Irrigation Boosts Sweet Potato Yields at Chase Center
Supplemental irrigation at the Sweet Potato Research Center in Chase raised marketable yield by 154 bushels per acre over non irrigated plots. Irrigated fields averaged 315 bushels per acre versus 167 on dry ground, with moisture improving survival, root quality and enabling planting as soon as field readiness allows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweet Potato Research Center
Chase
Joseph Montelaro
Louisiana Agricultural Extension Service
Louisiana
Drouth
Montelaro
Snake Repellent and Livestock Health Warnings for Ouachita Parish
Ouachita Parish County Agent J J Joyce Jr notes a snake repellent on the market that allegedly repels snakes if contact lasts up to 20 minutes. He warns of sleeping sickness in horses and recommends vaccination and veterinary advice before mosquito season. He also addresses hog cholera and pig vaccination, oats weevil protection with malathion, and cleaning grain bins before storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quachita Parish
Peach picking in high gear around area
Lincoln parish growers speak of a much improved 1961 peach crop with early varieties Highlands Cardinals and Dixie Reds ripening. Dennis Owens ships to New Orleans with 200 to 300 lugs daily and peaks around June 15. Larance Brothers report full shed capacity and ready markets in Shreveport. 35 percent of early peaches are number ones. Sumrall calls it the best crop ever with larger, higher quality fruit than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruston
Lincoln Parish
Highlands
Cardinals
Dixie
Hico
New Orleans
E. J. Larance
theLarance Brothers
Hilly
Larance
Shreveport
Barney Sumrall
Sumrall
Yambilee Trip Heads to Pittsburgh for 1925 Tour
A 12 member Louisiana Yambilee Good Will Trip committee led by Judge Lessley P. Gardiner selects Pittsburgh Pennsylvania as the 1925 destination. About 75 sweet potato growers shippers and others from Louisiana are expected to join with tours of markets a major league ball game and media appearances planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opelousas
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Lessley P. Gardiner
J. J. Arcenneaux
Louisiana Sweet Potato Commission
Carrot Distributors
Louisiana Rams
Broiler Growers Report Gains In Louisiana Area
Louisiana Crop Reporting Service notes 626000 chicks placed May 14 20 doubling from prior week and 476000 year earlier. Broiler shipments 156000 head, up from 77000 previous week. Eggs set for broilers reach 798000, up from 763000 prior week. Overall placements in 22 notes total 42558000 chicks, down from 43670000 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broiler Growers
Louisiana
Louisiana Crop Reporting Service
Sys Tone touted as nerve calmer and wife saver
An ad claims Sys Tone calms nerves and aids sleep without harmful drugs. It markets as a vitamin iron tonic costing a few cents daily and suggests it can improve mood and temper, urging readers to buy from local druggists in Monroe and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Adv
Lanacane Promises Relief From Itching Ailments
A California reader touts LANACANE as a phase acting medicated creme that kills bacteria and soothes vaginal and rectal itch chafing rash and eczema. It allegedly stops scratching and speeds healing with a new scientific formula.
Louisiana potato yields forecast drop for year
Louisiana crop officials forecast an Irish potato yield of 313 000 hundredweights for this year, down 20 percent from 1960 and 27 percent below average. Plentiful rainfall and cold planting delayed sprouting, though late spring weather improved conditions. Acreage is seen at 6 800 acres, down 3 percent from last year and 31 percent under average. Yield per acre is 46 hundredweights, well below typical levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Louisiana Crop Reporting Service
Green Reservoirs Use For Ducks In Bottomland
Special report explains how bottomland hardwoods and wetlands can support both duck populations and tree growth. Charles Brooks of the Soil Conservation Service notes winter flooding creates woodland duck ponds, or green tree reservoirs, while avoiding year-long flooding that harms trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesville
Charles Brooks
Local
Soil Conservation Service
Technicieas
Bass fingerlings delivered for nine farm ponds in La Salle Parish
Large mouth bass fingerlings were delivered to pond owners in Jena by Bill Ashe assistant manager of the National Fish Hatchery Natchitoches per Ellis Dawson La Salle work unit conservationist. Rates are 100 fingerlings per surface acre for bass and 1000 per acre for bluegill bream and red ear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Salle Parish
Jena
Bill Ashe
National Fish Hatchery
Natchitoches
Ellis Dawson
la Salle
Ross Allen
C. O. Chapman
H. V. Elliott
J. F. Justiss Sr
Paul Strozier
H. T
Simons
J. B. Turnley
Bobby Windham
W. J “Bill” Coon
Soil Conservation Service
Lower East Red River
Baskin
C. W. Looney
Mike Loftin
Wesley Herrington
Northeast Soil Conservation District
T. W. Wells
Ray Garner
Farm Front Plans Spring Water Removal
Farm Front outlines removal of water in the spring to create habitat. Ponds attract mallard and wood ducks feeding on mast from oaks and beech. It notes small woodland clearings of half to several acres planted with millet and that Soil Conservation Service technicians will aid landowners in site selection design and water and plant management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D. Knox
Gilbert
Macon Ridge
Northeast Louisiana Experiment Station
Russell Wesberry
Mrs. D. Armstrong
Wisner
W. W. Cox
Baskin
W. D. Cox
Winnsboro Soil Conservation Service Office
Soil Conservation Service
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North Louisiana Experiment Station
Calhoun
J. J. Joyce JR
Ouachita Parish
American Foundation For Animal Health
Owens
Ino
Swift G Company
FEED
WEST
Jewel ST
West Monroe
New York
UPI
Mr. Farmer
Sem
M Kaplan & Son Inc
Adams
Chemagro
Guikion
Quihions
Emeizale
Epichusiody
Chemagra Corporation
Hawthorn Road
Rkangas City
Missouri
Rbicides
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