Glade Valley Grange Adopts 1970 71 Work Program
Glade Valley Grange adopts its 1970 71 Program of Work at the Dec. 9 meeting. Officers installed include Raymond Crum, Irvin Brant, and Nena Jamison. Upcoming events include a Dec. 22 supper meeting with a Christmas program and plans for community projects, youth participation, public meetings, fair exhibits, scholarships, and support for 4H FFA FHA and Scouts.
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Glade Valley Grange
Master Crum
Raymond Crum
Irvin Brant
Nena Jamison
Etta Leveronne
Pomona
State Grange
Grange
Insurance Company
Frederick
Greenrop
Farm Programs Take New Direction
Maryland officials and national leaders attended a Washington conference as Secretary Hardin outlined the 1970 Agricultural Act. The bill shifts farm policy to market driven decisions, offering producers more flexibility while maintaining price supports and expanding export potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
Frick
Clifford M. Hardin
Washington, D. C
Agrcultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
US. Department of Agriculture
Maryland
Raymond F. Jaeger
Randallstown
J. Keith Meyers
Sharpsburg
Homer O. Schmidt
Federalsburg
ASC
Francis E. Lookingbull
Taneytown
Wm. Henry Turney
Laurel
Nixon
USDA
Agriculture
Hardin
Farm Program
Kenneth E. Frick
Bacco
Europe
U. S
United Kingdom
Clarence D. Palmby
Lawrence A. Fox
President
Commission On International Trade and Investment Policy
Bucharest
Belgrade
Rome
Paris
Bonn
Hague
Brussels
Lonon
Taxpayers Ask IRS on handling conservation expenses
Farmers may deduct some conservation costs but must capitalize others. Structures subject to depreciation such as wells, tiles and concrete dams must be capitalized and recovered through annual depreciation. Deductions for drainage ditches channels earthen dams and ponds may be allowed within limits if taken in the first tax year. See Publication 225 Farmer Tax Guide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IRS
Pesticide controls and licensing boost Maryland farm trade stake
The Maryland Pesticides Control Act tightens sale and use of restricted pesticides, requires annual licensing for custom applicators and pest control consultants, and mandates recordkeeping. It details permit procedures, emergency uses, dealer duties, and qualifications, then notes ASC chair Jaeger asserting U.S. farmers’ big stake in world trade amid EC policies.
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Maryland Pesticides Control Act
Charles F. Ellington
State Board of Agriculture
Maryland
Maryland State Board of Agriculture
MSBA
The
Symons Hall
University of Maryland
College Park
Raymond F. Jaeger
London
U. S
Hardin
U.S
Maryland Teen Wins National Farm Bureau Meet in Texas
Kevin Hall, 18, of New Midway Maryland, won the Farm Bureau discussion meet finals in Houston. A freshman at Frederick Community College, Hall raises 100 registered Cheviot sheep and previously won the 1970 National FFA Speaking Contest. Maryland Farm Bureau and state leaders attended the five day national gathering, where 54 Marylanders joined nearly 6,000 attendees to tour farms and the King Ranch. Representative Roger B. Morton urged Farm Bureau to aid him in natural resource policy at a general session.
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Maryland
Kevin Hall
Farm Bureau
Houston
Tex
Hall
New Midway
Frederick County
Frederick Community College
Maryland Future Farmers of America
FFA
Maryland Farm Bureau
American Farm Bureau
American Farm Bureau Federation
G. Willard Oakley
James Bigelow
Northeast
Afbf Women’s Committee
George Kruhm
Queen Anne’s Co
AFBF
Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee
Roger C. B. Morton
Interior
Nixon
Farm Bureau Organization
Cowboy 99 Still Roams Rodeos in Golden Years
Jack Hart, born 1872 in Indian Territory, plans a Fort Worth rodeo trip at age 99. He still rides and helps ropers and doggers for pay, having quit competition around 1921. Hart now lives in Danville after moving to the San Francisco Bay area for a livestock exposition.
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Danville
Calif
Jack Hart
Hart
Fort Worth
Tex
Indian Territory
Will Rogers
Oolagah
Okla
San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco
Drug Abuse Program Gets High Priority In 4-H
The 4-H National Service Committee partners with Eli Lilly to boost drug education for youth. Programs in Amarillo and states like West Virginia and Iowa train youths to share prevention messages, supported by Lilly sponsorship, scholarships, and a national congress focus on real talk about drugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli Lilly and Company
Norman C. Mindrum
National
Mindrum
4-H
Cooperative Extension Service
Amarillo
Tex
West Virginia
Minnesota
New Hampshire
Tennessee
Iowa
Chicago
America
Congress
Ivan Bennett
Lilly
National Institute of Mental Health
USDA Lifts Milk Diversion Limit In Middle Atlantic
The U S Department of Agriculture suspends a provision of the Middle Atlantic milk marketing order that limits milk diverted to nonregulated plants. Effective for milk marketed Dec 1 1970 through Feb 1971 it allows more milk to be shipped directly from farms to manufacturing plants. Action requested by Inter State Milk Producers Cooperative Inc and proposed in the Dec 12 Federal Register. no opposition comments noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Milk Producers’ Cooperative, Inc
USDA
Consumer and Marketing Service
4-H Commits to Strong Drug Education Effort Support
The 4-H Service Committee director notes the organization’s duty as a responsive body representing diverse society and thanks Eli Lilly and Company along with others for backing a robust educational drive on drug awareness.
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4-H
Eli Lilly and Company
Mindrum
Holstein Classification Program Soon In Grayson Area
Grayson and Bowers announce a January Holstein classification program to assess each animal’s conformational strengths and weaknesses. Official classifiers will visit participating herds to compile 12 key measurements guiding selective breeding and herd planning for higher efficiency and profits.
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Grayson
Maryland-Delaware
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Brunthever
Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene
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Chisholm
Santa Fe
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North Dakota
Middle Atlantic
Farm Credit Association
East St
Guernsey
C. T. Brilliant Ann
Garrett Brothers
Rockville
DHIR
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Sary
Aliso
Inycricanti RI Oram
City Water Service
Mt. Airy
Southern States Valley Co-Op
Middletown
Woodsboro
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