Mop Hypothetical Spill Near Soybean and Coffee Beans
A mop is positioned above soybean plants while taller coffee bean plants receive a lethal chemical dose as the mop is dragged over them.
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1968
Page
5
Plants Sicken as Mops Suffer and Vines Collapse
The mop plants have twisted growth and are dying, showing signs of decline and poor health as horticultural care wanes. This report notes worsening condition with tangled stems and overall plant distress.
Seed Stock Boosts Cabbage Varieties and Growing Tips
Montelaro highlights good cabbage seed stock including yellow resistant types such as Louisiana Allyear and Greenback and early matur ing Copenhagen and Round Dutch. Recommendations cover fertilization rates per acre, drilling and ridge prep, two top dressings of nitrogen, timing for planting and transplanting, irrigation needs, soil texture advice, and insecticide dusting schedules to control caterpillars while avoiding residue on edible portions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Copenhagen
Montelaro
Mansfield Plans Report On Tour
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield asserts his initial report on talks with leaders in Russia and six other nations will go to President Johnson in confidence. He returns from Moscow Prague Bucharest Budapest Frankfurt Paris and London where the fact finding mission was carried out for the Foreign Relations Committee. Speculation links Mansfield to potential Johnson Moscow talks or a Vietnam peace intermediary role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Russia
Johnson
Mansfield
Moscow
Prague
Bucharest
Budapest
Frankfurt
Paris
London
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vietnam
Louisiana Livestock and Poultry Market Report Highlights
Cattle sales last week totaled 7,797 head across ten auctions, up from the prior week and year. Hog sales at 1,315 head declined, while feeder pigs moved 50 to 75 cents higher. Poultry markets weakened for fryers. hens steady. eggs stronger with adequate supplies. Sweet potatoes and cotton activity noted with steady prices and slower harvesting ahead of September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Porto Rico
U.S
Plaisance Gin
Nuclear Sub Tautog Commissioned At Pascagoula
A nuclear attack submarine named Tautog has been commissioned as a United States warship at Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula Mississippi after the traditional Navy sendoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pascagoula, Miss
Tautog
United States
Ingalls
Soybeans Clear Coffee Beans Battle Ends in Madison Parish
Madison Parish reports coffee beans overrun soybean fields due to wet weather. Two farmers describe practical 2 4 D solutions using soaked sacks on booms and pipe sprayers to kill coffee beans without harming soybeans. Caution urged for cotton proximity and chemical use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Smith
Madison Parish
Lorox
Max McDonald
Albert Tendal
Tallabexa Plantation
Tendal
Smith
Meet Slated By Forestry Association
The 21st annual meeting of the Louisiana Forestry Association will be Sept 11-12 at Hodges Gardens near Many. G Lock Paret says the theme is Trees If You Please to urge higher forest productivity for future needs. Officers and executive committee will be elected for 1968 69. Speakers include Joe C Colvin Russell Reynolds Donald McFatter Walter Anderson and Harry Morgan Jr A live logging show on Sept 11 will showcase new equipment for the industry with a tour and events for members wives and the Seedling and Sapling Club
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Forestry Association
Hodges Gardens
Many
LFA
G. Lock Paret
Lake Charles
Paret
Joe C. Colvin
Soil Conservation Service
Benton
Russell R. Reynolds
U. S. Forest Service
Crossett
Ark
Donald McFatter
Louisiana Forestry Commission
DeRidder
Walter C. Anderson
New Orleans
Harry E. Morgan Jr
Timberlands
Weyerhaeuser Corp
Tacoma
Wash
The
Forestry Association
Louisiana
East Germany Extends Aid to North Vietnam
East Germany provided North Vietnam 8.5 million dollars in aid in the first six months of the year, the ADN news service reported Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
UPI
East Germany
North Vietnam
ADN
Tautog Ceremony Honors Submarine Hunters
Rear Adm. Lawrence C. Bern ard commander of submarine flotilla 6 presided at the Saturday ceremonies for the Tautog and her crew. Lloyd Bergeson Ingalls executive vice president delivered the builder's salute to the vessel designed to hunt and attack enemy submarines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tautog
Lawrence C. Bernard
Lloyd Bergeson
Ingalls
Chlorosis Remedy Noted For Azaleas By Ouachita Agent
Ouachita Parish County Agent J J Joyce Jr warns readers of a typographical error in The Monthly Calendar of Landscape Gardening in Ouachita Parish July issue. The correction concerns chlorosis in plants, with emphasis on azaleas and related remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Joyce, JR
Quachita Parish
Ouachita Parish
Faster Rice Grader Goal of Engineers
Louisiana State University agricultural engineers in Baton Rouge design a machine to sort rice kernels eight times faster than current methods. An $82,000 USDA contract funds the three year project led by Finis T. Wratten with assist from Marion D. Swanner and graduate students. The device uses photocells to detect kernel sizes, with an alternative electrostatic method under test to map kernel distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana State University Agricultural Engineers
Baton Rouge
Agricultural Research Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Finis T. Wratten
LSU
Wratten
Professor Wratten
Marion D. Swanner
Electrical Engineering
U S Considers Limiting Flights At Five Airports
Washington officials outline a plan to cap hourly flight numbers at five high density terminals. Secretary Alan S Boyd says the initial targets include Kennedy LaGuardia Newark O Hare and National airports as part of easing air traffic congestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Transportation
Alan S. Boyd
Boyd
New York
Chicago
Federal Aviation Administration
John F. Kennedy
LaGuardia
New York City
Newark
N.J
O’hare
National
Watershed project lifts Tensas Parish economy and farming
Completion of the North Ten sas watershed covering about 186000 acres brings pride to Tensas Parish. New homes rise and bush clearance proceeds as previously flooded land returns to crop production. FHA loans rise with delinquency under 10 as drainage expands pasture and soybeans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tensas
Tensas Parish
James P. Barbie
Soil Conservation Service
St. Joseph
FHA
Howard E. Joyce
E. R. McDonald Sr
Ed Berry
Tensas-Concordia
Jack Mabray
Cotton group charts goals for U S cotton export growth
A Lubbock Texas seminar outlined aims to raise U S cotton production to 14 15 million bales annually and restore a top position in world markets. Officials led discussions on trade liberalization export finance and coordinated efforts across agencies to boost foreign sales and efficiency in shipping via inter modal transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Lubbock
Texas
Roy B. Davis
National Cotton Council
Cotton Council International
High Plains
Henry Hopp
U. S. State Department
Washington
Joe A. Moss
Moss
ASCS
Department of Agriculture
Kenneth A. Krogh
USDA
Foreign Agricultural Service
John Jordan
Export - Import Bank
Paul T. Haskell
New York
Foreign Credit Insurance Association
Commerce Department
Dallas M. Coors
Maritime Administration
John Hoen
Administration
Division of Maritime Promotion
Japan
West Coast
Atlantic
Europe
Panama Canal
Far East
Robert D. Pugh
Portland, Ark
Also Mentioned on This Page
Louisiana Livestock
Pascagoula
McDonald
J. B. McPherson
Waverly
McPherson
Oles
North 2Nd
Monroe, LA
Allied van Lines, Inc
Cotton Group
Kaplan
M. Kaplan & Son Inc
9Th & Adams Sts
Monroe
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