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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1957
Page
2
July 25 1957 farm notes from The Farm Week 4 B column cover local crop reports livestock updates and market observations in the Sikeeston area with emphasis on timely agricultural tips and seasonal conditions.
Weather disruptions push farmers in New Madrid County to favor grain sorghums alongside late corn and beans. Bert Robbins notes many acres planted after July 4 due to high crop risk. Farmers urged to arrange drying facilities and coordinate with dryers near harvest time to prevent losses. The piece also covers cotton insect bulletin availability, peppers and okra yields, and Farmers Home Administration loans impacts.
Scott County Home Safety Committee members attended a meeting at Del-Ray Hotel Sikeston with the New Madrid Committee and Amy Kelly of Missouri. Kelly discussed home safety devices for the State Safety Field Day at Sikeston Airport School and plans to exhibit.
Stateville prison gardens, started twenty years ago by Warden Regen, now cover most grounds and support the facility. About 4300 inmates benefit from gardening, with 200 or so prisoners working daily on the plots. The program yields vegetables for the prison and flowers that win national prizes. Convicts learn horticulture and many pursue gardening as a livelihood after release, transforming attitudes and keeping prisoners productive.
A State Treasurer check was mailed by State Auditor Haskell Holman to Mrs Hess Porter, County Treasurer, for criminal costs due from the State in Missouri cases listed: Lee Forest, John Armes, Bill Roy Boshell, Harley Bowman, Charles Clary, Delia Crawford, Gene Crawford, Harry Fox, Elbert Delane Gadburry, Carl Gossett, Walter Gudger, Kanne Johnson, Delbert Con Kennedy, Helen McCann, A McLohan, Herman Mansker, Noel Melton, Clemon David Montgomery, Richard Reno, Elgin Alexander Simmons, Jerry Steakley, Lee Travis, Donald Welker, Billy D Wyatt.
Under the ASC drying equipment loan program farmers can borrow up to 75 percent of the cost of the equipment. The program, announced by J. W. Abernathy, SC ASC Committee chair, covers equipment for small grain hay seeds corn and other stored crops.
The document breaks down a proposed 1958 USDA budget totaling 1080 dollars per farm across eight areas including $81 for research and $24 for soil conservation service. It notes most funds go to research and education, with $14 per farm for extension and $31 for agricultural research, while only a portion funds experiment stations.
Jefferson City reviews Missouri's Boot Heel from El Camino Real settlements to present day. The piece notes New Madrid earthquakes of 1811, Walker hospitality aiding surveys, and regional progress in agriculture, industry, and housing. It highlights towns Benton Sikesicn Portageville Hayti and future development potential.
The report highlights new factories and expansions in Dexter Bernie Sikeston and New Madrid, with Elder Manufacturing Mor arch Sales IXL Handle Co Kiddie Kar Corporation and Malone Hyde Co all expanding or locating. It credits drainage work for dramatic land reclamation and higher cotton yields, and notes tourism in Stoddard County plus farm prices and meat market trends with steadier lamps and eased fresh meat demand.
National Stock Yards reports hog prices rising for a third straight week with Friday’s top at $22 cwt, the best July price since 1954. Demand from West Coast buyers lifted barrows and gilts 199 lb up 56c, with lighter weights steady to strong and sows up 50 to 75c. Slaughterer costs hit a yearly high at $22.98, while steers and heifers showed mixed results and cows eased 25 to 50c.
Twenty one Missouri frozen food locker operators completed a three day University of Missouri short course in the animal husbandry department's agricultural laboratory building. Instructors from the meats section covered frankfurter and summer sausage manufacture, beef cutting, curing, smoking, packaging, freezing and storing meats. Attendee Ernest Wilson of Sikeston was noted among the participants.
Travis Smith, seaman apprentice USN son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Smith of Route 2 Sikeston Missouri, serves aboard the heavy cruiser USS Newport News with the U S Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean acting as flak ship for Cruiser Division Two. Newport News left Norfolk May 6 for maneuvers visiting foreign ports before returning to the U S in October.
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