Scott County 4-H Camp and State Round Up Plans
Scott County will send Kaiser, Miner Switch, Elfrieda Welter, and Leo Essner to the State 4-H Club Round Up at Columbia August 26 to 29 to compete with other counties. Winners at the county level earn the right to represent Scott County at Columbia. At Arcadia 20 youths and leaders attended 4-H camp August 5 to 8, with Virginia Palmer and club leaders among attendees. Jane Hawkins and Evelyn Miller represented the county on the Camp Council and candle light service respectively. no sickness or accidents occurred during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elfrieda Welter
Leo Essner
New Yamburg
Rudolph Duke
Cecil TW
Kaiser
Miner
Columbia
J. D. Troxell
Levada Altom
McMullin Health Workers
Arcadia
Virginia Palmer
Wilton Moore
Jackie Duke
Evelyn Miller
Jane Hawkins
Noel Myers
Myra Kiser
Sam Branson
Jim Stone
Addie B. Eifert
Doris Rowe
Gerald McMullin
Bill McMullin
Dean McMullin
Coletta McMullin
A. B. McMullin
Dorman Buck
Ella Fikhuart
Leon M. Lane
Scott County
Insect Control extends bait program under August 19
Grasshoppers cover all fields making poisoning harder though 20 pounds of poison per acre still profitable in badly infested areas. Few calls come in for bait so the Insect Control Committee will close the mixing station by August 19 unless fall grain damage justifies reopening. Farmers may order poison bait in advance for pickup Monday, August 19 at the County Agent's Office in Benton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Insect Control Committee
Benton
Early plowing boosts wheat yield in Scott county study
Roy Johnson near Sikeston demonstrates that early August to September plowing yields better wheat growth and likely higher per acre returns. The practice improves moisture, nitrate availability, and promotes decay of straw. late plowing leads to dry, uneven germination and lower yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County
Roy Johnson
Sikeston
Wheat program enrollment urged for parity payment and insurance
All wheat farmers interested in participating in the wheat program including parity payment and wheat insurance are urged to complete their plans and insurance applications as soon as possible. In no event will application for insurance nor wheat plans be accepted after August 1.
We Pay Cash for Dead Animals Telephone Sikeston 445
Advertises a service offering cash for dead animals with a contact method via telephone and a local number. Appears as a small classified or business notice seeking to acquire carcasses for disposal purposes.
Photographers' remedy for chiggers offered to amateurs
A health note advises photographers and their friends on avoiding chigger bites. It explains the life cycle of chiggers, then prescribes treatments such as hypo sulfate of soda diluted in water, salt water, soda, or ammonia solutions, and even bacon rind as a claimed cure. The article emphasizes scratching less and using the fixing agent as a repellent.
Air slows meteors with Earth's protective layer
The atmosphere shields Earth from meteor showers by creating friction that burns up most shooting stars before they reach the surface.
Paper consumption myth spans the planets far away
A claim states U S newspaper print in a year could form a sheet 450 feet wide from earth to the moon, implying vast paper use. The remark illustrates the scale of paper consumption and printing industry reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mattresses Made by Salcedo Families Next Monday
Salcedo Extension Club members will assemble at the Rootwad church northwest of Sikeston next Monday August 19 to craft sixty four cotton mattresses. Each of sixty four low income families will participate, with government approved income under 400 dollars annually. Adults and capable sewing age children will work under club supervision to replace old mattresses with new soft ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salcedo Extension Club
Rootwad
Sikeston
Salcedo
ST. Louis
Municipal Opera
Forest Park
New York Company
Wynn Murray
Dana Hardwick
Rob Pickett
James Gillis
Bobby Lane
Arthur Kent
Gladys Baxter
Helen Marshall
Robert K. Shafer
Joseph Macaulay
Douglas Leavitt
Stanley Harrison
Vivien Fay
Real Estate Transfers in Scott County
A list of Scott County property transfers with buyers, sellers, descriptions, locations such as Sikeston and Morley, and prices ranging from $1 to $8,077 including parcels in sections, townships, and ranges. Notable entries include E. Felker to E. Owen lot transfers, and J. L. Priester to R. D. Clayton for land in section 6, plus multiple parcels in Sikeston’s additions and Rockview Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
L.F. Fieser
A. J. Enderle
Co. E. Felker
E. F. Owen
Cotton Belt
Graysboro
C. E. Felker
R. H. Mackley
Harris Foster
Beulah Emerson
Morley
W. E. Taylor
J. W. Ogle
Laeverny Raspberry
Guy Smith
W. S. Lewis
Lawrence Glency
Co. C
Ralph Potash
Lois Edwards
Applegate North
Chamber of Commerce
C. H. Boyce
Harry Hindman
Dallas Wallace
Barbara Batts
W. E. Sikes
W. E. Sikes, Lots 1, 2 and 3, Block 2
Rockview Junction
Harold Dumey
Joe Gilder
J. L. Priester
R. D. Clayton
L. M. Standley
W. L. McDonald
McCoy-Tanner
L. W. Applegate
McMullin Gin Co
R. H. Joyner
Clyde Tindal
Lillian A. Smith
G. B. Murray
Clarence King
Also Mentioned on This Page
Scott County Farm Activities
Telephone
Collect Telephone
Dead Animal Disposal Co
Spaperna
Babes IN Arms
Ina
Aaa
Benton, Missouri
O. L. Spencer
The
Herald
the Herald
N. A. Dalton
Martin Menz
Oran
John Craig
Luna Morrow
Norman Bennett
W. ©. Cope
Carl White
P. Coleman Jr
Ruth Gay
Georgia Houchins
Asa Edwards
Sikes 3d
E. A. Reissaus
Sinclair Refining Co
Chaffee
Hunter Albritton
John Albritton
Scott County Abstract Company
Warris D. Rogers
Truckers
Firestone
Firestone Convoy Tires
Sireston
C. & M. Oil Company
Telphone NO
Highway 60
West
Sikeston, Missouri
Home Oil Company Telephone NO. 140
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