Dairy Princess Contest Opens Entries with April deadline
The Third Annual Dairy Princess Contest announces April 15 as entry deadline and April 23 judging at Walkersville Fire Hall. Mrs. Mehrle Duvall chairs the county committee with help from Mrs. Merble Adams and others. Winners receive trips, gifts, and state honors. rules limit eligibility to unmarried high school graduates 17 to 20 years old residing in Maryland dairy areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mehrle Duvall
Walkersville
Frederick County
Merble Adams
Buckeystown
William Kepler
Middletown
Charles Wiles
Frederick
Maryland-Virginia
Maryland Co-operative
Margaret Nicholson
Baltimore
Duvall
Maryland
Atlantic Dairy Association
DHIA
Dairy Council of the Upper Chesapeake Bay, Inc
The
Farm Bureau
University of Maryland
Garrett and
Allegany
James I. Robison
Glen Savage Dairy
Mt. Savage
Ross Crowe
Oakland
Washington County
Wilbur Trumpower
Clear Spring
Baltimore-Carroll Harford County
John Underwood
East Ring Factory Road
Bel Air
Anne Arundel
Charles
Prince George’s
Calvert
Montgomery
Howard
St. Mary’s
George Sheeffer, Jr
Germantown
Cecil
Kent
Queen Anne’s
J. Lawson Crothers
Northeast
Linganore
Gladhiii Tractor Mart
Walkersville High School
Thurmont High School
Al-Marah
River Road
Vernon
Evergreen
McDonogh Schoal
State Jersey Cattle Club
Frederick Fairgrounds
Frederick County Farm Bureau
Low-Moisture Silage Has Advantages For Farmers
Extension agent George D. Woop outlines benefits of haylage or low-moisture silage, detailing air exclusion, packing, moisture ranges of 30 to 60 percent, and step by step practices for conventional and gas-tight silos to prevent spoilage. He cautions care to avoid nutrient losses and notes potential gains in feeding value over weathered hay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George D. Woop
Editorial: Dead Animal Disposal Fees Rise in 1963
An editorial argues that $3.00 charges for farm animal carcass removal in November and December 1963 reflect rising costs, while warning farmers against dumping carcasses. It cites state law requiring proper disposal and notes past penalties for improper disposal in the Singapore watershed, urging swift removal by disposal services or burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Frederick
Singapore
Frederick County
County Farm Bureau
Bird cage tomato plant support gains yard use
A lightweight welded wire fabric cage replaces stakes and strings for tomato plants. Five feet long forms a cylinder 14.4 feet in diameter, tied with wire, opens freely at all heights, and flattens for storage. Discovered on Ohio farms last year, it hooks branches through openings as they ripen. Available through lumber and farm supply stores in various widths and gauges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Back Yard
Ohio
Montgomery Beef Club Schedules Achievement Nite
The Montgomery County 4 H Beef Club will hold its annual Achievement Night Thursday at the Agricultural Center in Gaithersburg beginning at 7 p.m. Susan Eyler says the program includes a member talk, special entertainment, and a guest speaker. Officers are Rebecca Schaeffer president Marilyn Griffith vice president Susan Eyler secretary and Sandra Wightman treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery County
4-H
Agricultural Center
Gaithersburg
Susan Eyler
Rebecca Schaeffer
Marilyn Griffith
Miss Eyler
Sandra Wightman
Liming soils boosts plant use of phosphorus
Soil experts say liming acid soils improves long term phosphorus availability by reducing fixation with iron and aluminum oxides. Tests show 30 to 60 percent more phosphate extraction from unlimed plots, while well limed soils exhibit higher calcium and magnesium phosphate levels and greater total crop uptake over time.
