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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-27
County Agent Reports
Jersey Show
Draws 200:
List Winners

The Annual Maryland Jersey
Parish Show of District No. 2
drew an audience of 200 inter
ested spectators at their show
held last Saturday at the Agri-
cultural Center, Gaithersburg,
Md.
Stanley Stiles of Laytonsville
exhibited the Senior and Grand
Champion Female, an Swear old
cow, Debby's Sultan Champ,
while Carol Sweeney of Spencer
vile, All member, exhibited the
Junior Champion of the Open
and All Glasses, junior year
ling, War Bread Jean Rusty'S
Patricia. The Grand Champion
All Club animal, an aged COW,
War Breads Noble Grace, was
exhibited by Carol j. Mills of
Travilah. The Grand Champion
Bull, Walnut Cutie Dreamer, was
exhibited by Robert Stiles of
Rockville.
In the Junior Fitting and Show
ing Contest, Francis Henderson
of Glen won the Model Jersey
Cow over II other contestants,
while Carol j. Mills won the
Model Jersey Cow in the Senior
division over five other contest
ants. Carol was also named the
Champion in the Fitting and
Showing Contest. The cows were
awarded by Sidney Mills, Presi-
dent of the District No. 2 Jersey
Cattle Club.
The Cattle Club also sponsored
Judging Contest which was di-
vided into three groups. Placings
in the Junior All Division:
LIST, Charles Schwartzbeck, Jr.,
Gaithersburg; End, Keith Vail,
Boyds; 3rd, Francis Henderson,
Glen; 4th, Michael Umstead,
Dickerson.
Senior All Division
LIST, Emory hester, Rockville;
End, Carol ]. Mills; Bird, Howard
Stiles, Mt. Airy; 18th, Betty Ann
Fraley.
Adult Division:
list, George Stiles, Boonsboro;
End, Charles Shaw, Falkland;
3rd, Stanley Stiles and Mrs.
Hazel Stiles tied.
Appropriate awards were Of
fered each of the winners in the
division.
The show was very ably judged
by DR.. Glen H. Beck, Head of the
Dairy Department, University of
Maryland, College Park, Md.
Results in each class in the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-27
Grass Silage

Cows on many Maryland dairy
farms spend a lot of time this
season of the year just loafing.
There is lush grass all around
them, but they are too full to
eat.
Some people look at this
beautiful picture and think it's
shame that so much excess
grass has to go to waste. John
Dietrich, University of Mary
land Extension dairyman, has a
different reaction.
Make silage out of that excess
pasture grass and feed it next
fall and winter" he urges dairy
men. Properly preserved grass
silage is almost as good as pas
ture and the cows really love it.
In addition, silage is an economi-
cal feed and more nutrients can
be preserved in silage than in
any other method of storing
grass"
For proof that dairy cows can
consume large amounts of grass
silage when it is available,
Dietrich points to a Washington
Agricultural Experiment Station
experiment with 16 large cows.
Some of the cows consumed as
much as 122 pounds of grass
silage per day for 1-week period
when no other roughage was fed.
The average daily consumption
for 5-week period was over 100
pounds.
For the dairymen whose herd
has outgrown his present silo,
Dietrich suggests a trench silo.
This type of silo can be dug in
a few hours with a bulldozer.
There are trench silos in almost
every county in Maryland and
more are being constructed every
year. We know of trench silos
holding 100 tons that have been
dug for less than 500.
The dairy specialist says that
where the water table is too close
to the surface of the ground to
dig a trench, an "above ground"
horizontal silo can be construct
ed by pushing couple of
parallel banks of dirt for the
sides of the silo.
1t was suggested that farmers
contact county agents for Exten-
sion Bulletin 146, Trench Silos
for Maryland" for more detailed
information on the construction
of trench SiloS.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-27
Tobacco REPORTS

1t takes lot of hard work and
close attention to details for a
farmer to grow good quality
tobacco. And all the extra effort
that goes into the production of
quality tobacco can be for moth
ing if a farmer is just a little
bit careless at marketing time
he may get no better price than
his neighbor gets for a poorer
quality crop.
Dr. Paul E. Nystrom, head of
the Maryland State Department
of Markets, points out that
farmers have three choices in
selling tobacco: % accept the
bid price offered; ~ reject the
bid price and re-offer at auction;
90 reject bid price and deliver to
cooperative at advance.
Making the right decision
often means a lot of extra dollars
in farmers pocket" DR.. Nys.
from adds. ITO help make the
right decision, the Department
of Markets in cooperation with
the Tobacco Division, Agricul.
tural Marketing Service, USDA,
releases a daily tobacco market
price report"
The daily report lists auction
bid averages and advance prices
per 100 pounds, by U. S. grades
The general purpose of the re
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-27
Grain Exports Drop

