Grange Meetings Hear Parks and Flower Show
Grange groups met in June with Worthy Master John D. Leatherman presiding at Lewistown and Creagerstown. The Lewistown session featured Chestnut Farms fieldman Richard Metcalfe and Dr W A R Bell with pheasant-farm runs. Creagerstown hosted a Home Economics-led open session and a 4‑H club program incl hobby roll call, poems, piano duet, and flower show notes. The extensive readable text lists names, farm figures, and DDT spray cautions for dairy and garden crops.
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Lewistown Grange
John D. Leatherman
Richard Metcalfe
Chestnut Farms
W. A. R. Bell
Creagerstown
Safe Use of DDT on Flowers and Vegetables
The article explains DDT safety for garden use on various plants and pests. It notes that DDT is safe for tops of beets and turnips with same precautions as greens, while Mexican bean beetles hornworms and many aphids resist DDT and rotenone is effective. It covers dusting or spraying beans tomatoes eggplant peppers cucumbers melons squash and precautions for harvest, soil dust methods, and washing residues from fruits.
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E. D. Fry
R&ghers
Merkle King
W.L. King
H. H. Carter
Walker
Ward Bros
Hadley Farm
T. M. Garrett
T. M. Garret
EB. D. Fry
D. Fry
Allie Messer
John L. King
E. L. and
M. L. Burdette
E.L
M.L. Burdette Git
ELL
M.L. Burdette
T. M. Anderson
Carter
W. I King
W. L King
W. I. King
Www. I. King RH
W. IL King
J. M. Howe
J. M.howe
D.D.T
D. M. Howe
J. R. Kemp
J. ER. Kemp
L. King
W. L. King
H Davis
New Zealand
C. H. Davis
Davis
S. Walker
Western Maryland Dairy Cattle Field Days Set
County agent announces dates for Holstein and Guernsey shows at Middletown and New Windsor in August. Breeders from Frederick, Washington, Montgomery and Carroll counties participate as interest grows. 1948 49 breeding totals and state AI cooperative activity noted. new cooperative facilities planned.
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Henry EK
Shoemaker
Maryland
Sigier’s Grove
Middletown
Guernsey
New Windsor
Sigler's Grove
Frederick
Washington
Montgomery
Carroll
Frederick County
Maryland Artificial Breeding Cooperative
Association
United States
Loafing Barn Approved for Dairy Cows in Frederick County
Mr Urban Moore near Feaga ville has completed a loafing type barn for his dairy herd. The Baltimore Health Department approved the setup amid debate over loafing versus stanchion barns. University of Maryland dairy dept releases pamphlet DH 126 on the comparison with free copies at the County Agent's Office.
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the News
Frederick
Urban Moore
Feagaville
Baltimore Health Department
Dairy Department
University of Maryland
Poll favors parking ban on Market and Patrick streets
Six residents were polled on a business hours ban on parking along Market and Patrick streets. Responses split, with one favoring the ban only on those streets, another proposing one side parking ban plus no left turns, and several favoring left turn prohibitions or broader restrictions.
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Ane Majoriy
Socal
Market
Patrick Streets
Market and
James F. Sullivan
Knoxville
Steiner
East Second Street
L E Willard
Frederick
Market Street
Patrick Street
R. OR. Powell
South Market Street
Today's Agriculture Needs Special Talent, Goss Says
Albert Goss urges graduates to consider agriculture, highlighting its growing opportunities in research, teaching, and farm-based business. He notes the shift to farming as a core national economy with demands for trained personnel from rural and urban programs, and cites Beltsville laborato ry as an exemplar.
