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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1952
Page
7
Tom B. Stroup county agent urges soil samples now as fields move into rye barley or wheat this fall. Testing early aligns fertilizer recommendations with a 40 bushel wheat club goal and prepares ground for rains. A separate note records Sand Prairie School donating a flag pole to Scott County 4-H for camp flag ceremonies and lists local officials.
Ruth Dennis, County Home Agent, advises on buying and storing homegrown tomatoes. Select well shaped medium fruit for slicing or stuffing. irregulars suit salads with little water. Cracked fruit stores poorly but flavors well for immediate use. Store ripe fruit green at 60 to 70 degrees in the refrigerator for reddening, with light generally unnecessary to increase red color.
Ruth Dennis urges room temperature storage at about seventy degrees to finish ripening a green cantaloupe. Chilling can ruin flavor and affect other foods, so melons should be kept unchilled until ready to serve.
About 30 leaders, parents, and members attended the Scott County 4-H Achievement Day at Benton High School on July 24. County Agent Tom B. Stroup presided, with judges Lorene Hubbard Glenda Beck and John Hubbard. Dress review featured 12 girls with red and blue ribbons awarded to Benton 4-H Club members. District delegation and grooming awardees from Benton and Diehlstadt clubs were named, with several names listed among red and blue ribbon recipients.
Leaders from Scott County Extension Clubs met on July 29 for home safety training with an agent in charge. Miss Dennis urged studying causes of home accidents and recommended prevention methods. A film titled Miracle of Paradise Valley was shown to reinforce safety importance. Local leaders will carry the information back to their communities.
Missouri ordered the cancellation of all hog exhibitions at state regional and county fairs this week as federal and state quarantines target vesicular exanthema in hogs. The action halted registered and purebred swine sales and followed a Missouri import ban. Arkansas quarantined shipments of hogs into the state while swine could be shipped to East St. Louis and Memphis.
A meeting of cotton growers in Southeast Missouri will be held at Twin Oaks Cafe Portageville on August 13 at 1 30 p m. Officials from the Missouri State Employment Service and federal agencies say the session will outline procedures to obtain domestic foreign and migrant labor for harvest. The program covers local labor recruitment out of state migrant labor from the Sikeston area and the use of foreign Mexican labor. Growers are urged to attend for informational guidance and counseling.
The Riverside Extension Club of Commerce met at the president Mrs Will Hawkins home on July 23. Members answered roll call with A Harvest Hand Food I Serve and Mrs Albin Anderson presented Life Can Be gin at Sixty five about what cities are doing for their aged. Attending were Mesdames Grady Darby P B Held James Ross N J Goddar R N Mabrey A H Anderson and Will Hawkins.
County Agent Tom B Stroup notes no carry over of Korean lespedeza seed. Seed harvest in 1952 will boost market activity this fall with good prices for surplus acreage seed. Dodder free and weed seed free seed fetch premiums. July clipping improves yield and quality. eliminate patches of dodder with 2 4 D spray. Mr and Mrs Thos B Allen left Sunday for a week in Quebec.
Numerous local families hosted visitors over the weekend with travels from Hornersville Poplar Bluff Kansas City and Memphis. The Sikeston Baptist revival concluded as extended families gathered for church events and leisure across Lilbourn Hayti and New Madrid with multiple extended visits and weekend guests noted.
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