Farmer's Chemical Quiz and Safety Checks
A quiz on proper use of agricultural chemicals covers reading labels before sprays, keeping containers labeled and stored secure, preventing exposure to children and animals, avoiding smoking and inhalation, washing skin and hands, covering food and water, disposing of containers, washing contaminated clothing, obeying residue limits, checking and cleaning equipment, avoiding high winds and drift, storing concentrates safely, and correctly identifying sprays or dusts. How many can you answer correctly.
Montgomery County D. H. L. A. Records Warning
A fragment notes Montgomery County records of health and sanitation concerns including mentions of insects and pest control. The brief indicates local authority involvement and a public notice of regulatory steps.
Farm Calendar shows test milk and butterfat figures
A farm calendar note lists Clovertop Della Nadine with 1740976 EX and 110242 pounds of milk yielding 3854 pounds of butterfat in 064 days on official test. Owned by Russell S Wachter Deymar. Contact numbers included for farm events.
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Russell S. Wachter
Deymar
To Own Or To Rent in Frederick County Farms
The article compares land ownership versus renting for farming using a productivity based method. It highlights returns on capital, working capital needs, and capital turnover across three farm types, noting figures from Frederick County during a drought year and stressing profitable use of land within farm business returns.
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ED. Reiley
Frederick County
Maryland milk cooperative payout surpasses two million in December
MCMP checks mailed to members totaled 2,013,431.94 for December milk deliveries, the first December payout above two million in at least four years. The 1963 12‑month total reached 21,623,840.25 with September disbursements over 500,000 after Federal Order No 16 ruling. Local county payments ranged from Harford 522,233.63 to Cecil 42,125.58, with multiple counties listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Cooperative Milk Producers
U. S. Supreme Court
Harford County
Carroll County
MCMP
Frederick County
Adams County
Baltimore Conty Dairy Farmer
Washington County
Franklin Cunty
Howard
Montgomery
Anne Arundel County
Clarke
Louden
Berkeley
Jefferson
W. Va
York County
Caroline Counties
Cecil County
Dairy Breeds Used For Low-Cost Beef From Scotland
American farmers can learn from Scottish methods that turn large dairy breeds into lean beef with minimal labor. Friesian steers are fed on barley and grains in year round barns, reaching market weight around 500 pounds in under a year and converting feed efficiently with little pasture needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
FMS
Farm Journal Magazine
National Farm Magazine
Farm Winter Meeting Set for February Sessions
The Extension Service announced the Farm Winter Meeting to be held Wednesday and Thursday February 19 and 20 at the Walkersville Fire Hall. The program covers agronomy, crop production, dairy industry topics, and features University of Maryland speakers, local officials, and prominent farmers. Sessions run 10 am to 3 pm with talks on Sudan grasses, minimum tillage, alfalfa, dairy product promotion, supply control, dairy rations, and udder edema in heifers.
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Walkersville Fire Hall
Neri Clark
Agronomy
University of Maryland
Guy Geinger
Ag Engineering Department
University
Joseph Newcomer
Agronomy de Beret
Kenneth E. Shifflet
Allen B Bryant
Charles Lease
Atlantic Dairy Association
J. Paxton Marshall
Noah E. Kefauver
Cecil K. Holter
Middletown
Edgar G. Emrich
Thurmont
Forester Warns of Narrow Remaining Seedlings
Forester George B Gilmore reports only 75000 of the 235000 Frederick County tree seedlings remain with February 15 set as the deadline for this year's cost sharing program. State covers 80 percent of tree costs and orders start at 250 trees for quarter acre Planting is for conservation use not full landscaping or Christmas trees and requests go to the Extension Service at Winchester Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Gilmore
Frederick County
Winchester Hall
Voluntary 1964 Feed Grain Program Details Released
Maryland's Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee chair George Reeves explains the 1964 feed grain program remains voluntary with price support tied to participation. Sign up runs until March 27 for farms that grew corn barley or grain sorghum in 1959 or 1960. Diverion payments depend on percent of base diverted and crop type, with higher rates for larger diversions and a new cap of 20 percent of 1964 land fair market value.
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George B. Reeves
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation State Committee
Maryland
Rae County
Damascus FFA Wins Blue Emblem Award and Reports Activity
The Damascus FFA Chapter earned the Blue Emblem Award for best all around record books. Glen Hood won a silver Farm Bureau award for dairy records and Dwight Monnier took bronze for beef records. The chapter also placed first in regional soil conservation and notes a past sale of 100 fryers and a cage layer operation yielding 50 dozen eggs weekly. They plan to add 100 pullets and launch a safety drive during National FFA week February 15 to 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damascus
F.F.A
Trellis-Grown Tomatoes Bring Higher Prices
Trellised tomatoes ripen earlier and bring 2 to 4 cents more per pound. A 25 ton crop could yield an extra $1,000 to $2,000 per acre, incentivizing extra labor to tie vines. Costs rise from 500 to 1700 dollars per acre for trellising, but higher quality and yields offset the expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
FMS
Farm Journal
Corn yields surge as Midwest farms average high bushels
Farm Journal reports most Midwest farmers now average over 125 bushels per acre, with many reaching 150 on average fields. A Holterholm Master dairy cow produced 13,810 pounds of milk and 544 pounds of butterfat in 343 days under Cecil K. Holter of Jefferson care.
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Philadelphia
Fms
Farm Journal
Holterholm
Sarah
Cecil K. Holter
Jefferson
Tuscarora Grange 433 Welcomes Betty Summers At Dues Paying Supper
Tuscarora Grange 433 members held a covered dish supper with about twenty five in attendance. Betty Summers joined the group while Wil liam Warren presided over the regular meeting. Betty Summers took the Fourth Degree oath and home economics reports noted successful candy sales.
