Scott County Hog Market Insights and Outlook
Scott County agents Herman Hlaagy and Gordon Nance analyze hog marketing trends for March and April. Unprecedented 1943 pig crop, feed shortages, and a less favorable corn hog ratio drove a MarchApril surge, with marketings 52 percent above last year. Projections show Q4 1944 marketing 16 percent below 1943 and 15 percent above the five-year average. February 1944 hog slaughter ran 209 percent of the 1938-42 February average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Hlaagy
Gordon Nance
Hogg and
Nance
District Labor Meet Discuss Going Wage Hearings
Members of the Scott County Labor Committee chaired by W H Sikes met in New Madrid to set going wage hearings for farm work. Hearings will be held April 27 at Benton Court House and Sikeston A B A building, inviting both employers and workers to present views. County Agent Caldwell notes POW labor could be used if needed, but local labor suffices otherwise.
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Scott County Labor Committee
W. H. Sikes
Toe Diebold
Ea! Schwartz
Benton
Caldwell
New Madrid
Sikeston
Court House
Cotton Improvement Plans and Club Work Highlight 4 H
Cotton Improvement groups may receive free classing and new service under the Smith Doxey Act with annual applications required. Closing date August 18 16, but early submission advised due to limited facilities. The Wylie 4 H club closes a productive year with 56 articles valued at 17.09 and costs of 7.01 saving members 10.08. Marylin Hinkle presided. Kathleen Sater as VP. Peggy Smith secretary treasurer. Virginia Sater reporter. Marylin also song leader. other members included Pauline Smith LaVana Hinkle Audrey Leggett and Jane Leggett.
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Bryden Peace
Hayti W. F. A. Cotton and Fiber Branch
Wylie Club
Wylie
Marylin Hinkle
Kathleen Sater
Peggy Smith
Virginia Sater
Marylin
Pauline Smith
LaVana Hinkle
Audrey Leggett
Jane Leggett
Watermelon Tests In Scott County Planned
Two areas in Scott County Diehlstadt and Sikeston will trial the new wilt resistant Dixie Queen strain 35 melon this year. Local growers Lou Ashmore and I. D. Daniels will plant on soil they deem melon friendly while Professor Hibbard notes last season’s melons yielded a fine crop beside Black Diamonds that failed. Ed Walker explains labor costs at 50 to 75 cents daily once prohibitive at 250 to 300 dollars per day. the test could benefit both farm workers and farmers.
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Scott County
Diehlstadt
Sikeston
Lou Ashmore
I. D. Daniels
Hibbard
College of Agriculture
Ed Walker
Diehlistadt
Walker
Contour farming urged to boost Missouri crop yields
Marion W. Clark of the University of Missouri College of Agriculture argues contour planting on Missouri slopes could raise food and feed output, estimating 36 million more bushels of corn and 2 million more of soybeans. Contour methods saved soil and water in trials at Clarinda and Bethany farms, with county agents able to provide guidance.
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Missouri
Marion W. Clark
University of Missouri College of Agriculture
Clarinda
Iowa
Bethany Experiment Farm
Release Young Men Hershey Tells Farmers
Maj. Gen. Hershey, national Selective Service chief, urged farmers to release every possible man under 26 who is fit for military service. In a Washington radio address he said 350,000 to 400,000 such registrants are deferred in agriculture and must be available as combat replacements if food goals cannot be met without them.
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Hershey
National Selective Service
America
Washington
Armed Services
Hunters Add Over Two Hundred Million Pounds of Meat 1943
Wildlife officials report hunters supplied more than 200 million pounds of unrationed wild meat to the national food supply in 1943, expanding rations and supporting civilian food needs during wartime.
Driving while drinking case ends with fine
Luther Landers was arrested Friday night by Chief Harold Wallace on a charge of careless and reckless driving while drinking. He was brought before Police Judge Frank Smith Saturday and fined $25.
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Luther Landers
Harold Wallace
Frank Smith
Origin of the Nine Lives Belief in Cats
In the Middle Ages cats faced severe persecution for alleged witchcraft and diabolic ties. Their reputed resilience and dexterous landing led to the idea of nine lives, suggesting a kinship with dark powers and enduring brutal punishments.
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Origen
Powers of
All Pets Magazine
St Louis Opera Opens 1944 Season June 1
The St Louis Municipal Opera schedules its 1944 season from June 1 through August 27 with The Open Road as the opening production. It lists eleven revivals including Good News Vagabond King Eileen Hit the Deck Naughty Marietta Music in the Air Maytime Irene Bohemian Girl Red Mill and Rio Rita. Season ticket sales are reported moving rapidly and expected to be the largest in years.
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St. Louis Municipal Opera
Irene
Radio ad vs papers shows mixed reader reach
A study comparing newspaper ads and radio listenership finds local ads in eight papers attracted 60 to 80 percent of readers, with many ads drawing lower engagement. Radio data from cooperative reports show daytime programs mostly under 10 percent audience, evening programs under 20 percent, with only a few reaching 20 to 30 percent.
Radio Audiences Fail to Identify Advertisers
A Ky Press Bulletin notes programs reach 30 to 35 percent, daytime shows average under 9.8 percent, and evening programs under 35.1 percent. It questions how many listeners hear advertising and can identify sponsors or products, citing surveys showing far less than half can identify either.
China establishes first blood bank on Yunnan front
China opens its first blood bank on the Yunnan front as a model for other facilities. The project aims to strengthen wartime medical support and standardize blood storage and transfusion practices for broader national use.
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China
Yunnan
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Scott County Farm Activities
Joe C. Caldwell
Dame’s Seed & Feed Store
North Kingshighway
Sikeston, Missouri
Bailey & Bailey
Attorneys-at-Law
McCoy-Tanner Bldg
Sikeston, MO
George W. Kirk
Applegate Bldg Phone
Public Accountant
Public Accountants
FE. J. Mienstedt
Front Street
Howard A. Dunaway
Mce-Coy-Tanner Building
Optometry
W. S. Sidwell
O. D
McCoy-Tanner
B. L. McMullin
Stallcup
F. L. Sisson
Welsh Funeral Home
Distinctive Service
ST. Louis Opera
Taylor Funeral Home
Orville Taylor, Mer
Rock OF
Sikeston Marble Works
F. E. Mount
Ariay
Ates
S. E. Mo
Farm Bureau Service Co
Robert Garnett
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