United States exports of grain
during the 1928 season were
far below earlier postwar years,
but were substantially higher
than the average for years be-
fore World War II.
George ]. Martin, State Chair
man of the Maryland Agricul-
tural Sterilization and Conserva-
ton Committee, says U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture reports
show exports of wheat, rye, corn,
oats barley and sorghum grain
totaled 12,966,479 long tons in
1928.
This compares with an export
of 17615,695 tons the previous
year, and an average of 81 mil
lion tons in pre-war years. Euro
pean markets took slightly over
half the exports in 1928. Asia
was the next most important
market area.
Wheat and flour exports in
1928 followed the general
trend of total grain exports
they were lower than in recent
years, but above the pre-War av-
erage of Is million tons. The
1928 export was 81 million
tons. Exports for the current
year (1953-54) are expected to be
considerably lower.
1.-THE decline in United States
wheat experts during the past
two seasons reflects readiust-
ment from the abnormally large
postwar requirements to more
nearly normal needs by the
major importing countries" the
State ASC Chairman explains.
1.-TWO successive countries"
1.-TWO successive large world
wheat crops provided larger sup
plies in importing countries.
Another contributing factor to
the 1928 decline in wheat ex-
ports was the continued tendency
of many importing countries to
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-27

All Division and Open Classes
were as follows:
Bull Months and Under 1
Year: Robert Stiles, list.
Junior Heifer Calf: Kenneth
Stiles, list, list; Richard Young,
End, End; Vernon Vail, 3rd, 4th;
Harold B. Young, 3rd; Carol H.
Sweeney, 4th, 5th; Blair Stiles,
5th.
Senior Heifer Calf: Carol j..
Mills, list, list; Carol j. Mills, End,
End; Cora F. Schwartzbeck, 3rd,
3rd; Ronald Mills, 18th, 9TH; STAN
ney Nichols, 5th, 5th.
Heifer l Year and Under 18
Months: Carol H. Sweeney, list,
list; Blair Stiles, End, End; Carol
]. Mills, 3rd, 3rd; Kenneth Stiles,
4th, 4th; Fraley Sisters and
Brothers, 9Th, 5th.
Heifer Is Months and Under
2 Years mot in Milk: Ken
meth Stiles, lest, list; Agnes 1.
Schwartzbeck, End, End; Russell
Umstead, 3rd, Bird; Michael I'm
stead, 4th, 18th; Carol j. Mills,
5th, 5th.
Cow 2 Years and Under 3
(Have Never Calved): Fralcy
Sisters and Brothers, LIST; Harold
B. Young, End.
Cow 2 Years and Under 3
(Freshened at Least Once):
Carol j. Mills, LIST, End; Robert
Stiles, LIST; Lewis and Betty Ann
Fraley, End, 3rd; T. M. Anderson,
4th.
Cow 3 Years and Under a:
Francis Henderson, list, list; Fra
ley Sisters and Brothers, End,
4th; Rosalie Henderson, 3rd, 9th /;
Robert Stiles, End; Ruth c. Swee-
ney, Bird; Robert Stiles, 5th.
Cow Years and Over: Carol
]. Mills, LIST, 3rd; Stanley Stiles,
1st; .Mres. Gertrude Fulks, End;
Carol j. Mills, End, 5th; 'Fraley
Sisters and Brothers, 3rd, 9Th
Fraley Sisters and Brothers, 4th;
T. M. Anderson, 9th.
Dry Cow 8 Years or Over:
Robert Stiles, list; Robert Stiles,
End; Lewis and Betty Ann Fra
ley, list, Bird.
Cow Class, Judged on Udder
Alone: Stanley Stiles, list; Carol
]. Mills, End; Stanley Stiles, 3rd;
Mrs. Gertrude Fulks, 4th; T. M.
Anderson, 5th.
Get of Sire: Fraley Sisters and
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-27
Montgomery Farmers Host
During August Land Week

