Point Of Rocks Raritan Club Gets Citation
The Maryland State Fish and Game Commission awarded Point of Rocks Raritan Club a framed citation for building and maintaining a Potomac River boat ramp under the U S 15 bridge and for clearing and maintaining a nearby parking lot. The club reported spending 13000 on community service since 1957 and sponsored a Heart and Cancer Fund drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland State Fish and Game Commission
Point of Rocks Raritan
Potomac River
U.S. 15 Bridge
Henry S. Landis
Ivan H. Loucks
New Orleans
Louisiana
Grayson Hallar
Charles Fleet
Point of Rocks
Farm Calendar Highlights For Frederick County Farmers
Entries for the column invite groups to schedule events at Thurmont Frederick area schools and community venues. Listings cover 25 Young Farmer and Adult Farmer Classes, clinics, judging contests, meetings from February through March, and related public notices across Thurmont Walls, Hagerstown Middletown Walkersville Linganore Winchester Hall and Frederick Fairgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurmont High School
Frederick High School
Young Farmar
Woodsboro
Hampshire
Frederick Fairgrounds
Maryland
Maryland Holstein Association Reelects Edwin Fry President
The Maryland Holstein Association re elected Edwin C Fry of Chestertown as president for a one year term at its annual meeting in Centreville. William Hill Jr of Reisterstown was named vice president A Doty Remsburg of Jefferson was re elected secretary and Irving King of Clarksburg was chosen treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Holstein Association
Edwin C. Fry
Chestertown
Centreville
William Hill
D Jr
Reisterstown
A. Doty Remsburg
Jefferson
Irving King
Clarksburg
Farmers Urged To Return Wheat Acreage Cards
Maryland farmers with wheat acreage allotments are urged to mail back 1964 wheat acreage cards to ASCS county offices. George B. Reeves said returns are crucial since marketing quotas are not in effect this year. Measurements may be requested and provided at no cost, aiding adjustments before the final disposition date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASCS
George B. Reeves
Maryland Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation State Committee
Reeves
Hampshire Sale and Judging Contest Set for Saturday
The Maryland Hampshire Breeders Association plans a sale and judging contest for 4-H and FFA swine members at the Frederick Fairgrounds on Saturday with judging by Dr. James Ferguson and Dr. Edwin Goodwin. Cash rewards for top ten judges total 30 to 5 dollars, and winners must select gifts from the first ten animals sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Hampshire Breeders Association
FFA
Charles H. Lutz
Association
Maryland 1964 Tobacco Quota Set at 47 416 Acres
The 1964 Maryland tobacco quota stands at 47 416 acres available for allotment, compared with 48 344 acres in 1963. The average support price for Maryland tobacco is set at 52 3 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Spurrier Reelected President of Guernsey Breeders
Paul E. Spurrier of Liberty was reelected president at the Frederick County Guernsey Breeders Association annual meeting in Walkersville. Donald L. Garst and G. Edgar Hawker, Sr. were reelected as directors for three years. The session featured 4-H reports, production awards, and a banquet with awards for top herds and milk production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul E. Spurrier
Libertytown
Frederick County
Guernsey Breeders Association
United Brethren Church
Spurrier
Donald L. Garst
Walkersville
G. Edgar Hawker
Frederick
Route 4
Maynard Hawker
Middletown
Richard ‘L. Pry
Burkittsville
Harvey Clem
Lewistown
John Hull, Jr
Carroll County
Waterloo
Iowa
Maryland
Tennessee
David E. Hawker
Ballenger
Guernsey
Frederick Fair
Roger Strack
Strack
Lewis
Paul Cramer
Glenn Babbington
Charles F. Smith, Jr
R. R. Lewis
Home Cockroaches Common U S Pests In Homes
The article describes Maryland cockroaches the German brown banded oriental and American types living with humans. It explains how cockroaches enter homes through boxes bags and pipes and stresses thorough cleaning sealing cracks and careful insecticide use including chlordane malathion and diazinon with attention to labels and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Maryland
Maryland Christmas Tree Growers Meet Feb 29
The Maryland Christmas Tree Growers Association will hold its annual meeting at 11:00 a.m. on February 29 at View Street Restaurant near Hagerstown. A panel on selecting seedlings for Maryland conditions will be the main feature, with John Cotton presiding and guests Lewin Long and David W. Sowers attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Maryland Christmas Tree Growers Association, Inc
John Wishard
Box 67
Hagerstown
View Street
John Cotton
Glenwood
Lewin Long
Suncrest Nursery
Homer City
Pennsylvania
David W. Sowers
Hancock
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company
Harry W. Dengler
Extension Forester
University of Maryland Extension Service
College Park
Dengler
Farmers Wives Learn Record Keeping at Walkersville
Farmers wives attended an instructional meeting on farm business record keeping at Walkersville High School on February 13. The session explained record books, expense breakdowns for business analysis, and differences between records for analysis and income taxes, with attendees including Mrs. Donald Keller and Mrs. Garnet Wisner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth E. Wisner
Board of Education
Walkersville High School
Donald Keller
Glenn Gillespie
Garnet Wisner
Robert Zimmerman
Samuel Zimmerman
Harry Trout
Kenneth Burrier
Franklin Burrier
Selby Black
Ralph Ripley
Leroy Hildebrand
John Gaither
February 29 Deadline for Loan Redemption
