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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1956
Page
2
The article discusses farmer Crow who farms 400 acres including 25 in corn and is entered in the MFA Corn Yield Contest. He notes fertilizer use and a forecast of over 100 bushels per acre on MFA-120-A, planted the Thursday before Easter. It also covers acreage reserve misunderstandings and government employment trends.
Scott County farmers receive guidance on the 1957 grain crop measures with emphasis on wheat acreage allotments. The memo outlines Soil Bank options, final signing dates, and the need to dispose of excess wheat via green manure or pasture use if done before harvest. Milton Gehrs, Office Manager, invites questions on program provisions.
Farmers Home Administration aid shown for New Madrid County families includes building new three bedroom houses, modernizing dwellings, enlarging farms by acres, and creating permanent pastures. Examples include Haubolds in Marston, Shafer in Gideon, Nances in Matthews, Davises in East Prairie, Wilsons in Portageville, and Beeson in Sikeston. Loans cover real estate, irrigation, and farm modernization to create larger, more profitable units.
The 13th District annual membership meeting of the American Dairy Association of Missouri will be held in Dexter on Tuesday November 27. District directors from Butler Carter Dunklin Mississippi New Madrid Pemiscot Ripley Scott and Stoddard counties will attend. Election of directors is held at each district meeting with terms lasting three years. this year Ridge and Mothersbaugh complete their terms.
Selections from the September issue of the Agricultural Outlook Digest discuss stock changes in cotton wheat and rice for 1956 57 with a predicted rise in feed grain output and government export programs aiding stock drawdown Local notes cover cotton quality in Mississippi County with most of the crop grading middling or better and 11 16 inch staple length plus observations from local growers on defoliation and gin handling farm reports on crimson clover barley and pasture mixes and a cautionary note on picking times to avoid losses at gins and comments from county extension staff and surrounding community notices
Lilbourn News reports Miss Donna Sue Simpson, youngest child of Mr and Mrs Charles Simpson, will portray Mrs Antrobus in the comedy By the Skin of Our Teeth. The Mark Twain and Hesperian Societies at Southeast Missouri State College Cape Girardeau present it in the auditorium on Oct 4 and 5. Other leads include Lynda White Kennett Carol Theres Stolleck Warne Walker Bloomfield and Bill Friday.
Governor Phil M Donnelly proclaims October 1 1956 as Emergencies Don’t Wait Week to promote home accident prevention and first aid practices. The proclamation cites preventable injuries saving lives hours and income in Missouri and seals the document in Jefferson City with the secretary of state and chief clerk’s attestations.
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