The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-09-18
COUNTY AGENTS COLUMN
J. H. CARTER,
Resident County Agent,
Oakland, Maryland
Emergency Measures are RecOmmen
ded

At a conference of farm leaders
from all parts of Maryland, together
with county agents from all the coun-
ties of the State and specialists of the
University, ways and means for reduc-
ing the damage done by the drought
to minimum were considered and a
number of definite recommendations
were agreed upon. Discussion and
consideration of emergency measures
to meet the unusual situation was a
feature of the Farmers Marketing
Conference, held at the University of
Maryland on August IL to Is, and
participated in by about two hundred
leading farmers.
Recommendations made by this
group included specific suggestions as
to practices which may be found help
full to those engaged in various lines
of farming, such as grain and live
stock production, dairying, poultry
raising, fruit and vegetable growing,
and tobacco growing.
Reports by those attending the con-
ference made it apparent that one of
the most difficult problems is to pro-
vide suitable feed for livestock and
dairy animals and number of recon-
mendations were made, both as to
crops which may be sown with view
to provide emergency pasture for this
fall and in the spring, and also for
conserving such feed as is available.
Thinning of apples and peaches on
trees which do not show promise of
producing fruit of marketable size
was recommended by the fruit grow
ers.
In all, more than thirty recon-
mendations or suggestions were made.
Detailed information relative to the
steps which were advised for meeting
the emergency problems in any par
ticuler line of farming, or in any To-
cality in the State, can be obtained
from the county agent, or direct from
the Extension Service of the Universe
ty of Maryland. All sections of the
Conference urgently recommends that
farmers consult their county agricul-
tural agents in order that the advice
and assistance of the Extension
specialists of the University may be
utilized in meeting the emergency
problems which the long continued
drought has forced upon them.
Maryland Black Walnuts in Demand
Maryland farmers who have Black
Walnut trees upon their property and
who will be in position to sell walnuts
this fall may secure from the Uni
versity of Maryland Extension Service
information as to a possible source of
buyers. Mr.. F. B. Trenk, Extension
Forester, announces that number Of
nut meat houses in the United States
have written to him recently. Many
of them have stated they consider the
Maryland nut the best grown and that
they wish to handle it exclusively.
However, they point out that during
the past season there were very few
nuts available and it is their desire to
get in touch with any growers in the
State who may wish to sell walnuts
this year.
Anyone interested should write to
F. B. Trenk, University of Maryland
Extension Service, College Park, Md.
What May Be Fed To Livestock With
Profit At Present Prices
At present market quotations wheat
may be fed to livestock with profit in
many instances, according to state
ment just issued by DIR. DeVoe Meade
and Professor B. E. Carmichael of the
Animal Husbandry Department of the
University of Maryland. These spec
ialists caution, however, that before
the present wheat crop is marketed,
there may be very different relation
between wheat and corn prices and adj
wise feeders to keep well posted on
market conditions.
1t is pointed out in the statement
referred to that wheat and corn are
similar in composition, although they
differ slightly in the amount of the
several nutrients which they contain.
Wheat, it is stated, is slightly higher
than corn in digestible protein and in
digestible carbohydrates, but is much
lower in digestible fat. On the basis