Maryland farmers have until February 29 to redeem government loan wheat and barley. Producers with stored or warehouse-stored grain must notify the local ASCS County Office if paying off the loan to repossess the grain. The program operates in seven hard-hit counties with generally good quality grain No 3 or better.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
George B. Reeves
Maryland Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation State Committee
ASCS
Senaneya
Changing Times Feed Grain Program Details for Farmers
George Wood reports on the 1964 Feed Grain Program guiding farmers who grow barley corn or grain sorghum. Diversion options range 20 to 100 percent with base acreage from 25 acres or less allowing full diversion. Participants receive price support on remaining base acres and can take half diversion payment at signup. A budgeting method helps decide signup viability. A meeting at Wynchester Hall on March 4 7:30 to 9:30 pm features Mr Carson ASCS Fieldman and George Wood providing full program details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wood
ASCS
Wynchester Hall
Carson
Southern States Co-Op Reports Sound Condition in Sixth Month
M A Tomlinson of Richmond presented a report to Frederick region members showing Southern States Co-op's purchasing division volume at 44.64 million dollars for the first half of 1963-64, up 4.8 percent from last year, with net savings about 550 thousand dollars. Grain and poultry marketing fell, drought aid totaled around 100 thousand, and the co-op shipped 43,621 tons of hay at out-of-pocket cost while seed and feed volumes rose. Current assets approximate six dollars for every one dollar of current debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern States Cooperative
M. A. Tomlinson
Richmond
Frederick
Tomlinson
BCIA Sale and March Annual Meeting Set in Maryland
The Maryland Beef Cattle Improvement Association will hold a performance approved bull sale at the Frederick Fairgrounds on Saturday March 7 at 1 p.m. Thirty three bulls are consigned from Arrowhead Farm Walkersville El Kay Farm Frederick Enterprise Farm Cecilton Friendly Acres Muirkirk Hayesfields Farm Cockeysville Hidden Hills Farm Stamsville Mijo Farm Monocacy Farms Frederick Plum Grove Farm Purcellville Virginia Silver Spring Farm Damascus Spring Valley Farm Poolesville and Valley View Farms White Hall. An annual meeting will be held Friday March 6 at 7 p.m. at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. The meeting is not a dinner meeting and all beef cattle interested persons are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Beef Cattle Improvement Association
Frederick Fairgrounds
Arrowhead Farm
Walkersville
el Kay
Frederick
Enterprise Farm
Cecilton
Friendly Acres
Muirkirk
Hayfields Farm
Cockeysville
Hidden Hills Farm
Stamsville
Mijo
Tamsville
Monocacy Farms
Plum Grove
Purcell
Jones Receives NIH Career Award at Maryland
University of Maryland entomology associate professor Dr. Jack C. Jones is awarded a $13,924 NIH career development grant. The funds support physiology of insect reproduction and the morphology of insect blood physiology studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Maryland
Jack C. Jones
National Institute of Health
Middletown Valley Grange Meeting Highlights and Farm Note
Frederick County Planning and Zoning was discussed for non incorporated areas as part of subdivision regulations. A Heart Association film on myocardial infarction was shown with Union Memorial Hospital staff acting in scenes. The Heart Fund Campaign coordinators were named. The Atlantic City Lecturer Conference is slated for March 5 to 8 at Hotel Morton. The next Grange meeting on February 27 will feature 4H Clubs led by their leaders. A four year old Foxlease Duke Rosalinda Burke produced 19,416 pounds of milk and 716 pounds of butterfat for Merkle U. King of Germantown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
Middletown Valley
Robert W. Wirgan
Frederick County Planning and Zoning Commission
Middletown Valley Grange
The
Heart Association
Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore
Heart Fund
Middletown
Richard Holter
Hotel Morton
Atlantic City
New Jersey
4H Clubs
Foxlease
Rosalinda Burke
Merkle U. King
Germantown
Who's Right On Corn And Maize Across Regions
The piece notes that in America corn refers to maize cultivated long before Europeans arrived, while in England corn denotes wheat and in Scotland and Ireland it means oats. This highlights regional variation in the word’s meaning across English-speaking regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Scotland
Ireland
Fewer U.S. Farms Shrink As Farm Numbers Drop In Ten Years
The U S farm count fell from 4 784 000 to 3 474 000 over ten years while total land in farms declined about 50 000 000 acres. Aver age farm size in 1963 reached 325 acres. In Maryland, Holstein cattle registered to John F Doody of Monrovia will begin with Wyndo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
John F Doody
Monrovia
Maryland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Albert V. Krewatch
Mylo §, Downey
Federal Extension Service
Washington, DC - Maryland
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Point of Rocks Raritan Club
Maggie Design
Topvale Delta Movie
Della Lad Baron
Charles E. Ifert
New Market Grange
Linganore High School
Winchester Hall
Aduit
Middletown High School
Linganore High Schools
BCIA
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Baltimore Union Stockyards
Middletown Reformed Church
Hampshire Sale
Stevenson Close
Great Oak Resort
Chester
Evebrick County
Roscoe Harbaugh
WFMD
Happy
Sonny Carroll County
and Howard Devilbiss
Allen B. Bryant
Myrtle Bell
DHIA
Albert RK. Zimmerman
USDA
Department of Entomology
Christmas Tree Growers Group
Roburke
Adam R. Martin
Maugansville
Southern States
Jones
U.S. Farms
A. F. Rees, Inc
Greencastle
Clyde L. Grossnickle
Myersville
Tel
Cooperative Petroleum Products
Southern States Petroleum Cooperative
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