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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1940
Page
9
The new Phillips 66 Poly Gas is described as offering anti knock performance at the regular price, comparable to the higher priced premium gasoline. It claims premium price fuels often match or exceed its volatility at a lower cost.
Scott County farmers planted over 50,000 forest tree seedlings in 1940 with at least 10,000 more if supply held. Trees available through State Extension Service and Missouri Conservation Commission cooperative program at production cost. Orders through county agent. no deliveries before February due to fall planting not recommended. Species include Black locust Catalpa Black walnut Osage orange Green ash Shortleaf pine Ponderosa pine Red cedar. Orders should go to Farm Bureau office in Benton. supplies often exhausted early.
The Scott County Farm Bureau calls for strong membership growth amid global tensions. Each member will recruit others, with a specially trained group launching the drive the week of October. President Otto S. Diebold stresses broad rural farmer and business man eligibility and mandatory participation in activities.
Agricultural economists in Missouri predict a possible rise in overall price levels in coming months with hog prices likely to fall through most of the period, especially October. High quality cattle should hold, while low quality and feeder cattle prices may ease moderately. Wheat may stay near current levels unless the general price level climbs sharply. The Missouri farm price index stood at 64 on August 15, unchanged from the previous month.
Twenty two participants from Scott county attend Farm and Home Week at the University of Missouri Columbia from October 29 to 31. The thirty fifth consecutive event features lectures demonstrations by Missouri College of Agriculture faculty and visiting speakers from twelve other state colleges and the U S Department of Agriculture. About one third of Missouri counties are represented with 265 people taking part including musical and dramatic entertainment and supervised recreation alongside practical farm and home instruction. Each day opens with an early religious service followed by discussions on church family and community problems led by experienced local men and women.
A county wide training session for local leaders of food preparation clubs was held September 26 in Lilbourn. Miss Flora Carl and Miss Anne Sillers led a dinner demo and discussed food values and preparation. Food plans for a family of five were outlined, noting sugar, fats, and overall intake. Participants from multiple clubs attended and will replicate the demonstration locally.
New Madrid County reports over twenty years of limestone use surpassing 20 000 tons as part of four million tons statewide. County agent Paul H Teal notes lime is essential for establishing legumes on lime deficient soils per Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station findings begun in 1905. Since 1935 sixty six soil improvement associations help farmers access lime via demonstrations, pooled orders, pulverizers, trucks, and field spreading services.
The Golden Gate International Exposition ends a two year run on Treasure Island with 211,020 visitors on closing day, pushing 1940 attendance over six and a half million. The site will be leveled into a giant airfield as work in town and country continues. The three day finale includes state association meetings, tours, exhibits, shows, luncheons and banquets with free program copies available at the County Farm Bureau office.
Ela Fikuart offers practical tips for Scott County homemakers on fall house cleaning and inexpensive room refreshes. Emphasizing lighting, light wall tones, harmonious accessories, slip covers, upholstery, book colors, and simple shelves, the guide encourages practical, sturdy decor that brightens living rooms.
The article explains how apple varieties reach best eating flavor at different times, with ripening slowed by cold storage. It contrasts eating quality firm ripe fruit with hard stage suited to processing, and notes color correlates with dessert flavor and storage quality, while culinary uses rely less on color.
The Commodity Credit Corporation extended the settlement deadline for farm stored 1937 and 1938 corn from October 1 to October 31. By October 31 farmers must redeem at 58 cents a bushel, reseal for one to two years, or deliver to the CCC in loan liquidation. The extension aims to finish the rescaling program, and the CCC also ordered 8,277 steel bins.
A party scenario asks whether to let a drunk driver drive or choose safer options. It discusses sleepiness and coffee as a safety claim and cites Amos Crenshaw as a famed trucker. The text includes quiz style true false items about avoiding drunk driving and driving safety pledges and notes large storage capacity figures for corn in liquidation.
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