Seed Wheat Shortage Hits North Missouri Farmers
New Madrid County Extension News reports a likely seed wheat shortage for fall planting across Missouri with high winterkill in the north. Varieties suited to the region include Missouri early premium Clarkan Fulhio Poole Michigan wonder and Falcaster. Local agents seek farmer reports on acreages and pure wheat lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
J. Ross Fleetwood
Missouri College of Agriculture
Poole
Michigan
4 H Breakfast Club Organized in New Madrid
A 4 H Breakfast Club was organized at Mrs R S Summer home in New Madrid on May 7 with eight members. Officers elected include President Virginia Teal Vice President Ida Mae Mainard Secretary Thelma Shainberg Reporter Margaret Teal Marjory Riley Jimmie Marie Cole Louise Stepp and Glenna Conway. Mrs Summer will lead with Mary Anne Teal as assistant leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. S. Summer
New Madrid
Virginia Teal
Ida Mae Mainard
Thelma Shainberg
Margaret Teal
Marjory Riley
Jimmie Marie Cole
Louise Stepp
Glenna Conway
Parma 4-H Club Holds Second Meeting in Gym
Nearly fifty Parma Community 4-H Club members and leaders met in the gym on May 6 to receive club literature and usage instructions. Extension Agents announced the district 4-H camp at Methodist Assembly Grounds Arcadia Missouri from July 22 to 31 with a $3.65 camp expense and transportation costs. The Parma club voted to meet on the first Tuesday night each month for business and a social period.
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Parma Community 4-H
Methodist Assembly Grounds
Arcadia
Parma Club
Warns Against Melon Insects Striped cucumber beetle eyed as top pest
Melon growers report the striped cucumber beetle as a major threat. County Agent Teal advises dusting plants as soon as they emerge and after each rain to achieve effective control.
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Teal
Cotton stamp program to reward reduced 1941 crop
Farmers participating in Missouri's Supplementary Cotton Program will earn cotton stamps worth 10 cents per pound of the reduced acreage. Stamps can buy cotton goods. issuances depend on performance checks after the 1941 AAA Farm Program. Deadline to sign up is June 14 at the County AAA office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Cambron
New Madrid County
AAA Committee
Missouri
Cambron
AAA
Dust control and rodent poison mix guidance
Instructional note describes dust suppression using calcium arsenate with gypsum at 8 to 10 pounds per acre and field mice control via a poison mix. The bait combines strychnine, laundry starch, baking soda, corn syrup, and wheat or oats with specific dissolving steps and mixing instructions for even distribution.
Meetings Well Attended At Farm Defense Sessions
County ACA organized twenty five meetings to promote Food for Defense. Over 100 attendees at Matthews High School heard C A Critchlow urge more hogs dairy products poultry and eggs and garden produce. Officials noted extra acreages of sweetcorn beans tomatoes and peas can be grown without cannery contracts, and processing by canning or drying won’t deplete supplies. Government prices announced hogs nine dollars per hundredweight butter fat thirty one cents per pound chickens sixteen cents per pound eggs two dollars twenty cents per dozen. Tomatoes bought by canning factories receive a subsidy of two dollars seventy five to three dollars per ton, about fifteen dollars per ton for the season.
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ACA
Matthews High School
C. A. Critchlow
Rat-Hilling Time Ends in Two Days
Fred Geske, a farmer near Canaloa, and two men with four dogs killed 131 rats in under two days as part of the Rat Bulitzkrieg. He prepared by removing floor boards and wiring the crib, routing rats from burrows as dogs secured them. Geske plans a ratproof reflooring and already wired sides to save over $100 yearly in corn losses.
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Fred Geske
Canaloa
Bulitzkrieg
Geske
Giant Cotton Tent to Span Mud Mountain Dam Site
Seattle workers will beneath a vast cotton canvas shelter the Mud Mountain dam project. The world’s largest tent covers 29,000 feet of rope and 13,000 square yards of ten ounce waterproof fabric. Dry weight 30,000 pounds. snow load could reach 640,000 pounds.
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Seatle
Wash
Seattle
National Cotton Council
Mud Mountain
Washington State
Duramin Said To Prolong Life Of Rubber Tires
P J Schlosser announces B F Goodrich uses Duramin in 1941 tire line as a vitamin like chemical to resist aging. The material, created after years of research, retards deterioration in treads sidewalls and reduces heat inside tire carcasses improving durability and performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Goodrich
B. F. Goodrich Company
P. J. Schlosser
P. J. Auto Supply
Schlosser
Harold Gray
Com
Pany
Silvertown
Grizzly Bears Declared Extinct Across U.S. Except Montana Wyoming
A claim notes grizzly bears are extinct in all states except Montana and Wyoming, where populations persist. The statement frames a narrow geographic survival, highlighting the two states as remaining bear habitats.
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United States
Montana
Wyoming
Cotton stalks now bring cash to farmer in Sunflower County
National Cotton Week May 16 24 marks a boost for Sunflower County Mississippi cotton farmers as Toledo based firm signs 11000 ton stalk contract for cellulose. Farmers earn 750 per ton baled stalks at gins with about two tons per acre and 3 per ton gathering costs. Ore sample analysis cost drops from 100 to 2 50 per ton.
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Toledo
Ohio
Sunflower County
Misssissippi
Poison ivy only harms humans, not other creatures
A brief note states that poison ivy does not poison any creature other than humans. It clarifies that animals are not affected in the same way and reinforces the human-specific reaction to this plant.
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County Farm Extension News
Paul H. Teal
Veterinary Association
J. W. Moore
Southeast Missouri Veterinary Medical Association
Hayti
Dr. Moore
J. W. Trowbridge
Malden
H. G. Cathey
W. O. Burnett
W. E. Hammock
Ted Polen
A. D. Brown
P. H. Teal
Parma
Sikeston
Fercuson
Ford Mater Ga
Herald
Caleb Smith
Sikeston, MO
Sikeston Hatchery
Duramin
Dea
Matthews
Lewis & Matthews Implement Company
John Watts
F. & M. Oil Co
Mississippi
Scott County Milling CO
Gristo
Scott County Milling Company
Oran, Dexter
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