Farmers Asked to Chart Own Course
Mississippi County farmers will gather at six sites from Aug 27 to Sep 4 to discuss five agricultural policy proposals. Discussions led by Byron Moxley will include a secret ballot questionnaire on topics such as trade, credit, production and marketing, conservation, and farm incomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi County
Byron Moxley
Mississippi County Farm Bureau
Mounds School
Deventer School
Wyatt School
Charleston Circuit Court Room
East Prairie High School
Dogwood School
Secretary of Agriculture
Ccredit
Farm Bureau
4-H District Round-Up grooming contest results noted
Graham Sadler of the Grigsby 4-H Club placed second high in grooming at the Dexter August 15 District Round-Up. Pemiscot county led the boys’ entries with first place, while Dorothy Stallings Mary Agnes Rolding Margie Bryant Pat Stricker Berisimo Scheffer and Bernard Duenne represented Mississippi county in dress revue Share the Fun and demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham Sadler
Grigsby
Dexter
Pemiscot County
Mississippi County
Dorothy Stallings
Mary Agnes Rolding
Margie Bryant
Pat Stricker
Berisimo Scheffer
Bernard Duenne
Dorothy
Cause of trees turning brown questioned by Missouri official
Jefferson City forest land owners seek answers as trees in drought affected areas brown. State Forester George O White explains no disease is killing trees. browning due to water shortage, thin soil, and weak root systems. He notes oak wilt and elm diseases exist but are limited and not widespread. Wildfires and dry weather compound damage, with fires causing severe timber loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Missouri
George O. White
White
Drouth
Scott County Citizens Benefit From Blue Cross Plan
The St Louis Blue Cross paid 15703.10 for care of 188 Scott county citizens in the Jan 1 to March 31, 1953 period. Scott county has 5613 Blue Cross and 4008 Blue Shield members. Missouri totals show 31742 hospital cases and 2725808 in benefits from Blue Cross plans in the same quarter. Nationally 44 million Blue Cross members exist. Missouri alone exceeds one million covered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Blue Cross Plan
Scott County
Group Hospital Service, Inc
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Missouri
Cotton growers plan Sept. 8 meeting on picking machines
The Extension Service and Missouri Cotton Producers Association with machine manufacturers will host a cotton picking machines meeting at Rek Theater in Sikeston on September 8 at 9:30 a.m. Farmers with a picker should attend. The note also covers pasture ideas, barley and rye for winter grazing, and fall armyworm reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Extension Service
Missouri Cotton Producers Association
Cooperaon
Rek
Sikeston
New Madrid
Campbell Experiment Station
Campbell
Senath
Dunklin County
Sikeston Experiment Station
Health for All in the Fight Against Tuberculosis
An educational piece explaining TB as a leading infectious killer. It describes how the tubercle bacillus thrives in the body's warm dark environment, how the immune system tries to trap it, and how weakened defenses allow the disease to spread. It notes TB often starts unnoticed and can lie dormant before advancing.
White's Drug Store on 108 North New Madrid
Local advertisement noting White's Drug Store at 108 N New Madrid with phone 274. The brief listing highlights the pharmacy's address and contact number for customer inquiries or orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White’s Drug Store
New Madrid
Theissen Named To Farmers Home Administration Panel
Otto L Theissen of Rural Route 1 Onaffee is appointed to the Farmers Home Administration Committee for Scott County. He serves three years, succeeding James J Dumey, with Emil A Sprenger and Roy M Johnson continuing on the panel. Roy Johnson is named chairman to serve through next June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto L. Theissen
Rural Route 1
Onaffee
Farmers Home Administration Committee
Scott County
Theissen
Hill
James J. Dumey
Sikeston
Emil A. Sprenger
Commerce
Roy M. Johnson
Owen
Johnson
Dumey
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. Q. Brown
Mississippi
L. C. Ringo
Alfie Brown Jr
E. Moxley
Earl Williams
Balanced Farming Association
A. Leslie Insurance
We No
Glinda Beck
Norbert Rolding
Texas Bend
R. Q. Brown and
Lake of the Ozarks
A. C. Jackson
Lester Bishop
L. A. Simpson
C. C. Schuttler
St. Francois County
George Weber
St. Louis County
Governor McClurg
James Mecum
Missouri Council of Unesco
Ted L. Joule
Missouri Unversity
James C. Kirkpattick
Missouri Chain Store Council
H. B. Slusher
Nual Lakeside
American Heart Association
Paragould
Arkansas
Bill Porter
Bob Porter
Shad Old
Milford Estes
Bill Huff
Louis Jones
Pat Groves
Jess Hamby Jr
Harold Boardman
Darrell Alcorn
Bob York
Bull Sikes
John Marshall
Kraft System
General Tire
Trent Equipment
Jenewal
Nicholson’s Tire Service
Sikeston, Mo
the Herald
Ronald Tucker
New Madrid County
T. B
Dearborn-Wood Bros
Rushville
Ind
Clesa Cora
FORD
Wuellon & Williams Tractor Co
Sikeston, Missour
Farmers Loan Groups
The
Missouri Tuberculosis Association
Cording
Cyril W. Owen
Stephen C. Hughes
Columbia
Kroger
Fniewa
Tangy Brooks
U. S. Gov’t
Armour Star
Armour Star Roast Beef
Wesson
Woodbury
Hhbhiye
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