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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1941
Page
2
Scott County farmers prepare for seeding winter vetch in cotton and corn middles. Seeding runs August to October with September midpoints best. Vetch improves soil, grows on light soils, and serves as a spring pasture. Inoculate, seed 30 to 35 lb per acre, cover lightly, may seed with rye.
A Neigh bor Day contest invites amateur dancers and musical acts. Groups up to four may perform with dancing groups for ages up to eight and eight to fourteen. Entries may be singing, instrumental, or both. Prizes of five dollars for winners and three dollars for runners-up in three classes. Register with Eleanor Harris by mail or in person with name and entry class.
Andy Heisserer and Son of Kelso showcased Hereford heifers at St. Louis, averaging 759 pounds and selling for $11.50 per hundredweight. The cattle were purchased as feeders at 410 pounds last fall, grazed on pasture through fall and winter, with light winter feeding, then shifted to full drylot grain feeding by July 15.
Forty nine members attended the council meeting along with ministry and Farm Bureau Board harmony. Eleven clubs answered the roll call including Commerce Riverside Salcedo Head Owensby Willing Workers and others. A report on efforts to establish an adult health clinic was presented and committees were formed to plan Home Economics exhibits at Benton community building and Neighbor Day activities.
Wm G Sanders will arrange the crowning program for Neighbor Day Queen and Mesdames Reeves Dennis and Chism with the Home Demonstration Agent plan the program for Annual Extension Day Friday November 14 at Salcedo. The Salcedo club hosts. A nominating committee was named for December officer elections. Project themes include food and meat cutting school lunches sewing clothing home management adolescent health manners and leadership talks by C C Hearne. Local address 205 Sikes Ave.
Suggestions for controlling insects cover crop pests and storage bugs with late season practices. Fall plowing and burning vines end crop cycles, while derrived methods include dusting poultry with fluoride, nicotine sulfate on mature birds, crank case oil to curb mites and lice, Pp. D. B. rings around peach trees to kill borers, wire probing for apple borers, carbon disulfide for grain and beans with careful handling, and venting stored grain after treatment.
Members of the New Madrid Busy Breakfast Buddies 4-H club held their final meeting at Assistant Club Leader Mary Anne Teal's home last Friday night. Achievement pins were awarded to Margie Riley Virginia Teal Jimmie Marie Cole Ida Mae Maynard Margaret Teal and Thelma Shainberg for completing the project successfully. Members plan to start another club early next spring.
A brief note from The Herald urges readers to verify sensational reports and seek reliable sources before believing bold statements. The piece emphasizes careful checking of dates, names, and context to avoid misinformation.
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