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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1969
Page
5
Biedenharn Farm Hosts Conservation Tour Led by Welborn
Ed Welborn editor of the Progressive Farmer visited the Biedenharn farm on Cheniere Dan Road with a group including Don Richardson and Gene Warren to observe conservation practices. They toured by helicopter and on foot noting ponds pastures irrigation cattle pecan trees timber and wildlife efforts with multi floral roses marking fences and movable electric fences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ED Welborn
Progressive Farmer
Left
B. W. Biedenharn
Biedenharn
Monroe
Charlie Staples Jr
Northeast
Louisiana State College
Aycock
Senate Opposition Grows to Labor on Farm Payment Cap
Senate appropriations chair Sen. Spessard L. Holland of Florida opposes a $20,000 limit on federal price support payments to individual farmers in the House funded Ag bill for 1969-70. Nixon administration officials favor a hands off approach until new farm legislation, while cotton programs shield growers from cuts. Direct payments totaled about $3.5 billion last year, with the price support loan system tied to acreage and parity prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Spessard L. Holland
House
Agriculture Department
Department
Holland
Clifford M. Hardin
Nixon
Hardin
U.S
Louisiana Weekly Market Report on Broilers and Livestock
The Louisiana Crop and Live Stock Reporting Service reports week ending May 31 placements of 1,106,000 broiler chicks, with 909,000 hatched in state and 197,000 from other states. Prices for finished broilers averaged 15.1 cents per lb farm, eggs and hens market steady, hogs and cattle varying, vegetables and cotton conditions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Louisiana
Federal State Market News Service
Fire Ant Spraying Set Across Louisiana and Arkansas Areas
Aerial operations against imported fire ants will cover about 800000 acres across Union Lincoln Ouachita Parishes in Louisiana and Union County Arkansas. Multi engine planes from Monroe Municipal Airport will apply Mirex bait at 1.25 pounds per acre in low level flights authorized by the FAA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Lincoln
Quachita Parishes
Louisiana
Union County
Arkansas
Louisiana and
Arkansas Departments of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Bernice
Union Parish
West
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Choudrant
Ruston
Grambling
Duhach
Lincoln Parish
Farmerville
Spearsville
Marion
Calhoun
Quachita Parish
Monroe Municipal
Federal Aviation Agency
Career Day Focuses on Veterinary Medicine Paths
Louisiana Veterinary Medical Association hosts a career opportunities program for junior and senior high students at the Jack Tar Capitol House in Baton Rouge. Dr Steve Nicholson LSU Cooperative Extension Service veterinarian outlines topics from zoo practice to public health and the new LSU Veterinary Medicine School opening in Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Veterinary Medical Association
Jack Tar
Baton Rouge
Steve Nicholson
LSU Cooperative Extension Service
Nicholson
LSU Veterinary Medicine School
Louisiana
Twelve Die In Louisiana Weekend Mishaps
Twelve persons died in Louisiana weekend accidents with nine in traffic. A car flipped and landed upside down in a bayou near Alexandria killing three, including Gwendolyn Perkins 19 of Pineville and Hail Mary Holmes. Denny Wayne Moss 14 of Covington was shot by a station employee, and Charles Perry 7 of New Orleans drowned at Pontchartrain Park golf course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Louisiana
Alexandria
Gwendolyn Perkins
Pineville
Hail Mary Holmes
England Air Force Base
Denny Wayne Moss
Covington
St. Tammany Parish
Gary Pelligrin
Moss
Charles Perry
New Orleans
Pontchartrain Park
Grazing Ryegrass Yields Big Returns for 4-H Beef Pens
Four North Central Area 4-H members used Gulf Ryegrass for 150 days producing net acre returns from 45.65 to 128.39 with an average of 95.22. Laura White of Athens led with seven Brahman cross steers gaining 2,620 pounds from December 17, 1968, to weigh-out May 18, averaging 2.49 lb daily and a five cent per pound grain cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Central Area
4-H
Claiborne Parish
North Central
Laura White
Athens
Laura
Margaret
Percy Wade Jr
Farmerville
Jamie Roy Alford
Marion
Jamie
Percy
FFA
James E. Dixon
H. P. Roberts
Carrol Wilson
LSU Cooperative Extension Service
Farmervile
June Dairy Month Highlights Area Dairies And Growth
Area dairymen in Lincoln Webster and Union parishes mark the 33rd June Dairy Month. E A Fulmer notes over 3.5 million added to the regional economy and more than 16 million statewide from dairy products. Ninety dairies average 89 cows each, with about 8 700 pounds yearly per cow and 1 600 invested per milking cow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer
E. A. Fulmer
Bienville County
Louisiana
Fulmer
Lincoln
Webster
Union Parishes
Calvin Simpson
Claiborne Parish
Jersey
Simpson
Bermuda
Claiborne
June Dairy Month Celebrated In Louisiana Dairying
The month of June is Dairy Month in Louisiana honoring the dairy industry. The sector employs over 4,000, with more than 1.0 billion pounds of milk produced last year and about 165 million dollars added to the economy annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Louisiana Department of Agriculture
Angus Heifer to Be Awarded Top Judge at Event
A registered Angus heifer will go to the top junior beef cattle judge at the 1969 Louisiana Junior Angus Field Day in Bunkie. The event starts at 9:00 a.m. at the Youth Center with multiple trophies and talks on judging, reasons, cattle buying, and conformation. Dr Caron Wilson leads the judging contest and Mike Vinson heads the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunkie
Mike Vinson
Louisiana Angus Association
A. V. Young
Caron Wilson
Louisiana State University Livestock Extension
Louisiana Junior Angus Association
Sunday Supper Platter With Potatoes Bacon and Veggies
A Delightful Sunday supper platter features stuffed baked potatoes with fresh green asparagus broiled tomatoes and crisply cooked bacon strips. Includes a go along of hot cornbread or corn muffins.
Cotton Demands Expected To Rise In Decade
Palm Springs California Robert C Jackson executive vice president of the American Textile Manufacturers Institute told the Western Cotton Shippers Association that cotton and textile fiber demand could grow about 50 percent over the next decade due to population growth and new uses. He warned imports threaten growth and stressed research and promotions as key defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Springs
Calif
Robert C. Jackson
American’ Textile Manufactuers __ Institute
Western Cotton Shippers Association
Jackson
Dustry
Nixon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Biedenharn Farm
Broilers
Gulf
W.A. Rush
Mississippi State University
Rush
Dennis Ray
Mississippi State
The
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Travis Howard
Farm Bureau Organization
Angus Heifer
MIDAS
Louisville
F.E.T
Truck Tire Center
Twin City Mall
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