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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1924
Page
1
Experience shows top dressing winter wheat with manure gives a stronger spring start. The Missouri College of Agriculture notes benefits include higher yields, reduced fertilizer loss when applied promptly, and improved early growth for clover or grass seeded with the wheat.
Poultry expert L Shrader of Missouri College Agriculture urges planning hatching schedules to fit the incubator and breeding pen. He endorses colony reader houses for up to 500 same age chicks and warns against mixing ages to prevent trampling and feeding problems. Fresh ground farming eases care compared to the colony system.
H L Shrader, poultry extension specialist at Michigan State College of Agriculture, urges coop workers to draft a March hatching schedule and follow it closely. He notes that 5 or eggs per pallet are needed to reach next fall's maturities, and suggests using records from prior years to forecast egg output amid cold weather. He emphasizes testing plans for hatching brooding and egg laying to keep the flock on track.
A flock of 1500 eggs will be gathered and after culling a reasonable percentage the remaining eggs can be estimated for hatching and sale.
Mary Jane Runyan born December 1838 in Kinsman Ohio died February 3 1924 at age 82 after long illness. She married Jamies Runyan in 1866 at Meadville Pennsylvania and moved to Missouri near Shelby then to Purdin. Survived by daughter Nellie Jaynes and Bennie Bunyan, four children two of whom died young, numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Grove Hill Baptist Church and Bear Branch Church with Rev James L Bate officiating.
The twenty first annual State Corn Show at Columbia during Farmers Week drew 458 entries across ten ear, single ear, bushel, and seed categories. Bushel entries numbered over double last year, highlighting the seed program, with top yields in the men’s contest reaching 110.81 bushels per acre by Grant Gates of Ravenwood, followed by W A Smith of Marshall and J Landis Karns of Saxton.
A crowded Hale Barn sale in Browning featured Brassfield and Son’s Chester White hogs praised as top quality. Umpires Cols Fleming and McCollum oversaw rapid sales to local farmers with averages near 21 dollars, listing buyers and prices for each lot. An 160 acre farm, J W P McQuown land, was advertised for immediate sale near Browning.
A reader notes a harsh winter but optimistic weather for the country and predicts a favorable wheat crop this year. Mrs. Lura Fulton closes with warm wishes for all recipients.
Calhoun and Thornton offer property for sale or trade including farms and dwellings and advertise farm loans at old time rates. Local brokers promote financing options and listings.
A missive from El Paso Texas dated February 9 1924 reports Mr Joe Nickell Browning editor receiving a dollar and fifty cents by mail with a request to send the Browning Leader Record to Mrs Laure McBurney RAPD No 2 Galt Missouri and to Mrs Lawrence A Sparks.
A local ad invites readers to Bert Powell's carpenter shop to see the new type RDA-12 Carrollton Radio and hear market reports as they happen. The pitch promises up to date world happenings and noted orators broadcast over the air.
Warren daughter of Lee Warren married Gooch son of Mr and Mrs Ad Gooch in a February 7 ceremony at the home of Mr and Mrs George Ross. Rev James J Bate officiated as the couple joined in matrimony before a large circle of friends. The bride has long resided with her grandmother Mrs Rutha Lambert and the groom is described as industrious and energetic.
Mrs Francis Bond-Grice was hostess to the Sewing Club last Wednesday. Two visitors Miss Edith Neet and Mrs Hermia Adams joined the members for the social hour with refreshments served.
Mrs. Caroline Shuts died February 2 1924 at her granddaughter’s home in Fordin Missouri of pneumonia fever. She was 80 years 1 month 9 days old born December 24 1843 in Noble County Ohio married James Shuts in 1862. Thirteen children were born to the union ten survived her with three predeceased. She rests in Purdin’s cemetery after a February 6 1924 burial. A devout Christian she was mourned by family and community.
Dr J A Nevins aged 59 years 6 months 25 days died February 10 1924 at Browning Missouri after pneumonia following a long career as a physician in North Salem Hale and Browning He practiced in North Salem twenty four years and later in Hale and Browning with his family assisting at Crain Drug Store He was married to Rachel D McCollum and to this union three children were born Margaret Elizabeth James R and Joseph P Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Browning with a Masonic burial at the North Salem cemetery and he is mourned as a loving husband father and respected physician by his wife children relatives and community.
A humorous week in the diary of Slats recounts oddball events from Friday to Thursday. Jake and friends plan bills and a deck of Mah Jong while family antics, a new Odd Fellows member, parole schoolmates, and love misadventures color the entries with playful nostalgia.
The M. E. Church, South announces choir practice Friday night and Sunday services including Sunday school at 10, preaching at 11, and the evening service at 7 30. Baptism candidates to be received. Young peoples meeting postponed to week from Tuesday Feb 19. James L. Bate, Pastor.
Two well improved farms available for rent, one of 180 acres and another of 360 acres, separated by a public road. Prospective renters are urged to contact Walter Crooks on Route 1.
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