Small Grain Silage Beats Drought and Boosts Returns
Farmers report wheat silage yields about 12 tons per acre worth around $120, offering higher protein than corn silage. It escapes drought damage, can replace corn silage to avoid allotment restrictions, and allows strategic crop sequencing. University of Missouri notes ongoing comparisons with Lucangrass and drought corn. Oat silage for steers shows higher profit than oat grain, up to $60 per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
W. C. Etheridge
Field Crops Department
University of Missouri
New Madrid County 4-H Camp and Fair Details
New Madrid County 4 H members plan district camp July 6 7 8 at Lake Wappapello with meals lodging and activities including elections recreation singing vesper services swimming and crafts. Registration 535 per camper due at Extension Office. Also notes 4 H Fair August 4 5 at Lilbourn with fried chicken supper tractor rodeo demonstrations star training and district leadership selections.
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New Madrid County
4-Hers
Lake Wappapella
Lilbourn
Cirede Scott
Pharris Ridge Club
Ard Fine Crosby
New Hope Club
Ruth Hubbard
Cox Badervile Ping
Ewspaperrachive
Mosquito control tips and 4-H camp updates in county notes
The county advises removing water-filled containers and draining or spraying areas that breed mosquitoes. DDT spray is described with safety steps and occasional room spraying if needed. The report covers 4-H Camp film plans, vaccination clinics for rabies, and market notes on cotton sales and crop progress in the region.
Spot Cotton Prices Remain Fairly Active
Spot cotton prices stayed steady in the South Central Area with slow overall market activity. Middling 11-16 in Memphis traded around 38 to 25 cents per pound on June 2, with Little Rock New Orleans and Greenwood quotes near 36.45 37.20 and 37.73 cents on June 23, reflecting limited volume and selective demand for higher grade lots.
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Memphis
Little Rock
New Orleand
Greenwood
New Orleans
South Central
Young feeders stage a 9000 fat lamb sale at National
Fifty four farm boys and girls from Missouri and Illinois staged a 89000 fat lamb sale at National Stock Yards Thursday, the first junior event of 1955. Four hundred twenty eight entries, mainly 4-H members, were marketed in graded lots. Blue lambs brought 27.50, Red 25.00, Green 20.00, and Yellow 10.00, with results in line with last year. Randolph county led with 161 entries, Shelby with 96. Julius Larrick of Shelbina won the St Louis Chamber award for the most outstanding exhibitor, selling 52 lambs for 1026. Other officials and events noted for 1955 include Illinois 4-H leaders Hugh Wetzel and University of Missouri staff.
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National Stockyards
Missouri
Illinois
National Stock Yards
Producers Live Stock Marketing Association
University of Ilinois
University of Missouri Colleges of Agriculture
Randolph County
Shelby County
Wenner
St. Louis Chamber of Commerce
Julius Larrick
Shelbina
Leatner
Hugh Wetzel
E. S. Matteson
Sam Rowe
University of Missouri College of Agriculture
Farm Adviers
Allied Market Interests
Allied Interests
Missourians Have Bigger Pig Crop
The Federal State Cooperative Crop Reporting Service reports Missouri saved about 3.708 million pigs this spring, up from 3.512 million last year and above the 10-year average of 3.225 million. The average pig per litter was 7.01, and actual farrowings were 7 percent larger than forecast in December.
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Missouri
Federal State Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Seeds Sown in Summer Take Special Treatment
Summer sowing requires moisture and a porous seed bed. Soak soil deep, drill two inches, sow on moist soil, cover with peat moss sand mix, and mulch. Daily hose irrigation keeps moisture to three inches deep, with careful sun exposure management until roots establish.
Four Area Negro 4-Hers Selected for Regional Camp at Howard U
Four Missouri 4-H members were chosen to attend the 1955 Regional 4-H Club Camp for Negro youth at Howard University in Washington DC, Aug 22. The group includes Robert Randolph Lilis, James Warfield, Loretta Hayes, and Lenora Lee Walls, with Mrs Ella Stackhouse accompanying. They will tour sites around the capital and participate in educational activities. Loretta and Semara Wattald will be juniors at Central High School Hayti next year. Loretta is 16, Semara 19. They have clothing and tomato projects in 4-H. Warfield has tomatoes, plus calf and pig projects, while other details note tomato work and schooling at O'Bannon/ Bowall institutions.
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Columbia
Howard University
Washington
Dunk- Jin County
Loretta
Senora
Central High School
Hayti
Ants Controlled by Chlordane Spray Says University of Missouri
Entomologists at the University of Missouri state that a two percent chlordane spray can control ants in homes. A spray mix uses two percent chlordane or four teaspoons of 50 percent concentrate in one pint of water, with one application lasting about six months. Apply on window sills doors thresholds cupboard walls and other crawling surfaces. Ants rarely nest inside the home. nests are usually in the ground near the house.
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Marshall Dial
County Library
Stockerton Club
Missouri
Oir
Uns
University of Missouri
Wuxing
Ant invasion and home remedies from old notice
Trolling insects follows ant nests to control them by applying five tablespoons of 50 percent chlordane in one gallon water around the nest. Kitchens attract ants via sweets or grease, contaminating food. A laundry break in at Likesteen Laundry and Cleaners was found Friday morning with window damage and blue shoe marks, investigated by Chief Wallace and Assistant Chief Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Taylor
Harold Wallace
Johnny Taylor
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Ruth
Cox - Baderville Club
Martha
Mary
Rosemary Hulshof
Shamrock Club
Southeas Missouri
Rosemary
Shamrock Clb
Bing Crosby
New Hope
Cox-Baderville
Swamrock
Mary Emma Hulsher
Dunkin County
University of Missourii
Ozarks
America
Casey Tibbs
Action Kin Co
Strong City
Konset
Fivestockh
New Aladnd
Ota
Geeramtine
Lecal
Howard U
Semara da Wattald
Benton Tae School
Farm Bureau
F.C.L
Raymond L. Galemore
E Companies OF
Farm Bureau F.C.L. Insurance
Kingsdale
Benton, Mo
New York
Miss Carole Smole
Miss Smole
Sol Young
Mid-West
Sikeston Armory
Scott-New Madrid-Mississippi Electric Cooperative
Sikeston, Missouri
Elon
James Stephenson
Alwin Gasser
Praga
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