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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1940
Page
6
Farm families should plan year long work and keep complete records. A shared family plan helps prioritize tasks, weed out unneeded items, protect budgets, and track progress. Learn to inventory assets, debts, cash flow, and net farm income to judge efficiency and guide next year’s program.
New Madrid county farmers may discuss machinery issues with Marion W. Clark extension agricultural engineer from the Missouri College of Agriculture. The meeting is set for New Madrid high school starting at 9:00 a.m. and ending at 4:00 p.m.
A two day training school for A C P committeemen was held at New Madrid high school focusing on soil types land use and conservation practices. The group produced a farm productivity rating and urged lime use and cooperative lime buying plus demonstrations and farmer outreach across 1940 county programs. They also explained crotalaria as a soil building crop and recommended crotalaria spectabilis for Southeast Missouri with strains suited to local conditions.
The Florida Experiment Station finds crotalaria yields more nitrogen per acre than other legumes under its conditions, with three year averages equating to 885 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre yearly. Louisiana data show 22 tons of green manure per acre, about 1000 pounds of 15 percent nitrate of soda. Under Missouri conditions, corn and wheat yields often double after one crotalaria crop.
A Gideon school gym hosted a Wednesday night banquet and meeting for town business men as guests of the farmers and agricultural committee. W. J. Williams chaired the event attended by about 30 businessmen, 71 farmers, county committee members, Simon Bollinger of the Agricultural committee, and the county agents. The gathering aimed to discuss and explain the Agricultural Conservation program.
George H. Traylor of New Madrid County is named federal conciliation commissioner for the county succeeding Merrill Spitler who resigned. The appointment was ordered filed in Federal court in Cape Girardeau by Judge George H. Moore. Farm debtor petitions in New Madrid county have been referred to Traylor.
Deputy Collector Ralph L. Coleman visits Sikeston for three days February 19 20 and 21 to guide residents in preparing 1939 income tax returns due March 15. He will meet at city hall and also appears in Chaffee Imo and Benton on designated dates with Deputy Lee Bagby.
Jackson reports a new $20,000 motor is being installed at the municipal power plant as part of ongoing upgrade work. The project aims to improve efficiency and reliability of city electricity generation.
Americans drank a record 14.4 pounds of coffee per person in 1939, edging past 1938 by about a cup per person. The rise followed a jump from 13.04 pounds in 1937 to 14.38 pounds in 1938.
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