Scott County Farm Activities and Lime News
Scott County Farm Bureau hosts a July 31 picnic at Oran with singing talks by Mrs. Schuttler and W W Fuqua, plus barbecue and band music. The event discusses lime use on lespedeza and soil conservation, and a July 19 Soils and Crops Tour visits New Hamburg Kelso Sikeston area farms to observe contouring lime trials and pasture systems.
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Oran
Scott County Farm Bureau
Southeast Missouri Farm Bureau Service Company
Home Economics Extension Clubs
Scott County
C. C. Schuttler
Missouri Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
W Fuqua
Producers Livestock Commission Company
Theon Grojean
New Hamburg
Mr Grojean
Joe F. Diebold
Kelso
E. A. Sprenger
J. R. Paulling
University of Missouri, College of Agriculture
J. J Reiss
Sikeston
Highway 60
Mr. Reiss
Bill Cole
Roy Johnson
Mid-South Fair Offers Half-Price Tickets In Nearby Cities
Memphis officials announce the Mid-South Fair will run September 23 to 28 and begin contacting nearby cities to sell half-price admission tickets. A representative will visit hundreds of towns with tickets sold at one designated place in each location. The fair promises thrills including a rodeo auto races band concerts Hell's Drivers and Hoag land's Hippodrome Sensations. In Sikeston the half-price ticket outlet will be advertised later.
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Memphis
Tenn
Sikeston
Sunshine Needed to Raise Stalks and Spirits in Sikeston
Growers in Sikeston report cotton needs lots of sunshine and hot weather to raise the stalks and spirits of farmers. Prolonged cool nights and moderate daytime warmth are slowing cotton, though most expect a bumper crop equal to last season amid general optimism.
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Sikeston
Coppery red waters signal huge Atlantic channel pass schools
In the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina waters turn blood red as enormous schools of fish churn the surface with their coppery hue, signaling a rare seasonal bloom and potential impact on navigation and local fisheries.
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Atlantic Ocean
North Carolina
Channel Pass
Cotton acreage for 1940 totals show rise in cultivation
The Department of Agriculture reports 25,077,000 acres of cotton under cultivation on July 1, up from 24,683,000 a year earlier. Estimated yield suggests 11.5 to 12.0 million bales. abandonment may reach 24,616,000 acres, with AAA allotments at 26,000,000. State changes include North Carolina up 10 percent and Missouri up to 395,000 acres.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
Department
AAA
North Carolina
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Texas
South Carolina
Tennessee
Louisiana
Oklahoma
California
Missouri
Mills Favor Cotton Bagging for Bales
Greenville, S C report shows the American Cotton Manufacturers Association board urging members to allow an extra seven pounds tare on cotton bales wrapped in cotton to encourage farmers to use cotton bagging over jute. The resolution endorses the proposal and seeks full member cooperation as canvassing continues.
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Greenville
S. C
Board of Governors
The
American Cotton Manufacturers Association
Farmers Buy More With 1938 Income Than 1929
Prices fell so farmers could purchase over ninety percent as much with 1938 income as with 1929 income. This indicates a real income recovery for farmers amid price declines, reflecting adjusted purchasing power despite economic strain on agricultural markets.
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United States
Farm Credit Leaders to Meet in St Louis
Officers and directors of the Sikeston Production Credit Association will attend a cooperative farm credit leaders conference in St Louis on July 17 and 18 to review district operations, discuss membership, public relations and business development, and to acquaint officials with District Farm Credit Administration offices. Attending from Sikeston are E P Coleman Jr Fred Hetlage D L Garner Lindsay Brown G Rendleman and John R Gary. The association serves about 500 voting members across Bollinger Butler Cape Girardeau Mississippi New Madrid Scott and Stoddard counties.
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Sikeston Production Credit Association
Sikeston Association
E. P. Coleman Jr
Sikeston
Fred Hetlage
Kewanee
D. L. Garner
Dexter
E Lindsay Brown
Charleston
G. Rendlemen
Mesler
John R. Gary
Cotton Shingles Go On House Top in Jackson Miss
A Jackson house becomes the first in America to use a newly developed cotton concrete roofing material. The product, created by J Harris Hardy of Columbus Mississippi, is molded on site into shingles and slabs, offering varied colors and weathered looks while promoting cotton use in building.
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Jackson, Miss
Cotton Belt
America
Columbus, Miss
J. Harris Hardy
Jackson
Real estate transfers listed in Scott County records
Scott County real estate transfers show numerous deeds across Sikeston Chaffee and surrounding areas with parcels in sections and townships, transfers among residents and firms, prices ranging from $1 to $3500, including Chamber of Commerce and Fairgrounds additions and multiple lot and acreage transfers. Names include Dale Jones Wm Phegley Frank Kindred W O Weidman Millard Jimer J R Fowler W Allan Hubbard Jean Hirschberg Lester Conner Leo Schott Christine Kilhofner Lawrence Schott Bernard Bush Walter Brock Chas Salisbury Hershell Crowley Lina Minner Anthony Wilhelm E L Peerman Robert Couch Gireard Hunt George Long John Sebaugh Lulu LeMay J F Miller Gladys Kelley A J Meunier E P Barnett J W Willis Andy Kappler Clarence Elliott Eugene Buckles Robert Lambert and Benton Democrat.
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Dale Jones
Wm. Phegley
Wm. Pirtle
Frank Kindred
W. O. Weidman
MceCoy- Tannerist
Sikeston
Co. L. Malone
Millard Jimerson
J. R. Fowler
W. Allan Hubbard
Chaffee
Jean Hirschberg
Lester Conner
Chamber of Commerce
Leo Schott
Katherine Kuhofner
Christine Kilhofner
Lawrence Schott
Co L Graviett
Bernard Bush
Cc. E. Butler
Walter Brock
Chas Salisbury
Hershell Crowley
D. L. Sanders
Lina Minner
Trotter
Louie Schetter
Anthony Wilhelm
Lightner
P. Vieh
E. L. Peerman
McCoy-Tanner
H. D. Davenport
Robert Couch
M. D. Hicks
Sikeston East
G. Rendleman
W. A. Whistle
Sam Vandivort
Suda Weels
Schuette
Fornfelt
Co. L Keaton
Robert Cauthorn
John Sebaugh
Township
L. Malone
Louis Jimerson
Fairgrounds
J. F. Miller
Gladys Kelley
Gireard Hunt
R. A. McCord
Frisco
A. J. Meunier
Georgia Houchens
Sikes
P. Barnett
W. J. Mays
E. P. Barnett
J. W. Willis
Andy Kappler
Clarence Elliott
Eugene Buckles
Robert Lambert
Benton Democrat
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