Scott County among first to have agricultural extension agent
On the twenty fifth anniversary of the Agricultural Extension Service Missouri recalls the start in 1914. H B Derr was Scott county's first farm adviser with a Sikeston show room. The 1914 Smith Lever Act launched the program. By the silver anniversary the service reports 110 county agents and 61 home demonstration agents, 26 000 4 H members and 37 000 women extension members, and over 1 000 000 calls last year across the state.
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United States
Agricultural Extension Service
Scott County
H. B. Derr
Sikeston
Congress
University of Missouri
C M. McWilliams
Cape Girardeau County
S. M. Jordan
Pettis County
Scott
Buchanan
Johnson
Dade
Audrain
Jackson
Marion
Cooper
Progressive Movement
Carroll
Butler
Knox
St. Charles
Missouri Agricultural Extension Service
College of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Strate
Insurance Basis for Winter Egg Supply in Poultry
County Agent Lane reports six Scott county calls about coccidiosis in weeklong chick crops. Emphasizes strict sanitation, dry quarters, clean feed and water, movable feeders on low wire platforms, screened roosts, regular manure removal, lime or ashes to deter flies, and isolation of stock to prevent parasite spread.
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Lane
Benton
Scott County
Plant vegetables for maximum benefits in Scott County
County Extension Agent Lane urges successive plantings of radishes lettuce endive kale mustard bloomsdale spinach beets carrots and other greens to harvest at peak eating stage. Plant a few feet of row every two weeks to keep vegetables in their best flavor throughout the growing season. Plant as soon as soil and weather permit despite a backward year.
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Scott County
Lane
Bloomsdale
Wevk
North Sector of Big Ditch to Be Recleaned
The Little River Drainage District contracts for cleaning Ditch No 1 from its start to Rockview a distance of 514 miles. The Delta CCC camp will clear the ditch immediately, having previously cleared 30 miles from south of Highway 60 to Rockview. Ditch No 1 begins near Cape Girardeau and ends at Big Lake about 20 miles south of the Arkansas line, making it the longest ditch in the district.
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Big Ditch
Little River Drainage District
Rockview
Delta CCC
Delta Camp
Highway 60
Cape Girardeau
Big Lake
Arkansas Line
Little River
Prices for spring lambs rise at Kansas City market
Prices received for choice spring lambs at the Kansas City market average about 10.95 per hundred pounds in the first three weeks of the season, about $1.50 above 1958 levels and near 1937 levels. If the trend holds, late May to early June should see prices around 10.50 per hundred pounds or higher. Marketing lighter lambs now may yield greater profits than waiting.
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Kansas City
Outlook
Lane
Scott County dairymen meet in Sikeston
Scott county dairymen meet at the Reiss Dairy in Sikeston at 9:30 a m on Tuesday May 16 to discuss efficient sanitary milk production. Warren Guiford dairy specialist from Missouri College of Agriculture will cover increased production, sanitary milk, and city health department milk sale regulations. All dairymen are invited.
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Scott County
Reiss
Sikeston
Larne
Warren Guiford
Missouri College of Agriculture
Civil Service Exams Set For Sikeston Post Office
Forty one applicants will take civil service exams for the substitute clerk carrier position at Sikeston post office on Saturday May 20 at Sintex ton High School. Chris L. Francis will supervise the examinations. No vacancy currently exists. one examination is a routine requirement.
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Carrier
Sikeston
Sinxeston High School
Chris L. Francis
New Wheat Farms May Receive Allotments
Scott county wheat farmers who plan to seed this fall for 1940 harvest must request 2 allotments if they expect any, per Evin Burke chair of the Scott County Agricultural Conservation Association. New farms not harvesting in 1957 1938 or 1959 require a written request and must be filed by Saturday May 24 1945. If no request is received the county committee will assume no allotments are wanted. James Barker of Poplar Bluff teaches the first aid class.
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Scott County
Evin Burke
Scott County Agricultural Conservation Association
James Barker
Poplar Bluff
New Madrid Doctor at Poplar Bluff Camp
Dr. George R. Pennington, contract surgeon of the New Madrid CCC drainage camp, is at the Poplar Bluff CCC camp for 10 days while the camp’s medical officer is on leave. During Pennington’s absence from the New Madrid camp the article notes the temporary arrangement.
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George R. Pennington
New Madre
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New Madrid
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Wade Tucker
Laforge Cooperative Association
Charleston
R. C. Davis
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Farm Security Administration
A. F. Tinsley
LaForge
Wade
New Madrid County
Moore-Harris Abstract Company
Misoun
O. L. Spencer
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