Peach Harvesting Underway in North Louisiana
Lincoln Parish Agent F C Levasseau reports the largest peach crop in years is forming in north Louisiana with 800 acres in production. Early marketing ships fruit to Shreveport New Orleans and Houston while defects and damp weather threaten quality. A Peach Festival aims to showcase the industry with displays June 16 17 and premiums listed through D P Colvin Ruston.
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Louisiana
Shreveport
New Orleans
Houston
Costs In Cotton Production Aims To Cut Labor
Ouachita Parish Agent J J Joyce Jr notes five field demonstrations on lay by spraying to control weeds and grasses in cotton. The program projects saving hoeing and plowings, improving grade by at least one level. Also addresses mole control in yards via worm poisoning using aldrin heptachlor dieldrin or chlordane.
Anaplasmosis Prevention Advice From LSU Extension
Louisiana State University Agricultural Extension Service urges preparations for the May to June onset of anaplasmosis. Control insects such as horseflies, ticks, and mosquitoes. isolate carriers and avoid blood transfer during dehorning and ear notching. Antibiotics like aureomycin are used daily for 60 days, with careful timing for effectiveness.
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Louisiana
Louisiana State University Agricultural Extension Service
LSU
Meat Production In Louisiana Rises In April Report
Commercial slaughter plants in Louisiana produced 10.5 million pounds of red meat in April, 5 percent above March and 17 percent above April 1958. Cattle slaughter totaled 13,700 head, beef output reached 5.2 million pounds, and calves slaughtered numbered 13,900 with veal at 3.3 million pounds. Hog kill was 14,200 head with pork at two million pounds, down from March but equal to April 1958.
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Louisiana Crop Reporting Service
Egg Production Clinic Set At LSU June 15
Louisiana egg producers and poultry industry members are invited to a one day commercial egg production clinic at Louisiana State University on Monday June 15. The LSU Agricultural Extension Service and Poultry Industries of Louisiana Inc sponsor the program with main topics on efficient production and marketing of quality eggs. Sessions start at 8 45 a m in Knapp Hall auditorium and are hosted by Dr J Norman Efferson dean of the college of agriculture.
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Louisiana
Louisiana State University
LSU Agricultural Extension Service and
Poultry Industries of Louisiana, Inc
Knapp Hall
J. Norman Efferson
College of Agriculture
Conservation Highlights from Franklin to East Carroll Madison
Conservation notes report SCS drainage work starting this week on farms in Franklin Parish and ongoing projects across West Carroll and East Carroll Madison districts. Plans include reworking drainage systems Ashley Plantation and Abel Naff farm, with a June 10 supervisor meeting and subsidies for ditch restoration.
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Franklin Group
E. L. Powers
J. H. Banks
R. R. Torrey
R. L. Garner
W. E. Garner
Coax Church
Northeast Soil Conservation District
Catahoula Parish
Franklin Parish
SCS
West Carroll
Davis and Ross Group
Francis Kykendall
Wilson Brothers
McAdams and Yates
Bancroft
G. K. Kelly
McBride
Tyson and McCollough
B. R. Gowan
Garnett Owens
Frank Shivers
Holmes Mitchiner
Pioneer Place
Caudle
Murel Carroll
McAdams
E. R. Adams
J. P. White
N.G. Cartwright
Troyce Dukes
Henry Winters
H. B. Dunn
J. N. Whitehead
Riot in Christchurch Leaves City in Turmoil
About 300 youths clashed with police soldiers and sailors in Christchurch New Zealand in what authorities called the worst riot the city has seen. Six people were arrested as reinforcements charged into the crowd with clubs after a constable intervened in a fight near a movie theater.
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Christchurch
N. Z
UPI
Changes Seen In Hatcheries Since The 40s
The Louisiana Weekly Market Bulletin reports major shifts in U S hatcheries since 1943. Small hatcheries under 100000 eggs decline rapidly, large hatcheries over 100000 eggs grow due to rapid broiler industry expansion, with chick hatcheries dropping from about 10000 in 1943 to 4257 by January 1959, all in small hatcheries.
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Louisiana Weekly Market Bulletin
United States
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Soil Conservation Service
Lincoln
F. C. Levasseur
Lincoln Parish
California
North Louisiana
U.S
Ruston
Court House
D. P. Colvin
la, Peach Festival Association
J. J. Joyce JR
Ouachita Parish
Ouachita Cattlemen's Association
Ouachita Valley Fairgrounds
Ouachita Fertilizer G Chemical CO
Monroe, LA
Sterlington RD
West
FEED
West Feed Mill
Jewel ST
West Monroe
Kaplan-Ized
M. Kaplan
Adams
Monroe
Xylene
Weevils
Cotton States
Cotton States Chemical Company
P. D. Box
America
Korlan
DOW Chemical
Montgomery Bros. Howe, CO
Mangham
Dixie Liquid Fertilizer CO
Sterlington Road
Butler
New Butch
Royal Feed & Seed Store
Bastrop
Runyon Equipment Co
ST. Joseph
St. Joseph Grain el. Co
Tallulah—Tallulah el. & Grain Mfg. Co
DeSiard
Delhi
Rayville
Winnsboro
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