Gypsy Moths Threat Found in Trailer
Jefferson City Missouri state entomologist reports detection of gypsy moth egg masses and larval skins on a Fayette trailer moved from Connecticut under limited permit. USDA staff collected specimens. Missouri plans 300 to 400 trap survey with baited traps at parks forests and rest areas to monitor spread.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Lester H. Barrows
Missouri Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Plant Protection and Quarantine Division
Fayette
Barrows
Stanley W. Downing
USDA
Glen Smith
Connecticut
Smith
Downing
J.R. Maddox
Usda-Aphis
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Ramon Gass
Missouri Department of Conservation
Eldon High student Bernie Phipps earns top sophomore rating
Bernie Phipps grandson of Mrs Lela Williams at 1022 Fieldcrest St is the highest rated sophomore in Eldon High School FFA chapter. He recently received an award from the chapter while his parents Mr and Mrs Bill Phipps are noted and his mother is the former Helen Williams.
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Bernie Phipps
Lela Williams
Fieldcrest St
Eldon High School
Bill Phipps
Helen Williams
Farm Museum Lacking Items
Washington AP report notes the Smithsonian seeks agricultural relics for the National Museum of History and Technology. Gaps include a prairie sodbuster plow, a lister plow from the 1930s, an early corn picker, a steam tractor in good condition, and a 1898 trap nest for poultry.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of History and Technology
U.S. Agriculture
John T. Schlebecker
Smithsonian
Germany Buys More US Soybeans
Market development efforts in Germany opened markets for an additional 2,300,000 bushels of soybeans, says Charles G. Ross Jr. of the Missouri Soybean Association. The German fish meal requirement for feed mixes was eliminated, and a contract with the German Margarine Institute aims to boost soy oil demand. A ten day West Berlin Green Week Fair drew 480,000 attendees highlighting soybean meat and meal profitability.
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Germany
Charles G. Ross, Jr
Caruthersville
Missouri Soybean Association
Missouri
American Soybean Association
Ross
Margarine Institute
West Berlin
U.S
U.S.A
Turkey Crop Tops Half Billion Dollars in 1971
The Agriculture Department reports the 1971 U S turkey crop produced 120.1 million birds, second to 126.6 million in 1967, grossing a record 501 million dollars. Farm prices averaged 22.1 cents a pound, with California leading output at 16.8 million birds worth 70.3 million, followed by Minnesota North Carolina Texas and Missouri among others.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
USDA
California
Minnesota
North Carolina
Texas
Missouri
Arkansas
Rabies Contact Risks Rise With Warm Weather
Health Officer Dr. Lyle P. Partin warns that warm weather increases human animal contact, raising rabies infection risk. Wild and domestic animals, including foxes, skunks, bats, squirrels, cows, dogs, and cats, can transmit rabies through bites or saliva contact with broken skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle P. Partin
Missouri Division of
Partin
Health Department
Freeze Chance Just About All Past Now
MONTGOMERY CITY a near term frost risk is fading with less than a 10 percent chance for a killing frost this spring though a 70 percent chance of 32 degree temps remains. A weather map foresees 25 percent above normal moisture in April with near normal May and June rainfall. Alfalfa growers may face alfalfa weevil and should consult Controlling the Alfalfa Weevil 1972 Guide 4560 at the University Extension Center. Two corn and two soybean disease plots will be set up in Boonslick Area to test varieties with varying disease susceptibility and will be inspected periodically.
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Montgomery City
University Extension
Boonslick
Home fruit growing tips and landscape guides from MU
Extension advice for non commercial growers notes fruit crops like strawberries are best now and sprays schedules are available for home gardeners. Guides 6620 6800 6805 6830 6835 6840 6866 cover strawberries asparagus trees shrubs ground covers vines and pruning advice. It warns increasing wheat yield is unlikely profitable without paid spray schedules.
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Missouri
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Joan
Federal Land Bank Assn
Livestock Center
Mexico
Roy Parker
Jefferson
Centralia
Massey Harris
Minneapolis
John Deere
Kewanee
Ford
Brower
Wisconsin
Fair's Auction Service
Carmers
Turkey
P.O
MFA
Gatiré Giant
Thanel Os Amancan Guananicl Company
Pharatas
Audrain Co- Operative Assn
S. Missouri
Mexico, Mo
Mea
Eachange
Bob Ferguson
Consolidated Electric Co-op
el Storchord Inc
Vandalia
Bowling Green
Mel
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