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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1937
Page
4
State Department of Agriculture urges Mayors and press to promote careful spring pruning of trees damaged by sleet. Warns against stubbing back and emphasizes clean cuts, early spring timing, and preventing further injury to maples and elms. Also notes healing improves when wounds are recut near side branches.
Agricultural Extension Service reports early season grasshoppers are overwintered in four main varieties. They pose no current threat to staple crops but could surge with warm weather from mid May to mid June. Poison bran bait aids control. farmers should report large hatchings to the county agent.
The item notes ongoing corn planting with the planter in action from morning to night amid freshly plowed fields. It lists visits among local families including Wayne Rulon at Kirksville Teachers College, Bennie Burkholder family, Tony Galland, and other neighbors visiting relatives over the weekend and Sunday.
Miss Madonna Fitzgerald of the Missouri College of Agriculture explains home furniture care. Dull surfaces respond to kerosene rubbed on then cleaned with a soft cloth. Scratches fade with a turpentine vinegar and linseed oil mix. White heat or water stains lift with hot water ammonia rub then polish.
Daniel M. Smith sends $3 for a subscription to the Browning Leader-Record from Vici Oklahoma. He recalls 37 years in the area describing rail access, growth including Vici with its elevators stores churches ice plant water works and a good school. He mentions good crop prospects and sends best wishes to friends in Missouri.
A letter to poultry raisers argues the drop in May and June chick orders will raise egg prices and profits for those starting chicks now. It urges immediate action, noting grain and poultry price shifts and the need for pullets next season.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Allen and children of Iowa visited Mr. and Mrs. Lou Baker on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Morris hosted Sunday dinner for guests, Mr. and
Purdin and vicinity mourn the death of Mrs. Joe Creason at Grim Smith hospital Kirksville on Monday morning. D. L. Cady and W. M. Pulliam couples drove to Kirksville Friday to visit her. Also mentioned are Mrs. Maggie Woodsides illness and a visit from Mrs. Jerry Brown of Saginaw Michigan to Mrs. D. L. Cady.
Additional Locals A D Peterson of Trenton spent the week end with Mrs Peterson in this city. Edgar Tulley of North Salem greeted many friends here Tuesday. E E Harris has been confined to his home due to sickness. Mr and Mrs Merle Hess of the Haceville area visited Mrs Harry Woolf and family Sunday. L O Carpenter is on the sick list this week with Mrs Carpenter also ill. Mr and Mrs Porter Sayre and Mrs Ira Sayre and daughter Dorothy near Milan visited the F L Maggart home Wednesday. Charles Vincent who broke his arm and was taken to Kirksville hospital is improving.
The National Reemployment Service explains its staff can place experienced farm workers in agriculture roles including haying, stock feeding, corn harvesting, dairy farming, poultry production, truck farming, and flower growing. Local offices in Brookfield serve applicants and employers at no charge, with contact by telephone at 504 or in person.
The arm was broken near the shoulder and required surgery to set the bone. Recovery will take several days before he can return home.
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