New Madrid 4-H Club Fair Plans Large Exhibit Lineup
New Madrid County 4-H clubs prepare for an August 5 and 6 fair in Lilbourn Canalou and surrounding areas. Alfred Byrd leads club work with an expected 500 plus exhibits on crops vegetables poultry and livestock. A square dance concert and a Farm Bureau dinner serve as centerpiece activities with a Farm Bureau Queen contest and countywide participation from surrounding communities.
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New Madrid
Alfred Byrd
Jono
Lilbourn High School
Canalou
Urai Touth
New
Fame Economics Clubs
New Woltd County
Femm
Roy Ssunev
Rome
Garman
Farm Bureau
Sze
Ac Wvetics
Greard
Mereaus
Lamarre
Runtaer-Co
Mary Emma Hulshof
Verranceville
Nemres
Amet
Butler County
Jackson County
Alred Byrd
New Madrid County
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Hampshire
Missouri Shows You bigger guide for 1950 edition
Jefferson City Missouri. The Missouri Recreation Association plans a larger edition of the Missouri Shows You guide book for 1950. E A Leach announced James F Gamble will edit the new edition, expanding from 168 pages to include vacation lodging, principal towns, and general business and industrial information for travelers.
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Jefferson City
The
Missouri Recreation Association
Missouri
E. A. Leach
St. Louis
Code
James F. Gamble
Leach
Varied Teen Reading At New Madrid Bookmobile Visit
The September visit features teen friendly titles led by Madeline Takes Command and The Kid from Tomkinsville. Other picks include Sandy Black River Captive So You Were Elected and Design and Sew plus Trains Tracks and Travel A Girl Grows Up Fun with Scraps Paint Box Summer Boy Grows Up and more.
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New Madrid
Madeline
Brill
New France
Canada
Sandy
Gray
Tomkinsville
Tunis
Roy Tucker
Black River
Lathrop
Ballard
Karaaz
van Metre
Fedder
Cape Cod
McKown
National Cotton Picking Contest Sets Top Prize at $1000
Blytheville Ark October 7 marks the 10th National Cotton Picking Contest to crown the World’s Champion Cotton Picker with a $1000 prize. More than 25 prizes totaling $2500 will be awarded, with open and women’s divisions, plus special prizes for seniors and youths. The two day event includes parade concerts fashion show and Cotton Ball alongside the main two hour picking competition judged for cleanliness and row condition.
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Blytheville
Ark
Small Decrease in Cotton Support Price for 1949 Crop
The USDA announced a new loan price of 29.43 cents per pound for middling 15/16 inch white cotton of the 1949 crop, down from last year’s 30.74 cents. The reform implies a government guarantee of about 3147.15 dollars for a 500 pound base, versus 155.70 dollars previously.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Newcastle Disease Threat to Poultry Gains Emphasis
Kansas City report notes the disease has spread to every state and causes heavy losses second only to pullorum. Vaccines help but are adjuncts to strict control. sick birds must be burned or buried and new stock sourced from disease-free areas. Vaccination should follow veterinary guidance.
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Kansas City
American Foundation For Animal Health
Farm Mortgage Debt Trends During War and Postwar Periods
United States agriculture shows strong financial health with declining farm mortgage debt from 1939 to 1945, then a modest rebound through 1948. Debt fell 29 percent to 4,682 million by 1945, the lowest in 33 years, before rising by 426 million in three years. In contrast, during 1915 to 1921 debt rose sharply from 4,992 million in 1914 to a higher level by 1918.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Farm mortgage debt soars after World War I period
Summary notes the total farm mortgage debt rising from $? to $7,137 million with gains of $2,146 million or 43 percent, then to $10,702 million with a further $3,665 million or 50 percent increase over three years. Total increase from wartime to postwar years reaches $5,711 million, a 114 percent rise.
Majority of Homes Are Free of Debt
The Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances shows 57 percent of non-farm owner-occupied homes are unmortgaged in 1945, up from 54.7 percent in 1940. Farm homes free and clear rose to 70 percent, a notable increase since 1940, per USDA figures released publicly.
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Federal Reserve System
U. S. Department of Agriculture
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Ferguson
Alcorn & Springs
Highway 61
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