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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1955
Page
4
Frederick County hosts three day winter farm meetings at Walkersville Fire Hall focusing on poultry forage crops and dairy production. County Agent Shoemaker notes the programs are practical with hundreds attending last year and lunch served daily.
The Agriculture Department reports a postwar rush by city investors to buy farms has subsided. Land values rose 1 percent July to November, two percent above last year, with gains concentrated in the central corn belt and several states while declines appeared in the Mountain, Pacific Coast, Kentucky, and Maine. Strong hog prices and good crop weather supported prices, while drought and lender requirements cooled demand. A nationwide $10,000 Farm Building Improvement Contest offers prizes up to 1,500 for eligible projects, with 40 prizes of 100 and various other awards.
COLLEGE PARK January 21 The second annual University of Maryland Agricultural Chemicals Conference will be held February 10 and 13 in the Southern Hotel Baltimore. Maryland Extension Service and Experiment Station personnel will discuss 1955 crop recommendations for pest and disease control. Dr L Weaver says the conference enables county agents commercial fieldmen pesticide dealers and others to meet and discuss crop pest recommendations. Topics include fungicides insecticides seed treatments weed spray chemicals soil fumigants spray residues and insecticides for use on farm animals and in farm buildings. The opening session at 9:45 Thursday covers chemicals for vegetable and canning crops. Thursday afternoon features talks on insect control hay and tobacco crops insect control in farm buildings and spray residue issues from the Miller Bill. Friday morning begins at 9 with nery fungicides fruit spray calendar hormone sprays for tree fruits and general purpose sprays for fruits gardens and ornamentals. A final Friday session includes a panel on chemical weed control in various crops and orchards. Weaver invites all interested in agricultural chemicals to attend.
County Agent Henry R. Shoemaker quotes Earl L. Butz on progress in agriculture. He notes a 75 percent output rise over four decades with similar acreage and fewer workers, plus a 47 percent rise in 15 years since World War II. The piece stresses confidence in farming’s future, free enterprise support, and opportunities for youth, alongside Maryland poultry contest and Ayrshire milk record updates.
Henry Pree highlights manure as a long standing soil improver with elusive components and persistent value despite limited analysis. The piece also explains bronze birch borer control, grapevine pruning guidance from county agents, and a self help dairy promotion lesson illustrating milk vending in schools and communities.
Twenty registered Holstein Pri stations from Gaithersburg and Rockville were exported to Ignacia Posada in Cali Colombia. Names include Irvington Echo, Nora, Lena, Anne, Eleanor, Garnet, Countess, Princess Eden, Rosette Amity, Pride Rex bulls, and others owned by W L Ring, John L Morris, W J Ring, Van B Master Dahlia, and George L Fuller. Also 27 Friesland shipments to nations. spring pig crop forecast at 5 percent higher with potential total near 38.5 million head in 1959.
Montgomery Co DHIA records for November 1954 list supervisors UNIT 1 George Blicksenstaff UNIT 2 Dwight Teele UNIT 3 Bernard L Wiles UNIT 4 Robert Meunier UNIT 5 Maurice E Meunier UNIT 6 Leroy Buralt Rupkles RI Woodrow Irene Fox RH John Stiles Sons RF Job Stiles Sons RJ John Stiles Sons Rd Mullen Gil CL A T Mullen RH James M Stup RH Lee Stonler GH Lee Stotler GH Lee Stoner GH Monroe Smith GH BR 6 61 ei) 72 66 64 62
A. J. Custer Garre Indiana earned the title for a 241 bushels per acre yield in the 1954 Indiana 5-Acre Corn Yield Contest during the recognition banquet in Lafayette. Dr. Frederick Hovde of Purdue University presented the citation for the record setting harvest.
Maryland farmers ask how dropping cross-compliance for price support affects them. If using 1955 corn price support, stay within corn allotment for a loan. no need to meet all crop allotments for a loan on one. Quota penalties apply if marketing quotas exist and allotted acreage is exceeded. ACP requires staying within tall crop allotments to receive conservation aid. A Holstein cow completed a 221 day test, producing milk and butterfat. An HAF sergeant parachute anecdote noted.
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