Scott County Farm Activities and Wheat Quotas Broadcast
A May 29 radio broadcast featuring Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard will discuss the Wheat Marketing Quotas referendum. The paper gives farm guidance urging Scott County farmers to breed sows and gilts for fall litters, detailing pasture, feed rations, and mineral supplementation for productive hogs and stronger piglets.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
National Farm and Home Hour
Scott County
AAA
Wickard
U. S
Controlling Poultry Disease and Pasture Practices
County poultrymen address disease outbreaks with steps: remove sick birds, seek veterinary diagnosis, send samples if needed, disinfect water during waiting, apply proven sanitation after diagnosis, and emphasize prevention. They also discuss inexpensive pasture systems to reduce costs, noting pastures may yield nutrients much cheaper than grains, with specific pasture rotations, equipment, and water needs for 100-125 pullets.
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Scott County
Veterinary Science Department
University of Missouri, Columbia
Missour
Simon J. Jirik
Chaffee
Mr. Jirik
Jirik
Sudan
Atlas
Lespedeza
Food For Defense
Missouri College of Agriculture Extension
Fairview Extension Club sews for Bundles for Britain
The Fairview Extension Club met May 15 at Mrs. Dela Yorks home. Twenty six cotton dresses were cut for Bundles for Britain and the club presented Fairview school with a medicine cabinet. Mrs. O Paul Jones will host June 11 for a sewing machine clinic and a covered dish luncheon.
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Fairview
Sleeping sickness hits horses in New Madrid county
Two cases of sleeping sickness causing horse deaths were found last week at Robert Evans place on the JV road near the floodway. Dr. J. W. Moore diagnosed the disease and treated several animals. County Agent Teal warns farmers to guard against the disease spread by mosquitoes and flies and notes serum treatment can help if an outbreak occurs.
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Robert Evans Place
J. W. Moore
Evans
Robert Winter
New Madrid
Teal
Dr. Moore
Seed wheat shortage noted by Missouri extension
J Ross Fleetwood crop specialist of Missouri College of Agriculture reports a wheat seed shortage in North Missouri due to winter killings. The extension office at New Madrid lists wheat growers with acreages and varieties to locate seed from Southeast Missouri if needed.
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J. Ross Fleetwood
Missouri College of Agriculture
Missouri
New Madrid
Garden Pest Remedies From County Agent Teal
Protection for melons and cucumbers comes from calcium arsenate dust at 1 to 20 by weight. Dust from planting through runners at weekly intervals. Sprays or dusts of black leaf 40 and hydrated lime control lice and cabbage worms. Beans avoid lead arsenate to prevent leaf burn. Potatoes: use lead arsenate diluted in water at 1 tablespoon per gallon. one or two applications suffice.
Food for Defense Calls for More Loans
The Production Credit Corporation of St. Louis reports a 24.3 percent rise in livestock and crop loan disbursements in the first four months of 1941 in Missouri, Arkansas, and Illinois, with 15,301 loans issued January through April. The increase reflects higher farm production to meet national food and defense needs and shows farmers' growing faith in cooperative credit associations, while few applications were declined for speculation. Buy a poppy Saturday.
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Mississippi Valley
W. S. Brock
Production Credit Corporation of
St. Louis
Missouri
Arkansas
Illinois
Brock
Guard Crops for Defense Needs in Missouri Farms
Missouri farmers are urged to protect garden and truck crops from insect damage as part of the defense program. University of Missouri experts note early-season checks prevent costly loss, detailing control methods for aphids, flea beetles, bean leaf beetles, and Colorado potato beetles with specific dust formulations and application timing.
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Missouri
George D. Jones
University of Missouri College of Agriculture
Origin of Gypsies Traced to India Not Egypt
The term gypsies allegedly arose from a belief they came from Egypt, but historical records indicate the nomadic tribes originated in India. This explanation revises the common assumption about their geographic roots and sheds light on cultural misnomers.
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Egypt
India
Girls Clothing Clubs Meet at Morehouse Office
Two clothing clubs of the Group Labor Home Community near Morehouse held their regular meetings at the office building on Saturday May 17. Miss Anne Sillers, New Madrid County Home Demonstration Agent, announced the gatherings. The Clothing Club elected Mrs Norval Harrison as leader and will meet at her home each Saturday afternoon until cotton chopping ends. Eight members attended. Miss Sillers presided and distributed work literature. The Clothing Club led by Mrs Russell Cochrell with seven members present included one new member Kathleen Simpson.
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Labor Home
Morehouse
Anne Sillers
New Madrid
Norval Harrison
Sillers
Clothing It Club
Russell Cochrell
Kathleen Simpson
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Scott County Farm Activities
Leon M. Lane
Epwspape
Srchive
Britain
Paul H. Teal
Farm Saving Stockyards, Inc
North Broadway
ST. Louis, MO
King Cotton
Sikeston Laundry
Caleb Smith
Sikeston, MO
McMullin
C.F. McMullin Estate
Likeston
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