Mastitis control tips and dairy price trends in Missouri
Four tips to eliminate mastitis in dairy herds from the American Veterinary Medical Association include proper milking machine use, cooperation between herdsmen and veterinarians, teat end hygiene with alcohol, and strict sanitation. Watchful diagnosis by veterinarians is essential. Missouri dairy economics predict May milk price declines due to seasonal production and a 6 percent rise in early 1956 output. Butter fat price remains steady. 1955 red meat production hit a new high at 26.9 billion pounds with beef and pork leading totals. veal fell slightly while mutton and lamb rose modestly.
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American Veterinary Medical Association
AVMA
Missouri
University of Missouri
S. F. Whitted
Crop Reporting Board
USDA
Oxytocin Helps Dairy Heifers Milk Letdown Says AVMA
The American Veterinary Medical Association reports that a veterinarian may inject oxytocin at milking to aid heifers that resist milk flow. Oxytocin, a synthetic hormone, stimulates milk release. rarely a second dose is needed.
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American Veterinary Medical Association
4-H Club Work Promotes Youth Citizenship and Gardening
Missouri Extension Service outlines how 4-H club work builds character leadership and service in children ages 4 to 8. Parents are urged to attend sanctions, select suitable projects, and support their children while ensuring responsibility for actual work. Gardening projects grow from home family plots to larger scales for sale with calendars and demonstrations.
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Missouri Agriculture Extension Service
Porenniis
Cotton Market News Service Applications Available in Missouri
Applications for the Smith Doxey cotton classification and market news services are open through Aug. 1 in Missouri. James O Wardlaw, head of the Hayti Classing Office, urges growers to file early after planting to ensure ginning classing. Eligible producers include organized improvement groups with over nine thousand members and 405 thousand bales classified for 1955. These services help farmers learn cotton grade and staple and estimate value.
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Smith-Doxey
James O. Wardlaw
Agricultural Marketing Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Missouri
Missouri Farm Foundation Scholars Awarded Nine
County extension agent Tom B Stroup is named one of four Missouri recipients of the Farm Foundation Scholarship for extension workers. The program requires a graduate level course in agricultural policy titled Principles in the Development of Agricultural Policy to be taken during regional summer terms, with study covering local to international issues and their impact on extension programs. Armyworms appear in field crops across the county prompting early control advice and spraying guidelines using toxaphene and dieldrin, with cautions about hay cutting intervals. Grasshoppers also begin hatching and should be sprayed promptly with aldrin or heptachlor per acre.
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Tom B. Stroup
Farm Foundation
Missouri
Quericultural Extension Service
Army Noumsa
Lee Tull
Near Commerce
Neely Leigh
Sikeston
James Dumey
Raw Garbage to Swine Law Violations Reported in Missouri
Dr. J. A. Rosner warns that feeding raw garbage to swine violates Missouri law and could trigger a Vesicular Exanthama outbreak harming public health and livestock. The law requires garbage to be boiled 212 degrees for 30 minutes. private household waste is exempt, but commercial garbage requires a processing permit. Seven violators prosecuted this month with more under investigation. potential losses run into millions if noncompliance continues.
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Jefferston City
Missouri
J. A. Rosner
Rosner
State Department of Agriculture
Minapuri
Local notes detail residents visiting and events in Arkansas
The column lists residents and relatives visiting in Jonesboro and nearby towns, including trips to Carbondale for a university student and to Columbia for a family guest. It mentions hospital returns, church society meetings, a rural youth club awards event, and community meals with multiple local names and places such as St Mary’s Hospital, Chaffee, Wickliffe, and Blan.
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Tands. Murphy
Dovel Burktaller
Southern Hino University
Carbondale
Fred Burkstaller
Columbia
Carroll Martin
Raeth
Aly
E. S. Nelson
Norma Lee Nelson
St. Louis
West
Lon Ehlmurray
Wickliffe
C. W. Hawkins
Bob Powell
Cairo
Jonesboro
Arkansas
Sire
Allen Moreton
Prince Sextes
Henry Ward
Chaffee
The
Woosen’s Society of Christan Servir
Mississippi County Farm News and Extension Agent Update
Mississippi County farmers are urged to stay alert for insect outbreaks with reports of oat damage from armyworms in Wolf Island area. Recommendations include scouting, selective spraying using 2 pounds of actual toxaphene or 4 ounces of divinrin per acre, and avoiding certain combinations. Beetles, moles, and poultry pests are discussed with practical control tips. The column also notes economic views from University of Missouri economist O. R. Johnson on agriculture amid broader business booms and a dry, variable rain outlook for crops.
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Seeral
van Tate
Tas
Tne
O. R. Johnson
University of Missouri
Johnnson
Federal Reserve System
Canital
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Long term vegetation kill methods eyed for small plots
The author discusses chemical options to inhibit vegetation for a year or more in small areas. Sodium chloride and salt are too corrosive, while Karmex at high rates could work for over one season. Caution notes include water runoff harming nearby plants and high costs, recommending restricted use on small zones.
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Telver
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Wathe
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Likeston Steel Building CO
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Cid Hasse
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Smalls Set
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Mee
Thompson
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Iona
Lal Thes Wall
Natehee
Miss
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Mansfield
Ohio
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South Bend
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Brownwood
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Chan Hoaty
Dhe
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P. Vaihty
Hoy Pik
Ehiby Mitte Wo Ower
Eal Owerk
Ley
Chiistee
Angus
Mary Lou Gage
Lusk Chapel
University of Missouri Extension Entomologists
Mississippi County Farm News
Oc. Beaigh
Leney Heath
Evers
Scott Insurance Agency
Stallcup Bldg
Sikeston, Ma
Allis-Chalmers
Netronal Farm
Neme
Sikeston Farm Equipment Co
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