grain safely: % If possible,
combine or thresh when gram
contains about Is percent mols-
ture, WhIcn is cry enough Tor
sale storage; (2) II gram mas IA
TO 10 percent moisture 1t can be
conditioned IN bins equipped with
d tan; and 81 if moisture Is
higher than 10 percent the grain
should be dried.
Farmers who will have wheat
to store under government loan
programs should make every
effort to get it in commercial
storage" kreWatch emphasizes.
However, if farmer thinks
there is a possibility he will have
to store grain on the farm, sug-
gest he get information on the
installation of drying equip
ment."
County agents can be contacted
for this information, or farm adj
visors for utility companies and
cooperative can also help with
the problem.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-27
Animal Treatment
Jersey Club Topic

The regular monthly meeting
of the Montgomery County
Jersey All Club held its meeting
on May 10, at the home of Carol
j. Mills.
Conrad Mills gave a report on
McDonogh School Fair. Ken
meth Stiles and Connie Mills
added to the report. Frances
Henderson gave a report on All
Recreation Night held on May II.
Clifford Stiles gave a report on
the Maryland and Virginia Jer-
sey Cattle Club Spring Sale
held at the Frederick Fair
Ground on May 10.
Rosalie Henderson gave a re
port on the Jersey tour held last
month. Carol Mills told the Club
that DR.. Beck, from the Univer-
sity of Maryland, would be the
Judge at Jersey Field Day. She
said there would be two new
classes: best three females, dam
and daughter.
The topic for this months
meeting was Fitting and Show
ing Animals" which Conrad
Mills reported on. Ronnie Mills
was the new member for this
month. Charles Schwartzbeck
led the All Pledge which closed
the meeting.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-27

port is to help growers receive
current market prices.
In addition to the price list,
the report gives helpful infor-
nation on the preparation of
tobacco for market.
Any grower can have the daily
report mailed directly to him by
sending a request to the Federal
State Market NeWsService, 1897
Main Street, Upper Marlboro,
Md. The report is also posted
in tobacco auctions.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-27

Brothers, list; Robert Stiles, 2nd;
Carol ]. Mills, 3rd.
Produce of Dam: Fraley Sis
tiers and Brothers, 1st; Carol ].
Mills and Kenneth Stiles, End;
Robert Stiles, 3rd; Robert and
Stanley Stiles, 4th; Carol H.
Sweeney, 5th.
Best 3 Females Any Age and
Owned by Exhibitor: Fraley Sis
tiers and Brothers, LIST; Robert
Stiles, 2nd; Carol j. Mills, Bird.
Dam and Daughter (4-H Glass
Only: Carol ]. Mills, LIST; Fraley
Sisters and Brothers, End and
3rd; Francis Henderson, 4th;
Vernon Vail, 5th.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-27
Farm Income Slumping

Cash farm income in Mary
land during the first two months
of this year tumbled l 3per cent
below the same period of 1858.
The Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond ported income
throughout the Fifth District
was off total of six per cent.
Department store sales in
Maryland during the month of
February declined 81 per cent.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-27
Put Freezers to Work

buy grain in non-dollar, or So
called soft currency areas"
Corn exports in 1928 did not
follow the general decline. Ship
ments totaled 3,148OOO tons, the
highest in more than 30 years,
compared with 2,1O8,OOO tons in
1852. Corn exports during the
current season are continuing on
a high level, the total for the
first Z months July, 1858 to
January, 1854 was 1.8 million
tons.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-27
On the Farm

