Rat Control and Farm Sanitation Advice in Scott County
County agents advise rats are a year round problem on farms and urge rat proofing, garbage control, and use of red squill poison baits. Detailed bait preparation, timing, and disposal steps are provided along with notes on natural predators and fumigation where practical. Local schools and health nurses support sanitation and home nursing improvements across multiple programs and 4-H clubs.
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Scott County
A. P. Haw
Misses Ethel
Nina Larkin
Allotment for New Cotton Farms in 1941
A new cotton farm allotment for 1941 will be set only for farms that did not grow cotton in 1938 39 or 40. Applications must be written to the County Agricultural Conservation Committee in Benton by March 1 1941. Cultivating this allotment supports cotton marketing quotas but provides no 1941 payments.
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Evin Burke
Scott County Agricultural Conservation Association
County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Benton
Burke
Profitable Poultry Production Study in Scott County
The program covered 17 Scott county communities stressing flock health from chicks to mature fowl through strict sanitation proper feeding and management. Mrs Forbis in Porter Switch raised 71 mature pullets to full production by October and built equipment including feeders a brooder stove a summer range shelter and a laying house.
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Scott County
Fred Forbis
Porter Switch
Forbis
Office forms available at The Herald
The Herald announces that office forms of every description can be obtained from their office.
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Herald
Farmall Tractor Line Details and Offer Info
Farmall-H overview explains its capabilities and typical uses. Prompts to inquire about larger models Farmall-M and Farmall-A and the Culti-Vision tractor for broader field performance and specialized cultivation tasks.
Best Hybrid Corn Varieties Discussed At Soils and Crops Meet
New Madrid County farmers hear reports on DeKalb hybrids and other varieties from Penman Geske and local demonstrators. Sessions cover pasture value in livestock farming, using Experiment Station results, soil fertility analysis, and 1941 planning led by Fleetwood Teal.
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Ralph Hubbard
New Madrid County
Ross Fleetwood
Fleetwood
Farm Bureau enrollment tops 420 in New Madrid County
Membership enrollment in the New Madrid County Farm Bureau reached 420 last Saturday, county captain J. W. Daugherty reported. Leading townships include Como 72 West 60 New Madrid 58 Anderson 50 and LaFont plus Big Prairie 44 each. Final reports will be given Friday night Jan 3 at a meeting of solicitors and executive committee members. The bureau hosts a supper served by Presbyterian church women at New Madrid.
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New Madrid
Soils and Crops Conference Delegates Named in New Madrid
Whole County Included. Every farmer in New Madrid county is designated as a delegate to the Fifth Annual Soils and Crops Conference in the circuit court room at New Madrid on Thursday January 9 at 9 30 a m. Arline Avery chairs the meeting with J Ross Fleetwood as guest speaker. The day includes reports on soils and crops, hybrid corn tests, and the 1941 outlook in relation to national defense.
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New Madrid County
Circuit Court Room
Crops Department
Missouri College of Agriculture
Guy Calvin
W. O. Burnett
T. A. Penman
Fred Geske
Marshall Farrell
Gideon
G. N. Fortner
Silas Montgomery
W. C. Alexander
E. V. Jewett
Parma
R. G. Stroud
Matthews
New Madrid
Arline Avery
J. Ross Fleetwood
Teal
Missouri fall pig crop tops 2.2 million head
Missouri’s fall pig crop was estimated at 2,216,000 head in 1940, 11 percent below 1939 but 4 percent above the 10-year average. Pigs saved total 4,637,000 from spring and fall, with sows farrowing at 741,000. Hog marketings remain large but lighter, signaling earlier spring output.
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Columbia
Missouri
Federal State Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Post Office Department
Good Yields for Missouri Farms
Missouri's 1940 crop season posted higher yields across most crops than 1939 and the 10 year average, with total production valued at about 172.9 million dollars. Corn led acreage at 3.976 million, soybeans and sorghums expanded, and tame hay reached the largest acreage since 1930.
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Columbia
Missouri
Federal State Co-operative Crop Reporting Service
Timothy
Lespedeza
Steele Coach T C Thornton Loses Leg
Steele high school athletic coach T C Thornton suffered the amputation of his left leg at a Jonesboro hospital from injuries after a week ago. He was en route to Jonesboro with his wife for holidays and had stopped to help at another accident when a passing car struck him as he stepped from his vehicle. the driver fled.
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Steele
T. C. Thornton
Jonesboro
Blytheville
Thornton
Numerous Changes in State Game Laws In Missouri
Changes in Missouri fish, game and forestry law take effect January 1 with many minor updates. Highlights include new fishing dates for Lake of the Ozarks and Lake Taneycomo, altered classifications for drum fish, larger mesh sizes for nets, raised minnow limits to 100, and extended nonresident fishing permits. Perima ning and dealer permits now cost ten dollars.
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Missouri Fish, Game and Forrestry Code
State Conservation Commission
Mississippi
Missouri
Fifteen Missourians Killed During Christmas Holidays
At least fifteen Missourians were killed in separate Christmas holiday traffic accidents across the state. Police and emergency crews responded to multiple crash scenes as the fatalities mounted during the holiday period.
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Missouri
Christmas Holiday Traffic Toll Across St Louis Area
White Easter like weather iced highways and spurred scattered showers of crashes. State Highway Patrol reports four people died in automobile accidents in St Louis and St Louis County, plus one suicide on Christmas Eve. Nationally at least 390 violent deaths occurred during the holiday period with 279 traffic fatalities on Christmas Eve and Day, and 111 other violent deaths pushing the three day toll above 678.
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St. Loui
St. Louis County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Scott County Farm Activities
Leon M. Lane
Sikeston
Chaffee Nursery
Rockview
Head
Owensby
Miner
Farm Bureau
Farmall-H
Farmall
Paul H. Teal
Mr. Teal
Dead Animal Disposal Co
J. C. Young
Jonesboro, Arkansas
Mitchell-Sharp Chevrolet Co
Chevrolet Building
Sikeston, Mo
Lake of the Ozarks
Lake Taneycomo
Scott County Abstract Company
Benton, Mo
Harris D. Rogers
Caleb Smith
Welton & Williams Meter Co
West Malone Aver
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