Crops late in Louisiana blamed on May and June rains
Louisiana crops suffered from excess rains with tomatoes and watermelons in the central and northern regions lagging. Tangipohoa area beans and cucumbers faced moisture issues while cucumbers in the 1957 late Spring Crop were foreseen below last year.
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Louisiana
Louisiana Crop Reporting Service
Tangipohoa
Ma Eela
North Carolina
Alabama
Arkansas
Hammond - Pontchatoula
Belmont
Florida
Gainesville
Mississippi
New Orleans
Whiteville
Texas
Milano Gause
Jacksonville
East
Franklin Parish Farm Gains Highlight 1956 Practices
Farm events show improved practices in Franklin Parish during 1956 led by County Agent G A Lune. Acreage in new pastures, lime soil treatment, pasture renovation, ponds and terraces built, land drained, and irrigation leveling boosted yields. Small grains markets emerge with Winnsboro Elevator ready to buy, while bean shipments and the Hamburg tomato market open.
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Franklin Parish
G. A. Lune
Extension Service
F.H.A
Cass Busby
Louisiana
John Lee Kincaid
Winnsboro
Highway 15
Winsboro
Winsboro Elevator Co
T. C. Hatfield
G. H. Kincaid
West Carrol
Produce Association
C. P. Kien
Oak Grove
Monroe
Crystal Springs
Miss
Hamburg
Cotton School To Be Friday In West Monroe
The third annual school for commercial cotton checkers will meet in the West Monroe agricultural building on Friday June 21. J J Joyce Jr parish agricultural agent announced the program includes insect talks and field checking demonstrations near Monroe. Dr Charles Petty of Louisiana State University will discuss blood testing for organic phosphate poisoning and blood samples will be collected. All cotton checkers are invited.
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West Monroe
J. J. Joyce Jr
Parish
Monroe
Joyce
Botton Checkers’ School
Charles Petty
Louisiana State University School of Medicine
Petty
4-H Programs Train Rural Youth Across State
Thousands of 4-H boys and girls learn farm animal care and machine safety under Aubrey Mophett from extension services. The 4-H meat animal and tractor programs offer breeding feeding and marketing knowledge with awards including college scholarships and trips to the national club congress.
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Aubrey Mophett
Mophett
Thos. E. Wilson
The
American Oil Company
Miller’s boat capsizes on maiden voyage in Lake Michigan
John E. Miller, vice president of the Midwest Steamship Co., was soaked when his 17 foot sail boat capsized on its maiden voyage in Lake Michigan Saturday. His dedication to boating remains undamped.
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Chicago
John E. Miller
Lake Michigan
Miller
Midwest Steamship Co
Stink Bugs Bane Corn Crops In Ouachita Caldwell Parishes
Dr Dale Newsom of the Louisiana State University Agricultural Experiment Station reports heavy stink bug damage to corn in Ouachita and Caldwell parishes with about 50 acres ruined in Caldwell and 10 to 15 more nearby. Wilting starts as sap sucking and saliva injection disrupts growth, with hosts like vetch wheat and singletary peas aiding buildup. Control urged by scouting and late afternoon applications of insecticides including dieldrin parathion or taxaphone, noting parathion dangers.
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Ouachita
Caldwell
Dale Newsom
State Agricultural Experiment Station
Baton Rouge
Newsom
Caldwell Parish
Alexandria
Police Order Wide Watch For Marijuana Plants
Police in New York were ordered to monitor vacant lots farms yards roofs and window boxes for marijuana plants. Chief Inspector Thomas A. Nielson mandated all officers to keep a lookout as wild or cultivated plants may indicate narcotics activity.
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New York
Sunda
Thomas A. Nielson
Men In Blue
Man Fires Into Crowd On Elm Street No Injury Reported
Patrolman Endsley intervened when Willie J. McFarland fired a pistol from an automobile toward a crowd along Elm Street striking a car and narrowly missing a three year old boy. Willie Jenkins appeared with a shotgun. both men were jailed. Earlier Alexis Roberts was arrested for aggravated battery and Claude Young for displaying a knife.
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Elm St
Willie J. McFarland
Ralph E
Endsley
McFarland
Gro
Willie Jenkins
Alice Roberts
Claude Young
DeSiard St
McFarland and Jenkins
Byrd Seeks Inflation Focus in Major Finance Probe
Sen. Byrd asserts inflation is the top issue as the Senate Finance Committee launches a multi month economic probe. He notes difficulty accounting for recent cost of living rises and highlights concerns over tight money, higher interest rates, and rising debt. Secretary Humphrey to testify first.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
New Orleans
Nelson Aldrich
R-Ri
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Minnesota Farm Land Split Mostly Hay and Pasture
A third of Minnesota's farmland is dedicated to hay and pasture, indicating a dominant use pattern in state agriculture and influencing livestock feeding and farming practices.
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Minnesota
Skunk Gets Last Laugh In Colorado Cruelty Case
In Littleton Colorado Richard Huttell of Climax was fined 12.50 and given a one day suspended jail term for cruelty to a pet skunk found locked in his abandoned car for three weeks in police court.
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Littleton
Colo
Richard Huttell
Climax
Hutell
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Cotton School
M. Kaplan & Son, Inc
Adams
YMCA
YWCA
Ymca-Ywca
Vernon McCoy
Bess Sharp
Bill Robinson
Charles Wilder
Teir
West Mu
Swift
Jewel St. West Monroe
Farmer's Special
Coroe
Freezer
Scott Truck & Tractor CO
Columbia
Delhi
Broad
Skunk
Gibberellic
Lane Wilson Seed CO
N. Grand
United States Department of Agriculture
U. S. Public Health Service
United States Public Health Service
American Cyanamid Company
Phosphates and Nitrogen Division
Dept. B
Rockefeller Plaza
Cotton States Chemical Co
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