Montgomery County will be
one of i've Maryland areas spot.
lighted during the fifth annual
Land Week.
Opening the first week in
August, the program will focus
on water conservation this year.
Hosts in this years Land Week
will be Montgomery, Hartford,
Baltimore, Howard and Carroll
Counties.
Charles P. Ellington, Maryland
University assistant extension
soil conservationist, is secretary
of the Land Week committee.
Details of the program have
not yet been settled, Ellington
said, but the tour will start on
August 2 in Hartford County
and continue through the other
counties during the next four
days.
Visitors will be in Montgomery
County on August 5.
Ellington emphasized that al
though the theme of this years
program is water conservation, it
will be closely tied in with soil
conservation and crop produc-
ton.
Sponsoring organizations for
the observance will include the
Maryland Council of Home
makers, State Grange, Forest
ConServancy districts, Maryland
Farm Bureau, Maryland Associa-
ton of Soil Conservation dis
tricts, Maryland State Council of
All Clubs, Maryland Extension
Service, State Soil Conservation
Committee, Agriculture Depart
ment Soil Conservation Service,
State Department of Forests and
Parks, Agricultural Sterilization
and Conservation Services.
Storage Crisis
Everything possible is being
done to get enough wheat moved
out of Baltimore and Philadel-
phia terminal elevators so Mary
land farmers will have a place
to store this years crop.
There is no guarantee that it
can be done. If it can't be done,
some Maryland farmers will be
forced to store wheat on the
farm.
"This alternative is not as
simple as it sounds" says George
j. Martin, chairman of the State
Agricultural Sterilization and
Conservation Committee. First,
the government will not approve
loans on farm-stored grain unless
the storage structures pass gov
eminent inspection. Second,
farmers are responsible if grain
deteriorates while in storage"
This second point is where the
big difficulty arises. 1t is very
difficult to keep stored wheat
from deteriorating in Maryland's
humid climate.
University of Maryland agri-
cultural engineer Al Krewatch
lists the steps necessary to store
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-27
April D.H.I.A.
County Report

Five High Herds-Unit No. 3:
Wilson c. Poole, Sc OH, 41.2;
Lee Riggs, ID CHI, 40.2; Chester
Leishear, 35 GIL, 38.9; Drew
Pearson, Sc GG&GH, 36.5; R. D.
Riggs and S. E. Stiles, II CHI,
35.2.
Five High Herds-Unit No. 4:
Paul ]. Cotter, 81 RH, 42.0; A. w.
Nagel, 40 RICH, 40.3; Allan
Hulsizer, 81 GH&RJ, 34.2; Frank
Palmer, 80 RICH, 1913; Thomas
c. Kelley, 81 RA&GH, 29.5.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-27
Sirk Buys Ayrshire

Randy Sirk of Boyd recently
bought his first registered Ayr
shire, the Ayrshire Breeders
Association has announced.
Ayrshires are popular for their
ability to produce at low cost an
abundance of milk with an aver
age butterfat test of per cent.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-27

that by keeping your equipment
under cover = not only in the winter
months, but any time it's not in
use. You may think the cost of
putting up a machine shed makes
it out of the question. But a min
ute's figuring will show you that by
eliminating lot ofrepair and oper-
ating costs plus saving time lost
through breakdowns - the right kind
of machine shed will pay for itself.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-27

The State department of mar
ketS warns that June Is has been
set as the deadline for moving
or turning 1854 excess wheat in
Montgomery County.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-27
FARM FACTS By Jonathan Blade


With the cost Of farm machinery
what it is today, you'll want to do
all you can to prolong its life.
Farm engineers at the University
of Wisconsin say you can do Just
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-27
Pesky Rabbits

Br'er rabbit, gorging on let
tuce, cabbage, Swiss chard and
ornamental plants, is becoming
a real pest in the garden this
year.
Andrew A. Duncan of Mary,
land University's department of
horticulture suggests these ways
to get rid of the cottontails:
Box traps can be set at the
entrance to their feeding ground;
wire fences, with the mesh not
greater than ~ inches, will
keep them out, or repellants are
successful.
Nicotine sprays used to kill
insects are the best repellants,
Duncan says. Mix Y teaspoon of
nicotine sulfate 40 percent)
with one quart of water and
spray it on plants in the even
ing. Repeat at intervals of a
few days. Tobacco dust also is
effective, Duncan adds.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-27

unemployed are industrial work.
ers and don't have farm know
how.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-27

