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Montgomery County sentinel., 1954-09-16
FARM FACTS By Jonathan Blade

The narrow margin of profit in
broiler producing is not always solv-
ed by every new feed discovery
that comes along. True, they are
much more efficient than they were
10 to IS years ago, but broiler
chickens have also improved in that
time.
Changes that have contributed to
the efficient production of broilers
include increased energy level, an
tibiotics, arsenicals, synthetic nico-
tinic and new sources of vitamin
BIZ. Coccidiostats cut down broiler
house mortality. All these improve
ments don't cost you a penny, in
fact, they pay for themselves.
This is true too. of a well in
sulated chicken house that lowers
food cost for breeding and provides
better efficiency in the summer.
That's why you'll be wise to use in
sulation board. This economical
material is available in handy-size
Montgomery County sentinel., 1954-09-16
BaltimOrean to
Head Census in
Maryland Area

Russell L. Snodgrass of Balti.
more has been appointed super
visor of the 1854 Census of Agri.
culture field office for Maryland
and Delaware.
His appointment was an
nounced this week by the Com.
merce departments Bureau of
the Census.
Snodgrass will direct a force
of Is crew leaders and 234 enum-
orators in Maryland's % Coun-
ties; three crew leaders and 4S
enumerators in Delaware's three
Counties, and one crew leader
and II enumeratorS in Accomac
and Northampton Counties of
Virginia.
The census will provide infor-
nation on the number and size
of farms, acreage and harvest of
crops, livestock production and
inventories, selected farm facili-
ties and equipment, selected farm
expenditures, farm values and
mortgage debt.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1954-09-16
Thursday, September 16, 1854
MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL

A third, Belgerie Rationale Arm.
bouillet, specializes in sheen
breeding.
Famous Kew Gardens in Eng.
land are internationally known.
They are not only surprisingly
beautiful but an experimental
station, also world famous. is
connected with the Gardens
which are located in Outer Lon
con, easily accessible.
Side trips to these places of
agricultural interest are optional
and may be arranged if a suf-
ficient number of tour members
wish to take them.
Crops which will be included
in total acreage allotments under
the 1855 farm program have been
listed by George J. Martin, State
chairman of the Maryland Agri-
cultural Sterilization and Con-
Servation committee.
Martin explained that the total
acreage allotments will apply to
all farms where the limitations
of individual crops allotments
call for the diversion of more
than 10 acres.
Wheat, cotton, corn, peanuts,
tobacco and rice are the indivi-
dual crops which will be limited
by acreage allotments next year.
Wheat is the only one of these
crops for which allotments have
already been set.
Total farm allotments for 1855
will be the sum of the 1855 allot-
mentS for the six crops named
above and the 1858 acreages of
the following crops, normally
produced in Maryland, which
were listed by Martin in his an
nouncement:
1. Small grains other than
wheat which were harvested for
grain or seed.
z. Soybeans, annual ryegrass,
sudan grass and millet when har-
vested for grain or seed.
B. Summer legumes when har-
vested for grain or seed. In-
cludes cowpeas, blackeyed peas.
etc.
4. Winter legumes when har.
vested for grain or seed. (In-
cludes vetch alone or in mixture
crimson clover, etc.
5. Field corn in noncommercial
corn counties.
6. Popcorn, sweet corn and to-
bacco not under marketing quo
tas.
Z. Irish potatoes and sweet DO
tatoes.
8. Commercial vegetables, mel
ons and truck crops for fresh
market or processing.
9. Berries and small fruits.
The following crops or land
Montgomery County sentinel., 1954-09-16

editor for the Evening and Sun
day Star.
"The WMAL Farm Report,
providing area farmers with rur-
al news and weather information
will be aired over WMAL-rad
Monday through Friday at 5.45
am. The program will be local
in scope, dealing with local farm
news and up-to-the-minute wealth
er reports for the rural Wash
ington area.
Grange Tour
Farm folks who plan to go on
the National Grange European
tour in October, may visit farms
and agricultural schools within
20 to 30 miles of Lucerne, Swift
zerland, if they desire. A dairy
school is located at Sursursee and
an agricultural school at Willifau.
In the Netherlands will be
found an animal husbandry ex-
perimental farm and an agricu!-
tural university at Wageningen,
within an hour of Amsterdam.
Germany has an experimental
farm near Heidelberg, which is
operated by chemical company.
Teaching here is along chemical,
antibiotics, and similar lines.
France boasts three schools
near Paris, one at Versailles; an
other, the Grignon Agricultural
School, is housed in a castle built
during the reign of Louis XIII.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1954-09-16

