Popcorn Crop Boosts Franklin Farm Income
Wisconsin-born farmer Harry F. Calhoun Jr. reports 10 acres of South American Dynamite popcorn on his 60 acre Wisner area farm near Gilbert yielding an estimated 50 bushels per acre. At 15 cents a pound shelled, the crop could bring about 4000 dollars this year.
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Winnsboro
Harry F. Calhoun Jr
Wisner
Route One
Gilbert
Calhoun
Franklill Parish
Gilbert High School
Cal
Excelsior Institute Offers Non-Surgical Help for Glandular Inflammation
An advertisement claims glandular inflammation causes old man troubles and promises non surgical treatment at the Excelsior Institute. It cites 1,000 communities treated last year and offers a free book by mail from Excelsior Springs Missouri.
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Excelsior Institute
Proper Planting Procedures For Pines
S. R. Aycock, Ouachita parish conservationist, describes correct pine seedling planting. Keep tap roots straight, plant deep enough, firm soil around roots, and water after planting. Store seedlings in moist dirt if delayed, and water during dry spells to boost survival. Glacier National Park notes mention over a thousand wild flower species.
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S. R. Aycock
Ouachita Parish
Pond Building Gains Pace in Ouachita Parish
49 000 bluegill bream delivered to 29 people at West Monroe fairgrounds last Friday for farm pond stocking. Total bream allocated in the parish this year reaches 162 000 for 88 ponds, 80 built this year under the Ouachita parish soil conservation service. S. R. Aycock notes 50 ponds built since July 1, a new record, with most ponds around one acre and some up to 15 acres.
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Fair Grounds
West Monroe
Ouachita Parish Soil Conservation Service
S. R. Aycock
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Aycock
Monroe Chosen for 1956 County Agents Session
Louisiana County Agents Association chose Monroe for the 1956 summer meeting to be held in August after a Bat on Rouge gathering. The group invited the National Association of County Agricultural Agents to meet in New Orleans in 1960. Neal Dry of Shreveport was named president for a two year term with C L Flowers of Baton Rouge as vice president and H D Gaddis of Jena as secretary treasurer. All states except Idaho observe Washington's Birthday as a holiday.
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Louisiana County Agents Association
Baton Rouge
Monroe
National Association of County Agricultural Agents
New Orleans
Neal Dry
Shreveport
Caddo Parish
C. L. Flowers
H. D. Gaddis
Jena
LaSalle Parish
Surprise season drives home attic cleanouts
Learn how to turn unused items into cash with a low cost News Star World Classified Ad. Clean out your attic and garage and sell your don’t needs. Call 2 5161 for complete information.
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News-Star—World
Pine Tree Planting Under Way in Ouachita Parish
Seedling pine planting began in Ouachita Parish under the Soil Conservation Service with about 2770 plants planned for the next six weeks. Loblolly and Short Leaf pines dominate the area, with Slash pines trialed. seedlings priced at 50 cents per thousand for certified farmers and 3.25 per thousand for noncertified buyers.
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Ouachita Pari
T) Soil Conservation Service
S. R. Acock
Louisiana Forestry Commission
D’arbonne
District Conservati
A M. Parnell
Calhoun
Earl Garland
Malcolm
William Jordan
D’arbonne Conservation District
Aycock
Soil Conservation Service
West Monroe
State Forestry Commission
Tallulah and West Monroe Livestock Quotations Reported
Last Tuesday Lonnie Jennings reported at Tallulah auction 74 cattle bringing 4631.54 and 110 hogs selling for 1881.04 with cattle steady and hogs steady. Calves heifers cows bulls and hogs detailed by price ranges and stocker values. West Monroe sale added figures for calves steers heifers cows bulls hogs and totals 432 cattle 364 hogs 11 mules and horses selling 30 to 67 each.
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Tallulah
Lonnie Jennings
West Monroe
Coastal Bermuda Far Outproduces Common In Tests
At North Louisiana Hill Farm Experiment Station Coastal Bermuda grass yielded far more hay than common Bermuda. In 1954 Coastal produced about two and a half times the air dry hay of common Bermuda during a dry year. In 1953 Coastal was about twice as productive as common Bermuda with more evenly distributed rainfall.
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Homer
North Louisiana Hill Farm Experiment Station
Bermuda
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