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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1963
Page
4
Ouachita Parish County Agent urges parental or guardian instruction for boys receiving guns this Christmas. He outlines steps to teach real gun safety starting with early hands on training from fathers and qualified teachers.
Louisiana Crop Reporting Service in Alexandria reports that the week of November 17 23 saw 573 000 broiler chicks started, up from 523 000 the prior week and 527 000 the same week in 1962. Shipments totaled 45 000 chicks, down from 51 000, while 894 000 eggs were set for broilers, up from 888 000 the previous week and 591 000 a year ago.
The Louisiana Forestry Commission prepares to lift and ship over 35 million pine seedlings to forest landowners late this month or January. Eugene E. Turner cites equal distribution between Loblolly and Slash pines, with smaller lots of Cypress and 16 hardwood species. Seedlings cost 4.75 per thousand for pines and 5.50 for hardwoods, available at Columbia, Southwest, and Beauregard nurseries. The chief nurseryman predicts lifting the billionth pine seedling this winter.
State Commissioner of Agriculture Dave N. Pearce reports Louisiana had abundant crops this past year despite a hot dry spell. He notes dairies and beef cattlemen faced drought threats but timing favored cotton and rice farmers as harvests matured.
The Louisiana Crop Reporting Service notes a record per acre lint yield of 651 pounds, pushing the overall cotton crop to about 685000 bales. Prices in state markets range near loan parity, with demand strongest for strict low middling grades. Cattle hog and poultry markets show mixed results as producers navigate drought impacts and stable to weaker prices.
Horticulturist Joseph Montelaro of Louisiana State University Agricultural Extension Service cautions growers that profit hinges on market delivery. He advises building hotbeds or greenhouses now in well drained, sunlit sites near the house with wind protection and easy irrigation to boost margins.
Conservationists warn hardwood demand rises while parish woodland shrinks from about 228 782 acres in 1958 to around 220 000 today. Experts compare management lessons to beef cattle farming stressing selective cutting and proper spacing to boost future wood value.
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