Entry Deadline Set For Eastern National Show
The nineteenth annual Eastern National Livestock Show will be held at the Maryland State Fair Grounds November 13 to 18 with about 1,500 animals and over $52,000 in prize money. Entry deadline is October 1, junior exhibitors must submit by September 24. Charolais cattle appear for the first time, with 4 H and FFA classes scheduled including a dinner of champions after grand championships.
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Maryland State Fair Grounds
Jack I. Matthews
Ager
Farmers of America
Matthews
F. F.A
Devon
Berkshire
Duroc
Hampshire
Yorkshire
Southdown
Doctors quit smoking drive gains across profession
A survey shows 529 of American doctors do not smoke, underscoring belief in cigarettes causing cancer. About 88 648 heavy smokers have stopped through a new tablet program praised as a key aid to cutting down or stopping smoking, with many doctors among its users.
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New York
Anti-Tobacco Center of America
Dept
L-1
Fifth Avenue
Damascus FFA Plans Fourth Annual Baby Beef Show and Sale
The Damascus FFA will host its fourth annual Baby Beef Show and Sale at Damascus High School on Sept. 24 at 8 p.m. About twenty steers raised by FFA and 4-H youths will be sold after showing at the Damascus Community Fair. Local businesses support the sale, with Albert S. Tabler as auctioneer. Separate notes discuss Hessian fly damage to wheat and control methods including plowing under stubble and crop rotation.
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Damascus
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Safeway
Acme
Bank of Damascus
Haines Construction
Woodfield Ford
Albert Goetze
Tom
Tom and Ray’s Restaurant, Gladhill Meats, Bellison’s Grocery, Gaithersburg
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Tabler
Frederick County
Wheat Planting Delayed To After Fly-Free Date
Extension agent Kenneth E. Shiffler warns delaying winter wheat planting until after Oct 2 reduces Hessian fly damage. The fly is the leading pest of wheat in the U S with annual outbreaks. fall seeding should wait until after the fly’s fall flight, with Oct 12 as the normal fly-free date.
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Kenneth E. Shiffler
United States
Man Made Grain Gains Approvals Across North Regions
Reports in Farm Quarterly highlight triticale as a wheat rye hybrid with higher yield and protein content. Developed by Dr. B Charles Jenkins at Manitoba and tested in Canada and Mexico under Rockefeller Foundation support. Potential to become a food grain and ease global shortages.
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Farm Quarterly
B. Charles Jenkins
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg
Canada
Cianoq
Centro de Investigaciones Agricolas de Noroeste
Mexico
Rockefeller Foundation
Summers elected to AGCC membership from Springdale Farm
John A Summers of Springdale Farm Frederick has been elected to membership in The American Guernsey Cattle Club. Summers began with pure bred Guernseys in 1935 and now owns 168 head. He serves as a director of Frederick County Guernsey Breeders and belongs to Maryland Guernsey Breeders Association.
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John A. Summers
Springdale Farm
Frederick
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Summers
Frederick County
Guernsey Breeders Association
Maryland Guernsey Breeders Association
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