District Soil Conservation Board Notes Workable Equipment and New Co-operators
Frederick Soil Conservation District reports district owned equipment is in workable condition. Vice-chairman Edwin Hevner presided as supervisors Keilholtz Hodges Burall Ware and others attended. The group approved several applicants as district co operators and set the next meeting for April 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Gordon M. Cairns
He Lege of Agriculture
University of Maryland
Maryland
Goodnow Temple
Mt. Airy
Washington D. C
Capt
K. P. Jeffrys
Leesburg
David N. Klien
Mitchell K. Stanley
Washington, D. C
Franklin M. Stottlemeyer
Rocky Ridge
Montgomery 4H Beef and Holstein Tours Planned for April
The Montgomery County 4 H Beef Club schedules tours on two Saturdays April 4 and 11 starting at 8 a m at the Agricultural Center Gaithersburg. Members will inspect feeding programs housing facilities and parasite control with 4 H leaders assisting on record books. The Holstein Calf Club tour partners include dairy specialists friends of 4 H and focuses on animal name birth date sire and dam production records feeding program and show record with critique for improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery County
Agricultural Center
Gaithersburg
Laytonsville
Betsy
Patricia
Tom
Howard Chapel
Damascus
Danny Jones
Welsh Rd
William Stewart
Watkins Road
Woodfield
John
Tom King
Goshen School
Sandra Wightman
Wightman Road
Ag Center
James Continetti
Burnto Mill Road
James Martin
Comus
Nina
Nona & Hatton Brown
Old Baltimore Road
Joann
Franklin Magaha
Peach Tree Road
Donna Nicholson
Rebecca Schaeffer
Germantown
Carolyn
Milton
Norman Mills
Quince Orchard
Clayton Miller
Turkeyfoot Road
Susan Eyler
Persimmon Tree Road
Potomac
Barbara Ridge
Alien Mill Road
Donald Boswell
Joyce
Bruce
Jerry
Ronald Savage
Linda King
Goshen Road
Kaye King
Robert Morris
James Jacobs
Robert Aschenbach
Wayne King
Game Preserve
George
Timothy Crawford
Robert
Sandra Covell
Dianne
Dennis
Kenneth
Wayne Savage
Old Germantown
David
Jesse
Paul
Donald Doody
Margo King
Cedar Grove
Randy Ruby
Mark Beall
Denny Main
Douglas
Stephen Tregoning
Mary F. King
Guernsey Group Holds 43rd Annual Meeting in Chestertown
The Maryland Co-operative Guernsey Breeders Association held its 43rd annual meeting March 19 at the Great Osk Resort and Yacht Club Chestertown overlooking the Chesapeake Bay. Reports covered bovine tuberculosis in Frederick County field days, and activity during the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Co - Operative Guernsey Breeders Association
Great Osk Resort
Frederick
Roger Strack
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Lloyd Wescott
Guernsey
Rosemont
New Jersey
Union of South Africa
Wescott
Johann van Aarde
South Africa
Market Report Warms as Eggs Butter and Livestock Prices Move
New York wholesale egg offerings show ample supply with quiet demand for whites and browns across various weights. Butter demand appears spotty while creamery butter prices are quoted by score. Baltimore livestock receipts show trading moderately active with steers and heifers mostly steady, cows steady, bulls weak, hogs higher on strong to 28 cents gains. Prices for slaughter steers and heifers range with various weight classes, futures mixed for hogs and sows, and local grain markets reporting mixed closing prices and stock levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
USDA
Livestock
Baltimore
Callie Eceipts
Ted Winter
FLS Recruiting Year Round And Summer Workers
The Farm Labor Service of the Maryland State Employment Service seeks seasonal and year round hands for local farm operators. Farmers need live-in help for spring planting, early harvest, year round chores and dairy work. Register at the nearest Employment Service office. In Frederick the office is 22 W Church St open weekdays. William G. Morgan is Farm Labor Representative for Frederick and Montgomery counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Labor Service
Maryland State Employment Service
Frederick
W. Church S&t
William G. Morgan
Montgomery
SCS District To Meet Tonight
The Montgomery Soil Conservation District holds its annual eco-operators meeting at the Church Hall in Browningsville starting at 7 pm. Ballots for three district supervisor elections must be returned at the meeting or mailed to the Extension Service in Rockville. terms of Wiley Griffin, Bernard Gladhill, and Donald Hobbs have expired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery Soil Conservation District
Church Hall
Browningsville
Extension Service
Rockville
Wiley G. Griffith
Bernard D. Gladhill
Donald R. Hobbs
Three incumbents file for reelection on ballot with four others
Three incumbents join Gordon Keyes John L. King and Wilbur F Nash Jr on a competitive ballot. The race adds four challengers and aims to determine who seeks another term in office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Keyes
John L. King
Wilbur F. Nash Jr
Agronomist Delvin Fanning Named Assistant Professor
Dr. James R. Miller announces Delvin S. Fanning as assistant professor in the Agronomy Department at the University of Maryland. Fanning will teach and research soil classification and soil mineralogy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delvin S.fanning
University of Maryland
James R. Miller
Mr. Fanning
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. Millard Eiler, Jr
the News
Etter
Usda Administration
Washington, D.C
Puta Ceresville Motor Company
Rocks
Montgomery Beef Club
Holstein
State & County Market
FLS
SCS
Southern States
Frederick Petroleum Cooperative, Inc
Evergreen Point
Your Southern States Cooperative Petroleum Agency
HIVE
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!