Cumberland Youth Tops With Tractor at Timonium Fair
Gary Teter of Cumberland won the Maryland 4-H tractor operator contest at the Timonium State Fair, edging Millard Lethbridge of Ashton and Harold Brubaker of Jefferson. Jimmy and Norman Smith from Little Orleans won farm machinery and farm safety demonstrations, as 18 farm youths competed. Top placers may advance to regional and national contests in Springfield, Massachusetts, and Maryland teams will represent the state in upcoming events.
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Timonium
Cumberland
Gary Teter
Maryland
Timonium State Fair
Teter
Millard Lethbridge
Ashton
Harold Brubaker
Jefferson
Little Orleans
Jimmy
Norman Smith
Springfield
Mass
Baltimore County
Patsy Reier
Mary Lee Westerfield
Glen Arm Club
Mary Virginia Clark
Mt. Carmel
Linda
Sue Wilkinson
Anneslie
Corinne How
Nancy Lindsay
Carroll County
Mable Potter
Dorchester County
Mary Alice Wilson
Peggy Pe
Olney
Joan
Patricia Toms
Eugene Houck
Westminster
Elwood Bill
Hampstead
Joseph Zoller
Ellicott City
Billy Powell
James Wichels
Clarksville
Robert Wessel
Laurel
Bradley Moore
Cockeysville
Tommy Sheats
Peggy Peffercorn
West Friendship
Sue Powell
Gail Petre
Hagerstown
Velda Petre
Hagestown
Dairy IL
Richard Zdonis
Ronald Graybear
Corora
John Swilling
Rockville
Robert Mason
Elkton
Donald McGrady
Rising Sun
Philip Gerney
Sykesville
Joseph Quesenberry
Linwood
William Stanton
Grantsville
Dean Hash
Fort Deposit
New Windsor Community Notes and Visits Highlight Weekend
New Windsor hosts a busy social run with visitors from Akron Rockford and Baltimore. Families attend reunions, a stork shower, and a midnight serenade while Methodists plan a September meeting and a historical site service near town.
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New Windsor
Allen Cassenova
Akron
R. Gary Brown
Cassenova
Brown
South Pacific
Haines
Haines Park
Eldon Wilson
Rockford
Ill
Florence Wilson
Franklin Greve
Ith
David Haines
Charles Crabbs
Harold Poole
Westminster
Paul Capenhaver
Savannah
Robert Eaton
Gulf of Mexico
John Loveh
Norfolk
Marker Lovell
Baltimore
Log Meeting House
Robert Strawbridge
America
Kenneth Munshour
Russell Lambert
Winfield Burkholder
Gilbert Myers
Lansdown
Grass grows fast on small irrigated pastures in Hereford area
AP News notes Hereford Texas farm leader Jay Boston farms 840 acres but grazes 85 cattle and 15 hogs on 20 acres, earning about 1275 dollars monthly. Other farmers like Pete Carmichael and Earl Springer show similar gains by irrigating small tracts, using PMA seed support, and watering frequently to boost wool and beef production. The piece highlights irrigation as a path to high yields on small parcels and outlines costs, seed mixes, and pastures across Deaf Smith County.
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AP News
Hereford
Tex
Jay Boston
Pete Carmichael
Deaf Smith County
Panhandle
Boston
Castro County
Earl Springer
Springer
Kentucky
PMA
Production and Marketing Administration
A. J. Peters
Peters
Ford Times Review of Frederick History Credits Misplaced
The September Ford Times notes Frederick once famed for horses now famed for dwindling stock as tractors rise. It cites Monocacy Farms leaving Percheron breeding, recounts Civil War sites near Frederick, Hood College, Key and Barbara Fritchie burials, Mount Olivet Cemetery, and Taney House open by appointment as Roger Brooke Taney’s former residence.
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Ford Times
Ford Motor Company
Frederick
Frederick County
South Mountain
Hooker
Meade
Gettysburg
United States
U. 3
Hood College For Women
Francis Scott Key
Barbara Fritchie
Mount Olivet
Roger Brooke Taney
Dred Scott
Frederick County Farm Policy Meetings Schedule
The Frederick County Agricultural Mobilization Committee hosts September 12 and 13 sessions in the PMA Conference Room to frame the Family Farm Policy Report. All 12 USDA agencies will present, with farmers invited to suggest program changes to fit family sizes.
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Frederick County Agricultural Mobilization Committee
PMA
East Church Street
Frederick County
Department of Agriculture
Cooperative Extension Service
Farmers Home Administration
Agricultural Research Administration
Office of Information
Soil Conservation Service
Farm Credit Administration
Commodity Exchange Authority
Rural Electrification Administration
Reporter's Quiz Reveals Varied Living Preferences Countywide
Six residents from Frederick county list preferred places to live if Frederick were eliminated. Choices include Gettysburg Pennsylvania Harrisburg Pennsylvania Seattle Washington Washington DC Williamsport Maryland. Also noted a 15 year old girl kidnapped in Zanesville Ohio with Chester Risen from Columbus. Risen’s whereabouts unknown.
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Frederick City
Pennsylvania
Frederick
Frederick County
Zanesville
Nancy Kinney
Willard O
Chicago
Chester Risen
Columbus
Risen
Wheat Rust Spread Threatens 1952 US Crop
Government experts warn a new race of wheat rust, 15B, has spread across many states. Seed breeders must develop resistant wheat, as rust has damaged up to 10,000,000 bushels in a bad year. Weather and barberry hosts drive the risk into 1952.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Michigan
New York
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Minnesota
Indiana
Virginia
North Dakota
Mexico
Rio Grande
Americans in the Military Consume 268 Pounds of Meat Per Capita
A survey shows service members in the U S armed forces eat about 268 pounds of meat annually per person reflecting high protein intake. The figure highlights military nutrition patterns across branches and bases.
Rural Youth Leadership Conference in Maryland
Rural youth from across the Free State attend the first annual Maryland Rural Youth Leadership Conference at Rocks 4-H Camp in Harford County September 21 to 23. Farm Bureau Grange Maryland 4-H All Stars and the State Council of 4-H Clubs join sessions on discussion leading publicity writing and program planning with recreation and tours. Sunday worship closes the event with evenings featuring vesper services.
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Free State
Maryland
Rocks
Harford County
Farm Bureau
Grange
Maryland 4-H All Stars
State Council of
R. K. Bechtold
Rid Place Of Garden Slugs Cicada Killers
University of Maryland Extension entomologist T. L. Bissell outlines home pest control for two insects, garden slugs and cicada killers. Remove hiding places allow sun pride and keep grass trimmed to deter slugs. kill with metaldehyde calcium arsenate bait available in groceries.
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T. L. Bissel
University of Maryland Extension
Mr. Bissell
Cicada killers and county numbering plans in Howard County
The article notes cicada killers large wasps seen stinging locusts and nesting in ground holes. residents are advised to exterminate with carbon disulfide poured into holes. A separate item from Ellicott City says a new house numbering system starts September 9, remarking the county seat’s 179 years of existence.
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Mr. Bissell
Ellicott City
Howard County
Hicicott
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