Scott County Farm Pruning Demonstration Planned
Leon M. Lane extension Agent and L. E. McCormick extension Forester announce a tree pruning demonstration for Scott County farmers. Starting at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, November 5, the session will be on the Prudential Insurance Company property south of Morley along Highway 61 opposite the Sand Hall Tavern. Proper pruning early promotes growth and quicker marketable products.
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Scott County
L. E. McCormick
Fixtension Forester
Prudential Imsurance Company
Morley
Highway 61
Sand Hall Tavern
Seedling Orders Rise at Benton Farm Bureau Office
Forest tree seedling orders arrive in increasing numbers at the Farm Bureau office in Benton. Farmers are urged to place requests early as stocks may be exhausted due to higher planting rates.
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Farm Bureau
Benton
Campbell 4-H Club Sees Profits From Pig Project
Campbell Community 4-H Club led by Sam Schaefer plans achievement day on November 6. Eleven boys participate in the market pig project which earned profits of 10 to 12 dollars per head after costs. A member notes hogs sold 20 cents higher than Dad's on the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell Community
Sam Schaefer
Plant-to-Prosper contest honors Pleasant Hill farming families
The eighth annual Plant-to-Prosper contest recognizes E A Sprenger of Pleasant Hill and other farm families in Porter Switch Benton White Oak and surrounding areas for excellence in home needs tenant and home improvement divisions. Judging weighed home living soil conservation crop diversification and home improvements. County winners join Plant-to-Prosper Bureau in Memphis on December 17 with state cash prizes of 100 first 75 second 50 third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Sprenger
Pleasant Hill
Sam Branson
Porter Switch
Otto S. Diebold
Benton
Fred Forbis
White Oak
H. A. Lewis
Sikeston
H. J. McDowell
Kelso
Paul Pabst
Oran
C. N. Mayfield
Blodgett
Memphis
L. A. Sprengers
Pruning shrubs and trees after flowering and in winter
Late blooming shrubs may be pruned in fall or winter when unfrozen, or in early spring. Remove dead wood and old branches during fall. Pruning fall for early spring bloomers won’t hurt but will reduce next year’s blossoms. prune immediately after flowering. Shade trees can be pruned then, cutting limbs to trunk with no stubs and painting wounds to prevent decay.
Wylie Families Organize Extension Club At School
Parents and children gathered at the Wylie school for a short program and formed an Extension Club to unite families, solve home and farm problems, and strengthen community progress. Mrs Simon Jirik was elected president, Mrs John Sater vice president, and Mrs Wm H Smith secretary. Meetings will be held in the school basement starting in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wylie
Simon Jirik
John Sater
Wm. H. Smith
Blodgett Farmer Produces Massive Cucumber Harvest
Sam Branson of near Blodgett reports a bumper cucumber crop from five acres yielding 24 518 pounds despite drought. Fleishman Pickles Inc of St Louis graded and bought the produce under a guaranteed price contract. Next year Branson plans similar acreage and a planned Blodgett cucumber market with W D Deason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Branson
Near Blodgett
Charleston
Fleishman’s Pickles, Inc
St. Louis
Fleishman Company
Branson
Mr. Branson
W. D. Deason
Blodgett
No Known Vaccine for Tuberculosis Warns Missouri Group
ST LOUIS MO October 30 There is no vaccine for tuberculosis warns the Missouri Tuberculosis Association Following reports of a supposed new vaccine from Argentina careful tests showed no results The so called discoverer has been fined by his government The association stresses X ray laboratory exams and early test cures as the best prevention Christ mas Seal funds support nationwide research and public education while guarding against quack cures through tuberculosis work
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Missouri Tuberculosis Association
State Association
American Medical Association
Plant-to-Prosper Winners Named in New Madrid County
Four blue ribbon and four red ribbon winners in the 1941 Plant-to-Prosper contest were named in New Madrid County. The Zarecors near Risco head the blue ribbon group and will attend Memphis celebrations in December for state and sweepstakes honors. Leaders to conduct local food surveys were also named across multiple communities with training planned in the coming weeks.
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Morehouse
Sikeston
East Prairie
LaForge
New Madrid
Canalou
Kewanee
Guicheon
Risco
Parma
Lilbourn
Marston
Malden
Matthews
Portageville
County Council Plans 1942 Extension Clubs Program
Twelve women met in the county court room on Thursday October 23 to plan Extension Clubs for 1942. They outlined Red Cross work and assigned Ellen Gaverno and Gus Eiceman to consult Bundles for Britain. They discussed free typing, tuberculosis awareness, Food for Defense, and a series of project activities with scheduled months from January to October, plus poultry demonstrations and surplus commodities to aid school lunches.
