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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1956
Page
11
North Louisiana Experiment Station tests led by Chester Taylor show surface heptachlor and vegetable dust with parathion effectively stopping cucumber beetles on watermelons. Heptachlor soil treatment failed. plant replanting allowed by dust treatment saved stands.
The second annual school for commercial cotton checkers will be in the auditorium of the Agricultural Building in West Monroe on Friday June 22. The morning program from 9 30 will cover identification of cotton insects and field checks. An afternoon field demonstration will occur near Monroe with speakers from LSU and Ouachita parish.
County agent J J Joyce Jr notes clovers and grasses need calcium from limestone on permanent pastures. Apply lime per soil tests to raise soil to neutral, as acids reduce fertilizer efficiency. Best time is now through August with cost sharing via the 1956 ACP. contact ASC offices for details.
Vaccination by veterinarians is the only sure way to prevent sleeping sickness in horses and mules. W B Aycock Jr notes warmer weather increases biting insects and urges yearly vaccination, avoidance of swampy areas, and strict insect control. symptoms mimic heat stroke and rabies requiring accurate diagnosis.
Franklin County reports from last Tuesday's Winnsboro livestock sale show steady cattle prices with hogs trading higher. Volume reached 635 cattle and 220 hogs. calves steers heifers cows bulls and pigs priced across categories with varied grades and weights.
Louisiana Crop Reporting Service notes a week ending June 2 saw 329000 broiler chicks placed on state farms, down from 342000 the prior week and 258000 year earlier. Shipments reached 168000, eggs set totaled 247000, with hatcherymen paying 80 cents per dozen for hatching eggs and 14.50 dollars per 100 for straight run chicks.
LSU experiment station develops a new strawberry variety that could challenge California dominance in Louisiana. The plant yields larger berries for longer, resists insects and cold, and reportedly tastes better than Klondyke and Klonmore varieties favored by local growers.
For fifty years the Meat Inspection Branch of the Agricultural Marketing Service has placed the round purple stamp on Federally Inspected meat signaling it comes from healthy animals and is wholesome and clean.
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