Gardens Turn Prison Life Toward Hope and Skill
Stateville’s garden program, led by Warden Joseph E. Ragen, transforms inmates into trained gardeners. Thousands of sunshine acres behind the prison walls host flowering beds, a fruiting farm, and a canning operation that supplies vegetables and winter staples. The initiative aims to reduce tension, teach craftsmanship, and give forgotten men a constructive future.
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Joseph E. Ragen
Stateville Pellegiary
Statevite
Ragen
eame_” Wardeem Kagen peliever
Stateville
Wareer
Rager
Carnear
New Madrid Farmers Outline Early Cotton and Crop Plans
E Nace, Associate County Agent, notes 10st crops can be salvaged after recent floods by planting early maturing varieties. Cotton up to June 10 is common, with soybeans limited to late planting. Early corn such as US 15 and 83 may yield well if dry weather holds. grain sorghums and open pollinated varieties also noted. Bagworm control and farmstead planning discussed along with mothproofing woolens using EQ-53 product containing DDT.
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Ogden
Dorichsoy
Lee
Dorman
Perry
Clark
Missouri
Sais E. B. Nace
Willy
E. B. Nace
Rebecca Nissendirk
Home Grown Tossed Salad Grow-Your-Own Guide
A gardening note extols growing your own salad greens for space efficiency and flavor. It covers lettuce varieties from loose-heading to romaine, tips on sowing, timing for fall crops, and substitutes like endive and Chinese cabbage. It also suggests herbs, cucumbers, tomatoes, and onions to pair with greens, with practical spacing and harvest guidance.
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Thatrgz
Approved cover crops for Soil Bank Acreage Reserve
J W Abernathy Scott County ASC chairman warns growers to plant only approved cover crops on Acreage Reserve land and not harvest them. Lists of approved crops and disposal dates were given with agreements and farmers should consult the county ASC office for questions on the Soil Bank program.
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J. W. Avernathy
Scott County
ASC
Abernathy
Soil Bank
Portageville Trucker's Crash Kills 40 Calves
A burning truck crashed into a Portageville bridge railing killing 40 feeder calves, average 500 pounds each. Value estimated at 3000 to 3400 dollars. Driver Wm F Dodd, 37, of Victoria Mississippi, slept at the wheel. truck burned, 10 calves survived. Body taken to Cape Girardeau rendering plant for processing.
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Cape Girardeau
Cape Rendering Co
Portageville
State Highway Patrol
Wm. F. Dodd
Victoria
Miss
Late starters can plant quick growing annuals for blooms
Gardener tips for late planting focus on fast germinating annuals like phlox sweet alyssum cosmos zinnia and marigold plus the standout leptosyne sittimanii which blooms in five weeks. Asters calendula may delay flowering to late summer but still offer color into fall with giant zinnias and small shupita varieties popular for borders and cut flowers.
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Nature
Cosmos
4H Sunday Event at East Prairie High School Feature Costa Rica delegate
About 250 people attended a 4H Sunday program at East Prairie High School. Rev Mann spoke on farming and faith, with a 4H choir, Bridg es Club duet, and Carlos Harter, a Costa Rica International Farm Youth Exchange delegate, sharing insights from four months in the US. Missouri youth participate in the exchange program and plan future visits.
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East Prairie High School
Robert L. Mann
East Prairie Methodist Church
Barbara Porner
Barbara Walker
Bridges Community Club
Carlos Harter
International Farm Youth Exchange
Costa Rica
Harley
U.S
Missoull
Air
Richard Cantwell
Corona
National +H Club Foundation
Cooperatne Extension Service
Missouri
International Farm Exchange
George P. Rowe
Aliss Carollin Jones
Bridges School
Missouri farmers to gain 20 thousand wheat acres in 1958
Missouri will have about 20 000 more acres of wheat under 1958 allotments announced recently by state ASC administrator Joe A Grant. The 1958 Missouri wheat allotment totals 1 273 623 acres, up from 1 253 725 in 1957, based on the national allotment of 15 555 million acres. Some counties shift county and farm allotments due to acreage, with quotas governing those growing more than 15 acres for harvest. a wheat marketing quota referendum is set for June 20.
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Soil Bank
Missouri
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Jobex
Kagen
Asice
America
Garx
Mane
Flood Emergency Committee
New Madrid County
Alo
Fraa. Scs. Extension Service
Farm Bureau
Banks
New Madrid
Portazeville
Mississippi County Farm News
KR Q Brown
William J. Murphy
Missouri College of Agriculture
Wassouri
Ilinois
Indiana
Mussouri
Charleston
Ben B. Moore
Mississippi County Extension Clubs
Anniston High School
Wm. Z. Baker
Sikeston High School
C. L. Blanto
Sikeston Standar
Lynn
Shanley
Miss. Co. Ea
Ruth Jacksons
Hale & Williams Tractor CO
Sikeston, Mo
Stran-Steel
Wow Prame
Quereet
Great Lakes Steel Corp
National Steel Corp
Cok
Sikeston Steel Building CO
Highway
Webe Electric Supply CO
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