Cotton Seed Trials Compare Pedigreed Varieties in New Madrid
New Madrid County Farm Extension News reports on cotton trials funding weight and lint seed percentages from thirteen farms. The study compares Stoneville 2B D & P L 11A and Ambassador pedigreed seeds using second through fourth year removed seed with field-run seed, some plots with side-by-side rows. Cooperating growers and results to be shared at the winter Soils and Crops conference include E W Jewett Fred Geske T A Penman John Haubold Chas Pikey Jr J W LaPlant Wm H Deane Jr Harold Faith Donald French Judge OR Rhodes AW Matson George Helming and D L Voss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Jewett
Fred Geske
T. A. Penman
John Haubold
Chas. Pikey Jr
J. W. LaPlant
Wm. H. Deane Jr
Harold Faith
Donald French
O. R. Rhodes
A. W. Matson
George Helming
D. L. Voss
Barley Sowing Guidelines for Early Pasture Gain
Farmers can sow Missouri Early Beardless Barley now to establish fall and winter pasture. Seed at about two bushels per acre with 150 pounds of superphosphate. Seed now should yield pasture in four to six weeks. seed sources available at Extension offices.
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Missouri
State Farm and Home Week Meeting Announced
At the New Madrid County E tension office in the courthouse officials announce the 85th annual Farm and Home Week at the University of Missouri in Columbia from October 29 to 31. A complete 16 page program is now available for interested farm people.
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New Madrid County
Court House
University of Missouri At Columbia
Missouri Wheat Growers Insure 1941 Crop Protection
About 25 000 Missouri winter wheat growers have insured their 1941 crop under Federal Crop Insurance. Chairman C W Sheppard notes they are expected to receive around 4 percent of a million bushels next year despite droughts floods pests and diseases. Premiums totaling about 331 000 bushels were paid into the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation reserve.
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Missouri
C W Sheppard
State Aaa Committee
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Wheat crop insurance grows as sign-up rises statewide
The 1941 winter wheat sign-up is 20 percent above 1940 and 39 percent above 1939, notes Sheppard, signaling growing crop insurance popularity in the state. In New Madrid County, 136 wheat farmers signed up by the August 31 deadline, per Earl Cambron, local AAA chairman.
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Sheppard
New Madrid
Earl Cambron
AAA
Triple Superphosphate Under Grants of Aid
The Missouri State AAC Committee announces triple superphosphate under the Conservation Materials Program for 1941. Available to county committees for winter or spring delivery and storage, priced at 40 dollars per ton with no deposit. Fertilizer usable only on pasture and legume crops, not on grain crops. Applications through New Madrid county ACP office in the courthouse, Bert Femmer, county committeeman.
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Missouri State Aaa Committee
Missouri
New Madrid County A.C
Court House
Bert Femmer
District Beef Cattle Demonstration At Farmington
Local cattle men will witness a pure bred Hereford and Angus bull demonstration at State Hospital No. 4 Farmington next Monday October 14. County Agent Teal will accompany visitors from New Madrid County. The event begins at 1 PM and follows with an auction of thirty Hereford and six Angus bull calves.
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State Hospital No. 4
Farmington
Teal
New Madrid
E. S Matteson
Agricultural College
Missouri Farm Bureau Annual Meeting Set in Columbia
The Missouri Farm Bureau Federation will hold its annual meeting in Columbia from October 1 to 16. Arline Avery of New Madrid County Farm Bureau presides the event. Officers and state executive committee members will be elected during the three day session. Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard is expected to speak at the general session on October 16.
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Missouri Farm Bureau Federation
Columbia
Arline Avery
New Madrid
Farm and Home Week to be highlighted by Scott county clubs
Scott county Women extension clubs with 310 members will attend Farm and Home Week at the University of Missouri October 29 to 31. Officials outline programs with general sessions, specialized topics on textiles foods and nutrition home management and child welfare, plus receptions and mass recreation led by Lynn Rohrbough. notable speakers include Dr H Bennett Dr John Ise and Mrs Richard Morrow.
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Scott County
University of Missouri College of Agriculture
L. A. Bom
Scott County Home Extension Council
Missouri
State Council of Home Economics Extension Clubs
Home Economics Extension Clubs
State Homemakers Association
Lynn Rohrbough
Cooperative Recreation Service
Delaware
Ohio
H. Bennett
Soil Conservation Service
Washington, D. C
John Ise
University of Kansas
Richard B. Morrow
Richmond
Indiana
Tree planting program to be continued in 1941
Scott county farmers who have planted and maintained forest trees under the farm program will be encouraged to continue this work in 1941. Participating farmers may earn their entire soil-building allowance by planting trees and may receive a special $15 per farm if they plant trees. Seedlings available through State Forest Service with orders urged promptly. Also notes on tobacco tax and rail steel lifespans.
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Scott County
Evin Burke
Agricultural Conservation Committee
Burke
State Forest Service
Benton
Quail Population in Southeast Missouri Boosts Season News
A July census shows Missouri quail numbers on par with a strong 1939 season, with an expected shooting season around November 10. The study, by the Missouri Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit and Conservation Commission, used roadside counts at 60 stations across 55 counties, involving 43 conservation agents and biologists. Local declines tied to severe winter weather are not expected to affect overall hunting prospects.
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Missouri
Missouri Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit
Conservation Commission
Wildlife Research Unit
Forest Fires Cost Nation 39 Million in 1939
Washington reports that over 30 million acres burned last year, enough lumber to build 330,000 six room houses. Fires totaled 212,671 with smokers and incendiaries most responsible, Missouri and Illinois each incur millions in losses.
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Washington
Forest Service
Agriculture Department
Missouri
Ilinois
Two More Bulls Added to Sikeston Bull Service
P H Buchholz owner and manager bought a milking Short horn bull from Overbrook Farm in St Louis county and a Guernsey bull from Sunnymeade Farm in St Frances county. The two new bulls raise the total to seven.
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Sikeston Bull Service
P. H. Buchholz
St. Louis County
Overbrook Farm
Mr Buchholz
Sunnymeade Farm
St Frances County
Buchholz
Ancient Cave Home on Manhattan Island Hint Revealed
On Manhattan Island a cave remains that early Indians used as a home. A hypothetical note suggests if all Earth oceans evaporated, one cent would leave a salt layer 235 feet thick.
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Manhattan Island
YouR DRIVING £.Q.2
A driving quiz presents options about recovering from a tire slide and asks true false about saving gas by driving fast. The excerpt includes questions on turning sharply, braking, or continuing straight before reentering the highway.
Highway Commission Opposes Road Proposals
The Missouri State Highway Commission on Tuesday opposed two proposed constitutional amendments related to highway programs and a 3 cent gas tax. Proposals No 6 Painter amendment and No 7 advocated by the Missouri Farmers Association would go to voters on November 5. The commission backed forming a new highway plan that combines useful elements of both proposals and other suggestions, stating an adequate statewide program cannot be achieved under either amendment.
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Missour
Commission
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Internal Revenue System
United States
Larry McDaniel
St. Louis
New Deal
Dickmann-Hannegan Machine
Fastern Missouri
Harry S. Truman
Charley McCarthys
America
Wendell L. Willkie
Forrest C. Donnell
Jefferson City
Big City
Manuel H. Davis
United States Senate
Spraght
Pendergast
Dickmann-Hannegan
Republican State Committee
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Highway Commission
Conoco
Continental Oil Company
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