Hogs to Command Better Prices This Year
Agricultural extension agent Leon M. Lane reports hog price outlook improves based on USDA data. Hog numbers older than six months up 13 percent from 1939, fall pig crop up 18 percent, and federally inspected slaughter for June–September expected near 14 to 15 million head. Prices for 200–220 pound hogs may average above late 1930s levels but likely decline over the next six weeks as spring pig marketings rise.
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Department of Agriculture
Leon M. Lane
Scott County
Crop Reporting Board
Lane
St. Louis
New Madrid 4-H Members Attend Southeast Camp
Twelve New Madrid county 4-H club members and leaders plus agents Sillers and Herlinger traveled Monday to the Southeast Missouri 4-H Camp at Av ecadia returning August 8. The trip was aided by Kewanee consolidated school district which loaned a bus. Activities included crafts and nature study focusing on plant identification and eradication methods. Participants included John Herndon Juanita Smith Wanda Woolard Margie Riley Glenna Conley Mrs. Dick Wilson Dickie Wilson Billie Wilson Quilla Penrod Geneva Girvin Billy Sue Burnett Ann Bell Butler Billy Butler and others.
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New Madrid County
Sillers and Herlinger
Missouri
Avecadia
Kewanee Consolidated
John Herndon
Juanita Smith
Wanda Woolard
Malden
Margie Riley
Glenna Conley
New Madrid
Dick Wilson
Dickie Wilson
Billie Wilson
Quilla Penrod
Geneva Girvin
Portageville
Billy Sue Burnett
Ann Bell Butler
Billy Butler
Canalou
Sillers
Herlinger
New Madrid County 4-H Round Up Highlights
The 4-H Round Up at New Madrid High School gathered 70 members, parents and friends for demonstrations music a better grooming contest and a style revue. Exhibits showed higher quality with Canalou Food Preservation II acclaimed. State Round-Up qualifiers included Billie Sue Burnett Nadine Sloas Wanda Woolard Juanita Smith.
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New Madrid High School
Canaloa Food Preservation II Club
New Madrid County
Billie Sue Burnett
Nadine Sloas
Wanda Woolard
Juanita Smith
Sewing and craft group listings across blue and white ribbons
Clara Bell Rollins and Katherine McGee lead a collection of clothing and sewing items with groups under blue and white ribbons. Items include darning and sewing bags, aprons, slips, dresses, pajamas, plate muffins, and an agricultural handicraft exhibit led by local names such as Marjory Riley, Glenna Conley, Louise Stepp, Anna Bell Butler, Frances Greenlee, Jimmie Cole, Dickie Wilson, Billie Wilson, and Quilla Penrod from Canalou and Portageville.
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Pinder Busy Bees
Canalou Breakfast Club
Portageville Handicraft
Billie Sue Burnett
Canalou
Joanna Herndon
Malden
Lucille Holland
Marston
Nadine Sload
Wanda Woolard
Glenna Conley
Amney Riley
Janice Myers
Anna Bell Butler
Louise Stepp
Marjory Riley
Dorothy Greenlee
Sarah Johnson
Frances Greenlee
Rachel Coppage
Billie Lowe
Mary Lou McCollum
Dora McCollum
Mary Lou Harper
Helen Chaney
Glenda Ruth Hart
Carrotl
Glenda Ruth Harr
Blue Ribbon
Red Ribbon
Edna Mae Reno
Juanita Smith
White Ribbon
Katherine McGee
Clara Bell Rollins
Blue Ribbon Group
White Ribbon Group
Marjor Riley
Dorothy Butler
Dorothy Lois Wiley
Lucy Blaylock
Wilma Blaylock
Amney
Jimmie Marie Cole
Glena Conley
Sarah Jonhson
Marjory
Frances
Farm Economists to Meet in Columbia
Agricultural economists from 25 states will gather October 10 to 12 at the Missouri College of Agriculture for the first national conference on land classification. The program mixes addresses and discussions with mimeographed advance talks summarized by speakers, shared with about 300 attending economists.