regulations provide for a reason
able time prior to harvest within
which such planted acreage may
be adjusted to the farm acreage
allotment"
Farms Good Buy
Despite ups and downs of the
past two decades, "the vast ma
iority' of persons who bought
farmland have succeeded, accord
ing to a study by the Federal Re-
serve bank of Richmond, which
Encompasses this area.
Highest average land values in
the five-State district are in Mary
land, where the average is $155
per acre. This slumps to as low
as S66 in West Virginia.
Stretching Hay
One way Maryland farmers
can stretch short supplies of hay
and silage is to stimulate pas
ture production this fall.
The source of stimulation is
nitrogen fertilizer, according to
DR.. Tom S. Ronningen of the
University of Maryland agron-
omy department
DR.. Ronningen doesn't recon-
mend fertilizer for any and all
pastures, however. He says the
biggest returns will be from per-
manent bluegrass pasture or ro-
rational orchard grass pasture
where the grass cover is good
and the soil has a good supply
of moisture.
AS to the time of application,
DR.. Ronningen says, fright
away"
He points out that 20 to 40
pounds of nitrogen equivalent
per acre will make some good
grazing for livestock this fall.
With the cost of high analysis
fertilizer about 18 to 20 cents a
pound, that would mean a fer
tilizer cost of from 81 to SO per
acre. Low analysis fertilizer costs
more for each pound of nitrogen
applied.
How much return can be OK
pected from this investment?
"A conservative estimate" the
forage specialist says, "would be
4 to u ton of extra hay for
each acre terated If we estimate
mixed hay at $35 per ton, the
extra hay growth due to fertili-
Montgomery County sentinel., 1954-09-16
Social Security
Insurance OK'd
On More Workers

Protection for families of work.
ers who died after 1899 and be.
fore September 1850, is provided
under new Social Security amend.
ments, field representative David
Platky reported this week.
Workers who died during that
period without sufficient work
credit now are considered in.
sured, Platky said. N
Widows, children or dependent
parents of such workers were
advised to contact Platky at 10
am. Wednesdays, at his office in
the County building.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1954-09-16
New Zealand
Youth Visits
State Farms

Donald Neal McCallum, of New
Zealand, came to the State Sep
tember 3 as Maryland's second
visitor under this years Inter
national Farm Youth Exchange
program.
McCallum will live and work
with farm families in three Mary
land counties until December 1.
For his first month his host fam
lily will be the Hazel T. Clarks,
of Rt. 3, Easton, Talbot county.
The 22-year old New Zealand
youth arrived in the United
States in June. Following orien-
tation in Oregon, he visited farm
families in Arkansas.
McCallum has a youth organi-
zation background similar to All
Club work. In 1852 he was chair
man of the Young Farmers club,
and in 1858 he served as chair
man of the South Tranaki YFC
National council. He has special
interest in rural youth and young
mems and womens programs,
dramatics, tennis, golf and GYM
nastics.
A dairy farmer in his native
country, McCallum comes from
a 140-acre all-grass dairy farm
with 100 Jersey cows and 80
sheep. His trip to this country is
sponsored by the New Zealand
Dairy board.
The International Farm Youth
Exchange program is a two.way
exchange between the United
States and 40 countries through
out Europe, Latin America, Asia,
Africa, the Pacific, and the Near
and Middle East. It is dedicated
Montgomery County sentinel., 1954-09-16

uses will not be included in set
ting up total farm allotments:
1. Hay crops.
2. Green manure crops.
B. Pasture.
4. Idle cropland.
5. Lespedeza cut for seed.
6. Other crops not listed above
as total farm allotment crops.
Producers on farms affected
by the total allotment provision
must comply with all crop allot-
ments and the total farm allot-
ment to be eligible for price sup
port on any crop or for ACP
cost-sharing," the State ASC
chairman advised.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1954-09-16
'DO-It- Yourself
Home Booklet Out

