Brighten Rooms With Color and Lighting Tips
Hom demonstration agent Anne Sillers of New Madrid county urges planning and originality to refresh rooms at low cost. She highlights adequate lighting, both natural and artificial, and notes shades set slightly above the top. Emphasizes harmony of textures and colors with accessories such as yarn embroidery and slip covers. demonstration held at Mrs Arch Russell's on Wednesday October 9.
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Anne Sillers
Hom
New Madrid County
Anne Sullers
Arch Russell
Lime Spreader Plans Available For DIY Home Use
New Madrid County Farm Extension announces free plans for a home-made lime spreader using a Model T rear axle and drive shaft, developed by K B Huff. JC Hart bought a year-old Hereford bull for about $140 at the district sale in Farmington, part of a 27-head consignment from St Francois breeders.
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K. B. Huff
Extension Agricultural Engineer
Missouri College of Agriculture
Farm Bureau
J. T. Hart
New Madrid
Highway 6
Farmington
Mr. Hart
St. Francois
C. J. Wessmeyer
County Beef Cattle Breeders’ Association
Henry C. Detring
Knob Lick
B. S. Matteson
Hera
C. F. Detring
Nebraska
New Madrid County
Harry Hart
Fred Geske
Teal
Rural Home Improvement and Youth Programs Plan
The plan focuses on sustaining soil fertility and cutting cash costs by living at home improving gardens storing foods making clothes and expanding farm poultry. It aims to build a satisfying rural life through 4-H youth work women’s clubs and better farm homes with a strong sponsoring organization and county council.
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County Council of Home Economics
September 4 H Club and teaching clubs organized
Extension activity reports for September note LaForge and Henderson Mound clubs formed with 47 and 14 members respectively under leaders Mrs. Ruby Blyze and others. Mattress Making produced 1092 mattresses for white families and 479 for colored families, with further work ongoing. Home Economics training had 17 participants and eight follow up meetings. Canalea H E club hosted 100 guests at a September 5 picnic at Caverno's grove.
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Jeaders
LaForge
Ruby Blyze
Henderson Mound
L J. Morrissey
Canalea H. E. Club
Caverno's Grove
REA Show Demonstrations At Applegate Farm
Demonstrations on kitchen equipment use and electricity for farm work drew 250 women and 40 men under supervision of local home and county agents at Applegate's farm on September 27. Soil samples from Hight farm show lime needs of 5000 to 7000 pounds per acre. Hog disease measures include 33,050 CC anti hog cholera serum 1060 CC virus and 285 doses swine plague serum during September. Sixteen New Madrid county farmers attended the Sikeston field meeting September 18 to inspect cotton soybeans and hybrid corn. Twenty eight men attended hybrid corn demos at Guy Calvi n and Ott Burnett farms October 1. Results on 48 hybrid varieties to be published later this fall. Harold Sloas and B. B. Forrest on A W Homberger's farm will demonstrate fertilizer use on wheat for 1941 growing season.
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REA
Local Home Administration
Applegate
New Madrid County
Sikeston
Guy Calvin
Ott Burnett
Harold Sloas
B. B. Forrest
A. W. Homberger
Missouri crop prospects improved for 1940
Missouri crop prospects show corn at 116,024,000 bushels, soybeans for grain at 1,067,000 bushels, and hay at 3,316,000 tons. The October 1 forecast is above September 1, with yields and supplies aided by favorable maturation despite a dry September. Cattle feeding outlook in 1940-41 remained steady with stocker and feeder shipments up in the Western Corn Belt.
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Missouri
Federal State Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Corn Belt
Cor Belt
Multiple Uses for Soybean Products
Official standards for soybeans, effective Nov 20, align with current voluntary rules, announced by the Department of Agriculture. A Dearborn address from August 20, 1940, extols the soybean with a verse describing its many uses from food to industrial products and even royalty in powder form for hats.
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Department of Agriculture
American Soybean Association
Dearborn
Mich
Hog Cholera Costs Hogs In Scott County
Dr Grimes, Missouri State Veterinarian, notes over 500 hogs died last winter in Scott county from hog cholera, worth at least 2500 dollars, and urges vaccination before weaning as a cheap, effective protection. The illness remains the nation's top swine destroyer, and losses exceed those of unvaccinated herds even after the disease subsides. Vaccination costs about 20 cents per pig.
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Scott County
Grimes
Missouri
Control Weeds Meeting With John Urhahn
John Urhahn a Benton area farmer invites residents to a weed control meeting on Friday October 18 at 2:00 p.m. County Agent Lane will demonstrate sodium chlorate poison use against bindweed in Urhahn’s garden 212 miles north of Benton on Highway 61. Attendees should identify bindweed or learn application methods.
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John Urhahn
Benton
Urhahn
Lane
Cotton for Mattresses and Supplies
Advice on preparing cotton for high quality mattresses. Seek mature, ginned, dry cotton and save it now. Ten yards of medium grade ticking required. directions for ticking, twine, and needles available from the Farm Extension Agent in Benton.
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Benton
Drying Apples For Home Food Supply
Advice on drying apples for family stores. Use racks, sun, oven, or stove-top dryer. Dry 3 to 6 hours until leathery, not brittle. Store in insect-proof containers, agitate daily for even dryness.
Reducing draft lets homeowners save on heat loss
Cooler weather reminds homeowners of drafty windows and doors. Weather stripping can eliminate this health hazard at reasonable cost. Material choices vary, guided by the owner's budget for home improvement.
Men Warned to Stick to Present Jobs
Selective Service headquarters urge men not to flee to defense industries to dodge the draft. Maj. Jos. F. Battley warns that remaining in current jobs increases chances of being evaluated for military training, advising workers to stay put rather than seek defense work to avoid selection.
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Selective Service
Defense
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Farm Bureau Executive Committee
Desoto
Kellett Motor CO
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China
Pep
St. Louis, Mo
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Memphis, Tenn
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New Orleans
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ST. Louis
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Cairo
Sikeston, MO
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the Lair Company
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