Purcellville Holstein Millie Girl tops U S milk record
Pinelee Posch Millie Girl 215379 owned by Charles R. Hope and Son Purcellville Virginia was named highest milk producing living Holstein cow in the United States milking three times daily. She reached 32 765 pounds milk and 11202 pounds fat in 363 days, a new milestone second only to Mountain Maid Ruth Battels Tietje in 1934. Approximately 159 people witnessed the final milking day at the Hope home barn.
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Brattleboro
Charles RK
Hope and Son
Purcellville
United States
U. S
Ruth Battels Tietje
Archie Allison
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Millie
Ellie
Potomac
Roland Hope
Charles R. Hope
Pinelee Posch Mille
Howard County Wins Merit Plaque for 4-H Electric Work
The State Extension office selects Howard County for the merit plaque honoring outstanding 4-H Better Methods Electric program in 1947. Westinghouse Educational Foundation provides the plaque to the Ellicott City County Extension office as 4-H demonstrations and projects across the county are highlighted. Norman Thompson of Sykesville wins county medal in the 1947 National 4-H Letter Methods Electric awards program, with various farm electric projects described. Hancock War Memorial Association disbands over memorial design disputes after raising over $4000 in fees and gifts.
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Howard County
Westinghouse Educational Foundation
Ellicott City
Norman Thompson
Sykesville
Hancock
Hancock War Memorial Association
Leroy Carter
Western Tand Frust Company stockholders meeting notice
The annual meeting of the stock holders will be held Saturday January 24 1938 at 11700 Alm. Tacob G Shawbaker is treasurer. The election of Directors and any other business will be transacted at the office of the corporation.
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Western Tand 2
Maryland Holstein Sire Proved Above All Maryland Lines
Maryland's Top Sire purebred Holstein owned by G Edger Roderick of Walkersville has been proved at a higher level than any Maryland sires on record. Joe Poll says the proof compares daughters milk output to dams, with S J C Valley Emperor Star showing gains in milk and butterfat. First five daughters averaged 16.559 pounds milk and 617 pounds butterfat on a 305 day mature equivalent basis. star bull now at College Park serving the Maryland Artificial Breeding Co-operative.
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G. Edger Roderick
Walkersville
Maryland
Joe Poll
Extension Dairyman
S. J. C. Valley
College Park
Maryland Artificial Breeding Co-operative
Herd tests show Brattleboro Holsteins yield high milk output
The 18 cow Holstein herd owned by W Kief fer Coblentz Middletown Md completed a year of production testing in the official Herd Improvement Registry. Average butterfat 368 pounds and milk 16345 pounds with milking twice daily. Highest producer Deerspring Bess Fobes produced 498 pounds of butterfat and 13951 pounds of milk at age eight.
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Brattleboro
W. Kieffer Coblentz
Middletown
Holstein-Friesian Association of “America
Deerspring Bess Fobes
State's Attorney Camalier Dies in Leonardtown Lunchroom
Leonardtown January 16 Henry Camalier three term State's Attorney for St Marys county collapsed in a main street lunchroom and died. Dr F A Camalier half brother and Dr F F Greenwell county medical examiner ruled death from coronary thrombosis. Camalier would have been 51 on January 31 and was a native of Leonardtown, son of late Circuit Judge B H Camalier.
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Leonardtown
Henry Camalier
St. Mary's County
F. A. Camaler
F. F. Greenwell
Camalier
B. H. Camailier
Public Sale of Real Estate in Frederick County
Public sale under a 1948 circuit court decree by Farmers and Mechanics National Bank of Frederick as trustee. On February 14 1948 at 11 o clock a m at the Frederick Court House Door the property at 345 South Market Street Frederick Maryland fronting South Market Street and described as 1714 feet by 160 feet will be sold with six room brick dwelling and metal garage. Terms: half cash day of sale or ratification, balance in installment with notes and security or all cash. $750 deposit due day of sale. Possession subject to rent control. Bank as owner. Attorney William M Stor. Auctioneer Emmett R Bowlus.
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Circuit Court
Frederick County
Mechanics National Bank of
Frederick
Court House
Frederick City
Maryland
South Market Street
Bredenck City
Onal Bank of
Conner Motter Thomas
Nellie E. Thomas
Ted
Armers and Mechanics National Bank OF Frederick
William M. Stor
Emmett R. Bowlus
Henry George
Russel
el Gordon
Towit
Petersville
Frederck Country
Marrland
Russell S__ Gercon
Carre L. Gordon
Helen Owen
Renz Owen
Husa
Frederick Jr
Sim
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank OF
William M. Storm
Emmert R Bowlus
Topsoil Conservation Urged by U.S. Official
Edward M. Davis of the U S Soil Conservation Service warned that the world’s future depends on preserving topsoil. He linked soil fertility to national security and postwar aid, urging rapid action under Secretary Anderson’s long range policy of organized sustained abundance.
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Edward M. Davis
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Anderson
European Recovery Program Obligations Heading Unclear
Fragment reads as obligations under the European Recovery program. No clear event date or action is specified. Requires more context to determine main subject, parties involved, and outcome.
Maryland fertilizer tests show value of 200 lb 3-12-6 on corn
Four years of University of Maryland trials cited by the Maryland Crop Improvement Association indicate that applying 200 pounds of 3-12-6 per acre with a corn planter yields handsome returns, while plow-under of ammonium nitrate and7-7-7 shows smaller, inconsistent gains. Side dressing 100 pounds ammonium nitrate in July varied by soil, with up to 30 bushels per acre gain on sandy, nitrogen-poor soils. There is also a note that rattlesnakes number at least 13 species in the United States.
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University of Maryland
Maryland Crop Improvement Association
Baltimore
Holstein
Guernsey
T. B
McCormick-Deering
John Deere
Syracuse
Westinghouse
DeLaval
Account Book for Maryland Farmers Could Aid Records
University of Maryland offers a 32 page account book for Maryland farmers to track inventories of real estate equipment and livestock, monthly receipts and expenses, and tax summaries. Arthur Hamilton of the State Extension Service notes it can be obtained from county agents or the Extension Service with a small printing charge. There are more than 640 009 species of insects in the world.
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Maryland
University of Maryland
Arthur Hamilton
State Extension Service
Hamilton
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