Latest do-it-yourself book on
the market is Rehabilitation AS
A Business" published by the
National Association of Real Es-
tate boards.
The 100-page, illustrated vol
ume contains a series of step
by-step case histories of how
owners solved the problems of
moderniZing their homes or busi-
ness properties. 1t costs 81 and
can be obtained from the asso-
citation at 1887 K Street NV,
Washington 6, DC.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1954-09-16
Nationwide Farm Census Begins in Fall;
ASC Chairman Explains More Controls

A nationwide farm census
sixteenth since 1910 49, will be
taken during October and Novem.
ber.
Questionnaires will be mailed
out to farmers before the census
takers visit, to shorten the Job.
Queries will deal with the mum.
ber and size of farms, tenure,
acreage of land in various uses.
crops harvested, livestock inven.
tory and production.
They also will ask about ex-
penditures, TV sets, irrigation,
conservation practice, farm value,
and so on, according to the Mary
land Farm Bureau.
Information will be strictly con-
fidential and cannot. be used, ac-
cording to the Farm bureau, for
taxation, regulation or investiga-
ton.
The Census bureau will publish
its findings as statistical sum-
maries for each County.
More than 100 temporary field
offices have been set up for the
1854 census of agriculture, with
$1,000 enumerators in the field.
Farm Front
Wheat acreage allotments for
1855 do not prevent farmer from
planting excess acres of the crop
for feed and soil protection, pro-
viding the excess is disposed of
before harvest.
George j. Martin, chairman of
the Maryland Agricultural Stabil-
ization and Conservation commit
tee, says that farmers can follow
this procedure and still be eligible
for price supports on their 1855
crop and they will also avoid the
marketing quota penalty.
Martin adds that this leaves
the program pretty much as it
was for the 1854 crop, when Sec
retary of Agriculture Ezra Taft
Benson also lifted the restrictions
on overplanting to permit the
use of wheat for pasture and hay.
"The important point" Martin
rxy.NIntR,r
planted in excess of the farm al
lotment may not be harvested for
wheat and that by a time to be
announced next Spring the excess
wheat must be disposed of so that
it cannot be harvested for grain"
Farmers taking advantage of
this provision will be asked todes-
ignate the excess paintings and
farms will be checked after the
announced closing date to deter
mine whether or not the disposal |
requirements have been complied
with.
This point is also covered in the
law recently passed by Congress
which provides that: ANY person
who knowingly harvests any basic
agricultural commodity on his
farm which has been determined
by the Secretary to be in excess
of the farm acreage allotment for
such commodity for the farm for
such year under this title shall
not be eligible for any repayment
for such year under the Soil Con-
servation and Domestic Allotment
Act, as amended"
The law also states: "If the
acreage determined to be planted
to any basic agricultural commod-
ity on the farm is in excess of
the farm acreage allotment the
Secretary shall by appropriate
Montgomery County sentinel., 1954-09-16
Make MORE MILK
MORE CLEAR PROFITS
with Southern States Dairy Feeds

Every cow in your herd will produce to the maxi
mum of her inherited ability if you feed her one of
Southern States premium quality dairy feeds regu-
larly And high milk production really pays off in fall
and winter because milk prices are at their highest
peak.
Whatever feeding program you choose for your
herd. there is highly paatable. nutritious Southern
States dairy feed available with just the right protein
level to fill the bill perfectly and keep your feeding
costs low. More TDN for your feeding dollar too
over 14OO lbs. per ton For more milk all fall and
winter long and better conditioned cow you can RELY
on Southern States dairy feeds. Order supply now!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-29
News Of Music
By Doy Thorpe

