Century of cooperation links agriculture and weather service
The 1972 centennial issue of the Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin traces a long partnership between agriculture and the Weather Bureau. From 1870 signals to farm weather forecasts, the bureau’s role expanded under Commerce, aiding aviation, agriculture, and commerce. The pilot agricultural weather service began in 1958 in the Mississippi Delta, soon expanding nationwide. Louisiana stations record daily temperatures, rainfall, soil temp, evaporation and wind to support forecasters and advisers. Joint efforts yielded crop-specific forecasts and soil moisture guidance shaping cotton germination and harvest quality.
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Agriculture
Weather Service
Congress
Signal Corps
Gulf
Atlantic
Great Lakes
Weather Bureau
United States
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Roosevelt
Citrus
Royal Weather Service
Mississippi
National Weather Service
John A. Riley
Delta
Louisiana
Louisiana Delta
Ralph S. Woodward
North Louisiana Experiment
Tallulah
James Stevens
Louisiana Forestry Commission
Winnsboro
C. R. Evans
Lake Providence
Sore Mouth Threat to Livestock in Washington Parish
Vesicular stomatitis cases have appeared in Franklinton, Washington Parish, with stock owners urged to guard against spread. Dr. Forrest E. Henderson of the USDA APHIS Louisiana warns that any suspected cases must be reported to state or federal animal health authorities immediately.
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Franklinton
Washington Parish
Forrest E. Henderson
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Louisiana
Ani
Forrest Henderson
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Baton Rouge
Texas
Henderson
Southwest
Shelby County
M. E. Meadows
Federal Sterile Fly Laboratory
Mission
Meadows
Record High Calf Crop In State Likely
Louisiana expects a calf crop of 988000 head this year, the largest since 1924, with the 1972 figure four percent above 1971 and eight percent above 1970. National total 48455000 calves, up three percent from 1971. Texas leads with 5444000 calves, Missouri 3375000, Oklahoma 2240000. Cow inventories show beef and milk cows totaling 52131000 and 12210000 respectively, with Texas, Missouri, and Oklahoma as top cow states.
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Louisiana
Louisiana Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Alexandria
United States
Texas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Exports Reach New High in U S Aerospace 1971
Washington UPI reports that U S aerospace industry exports rose to 4.2 billion dollars in 1971, up 23 percent from 1970 and accounting for 18 percent of the sector's total sales.
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Washington
UPI
Vesicular stomatitis described as sporadic cattle illness
Health authorities and veterinarians discuss vesicular stomatitis as a virus disease affecting cattle sheep goats horses swine and deer. It causes mouth sores udder tears and sometimes hoof lesions leading to lameness and possible mastitis, with rapid and usually full recovery after a few days. The disease tends to recur in cycles, having appeared in Washington Parish years ago.
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Henderson
Washington Parish
Slime Molds Hit In Home Gardens After Rains
Slime molds appear on lawn grasses, strawberries, and bedded flowers following warm, wet weather. The plasmodium stage creeps across leaves before producing spores. they are nonparasitic and rarely harmful. No strong control needed beyond raking, brushing, or washing away the masses. Mowing and turf fungicide can help prevent future outbreaks.
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Carver
Tomato crop in northeast Louisiana yields and tips for 1973
The 1972 Pink Tomato crop in northeast Louisiana was worth over half a million dollars. Some growers were pleased, others disappointed. Plan for 1973 by soil sampling and liming to pH 6.5 to 6.8, with high nitrogen rates needing lime. Four in five years the best prices come June 1 to 20, so plan to market then. Grow in plastic greenhouses, peat pots, then field. plant surplus to cover cold risk. Also details on sweet potato harvest, storage, and disinfecting storage houses using Vancide, copper sulfate, or Chloropicrin.
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Louisiana
Preparing Soil For Fall Potatoes In Louisiana
Louisiana farmers should ready plots now for fall potatoes per LSU Extension horticulturist A C Moreau. Use well drained ridges, plant whole seed potatoes like La Rouge Red LaSoda and La Chipper, 10 to 12 inches apart, cover with four inches soil, and mix about 800 pounds of 8 8 8 per acre. Plant dates vary by region from August 15 to September 1. check pest and disease guidance with your county agent.
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Louisiana
A. C. Moreau
LSU Cooperative Extension Service
Moreau
Hog Cholera Outbreak Triggers Quarantine in Louisiana Parishes
A hog cholera outbreak in Louisiana prompts quarantine in parts of Lafayette and Vermilion Parishes. Movement of feeder or breeder swine is banned. slaughter swine may move under permits. Residents urged to report sick swine to veterinarians or authorities in Baton Rouge.
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World News Service
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Lafayette
Vermilion Parishes
Forest E. Henderson
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Louisiana Livestock Sanitary Board
U.S
Voters Meeting Slated Tonight in Monroe
A joint meeting of the Qua jena Parish Citizens Improvement League and the Black Citizens Council will be held at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Monroe. A. H. Bowie said candidates for public office have been invited to attend the 8 p.m. session to register potential voters and urge turnout for the August 19 Democratic primary.
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Quajena Parish
Citizens Improvement League
Black Citizens Council
A. H. Bowie
Improvement League
Mt. Zion Baptists Church
N. 18th.St
Monroe
Bowie
A. G. Facen
Citizens Council
Screwworm Peril Grows In The South
Louisiana braced for screwworm risk as Texas battles outbreaks and federal officials warn the infestation could worsen this fall. Doctors and researchers emphasize real shortages in fly production, urging immediate wound treatment and revised herd management while Mexico launches a joint US Mexico plan to create a large sterile fly facility and form a holding line along the Isthmus of Tehuantepec to curb spread.
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Meadows
Texas
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Louisiana
Mexico
U. S. - Mexico
Tepec
Brownsville
Pacific
World Economy Farm Angle Seen
Washington AP Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Carroll G. Brunthauer says the world economy trends toward integration and that U.S. farmers should participate to expand markets. He cites record exports, shift to soybeans, and policy steps allowing market-driven decisions and income protection.
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Washington
Carroll G. Brunthauer
Brunthauer
U.S
Congress
Foreign Agricultural Service Markets Development Cooperators
Suggestions On Onions Endive From Garden Guide
Two vegetables for planting are endive and onions. Endive can be planted now and through October with row spacing four to eight inches and thinning as plants grow. Onions plant Sept 15 to Oct 18 using seed amounts and offer varieties suitable for Louisiana conditions with storage notes.
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Florida
Louisiana
Panama records high turnout in election of 505 reps
Panama reports a record turnout in Sunday’s election of 505 community representatives who will meet within two weeks to select the next president and vice president for the nation of 1.5 million. Voting was compulsory with penalties for non voters and electioneering was limited after parties were banned in 1968. The elected assembly could approve constitutional changes, including making Torrijos chief of government with the presidency ceremonial. Panamanians in the U S Canal Zone also voted for reps, seen as a link between communities and the system.
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Panama
Omar Torrijos
Torrijos
Arnulfo Arias
U.s.-Controlled
Canal Zone
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Harco
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Jewel St
West Monroe
Randall Carver
Louisiana State University
Jessee Peterson
LSU
Cooperative Extension Service
Ben McDonald
Corpus Christi
McDonald
L. D. Nuckles
Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission
Nuckles
West. Feed Mill Inc
Jewel St. W. Monroe
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