Buckeystown 4-H Club Demonstrations Highlight June Meeting
The Buckeystown Cloverelles 4-H Club met at Buckeystown Methodist Church with Teresa Poole reading the Bible. Demonstrations included Lois Koontz with "Stories to Read and Songs to Sing to the -Year-old," Dawn Renn's "How to Thread a Needle and Tie a Knot" and "How to Set a Table Properly," plus Sandra Fry and others presenting "How To Make Muffins."
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Buckeystown
Cloverelles
Lois Koontz
Dawn Renn
Sandra Fry
Fruit Rot Threat to Strawberries
Hot humid weather raises mold risk harming strawberries. Maryland plant pathologist Dr L C Weaver warns rots costly to growers. early sprays and mulching help. Caplan spray guidance and extension bulletins offered. other items note Maple Spring dairy record and Easter Island fact.
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L. C. Weaver
Maryland
Weaver
1 000 Pound Record Made In Middletown
A Registered Holstein cow Brook Lodge Champion Princie 4473954 in Middletown produced 23 890 lbs of milk 1 035 lbs butterfat and 2 012 lbs solids not fat in 305 days setting a 1 000 pound record. University of Maryland supervised testing in cooperation with the Holstein Association TNT program. Breed records help breeders manage herds for improvement. The cow was bred in the Remsberg herd and sired by Winterthur Zeus Burke Champion 1024856.
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Brook Lodge
Princie
Frank G. Remsberg and Son
Middletown
Maryland Holstein
Holstein Association
Remsberg
Winterthur
University of Maryland
Holstein- Friesian Association of America
Car theft rips parts from Quincy station vehicle
Ronnie Olinger returned to his car at a Quincy service station after two weeks away and found it missing vital components. The thief took the radiator, battery, radio, three speed conversion kit, transmission, carburetor, cylinder ends, camshaft, timing light, four hub caps and hand tools.
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Quincy
Ill
Ronnie Olinger
4-H Livestock Judges Invite for Summer Practice Sessions
4-H livestock judging practice begins Wednesday at Kenneth Shiffler’s Buckeystown home with sheep judging. Sessions run 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays through June and July, plus fair practices in Baltimore, Howard, and Montgomery counties. Top four juniors and seniors qualify for the state contest at Timonium in September. Kenneth Shiffler and David Eigenbrode lead the program.
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Timonium
Frederick County
Walter Gordon
Patty Paule
Jefferson
Chicago
Kenneth Shifflet
Buckeystown
Baltimore
Howard
Montgomery County
Robert Huebner
Ijamsville
John Wilbur
Adamstown
Buddy Var
Sant
Sunday's Lane
Robert Ritchie
Frederick
Wayne Gaver
Middletown
Baltimore County Fair
Howard County Fair
Montgomery County Fair
Kenneth E. Shiffler
Plant Science and Livestock
David D. Eigenbrode
Editor's Corner highlights Lt Col Drake dairy price protest
Lt Col Edward H Drake led a large group of dairy farmers in Mount Airy district to protest low milk prices set by the Agriculture Dept under Milk Marketing Orders. A public hearing in Washington on June 9 and 10 reviewed evidence of producer distress. no decisions were made, but the issue may trigger an upward Class I milk price adjustment effective July 1. Drake vows to continue advocacy alongside producers and co operatives. Bernard H. Krueger, Union Bridge district.
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Edward H. Drake
Manior
Mount Airy
Harold D. Cooley
Committee On Agriculture
Dept. of Agriculture
Washington, D.C
Drake
Washington
Milk Marketing Board
Col. Drake
Bernard H. Krueger
Union Bridge
Farm Labor Conference At U. of M.
Farm labor policy will be discussed at the Maryland Farm Manpower Conference on the University of Maryland College Park campus July 14 15. Dr Ray Murray notes the theme Developing guidelines for improving farm labor policies and practices. Participants include Cooperative Extension Service College of Agriculture Maryland State Grange Farm Bureau and state departments. a banquet July 14 features Ernest J Nesius of West Virginia.
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Maryland Farm Manpower Conference
University of Maryland
College Park
Ihe Free State
Ray Murray
Department of Agricultural Economics
Cooperative Extension Service
College of Agriculture
Maryland State Grange
Maryland Farm Bureau
Maryland State Employment Service
Maryland State Department of Education
U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Labor
Agriculture and Labor
Ernest J. Nesius
University of West Virginia
Center of ‘Adult Education
Department of Agricultural Economilies
Montgomery Co DHIA Records ALGHM 6 76
Montgomery County DHIA records list farm herd data with Alabama listings and reference codes ALGHM 6 76. The short item appears as a directory or notice fragment noting dairy herd improvement data for Montgomery County.