Florence Miller, soprano; Ronald Ar
matt. harpsichord: Barbara HendTian'
viola da gaMe ancr Philips III; Gai MSrce ero
Pastorella. Handel: Claviersuite No. 3.
D minor. Handel: Flow MY Tears, Dow
land; Clear or Cloudy, Dowland: soT.
row, Sorrow Stay. Dowland; Me, Me
and None But Me, Dowland; lie Berger
Fidele. Rameau.
It is not often that Florence
Miller can find time for a solo
recital of her own. as there are
few singers in Washington who
have SO demanding a schedule
as soloist in church and syna-
gogue, or who are the catalyst in
so many choirs. Last night at
the Phillips Gallery, she gave
good evidence Of why she is In
such great demand.
The core of her program was
a group of three of the songs
of John Dowland, perhaps the
only song writer that for melodic
invention and the wedding OF
sound and sense of the words
with the music can be men
toned in the same breath with
Schubert. Dowland. a contem-
porary of Shakespeare, was q
virtuoso lutanist, and it was this
instrument rather than virginals
or harpsichord that he used for
accompaniment.
There is no instrument in the
world for which there is a first
class literature available of
which there are so few practi-
TONERS, so the Dowland songs
are usually given with harpsi-
chord. The "lute STOP" a leather
damper that is pressed against
the string. can give a remark
ably accurate imitation of the
genuine instrument.
Mrs. Miller's singing is notable
for it's absolute ease and effort
lessness. Her dependability, &C.
curacy and warm color, which
make her sought after in vocal
ensembles, are only the taken
for granted groundwork as a
soloiSt, on which she builds pas
sageS of musical feeling and
emotional expresSivenesS.
In selecting the Dowland
songs, moreover, Mrs. Miller
showed how effective the Eng
lish language is for singing. Most
of the English texts an Eng
disappearing musical audience
is accustomed to are either
translations or trash, or both;
DoWland chose his poems from
the best of the golden age of
English literature. Flow My
Tears" was in the 18th century
one of the most popular songs
the world over. as many re-
publications attest. The music,
superlative though it is, must
share the credit with the poem
In the solo cantatas of Handel
and Rameau. voice and harpsi-
chord were joined by a viola de
gambia, well played by Barbara
Hendrain. This instrument, the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-29
Program by Florence Miller
Shows Why She's Popular

bass of the ''chest Of viols" which
eventually was to be superseded
by the string quartet. makes an
ideal continue in small ensem-
bles. Each Of these pieces was,
in its way, very beautiful; the
Rameau was masterpiece. There
are few composers with names
so famous whose music is so little
played. The delicacy and ariStoc-
racy OF Couperin is in this pas
toral lament combined with the
Soli6fty ana sense of the long
phrase characteristic Of Bach.
Ronald Arnatt played both the
chamber music parts allotted to
him and the solo suite Of Handel
with the authority. the musical
understanding and, at times, the
slight lapSes of keyboard TECH
nipue Of a man whose life in
music is. devoted to many things
other than practicing an inStru-
ment - composing. conducting.
preparing a church choir and
completing the requirements for
q degree in music. One knows
many good performers. but the
true "kapellmeiSter," as exen-
plified by Mr.. Arnatt, is as rare
as welcome.
The spirit Of the three must
clans, their easy familiarity and
rapport with their music, was
shown by the off-hand encore of
a duet by Couperin, in which Mrs.
Miller sang, Miss Hendrian
played gambia. and Mr.. Arnatt
both sang and played harpsi-
chord.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-29
S4O5 Million Inferior
Bill Goes 10 White House

The $4O5 million appropria-
ton bin for Interior Department.
including funds to improve
Roosevelt Island. and plan a new
building in this area for the
Geological Survey. today was on
its way to the White House.
Congress completed final action
on the big measure yesterday.
The bill carries $4,000 to build
facilities for the public on Roose-
welt Island and $4,000 to plan
the new geological building.
Congress acted quickly yeSter-
day in approving the Interior
bill. It whipped through the
House quickly yesterday after
noon and was passed by the Sem
ate later after a short debate
on the Senate floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-29
Dead Man Charged
In Double SIuyinq

A man who killed a rival sutton
and who himself was fatally
wounded Saturday night was
found responsible by Coroner's
Jury yesterday for both deaths.
James Harris, ~, of the 1900
block of Twelfth street NV,
posthumously was charged with
the Staying of Kyle j. Brown,
40, Of the 1900 block of Eleventh
street NV. According to police,
the two men were killed in a
fight over a woman. All were
cOlored.
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Hungry Horse news., 1954-01-08
MAN HOURS WORKED

