Seed Treatment Advice for Gardeners and Growers
LSU Extension horticulturalist Joseph Montelaro cautions seed handling errors and urges treating seeds before planting. He lists copper-based products for damping off and recommends treating beds with captan or thiram. peppers potatoes beans and squash are among listed crops. Demonstrations and bulletins offer further guidance on seed treatment and disease control.
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Ruany
Joseph Montelaro
LSU ‘Icultural Extension Service
Chemicala
McClellan Denies Using Hoffa as Whipping Boy
US senator McClellan rejects claims he uses Teamsters President Hoffa as a whipping boy in anti union legislation. AFL CIO officials accuse him of exploiting Hoffa and the Teamsters to push broader labor limits.
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M‘clellan
Hoffa
Washington
UPI
Sen Juhn J.meticllan
Hsia
Teamsters
James RK Hoffa
McCleling
Sayme
AFL: Cio
James B Carey
McClellan
Teamsters Union
Jimmy Hoffa
Aflacio
Andrew J. Biemuller
Nationalists report island shells from Chinese Reds
Formosa reports limited shelling on Quemoy Islands by Chinese Communist forces. The Nationalist Defense Ministry said shells were fired Saturday, with no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
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Taipe
Formosa
Quermey Islands
Nationalist Defense Ministry
Hausner Resigns Over Jurisdiction Dispute
Jerusalem AP reports Atty. Gen. Gideon Hausner, who prosecuted Eichmann, offered resignation to Prime Minister Ben-Gurion after persistent clashes with Justice Minister Dov Joseph over authority boundaries between their offices.
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Jerusalem
Gideon Hausner
Adolf Eichmann
David Ben-Gurion
Dov Joseph
Wiring Identification Time Saver
Proper identification of wiring at the fuse box speeds fuse replacements. The LSU extension agent Jerry Whesness advises turning off lights, testing each fuse or breaker, mapping circuits by room using a lamp, replacing the fuse, and repeating for all circuits to create a near box record.
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Hare
Fwinstead
Jerry Whesness
LSU Agricultural Extension
Sera
Cane Growers Boost Profits From Fresh Cane Delivery
Cane growers can raise profits by delivering fresh cane to the mill with minimal trash and delay. ESA Agricultural Extension Service says studies show delivery delays and trash reduce recoverable sugar content. Ferdinand the bull escapes and returns home, crossing canals, rail lines, and roads to find his mother, guided by instinct.
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ESA
Agricultural Extension Service
Bletchley
Endland
Ferdinand
Sanday
Charles Richardson
Grand Junction Canal
Bletchley, Cambridge
Conservation Highlights Drainage and fish programs near Winnsboro
Conservation Highlights notes drainage ditch construction north of Winnsboro serving farmers J E Fletcher W B Hixon Lamar Gardner and Glen Williams with soil conservation district crews and Ditch work on Elizabeth Landis farm west of Winnsboro. Plans by Soil Conservation Service and cost share funding. Fish fingerlings bluegill redear bass delivered from Federal Hatchery near Natchitoches to farmers including J T Spearman Crowville Charles Feltus Winnsboro Louisiana Experiment Station AF Ingram Liddiville Billy Shipp I O Rogers Roger Cannon and Leonard Jones Baskin for stocking farm ponds next spring. Applications to the Fish and Wildlife Service Atlanta required. Pine seedlings to be distributed in January by Northeast Soil Conservation District in small trial lots.
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Northeast Soil Conservation
Soil Conservation. Service
Elizabeth Landis
Winnsboro
WHW Rider
Lloyd Peoples
Northeast Soil Conservation District
Sle «Doct Newsomer Crowvile
Soil Conservation Service
Franklin
Parish
Federal
Natchitoches
Morris ‘Vercher
Herbert King
J.T. Spearman
Crowville
Charles Feltus
Louisiana Experiment Nation
AF. Ingram
Liddiville
Billy Shipp
Wisner
Rogers
Central
Roger Cannon
Leonard Jones
Baskin
U.S. Dept. of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service
Atlanta
Georgia
Louisiana Agricultural Progress Through a Century
Louisiana shows notable gains in crops and livestock since the 1860s with figures from cotton corn soybeans and cattle. State leaders credit Land Grant Colleges and the U S Department of Agriculture alongside local agents for expanding research and education in farming practices.
