New Madrid County 4-H Exhibits Shine At Lilbourn Fair
More than 1,000 people attended the August 5 and 6 New Madrid County 4-H Club Fair in Lilbourn. A total of 441 exhibits were entered by club members, with ribbons awarded across clothing, sewing, foods, yard and field crops, vegetables, eggs, and woodwork categories showcasing project accomplishments by boys and girls from Matthews, Canalou, Pleasant Grove, Shamrock, O’Bannon, York and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Madrid County
Lilbourn
Clothing
Virginia Jones
Lou Ella “S ~ Mills
Matthews
Sue Bixler
Bonnie Barnes
Canalou
Lela Lancaster
Phyllis Boren
Olivia Foster
Barbara Kay Adams
Martha Foster
Linda Woods
Patsy Jean Disher
Daisy Wood
Beekerton
Linda Thompson
Berneda DeWitt
York
Carolyn Mosley
Clara Mack
Jeanne Norris
Mary Lou Wood
Nelda Johnson
Pleasant Grove
Regina Hawkins
Bockerton
Judy Ornder
Brenda Long
Helen Creason
Barbara Floyd
Fayetta Scott
Tractor Maintenance Fair Ribbon Winners and Exhibits
The county fair reports judging by Mr Ed Dan Renner due to heat, listing blue red and white ribbons for livestock and demonstrations. Individuals named include Jimmy Sanders, Odell Brown, Ralph Brown, C G Scott Jr, and many others across SOW BEEF COW BEEF HEIFER BULL GILT SOW STEERS BEEF CALF DAIRY HEIFER DAIRY CALF GIRLS AND BOYS DEMONSTRATIONS with blue ribbons highlighting top placings and a Public Speaking blue for Wilson Yates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Scott, Jr
Jimmy Sanders
Vernon Wilson
Charles Gardner
Larry Gardner
Bill Chafin
Carl Heuiser
Dwight Vaughn
Charles Heuiser
Benny Heuiser
Jerry Seymour
Gary Hawkins
Kenneth Pearson
Jimmy Davis
Charles Brown
James Brown
Troy Riley
Tipton Brice
Vincent
Paul Hulshof
Clyde Hawes
John Mitchell
Paul McWilliams
Billy Pickard
Royce Thomason
Carolyn Hampton
Nedra Throop
Alfred Brown
Ronnie Sherwood
Ralph Brown
Ronnie Baker
Sonny Burns
James Wyatt
Leonard Scott
Marilyn Mitchell
Jimmy Baker
Benny Heusser
Bobby Nolley
Beck Smith
Vincent Hulshof
Bernard Marion
Red Ribbon
Carrol Albright
Ronnie Thomason
Freddie Johnson
Odell Brown
Jerry Bennett
Henry Mac
Larry
Charles Heusser
Billy Yarbrough
Wayne Woods
Jerry Northcutt
Lymal Smith
Lela Harrlson
Lela Harrelson
Charlotte Sittner
Jerry Nucholls
Shirley Hawkins
Randall Adams
Janie Marie Hulshof
Charles
Richard Settles
Rosemary Hulshof
Carolyn Pearson
Bill Rogers
Carolyn Cantrell
Leona Kesler
Donna Thompson
Lela Harralson
Janie Hulshof
Smith
Carol Albright
Bobby Hutchinson
Kenneth Couch
Tx Miaclin
Shelby Blades
Eugene Wilson
Tor
Bluebird House
Anthony Hugher
Shelf
Lewis
Hughey
Jackie Barnett
Livestock Project
Ed Dan Renner
Howard Higgerson
C. G. Scott
Barron Roth
Jimmy Roth
Tommy Hart
Jerry Vann
Sonny Alsup
Bobby Alsup
Wanda Kem
Randena Kem
Carlotte Sittner
Lou Ella Mills
Sue Neal
Patricia Middleton
Bonnie Conrad
Betty Mitchell
Joyce Holyfield
Virginia Jones
Mary Dale Jones
Carol Mainard
Barbara Floyd
Alice Thomason
Betty Pickard
Reginia Fay Hawkins
Aletha Smith
Lewis Hughey
Barry Crosby
Carl Heusser
Lyle Proffer Bird
Henry Maclin
Charles Mainard
Randall
Gerald Adams
Jimmy New
Kelly Kellams
Charles “Laimord
Scott County Tops in State Soil Lab Testing
The Scott County soil testing laboratory earned top state placing after a University check test in July. County agents and technicians explain the process, stressing farmers to allow at least ten days to two weeks for thorough testing, drying, pulverizing, and charted analysis to avoid inaccurate results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County
Starling Guinn
Gideon Field Chosen for Missouri Delta Field Day
Gideon Anderson Farm 41 miles south of Gideon will host the Missouri Delta Irrigation and Drainage Field Day on August 31. The site showcases irrigation crops with check strips of unirrigated cotton, soybeans and pasture, while exhibits cover irrigation drainage and leveling equipment. Bennett Comber of Cypress Supply Co chairs the exhibit committee and planning is led by B W Harrison, Wm J Murphy and others from extension and local groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Delta
Gideon
Missouri College of Agriculture Extension Service
Gideon Anderson
Maxwell Williams
Bennett Comber
Cypress Supply Company
Portageville
B. W. Harrison
Wm. J. Murphy
Herman Hall
Maxwell Wiliams
Arnold Matson
Alfred Byrd
New Madrid
Joe Scott
Kreonett
R. Q. Brown
Charleston
Couptecharman
W. F. Jlames
Caruthersville
Hot Weather Hits Missouri Corn Crop Forecast
The Federal State Cooperative Crop Reporting Service pegs Missouri corn at 77,688,000 bushels, down more than 100,000,000 from last month due to record heat. Soybeans at 22,352,000 bushels down 12 percent. hay and oats yields set or near records, with wheat harvest at 38,491,000 bushels and oats at 55,680,000 bushels, all reflecting drought effects and strong variability across crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Federal State Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
