Committeemen Progress on 1939 Farm Plan Schedule
Community committeemen of New Madrid County follow the schedule for farmer notifications and plan development for the 1959 Agricultural Conservation program. Meetings to fit the March 13 to 18 timeline, with township by township schedules across multiple towns and offices from Anderson Gideor to West-Cathex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Madrid
Anderson Gideor Bank Moarcay
Bry Prairie Roberts
Dore
Miesda
Como
Cattle Shipment From Saturnia To Illinois Feeder Cattle
E P Coleman Jr shipped 651 young steers Monday to Illinois feeder via Frisco. The 12-car air line shipment, part of Coleman’s recent cattle movement, continues a yearlong pattern of dispatching hundreds of head from his feed lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E P Coleman Jr
Saturnia
Frisco
Coleman
Grasshoppers Again Threaten Scott County
James Meyers assistant county agent reports likely grasshopper infestation in Scott County as a Bureau of Entomology survey shows heavier egg infestation than any Southeast Missouri county. Spring and summer weather will determine damage. cool damp slows hatching, warm dry speeds it. Farmers urged to watch windbreaks and fence rows for young hoppers and control once they reach a quarter to one half inch. contact county extension office with sightings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Meyers
Scott County
Bureau of Entomology and
Scot County
Missour County
County Extension Office
Crop allotment records open to public inspection
Scott County Agriculture Conservation Association announces crop acreage allotments yields and productivity indexes for all farms are available for public inspection. The registrar lists each farm by town in a book form at the county office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County
Risin Burke
Scott County Agriculture Consenation Association
Burk
Townshops End Board
Arvone
Mary
Scott County Vericulture Consemvation
Remodeling Work at Delta CCC CAVP
Interior of the camp mess hall and canteen is being remodeled. Plywood is installed from floor to about four feet and stained. Sidewalls above plywood and ceiling will be painted with a cold water paint. Floor has been sanded with an electric sander. Remodeling aims to create a more homey atmosphere in both rooms.
Farmers Should Request Cotton Allotments Now
Scott County farmers planning cotton on unplanted farms in 1936 37 or 38 should file for allotments at once says Evin Burke chair of the county Agriculture Conservation Association A small acreage is available for farms without allotments totaling about 2 percent of Scott County's 510 acre allotment Requests filed cover over 550 acres but only for farms without previous allotments Applications must be in by Monday March 20 Farmers who grew cotton in 1926 1937 or 1938 are ineligible for these allotments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County
Evin Burke
Scott County Agriculture Conservation Association
Burke
Grow Healthy Pullet folders sent to Scott County raisers
County extension office mails Grow Healthy Pullet folders to Scott County poultry raisers. Mrs. Booker of Oran praises the guide for low pullet deaths and early laying. The material stresses clean chicks, proper brooding, sanitation, and economical, complete rations. Assistants urge careful study and ready access to the folders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Country Poultry
Wow Hooker
Oran
Booker
Comix Exrtersion
Farw Howe Projects Improve Home Life Through 4-H
Ella Fikuart Scott Counts discusses home demonstration efforts and 4-H clubs guiding Missourian youths and women toward better homes and farms. She notes training from church, school, and community groups, advocates improved appearance of homes to reflect prosperity, and urges byroad residents to invest in simple improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Fikuart Scott
Bing
Missouri
Punkie
We Pay Cash for Dead Animals in Sikeston
We Pay Cash for Dead Animals advertises disposal services by telephone, offering quick pickup for carcasses and related waste in Sikeston. The notice emphasizes prompt payment and contact via telephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Dead Animal Disposal Co
SOI CONSERVATION AT DELTA CCC CAMP
