Fine pasture study on Babb Dowling farm near Deventer
Mississippi County Farm News notes a 19 acre field on the Babb Dowling farm near Deventer. It mixes fescue and Ladina clover and has grazed 218 cattle since April 7, averaging 672 pounds. Dowling stores surplus as silage and believes the stand will yield good feed in drought and winter. He argues this grazing method is cheaper than feeding sacks and records expanding gains. The article also covers cotton stand targets, citing Southeast Missouri Experiment Station data on plant density and yields, and provides a method to estimate plants per acre from a measured row segment.
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John Dowling
Babb & Dowing
Deventer
Dowling
Southeast Missouri Experiment Station
Legume Grain Combinations Boost Profit Across Acres
The Stricker brothers, longtime growers, promote legume crops on many acres. They plant 6 acres crimson clover in barley and 20 acres in wheat, yielding barley 40 to 60 bushels per acre and crimson clover seed averages of 100 pounds, up to 200 in top fields. They rotate crops to maintain reseeding and note clover seed shatters in wheat, but clover does not hinder barley or wheat harvests. They seed two bushels barley and 10 pounds crimson clover per acre, sometimes using a clover seeding attachment with grain drills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strickers
Paul
Joe Stricker
Merem
USDA Extends Farm Storage Facility and Loan Plans
The USDA extends the farm storage facility and equipment loan programs through June 30, 1956. Eligible participants may borrow up to 80 percent of storage structure costs and 74 percent of equipment costs, with loans for bins, cribs, dryers, and other storage gear payable over 3 to 4 years at 4 percent interest. Since start, thousands of loans covering hundreds of millions of bushels have been issued.
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United States Department of Agriculture
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
ASC
Scott Extension Club Tea Teas June Event
Thursday afternoon June 2 at 2 am the Benton Methodist church hosts the Scott Extension Club Tea. The program committee led by Ned Lester Marin includes Forinfelt Mrs FA Lewis Miner Mrs Herman Grav eo Nelson and Myre Charles Gro Hamburg. Guest speaker Mrs MM Jr Hatten of Choriestarn will present movies from her Hattons two year stay in India and discuss themes of international understanding.
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Benton Methodist
An- Tea
Ned Lester Marin
Imo Forinfelt
FA. Lewis
Miner
Herman Graveo
Nelson
Myre
Charles Gro
Hamburg
MM. Jr. Hatten
Choriestarn
Hatten
Hattens
India
Ub Membre
Big Yield in Small Space From Green Leafy Foods
Gardeners can harvest leafy greens all summer with a planting schedule. Swiss chard, mustard varieties such as Tendergreen, New Zealand spinach, garden sorrel, kale, and collards offer quick, prolific yields, with several crops per season and flavor differences from spinach.
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Inturope
alfalfa stands threaten potash starvation at farm shows
At R P Schuchart Farms John Schuchart notes a 3 year old alfalfa stand dying from potash deficiency despite adequate seed fertilizer. Hay removals over three years have depleted soil nutrients. Experts urge potash rich dressings to save the stand within four years.
Garden notes urge soil tests and warm season plantings
Inadequate test year yields depend on soil fixation and residual effects vary with prior fertilizer. Nitrogen boosts yields with adequate minerals. plant warm season crops now, including cucumbers muskmelons squash watermelons pumpkins and others. Protect crops from pests with Methoxychlor, spray weekly for potato bug and cucumber beetles, cultivate and weed to conserve moisture, side dress nitrogen to Irish potatoes cabbage lettuce spinach mustard cauliflower radishes and peas. Consider planting quick annuals like zinnias marigolds cosmos and petunias in harvested spaces.
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New Zealand
Cosmos
Spot Cotton Prices Steady in South Central Markets
Spot cotton prices were steady in South Central markets this week per the Department of Agriculture. Market activity slackened with reduced reported sales as mills bought limited volumes, rains aided crops, and Middling 1-1-6 cotton on Memphis reached 8.25 cents per pound on May 26, while Little Rock New Orleans and Greenwood quotes for Middling 1-1-16 stood at 36.55 37.55 and 37.50 cents respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Central Area
Department of Agriculture
Memphis
Little Rock
New Orleans
Greenwood
South Central
Cotton Market Report From The Memphis Area
Cotton of several grades and staple lengths faced strong demand with limited offerings. Sales on Memphis, Little Rock, New Orleans and Greenwood totals reached 32 400 bales this week, down from 46 100 a year ago, as foreign inquiries remained limited. Beneficial rains supported early growth and emergence of planted seed.
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Memphis
Little Rock
New Orlans
Greenwood
Littl Rock
New Orleans
Oran Girl Elected F H A State President
Miss Nona Fay Anthony of Oran, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lee Anthony, was elected state president of F H A by popular vote of each chapter. She will attend a regional meeting June 18 at Ames, and previously served as Oran homemakers president and led the high school home economics class under teacher Miss Helen Parker.
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Oran
Nona Fay Anthony
Lee Anthony
Miss Anthony
Ames Ta
Homemakers
Helen Parker
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Mississippi County Farm News
R. Q. Brown
Delta
Mississinpi
Arkansas Experiment Station
Doe Stricker
John J. Over Ty
Je Stricker
Sudan
Edmund Burke
Missett
Scott
Annie Ash
USDA
Merced
California
Managua
Nicaragua
Scott Extension Club
Clover Lawn
U. S
Bloomfield
Bloomer
Edwards Iga
Kindred’s *Kroger’s
Alwin G. Gasser
Fhchlye
R. P. Schuchart Farms, Inc
John Schuchart
Agricultural Extension Office
George Diebold
Hime
Penury
Denis LeGrand
Benton
CMR
Larryrol
M Ranch
Senatobia
Miss
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Paragould
Arkansas
Everett Rogers
Farm Bureau Mutual Auto
Farm Bureau
Raymond & Galemore
Ags
Ehbden- Benton
TiIt
Missouri
F.H.A
Uno
Handy Flame
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