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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1951
Page
8
Frederick County records recount the Ptolemaic system as an early model of the universe. It credits Hipparchus, active around 130 B.C., with proposing the concept and notes Claudius Ptolemy later popularized it.
Two physicians testifying before a House Subcommittee warned that DDT used as a crop insecticide poses danger to humans. Dr. Bernard Krohn and Dr. Francis M. Pottenger Jr. of Monrovia cited autopsies and tests alleging nervous and liver damage in people in agricultural areas. They urged a federal law requiring proof that insecticide methods do not poison food. Early veneered furniture traces to ancient Egypt for kings.
A Pfizer scientist unveiled synthetic sow milk ferralac at a Minnesota symposium claiming piglets raised on the powder milk grow faster and heavier and incur fewer diseases. The dry mix includes tatramycein and skim milk with fish oils. cost is 35 to 40 cents per pound and a pig consumes about 12 pounds before weaning. Separately, the University of Maryland dairy department will run a DHIA tester training course December 3 to 15 to fill vacancies in five counties.
Inclement weather reduced turnout for the second annual Clarksburg Day last Saturday. G. R. Wilhide chaired the event with Clarence Day as country store head. Mrs. Raymond King led the novelty booth and Mrs. Granville Marts oversaw the cake booth. Mrs. G R Wilhide, Mrs. Dorothy Day and R M Wilhide ran the bed chicken sandwich and soft drink booths. The hall showcased full color decorations under H J Redgrove. Mrs. Melen Lower and Mrs. Clarence Roberts managed the Red Cross booth. There were additional organizational efforts by local associations to boost activities and enrollments for the two week course.
In Maryland, two 20 and 42 cow registered Helstein-Friesian and Holstein-Friesian herds owned by W. Ki e it er Coblentz and Ira D. Ifert, both in Middletown, Md, completed their last test year. Butterfat averages were 3 8 and 46 5 percent with milk yields of 10 187 and 12 058 pounds respectively. Testing followed the official Herd Improvement programs coordinated by university and national Holstein headquarters.
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