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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1950
Page
2
A Sikeston resident tracked a 1949 poultry flock showing an average of 53 hens, 125 dollars profit per hen, and total net profit of seven thousand three hundred forty dollars. Extension agents note the value of recreation and countywide events to boost community cooperation and call for local interest.
At the Benton conference R H Mackley cited a corn yield of 110 bushels per acre on Bertrand Sandy Loam. The field had low organic matter phosphate and potash. A sweet clover stand was grown in 1948 and dished down in late April. Fertilizers totaled 610 pounds per acre with boron nitrate potash phosphate and lime. An extra 100 pounds of ammonium nitrate was applied after first cultivation. The unfertilized plot yielded 12 bushels per acre, fertilizer raised yield by 98 bushels. Liming history shows 144 tons per acre in 1942 and 2 tons per acre in 1948.
The McMullin 4-H Club met at Mrs E Roberts home discussing regular 1950 meeting dates and year projects including Home Furnishings Food Preparations Electricity Gardening Dairy Soybeans Baby Beef and Tractor Maintenance. Attendees listed. Home Economics Club also met with members completing year books and planning secret pals and a Rural Churches program.
H F Layton manager of the Americal Railway Express Agency in Sikeston says no orders to cut express service here beyond last fall, when a limited Saturday service began. Since last September the Sikeston office has closed Saturday afternoons and all day Sundays, and reports of all day Saturday closings elsewhere have not yet been adopted in Sikeston.
Readers are urged to notify The Herald immediately if a copy is missed by carrier or mail. The publisher aims for 100 percent delivery and promises delivery of missing copies. The Herald is published each Thursday afternoon and delivered by carrier or placed in the post office.
Agricultural Extension Economists Bordon Nance and Wendell McKinsey offer fourteen 1950 farm planning observations. They advise moderate income growth, cautious debt use, targeted investments, and balanced farming across land, crops, and animal enterprises to fit weather and price conditions. Focus areas include land purchases, feed crops, cotton and tobacco allotments, hogs, sheep, beef cattle, dairy, and laying flocks for efficient market returns.
An article explains why colds draw little sympathy, how viruses spread, and factors increasing vulnerability. It covers transmission by direct contact, effects of temperature changes, and risks of neglect, with advice to rest, eat lightly, and stay home. Sponsored by the Missouri Tuberculosis Association. See January Sale at Lair's.
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