Stoddard County Farms To Get Electricity
Stoddard County will gain electric service under the Scott New Madrid Mississippi Co operative Association project expanding to farms in the three counties. Work on the new addition is delayed by easement issues while plans urge farmers to wire homes now. Secretary Wallace notes REA moves under the Agriculture Dept to push rural electrification with renewed vigor.
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Scott-New Madrid-Mississippi Cooperative Association
H. M. Zarkor
Scott
Mississippi
New Madrid
Rural Electrification Administration
Greer Avenue
Missouri
Wallace
Department
REA
United States
Carmody
The
Electrified at Last A Texas Pioneer Recalls Century Earlier Life
Mrs. Francis Charlotte Knight born June 16 1836 in North Carolina recounts life under slavery and postwar migration to Texas with her husband Frank Knight and child. They traveled from North Carolina to Texas via Mobile and New Orleans then Shreveport and ox teams. She praises electricity provided by Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative in San Augustine and quips she wishes to be young again to enjoy its comforts longer.
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Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative
San Augustine
Texas
Mrs. Knight
North Carolina
Frank Knight
George Knight
Mobile
New Orleans
Shreveport
Barley yields 419 bushels per acre on Sikeston farm
Sayers Tanner harvested a bumper barley crop northwest of Sikeston, averaging 49 bushels per acre on a 60 acre field of Missouri Early Barless variety. The yield credited to clover soil building and favorable small grain season. Lespedeza fields in Sikeston district are good but corn needs moisture. melon crop also poised for strong yield with weather.
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Sayers Tanner
Sikeston
Missouri
Tanner
LaForge Project reviews budget and crops progress
HY. H. Baasch, LaForge Project community manager, returned from Farm Security Administration headquarters in Indianapolis to set next year’s budget. He reports strong crop prospects including cotton and wheat with a bountiful harvest potential. The project, in its second year, gains self sufficiency with a cotton gin and other facilities. Frances Ann Sitzes has returned home after two weeks in Fredericktown and St Louis. REA will continue loans for rural electrification to bring urban advantages to farm homes and reduce farm drudgery.
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H_. Baasch
LaForge Project
Farm Securty Administration
Indianapolis
Ind
Frances Ann Sitzes
Fredericktown
St Louis
REA
Tip to Mississippi Cotton Tour Planned for Scott County
Farmers and ginners in Scott County organize a trip to Stoneville MASSISSine July 12 to 14. County Agent Lane urges prompt registration and hotel booking, noting gin and seed farm visits and Delta Experiment Station plans. Soils and Crops Day July 11 features erosion control at New Hamburg and seven farms near McMullin. Insect Control Committee plans a hopper poison bait station at Benton with 35 cents per 100 pounds, orders via county extension office.
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Scott County
Stoneville
Massissine
Ofice
Lane
Missouri Group
Huyti
Delta Experiment Station
Delta
Theon Grojean
New Hamburg
Grant Brothers
McMullin
O. T. Coleman, Sons
Scott County Insect Control Committee
R. L. Galemore
Benton
U. S
Missouri to host third cotton classing school at Caruthersville
Missouri plans its third annual cotton classing school July 31 to August 5 in Caruthersville with six hours daily of hands on practice supervised by federally licensed classers. The program, supported by the Department of Vocational Education and several cotton groups, invites enrollment from Missouri growers and industry workers.
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Cotton Classing
Missouri
Caruthersville
New Madrid
Missour
Missouri Department of Vocational Education
Missouri Division
Arkansas-Missouri Ginners Association
Mid-South Cotton Association
Missouri Agricultural Extension Service
Canuthersville
Pemiscot
Dunklin
Scott
Mississippi
Ripley
Arkansas
Ginners Ready for Strong Cotton Crop in Sikeston
Managers of Sikeston's three cotton gins report readiness for the season with repaired parts and a new trumper installed. Local cotton is in excellent condition with weeds controlled and fields in ship-shape order. Rain is needed in some spots while lowlands face excess moisture.
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Sikeston
Early cotton blooms reported on Stallcup lands near Matthews
W. OR. Binford, a leading local cotton grower, found the first blooms last Thursday but was overtaken by a rival on Stallcup lands. Chester Seamore, renting Binford’s area, also reported blooms in his field last Thursday.
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W. OR. Binford
Stallcup
Matthews
Binford
Chester Seamore
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Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Herald
Herald Ads
Francis Charlotte Knight
George
Pinola County
Frank
Shelby County
Penney’s
Penney
Baasch
Farmers Register
Dempster
W. Front St
Sikeston, MO
Columbia. Mo
Alfred C. Brittain
United States Department of Agriculture
Post Office Department
Ella Fikuart
Scott County Home Demonstrationn
Franklin Moore
Hennetta
Ark
W. RK. Binford
Oran
Dexter
Missouri-ir
Scottshire Utilities
Jefferson City, Missouri
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