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Tuscarora
Tuscarora Grange
Betty Summers
Axel Anderson
Panama
Panama City
The
Grange
Charles Putman
William Warren
Home Economics
Joe Harbaugh
Government Loses Money on Surplus Commodities Sales
A USDA report shows July to November sales of surplus federal commodities totaling 979.7 million dollars in initial cost and handling. Returns on sales reached 705.2 million, a loss of 274.5 million. About 62 percent of commodities sold for cash, the rest under Food For Peace with foreign countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USDA
Department
Maryland teen to attend poultry conference in Kansas City
Sixteen year old Carol Jean Frase of Vienna will join 85 delegates from two states at the 11th Junior Poultry and Egg Fact Finding Conference in Kansas City Missouri February 13 to 16. The event runs with the Institute of American Poultry Industries Fact Finding Conference for Business drawing several thousand adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Kansas City
Carol Jean Frase
Vienna
Institute of ‘American Poultry Industries
John Mills Appointed Extension Agent in St. Marys County
Mr. John H. Mills is named Extension Agent for Resource Development in St. Mary's County. Dr. Edward W. Aiten, Director of the Maryland Cooperative Extension Service, announces Mills' appointment effective February 1, 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Mills
St. Mary’s County
Edward W. Aiten
Maryland Cooperative Extension Service
Soil Bank Plan To Cost 200 Million This Year
The Soil Bank will cost the federal government about 200 million in the coming fiscal year, down from 293 million this year as 7.4 million acres of cropland held from production under the conservation reserve expire. The Johnson administration seeks legislation for a broader cropland conservation program emphasizing permanent shifts and plans to make 50 million available for diverted payments starting July 1.
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Old Soil Bank
Conservation Reserve
Soil Bank
Eisenhower
Congress
USDA
Johnson Administration
Soil Bank payments continue alongside contracts on land
The text notes that payments would run in addition to ongoing payments on land still under unexpired Soil Bank contracts. It outlines that land under these contracts remains eligible for future payments while new payments are added.
MCMP Annual Meeting Set February 29
The annual meeting of the MCMP ducers Inc will be held Saturday February 29 at the Lord Baltimore Hotel Baltimore starting at 10 am Featured will be reports by President Edgar G Emrich and the secretary treasurer and business manager The agenda includes ratification of six directors reappointed at district meetings Wilson A Heaps Dist 1 Richard F Price Dist 2 Herbert W Wessel Jr Dist 3 F Guy McGrady Dist 6 Emory M Kilgore Dist 7 and Fred G Butler Dist 10 A luncheon in the Calvert and Caswell rooms will follow with entertainment by the Tamburitzans from Duquesne University Pittsburgh
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Cooperative Milk Producers, Inc
Lord Baltimore
Baltimore
Edgar G. Emrich
Wilson A. Heaps
Richard F. Price
Herbert W. Wessel Jr
Emory M. Kilgore
Fred G. Butler
Calvert and Caswell
Tamburitzans
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh
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Fred Groomes
IBM
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Merkle C. Flock
Paul K. Coblentz
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G&rh
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Paul D. Remsberg
Merhi A. Adams
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Merson & Nicholson
R&gh
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Wills D. Remsberg
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Charles Smith
Josephus T. HuHer
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CBM
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Robert & Mary
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Joe W
James A
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Irving Staley
BON xThompson Furniture
Harry W. Frantz
Harry W. Frantz Elwood
Beall Bros, Inc
Ewing
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Sinacos
David R
Joe Shwartzbeck
Wight & Zigler
Plummer H. Fraley
Leslie C. King
JT. B. Dorsett
Charles Gardner
W. K. Matthews
Bruce M. Brandenburg
Paul K. Calbentz
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Edgar C. Wirts Jr
Linoa
Bertram Enfield
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Bs Son
Jon AA
Crum
Joan A. Hope Jr
Leroy Sarah
Supr
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Kalb Brs
Ira D. Mert & Sons
Heong
Thurmont High
Wm. Browning
Frank G. Remsberg & School
Merkle C. Flack
Wilcom Bros
Frederick Growers
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Maurice S. Anhalt
Robert Guyton
Walkersville
Lawrenc R. Wilcam
Wight & Zigler R
Josephus J. Hulfer
J. Homer Remsberg
Lbs. Locoale Farm Inc
Statler
Earl B. Wiles
Charles C. Smith
Frederick High
C. Earl Page
Russell A. Dudrow
Merson & Nicholson R
Lester Dudrow
John van Holten
Danie Lee West
Aduit
William T. Wilcam Jr
Alton Ro Putman
R&gg
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Richard T. Geisler
Woodsboro
Clyde A
Mary Thomas
Robert Fry
Merril A. Adams
Harold C. Brubaker
Charles Bower
William W. Geisler
Webster G. MacCartee
Shock & Spang
Herschel T. Boyer
Ler
IBA
James Ij
Star Chicks
A. Page R
Thurmont High School
Emory E. Remsberg Jr
Willis B. Remsberg School
Ewing & Cheeks Hall
Middletown High
Tit Kling & Son School
Young Farmer Brawley & Bardette High School
Wells & Bardette
Gonreta Farm
R&ghebs
Thomas & Jones
Leo
Henry F. King
Reed
Riggs & Stiles JM & RM. Tregon
John L. King
A.R. Johnson
Charles Savage
James Welsh, Jr
Chester Leishear
Singanore and
Ralph & Grover Walkersville
Walker
Arnold Price
Roland Green
Howes
King
David Cavanaugh
Richard Whiteman
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Southern States Petroleum Cooperative
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