Grange Supports and Opposes Legislative Measures
The Grange backs the Farm Credit Act of LOTL authorizing Federal Land Bank loans up to five percent of farm value and on farm services. opposes welfare for strikers and secondary farm product boycotts. It calls for pollution control, education on pollution, no fault insurance study, and opposes truck weight rules. It endorses several bills and offers tax and policy recommendations for Maryland.
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Grange
Farm Credit Act of Lotl
Federal Land Bank
The
Wge
Extension Service
University of Maryland
Department of Transportation
State Soil Conservation Committee
Farm Analysis Proves Profit Boosts With Scale
A Maryland Farm Management Association study shows members’ returns to the manager rose from 5 976 to 8 893 per year between 1957 60 and 1965 68, with average profit per farm increasing nearly threefold from 3 610 to 10 720 over 1952 1967. Farms expanding size and output lowered per unit costs while increasing productive receipts, illustrating the economics of scale and improved efficiency through farm analysis.
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Maryland Farm Management Association
Association
Extension Program Expanded for Carroll County
Home horticulture strengthens the county’s expanded Extension programs under County Extension Chairman Robert L. Jones. Edward Smith of Manchester, a Penn State two year Horticulture and Landscaping Institute graduate, will advise homeowners on lawn shrub and tree care and disease control. Call the Extension Office at 848-5013 or visit 8:30 to 4:30, Monday to Friday. Daniel L. Wilhide of Keysville, a University of Maryland two year Institute of Applied Agriculture graduate, is named program assistant for agriculture. He will assume re
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Robert L. Jones
Edward Smith
Manchester
Penna. State University
Mr. Smith
Daniel L. Wilhide
Keysville
University of Maryland
Institute of Applied Agriculture
Extension staff details for 4-H programs and soil testing
The notice outlines responsibilities for soil testing recommendations and expanded field crop plots. Gerald Martin of Harford County, a Lycoming College graduate, will lead special 4-H programs including camping and after school activities. Jones notes all three program assistants were employed for one year under the Emergency Employment Act of August 1971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Martin
Harford County
Lycom College
Jones
Congress
Army Ships to Indians Aid Malki Museum Reservation
The Army and civilians supplied the Malki Museum on the San Bernardino Reservation near Banning California. Over 4000 pounds of medical goods from surplus stocks donated by California doctors dentists and medical suppliers were shipped from the Sacramento Army Depot to the reservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malki Museum
Banning
California
Sacramento
What Happens To A Christmas Tree When The Holiday Season Is Over
University of Maryland safety expert outlines disposal options for both living and cut trees. Plant living trees, or reuse cut ones by bird feed, or chop for kindling with caution. Avoid roadside dumping and use city disposal services. NFPA advises supervision of children near trees and practicing home fire escape plans.
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Ronald J. Seibel
University of Maryland
College Park
Seibel
National Fire Protection Association
NFPA
Maryland ASCS Briefs on 1972 Feed Grain Program Changes
Maryland ASCS personnel reviewed the 1972 feed grain program in Washington to guide farmers during signup February 25. Jaeger said set aside options and barley inclusion expand choices. nationwide shifts favored corn soybeans in the Midwest and Great Plains, wheat barley in the Plains and Northwest, and soybeans in the Southeast.
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Maryland Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Washington
Maryland
ASC
Francis E. Lockingbill
Henry Turney
Stuart Peterson
Jaeger
Great Plains
Pacific Northwest
mid-South
Texas Plains
Mississippi
Agency
Washington, D.C
Connecticut
Delaware
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
West Virginia
University of Maryland Dairy Course on Artificial Insemination
A five day program runs January 24 to 28 1972 at Frederick Maryland hosted by the University of Maryland Dairy Science Department. The course targets dairymen aiming to improve herd reproduction and production with emphasis on reproductive physiology artificial insemination feeding and management. Eligible applicants may obtain forms from the Frederick County Extension Office and must submit with a registration fee by January 5 1972.
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University of Maryland Dairy Science Department
A. I
Frederick County
Winchester Hall
Frederick
Maryland
University of Maryland
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General Assembly of
Baltimore City
Agriculture Labor Relations Board
Dairymen’s
Mainland
China
U.N
Interstate Commerce Commission
USDA
Farm Business
DON &, Watkins Farm Management
Benjamin Moore
Garst Paint Center Inc
Frederick, Maryland
Blue Ridge Oil Company
P.O
Frederick, MD
Fac Geet
Farm Credit Association
East St
Poly-Supreme
MT. Airy
MD Any
Southern States Valley
Midletown
Southern States
Woodsbcro
Woodsrgto, MD
Ter States Cooperative Agency
London
Lesley Croome
Rotabar
MEW Holland Division
Sperry Rand
Ceresville Motor Co., Inc
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