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Lawisiana Hue
WD Curl
Agricultural Coo Norte
Lavisiana State University Agricultural Extension Servicw
Department of Agriculture
Land Grant College System
Louisiana
Curtis
Land Grant Colleges
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Cooperative Extension Service
Land Grant University of Louisiana
Weekly Markets Update Across United States Cotton Trade
The Agricultural Marketing Service reports a busy week with strong foreign interest in U S cotton and robust activity in New Orleans Greenwood and Memphis. Prices for middling cotton rose at Memphis and remained steady elsewhere amid wetter fields delaying harvest. Broiler and fryer markets strengthened, egg prices steady, cattle and hog auctions up slightly with Thanksgiving volume. Soil conservation work expands in Richland Parish with multiple farmers requesting assistance. local names listed.
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United States
Papert
Foe
France
England
Waly
Hong Po
Horwever
New Orleans
Roth
Greenwood
Memphis
Artantes
Arkansas
Tennessee
Louisiana
Seld
Sid Head
Slavatter Comie
Plant Pecan Tree For Home Needs
Ouachita Parish County Agent J Joyce Jr urges families to plant pecans for home use and possible Christmas money. Recommend varieties Stuart Desirable Elliott and Success in north Louisiana. Provide planting hints for small nursery stock, root care, hole size, pruning, wrapping, watering, weed control, mulching, and late-year fruit tree work including peach and plum planting and pruning old orchards. finish strawberry planting by December 15.
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J. J. Joyce JR
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana
Stuart
Elliott
Milk Machine Trend Improves Dairying Practices
Dr Howard Anderson of Louisiana State University Cooperative Extension urges dairymen to update milking equipment. Have dealers check vacuum flow meter, pipe sizes, stallcock fittings, regulators, and pipelines. Clean or replace pulsators and ensure air and milk lines are sound to boost milk quality and save time and labor.
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Howard Anderson
Louisiana State University Cooperative Extension Service
Anderson
Dairy Profit Margin Seen in Practices
Research proves practices to boost dairy margins include feeding grain to each milking cow by production ability. High-yield cows gain efficiency while hay is an unreliable vitamin D source. Vitamin can be provided economically in a well fortified grain ration. Check feed labels to determine.
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Howard Anderson
Louisiana State University Cooperative Extension Service
State Outlook Flags Pecan Yield Decline in 1962
Louisiana growers report 1962 pecan forecast at 8 million pounds as of November 1, down from October projection and far below 1961’s 32.5 million. Wild and seedling pecans at 4.5 million. improved varieties at 3.5 million. Prices sit around 30 to 40 cents per pound. National crop totals drop to 79.8 million, with most decline in Louisiana and Oklahoma. Limited harvest began in many areas by November 1.
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Louisiana
Touiln
State Market
United States
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Retirement notice for LSU Extension Service editor Miss Bourg
Miss Tom Bourg of Baton Rouge, after 36 years with the Louisiana State University Agricultural Extension Service, announces retirement. For 11 years she served as publications editor, assisting specialists on many publications and earning commendations from the USDA, the National Project in Agricultural Communications, and extension editors in several states. Bourg, a Houma native, holds a BS from LSU and an MA from Columbia, joined LSU Extension in 1926 and moved to editorial staff on January 1, 1952.
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Tom Bourg
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University Agricultural Extension Service
John A. Cox
Miss Bourg
Agricultural Extension Service
Cox
United States Department of Agriculture
National Project In Agricultural Communications
Houma
Terrebonne High School
Newcomb College
Northwestern State College
Lousiana State University
Columbia University
University of Colorado
LSU Agricultural Extension Service
Ouachita Parish
Terrebonne
Lafourche
Calcasieu Parishes
Theriot
Terrebonne Parish
DeSoto
Vitamin D Additives Spotted In Food Labeling
A note on vitamin D possibly added or listed as irradiated dried yeast vitamin D supplement or D activated plant sterol. The text hints a nutrient shortage can lower milk production.
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Bull
Winnshorn
J. E. Fletcher
W. 8
Loisland
Louisiana Livestock
Louisiana Forestry Commission
Richland Parish
Richland
L. C. Moore
H. M. Norris
H. D. Sims
George Hunter
R. B. Green
A. J. Newsom
CH. Cupples
Dallas Thomasen
Charlies Noble
R. W. McDonald
Allen
Hargus Insulation
Walnut
Monroe
the Air Conditioning and Heating Contractors
Gwinn
Warsaw
Poland
Reais
Swift
Sleyee
West Feed Mill
West Monroe
Ouachita
News-Star—World
Orem
M. Kaplan & Son, Inc
Corner 9Th and
Adams
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