Just as important is the right kind
OF shelter for your livestock. II
should be warm and free from drafts
IN winter, comfortable in summer
What's needed is proper insulation
OF the. type given animal shelters
when insulation board is used in
their construction. It's easy to ap-
ply; it's economical, because with
1t you build and insulate in one
operation.
Put Freezers to Work
Here are some IDEAS on how to
make your home freezer work for
you from Pennsylvania State Col
lege home economists. Date your
packages of frozen foods as YOU
store them. Then you can tell at a
glance which foods to use first SO
they won't be stored too long in the
freezer. Also, wrap freezer packages
with colored cord for easy identi-
flcatlon green for beef, red for
pork, and so on.
If you're freezing chickens, you'll
find a one-pound cracker box with
the waxed paper lining intact holds
a cut-up trying or stewing chicken
that weighs two to three pounds.
Just wrap the boxed chicken in the
freezer paper and store,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-27
ArmXWOrnS

al my w vi AhlO
"Be on the lookout for army
worms" warns University of
Maryland Extension entomolo-
gist T. L. Bissell. sIf you find
any, don't waste any time in
taking control measures. If you
wait, the pest may spread over
the entire farm and do severe
damage to small grains, corn and
pastures"
Bissell sounds the warning be-
cause insect surveys reveal the
pest is present in outbreak num-
bers in several counties in the
State.
$50 far, serious damage is
mostly confined to counties in the
Bay area" he says. But army
worms may suddenly appear in
regions far removed from any
known source of infestation.
Farmers all over the State
should inspect fields regularly"
The best places|to find army
worms are in the areas where
the crop growth is most rank. A
farmer probably will not find
any worms by simply walking
through a field or pasture; it is
necessary to kneel down and
closely examine the lower por-
lions of the stems and trash on
the ground.
ArmyWorms are greenish-
colored caterpillars. Young
worms are very hard to detect
because of their small size, but
adult worms may be ~ inches
long. Adults have one dark
stripe along each side and a
broad stripe down the center of
the back. The stripes are often
nearly black.
Control recommendations
listed by Bissell are: % use a
ground machine or airplane to
spray grain and corn with toXa-
phene, using l 1/3 quarts of 60
percent emulsifiable liquid per
acre in an appropriate amount
of water; (2) dust with 10 to 20
pounds of toXaphene dust per
acre; 90 spread poison bait
made of 100 pounds of wheat
bran mixed with 4 pounds of
paris green and dampened with
II gallons of water. Six pounds
of calcium arsenate, 7 pints of
toxaphene, or 4 pounds of
sodium fluosilicate may be sub
stituted for the paris green.
Broadcast 20 to 80 pounds of bait
in late afternoon, as the worms
feed mostly at night; az sprays
and dusts are not recommended
for use on pastures where dairy
cows or fattening animals are
grazing.
Montgomery County All and
FLA members failed to win any
top places in the Central Mary.
land Junior Broiler Production
show at Westminster May Is.
BDI Governor Lady, a register.
ed Holstein -Friesian cow owned
by the u. S. dairy division at
Beltsville has set a State produc'
ton record with Isl pounds OF
butterfat from 20,203 pounds OF
milk, the Holstein-Friesian Asso
citation of America says.
Purchases of dairy products
under the support program were
smaller in April than in any
month since the beginning of the
year, the Agriculture depart
ment has announced.
Although there is "some unem
ployment" in the country, the
u. S. employment service reports
the fact is not especially encour
aging to farmers who are seek
ing laborerS. The majority o,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-27

Montgomery County All and
FLA members failed to win any
top places in the Central Mary
land Junior Broiler Production
show at Westminster May Is.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-27

Although there is "some unem.
ployment" in the country, the
u. S. employment service reports,
the fact is not especially encour-
aging to farmers who are seek.
ing laborerS. The majority of
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-27

Purchases of dairy products
under the support program were
smaller in April than in an!
month since the beginning of thu
year, the Agriculture depart
ment has announced.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-05-27

BDI Governor Lady, register
ed Holstein -Friesian cow owned
by the u. S. dairy division at
Beltsville has set a State produc-
ton record with Isl pounds of
butterfat from 20,203 pounds of
milk, the Holstein-Friesian Asso-
citation of America says.
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today and Monday. and between
10 am. and s pm. tomorrow and
Sunday.
However, customers who left
garments at the following stores
may pick them up at those stores
during the same hours:
At 604 Arlington boulevard,
Falls Church, Va. 101 South
Washington street, Falls Church:
2721 Georgia avenue NV. GLIB
Georgia avenue NV. 1882 Four
tenth street NV, 1927 North
Glebe road, Arlington. Va; 116
King highway, Falls Church:
1922 Fourteenth street NV,
1928 Wisconsin avenue, Bethes-
da, Md. and 925 Eighth street
NE.
A schedule for laundry pickup
will be announced later.