Scott County Farm Activities and Dairy Outlook
Scott County farming notes cover peach thinning by hose on Dunklin County tours, pruning effects, and soil and cover crop practices. The Wade Hibbard report highlights drought risk and contour farming. Postwar dairy demand, wheat and cotton outlooks, soybean supply, and beef cattle cycles are analyzed. meat supplies remain tight while cattle prices rise. Extension trainings in Morley showcase meat extending recipes using canned meat and bones for calcium.
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Dunklin County
Scott County
Harold Todt
Caldwell
Hibbard
University of Missour
Missouri
Campbell
Benton
Scott Count
Tarim
Vegetables Boosted in Scott County Gardens
Scott County Extension reports distress calls about new vegetables planted after January pardon meetings. Gardeners struggle to distinguish kale and other greens from weeds while many grow cabbage lettuce and mustard greens. Aimed at healthier meals locals mix greens with simple dressings and salads to enjoy fresh produce.
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Scott County Extension Office
Scott County
Better Jar Rings Promised Canners
New jar rings for home canning, though still synthetic and reclaimed rubber, show improved sealing and less risk of imparting off flavors. Tests by USDA War Food Administration, state colleges, and industry find all rings satisfactorily seal and color lacks practical effect. Canners should boil rings as last year’s routine before use. Smell test not reliable for flavor risk. U S engineers report rapid rock crushing to build firmer airstrips for B 29 landings with machines producing up to 300 tons per hour for cement and sand bonding.
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United States Department of Agriculture
War Food Administration
OPA plans war on sugar racket and home canning sugar
OPA Administrator Chester Bowles announced a four point program to stop sugar being diverted from home canning. Applicants must sign a pledge to use sugar only for canning or return equivalent in sugar stamps. Local boards will suspend stamps where crops are unavailable and quotas will be revised. A special investigation staff will crack down on bootleg sugar and improper bottling.
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OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Changes in ration point values for June period
The Office of Price Administration states most meat fats and oils keep current points through June 30 The processed foods rationing changes raise points for canned spinach and tomatoes while tomato juice and tomato containing blends drop in points Red stamp items receive new point values
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Office of Price Administration
Calendar day counts for various systems and regions
The Jewish calendar has 383 days Julius Caesar s 365 days Mohometan 355 days The Gre porian calendar today is used in all Christaan countries except Russia.
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Julius Ceasars
Christaan
Russia
Meat distribution reorganized amid wartime shortages
Government food officials disclosed that most meat shipments abroad under lend lease and relief programs will be halted in July through September due to domestic shortages. The OPA will reestablish a uniform distribution pattern based on the first quarter of 1944, with June 17 as the start date, aiming for a proportionate share for each area while acknowledging uneven access compared with last year.
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Dreds
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Tire Dealers Must Keep Necessary Records Under OPA
OPA district director Willan Wo Bryan reminded tire dealers to file monthly inventories of all Grade I tires received and delivered and all transfers of purchase certificates between July 1 and 10. A new form R-73 guides record keeping to curb illegal tire sales and reduce future quarterly inventories. Also, Grade I tire transfers without certificates between dealers are allowed only if a dealer is not ceasing business. failure to maintain records or inventory can lead to license revocation. The Army’s Second Engineer Special Brigade, a pioneer amphibious unit, has made over 24 landings in the Pacific.
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Morley High School
Flora Carl
Missouri University
Miss Carl
Hazel B Evans
Roy Coldflower
Myrtle Nichols
H O Eley
Dewey McCallister
Bill Simmons
Tunis Young
B H Simmons
Fannie Pollack
Steve LeGrand
Walter Shegley
Simon Jirik
J T Smith
Benton
Willan Wo Bryan
Price Administration
OPA
Funeral services for Mrs Alma Elsperman in Sikeston
Funeral services were conducted at the Baptist church in Van Buren for Mrs Alma A Elsperman 47 who died at St Brands Hospital in Cape Girardeau last Friday night of a complication of diseases. Rev Parrott officiated. Burial was in Morley cemetery. Mrs Elsperman, aged 47, resided in the Sikeston area for over thirty years. Survivors include husband George Elsperman and two daughters Alma and Velma Elsperman.
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Baptist Church
Vanduser
Alma A Elsperman
St Brands Hospital
Cape Gnardeau
Parrott
Morley
Elsperman
Sikeston
George Elsperman
Alma
Velma Elsperman
Electric and Gas Machines to Be Made Again
Production of 265000 electric and gas machines for July to September became possible after the War Production Board ended a ban on household refrigerator manufacture. The full output for that quarter will go to military hospitals and other essential uses, with no machines expected for the general public before the end of September. Oregon dairymen are feeding day-old bull calves to foxes due to low hide prices and slaughter limits.
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War Production Board
Oregon
Oscar Hagg
Oregon Dairy Associations Executive Committee
We Don’t Miss One Single Thing Car Ad Fragment
A fragmented ad urges readers to fill their tank with a gasoline that promises improved performance and relief for a struggling motor. It emphasizes not missing any detail and implies a boost in vehicle efficiency.
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Scott County Farm Activities
Josh Caldwell
Hazel B Dvans
Vaiss Flora Carl
Home Economices Extension Clubs
Scott
Energy Coal
Burning Star
Stoker
Ferrell Oil and Coal Company
Herald
Philippines
Pacific
Ries
Kelly Bros
Poult
Oa Hutte A
DIXIE
Jes
Phive
Barnsdall Products
Vernon Kelly
Theodore Kelly Telephone
Sikeston, Mo
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