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Montgomery Co
Dhia Records
Woodsboro Plans Street Construction and No Parking Signs
Woodsboro Town Council meeting led by Mayor C Carroll Wickless approves street repair at about 3000 dollars. The council asks the State Roads Commission to install No Parking signs along the east side of Main Street from Liberty Road to the southern town limits to curb illegal parking.
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Woodsboro
C. Carroll Wickless
State Roads
Main Street
Liberty Road
Ilegal
Lovettsville Seeks Federal Water Aid
Lovettsville town officials approve a feasibility study and forms to pursue federal aid for water and sewer facilities serving the town and annexation areas. Mayor Hickman notes no cost estimates yet. a public vote will occur after studies are completed.
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Lovettsville
Richard H. Hickman
Futher
Holstein Convention Concludes With 37-Head Sale in Wichita
The 81st Annual Holstein-Friesian Association of America convention in Wichita, Kansas closes after four days with a sale of 37 animals totaling 114759 dollars and average 3256 dollars. A Pennsylvania-bred bull sold for 25000 dollars to American Breeders Service in Madison, Wisconsin. Delegates from 48 states and Puerto Rico reelect A J Johnson of Elkader Iowa to a second presidency term and reelect R DeWitt Mallory as vice president. Directors Bailey Conyngham Fisk win second four-year terms and Ivan Meeker is named to the board. The group approves bylaw changes, discusses breed-scoring reforms, and honors H W Norton Jr of Vermont and College Ormsby Burke’s record milk production observation. Next year’s meeting moves to Minneapolis Minnesota. Local breeders Alaty Remsburg Jefferson Russell Wachter Keymar and Ralph Walker attend.
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Holstein - Friesian Association of America
Wichita
Kan
American Breeders Service
Madison
Wis
Puerto Rico
A. J. Johnson
Elkader
Iowa
R. DeWitt Mallory
Bradford
Clifford E. Bailey
Washington
William L. Conyngham
Pennsylvania
Herbert W. Fisk
Minnesota
Ivan Meeker
Burnettsville
Ind
American Dairy Association
National Dairy Council
USDA
Holstein Management and Board
H. W. Norton, Jr
Vermont
Ormsby Burke
Dawson Jordan
Clyde Vair
Colorado State University
Kansas
Minneapolis
Aty Remsburg
Jefferson
Russell 5
Wachter
Keymar
Ralph Walker
Gaithersburg
Picnic Set By Hampshire Swine Group
The Maryland Hampshire Swine Association will hold its annual picnic at Franklin Fee ser's Farm on Friday June 17 at 6 30 p m The event features judging contests for ladies men and juniors All 4 H and FFA judges are invited as well as swine breeders and families An eight week old pig will be awarded first place junior in the judging contest The host provides food and beverages. About 80 percent of known animal life in the world are insects per Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Maryland Hampshire
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Jane Neilson
Midway
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Ann Wachter
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George Nicholson
New Midway Club
Miss Wachter
Gail Shiffler
Nancy Fry
University of Maryland County Extension Service
Johns Dale
Guernsey
Garrett Brothers
Rockville
DHIR
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Spring Valley Farms
Poolesville
West Friendship
the Editor's Corner
U. of M
Henry F. King
Jack King
Xirsie C. King & Sons
Dm & Rm, Tregoning
R&gh
Beal Bros, Inc
Nettie Dorsey
Philip Watkins Jr
Chester Leishear
Buddy Welsh
Stewart Walker
Charles Savage
Ragh Oy
Marvin Burdette
Ellis Head
Red
Jerry Savage
RBS Aoe
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Purdum
JW. Shoemaker
Xj.w. King
Sudan
J. Austin
Younkins
Virginia Dairy Farm
Green Bros
Frederickshare
Duff M. Green
Samuel H. Green
Gel Dy Realty CO. Inc
Wera
Sale
Hampshire Swine Group
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Bakers
W. Patrick St
PAPEC
Rippeon
Clarksburg, Md
G. D. Warner
Adamstown, Md
M. J. Grove Lime CO
Flinthote Co
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Brunswick
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