Scott County Farm Activities Soils and Crops Meeting
Scott County plans a July 19 soils and crops meeting following February conference notes. The summer session will focus on field observations of recommended practices, unlike the winter meeting which could not observe those practices.
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Soils and Crops
Scott County
Soils and Crops Committee
New Madrid County
Dixie Paulling
College of Agriculture
Arline Avery
C. A. Critchlow
Co. O. Hawkins
Gordon Stroud
Forbis Celebrate Range Shelter and Poultry Setup
Mr and Mrs Fred Forbis of White Oak raise and shelter hens on ground previously unused for free range. They built a summer range shelter with feeders and waterers and separate pens for pullets and cockerels to fatten, aiding feed cost. Grasshoppers Threaten Crops In area farms office callers report young grasshoppers destroying lespedeza corn and forage. control advised with poison bait mixed at a specified ratio.
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Fred Forbis
White Oak
Question and Answer on noses and cars in old dialogue
A humorous dialogue ponders a goat without a nose and its sense of smell, then riffs on Edison and business prowess. It ends with a quip that every observed car is technically used, regardless of age, implying broad reuse in street vehicles. The exchange mixes wordplay with social commentary.
Poison bait recipe and Neighbor Day boosted by Farm Bureau
The notice details a bait mix using bran, sodium arsenite or substitutes, water, and sawdust, with instructions to moisten bran and apply before early morning hoppers feeding, emphasizing 65 degree temperature for activity. It also reports Scott County Farm Bureau backing Neighbor Day, appointing Alden Penny as chairman and naming committee members.
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Scott County Farm Bureau Board
Alden Penny
Joe Diebold
Carl O. Luper
Alwin G. Gasser
Dipping Sheep Could Boost Wool and Health
Solomon Heisserer of Kelso plans a lime sulphur dip for his flock two miles northeast of Kelso to fight ticks and lice. Benefits include higher wool yield per ewe, better wool grade, reduced winter feed, healthier flock, protected lamb growth, and aligning market timing with peak prices.
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Solomon Heisserer
Kelso
Puxico Editor Plans Gideon Weekly Paper Launch
G R Derby editor and publisher of The Puxico Press will start publication of a weekly Gideon paper for Gideon Missouri as of now published at the Paxico plant until quarters are set. In Dunklin County conservation agents report nearly 25000 fish rescued from holes and ditches over the last two weeks.
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G. R. Derby
Puxico Press
Gideon
New Madrid
Paxico
Kennett
Stanley Harris
Dunklin County
Grasshopper control and farm tours in New Madrid County
Grasshopper outbreaks in Lilbourn Catron and Sikeston ridge prompt use of poison. Best mixes use bran sawdust white arsenic or Paris green or liquid sodium arsenite with careful mixing and timing above 65 F. Scheduled tour July 10 12 includes Stoneville and Delta Pine Land plants. soils and crops meeting July 17 to address soil conservation lime fertilizer and crop planning. Walter Williamson of Senath funeral held at Church of Christ. age 77, merchant for 40 years.
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Benton
Lilbourn
Catron
Sikeston Ridge
Matthews Lane
College of Agriculture of the
University of Missouri
New Madrid
Delta
Homer C. McNamara
Stoneville
Missouri
Geo. B. Walker
C. A. Tate
J. W. Fox
E. C. Ewing
Delta and Pine Land Plantation
Heringer
New Madrid County
Hayti
Senath
Church of Christ
Walter Williamson
Williamson
Southeast Missouri Cotton Growers Tour to Stoneville
Southeast Missouri cotton growers and ginners plan a three day tour July 10 to 12 visiting Stoneville Mississippi and nearby cotton sites. Participants expect a better showing than last year with sessions on ginning laboratories led by Charles A Bennett and F L Gerdes at the USDA. The Stoneville stop marks the world’s only experiment station dedicated entirely to ginning cotton with unique firsthand insights.
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Missouri
Stoneville
Miss
United States Department of Agriculture
Chas. A. Bennett
F. L. Gerdes
Warning on sale of treated cottonseed to mills
County agent reports another warning about selling chemically treated cotton seed to oil mills. The guidance urges growers to hold treated seed for planting next year.
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Scott County Farm Activities
Leon M. Lane
Edison
Drake Auto Sales
Sikeston
Puxico
Opportunity
Opportunity Farms
F. B. Kelso
Sterick Bldg
Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Mississippi
John E. Herlinger
Soils and Crops Meeting
Southern Tour
Moore-Harris Abstract Co
Benton, Missouri
O. L. Spencer
Coolaire
Firestone
Firestone Convoy
Richard Crooks
Margaret Speaks
Firestone Symphony Orchestra
Alfred Wallenstein
N.B.C
Firestone Tires
Sibeeton Territory
C.& M. Cil CO
Sikeston, MO
Coxie
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