900-Lb Hog Set for Fat Barrow Show in New Madrid
Hal Hunter Jr of the New Madrid Junior Chamber announces that Challenge Me, a 900-pound Poland China boar, will headline the Fat Barrow Show in New Madrid on April. The event features 4-H exhibitors with about 100 barrows, judged by E. M. Woods, with classes by weight and a Danish system awarding blue red and white ribbons and prize money. The sale follows the show at 1:00 p.m. with premium payments after project records are checked.
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Hal Hunter Jr
New Madrid
E. M. Woods
Missouri Farm Bureau Federation
Woods
Missouri
Chamber of Commerce of
Barrow
Giant Electric Plant To Be Built Near Poplar Bluff
Plans announced for a large electric generating plant near Highway 60 four miles west of Poplar Bluff. The M. & A. Electric Power Cooperative received $2.9 million from Rural Electrification Administration last May to install a 10,000 kilowatt plant and about 112 miles of 69,000 volt lines with substations. Contracts awarded include Cooper-Bessemer for generating units at $987,090 and various suppliers for transformers and equipment. The plant serves Ozark Border, Scott-New Madrid-Mississippi, and Black River electric co-operatives. Officers are Glenn Baker, H C Knappenberger, Ansel I Moore, and Gerald Ferrell.
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Highway 60
Poplar Bluff
M. & A. Electric Power Cooperative
Rural Electrification Administration
Washington
Essex
Ozark Border Electric Co-operative
Scott-New Madrid- Mississippi
Sikeston
Black River Electric Co-operative
Ironton
Chicago
M. & A. Co-operative
Glenn Baker
Hayti
H. C. Knappenberger
Blytheville
Ark
Ansel I. Moore
Gerald Ferrell
Corning
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