New Madrid County Farm Extension News Watch Fly Free
The New Madrid County Extension outlines wheat fertilization tests using 50 to 200 pounds of 20 percent phosphate per acre with unfertilized strips for comparison. It notes sowing around October 15 to avoid fly damage, and reports a field meeting near Sikeston with 40 men from four counties observing fertilizer effects on cotton and other crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Sloas
Marston
A. W. Homberger
B. B. Forrest
George B. Jones
Madrid
Sikeston Experiment Field
East Prairie High School
Sikeston
New Madrid County
J. R Paulling
New Madnd County
George LaPlant
S L Binford
Ralph Hubbard
Paul H Teal
J M. Heath
A. F Tinsley
Robi Christeson
Emil Tipp
Walter Jackson
J B. Rodgers
R E Erhardt
James B. McBride
Fred Barbie
Ed Poyner
Ben Ashley
Albert Summers
Corn quotas, crop reports, and Johnson grass control update
An official note to Earl Cambron, ACA chairman, outlines no referenda on marketing quotas for corn. The September crop report shows a 1940 corn crop of 2.297 billion bushels with a 600 million bushel October carryover, the largest on record, yielding a total 2.897 billion bushels for 1940-41, below the 2.93 billion quota. It discusses the consumer safeguard clause and potential quota effects, plus Johnson grass eradication methods in New Madrid County and a forthcoming county wide Farm Bureau campaign. Cotton is maturing rapidly with picking to begin midweek. red spider and wilt questions arise as fields show reddish mottling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Cambron County
ACA
Madnd County Farm Bureau Executive Committee
H G @sthey
W. E. Hammock
C. O Hawkins
Solon T. Gee
J. W. “aePlant
Cathey
Hawkins
W. W. Waqua
Many Uses for the Lowly Soy Bean in Southeast Missouri
Southeast Missouri reports more than ninety uses for the soy bean and by products. The crop yields green manure forage and soil building, with meal oil dried beans green beans and various by products including glycerin varnishes paints and linoleum. By products cover food, stock feed, fertilizers, clays and inks. Dried beans supply soups boiled beans and breakfast foods. green beans serve as vegetables and salads.
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Missouri
Tanner Switch Elevator Ready for 1940 Corn Crop
The Scott County Milling Company elevator at Tanner Switch, unused since 1935, has been renovated and repaired and is now ready for the bumper 1940 corn crop expected to be harvested in the section within the next two months. Farmers anticipate yields from 15 to 40 bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott County Milling Company
Tanner Switch
Highway Commission Head Named Draft Director
Col. Claude C. Earp of Nevada, chairman of the State Highway Commission, was named Missouri's selective service director by Governor Lloyd C. Stark. The nomination must be affirmed by President Roosevelt. Earp, a publisher and senior Missouri National Guard officer, holds the rank of lieutenant colonel in ordnance.
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Claude C. Earp
Nevada
State Highway Commission
Missouri
Lloyd C. Stark
Roosevelt
Earp
Missouri National Guard
Ordnance Department
Farm Lad Recovers From Auto Injuries
Frankie Jones a 7 year old son of C Jones from Painton community suffered minor injuries when struck by a northbound auto driven by Ray Rister of Blodgett near Ellise Funeral Home on North Scott Street. He was hurled onto the lawn, treated by Dr. Kendig, and returned home with his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankie Jones
Co. F.jones
Painton
Ellise
North Scott Street
Ray Rister
Blodgett
H. M. Kendig
Frankie
Perryville Trucker Dies In Highway Crash
Perryville area report says John B. Cook 47 a truck operator and farmer of near Patton Junction was fatally injured when he lost control of a new International truck and crashed into a ditch along Highway 51 ten miles north of Perryville His neck was broken He is survived by a widow and three children Funeral services were held Saturday in Fredericktown Illmo John H Davis a plumber and farmer of Illmo died in a St Louis hospital Wednesday afternoon Sept 18 from complications Funeral services were held Saturday in St Louis Caruthersville Funeral services were held last Saturday for F L Ferguson 82 who died Friday of old age infirmities He is survived by his widow two daughters Mrs J L Daniells and Mrs Edwin Huffman and two sons L A Ferguson of Caruthersville and Judge John A Ferguson of Jefferson City Mo a Public Service Commission member.
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Perryville
John B. Cook
Patton Junction
New International
Highway 51
John H. Davis
St. Louis
Caruthersville
F. L. Ferguson
J. L. Daniells
Edwin Huffman
L. A. Ferguson
John A. Ferguson
Jefferson City
Public Service Commission
Williamson-Kinder Nuptials in Farmington Ceremony
Miss Moxene Williamson daughter of Mr and Mrs Max Williamson of Imo and Jack Kinder son of Mr and Mrs A T Kinder of St Louis were married by Rev N E Barrett at Farmington late Wednesday September 18. They will reside in St Louis where Mr Kinder works at the Cotton Belt Railroad freight offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moxene Williamson
Max Williamson
Imo
Jack Kinder
St. Louis
A. T. Kinder
N. E. Barrett
Farmington
Mr. Kinder
Cotton Belt Railroad
Cape Girardeau boys return lost purse reward noted
Gene Robinson and Billy Bolinger, both 12, found a purse on North Henderson avenue and turned it in. The pocketbook contained $67.87. Mrs. Robert Harris rewarded the boys. the report was filed Sept 27 at Fort Benning, Ga., for assignment to the Second Armored Division. Lt. Huston, from Louisiana Mo., has led Delta camp since May 17, 1939.
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Gape Girardeau
Cape Girardeau
Gene Robinson
Billy Bolinger
North Henderson Avenue
Robert Harris
Fort Benning
Second Armored
Huston
Louisiana, Mo
Delta Camp
Gideon baby born with four teeth milestone noted
A newborn son of Mr and Mrs Bill Coy of Gideon arrived with four teeth two upper and two lower. Meanwhile CCC camp commander Lieut Milburn Huston was ordered into active US Army duty Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennett
Bill Coy
Gideon
Here
DELTA
Lieut
Milburn Huston
CCC
United States Army
Herald Claims Take on News Truths
A brief item notes readers are urged to trust reports from The Herald, reinforcing confidence in the newspaper as a source of facts and analysis amid ongoing local coverage.
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New Madrid
Paul H. Teal
Highway Commission
Reaa the Herald
Telephone
Dead Animal Disposal Co
Semo News
The
Herald
Moore-Harris Abstract Company
Benton, Missouri
O. L. Spencer
Kroger C. Club
Kroger
Rae Ae
Avondale
Boka
Hostess
Cherries
Pillsbury’s
BORAX
Kroger’s
Vienna
RVR
Ae Waisg
Nestle
Penick Syrup
Kroger’s C
Johnson
Kroger’s C. Club Green Asparagus
Tom Prece
Kroger’s C. Club
Westinghouse
Mazda
California
Tokay
Loz
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