Hot Weather Planting and Preservation Tips From Farm Week
Green beans and sweet corn planted now mature by early August, with varieties like Contender and Io chief noted for heat resistance. The issue covers succession planting, freezing vegetables, grass silage covering, seed shows, storage moisture guidelines, and nitrogen needs for corn. It cites Starling Guinn, Francis Waggoner, and Miss Orewe Cowan among Missouri Extension experts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starling Guinn
Iochief
Ioana
Golden Cross
Missouri
Plant to Prosper Competition Draws 33 New Madrid County Families
New Madrid County Farm News lists 33 families entered in 1954 Plant to Prosper contest backed by Commercial Appeal Memphis Chamber of Commerce Agricultural Department and Extension Services with Arkansas Mississippi Tennessee Missouri cooperation. Winners hinge on live-at-home work crop diversification soil conservation and home improvement with 65 percent for improvements and 35 percent for prior-year work. county winners appear in Tenant and Landowner divisions and a home-improvement winner in the Tenant division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Decker
Canaloa
Gordon Stroud
Matthews
Arline Avery
New Madrid
T. F. Baker
Malden
John Ellington
Portageville
Missouri
Missouri Seed Improvement Association
Missouri Seedmen’s Association
Francis Waggoner
Commercial Appeal
Memphis Chamber of Commerce Agricultural Department
Agricultural Extension Services
Farmers Biome Administration of
Arkansas
Mississippi
Tennessee
Missou FL
Water systems boost farm profits through conservation
Farmers are urged to plan water supplies with ponds, wells, and gravity-fed basins. Experts advise two independent pressure systems, careful siting to avoid contamination, and testing springs. ponds can support livestock, irrigation, and sanitation while extension agents aid design and purification.
Population Hub Southeast Asia Hosts Half World Population
A report states that half of humanity lives in the southeast Asian region, highlighting population concentration and regional demographics. The finding underscores migration patterns and regional development implications for governments and planners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Asia
A Time to Die and War's Grim Russian Front
Erich Remarque writes of World War II life on the Russian front and the brutal fate of German soldiers and Russian civilians. The story follows Ernst Graeber on a furlough revealing homefront horrors and Nazi brutality alongside a contrast to All Quiet on the Western Front. Also reviewed are The Mind Alive by Overstreet and Bonaro arguing emotional well being is developable, plus notes on religious film strips used in Vacation Bible School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remarque
Erich Marta
Theodore Plievier
Moscow
Ernst Graeber
Vacation Bible School
Salcedo Baptist Church Celebrates Third Anniversary
The First Baptist Church of Salcedo marked its third anniversary on Sunday June 6 with dinner on the grounds and an all afternoon singing by the Sunshine quartet from Cape Girardeau. The church began June 3 1951 under Bro Paul Higgins with 29 members now totaling 50. Bro Oda Masters is pastor and plans for a new church are underway. Vacation Bible School runs from June 14 to June 25 with Preparation Day June 11 inviting all children. Several members attended Billy Graham’s camp meeting east of Bent Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church of
Salcedo
Sunshine Quartet
Cape Girardeau
Paul Higgins
Sikeston
Oda Masters
Salcedo Baptist Church
Ruby Shoof
Larry
Ray
Herman
Bent
Billy Graham
Fairview Extension Club Views Caribbean Film
The Fairview Extension Club met Wednesday afternoon with nine members and three visitors present. Mrs. Harper Kathleen York and Junior Kelso attended. Mrs. Tom Gardens led the gathering as members recited the club collect. Roll call suggested ideas for a new year program. Mr. W R Lewis and Mrs J E Lewis taught on hanging pictures to beautify a home while Mrs Harper screened a Caribbean cruise film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairview
Lencil Creuthers
Fairview “Extension Club
Ernest Harper
Kathleen York
Junior Kelso
Tom Gardens
W. R. Lewis
J. E. Lewis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Scott County Farm News
Orewe Cowan
Missouri University
New Madrid County
University of Missouri
Extension Horticultur
Clyde’ Cunningham
Cunningham
Waggoner
Stirling Kyd
Alfred Chambers
Truman Layden
Gideon
Chester Bridges
Ed Bridges
Parma
Clayton Campbell
Alan Littell
Jesse Thompson
Homer Randolph
Sam Smith
Robert Scott
Joe Gardner
Hubert A Becker
Arthur J. Duncan
Hulshof
Wm E Raw
John Maddox
H D Friend, Jr
Kenneth Bell
Lilbourn
Fred Johnson
C W Jones
Love Wiseman
Jim Gilmer
Burvill’ Hayes
L. S Jones
RL Nuckolls
Wayne Shanks
Howard McCill
Mgr
Sikeston City Limits
Plains States
California
Newis
Salcedo News
Butler Steel
Perryville Steel Products Company
Perryville
Butfer
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