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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1963
Page
5
Ouachita Parish County Agent J J Joyce Jr invites pecan growers to a meeting June 19 at the old American Legion Hall in Lake Providence. The note covers planting guidance for home gardens after recent rain, including squash, peas, corn, okra, tomatoes, and peaches. It stresses lawn care during hot dry weather and proper mowing heights for various grasses.
AP report details how major automakers vary on oil change intervals from 30 to 60 days or 6,000 miles. The American Petroleum Institute cites a 30‑day winter and 60‑day summer compromise, noting impact on service stations and mechanics.
Louisiana cotton planting nearly finished with fields from squaring to just planted and thrip damage in Winnsboro. New Orleans spot trading slow while mill buying holds steady. middling cotton at 35.75 cents per pound on May 29. Cattle receipts up week over week, hogs down, and poultry prices firm as plants slaughtered 907,400 head last week with steady to higher hogs and mixed cattle trends.
Salisbury Rhodesia reports the union of Rhodesia and Nyasaland will be dissolved following a June 20 Livingstone conference. The federation, formed a decade ago in Livingstone, is slated to end as government officials disclose plans and discuss the stage for demerger.
ACP cost sharing aided 129 Ouachita Parish farms in 1962 with $56,248 supporting soil water and woodland improvements. Technical services via Soil Conservation Service totaled $2,646. projects covered 528 acres of permanent vegetation, lime on 4,796 acres, forest tree stands on 121 acres, and multiple drainage and land leveling efforts across ten to twelve farms per category.
The LSU Agricultural Experiment Station and Red River Valley Experiment Station announce two new soybean varieties, Curtis and Bossier, developed at Red River station in Curtis, Bossier Parish. Bossier yields well, matches Lee in oil and protein, is taller, later maturing, shatter resistant. Curtis yields similar to Lee, matures earlier, taller, shatter resistant. Limited seed available for planting this year.
C E Slack cites the Agricultural Conservation Program as effective for soil and water protection offering farmers materials services and financial aid averaging half the cost. In 1962 the program included 17 001 participating farmers protecting about 75 000 acres with permanent cover or pasture and over 160 000 acres with winter cover, about 74 000 acres drained, total cost share payments reached 4 011 777 dollars.
Cattlemen who feed grain to beef calves can add 50 to 75 pounds to each calf at weaning at low cost. A P Parham LSU Extension beef cattle specialist says creep feeding while nursing on pasture increases calf value at sale. Blueprints for pasture creep feeders available at county agent offices with guidance on ration.
General Odd Bull of Norway arrived in Jerusalem to assume duties as chief of the United Nations truce team supervising the Israeli Arab borders. He succeeds General Carl Von Horn of Sweden in the post amid ongoing tensions in the region.
LSU extension specialist A P Parham urges cattle owners to vaccinate all heifers for brucellosis between four and eight months of age. Vaccination protects against infection and limits spread within the herd. Local or federal veterinarians offer free vaccination for heifers. Contact them to vaccinate this year.
In 1940 the Allied Dunkerque evacuation began May 28 and was completed, marking a major wartime evacuation of troops from France.
In 1937 the former King Edward VIII, now the Duke of Windsor, wed Wallis Warfield Simpson of Baltimore, tying two famous lives in a highly publicized marriage that altered royal history.
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