30 MARYLAND MANUAL.


County Home Demonstration Agents
Allegany Maude A. Bean Cumberland
Anne Arundel Mrs. G Linthicum - - Annapolis
Baltimore Edyth Turner ....Towson
Calvert - - —
Caroline Bessie Spafford Denton
Carroll Agnes Slindee - Westminster
Cecil PriscillaPancoast Elkton
Charles Ula F. Fay La Plata
Dorchester Hattie E. Brooks Cambridge
Frederick Elizabeth Thompson - Frederick
Garrett Lola B. Green Oakland
Harford Eva K. Sehurr Bel Air
Howard - Vida N. Metzger Ellicott City
Kent Helen Schellinger Chestertown
Montgomery Blanche Corwin ....Rockville
Prince Georges Ethel Regan Hyattsville
Queen Anne’s -
St. Mary’s Ethel Joy Leonardtown
Somerset -
Talbot Mrs. Olive Walls Easton
Washington -Margaret Smith - Hagerstowu
Wicomico Florence Mason Salisbury
Worcester Lucy Waltçr - Snow Hill

Assistant Home Demonstration Agents
.... .... Katherine A. Baker Frederick

Local Home Demonstration Agent
Charles and St. Mary’s ..Leah W. Hopewell - - - La Plata

Garden Specialist
Mrs. Adelaide Derringer, Madison and Lafayette Ayes., Administra
tion Building, Baltimore.

STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
College Park, Md.
James B. George, Director, Live Stock Sanitary Service, 816 Fidel
ity Building, Baltimore, Md.

Organization.
The law provides that the personnel of the State Board of Agri
culture shall be the same as the Board of Regents of the State Uni
versity. (Ch. 225 and 391, 1916.)

General Powers.
The general powers of the board as stated in Article 7 of the Laws
of 1916, Chapter 391, are as follows:
“The State Board of Agriculture shall investigate the conditions
surrounding the breeding, raising and marketing of livestock and the
products thereof, and contagious and infectious diseases affecting the
same; the raising, dstribution and sale of farm, orchard, forest and
nursery products, generally, and plant diseases and injurious insects
affecting the same; the preparation, manufacture, quality analysis, in
spection, control and distribution of animal and vegetable products,
animal feeds, seeds, . fertilizers, agricultural lime, agricultural and
horticultural chemicals, and biological products; and shall secure in
formation and statistics in relation thereto and publish such informa