Fall Tree Planting Cautions For Missouri Farms
Missouri farm guidance warns fall planting of forest trees is risky for deciduous, coniferous species due to freezing, frost heave, moisture shortages, and animal damage. Guidance covers safe planting windows by region, suitable species, and fertilizer tips to boost yields and reduce erosion.
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Missouri
Missouri College of Agriculture
South Missouri
Central Missouri
North Missouri
Fumigation of Bins for Weevil Control in Grains
Farmers inquire at the county agent’s office about fumigating bins to control wee vils in stored grains. Carbon disulfide dog push is inexpensive and works best if done before cool weather, at about 70 degrees or higher, with 10 to 12 pounds per 1000 cubic feet of space. The chemical is dangerous. keep people and animals away during treatment for 56 to 48 hours, then air out by opening doors and windows. Grain milling quality and termination remain unaffected if performed properly.
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Scott County
Missouri cotton prospects rise for September harvest
Missouri cotton prospects improve about 7 percent from August forecasts due to favorable August weather. Indicated yield on September 1 is 450 pounds per acre, 150 pounds above the August forecast, with production projected at 350,000 bales for Missouri, matching 1938’s record yield and about 40 percent above the state average. National production also up, Census reports 1,402,000 bales ginned before September 1 versus 1,332,000 last year.
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Columbia
Missour
Alfred C. Brittain
Agriiculural Statistician
Missouri
Bureau of the Census
Canada Wheat Crop Exceeds 1938 Output by 1959 Estimate
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics in Ottawa estimates Canada's 1959 wheat crop at 449,058,000 bushels, up 99,018,000 from 1938. The 1939 crop ranks as the fourteenth largest on record and the heaviest since 1928.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ottawa
Canada
Condition of Joe Anderson Improves at St Mary's Hospital
Joe Anderson former Scott County sheriff is reported slightly improved at St Mary's Hospital Jefferson City where he has been a patient for a week He is now a deputy State liquor inspector Anderson underwent an emergency appendix operation on Tuesday September 5 and his condition was critical for a time
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Joe Anderson
Scott County
St. Mary's Hospital
Jefferson City
Anderson
Bindweed and Johnson Grass Control Meeting in Kelso
Assistant Farm Extension Agent C M Christy notes a Kelso gathering where farmers learned bindweed and Johnson grass control. Diebold cited sodium chlorate success and cultivation. Paulling advised three pounds per square rod dry application and early spring cultivation. Controlling Johnson grass via lespedeza pasture and alfalfa where possible was recommended, with hogs and cattle used to reduce roots. Call the county extension office for more information.
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Kelso
George Diebold
Diebold
Otto Ressel
Paulling
Tony Diebold
Missouri College of Agriculture
Scott County
Bandy Hearing Set For Next Thursday
United States Commissioner J Henry Caruthers of Cape Girardeau said a hearing for E A Bandy and sons Raymond and Herman has been postponed to Thursday September 12 from last Saturday. The Sikeston men are charged with conspiring to conceal assets from the trustee in the Sikeston Ol Company bankruptcy case.
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United States
J Henry Caruthers
Cape Garardeau
E A. Bandy and Sons
Raymond and
Herman
Sikeston
Sikeston Ol Company
Community thanks for support after loss of Mary Fears
The family of Mrs. Mary Fears expresses sincere thanks to friends in Sikeston and the Miner community for assistance during illness and after her death. They appreciate the floral offerings and all acts of kindness shown to James Fears and family.
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Sikeston
Mary Fears
James Fears
Missouri WPA Disaster Projects Authorized
Jefferson City Mo WPA directed to serve on disaster projects to provide temporary measures to avert danger and to resume normal activities. State Board of Health sponsors. Project redrafts authority used since 1936 for floods fires and other acts of God. Activation only after Washington approval and emergency declared.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
State Board of Health
E. M. Basye
Works Projects Administration
WPA
Washington
St. Francis
Mississippi
Basye
Census to gauge industries and wartime manpower needs
Washington reports the government will conduct the 1910 census to map available trained workers for industry and the armed forces in wartime. War Department requests. census takers will record current and usual occupations to gauge manpower, while safeguarding critical industries and mobilization plans under the new War Resources Board.
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Washington, DC
War Department
Army
Navy
War Resources Board
Wartime draft system outlines mass registration plan
The Social Security Board cites 30,157,694 insured workers aged 15 to 65 in 1937. A joint army navy board surveyed 20,000 plants for wartime tasks, with 10,000 assigned. A selective service panel plans to register 21 to 30 year olds, about 10 million, at home precincts. Local boards classify registrants into four groups and may defer essential workers. If needed, broader 18 to 45 registration could raise totals to 26 million, vs 24 million in World War I.
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Social Security Board
War Resources Group
Joint
Army-Navy Munitions Board
Army-Navy Selective Service Committee
Armed Services
Washington
Army
Famous Pilots to Race at Memphis Saturday
More than a score of top big car race pilots will converge at the Mid-South Fair on Saturday September 16 for a six event program sanctioned by the International Motor Contest Association. Fronting the entry is Jimmy Wilburn of Portland Oregon holder of the world half mile banked track record 21.77 seconds. Buddy Callaway of Miami Florida the defending Southern champion also competes. Other entrants include Elbert Book er Bill Rhea Shorty Burns Philippe Mocca Johnny Marco Peck Steiner George Zingler and more. Art Swenson of Los Angeles will supervise and time trials start at 1 30 p m with racing at 2 30 p m.
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Memphis
Tenn
International Motor Contest Association
Jimmy Wilburn
Portland
Ore
Pacific Coast
Middle West
Buddy Callaway
Miami
Fla
Elbert
Booker
Detroit
Mich
Bill Rhea
Moline
Til
Shorty Burns
St. Louis
Philippe Mocca
Johnny Marco
Peck Steiner
Ottumwa
George Zingler
Indianapolis
Art Swenson
Los Angeles
Calif
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Scott County Farm Activities
Leon M. Lane
Ili
Scott Fakemees
C. M. Christy
Allis-Chalmers Tractors
Prodel WC Tractor
Lewis Tractor Company
West Center Street
Sikeston, Mo
Newspaper
nAbHiye
Firestone
Firestone Standard
Firestone Exhebie
New York World
C. & M. Oil CO
Wilburn
Dead Animal Disposal Co
Kansas City
Chicago
Frisco
Sunnyland
Missouri Pacific
Altoa
NEW Farmalls
Boyce Farm Equipment Company
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