MARYLAND MANUAL 89

STATE SOIL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE

Chairman: T. B. Symons, Director, Extension Service
William P. Cole, Jr., Chairman, State Board of Agriculture
William B. Kemp, Director, Agricultural Experiment Station
Joseph P. Kaylor, Director, Department of State Forests and

Parks

Edward M. Davis, State Conservationist, U. S. Soil Conser-
vation Service, Secretary

Edward M. Rider, Information Specialist

The State Soil Conservation Committee was established in 1937.
It is composed of the Chairman of the State Board of Agriculture,
the Director of the Extension Service, the Director of the Agricul-
tural Experiment Station, the Director of the Department of State
Forests and Parks and the State Conservationist of the United States
Soil Conservation Service. The officers of the Committee are selected
by its members. The Committee's duties include (1) rendering assis-
tance to the supervisors of the several soil conservation districts,
(2) providing information relating to the experiences and activities
of the several districts, (3) coordinating the programs of the dis-
tricts, (4) securing the cooperation of the various Federal and State
agencies in the work of the districts, (5) disseminating information
pertaining to soil conservation throughout the State and (6) organ-
izing new soil conservation districts where it is deemed advisable.
Soil conservation districts have been organized in all the counties of
the State except Talbot (Code 1939, Art. 2A, sec. 48).

Expenditures, see University of Maryland
Appropriations, 1950

General funds .............................--.....-$ 80,000.00

Federal funds .................................................. 360,000.00

Staff: 18.

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MARYLAND STATE FAIR BOARD

Chairman: P. C. Turner, 1960

Mitchell Digges, 1961; Granville H. Hibberd, 1951; Edward
F. Holter, 1961; Lloyd Balderson III, 1962; Guy Harmon,
1952; Louis McL. Merryman, 1962; Harry Rieck, 1960; Roy
C. Weagly, 1960.

R. Nelson Phelps, Executive Secretary
25 W. Chesapeake Ave., Towson 4 Telephone: Towson 3360

The Maryland State Fair Board is composed of nine members
appointed by the Governor for a term of three years. It is the
function of the Board to encourage and foster agriculture through
the promotion and assistance of bona fide agricultural fairs and
exhibits. Financial assistance is extended to qualifying organizations
for premium awards to exhibitors of agricultural displays (Code
1947, Supp. Art. 2A, sees. 16-18).

Expenditures, 1949, Special Funds...........................$247,960.14

Appropriation, 1960, Special Funds........................... 212,500.00

Staff: 1