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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1955
Page
6
Ohio Experiment Station at Wooster reports five year trial with 240 steers comparing hay-crop silage corn silage and grass silage. corn silage with soy meal or corn meal yielded the most beef per acre, while pastured grass produced least, though pasture offers lower labor and equipment costs.
May 6 College Park reports livestock may chew fresh paint on barns and fences leading to lead poisoning. University of Maryland Extension dairyman John P. Dietrich advises keeping cattle away from fresh or peeling paint, burying paint materials, thoroughly cleaning water buckets, and using proper paint on barn equipment to prevent herd losses.
F R K Lancaster of Davey Tree warns elm bark beetles and Dutch elm disease will cause another summer slaughter across the United States and Canada. Beetles spread the fungus. dying trees host more beetles. Spraying with DDT and removal of badly infected trees are advised to protect remaining elms.
Karachi, Pakistan, sees population rise from 200000 to 1200000 in five years per the National Geographic Society. The figure marks a dramatic urban growth, underscoring massive demographic shifts in the port city. POLITICS, ECONOMY, AND SOCIETY.
Maryland wheat stored for 1955 price support must meet new FDA sanitary standards to avoid ineligibility. Chairman George B. Reeves notes most farms need little storage upgrade but urges checks for insects birds and rodents, proper location, drainage, and high dry sites. Wheat must grade No 3 or better, with No 4 or 5 by test weight also eligible. A separate note covers a Frederick Maryland Marine Reserve unit meeting with Colonel Lanigan and Warrant Officer Warner presenting rights and retirements.
In Maryland 82 animals consigned for the annual Frederick County Holstein sale at the Fairgrounds starting at 11 a.m. Next Thursday. Olive Farms Dar Silver King, a record bull, is among offerings. Auctioneers and clerks named. Local herd affiliated with American Crossbred Dairy Cattle Club highlighted for production gains and pedigree standards.
The listing describes a brick dwelling on Wilson Ave with heat and a large garage, plus a renovated room and club room, and a new Almash finish. Also notes a six room brick bungalow on Kane Blvd Westbrook with heat and a new build, and a frame bungalow with steam heat and a large garage on Tat West area.
Frederick real estate broker AALPA W Boyer offers a seven room home on about four acres with a view and paved road access. Sale price 13 000 dollars. Also a two bedroom bungalow on Mt Airy suited with modern kitchen bath and furnace. Priced at 7 950 dollars. A half cleared one acre farm with water and several small outbuildings near new super highway 40 priced 3 500 dollars. A five room bungalow 30 days from sale on Mt Airy with pond knotty pine living room and den priced 11 500 dollars. Contact H P Burdette & Son at 1 23 or 232.
The ad lists multiple properties including a 8 room modern home on a diagonal lot, a 7 room farmhouse on Frederick, acreage and lots on Dual Highway near Beautiin Ridge, a 5 to 100 ft building lot with scenic view, a 4 unit motel with 12 room mansion on Rt. 15 North, and a modern drug store with four adjoining apartments. Prices range from 5 500 to 39 000 and a parcel suitable for a motel. Evelyn M Miller and Franklin D Miller are listed as agents at 315 E Second St monument 39 4402.
Russell Z Borman broker advertises a portfolio of properties including a 32 acre parcel with a cow barn and silo, a 86 acre estate with house, bank bars, and multiple outbuildings. Listings include 22 500 for a 291 Rost & fr house, 3A stall cow barn and two silos, a 10 acre farm with a 6 acre irrigation house, 52 1830? dwellings, a 311,500 ground-level bung. shop basement, a 4 KR modern home with two garages and full basement, a 28 acre tract with 18 building, and a 5 5 720 restaurant with upstairs apartment. Contact Russell Z Borman, Broker, Office 10 E 4th St, MQ 3-5176."
Attractive stone house on a 100 acre farm near Creagerstown with spacious grounds and leased land. Rent set at 100 dollars per month with immediate possession. Noah E Cramer & Son located at 3d North Court Street Frederick Maryland.
A historic Frederik Maryland real estate listing fragment describes multiple properties offered by Keef er Koogle and A Luther Knowles. Listings include brick homes with oil steam heat, modern baths, porches, and garages, with prices ranging from 9 500 to 42 000 dollars. Several properties note proximity to markets, hospitals, parks, or stables, and impending quick sales or possible conversion to apartments or shops.
Multiple real estate notices advertise farms and houses for sale in Maryland near Johnsville and New Windsor. Properties include a 6-room frame house with outbuildings, a dairy farm with modern stable and silo, and a 4-room stucco house with extensive outbuildings. Prices range from about 9 500 to 18 000 plus rents. dates noted April 1956. Also includes a used car dealer note about moving to Frederick and offering financing.
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