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Sikeston Herald

Location

Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1944

Page

4

Balbo Rye Attracts Scott County Farmers And 4 H Club Efforts

Scott County farm notes forecast smaller potato output which could keep prices high and urges deep fertilizer placement for cotton. The Lemons 4 H Club reports 410000 surgical dressings for Red Cross, led by Martha Dickerson and officers. Balbo rye proves a valuable pasture and seed crop, with strong demand warns Farm Bureau to save seed and urge neighbors to do the same.

Benton Red Cross Fannie Pollack Martha Dickerson Willie Dickerson Johnny Simpson Aline Armsby Roy Simpkins Morris Young Ruth Doveys Robert Rister Blodgett Rister Farm Bureau Scott County

Fertilizing Sorghum Boosts Forage and Grain Yields

University of Missouri findings show kafir and sweet sorghums yield higher when following legumes or with manure and superphosphate. Trials in Missouri and Texas county report 61 percent forage gains with lime and superphosphate, 70 percent with full fertilizers, and 3,030 to 5,157 pounds per acre depending on treatment. sorghum roots access nutrients better than corn, offering a reliable crop in windy, dusty conditions.

Carl Q. Luper Southeast Missouri Luper A. W. Klemme University of Missouri College of Agriculture Missouri Experiment Station Texas County Atlas Forge Missouri

Missouri Feed Seed and Miller's Association Meeting

The 30th convention in St Louis drew leaders from Davis Gin and Elevator Charleston Kennett Elevator and Seed Improve with Walter Berger War Food Administration urging feed conservation. The group discussed wasting poultry mash and urged containers with lips while promoting soft red winter wheat for pastry flour and praised recent college placement salaries at Phillips Gulf and Standolind Oil.

R. C. Davis Davis Gin and Elevator Co Charleston C. R. Talbert Kennett A. J. Renner Scott County Milling Company Missouri Feed, Seed and Miller's Association St. Louis Walter Berger War Food Administration Washington Berger Charles Helm Missouri Seed Improvement Association John Parker Misouri Kansas Border Wheat Improvement Association Missouri

Rural Electrification leaders to attend St Louis meetings

H. M. Zarkor and Elon Proffer of the Scott New Madrid Mississippi Cooperative Association will attend a National Rural Electrification Association meeting in the DeSoto Hotel St. Louis on May 23 to amend by laws, followed by the State Rural Electrification Association meeting May 24 at the Mark Twain Hotel. Mrs Mildred LeSieur will attend a bookkeeper's school in Jefferson City June 19 to 24. Also notes on fabric laundering and shelling eggs appear.

H. M. Zarkor Elon Proffer Scott- New Madrid-Mississippi Cooperative Association National Rural Electrification Association DeSoto Hotel St. Louis State Rural Electrification Association Mark Twain Hotel Bookkeeper Jefferson City Mildred LeSieur Sikeston The District Association

Baccalaureate services mark Poplar Bluff graduation

Southeast Missouri brief notes report baccalaureate at the new Poplar Bluff gym for the senior class. diplomas to be awarded tonight. Also listed are local deaths, a snake bite recovery, an antique piano in Cape Girardeau, and various funeral notices across Harvel l Kelso Caruthersville Clarkton Kennett and Poplar Bluff areas.

Poplar Bluff Wm. S. Smelser Second Baptist Church Cape Girardeau R. M. Tuckey Newton and Brandbury New York Caruthersville William L. Cantrell Jr James Dickson Avery Patterson

Catholics to stage advertising campaign

The Knights of Columbus will fund a statewide effort to publish weekly Catholic advertisements for at least 52 weeks in 26 Missouri newspapers. Archbishop Glennon of St. Louis supervises the drive to explain Catholic doctrine and worship to non Catholics and clear up misunderstandings.

Missouri Glennon St. Louis Knights of Columbus

War Production Board Sets Quotas for Electric Irons

The War Production Board announced production quotas for 386,768 electric irons to eight manufacturers, bringing total authorized to 769,333. The program targets 2,000,000 irons for the year.

War Production Board

Obituary fragment notes survivors in St. Louis family

A daughter Mrs R B Bellamy of St Louis and three grandchildren survive along with one brother Joshua Wilson of St Louis. The incomplete notice mentions additional survivors in the Bellamy family.

R. B. Bellamy St. Louis Joshua Wilson

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Scott County Farm Activities Joe C. Caldwell J. W. C. Anderson Scott County Abstract Company Benton, Mo Harris D. Rogers Chillicothe Business College Phillips Petroleum Standolind Oil & Gas Gulf Oil Companies Hartford Fire Insurance Co Insurance Agency East Center ST Herald Jos. A. Leslie iSecott County Milling Company Building Anna Casualty and Surety Company of Hartford, Conn Southeast Missouri News Harviell Freddie Morrow Fred Morrow I. A. Burger Kelso Cape Girardeau Hospital Joseph Keusenko Mary Burger Portageville Baptist Church Fred Phillips Clarkton Otis Lynn Langston A. J. Langston Jackson England American Red Cross Langston First Baptist Church Puxico Hayti Blytheville Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Here Thomas Wilson Butler County Mr. Wilson America F. & M. Oil Co Goodyear Tire Headquarters F. & M. Oil Company Ben Matthews Fred Matthews Malone Avenue Sikeston, Missouri Newspaperh Acel
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