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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1946
Page
8
National Farm Safety Week runs July 21 27 with tips from papers and radio. Extension office offers two yearling show halters for 4 H beef projects, affordable at cost, scarce but available by call or writing.
4 H Clubs from the county will bring fresh and canned foods poultry and dairy products to Brook field for sale Saturday July 27 proceeds shared between the 4 H Clubs and County Club 4 H Council Lime trucks operated by Howard Cooper are spreading limestone in Linn County with 3927 tons in June and 34 388 tons this year It is advised to apply lime to newly cut meadows permanent pastures or combined wheat and oats fields and work it into the soil to prevent runoff through surface water.
A farmer notes that timely mowing in permanent pasture followed by lime and fertilizer this fall will boost next year’s grass yield. Linn County Farm Bureau offers 48 percent superphosphate to members for pasture and meadow improvement. Soil treatments and good management reduce weeds in pastures.
August issue announces Linn County to edit the Home and Community page under Mrs. George Gocek publicity chair. Four-H and Rural Youth Organization members will write pieces including Clarice Seward’s My 4-11 Experience and Kathleen Guyer 4-11 Summary of Past Year.
Farmers and wives urged to attend the Balanced Farming Field Day at Dan Coles farm five miles south of Laclede on Thursday afternoon August 1 at 1 30. Herman J Hall and men guests tour the farm while Flora Carl nutrition specialist leads a ladies session at the house. Plan to attend and learn more about Balanced Farming.
Lambs fed grass grown on soil receiving full lime nitrogen phosphate and potash treatment gain faster than those fed grass from soil with partial treatment.
James W. Burch Missouri Extension Service state director will speak Friday morning at the Old Settlers Reunion. Locals may attend to hear Mr Burch as part of the event program.
A short note discusses factors affecting laying hens, noting straw loft and one inch netting as aids.
Visitors are welcome to attend the Annual 4 H Club Achievement Day in Linneus on August 7 from 9 00 a m to 4 00 p m.
A dedication service for the Linn County Honor Roll honoring service members will be held at Linneus courthouse at 3 00 Sunday afternoon July 28 The program includes music led by Enos Stanbaugh with Kenneth Deil on pianoInvocation a special number This is America To Me by Enos Stanbaugh Mrs Christy as speaker and There is No Death by Vivian Midget with a Gold Star recognition including America The Beautiful The event invites all to attend
Trials at Columbia show Missouri Early Premium and Clarkan wheat yields at 28.6 bushels per acre in an eight year average, while Kanvale reaches 29.5 bushels per acre. All plots used identical treatments aside from variety. Consider Hessian fly date before sowing.
Missouri workers received nearly 13 million dollars in unemployment compensation in the first half of the year, excluding GI Bill payments. Since 1939 the state has paid about 50 million to nearly one million jobless Missourians, with June totaling 1.617 million for 28 000 claimants and an average weekly check of 16.42 dollars.
The American Legion Missouri announces a state wide Army recruitment plan chaired by Clyde Lear. The goal is one Regular Army enlistment per 100 members monthly with posts appointing committees to identify prospects and forward names to Army recruiters. June results show twenty enrollments asPosts aim to meet quotas statewide with monthly certificates and a top post award.
The maritime commission announced plans to build two high speed passenger vessels for the South American trade and four 560 foot dry cargo ships. The 670 foot passenger ships will be the fastest merchant vessels in the United States, cruising at 28 knots and carrying 543 passengers and 8 550 deadweight tons of cargo each.
Thousands of American soldiers owe their lives to a First Medical General laboratory that supported doctors in Europe for 25 months. Set up in Salisbury, England, in June 1943, it aided rapid diagnoses via tissue, blood, and body fluid tests. In March 1945 it moved to Paris, housed at Pasteur Institute and later University of Paris, using a secretly completed lab by the French underground. It was a small army unit of 23 officers and 70 enlisted men, covering eight fields including bacteriology, serology, virology, pathology, entomology, parasitology, veterinary work, and chemistry with subfields like blood chemistry and toxicology.
Riverside California Dr Richard E Vollrath head of USC physics department told the Institute of World Affairs that two and two tenths pounds of radioactive mass could yield as much heat as all the nations coal use in a year An orange sized mass could power a jet plane around the world
Washington reports mothers send worn baby shoes to Senator Thomas for rapid demobilization of the armed forces. The senator received 40 pairs in various states of wear and will forward them to a charity collecting clothing for war devastated areas in Europe.
Missouri Kansas Arkansas and Oklahoma veterans should send all National Service Life Insurance payments and correspondence to the Veterans Administration in St Louis to speed service. The World War II records for these states moved there, with guidance for policy details, reinstatement, and address updates.
An article notes eggs dominate the American diet with 55.2 billion produced in a year, yet many graded B or C due to handling. It urges prompt gathering, cooling, and cleaning to preserve freshness, recommending basements or caves and wire skots for cooling.
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