Improved Farm Practices Noted By Farmers
Sixty Scott county farmers attended a soils and crops meeting at the Grojean farm and Hunter school area to discuss erosion control and better farming. Speakers from the Missouri College of Agriculture shared methods such as contour farming, permanent meadows, legume covers, lime for sweet clover, alfalfa stands, and nurse crops. Demonstrations showed benefits of crotalaria before corn, sweet clover behind corn, and lime effects on lespedeza growth. The group noted higher yields with certain combinations and sampled sweet corn roast. Attendees included farmers from Chaffee Commerce Gordon Albrecht Kelso Sikeston Cape Girardeau New Madrid and others. several African American attendees listed.
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Scott County
Hela
Theon Grojean
Hunter School
O T. Coleman
Missouri College of Agriculture
The
College of Agriiculture
W. A English
Prudential Life Insurance Co
English
Grojean Farm
W. L. Slinkard
Frank Kluesner
Carl Schiwitz
Chaffee
Arthur Schiwitz
Louis Albrecht
Emil W. Sprenger
David Maller
Gordon Albrecht
Jef Diebold
Andy Heisserer
Kelso
Chas. T. Gardner
Sikeston
S. B. Hunter
Cape Girardeau
M. Vandivort
Chas. Vandvort
Cape Giardeau
Marsel Kellum Price Samuel
Elbert Berry
Noble Johnson
Vancluser
E. A. Lawrence
Elton Lawrence
Sam Sloan
Otto Lawrence
Neg Meeks
Albert Ross
E. L. Hughes
G. W. Harris
Nat Butler
Morley
Frost Astonishes Massachusetts Town
Officials at Ware Massachusetts report a slight frost in the Highlands section yesterday. Middlewesterners are urged to pause and read this note from local authorities about weather conditions and what it implies for the day.
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Ware
Mass
Highlands
Sugar consumption rose from 1 cent to 100 pounds per year
A century ago Americans ate about 1 pound of sugar annually per person while today the average is roughly 100 pounds. Over 150 sugar processing and refining establishments operate, with annual purchases of materials, power, fuel and related supplies exceeding 100 million dollars. Crusty buttered rolls cut diagonally and toasted pair well with a salad.
Canalou District Profits From Good Rain and Cattle Rise
Following Sunday rains in Canalou district crops are in excellent condition with cotton near perfect and corn ahead. Alfalfa stands well and soybeans and cowpeas promise substantial gains. Farmers expand cattle and hog production while two gins modernize operations Cathey Cotton Company and Percy Gin Company drive district growth. Canalou, 15 miles southwest of Sikeston, founded by Louis Houck with Spanish name meaning channel path. drainage ditches began in 1907 turning the area largely dry. Poppy seed sticks offer salad accompaniment.
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Canalew District
Drouth
Canalou
Herald
Fred Geske
W. H. Wermer
J. W. Ogle
John Crosno
X. Caverno
Cathey Cotton Company
Percy Gin Company
Percy Gin
E. L. Percy
Canada
H. G Cathey
Percy
Cathey
Canalow
Sikeston
Louis Houck
Missouri
Southeast Missouri Leaders Name Gubernatorial Hopefuls
Southeast Missouri Democrats push for R L Dearmont of St Louis and Cape Girardeau to seek the next governors race. If he runs he faces little opposition and may quit a lucrative railroad receiver post for about eight thousand dollars. If he does not run Ray B Lucas of Benton, insurance chief and Stark adviser, is floated as the Southeast Missouri candidate. Lucas has long influenced Stark appointments in the region. A luncheon in Bloomfield honors Miss Marjory Salvage of East St Louis with host Miss Emily Weber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Missouri
R. L. Dearmont
St. Louis
Cape Girardeau
Dearmont
Missour Pacific Railroad
Douglas-Billings
Supreme Court
Lucas
Stark
Missour District
Kendall Sikes
John Sikes
Eleanor Harty
Patty Vandivoort
Emily Weber
Bloomfield
Marjory Salvage
East St. Louis
Office Treatments for Rectal Diseases and Hernia
Mild office methods treat fistula piles and other rectal diseases without confinement or hospital bills. Injection method offered for hernia hydrocele varicose veins and ulcers viewed as office treatment without time loss.
Sikeston Women Change Plans for California Trip
Mrs Louise Bowman and Mrs Miles Limbaugh revise plans from August 1 departure for a month in California. They will leave Sikeston next Tuesday to visit relatives in Los Angeles attend the San Francisco fair and see other points of interest.
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Lee Bowman
Miles Limbaugh
California
Sikeston
Los Angeles
San Francisco
New Hire at Sikeston Cotton Oil Mill
R. M. Wise of Jonestown Minnesota begins work in the office of the Sikeston Cotton Oil Mill as a new employee, joining the local facility team.
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R. M. Wise
Jonestown, Mins
Sikeston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leon M. Lane
McMullin
Charles Gardner
Jespecter
S. B Hunter
Cole
Missoun
Frank van Horne
Mr. van Home
E. C. Robinson
E. C. Robinson Lumber Co
N. E. Fuchs
Sikeston, Mo
Frost
Massachusetts
P_. L. McLaurin
McLaurin
Mr. Lucas
J. C. Young
Jonesboro, Arkansas
the Complete Floor CO
Obermiller Floor & Supply Co
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Uis. MO
Powell’s Insurance Agency Loans and Insurance
East Center Street
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