Missouri Farm and Home Week Starts In Missouri City
New Madrid County reports printed Farm and Home Week programs from October 28 to 30 at the University of Missouri.Columbia. The statewide event now in its thirty sixth year features six forenoon sections home and community poultry fruit and vegetable live stock general and dairy farming. Afternoon sessions cover ten departments with farm leaders from across the state. Nationally prominent speakers Lola Clark Pearson Clarence Cannon and Chester C Davis will address general sessions each afternoon. The program also includes annual meetings tours exhibits luncheons banquets and Missouri talent nights with no admission charges.
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State Farm Meeting
New Madrid
University of Missouri College of Agriculture
Columbia
Lola Clark Pearson
Oklahoma
Clarence Cannon
Missouri
Chester C. Davis
National Defense Advisory Commission
Plant to Prosper Records Near Completion in Missouri
Ex tension Agents report many Plant to Prosper records will be turned in by October 20 in New Madrid county enrollees. Landowner entrants include Anderson, Russell, Little, Beiceman, Haubold, Zarecor, Applegate, Shipman, Majers, Byers, and others. Tenant entrants list Pitts, Little, Greenwood, Jones, Fowler, McGee, I. V. Little, Peer man, Earl Jones, Woolard, Burt, and Twitty with sweepstakes hopes in Memphis on December 15. County judging will consider home residence 40 percent, soil conservation 20 percent, diversification 20 percent, home improvement 20 percent, plus family community activity.
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New Madrid County
Carrie Anderson
Arch Russell
Sikeston
Harvey Little
Gideon
W. M Caffey
Lilbourn
John Haubold
Gus Beiceman
Marston
John Zarecor
A T Applegate
Risco
H. C. Shipman
R. A Majers
Parma
Roy Byers
Kewanee
Walter Pitts
E . Little
Homemakers Attend Farm and Home Week in Missouri
A New Madrid county delegation joins 2000 Missouri rural homemakers at Farm and Home Week at the University of Missouri, October 28 30. County clubs total 21 with 640 members, statewide clubs exceed 40000. Events feature talks on rural health and defense, baking day successes, round tables, and state homemakers meetings. Complete programs are at the County Extension Office in New Madrid.
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New Madrid County
Missouri
University of Missouri College of Agriculture
W. F. Dean
Group Hospital Service Inc
St. Loui
Grace Frysinger
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Lola Clark Pearson
Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman
Missouri State Homemakers Association
Clark Gebhart Snyder
Wheat Flour Institute
New Madrid
County Home Economics Extension Council Meets
The County Home Economics Extension Council met at the court house in New Madrid on Tuesday September 30. President Mrs J D Twitty chaired the session discussing extension work and the Food for Defense survey. No solution was reached on survey methods. The committee set November 6 as the date for the County Achievement program. The meeting will be held at Marston high school Armory with a 10:00 start, games until noon, dinner at 12, drinks from clubs, group singing, reports by club presidents, performances, and a guest speaker Mrs C C Schuttler of the Farm Bureau. Everyone is invited.
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Anne Sillers
New Madrid
County Home Economics Extension Council
Court House
J. D. Twitty
Marston
C. C. Schuttler
Farm Bureau
Marston High School
Missouri Highway Commission Seeks Bids on 30 Road Projects
The Missouri State Highway Commission invited bids for thirty construction projects across 24 counties totaling 58 miles of roads. Bids open October 24 and cover 19 miles of concrete pavement 22 miles granular surfacing and 17 miles graded earth. The package includes eleven bridges several culverts and roadside improvements with work in Carter Reynolds Bollinger Madison Ripley and Wayne counties.
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Missouri State Highway Commission
Carter
Reynolds
Bollinger
Madison
Ripley
Wayne Counties
Bees Use Formic Acid in Honey Cells to Preserve Spoilage
Researchers report that bees apply a small amount of formic acid to each honey cell before sealing it. This natural preservative helps inhibit spoilage and protects the hive’s stored food from decay. The finding highlights a chemical defense strategy in Apis mellifera and may influence understanding of honey storage dynamics.
Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps Sales Policy
Government denies any quota or time limit for Defense Savings Bonds sales. The program is a continuing effort with steady, regular purchases of both bonds and stamps. Retailers volunteered through national groups to undertake stamps sales on a large scale.
REA leaders discuss rural nutrition centers at regional meet
H. M. Zar kor and John Anderson join 300 nutrition specialists and officials in Joplin to plan REA Nutrition Program centers for 54 rural schools served by REA financing. Centers would equip kitchens for hot lunches and food processing demonstrations, with equipment funded via cooperative association loans and factory discounts.
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H. M. Zarkor
John Anderson
Scott-New Madrid- Mississippi Cooperative Association
Joplin
REA
Scott-New Madrid-Mississippi Cooperative Association
Zaricor
Zarkor
Young Holcomb farmer receives $100 E. L. Spence award
Logan Davis a 19 year old Holcomb youth earns the E. L. Spence scholarship as Dunklin county high school’s most promising Future Farmer. His farming profits rose from 113 in freshman year to 250 then 450 in junior year, with 500 plus projected this year. He plans to study farm management at the University of Missouri.
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Logan Davis
Holcomb
E. L. Spence
Dunklin County
Future Farmers of America
Davis
Vocational Agricultural Project
The
Agricultural School of
University of Missouri
No Jobs Open at Crab Orchard Project
Missouri Employment Service warns that no jobs are open at the Crab Orchard munitions plant project in Illinois unless workers are sent by the Missouri State Employment Service. Contractors must hire through the service and use local labor first, with up to 8,000 workers on the project.
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Missouri
Crab Orchard
Tlinois
Missouri State Employment Service
Tinois Employment Service
Office of Production Management
Relef
WPA
Seventy two percent of Earth's surface is water
A concise fact notes that about seventy two percent of the planet’s surface is covered by water, highlighting the vastness of oceans and seas relative to land.
Taxicabs Carry Over 780 Million Passengers in U S Year
US taxicabs transport more than 780 million passengers annually. This figure reflects broad urban demand and may indicate growing reliance on taxi services across major cities and airports. Data compiled from industry reports and transportation studies highlight the scale of taxi usage and its impact on urban mobility.
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United States
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