Weekly Farm Agent Report Promotes Alfalfa Mix Pasture Plans
County extension warns poor pasture outlook for the coming season due to last year. Recommends alfalfa mixed with red and other clovers and grasses to boost hay yields. Suggests specific acre rates and notes alfalfa often fails when sown alone. Proposes a two thirds bluegrass and one third mixed legume-pasture approach with separate fencing. Also notes strong demand for catalogs for Frederick County’s seventh annual Percheron sale on March 20 attracting interstate buyers.
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Frederick County
Gaithersburg
Jersey
Guernsey
Poland
China
Timothy
Frederick dairy county road and deferment notes
The article discusses agricultural deferments and their limited impact in Frederick County. It emphasizes that workers not producing must prove essential status in the war food production program or face cancellation. It also argues for better farm to market roads, noting 20,140 gallons of milk must be hauled to plants daily, underscoring roads as vital in a dairy county.
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Frederick County
Grange Seeks Effect Of Rules On Farm Work
The National Grange asked readers in 37 states to report how new selective service deferment rules will affect farm labor. Increased work units from eight to 16 may push thousands of family farms out of business, especially on smaller Atlantic seaboard holdings. If surveys show major labor loss, the Grange will seek a more flexible deferment rule.
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Washington
March
National Grange Today
Selective Service
Fred Brenckman
Grange Regustative
Brenckman
Atlantic Seaboard
Grange
Seek Increase In Sweet Potato Yield
College Park reports farmers urged to boost sweet potato output as a war food goal. Seed roots should be sorted for disease, discarding black rot and injuries. Dr. Carroll E. Cox advises two disinfection methods using borax or corrosive sublimate, with strict safety notes on container use and disposal.
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College Park
Carroll E. Cox
University of Maryland
Cox
Seed sweet potatoes prepared for planting under careful treatment
The article explains storing and handling treated seed sweet potatoes to prevent exposure to children and animals. Seed potatoes may be packed in baskets or crates and are ready for immediate planting. Dr Cox advises hot beds with clean sand or soil not previously used for sweet potatoes and disinfection of hot bed frames with formaldehyde solution or other potatotreatment liquids.
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Cox
New Grange Officers installed By Brookes
Thomas Roy Brookes presided last Monday night at the installation of officers of the new Carroll Manor Grange in Adamstown assisted by State Secretary Edward F Holter Middle town Pomona Master and Mrs Tobias E Zimmerman L H Crickenberger New Market and Howard U Quinn near Pearl County Deputy The ninth Pomona Grange subordinate unit organized with 43 members 83 present The next meeting is March 20 when Balenger Grange and New Market Grange members provide the program A motion picture Improved Pastures will be shown Officers installed include R Monroe Thomas Master Harry B Kanode Overseer Howard Frye Steward George T Stup Jr assistant steward Mrs Charlotte Frye Lecturer Rev Morgan R W Andreas chaplain Mrs Lois C Thomas secretary Mrs Mary Walter treasurer Mrs Harry B Kanode Pomona Mrs Pauline Stup Ceres Miss Irene Stup Flora George Miller gatekeeper Mrs Harriet B Hoffman Lady Assistant Steward Rev George E Allen William Renn and William Fouche executive committee
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New Carroll Manor Grange
Adamstown
Edward F. Holter
Middletown
Pomona
Tobias E Zimmerman
L. H. Crickenberger
New Market
Howard U Quinn
Pearl
Pomona Grange
Carroll Manor Grange
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New Market Grange
R. Monroe Thomas
Harry B Kanode
Howard Frye
George T Stup, Jr
Charlotte Frye
Morgan R. W. Andreas
Lois C. Thomas
Mary Walter
Pauline Stup
Ceres
Irene Stup
Flora
George Miller
Harriet B. Hoffman
George E. Allen
Willam Renn
William Fouche
Two Ways To Provide Adequate Feed For Drought Periods
Maryland extension specialist John W. Magruder outlines reserve feed strategies after the 1943 drought. He advocates storing extra feed in good years and presents two methods: larger silage capacity and left over silage, or growing half an acre of hay type pasture per 1000 pounds of animal weight to supplement regular forage. Also notes intensive fertilization and shifting to more productive forage varieties when conditions allow.
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College Park
Mar
Maryland
John W. Magruder
University of Maryland ‘Extension Service
Magruder
Mr. Magruder
Expansion of Alfalfa Acreage through Mixed Seeding
College Park reports that Maryland alfalfa acreage could grow by seeding hay with mixtures rather than single crops. University of Maryland extension agronomist John W. Magruder notes this approach may increase establishment and reduce costs.
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College Park
Maryland
John W. Magruder
University of Maryland Extension Service
Alfalfa Mix Boosts Maryland Hay Yields Says Expert
Mr. Magruder says seed mix of 5-8 lb alfalfa per acre with 5 lb red clover or 4 lb alsike clover and 4-6 lb timothy or 6 lb orchard grass yields good mixed legume hay for two to three years on well drained soils. In dry years alfalfa dominates. in wet years clover and timothy lead first cut.
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