New Farm Agent Named for New Madrid County
The New Madrid County Farm Bureau board hired Paul H. Teal to succeed John E. Herlinger as county extension agent. Herlinger resigns Aug 15 to enter a Warrenton, Missouri venture. Teal, former St Francois County agent, has 11 years in that role and previously farmed near Morehouse. Final filing date for cotton classing and marketing news is Aug 15, with one-variety communities in LaForge and New Madrid.
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New Madrid
Herlinger
LaForge
Red spider pests threaten cotton fields in county
County agent Herlinger warns of an eight legged red spider like mite found across communities. Patches in weeds such as poke weed jimson weed iron weed and wild blackberries harbor the pests. Control is costly and not fully effective. Dusting sulfur at 15 pounds per acre helps if applied to the leaf undersides. A 1 percent lime sulfur in Bordeaux mixture spray also works when thoroughly applied to the undersides. Farmers should avoid plowing infested patches to prevent spread. small patches may be pulled and burned with straw.
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Herlinger
Bordeaux
New Madrid County 4-H Club Round Up
The New Madrid county 4-H clubs hold their annual Round Up at New Madrid High School gym on Saturday August 3 starting 1 15 p m. The program begins with a better grooming contest closes with a dress revue showing dresses made in projects. Demonstrations of project work, special music, making words and presenting pins follow with a recreation period at the end around 3 00. Everyone is invited to attend.
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New Madrid County
New Madrid High School
Cotton crops advance as warm days come
Warmer weather and local showers boost Southeast Missouri cotton crops, with plowing delayed by rain and some fields nearly laid by. Farmers anticipate good yields, note later maturation than 1939, and rely on hybrid seed and pure seed planting. Missouri acreage on July 1 reaches 395,000 acres, 4 percent above 1939 and 2 percent below the 10 year average, while several other states show modestly higher or lower plantings.
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Missouri
Federal State Cooperative Reporting Service
North Carolina
South Caroline
Tennessee
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Virginia
Florida
Farm Conservation Payments Cut Ten Per Cent
Rates for the 1940 agricultural conservation program were reduced by 10 percent following a drop in expected funds and higher participation. The decrease affects soil-depleting crop acreage payments while farm parity payments remain unchanged. The cut is the maximum allowed under the conservation act as Congress redirected final 1939 payments from the 1940 appropriation.
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Associated Press
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Congress
AAA
Scott County Farm Activities Promotes Good Farming Practices
Thirty Scott County farmers spent a profitable day observing and discussing good farming practices on local farms. The event highlighted lime stone use for clover, contour planting on corn, vetch pasture systems, and beef gains per acre. University of Missouri specialists Paulling and Lane led discussions on lime stone and application timing. A community workday at the Experiment Field followed with a full program of music, addresses, and ball games on July 31.
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Scott County
E. A. Sprenger
Sprenger
J. J. Reiss
Reiss
Bill Cole
Scott County Farm Bureau
Southeast Missouri Farm Bureau Service Company
Home Economics Extension Clubs
Cc. C. Shuttler
Farm Bureau
Service Company
W. W. Fuqua
Farm Outlook
Real Estate Transfers in Scott County Highlight Numerous Parcels
Scott County real estate transfers list multiple deeds with buyers and prices. C I Lutz Jr acquires 109.54 acres in section 24 township 27 range 15 for $1. Theodore Diebold sells 100756 acres in section 18 township 28 range 13 for $1. P E Crawford sells part lot 4 Lillian A Smith addition east of Sikeston for $150. J O Tines buys lots 2 and 4 block 1 Eastern addition to Chaffee for $31. Olin Norman sells land in section 29 range 14 to Harry Hindman for $200. R A McCord sells lot 3 block 7 East Acres Sikeston for $310. R A McCord sells lot 1 block 7 East Acres Sikeston for $385. Co W Weil sells lots 2 and 3 block 4 Sikes 3d addition Sikeston for $1. Early Malcolm buys lots 2 and 3 block 4 Sikes 3d addition Sikeston for $1. Benton Democrat.
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C. I. Lutz Jr
C. I. Lutz
Theodore Diebold
George Diebold
P. E. Crawford
Rex Burns
Lillian A. Smith
Sikeston
J. O. Tines
Julia Tines
Chaffee
Olin Norman
Harry Hindman
R. A. McCord
Ollie Lewis
East Acres
H. H. Keasler
Co. W. Weil
Early Malcolm
Sikes
Pleas
Roland
Wade Malcolm
Lola Smith
Benton
Cost of living up amid food price rise in June
The National Industrial Conference Board reports a 14 percent jump in food costs driving a 0.5 percent rise in wage earners living costs in June. Food prices sit at their highest since July 1938, 4.9 percent above June last year and 33.7 percent above March 1933. Clothing and sundries unchanged, rentals and coal rose 0.1 percent in June.
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National Industrial Conference Board
Poison Ivy Care and Warning From Home Remedies
Poison ivy, often mistaken for wildflowers, is a creeping vine with three leaflets, yellow green blossoms in May or June, white berries in autumn, and red leaves in fall. Contact can occur via skin or clothing. wash with yellow laundry soap or strong soap suds soon after exposure, laudan remedies help itching, calamine lotion assists, and doctors may suggest benzocaine.
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Woodbine
Calamine Advice For Skin Blisters
If small blisters join into large ones seek medical advice. See your doctor for proper evaluation and treatment guidance.
Anything Goes at St Louis Municipal Opera in Forest Park
Cole Porter's musical comedy Anything Goes arrives in St Louis at the Municipal Opera Forest Park, July 29 to August 4. The cast features Jack Good William Lynn Helen Raymond Hazel Hayes and others with writers Bolton and Wodehouse providing the witty plot.
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ST. Louis
Cole Porter
Municipal Opera
Forest Park
Jack Good
William Lynn
Helen Raymond
Hazel Hayes
Jean Travers
al Downing
Nancy Healy
Stanley Harrison
Jimmy Hadreas
Guy Bolton
P. G. Wodehouse
Public Enemy No. 13
Mr. Moon
Sigmund Romberg
Mark Twain Maxim Gift Fountain For Saint Louis Zoo
Miss Ora Hill of St. Louis presents a new drinking fountain to the St. Louis Zoo in Forest Park engraved with a Mark Twain maxim from Following the Equator. The inscription praises goodness and guidance and also honors Dr. James McGee Hill and Rebecca Ellen by their daughter Ora Hill. The fountain awaits unveiling.
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Mark Twain
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