New Madrid County Farm Show Plans and Dairy Breeds
Bert Femmer reports a county wire clarifies that tomatoes beans peas and corn will not deplete when processed by canning or freezing. No cannery contract required under current provisions. Show will feature adult and 4-H judging, with Holstein breeders from Southeast Missouri urged to enter. First black and white show in the district, with other district associations already holding annual events.
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Bert Femmer
ACA
Femmer
Guy Kennedy
State Hospital No. 4
Farmington
Missouri
ACA committee reports strong turnout at film showings
Earl Cambron of the New Madrid County ACA Committee notes good attendance for the films Plow, Planes and Peace and The River. Attendees numbered 55 in Matthews, 60 in Gideon, 320 in Parma, 115 in Portageville, and 75 in New Madrid, with Bert Femmer of the ACA office introducing the screenings and speaking on the department of agriculture food program recently launched.
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Earl Cambron
New Madrid
ACA
Matthews
Gideon
Parma
Portageville
Bert Femmer
Department of Agriculture
Bangs disease tests in New Madrid county cows
Dr. T. T. Maize, federal tester, completed a first round survey of 242 head in New Madrid county. Thirty two reactors, ten suspects, and 200 free of disease were found across 55 farms visited. Farmers consented to sell reactors and waive indemnity for two years pending state funds. Further testing planned with officials asking farmers to list cows at the Extension office.
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Bang
T. T. Maize
New Madrid County
Malta
Maize
New Madrid
Teal
Daily Show at Cape Girardeau Holstein Show
The Southeast Missouri Black and White show will be held in Cape Girardeau on Thursday May 29. F J Armstrong was elected superintendent and committees include Wm McElreath Ernest Lihn T P Head A M Schoenhoff August Siemers Joe Hale and others. Breeders will be visited to encourage full herd display. The grounds committee aims for an educational event showcasing dairy cows in farm condition without fitting.
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Southeast Missouri
Cape Girardeau
New Madrid
A M. Schoenhoff
August Siemers
Joe Hale
Wheat Marketing Quota Referendum May 31
Wheat farmers will vote in a May referendum on wheat marketing quotas to protect income and guide sales as national food programs shift to increased pork dairy and poultry output. ACA leader Earl Cambron notes quotas stabilize prices amid over supply and global demand, urging unified farming action.
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Earl Cambron
New Madrid County
ACA
United States
Canada
Australia
Farm Handiwork Club Elects Officeless Start
Secretary Eva Geary and local leader Luella Griffith headline a farm handiwork club meeting with officers not yet elected. Members include Imogene Johnson Hazel Trout Lois Conyers Estelle Nimmo and Opal Nevill along with Thadeena Bryant and others. Eight boys enrolled so far are James Everett Geary Raymond Virgil Oliver Richard Jackie Campbell John Cowgar and Raymond Heffington.
Wheat allotments set for 1912 harvest in New Madrid County
Eywin Cambron, chairman of the New Madrid County ACA Committee, states that wheat allotments are being established for the 1912 harvest. All farms with wheat planted for harvest in 1939 1910 or 1941 will receive an allotment.
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New Madrid
Eywin Cambron
New Madrid County
ACA
Wheat allotment rules for 1942 farm applicants
Any farm without a wheat allotment that wants an allotment for 1942 must submit a written request to the County Committee for a new wheat allotment before June 1, 1941. No request for a 1912 new wheat farm allotment will be considered after that date. If wheat was not planted on the farm in 1939 1940 or 1941 you will be eligible for a new wheat allotment for 1912.
Use of Harvester Combines in Missouri Station Bulletin 426
University of Missouri bulletin summarizes survey data from 182 Missouri combine owners on 1937 38 and 1939 seasons. Combines generally economical and satisfactory with six hours average downtime per season. Repair costs 2 3 cents per acre. Costs vary by annual acreage harvested, with five foot machines averaging 124 per acre and 238 acres per season. Grain losses depend on grain condition adjustments and operator skill. One third to one half of work is custom harvesting. bulletin covers operation adjustments and management guidance.
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Missouri
University of Missouri College of Agriculture
U.S. consumes majority of world rubber output
The United States, representing about 7 percent of global population, uses 56 percent of the world’s rubber production, highlighting disproportionate consumption relative to population size.