FHA Offers Emergency Credit to Missourians
Emergency credit is available through the Farmers Home Administration in all Missouri counties and runs through December 31, 1954. Loans cover operating needs including drilling wells for domestic and stock water, with arrangements to coordinate repayment if the borrower has a mortgage on chattels. Applications are at the Sikeston county office. offices in Benton and Charleston offer limited hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Home Administration
Missouri
Henry W. Smith
Scott County
FHA
Smith
Post Office
Sikeston
Mississippi County
Scott County Farmers Home Administration
Benton
Court House
Charleston
Mid-South Leaders Seek Freer Planting Rules for Drouth Areas
Farm leaders from five Mid-South states meeting in Memphis endorsed an amendment to the Farm Bill to allow unrestricted land use in 1954 1955 and 1956 for states declared drought disaster areas, despite acreage allotments and marketing quotas. They argue current diverted acreage caps threaten plantings of feed crops and soybeans and support broader planting freedom to rebuild farming systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid-South
Drouth
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
Hilton Bracey
Missouri Cotton Producers Association
Mid-South Organization
Memphis
Bracey
Mid-South Cotton Producers Committee
Cotton Futures Exchanges
Abernethy
Department of Agriculture
Gasser Poultry Winner For Scott County
Alwin G. Gasser of Sikes ton Route 1 has been chosen as the Scott County poultry winner in the Missouri Farm Flock Improvement Project. His Hybrid hens average 525 per month and produce 204 eggs per hen in ten months, with eggs sold on a graded basis. A recognition certificate is awarded and he competes for five state star raiser honors with a $50 cash prize for each winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alwin G. Gasser
Route 1
Sikeston
Scott County
Missouri
Gasser
Agricultural Extension Service
Sikestonian Named On FHA Committee
William F. Cole of Sikeston was named to the Scott County Farmers Home Administration Committee effective August 4, joining Otto L. Theissen and Emil A. Sprenger, all beef cattle operators. The three-year terms rotate with one appointment expiring annually. The county committee approved 108 of 125 loan applications last year, with loans aimed at family-type farm operators and emergency credit in designated areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Cole
Sikeston
Scott County Farmers Home Administration Committee
Henry W. Smith
Cole
Scott County
Otto L. Theissen
Chaffee
Emil A. Sprenger
Commerce
Farmers Home Administration
Smith
Secretary of Agriculture
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Meuiser
Barbara Cribbs
Carolyn Morley
Carolyn House
O'Bannon
Phyllis Borewall
Pauletta
Leveda Thompson
New Hope
Emma Lee Holyfield
Virginia Kirby
Martha Pinkley
Martha McCrate
Shamrock
Kaki Fuller
Barbara Adams
Boekerton
Joan Reis
Mary Lee Cook
Mary Dismuke
Evelyn Greer
Marjorie Ann Greer
Patsy Owens
Risco
Fayetta Scots Sewing
Regina Nankins
Brenda McGee
Fay Scott
Linda Woons
Betty Kirby
Violet Heusser
Callie Jane Hughey
Melba Johnson
Carolyn Prince
Gloria
June Ash
Patricia Summers
Joyce Ayres
Fay Ingle
Margaret Barfour
Linda Long
Glenda Jorce Pfeffer
Fay Etta Scott
Violet Picurser
Fay Incle
Callie Jare Hughey
Carolyn Canire
Gus le Dinford
Annette Tatum
Marcaret Barfest
Fay Etta
Jo Ann Jones
Hazel Davis
Sarah Anne Barnett
JoAnn Jones
Ruth Hubbard
Joyce Holt
Linda Burch
Alma Blackburn
Wanda Belle Mack
James Roth
Joan Ingle
Carol Kimball
Sharon Croom
Diane Mainard
Brenda Gunter
Florence Yarbrough
Linda Joyce
Margaret Thomason
Rita Becker
Mary Ferguson
Barbara Vincent
Peggy Wheeler
Judith Looney
Jacqueline Cook
Doris Manley
Ginger Croom
Shelby Thurston
Faye Ingle
Joyce Neal
Wanda Mack
Lillian Spencer
Annis Rawlings
Martha Cantrell
Mary Wallace
Joyce Williams
Frances Barker
Glendaline Barnes
Joyce Williames
Pat Holder
Gail Byrd
Hurricane Ridge
Leon Kesler
James Hampton
Ee Service Department
National Stores
East Prairie
Malden
Pepe Pres Pres
DWE
WSPA
U. S
Census of Agriculture
Institute of Life Insurance
Marion Johnson
Rex Johnson
Moriex
New Orleans
Nichard Johnson
W C Edwards
James Terrell
Durwood White
Carthersville
Fred Beach
Wallo
Ester Viel
Jewell Genie
Scott
Little Rock
Houston
Pacific
Poplar Bluff
Missouri Pacific
New York
the United Nations
Leslie Insurance
EL Center
Oan Geetrer
Missouri Cotton Producers Associ- Arkansas
Delta Council of Mississippi
The
Tennessee Cotton Producers Association
Louisiana Delta Council
Grouth
Sikestonian
Miner Mill
Miner Feed Mill
Howard McGill
Mar
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