Alfalfa Harvests Boosted by Pick-Up Balers in Missouri District
A Missouri farm near Sikeston uses two pick-up hay balers to harvest a 47-acre alfalfa field, yielding two tons per acre from the first cutting. The machines, praised by local dealers, cut eight-hour days to produce 80 to 100 bales hourly, with four workers per baler. Other farms report strong alfalfa crops, while cotton stands suffer from cold and rain. corn prospects improve with better weather.
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Sikeston
B. F. Marshall Sr
Theodore Hopper
John Deere
McCormick-Deering
Sikeston Tractor and Implement Company
Boyce Farm Equipment Company
Charley Boyce
Ernest Hedden
Herald
Marshall Farm
Hopper
South Dakota
Ellis Alcorn
Dale
Delmar
Darrell
McMullin
Steve Hunter
Roy Johnson
Alcorn
Farmers witness hay baler demo near Sikeston
Otto Hahs, Sikeston Case dealer, reports many farmers attended a Case pick up hay baler demonstration on the J. J. Reiss farm east of Sikeston last Saturday. Seven acres of alfalfa yielded fifteen tons in three hours. The baler and side-delivery hayrake were sold to S. R. Schuchart and are in use on his Morehouse area farm.
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Otto Hahs
Sikeston
J. I. Case Company
Farm Implements
J. J. Reiss
Hahs
S. R. Schuchart
Morehouse
Scott County farm reporters approved for conservation work
Twenty one farm reporters are recommended to the Missouri State Agriculture Conservation Committee for approval. Evin Burke says they will be trained and sent to the field after the first week in June to help Scott county farmers prove compliance with the 1940 Agriculture Conservation program. They will act as trained assistants, not detectives. Cooperation in 1939 aided efficient work and quicker payments to farmers. Beef cattle prices are expected to stay favorable with cattle on feed trends in the Corn Belt and national marketings changing through mid 1940.
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Missouri State Agriculture Conservation Committee
Evin Burke
Scott County Agriculture Conservation Association
Scott County
Reduce Crop Hazards With Sorghum Planting Advice
Missouri farmers are urged to plant sorghum as a risk hedge against drought chinch bugs and grasshoppers. Elmer Grant and others report sorghum yields two to three times corn on good land and better results under drought, with Atlas sorgo and Sunrise kafir highlighted as productive varieties through seed certification.
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Scott County
Drouth
Elmer Grant
Sikeston
Joe Diebold
Wheat Crop Loans Set at 64 Cents a Bushel
Secretary Wallace announced the 1940 wheat loan rate would average 64 cents per bushel, up from 63 cents last year, after a week of price declines totaling as much as 34 cents per bushel.
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Wallace
War-weary Mothers and Children Call for Red Cross Aid
War weary mothers and children appeal for protection as Europe’s fields yield tragedy. The American Red Cross has been mobilized again to ease suffering. Readers are urged to support by contributing to their local chapter now.
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America
Europe
Ameri
Red Cross
McCormick-Deering Hay Balers Promised To Save Labor
This ad touts the McCormick-Deering Type M hay baler as a long life, time saving and labor saving outfit. It claims the baler removes pitchfork work from hay making and invites readers to learn the full story about the new machine.
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McCormick-Deering
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Scott County Milling Co
Sikeston Gin Co
W. H. Sikes
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Fish & White
Sikeston, Mo
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GMC
YMAC
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Semo Motor Company
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