65 Wheat Program Its Entirely Voluntary
The 1965 wheat program is voluntary says Harold M. Free chairman of the ASCS County Committee. Producers may join by signing up and meeting provisions with options to qualify for price support loans and marketing certificates, while overplanting does not erase wheat history. Signup runs August 24 to October 2 at the Frederick ASCS County Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold M. Free
Agricultural Stablization and Conservation County Committee
Free
Frederick Ascs
Bird Controls Needed
Feed and crop damage by nuisance birds is a $35 million annual problem. Blackbirds in three states cause $15 million yearly losses while Western feedlots suffer up to $2,000 daily. Starlings are major offenders in 12 western and 5 Corn Belt states, each eating 14 lb daily. Various crops suffer including corn rice and sunflowers as do orchards and gardens. Four controls are listed: scare them off shield crops make crops unattractive and destroy them. USDA and other agencies fund research and offer controls. Pennsylvania State tests sterilants to curb reproduction of starlings and blackbirds.
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Cincinnati
Fns
Corn Belt
Farm Quarterly
F.Q
U. Department of Interior
Il and Wildlife Service
Washington
D. C
Agency
Lafayette
Indiana
U. S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
Pennsylvania
Farming Changes Over 20 Years by Earl Beard Story
Robert L. Jones notes major shifts in farming over two decades with Earl Beard of Westminster sharing his 130 acre home farm experience. Beard highlights DHIA cow data, high butterfat cows, efficient feeding using IBM tools, and family involvement in milking and field work while serving in farm bureau leadership.
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Robert L. Jones Carroll
Earl Hi. Beard
Westminster
Beard
Mrs. Beard
Edward
IBM
Earl D. Beard
Dhia Beard
Over 2 Million Farms Now In ACP Program
George B. Reeves reports nationwide ACP participation exceeds two million farms, including 1.1 million in 1963 with 23 percent new to cost sharing. In Maryland 8,042 farms used ACP in 1963, 1,204 new, with major practices such as liming 136,000 acres and cover crops 73,000 acres. Reeves credits ASC committee members for mobilizing new farms and notes continued progress in 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Reeves
Maryland Agricultural Stablization and Conservation State Committee
Maryland
ACP
Reeves
ASC
Keep Them Clean Handwashing Told For School Day
Maryland Cooperative Extension Service home economists urge children to wash hands before meals and after using the toilet during the school day, just as at home, to promote hygiene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Cooperative Extension Service
Curing Concrete Moist Cure Key For Strong Durable Walls
Moist curing concrete for at least five days is crucial for strength and watertight durability. The chemical reaction between cement and water hardens the concrete, and premature drying halts the reaction.
Flammable Sprays Warn Against Fire Hazard
A safety note warns of fire risk with aerosol sprays in homes and farms. It cautions that hair sprays insecticides and paints are highly flammable and should be kept away from flames. It mentions potential danger and practical precautions.
West Friendship Man First To Enter Stock Show
George Bowman Jr of West Friendship Maryland is the first entrant in the eighteenth annual Eastern National Livestock Show to be held at the Maryland State Fair Grounds Timonium November 14 to 19 He entered three steers in open judging and one in carcass judging The event expected to draw about 1500 cattle hogs and lambs from up to 20 states with more than 52000 in premiums Open class entries are due October 1 while 4 H and FFA junior exhibitors must file by September 24 through their County Agent offices
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George Bowman, Jr
West Friendship
Maryland State Fair Grounds
Timonium
Bowman
Jack I. Matthews
Farmers of America
Optimism for alfalfa crop trotz weevil concerns
Dr. Allen L. Steinhauer of the University of Maryland Entomology notes a hopeful alfalfa outlook despite weevil control challenges and pesticide residue issues. He cites alfalfa’s dairy value, ongoing research with new insecticides, and a shift to nonzero tolerance chemicals like Malathion Methoxychlor and Guthion. The joint efforts of the University and USDA Beltsville lab pursue residue testing control methods and resistant varieties, while spring spraying remains less effective but controllable with timing.
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Allen L. Steinhauer
University of Mary
Steinhauer
Maryland
Food and Drug Administration
University
Department of Entomology
U.S. Department of Agriculture Laboratory
Beltsville
Usda Laboratory
Damascus FFA Community Show and Horse Show Planned
Damascus to host Community Fair Livestock Show and Baby Beef Sale at the high school on September 24 25 with a horticulture show. Horse Show set for October 4 at Valleyview Stables Md 108. Entries taken at the high school Sept 23 24 with specific Home Arts exceptions. Poultry judging team to represent Maryland at Springfield MA. New officers elected Fritz Brown president Glenn Hood vice president Kenton Brake secretary Larry Riggs reporter James Warfield treasurer Ralph Mayne sentinel.
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Damascus
Damascus Ffa
FHA
Ptas
FFA
Valleyview Stables
MD. 108
John Gordon
Fritz Brown
Charles Seal
L. E. Tolley
Maryland
Springfield
Massachusetts
Glenn Hood
Kenton Brake
Larry Riggs
James Warfield
Ralph Mayne
Sentinel
Seven Judges Named for Eastern National Livestock Show
Seven judges were named for the eighteenth annual Eastern National Livestock Show at the Maryland State Fair Grounds Timonium November 14 19. Judges include Earl Dugger Wilbur Drybread Jerry Taylor Donald Kniffen Don L Good Randall Reid and Jim Keen. The event, the fourth largest in the nation, expects 1500 breeding cattle steers hogs and lambs from up to 20 states with more than 52000 in premiums.
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Aberdeen Angus
Earl Dugger
Angus Valley Farms
Tulsa
Okla
Wilbur Drybread
Valentine
Neb
Jerry Taylor
Prairie City
Devon
Donald Kniffen
Rutgers 'University
Don L. Good
Kansas State University
Randall Reid
Ohio State University
Ff.a
Jim Keen
Mole’s Hill Farm
Sharon
Conn
Nutrient News From Home Economists and Dairy Output
Maryland Extension Service home economists say a ham and cheese sandwich on enriched white bread provides protein calcium vitamin A iron thiamine riboflavin and niacin. Gladevale Master Posch Delite 1480038 a five year old cow owned by George C Stauffer Son Walkersville produced 17300 lbs of milk and 550 lbs of butterfat in 205 days.
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Cotteria
Amazon
Gail
Roger Hildebrand & Son
Woodsboro
Maryland Extension Service
George C. Stauffer & Son
Walkersville
Maryland sets 1964 corn price support at 1.41 per bushel
Maryland growers receive a 1.26 per bushel loan rate plus a 15 cent per bushel price support payment, totaling 1.41 per bushel for the 1964 corn crop. Chairman George B. Reeves notes the rate matches last year and applies to farmers in the 1964 feed grain program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
George B. Reeves
Maryland Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation State Committee
1964 Crop Corn Price Support and Loans Details
The 1964 corn price support uses cents per bushel on each farm's planted acre with premiums and discounts unchanged from 1963. The program allows all 1964 corn production from participating farms to be placed under the price support loan. Farm storage loans and purchases run from harvest through April 1, 1965 with loan maturities on May 1, 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeves
Farm-City Week Proclaimed for November 2026
President Johnson proclaims November 2026 as National Farm City Week. He states the consumer stake in sustaining agriculture grows as a growing world population increases demand for food and fiber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
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