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Goss
Albert
Clites
America
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Beltsville
Frederick County Farm Bureau to spray with Marlate 50 instead of DDT
The Frederick County Farm Bureau plans seasonal spraying as insects rise, using Marl ate 50 in place of DDT. Secretary T S Anderson mails members about the switch, with U S Agriculture and Pure Food authorities discouraging DDT use in dairies and feeds. Entomologist Dr Ernest N Cory of the University of Maryland endorses Marl ate 50 as a safer dairy and fodder substitute. Leo T Duvall will operate spraying and seed cleaning gear again this year in Frederick County. farmers should contact him.
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Frederick County
Ernest N. Cory
University of Maryland
Farm Bureau
Leo T. Duvall
R. 3
Frederick
Farmers Enter Transition Period Under New USDA Guidance
American farmers face long anticipated adjustments as Ralph Trigg, head of the Production and Marketing Administration and CCC president, describes a transition from emergency demands toward new policy. The remarks outline an upcoming shift in farming support and market operations.
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Ralph §. Trigg
Production and Marketing Administration
Commodity Credit Corporation
Farm committees map wartime to peacetime crop plan
Farm committees in counties are gathering acreage data to set future allotments and marketing quotas for crops. In Maryland Joseph H Blandford, chairman of the state PMA committee, notes local committees visit farms to record acreages and crops, with emphasis on wheat if growers vote on next year’s allotments.
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Maryland
Joseph H. Blandfbrd
PMA
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Grange News
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Garet C. Cannon
Lester Baker
West Fifth Street
Charles Strine
James Fisher
Eugene Lare
Ralph Fisher
Sylvia Fisher
Cora Fisher
Ruth Lare
Naomi Long
Virginia Burdette
Ruth Fisher
Roy Fisher
Louise Are
Nellie Long
George Hubbard
Katherine Long
Louise Fisher
Bessie Bell
New Market Grange
Tune 8
Mary Catherine Biser
Virginia Mainhart
Charlotte West
Pomona Grange
Luther Buchanan
Buchanan
Buhhanan
Department of Agriculture Economics and Marketing
College Park
Albert S. Goss
Keystone
Nicodemus Paint Store
N. Court ST. Frederick, MD
Walter Snow
Optometrist
North Market St
David C. Griffin
Court St
Pittsburgh Paint Products
Texolite
Williamson's Drug Store Prescription Service
Frederick, Md
Prescription Service
Pearre
RED Cross
George M. Chapline
Chapline Bldg
Patrick St.fred
P. B. Roop
M. D. Harp Agency
Gordon W. Spurrier
Pythian Castle Building
Albert C. Palmer
R. L. Zents
Zentz Strout Realty
Taneytown
North Court St. Ia
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Fairview Ave
Gilmore R Flautt
North Market St. Frederick
Noah. Cramer
Upper College Terrace
Grove Boulevard
Carroll Parkway
Noah E. Cramer & Son Realtors
North Court St. Frederick
Keefer M. Roogle
Apts
Keefer M. Koogle
Cor West
Howard A. Gross
Howard
REY Chev. Sales, Inc
Chevrolet
Dairy Farmer International
Chevrolet Sales, Inc
E. Patrick St
Biddie Banters
Maryland Hatchery
ACCA
Emmas
U. S
Chig K
Crayon Hatchery
Hina
Howard S. Fink
Rep
Ned
Zeiler
Court Street
Murray C, Bohn
Union Bridge
Murray C. Bohn
Ralph W. Boyer
Fredenck
Ueder Bank
Meadow
City
Ralph W. Boyer Boyer Insurance Agency
Court St. Tele
AM Hands of Insurance
Woodbine
New Market
Stoffer Insurance Agencement
Stoffer Insurance Agency
Pythian Castle
Harry E. Mohler
D.R. K
Harry E Mohler
East Third Street
G. H. Mercer & Suns
Brunswick
Bath
Braddock Heights
Macadam Road
Grayson H Mercer & Sons Real Estate Loans
Fred’k
State Rd
Fred'k. Srm
Mar
Evelyn M. Miller
Franklin D. Aerrs Ranch
AL Estate
Second ST
P. Luther Rice
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