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United States
Touch, the universal sense shared by all living beings
The sense of touch stands as the only sense common to every living creature, linking a broad range of experiences from pressure and texture to temperature and pain. It underpins interaction with the environment, influencing protection, exploration, and social connection across species.
Post office janitor pleads guilty to letter theft
POPLAR BLUFF William F Hudson aged 48 a janitor at the local post office was ordered held for the October term of the U S District court at Cape Girardeau after pleading guilty to federal charges of taking six dollars from a letter. CHAFFEE Fire damaged a workshop behind the Leo Trapp meat market causing about 600 in losses. The fire is blamed on a furnace flue used for rendering lard and no other buildings were harmed.
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Poplar Bluff
Wm. F. Hudson
U. S. District Court
Cape Girardeau
U.S
Arno Ponder
Frank Trapp
Leo Trapp
Trapp
Buckley
Funeral for Mullard Watson in Caruthersville
Mullard Watson aged 54 died from injuries after being struck by a car while crossing a street in Caruthersville. He suffered a fractured skull and both legs were broken. Tilford Palmer, driver of the automobile, was exonerated by a coroner's jury.
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Caruthersville
Mullard Watson
Blytheville Hospital
Tilford Palmer
Robber Holds Up Alvarado Station Attendant
A lone masked gunman robbed Alvarado service station early Friday taking 41 dollars and locked attendant Paul Menz in the basement before apparently fleeing in an automobile.
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Cape Girardeau
Alvarado
Paul Menz
Drowning Mystery Near Poplar Bluff Claims Local Man
Authorities in Missouri and Arkansas probe the drowning of 69 year old John Kretch a Ripley County resident whose body was found in Black River near Pocahontas on Sunday His pocket book and billfold were missing from the scene suggesting foul play or foul weather implications remain under investigation.
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Poplar Bluff
Missouri
Arkansas
John Kretch
Ripley County
Black River
Pocahontas Sunday
Bill Fold
Lilbourne frame-school to serve local Methodist church
A new frame-school building for the Methodist congregation at Lilbourne began Monday. It will cost about 7000 dollars, seat 225 persons, and provide on site facilities for local and educational activities. The church, led by Rev. Herman Wagner, has grown recently with a housing project boosting the village population. A Coca Cola Bottling Co plant near completion near Cape Girardeau is expected to start around June 1. In Poplar Bluff, Tom Phelps, hunter and farmer of Butler county, killed a 32 pound lynx.
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Labor Home
Morehouse
Russell Cockrell
Euleta Savage
Jennie Mae Gault
Louise Hef
Lilbourn
Herman Wagner
Iiilbourn
Cape Girardeau
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Poplar Bluff
Tom Phelps
Butler County
Lynx and Bob Cats Slain in Local County Mix
The Sunday event involved a lynx believed to be the largest of its kind killed in the area after it had already damaged poultry at the John Daugherty farm. In the same period, Phelps has killed 65 bob cats in the county since July 1939.
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John Daugherty
Phelps
Milk production surges in the cotton belt says agriculture dept
The agriculture department reports a ten year rise in dairy herds across the cotton belt outpacing New England and mid Atlantic regions. Milk consumption on southern farms grows by 500 million pounds yearly while butter production jumps 91 percent in cotton belt factories. The north faces little southward competition though overall dairy expansion remains needed. Read The Herald for full farm news.
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Washington
South
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Middlewest
Agriculture Department
Department
North
Midwest
Notheast
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Food For Defense
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New Madrid Aca
Ruby Ralph
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FSA
Emil G. Tipp
LaForge Fsa
Anne Sillers
Maxwell Williams
Gideon Kiwanis Club
Marshall Ferrell
John M. Hobbs
J. D. Twitty
County Home Economics Council
John Haubold
The
Jolly Neighbors Home Economics Club
Gus Eceman
C. N. Elliott
Wilson Elliott
Reuben Boyd
United Farm People
McMullin
Missouri Corn Growers Association
Missouri College of Agriculture
C. F. McMullin Estate
Likeston
Seme News
Hahs Machine Works
J. Otto Hahs
Frisco
Sikeston
Herald
Caleb Smith
Farm Land Merchant
Sikeston, MO
Scott County Milling CO
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