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Missouri College of Agriculture
Cotton oil useful in insect control
Scientists from the Cotton Research Foundation and the National Cotton Council say cottonseed oil, already used in food products, can form a weatherstable, non skinning sticky base for tree banding against crawling insects. By using sulphur as a catalyst, crude oil can be made to resist heat and remain adhesive for effective insect control.
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Beacon
Cotton Research Foundation
New Uses Division
National Cotton Council
Entries Pouring Into Missouri State Fair
Sedalia Missouri August 8 Exhibitors flock to the 1940 State Fair seeking 54000 in cash premiums. Open class livestock dairy junior beef fine arts home economics closed August 3. August 10 deadlines for horticulture floriculture philatelic dairy products agricultural 4 H vocational exhibits. Poultry apiary archaeology close August 15. Education and music late dates allow August 18 opening day. Beef cattle 7133 dairy cattle 4671 swine 3844 sheep 2597. Early entries led by home economics due to August 3 rush. Fair officials expect one of the greatest attendances in recent years. The 1940 exhibition runs August 18 25 marking the 40th anniversary.
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Sedalia
Departments of
Cotton hulls new source of plastic
Knoxville Tennessee reports a Tennessee University discovery turning cottonseed hulls into a cheap new plastic. Laboratory tests show bathroom tile compacts ash trays jar tops and other items can be molded in 30 to 90 seconds. Scientists have adapted the material to make panel board for commercial production.
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Knoxville
Tenn
University of Tennessee Laboratories
National Cotton Council
Tennessee
August Month of Meteors Observers Urged to Watch Skies
The American Meteor Society asks star gazers to watch from August 10 to 13 and report meteor counts from its Upper Darby observatory. The best viewing is between midnight and dawn with about 70 meteors per hour expected on the peak night likely August 12 and 40 to 50 on the other two clear nights.
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American Meteor Society
Upper Darby
Charles P. Oliver
Meteor Society
Preparations Rush for Missouri State Fair Opening
Sedalia Missouri August 8 with the state fair grounds busy nine days before the event. Crews work under a midsummer sun finishing building refurbishing and repairs. The fair adds a second Sunday for visitors and moves dirt track auto races to August 18 and 25. Officials expect higher attendance in 1940.
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Sedalia
Missour State Fair
Forristal Nominated Undersecretary of Navy
President Roosevelt on Monday nominated James V. Forristal of New York, now an administrative assistant, to the new post of undersecretary of the Navy. He will be second in command to Secretary Frank Knox.
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Roosevelt
James V. Forristal
New York
Navy
Frank Knox
Real estate transfers listed with multiple buyers and parcels
A compilation of real estate transfers shows transfers from Charles Mathes to C O Mathes for multiple lots in Bell's 2d addition Sikeston to Glenn Matthews and to Glenn Matthews Jr for lots in Frisco addition Sikeston. Several other transfers include F M Farris to Joe Linton for 29 526 acres in section 24 township 28 range 13 with 300 dollars, Lon Nall to C W Patrick, DeWitt Harmon to Adell Harmon, and Wm Oliver to H C Harmon. Additional deeds cover various lots in Chaffee Chamber of Commerce Benton and McPheeters additions with prices ranging from 1 dollar to 400 dollars, including parcels in Commerce and Benton and 80 acres in section 21 township 27 range 14 for 100 dollars.
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Glenn Matthews
Glenn Matthews Jr
Frisco
Sikeston
F. M. Farris
Joe Linton
Lon Nall
C. W. Patrick
Lillian A. Smith
S. F. Maxwell
Harlan Maxwell
Chaffee
DeWitt Harmon
Adell Harmon
Wm. Oliver
H. C. Harmon
J. W. Garnet
G. C. Duncan
Raymond Frye
Chamber of Commerce
Cc. E. Felker
W. Allen Hubbard
McPheeters 2d
Benton
McPheeters
Pauline Strom
A. H. Anderson
Commerce
Minnie Farris
Township
Range
Navy plans two ocean fleet ahead of schedule
The navy high command believes construction of additional warships to form a two ocean fleet of 701 vessels can likely be completed ahead of the current six year schedule. This was disclosed Monday in Washington.
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Navy High Command
United States
Washington
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