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Newspaper

Mexico Ledger

Location

Mexico, Missouri, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1972

Page

5

Cooperative essay contest entrants tour State Capital

Junior students from area high schools participated in the annual Cooperative essay contest sponsored by Consolidated Electric Cooperative. The group met Representatives Joe D. Holt D. R. Osbourn Charles H. Dickey Jr. Ralph Uthiaut Jr. and Senators Norman L. Merrell Omer H. Avery A. Basey Vanlandingham for photos and discussions in the Capitol.

Consolidated Electric Cooperative Sharon Freie Wellsville Brenda Slavens Susan Sonwalt Mexico Gwenlyn Ann Wilson Community Mary Beth Jones Paris Debbie A. Brown Teri Blackburn Montgomery Sherry Lynn Weeks Mary Ann

New Disease Kills Foals Every Time

Colorado State University researchers identify a deadly equine adenoviral infection in foals causing pneumonia. Standard pneumonia treatments fail. only one CSU foal survived among early cases from Colorado Wyoming Nebraska and Kansas. Foal breeds include Arabian Appaloosa and Quarter Horse. a Quarter Horse survived with massive dam blood transfusions. Plan to test inoculation with immune blood or serum.

Fort Collins Colo Colorado State University CSU Colorado Wyoming Nebraska Kansas

Japanese Interest in Missouri Purebred Livestock

Marketing Director Gene Thompson reports strong Japanese interest in Missouri purebred livestock after attending the 1972 American Food Festival in Tokyo. He notes Japan is Missouri's top agricultural importer and urges swine beef and dairy breeders to send six sets of information to the Missouri Department of Agriculture to facilitate contact with Japanese trade representatives.

Jefferson City Gene Thompson Missouri Department of Agriculture Tokyo Japan Missouri Thompson MDA

Woods Elected To Angus Assn Members From Mexico Missouri

Robert L. Wood and Marjorie A. Wood of Mexico Missouri were elected to membership in the American Angus Association in St Joseph Missouri Lloyd D Miller executive secretary reports. The past month saw 400 memberships issued to Aberdeen Angus breeders in the United States.

Everything Points To Increased Beans

Frank Miller notes Mo Crop and Livestock data showing corn up 56 percent from 1971, soybeans down 15 percent, wheat down, and grain sorghums up 289 percent. He argues soybean acreage depends on weather and policy, urges risk management, and recommends planter box seed protectant to prevent fungi and seed decay in soybeans.

Frank Miller Montgomery City Missouri Crop and Livestock Reporting Service

Hog Worms Still Pose Problem Highlights Swine Parasites

University of Wisconsin research shows internal parasites are common in breeding herds and hogs raised in confinement across at least two states including Missouri. Large roundworms whipworms nodular worms and coc cidiosis are widespread with some lungworms and thread worms present. Swine producers should combine sanitation with a veterinarian led fecal egg count and possible intestinal exam to verify and adjust worming programs.

Oy Bill Domermaan Montgomery City University of Wisconsin Missouri

Loan Fund Is Av. By Dorothy Borchelt Area Home Economist

The Missouri Extension Homemakers Association of Montgomery County maintains a student loan fund from club donations. Loans total 100 dollars per semester or 200 dollars per school year. The fund previously aided freshmen in the College of Agriculture or Home Economics attending at the university.

Dorothy Borchelt The Missouri Extension Homemakers’ Association of Montgomery County College of Agriculture Home Economics

Missouri State College Loan Rules Expanded

State colleges expanded loan eligibility to include agriculture and Home Economics majors. Eligible students in any four years may receive the entire loan at once with no interest, replacing the prior semesterly disbursement.

University of Missouri

Extension Center Seeks Montgomery County Loan Contacts

The note states that the association requires contact within three years after graduation and invites any Montgomery County student interested in this loan to reach the Extension Center for information and eligibility details.

Montgomery County Extension Center

Angus Bulls Average 421 at Monroe City Sale

Forty six head of Angus bulls averaged 421 in the April 22 pull sale at the Monroe City Purebred Sales Pavilion. A bull consigned by James H. and Fred Blades sold for 600 to Leland & Ragan. Lot 29 sold for 600. buyer was Cannon Land Company with W L Falconer as volume buyer. Local consignors included Stanley Yager and Son and Billy Harris. local buyers included Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Dodson.

Monroe City James H Fred Blades Holliday Leland & Ragan Payson Ill Roger Power and Son Paris Cannon Land Company, Inc W.L. Falconer Fulton, Mo Stanley Yager

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