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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1949
Page
12
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics notes lower farm prices pull down farmers’ share as consumer prices rise. It compares July 1948 buyers’ market to February 1949, showing farmers getting 53 cents per dollar versus 50 cents, while middlemen gain. Marketing costs and subsidies shape the shifted shares across meats, dairy, and grains.
June is National Dairy Month but for Morgan H. Watkins & Sons near Damascus dairying is a round the clock effort. Wilfred Watkins notes milking occurs twice daily every day, with early milk trucks serving Washington dairies. The Morgan family runs two adjacent farms with shared supervision and plans to expand the operation.
A field guide urges immediate monitoring for the corn borer in sweet corn and outlines DDT spray and dust methods, timing for three applications at five day intervals, and warnings about the second brood around August 20. It warns to distinguish from the corn ear worm and to apply mineral oil to ears for protection.
A Washington Star summary notes the Watkins brothers operate two Montgomery County farms totaling 216 acres with 48 Holstein cows. They purchase herd replacements, plan a silo site, and trial pasture seeding mixing orchard grass with Ladino clover. The observer lauds Watkins as a skilled farmer with clear business sense.
Preliminary rough sketches for the new Middletown High School were shown to county school superintendent Eugene W. Pruitt by Baltimore architect Edward J. Hofstetter. Detailed plans will be ready soon for Board of Education review as Hofstetter and James Posey discuss site location and facilities for sewer, athletic fields, and vocational agriculture on the Middletown site.
County Agent reports early signs of success in biological control of Japanese beetles. Milky disease spores and parasites reduce grub numbers. ten parasite colonies released, with twenty more planned. Traps to be leased countywide mid month, with Jack P. Green’s method favoring traps 100 feet from crops and sprayed area. A Maryland Agronomy mimeo urges drying hay to 25 percent or less and cautions on salt use. Rich Acres Guernsey herd classified by M S Seath on May 30 with local breeders attending.
John Weeks of Union Bridge suffered a forehead laceration from a fall down stairs. He was treated at Annie M. Warner Hospital in Gettysburg Pennsylvania.
Guidance on growing lima beans for home gardens notes they are a luxury crop in markets yet suitable for small spaces. It covers soil feeding with 4 pounds of complete plant food per 100 feet, timing after frost danger, planting eye down, germination benefits, bush and pole varieties, seed sizes, and spacing requirements from 12 to 18 inches.
University of Maryland plant pathologists say protecting tomato crops from disease starts about four weeks after setting plants and continues until harvest. Use copper fungicide sprays or dusts weekly, more often in cool damp weather, less in hot dry periods, and cover all leaves stems and fruits with a fine uniform layer. Follow manufacturer directions. cost is low and simple sprayers work. Do not mix spray and dusting duties, spray only daytime, dust when leaves are dew-wet, avoid sprayers used with weed killers, and clean equipment after use.
Frederick's civic group met Wednesday evening at 101 East Fourth Street with Mrs. Genevieve Falk hosting and Mrs. Margaret Strawsburg presiding. Reports covered Round Robin card parties and the Civitan antiques show bake sale, with plans for a June 7 dinner meeting at the Francis Scott Key Hotel.
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