Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-11-07
MEETING OF THE
u. S. D. A. BOARD
IN SOMERSET co.
County Agent Keller Outlined
The Purpose Of The Meeting
And Made IntrOductiOns
COUNTY Committeeman
WILL VISIT THE FARMS

d. A. Board met in the Courthouse at
Princess Anne the past Monday, No
vember Bird.
Mr.. VIM. T. Chaffey, President of
the Somerset County Farm Bureau,
presided due to the unavoidable alb
sence of the Chairman, VIM. G. Lark
ford.
County Agent C. 2. Keller outlined
the purpose of the meeting and intro
duced the following state, government
and county members of the defense
board and representatives of the ag-
ricultural interests. Harry H. Nuttle,
State Chairman of the Maryland U.
S. D. A. Defense Board, and State
Chairman of the AAA Committee;
Mr.. Paul Nystrum, County Agent
Leader Extension Service; Mr.. C.S.
Burkhead, State Agricultural Stats
tician and member of State Defense
Board; Mr.. E. w. Davis, State CO.
ordinator Soil Conservation Service
and member of State Defense Board.
Mr.. Bergen Brown, State Supervisor,
Farm Security Administration; and
Mr.. S. Dyott, field representative
State AAA Office.
! The following members of the
County Defense Board were also
present: Mr.. William G. Landlord,
Chairman Somerset Agricultural
Conservation Association; Mr.. John
E. Holland, representing the Farm
Credit Administration, Secretary of
the Somerset Farm Loan Association;
Mrs. Marion Severance, representing
the Farm Security Administration;
Mr.. C. z. Keller representing the Elk
tension Service and who will serve
as Secretary to the County Defense
Board.
The following also attended the
morning session: Miss Hilda TOPPER,
Home Demonstration Agent; Mrs.
Harry 7. Phoebus and Mrs. Harry
keenan,, representing the Somerset
Homemakers Clubs; Mr.. Robert
Street, President, Tri-County Poul-
try Association; Mr.. Elmer Brown,
Member of Interstate Milk Produ-
GERS Cooperative; Mr.. E. Walter Long
Secretary Treasurer, Eastern Shore
Vegetable Growers Cooperative;
Howard H. Anderson, Vocational Ag-
ricultural teacher, who was accom-
panied by a representative of the
FLA of the Princess Anne Club; Mr..
= e. Maurice White and Mr.. r. P. Boz
man-Members County AAA commit
tee; Mr.. Harry Keenen and Mr.. j. N.
Polyette, Supervisors of the County
AAA Association; and L. H. Martin,
colored local county agent.
The first speaker at the morning
session was Mr.. Paul E. Nystrum,
Extension Service, who discussed the
Food For Defense Program in 1912.
The Maryland goals for increase
food production in 1912 as compared
to 1941 production are as follows:
Milk production, percent increase;
Cows MIXED, percent; Egg produc-
ton, percent; Chickens raised, ii
percent; Turkeys raised, 10 percent;
Sows narrowed spring, 16 percent;
Spring pig crop, Is percent; Tomatoes
for fresh market, 1 percent; Toma-
toes for processing, 8 percent; Green
peas. percent; Snap beans for mar
ket, 1 percent; Snap beans for pro-
cessing, percent; Farm Gardens,
IL percent; which means garden on
every farm.
Miss Hilda TOPPER, Home Demon
stration Agent, discussed the value
of vegetables and milk and other pro-
tein foods as being necessary to fur
nish proper nutrition to children as
well as adults.
Mrs. Harry T. Phoebus, Nutrition
Chairman of the Somerset Homemak-
ers Advisory Council stated that the
homemakers were vitality interested
in the food for defense program and
asked the help of the farmers in en-
couraging a greater use of the gar
den on the farms.
Mr.. E. w. Davis discussed the rea-
sons for the closing of the Westover
CCC drainage camp and mentioned
that the Soil Conservation Service
will cooperate with the people of this
county in their drainage program if
they were interested in organizing
the county into a Soil Conservation
District.
The afternoon session was opened
with remarks from Mr.. Harry H.
Nuttle who discussed the part the
Community Committeeman will play
in the food for defense program and
that a nation wide farm to farm can
vass would be made through the
AAA organization.