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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1945
Page
8
Commercial hatcheries in Missouri produced 1,600,000 chicks in October, up from 1,287,000 a year earlier, while the national October total reached 41,447,000, a monthly record. Ten month output shows a 14 percent rise year over year, with prices and demand shaping cautious farming, but overall poultry meat demand remains strong and year-end hatch numbers may challenge 1913 records.
Washington The Agriculture Department plans to place 100 foreign agricultural workers per month in Missouri from May 1 to December 1946. Testimony before a House subcommittee revealed the tentative allocation and noted wartime imports from Mexico Puerto Rico and Bermuda. The record cites 7133 placements in Missouri from Jan 1 to Sept 1 1945 and 12286 in the same period last year with 23274 total in 1944.
The Agriculture Department predicts the 1946 cotton crop may exceed this year by about 2.5 million bales. The 1945 crop totaled around 9.1 million bales, one of the smallest in years. A favorable price outlook and better farm inputs could boost acreage, with growers estimated to earn about 1.2 billion dollars from the 1945 crop and cotton seed, though income is slightly below the past three seasons.
The 1945 Scott county cotton crop up to November 14 totals 3273 bales, reported by T B Stallings special agent of the Bureau of the Census. A total of 15 157 bales of cotton were ginned in Scott county during a similar period of 1944.
Miss Flora L. Carl and Miss Letha O. Knight of the University of Missouri College of Agriculture urge generous milk use to cut food bills and boost health. They highlight milk as the best calcium source, containing phosphorus in balanced amounts to maximize calcium use, and note a pint provides substantial calcium versus other foods.
Missouri officials report traffic crashes cost the state 20.07 million dollars in the first nine months. The report also notes fewer than 600 of the nation's 2500 rural communities have full-time health officers.
State Health Commissioner Dr. R M James warns tularemia or rabbit fever is rising. In 1944 there were nineteen cases and twenty five for the first eleven months of 1945. Precautions include wearing gloves, thorough cooking, hand washing, and avoiding sick rabbits.
Missouri will rank third in 1945 as the nation’s greatest dairy state, trailing only New York and Wisconsin. C E Driver highlights improved cheese quality and new dairy products under a stricter state program. Douglass says Gov Donnelly supported the plan amid rising regional competition. Only 13 percent of milk for cheese is rejected now, down from 54 percent two years ago, thanks to farmers and university and county agents. Dairying is a major Missouri business with leading cheese factories and the largest US milk plant under one roof in Springfield.
The Missouri State Highway Department reports ongoing shortages of white and yellow traffic paint meeting specifications. White centerline paint remains scarce though a recent shipment allows marking new blacktop on routes 40 61 and 66, and yellow No Passing Zone lines on the same sections this fall.
Henry J. Kaiser named Dan A. West executive director for the Victory Clothing Collection to run January 7 to 31 aiming for 100 million serviceable garments. The effort follows the April United National Clothing Collection that aided 250 million war victims in Europe, the Philippines, and China. Edward N. Scheiberling urged American Legion posts and auxiliaries to back the drive and offer post facilities to local committees.
State sales tax collections for the eleven months ended November 30 total $36,458,309.79 announced by State Auditor Forrest Smith. He notes this exceeds the entire 1914 year receipts of $36,000,097.95 by $458,211.81. November collections reach $3,768,169.74, a record month aside from January. Also mentions Puerto Rico’s decline in four major industries.
Missouri officials warned hunters after 73 hunting accidents occurred this year with 10 in November. A Jackson county man died crawling through a barbed wire fence with a loaded gun, and a separate incident saw a man killed when his brother carelessly pointed a gun at him during a deer hunt.
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