Clark County Pure Breeds Assoc reports strong growth
Clark County Pure Breeds Association lists eighty four members, organized June 5 1919 with twenty. county purebred livestock value at half a million dollars and average cattle price of 4650 hogs 180 last year. A fifty two page breeders directory is published. The association notes over three thousand purebred animals in the county. J W McDermond announces a new show and sales pavilion to be built at the county fair for livestock judging and sales. Poison bran bait used to control army worm in infested Missouri areas with demonstrations in 50 Louis county.
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Clark County
Pure Breeds Association
J. W. McTdermond
Marshal Joffre
the Royal
Kansas City
Missouri
Extension Service
Missouri College of Agriculture
Louis
Churches in Hayti Promote Support and Worm Control
The notice urges all residents to support their churches and contribute financially or attend regularly. It also reports on worm control demonstrations in Mississippi county using bait methods that kill soil worms at about fifty cents per acre, detailing methods and timing for effective application and corse trials.
Rural residents oppose more smoke stacks in Missouri
Johnson County men report Mr Pollock of the National Holstein Association spoke at the Missouri State Association meeting in Sedalia. The viewpoint urged developing local manufactories and farms rather than adding smoke stacks, citing land value, labor costs, and wholesome community development through bred livestock and grain.
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Johnson County
Pollock
National Holstein Association
Missouri State Association
Sedalia
Cicadas to emerge after long underground life spans
The 13 year Locust tradition will spread across the state in the coming days. Cicadas hatch from eggs laid in 1907 and nymphs have fed underground for thirteen years before surfacing. A seventeen year form also exists. The insect is not a Locust but a sap sucking species with similar appearance.
Cicada Injury in Orchards and Farm Club Growth
A report notes cicada damage to young orchards through twig injury and advises whitewash trunks with lime sulfur odor and removing insects by driving them from trees. The piece also chronicles 1916 to 1919 club formations, showing rising numbers but low completion rates, with about one-fifth finishing work each year.
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University of Missouri, College of Agriculture
Department of Entomology
Missouri Extension Service boosts youth farm interest
The nation wide farm labor shortage drives youths and families from farms as higher wages draw them away. University of Missouri Extension Service programs through boys and girls clubs cultivate farm life interest, with enrollment showing Missouri youths eager to seize opportunities and engage in farming.
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University of Missouri College of Agriculture
Missouri
Value of Boys and Girls Club Work Grows Across Years
The article highlights rising club member numbers and profits from 1916 to 1919, noting value of member products increasing from 6700 to 181456 and net profits from 3501 to 102823, arguing this shows real payback for youth club work. It also urges using more machinery to save labor, citing two row cultivators and sweep rakes as efficiency upgrades.
I Got Real Mad When I Lost My Setting Hen
Mrs Hannan tells of returning to her hen house to find her setting hen dead and her solution. She bought RAT-SNAP at Lefler's Drug Store and Kehn Hardware Co and within a week had six dead rats. Three sizes priced 25¢, 50¢, and $1.00 with guarantee.
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Lefler's Drug Store
Kehn Hardware Co
Bayer Aspirin: genu ine Bayer Tablets with directions for relief
The notice promotes Bayer Aspirin sold in small tin boxes of 12 tablets for headache toothache earache neutalgie rheumatism colds and pain. It states the product is genuine Bayer and prescribed by physicians for over twenty years with Bayer manufacture as the source.
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Bayer
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Farm Bureau Notes
M. D. Amburgey
Pois
F Methodist Church
Hayti, Mo
Baptist Church
Timothy Meadow
Mississippi
Selatan Ee
Oxfords
Hayti
Maul
Ea AY
Old Line
Life Insurance
Consult
L. J. Banner E Aetna
United States Department of Agriculture
Middle West
Farmer's Bulletin
Division of Publications
Washington, D. C
Caruthersville, Mo
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