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Red Cross
Ellen Gaverno
Gus Eiceman
Britain
Caverno
Otto Mundorf
Sikeston
Fall garden cleanup boosts profits in tomato beds
Anne Sillers, Home Demonstration Agent, notes that insect control reduces tomato virus spread. To curb tomato mosaic in Missouri, control insect pests. after the first frost, pull and burn dead tomato plants to prevent next season’s infections, since the virus persists in old diseased plants.
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Anne S.llers
Lilbourn High Principal Elected Kiwanis President
Owen J. Taul, principal of Lilbourn public schools, chosen president of the Lilbourn Kiwanis Club succeeding Mayor Lewis W. Stone. Taul also served as scoutmaster of the Lilbourn Boy Scout troop of about fifty members sponsored by Kiwanis.
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Owen J. Taul
Lilbourn
Kiwanis Club
Taul
Lewis W. Stone
Thinner Bus Tickets Could Save London Pulp
It is estimated that 480 tons of paper pulp will be saved yearly if London transport buses switch to thinner tickets.
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London Transport
Italy Population Rises by Five Million Over Seventeen Years
Italy has added about 5.5 million residents in the last seventeen years according to latest demographic figures. The increase reflects shifts in birth rates and migration patterns across regions.
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Italy
Land Transfers in Scott County Reported for Local Records
A compilation of land transfers lists numerous deeds in Sikeston and surrounding areas. Transactions include Laura Chewning to Beulah Chewning for several lots in Blodgett. Royal Kellett to R F Tyrone for lot 11 in Frisco addition Sikeston. multiple 1 sums and 20 acre and 40 acre transfers between Carrolls and others. West Crow to Adilda McCord. Walter Kirby to Cecil Mott. and many other conveyances with prices ranging from 1 to thousands, detailing blocks, additions, sections, townships and ranges across Sikeston Chaffee and Rockview.
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Laura Chewning
Beulah Chewning
Blodgett
Royal Kellett
R. F. Tyrone
Frisco
Sikeston
Lee Carroll
Louis Carroll
Edward Carroll
Antony Carroll
Robert Carroll
Edwin Heller
Lawrence Hooker
Chaffee
W. T. Crow
Adilda McCord
Crow
Walter Kirby
Cecil Mott
Lillian A. Smith
Richard Douthat
R. A. McCord
East Acres
E. N. Leech
Elizabeth Waters
W. A. Ramsey
McCoy-Tanner
N. E. Fuchs
J. W. Ashford
Fairground
Clyde Reed
J. R. James M Jr
McCoy- Tanner
Otis Keller
J. A. Utley
A. J. Craig
W. H. Holmes
Cc. C
Ed Heinzel
Rosalie Dumey
Linus Dumey
Pecan Grove
Rockview
R. E. Duval
Fred Fears
McMullin Gin Co
Sherman Grant
W. M. Carter
J. L. Litchford
Lydia Chaney
H. C. Kindred
Victoria Jones
Sikeston East
Henry Buchholz
Joseph Spradlin
Emma Rommine
Edward Schriefer
Leon Bucher
Zeigler
Fornfelt
Joe Anderson
B. E. Patterson
Leo J. Pfefferkorn
Mildred Wallace
Matthews
Oran
Gireard Hunt
Burr Richard
Sunset
F. M. Murphy
Hillary Patterson
Morley
Minnie Buchanan
Raymond Robinson
Marshall
O. D. Clayton
P. J. Stearns
Joella Polhamus
Mary Engel
Trotter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Scott County Farm Activities
Leon M. Lane
Bailey & Bailey Attorneys-at-Law
Room
McCoy-Tanner Bldg
Sikeston, MO
George W. Kirk
Apmegate Bldg
Robert A. Dempster
McCoy-Tanner Building
E. J. Menstedt
Front Street
Merlin G. Anderson
Derris Malcolm
Howard A. Dunaway
DR. #. L. McMULLIN
Osteopathic
Rhone
Stallcup
DR. FL L. Sissoo
North Kingshighway
Optometry
W. M. Sidwell
Optometrist
Campbell
FORD
Prestone
Missouri
Moore-Harris Abstract Company
Benton, Missouri
O. L. Spencer
Paul H. Teal
Arch Russell
Zarecor’s
Haubold’s
Byers
Eiceman
Fred Geske
Mary Lou Gissel
LaForge Project
Kiwanis
Scott County Abstract Company
Benton, Mo
Harris D. Rogers
P. E. Crawford
McCord
East 14
Powell Insurance Agency
Welch Building
Chevrolet
Fisher
Mitchell-Sharp Chevrolet CO
Chevrolet Building
Sikeston, Missouri
Ewspac
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