District Farmers Battle Army Worms In Sikeston Area
Sikeston district farmers abandon other field work to combat army worms devastating corn, clover, alfalfa, and hay. Reports say yields in near mature wheat and oats will fall. 20 tons of poison bran for about 2500 acres has been distributed, hand sown with protective gloves.
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Sikeston
State Experiment Station
Benton
Courty
F. B. Veatch Jr
Veatch
Farm Bureau
Wheat crop may be drastically cut in coming season
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration warned that a bumper wheat crop could trigger the largest acreage reductions since the New Deal era. Officials expect harvests of about 925 million to 1.0 billion bushels, with a surplus of around 290 million from last year. To prevent larger surpluses, the next wheat acreage allotment will demand sharp cuts, potentially forcing operators to seed about 50 million acres. Delta Charles M. Burbaugh, 65, died at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Funeral services held in Jackson, his former home.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Agricultural Department
AAA
Delta
Charles
Burbaugh
Southeast Missouri
Cape Girardeau
Jackson
Preparing Now for Winter Food Needs Canning Guide
Miss Ella Fikuart outlines how to plan and equip home canning for acid and non acid foods. She details water bath steam methods and pressure canning, plus suggests growing and using herbs like parsley mint basil thyme sage and marjoram for flavoring throughout the season.
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Ella Fikuart
Scott County
Tour Of Sikeston Experiment Field By Extension Agents
Extension agents from southeast Missouri counties will tour the Sikeston Experiment Station north of Sikeston next Tuesday. Operated by the University of Missouri Field Crops Department, the meeting will present results from various experiments and launch a series of visits to inspect the experimental plots for farmers in their counties.
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Missouri
Sikeston
Field Crops Department
The
University of Missouri
State College of Agriculture
Scott County
Carl Luper
State Experiment Station
North Missouri
Soybeans Justify Wider Use in Scott County
County Agent Veatch notes new advantages for soybeans this year. Farmers may increase acreage as soybeans can replace hay during shortages caused by lack of clover and alfalfa. Soybeans for hay fit rotations with small grains and seed is cheaper. they yield hay comparable to alfalfa and are easy to grow under varied conditions.
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Scott County
Veatch
Missouri
Wool loan bolsters market as 20c wool seen as floor
Otto Diebold of the Midwest Wool Growers Association says the Commodity Credit Corporation wool loan stabilizes prices, with light medium wool around 20c per grease pound. The loan is recourse, but producers won’t repay if market value falls below loan value. Loans open via the association. Diebold will explain details.
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Otto Diebold
Midwest Wool Growers Association
Commodity Credit Corporation
Diebold
New Gin Equipment for Planters Cotton Co
The Planters Cotton Company under manager W. W. Lankford is installing modern gin machinery west of the Frisco tracks and will complete work next week. The update includes Mitchell cleaners feeds extractors new saws brushes for four stands plus a pre-cleaner distributor and separator. Lankford says it is the most modern gin equipment available.
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The
Planters Cotton Company
W. W. Lankford
Frisco
Mitchell
Lankford
Scott County Real Estate Transfers Headline
Scott County transfers list multiple parcels in Sikeston Blodgett and Time with prices from 1 to 850 dollars. Carrie Winters transfers to John Houck lot 6 block 19 Oran. Edith Becker to Ruth Kendig Fletcher addition Sikeston. Various other transfers include Parkland Sikeston Chamber of Commerce to the city and Blodgett additions with sums shown.
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Carrie Winters
John Houck
Oran
Everett Francis
Fisther Yoffie
Parkland
Sikeston
Edith Becker
Ruth Kendig
Fletcher
Homer York
Ella Vogelsang
Chamber of Commerce
G. A. Dempster
FE. C. Matthews
R. E. Bailey
Sikeston Woman's Club
Benton Democrat
Black locust trees planted for erosion control in Missouri
Missouri 4-H club members have planted 210 950 black locust seedlings on waste lands this spring to combat erosion and gullies. The trees were obtained through county extension offices under a cooperative agreement among the Agricultural Extension Department University of Missouri the U S Forest Service and the Missouri Conservation Commission.
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Missouri 4-l Club
Agricultural Extension Department University of Missouri
U.S. Forest Service
Missouri Conservation Commission
Missouri urged to buy cotton products in wartime drive
Governor Lloyd C. Stark urged Missourians to buy cotton goods and products made from cotton to help reduce the surplus of the cash crop. The proclamation calls for use of cotton in every practical way and notes the campaign as a state effort. A separate coupon offer promises a free can of Peter Pan June Peas, to be redeemed at participating grocers.
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Lloyd C. Stark
Record-breaking 1937 crop leaves 13 million bales carryover
The speaker emphasized the significance of the crop to the south eastern section and the nation in dollars and employment. He noted that the 1937 harvest set a record and left a carryover of 13,000,000 bales, underscoring ongoing economic impact.
White Robin Observed in Warrensburg for Third Year
A white robin with a red breast was seen in Warrensburg by Mrs. M. C. Mattinger for the third consecutive year. Albino phases of many Missoun game birds and animals have appeared at times, including Bobwhite quail and even bullfrogs.
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Warrensburg
M. C. Mattinger
Missoun
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Sikeston and Oran, Missouri
Scotty County
Planters Cotton CO
Scott County Abstract Company
Barnsets
Blattner Brothers
Highway 61
Home Oil CO
Sikeston Auction Co
WHITE
Sikeston Bull Service
Sikeston, MO
U.S. Highway 60
International Shoe Factory
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Guernsey Stock Farm
Bismarck
Missouri State College of Agriculture
Columbia
State of
College of Agriculture
State of Missouri
Missouri Pacific Guernsey Stock Farm
State College of Agriculture Farms
United States
Phoenix
Ariz
E. J. Keith and
Paul Buchholz
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