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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1971
Page
6
An overview of upcoming home garden vegetables for 1971 highlights Early Xtra Sweet corn, Blue Lake Bush 141 beans, Bush Romano beans, Cinderella pumpkin, Green Comet broccoli, and Tokyo Bell peppers. The piece notes bush or compact forms save space, earlier harvests, and strong flavors, urging gardeners to try new varieties and enjoy longer growing seasons.
C T Lierheimer of Mexico won Region 4 in the Missouri Seed Improvement Assn soybean yield contest with 56.41 bushels per acre while state winner August Moldenhauer of Perry County produced 74.51. Leonard Esselman of Perryville was reserve champion at 71.65, trading places with Esselman from 72.68 last year. Moldenhauer and his wife will get an expenses paid European trip sponsored by Blanco Products Co, plus a $500 U S Savings Bond for using Treflan herbicide.
The Warren County Pork Producer's Association hosts a Pork Carcass Evaluation Clinic at Warrenton Elementary School Room 8 on Tuesday at 7 30 p m with University of Missouri expert Maurice Alexander. Topics cover carcass data, genetics, nutrition and consumer preferences. A Missouri Pork Producer's Association Market Hog and Equipment Show follows in Columbia at the Livestock Center on Saturday Feb 13 with 29 classes, weigh in and judging, barbecue lunch, and a performance tested boar sale.
Bill Murphy state agronomy specialist will discuss soybean variety test yields at the 46th Audrain County Soils and Crops Conference at the 4 H Center on February 12. He is scheduled to appear late in the afternoon session.
Missouri turkey growers plan a 10 percent production increase in 1971 reaching about 8,781,000 birds, up from 7,967,000 in 1970. The rise would keep Missouri among the top turkey producing states, ranking fifth in 1970.
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