William Shotwell, agronomist for the Soil Conservation Service in Fulton Missouri, visited the Delta CCC camp on March 7. He will plan plant and crop rotation from soil analyses of four sections to determine suitable crops and fertility improvements and assess the Diversion Channel levee of the Little River Drainage District for erosion control with appropriate grasses or muatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Shotwell
Soil Conservation Service Area Office
Fulton
Delta CCC
Mr. Shotwell
Chemical Department
Shotwell
Little River
Catron 4-H Club Meets for March Work at School
Twenty four 4 H Club members and leaders met at the Catron school building at 9 00 Saturday morning March 11 for the first meeting since February. Officers led a business session and each project chairman reported progress. Mrs Sharp and Mrs Streeter reported four meetings with good attendance and activity. Ruby Crabb's group discussed literature delays but held a session on table setting and knife fork and spoon use. The next meeting is April 1 at 1 50 pm with the foods group in charge. it will be open to parents and friends. Jaskio O C Wiehne, Cane Girardeau school superintendent, requests a full time public health nurse for rural schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catrol School
Gardens Pay Big Returns in Missouri Gardens
Missouri farmers can net about 15099 dollars from a cash investment of 8723 for one half acre, says J W C Anderson of the Missouri College of Agriculture. Records show averages across many gardens with one third acre yielding 22.2 percent. He notes gardens cut food costs, provide fresh vegetables, and boost family health and the farm’s food standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J W C Anderson
Mossoun College of Agriculture
County Rural Schools To Have Music Fete
Scott county will stage its first Rural School Music Festival at Chaffee high school gym Friday with 800 children. The program starts at 10 am and features county chorus numbers, a 150-voice select chorus, contests by school size, an operetta titled A Year in Marys Garden with 100 plus children, rhythm and harmonica groups, and exhibiti ons. Transportation by school buses, lunches to be brought, and out-of-county judges selected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County
Chaffee High School
H. L. Finley
Finley
Mary’s Garden
Chaffee
Morehouse News and Sikeston Visits
Mrs. Wm. Dillion shopped to Sikeston Monday Phil Wofford transacted business in St. Louis Monday. Tia Kem spent the week end with Sybil Medcalf in Sikeston. Lena Muriel Schrum of Sikeston visited her sister Ula Schrum here Monday. Mrs. Mary Newton is seriously ill at her home suffering with ptomaine poison. Mr. and Mrs G aA. Goza and son Hudson of Chaffee visited friends here Monday. Misses Frances and Louie James and Isabella Love shopped in Sikeston Monday. Theodore Braggs left Monday for Jacksonville Fla where he will seek employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Dillion
Sikeston
Phil Wofford
St. Louis
Tla Kem
Sybil Medcalf
Lena Muriel Schrum
Ula Schrum
Mary Newton
G Aa
Goza
Hudson
Chaffee
Frances
Louie James
Isabella Love
Theodore Braggs
Jacksonville
Fla
Local Social News and Miscellaneous Updates
Bill McFarland Dorotha Lee Dunfee and Bobby Jo Hunt are on the sick list this week. A miscellaneous shower was given for Mrs Lee Salter, a recent bride, Tuesday afternoon. Miss Elizabeth Hoehn, a teacher in the grade school, spent the weekend in St Louis. The Ladies Missionary Society will sponsor a tea this afternoon at the home of Mrs Anna Blaylock. Mrs Jake Shelby sprained an arm and bruises when she tripped at home last Sunday. Rev Harold Ray and family visiting friends in St Louis this week. A surprise birthday party was given Saturday afternoon for Billy Summers birthday with about 20 guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill McFarland
Dorotha Lee Dunfee
Bobby Jo Hunt
Lee Salter
Elizabeth Hoehn
St. Louis
Ladies Missionary Society
Anna Blaylock
Jake Shelby
Harold Ray
Billy Summers
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Catron 4-H Club
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Vailes Cemeters
Ware
Valiet White House
Jaskio
Morehouse News
Scott County Abstract Company
Benton, Harns D. Sans Mataede
Ford
Ysa Cars
J. Wm. Foley Motor Company
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