal potential spring defoliation. Wingless females crawl trunks to lay eggs. heavier moth populations now forecast larger infestations in May spraying is advised. Also noted is Lilly 4279576, a five year old with milk output of 20,778 pounds and 970 pounds butterfat in 965 days.
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Roy ¢. Beckwith
Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories
Clovertop Skokie Lilly
Russell S. Wachter
Keymar
Poultry Outlook for 1964 Not So Bright in Maryland
Maryland farmers face weaker poultry prices in 1964 due to higher feed costs and beef competition. Broiler output expected to rise in the second half of 1964, while overall prices may fall below 1963. Egg prices likely drop in early 1964 with a similar average to 1963 in later quarters.
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Maryland
Jake Maness
University of Maryland Department of Agricultural Economics
Farm land values in Maryland rise in 1963
Maryland farm real estate values climbed again in the year ending March 1 1963 with per acre values at 336 dollars up from 322 in 1962. Total market value rose from 1070 million to 1116 million as the trend tracks nonfarm income since 1945.
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Maryland
Ray A. Murray
University of Maryland Agricultural Economics Department
Standby Generator May Be A Necessity
A rural power outage can cripple farm operations making a standby generator essential. The Farm Quarterly analyzes cost versus necessity and notes portable units aid welding, pumping, lighting, and field work while ready to scale with farm growth and future motor additions.
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Farm Quarterly
See Up-Down Future For Most Livestock
Market projections from University of Maryland indicate 1964 fed beef supplies will rise as cattle feeders plan 15 percent higher fourth quarter marketing. January 1964 placements could lift fed cattle prices to year end levels into mid 1964, with hog and lamb trends mixed and lamb prices likely to improve if trends hold.
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University of Maryland
Russell F. McDonald
Eco Factory Near Jefferson Embraces Pressurized Ventilation
The Jefferson Quality Egg Inc. egg production plant spans 32 by 300 feet with a 12 380 inbred Leghorns flock. A 12 unit pressure ventilation system uses thermostats to balance outside and recirculated interior air, aiming for constant temperatures and drier conditions, though winter dust buildup remains a drawback. The building is electrically heated with support from Potter Mac Edison and local executives including Charles Holand and Renn Remsberg. projected output reaches about 9 000 eggs daily, 95 percent Grade A, sold to a Westminster wholesaler rather than the local market.
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Jefferson Quality Egg Inc
William E Summers
Everett Newman Jr
Purina
Henry Faber
Potomac Edison
Charles Holand
Renn Remsberg
Roy Myers
Floyd C. Wickham
Norman Remsburg
Westminster
Frederick Post Expands Farm News Coverage
The Frederick Post adds two new services Farm News Service from Farm Quarterly and Farm Journal News Service to its agriculture reporting. Local farming updates remain by the paper’s staff and Extension Service with AP NEA USDA markets coverage continuing.
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Frederick Post Farm Department
Farm News
Farm Quarterly Magazine
Farm
Farm Journal
Associated Press
NEA
Usda Market News
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Breatheds Fay Happy
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OEE
Maryland State Reformatory For
Hagerstown
National Grange Policy
House
UN American Activities Committee
Lake Champlain
DHIC
Tad
Maarei
Bill Summers
C Millard Evler Jr
Monocacy Meadows
Melvina
Grayson R. Bowers
Frederick
Eco Factory
Jefferson
New “Henhouse
Millard Miler Jr
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