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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1963
Page
4
Louisiana commercial hatcheries hatched 2,830,000 chicks in November, up 29 percent from last year and 82 percent above the 1957-61 month average. Broiler chicks were 2,678,000 and egg-type 152,000. National hatcheries produced 198,153,000 chicks in November, with broilers at 174,777,000. Broiler incubators on December 1 were up 10 percent from a year ago, suggesting a larger December hatch.
In 1659 the General Court of Massachusetts declared Christmas observance a penal offense, reflecting early Puritan opposition to the holiday and its practices.
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Cotton classing in 1963 mostly higher than 1962 across South central offices. Middling dominated in Alexandria Jackson Greenwood Memphis and Little Rock while Strict Low Middling led in Hayti Winnsboro. Light Spotted, grade index, staple lengths, and micronaire varied slightly with office differences. 5.16 million samples were submitted in 1963 vs 4.39 million in 1962. harvest was open and favorable.
U.S. Agriculture Department scientists say insects’ long evolved sense of smell could help reduce chemical pesticides. Attractants combined with traps or poisons target pests like the Mediterranean fruit fly, Oriental fruit fly, melon fly, Japanese beetle, and European chafer, with methods extending to traps, light, and air currents.
LSU horticulturist Joseph Montela urges producers to bring warm weather crops to market quickly and suggests building hotbeds or greenhouses for peppers and tomatoes. USDA data show Louisiana cash farm income rose five percent from 1961 to 1962. LSU cotton specialists say $2.6 million in 1964 research and promotion expenditures aim to hold and expand fiber markets.
Rene Orange aged 33, a circus roustabout in RHEIMS France, was mauled to death after entering a lions’ cage to prove they were harmless. He stroked a lion through bars and was then attacked by the four beasts.
Horticulturist Joseph Montelaro of LSU recommends early-season planting in hotbeds before late January. Top commercial varieties include Moreton Hybrid Floraleo Pink Deal and Red Global, with notes on maturity times and crack resistance for home and local markets.
The National Draft Goldwater Committee reports high enthusiasm across the country for Senator Barry Goldwater as the Republican presidential candidate.
Paul Ransom Monroe producer James F Parrish Girard producer and C J Grayson Fort Necessity cooperative named delegates to the 26th annual National Cotton Council meeting. January 27 28 Biloxi Miss to review 1963 research and promotion programs and set next year plans. Council aims to boost cotton and cottonseed consumption and includes producers merchants cooperatives and spin ners from US cotton states.
Ouachita Parish Extension notes rapid changes in turkey farming over 15 years with double breast birds for large families maturing in nine months and leaner hogs in development. It urges Christmas safety reminders and fires during December and January while highlighting breeding programs to meet consumer demand.
Fifty Bay of Pigs survivors traveled to Arlington National Cemetery on the first anniversary of their release from Cuban prisons. Dressed in camouflage and bearing wreaths, they paid respects at John F. Kennedy’s grave.
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