Balanced Farming Boosts Soil Fertility In Scott County
Scott County farm news highlights the Balanced Farming program, with Agent Tom B Stroup noting increased lime and fertilizer use among participants leading to higher yields and better soil. Ella Marie Schiwitz of Commerce, a Benton high student, won the individual group in a county demonstration, showcasing chicken and peaches preservation for freezer storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom B. Stroup
Ella -Marie Schiwitz
Commerce
Scott County
Ella Marie
Benton High School
Scott County At State 4 H Contest In Columbia
Scott County will be represented at the State 4 H contest to be held in Columbia on Saturday October 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County
Columbia
Diehlstadt Home Economics Club meets at Mrs Ma non Warren
The Diehlstadt Home Economics club met at the home of Mrs Ma non Warren last Thursday. The meeting opened by club president Mrs Robert Burn with a group sing. The home agent presented the lesson Short Cuts in Sewing showing machine darn jiffy mapper covered button and other shortcuts. Attending were Mes James Marion Floyd Warren Kenneth Bowen Jessie Byrn and a Warrens niece from Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diehlstadt
Manon Warren
Robert Burn
James Marion
Floyd Warren
Kenneth Bowen
Jessie Byrn
Warrens
Tennessee
Diehlstadt 4-H Plans Fundraiser with McDonald Bros Quartet
The Diehlstadt 4-H club met with 25 attendees led by Marion Warren and wife as hosts. Larry Ray presided as the group arranged an August 20 event featuring the McDonald Bros Quartet to raise funds for a Lake Wappapetio 4-H camp. Pearl Milam and Beverly Cauliflower demonstrated a supper salad, Rebecca Cochran shared a county winning cooking demonstration, and county agents Lorene Hubbard and Tom Stroup attended, along with Mrs Roy Cauliflower and Mrs Otto Kirkpatrick.
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Diehlstadt
Marion Warren
Larry Ray
McDonald Bros Quartet
Lake Wappapetio
Pearl Milam
Beverly Cauliflower
Rebecca Cochran
Bees
Lorene Hubbard
Tom Stroup
Roy Cauliflower
Kmirs
Otto Kirkpatrick
Grow Grass Action Day at Wess Schuchart Farm
A large August 30 farm event at the Wess Schuchart farm in Scott County showcases pasture improvement, soil tests, lime and fertilizer spreading, vetch seeding in cotton, and machinery demonstrations. Extension staff, local farmers, and Scott County Balanced Farming Association members attend.
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Wess
Schuchart Farm
S. A
Scott County
Tom B. Stroup
Missouri Crop Report as of August 1 1948
Missouri crops show improvement despite harvesting delays. Corn and soybeans expect record yields with corn at 40 bushels per acre and soybeans at a record 210 bushels per acre. Wheat yields set new records though late harvests reduced some, oats slightly above average. All hay prospects look bright, and a meeting for Sikeston merchants and New Madrid county farmers will discuss the Balanced Farm plan and livestock impact.
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Missouri
South West
Farm Activities of New Madrid County
County extensor Herbert Ross with Rebecca Nistendirk, Home Agent, outlines farm activities in New Madrid County. The report highlights community farming projects, crop practices, and cooperative efforts promoting yields and rural education.
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Herbert Ross County
Rebecca Nistendirk
Flying Farmers to Attend Missouri Fair Opening Day
On August 22 1948 the Missouri Flying Farmers will fly a delegation to the Missouri State Fair landing on a temporary air strip west of the grounds. The group formed in 1947 at Moberly with twenty five members now claims eighty. Leaders include Elman Davidson president and Cordell Tindall executive secretary with directors E F Schowengerdt Gabe Rendleman Ronald Marks Glenn Wily and John Cushard. The organization says aviation is a farm aid not a young man’s game with an average member age of forty and is affiliated with the National Farmers.
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Arnold Heusser
Canal Ou
Charles Kyd
Agricultural Extension Service
Don Wagner
Producers Commission Cooperative
St Louis
University Experimental Field
Sikeston
Hemsers
Hemser Farm
New
Madnd Junior Chamber of Commerce
Heusser
University of Missour
Highway 61
Missouri Flying Farmers
Flying Farmers
Aviation & Hobby
Moberly
Apple Crop Update Shows Decline Across Seasons
The past month saw fruit yields fall with apples about half of 1947’s crop and the smallest in three years. Overall crop at 45 percent of normal, summer varieties around 47 percent, fall 40 percent, winter 48 percent.
Heat Claims Hundreds Each Summer, Warns Agencies
Excessive heat kills hundreds of persons each summer. Safety experts from the Accident Prevention Department, Association of Casualty and Safety Companies, urge workers and vacationers to guard against over exertion, take frequent rests, and wear a hat when working in the sun.
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Scott County Farm News
Sones
Brad
Bvallan & Williams
Southeast Sassour
W. Malone
Sikeston, Mo
Diehlstadt Home Economics Club
Kansas
New Madrid
Johnson Grass Control
Max Holoman
Conran
Hess Sisters
Jaynye
Barney Babbs
Beckerton
Sherwood
Gideon
Alpha Allen
Risco
Harry Campbell
Lilbourn
E V Jewitt
Parma
Schuchart
Herbert Rolf
New Madrid County
Sikeston Steel Building Company
Highway 60
Riverside Tires
Riverside
Ferrell
East Malone Ave
NEW Madrid County Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Inc
Scott, Mississippi
Pemiscot, Dunklin and
Stoddard
Burt H. Rowe
Stallcup
Chevrolet
Mitchell-Sharp Chevrolet Co
Tw Hollands
New Holland
Holland
Sikeston Farm Equipment Co
Telephone
N. Ranney
Ewspapere
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