Holt Awarded 2,500 Chicks $4,323 By Jury
A federal court jury awarded Alfred Holt and four others in a lands takings case near the Pennsylvania Maryland border. Holt received 4323 for 240 acres under the Army underground Pentagon project. Other awards ranged from 125 to 3500, with nine payment details disclosed. A separate fire at Strohlands hatchery near Ridgeville destroyed part of a brooder house and 2,500 chicks, causing about 10000 in damage before firemen saved much of the facility.
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Lewisburg
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Alfred Holt
Philosophical College of Occult Science
Baltimore
Hall
Frederick ¥. Follmer
Charles 5
Martin
Hazel
William E. Orner
Eleanor Linebaugh
Robert
Viola Kite
William Ebersole
Richard Ebersole
Ralph and
Rosalie Masser
Emma Warren
Holt
Fountaindale
Fairfield
R. D
Adams County
Strohlands
Ridgeville
Larry Stroh
Mt. Airy
Lisbon
Sykesville
H. Davis
Davis
U. S. 40
National Pike
Stroh
Check Timbers Posts For Termite Invasion
Timbers and wooden posts in houses should be inspected for termites, warns Entomologist T L Bissell of the Maryland Extension Service. Look for earthlike shelter tunnels and discarded wings or swarmers to detect colonies. inspect at least yearly and act quickly if infestation is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
T. L. Bissell
University of Maryland Extension Service
Bissell
State Insect Survey Planned
COLLEGE PARK Maryland February A survey to monitor Maryland insect pests during the rowing season has been announced by Dr. Ernest N. Cory head of Maryland University entomology The Extension entomologist Theodore L Bissell leads the survey with Wallace C Harding Jr making field observations The project cooperates with the U S Department of Agriculture economic insect survey section Harding will issue weekly reports to Bissell who will base control recommendations on them
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
Maryland
Ernest N. Cory
University of Maryland
Cory
Theodore L. Bissell
Wallace C. Harding, Jr
Economic Insect Survey Section
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Harding
Bissell
Insect Notes Report Expands County Advisory Network
A report titled Marviansi Insect Notes outlines years of county agent cooperation and wartime informational releases. The new survey will improve timely insect condition advice, building on past federal and local collaboration and expanding to larger scale control and demonstration efforts.
Maryland vegetable growers urged to attend marketing conference
College Park Md Feb 5 a marketing specialist and a vegetable production expert from the University of Maryland urge growers to study marketing as vital as growing. Charles W Porter and Dr Francis C Stark note a February 11 12 conference in Washington by the Vegetable Growers Association of America at the Raleigh Hotel with talks on acreage transport terminal markets auctions and foreign trade. They urge questions from growers to A Lee Tawson Jr Seabrook New Jersey. Also noted is a Gold Medal Proven Sire Helengeorge Master Admiral owned by Ira Tfert Middletown Md honored by the Holstein-Friesian Association of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
University of Maryland
Charles W. Porter
Department of Markets
Francis C. Stark
University Department of Horticulture
Maryland
Washington
Vegetable Growers Association of America
Raleigh Hotel
Ezra Taft Benson
Pall Mall
Stark and
Porter
VGAA
A. Lee Tawson, Jr
Seabrook
New Jersey
Helengeorge
Master Admiral
Ira Tfert
Middletown
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Maryland corn price support rules restrict loans by county
Maryland farmers face new price support rules tied to Secretary Benson’s 1954 corn acreage program. Only those in 34 counties with commercial corn status will qualify for price support loans at 90 percent of the national rate. those outside receive 75 percent. County designations and allotment consequences are outlined, with Maryland’s 1954 share allocated from the national 46,995,504 acre program. Also practical tips from University of Maryland on meal planning and safe storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ena Taft Benson
Maryland
George J. Martin
Cecil
Gold standard Holstein Friesian sire crowned
BULL TOP RATED Weenie Gracious Wintories owned by George F Causey and Ralph and Grover Walker of Wakefield and Gaithersburg received the industry’s top honor for a Holstein Friesian sire. He was designated as a gold medal proven sire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BULL
George F. Causey
Ralph
Grover Walker
Wakefield
Gaithersburg
D W Kettells Named To Probation Board Staff
Durward W. Kettells of Walkersville is appointed to the field staff of the Maryland Depart ment of Parole and Probation announced by field supervisor Alton C. Whitmore. Kettells leaves the State Game and Inland Fish Commission after 12 years, mainly in Frederick County, to take new duties under Joseph J. Nestor in Montgomery and Carroll counties effective February 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durward W. Kettells
Walkersville
Maryland Department of Parole and Probation
Alton C. Whitmore
Kettells
State Game and Inland Fish Commission
Frederick County
Joseph J. Nestor
Frederick
Maryland
Hagerstown
Nestor
Montgomery
Carroll
Farm Dairy Barn Burns on Maryland Eastern Shore
A dairy barn at Mana Farm near Mana Farm on the Chesapeake Bay shoreline burned early today. Three passersby saved 50 dairy cattle, and the Kent Island and Queenstown Volunteer fire departments saved the milkshed and equipment. Owner Pp. G. Sedies reported a $15,000 loss including 1,200 bales hay 700 bushels corn a mill and a feed mixer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Datry
Matapeake
Mana Farm
Chesapeake Bay
Garden Club
G. Sedies
Kent Island
Queenstown
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Farmers Cooperative Association
Frederick Middletown
Cary
Metropolitan
Boards of County Commissioners
Entoamalant
PRL Wii
James R. Foster
George S. Langford
Foster
Cepes
Janet Coblentz
Miss Coblentz
State Farm Mutual
State Farm
Charles E. Nichols
Monroe Ave
W. Veil Forney
N. Market St
Warren C. Smith
Braddock Heights
Skokie
Della
Lucifer” Son
Cross Della Dutchman
Monument
D. W. Kettells
Probation Board
Otto Kelley
Round Hill, VA
Dhann Derroolls Ttn
Mao
Dill Ave
Craine
A. H. Derr
Uncle Sam
Pnovision
Ivate
Farmers Cooperative
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