MAN HOURS WORKED
Total number of man hours
worked in Montana building Hun
cry Horse is figured at 17,500,000.
Peak year for man hours worked
was 1851 with 4,991, ,305, and then
1852 with 100000. Peak employ
ment was $500 jobs. Total cost of
the project is under S103,000,000
compared to the $1O8,8O0,000 fig
ure estimated in 1948 when Cen
eral- hea-Morrison started their
S47,850,O00 prime contract.
1853 power production totaled
200,000,000 kilowatts. During the
summer minimum generation was
in progress, just enough to keep
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Hungry Horse news., 1954-01-08
Fiathead is Wetter
Closer to Mountains

A wet December with 4.67 inch
es precipitation up from a normal
2.69 brought the West Glacier
moisture total for 1858 to 1921
inches, compared to a 25.72 inch
normal, according to A. D. Can
navina, assistant chief ranger.
1858 started wet with January
having TOT inches precipitation
compared to a 2.93 inch normal,
and in the middle of the year there
was July with but .09 of an inch.
The year that started and ended
wetter and warmer than usual
saw DEFENDERS mean temperature
at 29.6 degrees, compared to
normal 23.8 degrees.
Snowfall for the year totaled
1856 inches, up from a ills inch
normal.
-Fifteen air rifles away lsom
West Glacier, the federal weather
bureau at the county airport in
the middle of the Flathead valley
had half as much precipitation
during 1858 for total of 1852 in
ches, according to Observer Ray
Hall. Normal is 1875 inches.
Snowfall total at the airport was
40.2 inches down from normal
60-65 inches.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-01-08
Rehire Fulton AS
Head Of Schools

Dulane Fulton was rehired as
district 6 superintendent of schools
at the January meeting of the
school board, Tuesday. His salary
was increased from $4,000 to $6,-
800 year.
District 6 has So teachers. The
new wage picked by the board is
approximately the average being
paid in Montana districts with
similar numbers of teachers.
Fulton came to Columbia Falls
as high school principal in 1916.
On July l, 1852 he became super
intendent succeeding Clarence E.
Lee, who had resigned the prev
ious winter. Fulton has Mon
tana State University masters de-
gree, and taught rural school near
Baker, Somers junior high and at
Chinook high school. He was in
the navy during World War II.
Other business before the school
board included the proposed high
school addition and the matter OF
annexing Bad Rock district.
Rev. Elwyn Tesche, president of
the Coram PTA, appeared before
the board to obtain use of the old
Coram school building for youth
recreation programs. Agreement
was that a fee of So night would
cover fuel oil and electricity costs.
That the PTA keep the building
clean, and take out liability in
surance. There was also sentiment
that the old school be offered for
sale, and that Coram purchase the
structure for community use. An
election and bid opening would be
necessary.
The board approved purchase of
trampolene, bouncing mat used
by tumblers and physical educa-
ton students, and costing about
$400.
Approved by the board was at
tendance at the state school ad-
ministrators meeting in Billings
Jan. 26 and 27 by Supt. Fulton,
Carl Launer, high school princi-
pal, and Phil Nelson, grade school
principal.
Payment of $50 a month to Troy
Thacker for driving a district
owned bus to the Monte Vista Sec
ton of Columbia Heights was au-
thorized. There is a load of %
students. This is a second run for
Thacker.
Members of the board are Otto
Fehlberg, Coram, chairman; Con
Lundgren, West Glacier; Herman
Byrd, Martin City; James Maran-
tette and Bill Knapton, Columbia
Falls. F. P. Fleming is clerk.
Hungry Horse news., 1954-01-08
Renewing Students
Insurance Policies

Students in school district 6 are
currently renewing the group in
surance policy that provides COW
erage for students from the time
they leave home in the morning
until they return at night. The
drive ends next week.
Premium cost from now until
the end of the school term is 81.
Next fall the insurance will be on
nine-month basis Tor SIPS.
The insurance is voluntary.
Supt. Dulane Fulton says that
about 700 of the districts 1,180
students were covered this fall.
Not covered were all the 160 first
graders and transfer students.
There have been about 20 in
stances where the policy has paid
for medical expenses or hospital
ization since the insurance was
started in the district year ago.