Cotton harvest timing and quality in Scott County farming
Cotton harvest timing affects lint quality and value, with weather exposure causing color changes, staining, and reduced grade. Early frosts and leaf contamination influence lint grade, while careful picking and drying can add up to $6 per bale. Contour planting and terracing shown to boost orchard and wheat yields. a Diebold farm demonstrates benefits of land shaping, drainage, and soil stewardship.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Hunter E. George
Scott County
Salcedo 4-H Club elects officers and Halloween plans
The Salcedo 4-H Club met October 7 in the Salcedo school building and elected officers for the year, including Barbara Merrick as president and Rozella Merrick as secretary treasurer. County Agent Tom B Stroup spoke on 4-H work and showed slides. A Halloween party is planned for October 28 at 7 30 with prizes, refreshments, and a possible free movie. Scott County wheat farmers urged to treat seed wheat for smut using Ceresan M at 7 ounces per bushel, two weeks before planting, with safety precautions.
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Salcedo
Barbara Merick
Aileen Cates
Rozella Merick
Lela Jo White
Grace Alsup
Judy Greer
Donald Schuchart
Carolyn Cantrell
Barbara Schuchart
James Greer
Scott County
Tom B. Stroup
Plant to Prosper and Live at Home program deadlines
Farm families in the Plant to Prosper and Live at Home programs must file their record books by October 15 with county extension offices. County judges likely the last week of October will pick county winners, whose records go to the state judging before November 10. The state judging starts the week of November 14 with a listed panel including Stephen C. Hughes and Anita Dickson. Soil sample testing guidance covers air drying, avoiding heat browning, and timing, with results typically available a week after arrival and emphasis on representative composite samples from the top seven inches. Judge Camille Kelley will speak at Achievement Day on November 16, with programs on flowers, exhibits, and club displays.
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Stephen C. Hughes
PHA
Anita Dickson
State Extension
Home Economics Clubs Council
Camille Kelley
Memphis
Julian Streeter
Jack Limbaugh
Oran
James Abernathy
Salcedo
W. F. Woehlecke
Sikeston Florist
A. C. McMullin
Benton Club
E. R. Rister
Leland Cofer
Doyle Lackey
L. T. Marshall
Farm Forum and Plant to Prosper Rally Dates Set
County and state winners in Plant to Prosper and Live-at-Home programs are listed across divisions for landowners tenants farm operators and home improvement. The sixteenth annual Farm Forum and Plant-to-Prosper Rally in Memphis Tennessee will be held Tuesday December 20 with the Live-at-Home Rally on Thursday December 8.
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J. M. Ragsdale
Helen Hunter
B. W. Harrison
Farm Forum
Memphis
Tenn
Local Officers Welcome Capt and Mrs Goldwasser in Sikeston
Capt and Mrs M L Goldwasser arrived in Sikeston from Guam to visit Mrs Edna Shankle and other relatives. They plan trips to Philadelphia and Long Island to visit family, then Fort Worth where the Captain will be stationed. Mrs Electa Shankle is the former Miss Shankle.
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M. L. Goldwasser
Sikeston
Guam
Episcopalians Tighten Divorce Rules at San Francisco Convention
At the Episcopal Church triennial convention in San Francisco the House of Deputies rejected a bishops proposal to liberalize marriage laws. Deputies voted to keep and tighten rules, denying dissolution of marriages for postnuptial causes. The session also featured unrelated advertising copy promoting mattresses.
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Episcopal Church
San Francisco
House of Deputies
House of Bishops
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Scott County Farm News
Miss Lorene
Hubbard County
Alvin Schraer
Minnesota
USDA
Herman Diebold
Diebold
Otto Diebold
Benton
Salcedo 4-H
Newsparr
Illino
G. R. Shanley
Diehlstadt
Benton Community
Portland Cement Association Syndicate Trust Lidg
St. Lewis 1
Glamorug
F. & M. Oil Company
Texaco Gasoline
Texaco Oils and
Delco
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