Louisiana State Univ unveils new strawberry variety 188
LSU announces selection 188 a new strawberry variety promising bigger fruit longer season and sweeter taste. Percy Hawthorne and Dr Julian Miller led the program. Dave Pearce predicts about 75 percent industry gains for Louisiana's eight million dollar berry market. Commercial growing already underway with grower supply limited for fall 1956.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Louisiana
Percy L. Hawthorne
Julian C. Miller
Louisiana Strawberry Selling Agency
Irrigation Use Grows in Ouachita Parish Farmlands
In Ouachita Parish about 5 000 acres across 35 farms rely on irrigation with furrow flood and sprinkler systems. Water mainly comes from the Ouachita River and Bayou DeSiard, with wells and farm ponds assisting some users. Technicians note per-acre water needs and soil absorption vary, advising slow application and considering weather trends before expanding use.
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Quachita Parish
Drouth
Roy Vining
Soil Conservation Service
Ouachita
S. R. Aycock
Aycock
Ouachita River
Vining
Chick Placements Decline In State
Louisiana reports a drop in broiler chick placements for the week ending May 26 with 342000 chicks placed versus 365000 the prior week and 251000 the year-ago week. Shipments totaled 160000, eggs set for broilers reached 275000, against 189000 and 277000 respectively in the prior week.
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Louisiana
Louisiana Crop Reporting Service
Fall hatched hens rated efficient egg producers
Fall hatched hens outperformed spring hatched birds in total egg production and feed efficiency at the West Louisiana Experiment Station DeRidder. Mortality was higher in fall hatched layers, possibly due to greater susceptibility to lymphomatosis, with about 1000 White Leghorn hens per flock.
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West Louisiana
DeRidder
Lou
Virus Passed Through Eggs From Infected Hens
Scientists report in Poultry Science that visceral leucosis virus can be deposited in eggs laid by hens with latent infections. Hatchlings may gain immunity rather than disease, but infected chicks could spread the virus to uninfected broods, especially during brooding and sometimes hatching.
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Poultry Science
B. R. Burmester
Nelson F. Waters
Japanese Salmon Fleet Sets Sail for Bering Waters
Asahi reports a second Japanese fleet sails from Harodate consisting of 13 mother ships and 126 catcher boats heading to the Bering and Aleutian waters for salmon fishing.
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Harodate
Japan
Bering and
Aleutian
Asahi
Russia denies landing rights for two British airliners
Russia refused permission for two British airliners to land in Moscow. A Viscount turbo-jet carrying a party of British tourist chiefs was to arrive Wednesday, and a Viking propeller aircraft bound for a fashion show with six models was to land Thursday.
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London
Russia
Moscow
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