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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1969
Page
4
Practical guidance on preventing pesticide poisoning in homes and gardens. Emphasizes reading labels, storing chemicals safely away from children and food, and properly securing application equipment to reduce risks. Contains cautions about children under five and accidents from carelessness.
Cattle receipts moderate with 7 105 head sold across twelve sales down 90 percent from last week and up 7.9 percent year over year. Hog sales totaled 1 284 head across twelve sales, 14.4 percent below prior week and 7.7 percent above last year. Prices for cattle and hogs closed steady to higher in parts, with calves and feeder pigs varying. Louisiana markets also report cotton, corn, soybeans, and eggs with steady to mixed prices and ample supplies.
Prepare 2 leg of lamb about 3 pounds boned and trimmed with thin fat. Mix brown sugar cinnamon and hot water. apply over all surfaces. Roast at 325 in a rack pan until 170 internal about 1 1/2 hours. Rest 15 minutes, remove strings, slice into six servings.
The article describes hardy perennials like asparagus and Jerusalem artichoke, plus strawberries and peas. It explains planting depth, spacing, and care for year one and beyond, including trellis use for climbers, and tips to accelerate pea germination and improve yields.
Louisiana Sweet Potato Association officers and directors are polled by mail on moving the green yam shipping cut off to the second Saturday before Thanksgiving. The referendum, led by R P Thomas, seeks industry consensus and results will go to the State Market Commission. The drive follows years of urging from the Farm Bureau and Commission actions dating to 1959.
Louisiana reports a sharp drop in broiler chick placements for the week ending May 24. Total started 939,000, down from 1,055,000 the prior week and 973,000 the year-ago week. 828,900 hatched locally and 111,000 shipped in. Hatchery eggs totaled 1,141,000 for the week. Broiler live-weight farm price averaged 5.3 cents, vs 15 cents a week earlier.
Washington awaits a Nixon plan as Secretary Hardin must choose among many farm policy alternatives. With current programs due to expire in 1979, Congress may push hearings early. Hardin pledges a thorough review as dissatisfactions rise and talks of land retirement surface amid debate over subsidies and production controls.
Louisiana and Ark-La-Tex Polled Hereford groups plan a springhill field day at E and B Farms with 9 30 a m registration. Calf weight contest herd bull selection demo by Dr Jack T Perkins LSU and a junior judging contest with prizes for top youths and teams. Master of ceremonies are Jack Dillard and James Duncan.
Do not court disaster use proper containers for gasoline and kerosene and avoid burning trash leaves or barbecues with flammable liquids. Store fuels safely and follow local rules to prevent fires and injuries.
State and federal veterinarians urge hog farmers in Louisiana to watch for hog cholera signs. Officials in Baton Rouge note no outbreaks in early 1968 but five in the same period of 1969. They seek full disposal of infected herds with indemnity payments and aim for a hog cholera free United States by 1972. They stress reporting sickness promptly and strict adherence to rules to stamp out the disease.
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