Scott County Farm Activities Conference Plans
Scott County schools appoint delegates to the annual Sais and Crops Conference to be held in Bentona on January 16. The conference committee lists delegates and urges attendance from all districts. Advice on poultry nutrition, ventilation, water heating, litter depth, and tree planting under the 1940 Conservation program is provided, with local farmers named as seedling orders and contact points at the county agent's Benton office.
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Scott County
Beld
Bentona
Carl Euper
Andy Heisserer
Charles Gardner
Arthur Schiwitz
Raymond Galemore
Scote County
Wll
Scott County Soils and Crops Committee
Missouri Conservation Commission
S. B. Hunter
Morris French
Florence Marshall
B. F Marshall
Amos McMullin
Benton
Morley Boy Earns Cavalry Advancement at Fort Knox
Corporal Cletus R Wessell of Troop KB in 135th Cavalry earns holiday leave from Colonel Heard. A veteran of Troan B, he has served over six years with four as an NCO. He helped three straight baseball seasons with 19 wins and 17 home runs, while attending Brigade Radio School which closed for holidays on December 23.
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Fort Knox
Cletus R Wessell
Valentine Vessell
Morley
Heard
135Th Cavalry
Corp
Vessell
Brigade Radio School
Troan B. 11Th Cavalry
Wessell
Jost
Fokker Dies in New York After Illness
Anthony H. Fokker, famed airplane designer and builder nicknamed the first man to become a millionaire through aviation, died in New York Saturday after a three week battle with meningitis. His methods were widely known as unorthodox.
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Anthony H . Fokker
New York
Winter wheat condition in Missouri drops below normal
Winter wheat seeded in Missouri this fall measured 68 percent of normal on December 1, 1939, 4 points below last year and 16 points under the ten year average. Dry weather since August caused poor germination and slow progress, with the worst conditions in the northern half. acreage seeded fell 7 percent from 1938 to 1,751,000 acres.
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Columbia
Missouri
Alfred C. Brittain
West Central
New Record for Farm Credit Association Meeting Set
The Sikeston Production Credit Association will hold its sixth annual stockholders meeting on January 23 1940 at 12 00 noon in the Sikeston armory. Secretary treasurer John R Gary notes 431 loans to farmers across Bollinger Butler Cape Girardeau Mississippi New Madrid Scott and Stoddard counties, the highest volume in six years of operation, with plans for a large turnout.
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Sikeston Production Credit Association
John R. Gary
Sikeston Armory
Sikeston Association
Bollinger
Butler
Cape Girardeau
Mississippi
New Madrid
Scott
Open House at Executive Mansion in Jefferson City
Governor and Mrs Stark announce their annual Open House at the Executive Mansion in Jefferson City on Monday January 1 1940 from 3 to 6 pm welcoming friends from all over Missouri. A separate note mentions the New Madrid soils crops and livestock conference January 11 with topics including Hybrid Corn, Crotolaria, Johnson Grass, and Legumes in farming.
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Jefferson City
Lloyd C. Stark
Executive Mansion
Stark
Missouri
New Madrid
Arline Avery
New Madrid County
Missouri College of Agriculture
Johnson
Smith-Doxey
Machiner Meeting Offered in New Madrid County
An extension agricultural engineer from the Missouri College of Agriculture will meet New Madrid County farmers on a Wednesday, February 7, to discuss farm machinery. Topics include machinery management, tractor adjustments and fuels, tires, combines, and lespedeza harvesting. The plan includes parasite treatments for horses and mules at fifty cents per head, with grouping at township points. Farmers should attend and contact the county agent or veterinarians.
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Missouri College of Agriculture
New Madrid County
New Madrid
Pniease
Moore
To Discuss Hog Problems January 2
New Madrid county hog producers meet in the circuit court room on Tuesday January 2 from 9:00 A M to 4:00 P M to discuss disease parasites feeding and management problems. Dr Uren extension veterinarian and E S Matteson extension animal husbandman will lead sessions with questions and beef cattle discussions included. The meeting aims to help county farmers address the large hog production in New Madrid county.
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New Madrid County
Circuit Court Room
Uren
Wil
E. S. Matteson
New Madrid
Sikeston Farm Woman Moves to New Farm
Rosa Tomey, widow of the Stallcup lands manager, moves from Sikeston to a newly purchased farm near Millersville, Missouri. She had managed the local farm for fifteen years after her husband’s death and priorly farmed there nine years, totaling 24 years at the location.
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Rosa Tomey
Stallcup
Sikeston
Millersville
Notice of Administration for Anna M Ancell Estate
Letters of Administration were granted December 5 1939 by the Scott County Missouri Probate Court to W L Wagnener as administrator. All claims must be exhibited for allowance within six months or be barred. if not exhibited within one year from the letters, they are forever barred. O L Spencer Probate Judge.
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Anna M. Ancell
Probate Court
Scott County
Missouri
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Scott County Farm Activities
Leon M. Lane
U.S. P
For All
The
Powell Insurance Agency
Sikeston, MO
C. E. Felker
Farm Credit Association
Gov
Mrs. Stark
Bot Control Committee
Old
Trowbridge
Leslie B. Broom
Welcom
Scott County Abstract Company
Harris D. Rogers
New Farm
W. L. Waggener
O. L. Spencer
Claude Turner
Gately
Broadway
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Dan Scarlett
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