Use of Anhydrous Ammonia and Wheat Acreage Changes in Scott County
Scott County farmers explore 82 percent nitrogen anhydrous ammonia use first demonstrated at the Southeast Missouri Balanced Farming Action Day. Extension agents discuss wheat acreage reductions, grain substitution like barley rye oats, and seed and pasture options to maintain profitability amid new wheat allotments and storage plans.
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Scott County Farm News
Missouri
States County
Tom B
Alabama
Moassissipp
J Ross Fleetwood
Paul Bebermeyer
Missouri Extension
Improving Pastures for Permanency Urged by Iowa Official
Evin Burke, chairman of the Scott County Agricultural Conservation Committee, urges more land in pastures and better care to balance farm production and markets. He explains soil and water conservation benefits from grass and legume roots, lime, phosphate, potash, and improved seed, and notes government aid for pasture establishment and improvement.
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Evin Burke
Scott County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Burke
Farmers Must Help Make Programs Work
Statement by Ralph S. Trigg, Production and Marketing Administrator, urges farmers to actively participate in price support programs. He notes open market sales below support levels for wheat and corn depress prices, due to storage or personal choices. Government aims to keep programs accessible while farmers must adjust, including possible reduced acreage, to ensure program effectiveness.
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Ralph S Trigg
Congress
Missouri University College of Agriculture pays tribute to teamwork
Dean Longwell notes collaboration with farmers and college colleagues as essential. He cites shared interests in land fertility, not just area, and the role of fertilizers as stimulants to crops, highlighting collective effort across units.
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Gerecz
Biniers
Jo Longwe
Missouri University College Oo
Agriculture
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Farver
College of Agriculture
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Dean Longwell
Cottonseed Loan Program Announced for Farmers
The Scott County Agricultural Conservation Committee announces loans at 90 percent of the August 1 parity price or 49.50 per ton for safely stored cotton seed with no more than 11 percent moisture and no trash. Loans run through Dec 31 1949, due on demand, mature by Apr 30 1950. Farmers apply at the committee office and a representative will sample the seed on the farm to determine quantity and moisture content.
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Evin Burke
Scott County Agricultural Conservation Committee
Scott County Committee
President limits long staple cotton imports and stock draws
President Truman ordered that long staple cotton import and warehouse withdrawals be capped at 16,487,042 pounds for the period September 20, 1949 to January 31, 1950. He also changed the import quota year to begin February 1. The action follows a tariff commission study on cotton with a staple of one and one eighth inches to less than one and eleven sixteenths.
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Washington, D. C
Truman
Tarff Commission
Missouri Turkey Crop Tops Historic Levels
Missouri combines a large turkey yield of 1,572,000 for the year, up from 1,310,000 in 1948 and above the 10-year average. Nationwide production reaches 41,107,000, a 29 percent rise and second only to the 1945 peak. After three years of declines, growers saw a seller’s market in 1948 with high prices.
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State Departments of Agriculture
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