Sudan Grass Precautions In Grazing And 4-H Week Recap
Sudan grass grazing requires caution as prussic acid poisoning can appear within two hours of turning cattle onto the sudan. Best to graze after the grass reaches 15 to 18 inches and to fence fields well. The article also covers nitrogen side dressing for vegetables and time saving canning tips. It finishes with a 1954 Ninth Annual 4-H Club Week report from Missouri detailing attendees from Scott County and activities in Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sudan
Tom B. Stroup
Columbia
Missouri
Scott County
Roy Birk
Lusk
Harold Menz
New Hamburg
Janet Dannenmueller
Betty Brock
Benton
Dora Mae Germain
Bobby £Ifert
Olmo
George Germain
Tri-City
Tan B. Stroup
Carrol Switzer
Jack Whitesell
Jeannice Haubold
Mary Luster
Wm OD. Chapman
Lake Michigan
W. Clark Elizey
One Day Egg Grading School in Sikeston June 29
An egg grading and candling school for dealers handlers and employees will be held at the Vocational Agriculture Building in Sikeston on June 29 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. It is directed by Glenn Peart and Ted L. Joule with E Rosenquist and aims to cover egg grading specifications quality preservation and marketing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vocational Agriculture
Sikeston
Glenn Peart
State Department of Agriculture
Ted L. Joule
University of Missouri
E . Rosenquist
U.S.D.A
Waggoner
Renna
County Extension Ofce
Francis Waggoner
Oil Equipment Rotary Rig Aids 4000 Foot Well Drilling
A rotary rig designed to drill an oil and gas well up to 4000 feet deep uses about 800 feet of wire rope and a derrick at least 100 feet tall. The setup details highlight essential components for depth operations and rig infrastructure.
Gasoline Use On Farms Affects U S Fuel Picture
Gasoline users on farms account for about one fourth of all gasoline consumed in the United States. Farm operations drive substantial fuel demand across rural areas and agricultural enterprises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Blodgett News Houseful of Visitors From Far Off Cities
Local notes list numerous weekend guests and family visits. Recipients include Mrs Gilbert Hopper and dns of Omaha Nebr Mrs D S Revelle St Louis Mrs Shirley Hopper Sikeston and others enjoying Sunday dinners and trips to St Louis Bloomfield and Sikeston. Families from Sikeston Steele Crowder and Peoria Ill visit in rotation with extended kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Hopper
Gilbert Hopper
Dns
Omaha
Nebr
Nick Watson
Crowder
D. S. Revelle
St. Louis
Shirley Hopper
Sikeston
E. J. Neinstedt
Steele, Mo
Robert Minner
Ernest Springs
Carrie Moss
Bess Meyers
Texas
Dora Meyers
John Evans
Bloomfield
Ben F. Marshall
Jack
St Louis
Dick Jeffries
Bobby Fargeson
Peoria
Callie Fargeson
Layne
Bill Dietz
W. O. Graham
Willy Scarbrough
Clyde Young
Armor Beggs
Robert Davis
Benny Marshall
Jimmy Edmondson
American Cancer Society
David Sitzes
George Childers
Peters win first SEMO 40 Bushel Wheat Club token
Lester and Albert Peters became Mississippi County’s first SEMO 40 Bushel Wheat Club members in 1954 by producing 45 bushels per acre on a field a little over 5 acres in Windyville on Lindsey Brown land. The 12.4 percent moisture grain followed a soil tested plan with 1.9 percent organic matter and specific phosphate potassium calcium levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester
Albert Peters
Mississippi County
Windyville
Lindsey Brown
M. J. Hatten
R. Q Brown
Best Crop Seed Quality and Planting For High Yields
The piece argues for high quality seed, certified and tested, as essential to crop yields. It contrasts cheap farm-cleaned seed with recleaned, certified seed, noting field practices, fertilization, and weed control influence outcomes. Buyers should source from reliable seed sellers with proper state and federal tags and pedigrees for economical, stable crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pressett
Rock of the division trains with U.S. security force on peninsula
Hess, a former Southeast Missouri State Teachers College student, serves as a rifleman in the division. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hess of 105 S Seventh &J, he joined the Army in September 1953 and arrived last month from Fort Riley Kansas after fighting in the Iron Triangle and at Outpost Harry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron Triangle
Outpost Harry
U. S
Hess
Southeast Missouri State Teachers College
Andrew Hess
Seventh &J
Army
Fort Riley
Kan
Missouri hog herd saved pigs and farrowing forecast
The Federal State Cooperative Crop Reporting Service says Missouri saved about 3 512 000 pigs this spring, up from 3 071 000 last year and above the 10 year average of 3 330 000. Farrowings per litter averaged 7.1, the high for the period, with actual farrowings 7 percent above December forecasts. sow farrow expected at 392 000 this fall versus 370 000 last fall and the 10 year average of 429 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Missouri
Frank Miller
Federal Reserve Board
Miller
Indo- China
Guatemala
Missouri
Federal State Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Oldest Farm Publication Renames Itself Better Farming
Country Gentleman, the nation’s oldest farm publication, will change its name to Better Farming as editor Robert H. Reed announced in Philadelphia. The Curtis Publishing Company publicizes the magazine, which has used the old name for 101 years, with the new title taking effect later this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Gentleman
Better Farming
Robert H. Reed
Philadelphia
Curtis Publishing Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Scott County Farm News
Cano Ning
Benton 4-H Club
Willard J. Thompson
Sanborn Field
South Farms
Pauline Garrett
International Farm
Jack Whitsell
Mexico
Carolyn Vandiver
Israel
Johanne Christern
Germany
Viola Mari Nilsson
Sweden
Fernando Mora Rodriguez
Costa Rica
Gene W. Wetherell
Missouri Bible College
Allen W. Purdy
College of Agriculture
Missouri University
State of Missouri
Phil M Donnelly
Jesse Hall
Land and Mine
Howard B. Law
Mettud County
C. G. Scott Farm
Matthews
Dempsey Gardner Farm
Scott's
S. L. Hunter Farm
New Madrid
E. M
Smokey” Woods
Missouri Farm Bureau Federation
Fred Showmaker
Blodgett News
W. A. Beges
Little Rock
Houston
Dallas
Poplar Bluff
Missouri Pacific
Phoce
Issour
Pacific Sma
NJIOY
Mississippi County Farm News
Jim Manker
Teweene Wmseenets Couraay
Porat
Howard McGill
Mgr
Sikeston City Limits
Maxte
Sikeston Steel Building Company
Highway
Jerenay Gunangs Aas FF
Farm Bureau Mutual
Farm Bureau
Raymond Galemore
Kingsdale
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