Farmers urged orders as scarce equipment looms
A panel of agricultural experts at the IV th annual Four State Farmers meeting in Hagerstown warned farmers to place orders now for farming equipment and stock up on fertilizer amid rising demand and looming shortages. Leaders from manpower machinery fertilizer marketing and Social Security advised careful planning to maximize production and to consider foreign labor if needed. The program featured state and university representatives and emphasized operating equipment in top condition, stockpiling fertilizer, and using strong management to meet postwar demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Hhe
John Magruder
University of Maryland
D. A. Tucker
Aryland
State Employment Service
Farm Labor
Ald
Tucker
Clyde QC
Koons
Mar-Del-Va
Vincent Sanchelli
Davison Chemical Company
Earl Moffatt
Extension
Penn State College
Moffatt
W. S. King
S Social Security Administration
George Mullan
Potomac Edison Company
Teacing Farm
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Frank
W. R. Bell
Department of Veterinary Sciences
VPI
Bell
Mark Miller
Washington County
James D. Outhouse
Lee W. Morgan
Wage data hints at thaw in price controls
The report notes cost of living and average weekly wages in manufacturing as price and wage controls linger. Forecasters expect an immediate thaw on wage freezes and more flexibility in consumer price controls. The average weekly wage rose to $64.15, up 12 percent since mid 1950.
U S Helps Austrian 4 H Youth See American Farming
Four Austrian 4-H Club youths touring the United States describe how American farm methods and gender roles impressed them. They spoke of poultry projects, large farms, and the 4-H leadership system as their best experiences. The visit, organized by ECA, aims to boost Austrian farming adoption through youth projects and exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Richard Kleiner
NEA
New York
U. S
Anna Grennwallner
Austria
Anna
Salzburg
Hampshire
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Josef Mosset
Alexander Haas
Hilda Durnick
Germain
Josef
ECA
Mid Winter Meeting Highlights Farm Advances and Elections
Nearly one hundred Frederick County farmers attended the Four-State Mid-Winter meeting in Hagerstown on January 26 with panels from Maryland Pennsylvania West Virginia and Virginia. Topics covered included mobilization effects on manpower farm machinery and fertilizer and the need for efficient production and orderly marketing. Frederick County representatives were elected to the farmers committee and details announced on Farm Workers Social Security benefits. Election of Frederick Soil Conservation District supervisors set for February 27 with voting open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the County Agent's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry RK
Shoemaker
Frederick County
Hagerstown
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Virginia
Clyde O. Koons
Frederick
Mar-Del-Va
Farm Equipment Dealers Association
Earl Moffat
Penn State College
Ray H. Smith
Earl Remsberg
Buckeystown
Harry A. Zentz
Thurmont
William A. Dehart
University of Maryland
Internal Revenue Office
North Court Street
Frederick County Board Nominees and Grange Meeting Note
State Soil Conservation Committee nominates W A Bell F E Remsberg and H A Zente to the Board of Supervisors with Burall and J W Howard as the other two appointees from the committee. Zinc Rodentiride supply arrives for orchard mouse control. availability via County Agents. Forty two Grange leaders plan 1951 program with Pomona Master Bruer E Crum. project to be approved by Pomona. Enthusiasm noted for a strong Grange year in Frederick County.
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State Soil Conservation Committee
W. AR. Bell
Frederick
Murray O Day
Mt Aay
Earl Remsberg
Buckeystown
Harry A. Zente
Thurmont
University of Massachusetts
Pomona
Bruer E. Crum
Extension Service
Proscam
Frederick County
New Windsor Mothers Raise Funds in Polio Drive
In sleet and snow last Wednesday night mothers from New Windsor and Marston gathered 177 for the polio drive. Cain boxes netted 30.44 and other events plus personal gifts totalled 600.13 for an approximate 807.55, over 500 more than last year, with Mrs Elton Wright Mrs Harold Wilhelm and Mrs James Danner among helpers. The fire company fought a small blaze at Wetzel's Sams Creek and William and John Thompson visited their grandmother Mrs Marie Thompson while their parents moved to Frederick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Windsor
Marston
Cain
Elton Wright
Harold Wilhelm
James Danner
Wetzel
HBPA asks Maryland Racing Commission to scrap receiving barns
The Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association HBPA Maryland Delaware West Virginia division filed a formal petition with the Maryland Racing Commission to eliminate compulsory receiving barns. It argued the barns are costly in money and manpower and that the state does not cover horses while they wean the barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association
Maryland Racing Commission
HBPA
Virginia
High Producers Ayrshire Herd Gains Top National Rank
The purebred Ayeshire herd of Lewis W. Brown and Son of Jefferson earned top national recognition in a recent Ayrshire Herd Test Division. They averaged 984 pounds of milk with 41 percent butterfat and 41 pounds of butterfat for the testing month, placing them among the nation's leading Ayrshire herds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis W. Brown
County Cattle Nucleus For Herd In A County
Five heifers from South Ane Wa were shipped by plane to Colombia airport via Washington. Barker notes the aircraft was spacious enough to carry 20 heifers, cites cost advantages and reduced need for handlers, and mentions the cows’ lineage from Ormsby Setrsation and Maryviany THaulster breeders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard’. Barker
Ane
Sena Laas
Coe Jombia
Berg
Washington
Ms. Barker
Bark
Ponteng
Ormsby
Bure Kher
Aly Seemetange
Maryviany Thaulster Breedurs Asse
Fragmentary news note on letters from Troy and Frederick
The fragment mentions Mona and five other letter writers from Troy New York and Frederick. It notes they are popular and from districts with records, with figures 15 to 20,000 and a two by imdk HA, suggesting study results or figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Dlusser
Troy
N.Y
Pupuilir Urerding
Dias
Farmers Earn Subsidy For Soil Building Practices
On February 5, 1951, seven farms joined the program with the average farmer receiving about 57 dollars. The representative notes the payment covers roughly half the cash outlay for the practices while farmers provide the labor. For 15 years Congress has acknowledged the public’s role in supporting soil fertility for the national economy, with program practices costing Maryland farmers far less than half of total soil-building efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Farmers Emphasize Soil Improvement in Conservation Payments
Maryland farmers increasingly invest in soil betterment with lime, phosphate, and potash under the Agricultural Conservation Program. Data released by Josh Rhindford, chair of the state PMA, show 49 percent of payments funded lime and liming related items, 20 percent for phosphate, 4 percent for potash, and 20 percent for green manure and cover crops. Other listed practices include reseeding pastures and open ditches, totaling 19,251 payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josh Rhindford
Maryland
PMA
Strate
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Puerto Rico
Nea-Acme
Bert Ashworth
William and
John Thompson
Any
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Chas. W. Hahn
Emory Cutshall
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Pytmian Castle
Edward Brown
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Goa Lay
Maryland Chick Hatchery, Inc
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Melvin M. Engle
Hotpoint Appliances
N. Carroll St
Jeannette A. Treich
Orphans’ Court
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Prussia
Germany
France
Czechoslovakia
U. G
General Electric
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Morris
Alice R. Dean
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank of Frederick
Delbert Null
R. L. Kelly
WM. M. Storm
the News
Frederick, Md
Mona
Tuperior Bottled Gas Service
Frederick Bottled Gas CO
Hoon
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Sam Miller
South Market Army Shoes
Army Wool Fants New Work Shoes
Army Khaki
South Market St
Wargeit & Co
Gilhead
David
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Real Estate and Besuranee
Ao Ald
O.K
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H. C. Summers Jefferson
Monrovia Supply CO
Monrovia
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Farm Equipment Center
Mercer Jones & Son Dickerson
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