Balanced Farming Field Day set for August 17
The Scott County Balanced Farming Field Day will be held on the Evans farm near Blodgett Wednesday August 17. Missouri College of Agriculture specialists will discuss the Balanced Farming plan with demonstrations on food preparation home improvements and farmstead layout. John Falloon will present fertilizer use and soil work while Herman Hall will cover farm rearrangements and pastures for dairy animals.
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Scott County
Roy V. Evans
Blodgett
Missouri College of Agriculture
Josephine Flory
Evans
Herman Hall
John Falloon
Johnson
Margaret Bomer earns bachelor of science in education
Mrs J W Broadaway attended the State University Summer Session commencement in Columbia where her daughter Miss Margaret Bomer received a Bachelor of Science in Education diploma. She also earned a BA previously in the winter session and will teach in Kansas City next year. In all 1725 graduates were conferred.
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J. W. Broadaway
Columbia
State University
Margaret Bomer
Home economist to conduct cooking school in Sikeston
The Aregas Cooking School led by Miss Betty Crose will visit Sikeston at 2 PM on August 15 on the Rex Theatre stage under Lewis Sales Co sponsorship. This 31st show features Uregas home economist Crose, a University of Missouri alumna, with four to five hundred attendees typical per session.
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Aregas
Sikeston
Lewis Sales Co
Betty Crose
Rex Theatre
Miss Crose
Uregas
University of Missouri
Tappen
Government Owns Lots of Cotton Now
The United States government owns about 3,750,000 bales of last year’s cotton, roughly two thirds of the raw crop, taken under the price support program. If sold above cost, producers receive the difference. if below loan price, taxpayers pay. 1949 crop prices likely lower. 1948 stock stored as collateral. Sunday was last day to redeem loans. few producers paid off. Also, Sedalia’s State Fairgrounds hosts the world’s biggest midway August 21 to 28.
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United States
Sedalia
Farmers praised at Sikeston PCA sixteenth anniversary meeting
Missouri farmers in seven counties served by Sikeston Production Credit Association heard praise for progress toward farmer ownership and operation at the sixteenth anniversary meeting in St Louis. Three more associations paid off government loans, bringing total district repayments to 171250. Officials noted PCA member ownership and district loan activity, with 503 associations nationwide now member-funded. The Missouri State Fair runs August 21 to 28 in Sedalia with showcasing horses.
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Missouri
Sikeston
W. S. Brock
District Supervising Corporation
St. Louis
John M. Zarecor
Risco
Kenneth Bird
Kewanee
G. T. Scism
Roy M. Johnson
Dc. R. Arnold
United States
Pcas
Sedalia
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Indianapolis
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Welter
Harvey Johnson
Bismarck
N. C
R. E. Bradley
Livingston
Mont
Mr. Welter
Otto Welter
Michigan
Cheyenne
Wyo
Goss
Homer Bashore
Mrs. Dempster
Robert Dempster
Sikes Street
Fast Gladys Street
Jim Hannah
Lair
Charleston
William Pate
Bill
Chaffee Doctor
W. O. Finney
Chaffee
State Board of Medical Examiners
Jefferson City
Edwin Schmidtke
W.L. Brandon
Poplar Bluff
John A. Hailey
Washington
Home Economist
Aregas Cooking School
Uncle Sam
Herald
Farm Credit Group
Yan OL Eee
Rayon
Sud
Lake Amusement
Smith Addition
Likeston, Missouri
Maureen O’hara
Daltons
Lon Chaney, JR
Oklahoma Raiders
Tex Ritter
Blondie
Dagwood
Waggener
Front Street
Sikeston, MC
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