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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1965
Page
5
Ouachita Parish County Agent J J Joyce Jr warns home gardeners to read labels on garden poisons and use only approved products such as Sevin and Malathion with a seven day waiting period before harvesting. Wilt is discussed with resistant varieties Floralou recommended. fall garden prep and planting tips follow.
Summary of Louisiana farm markets last week including cotton growth and slow spot trading. Interior sales held prices steady at 1.00 to 1.50 per bale with middling cotton around 32.05 cents per pound. Cattle marketings totaled 6,493 head across seven auctions, up sharply from the prior week and well above last year. Hog sales were moderate with a mix of price gains versus the prior week. Poultry and eggs saw weaker broiler and fryer markets while ready to cook demand remained fair and live supplies adequate. Prices paid to producers varied by grade and weight, with most chickens and eggs near steady to higher from week to week.
Louisiana Crop Reporting Service says May milk output reached 85 million pounds, up four percent from May 1963 and 9 percent above the 1960-63 monthly average. Average herd production was 415 pounds per cow, up 30 pounds from a year earlier, with a 10 pound May decline from April. Nationally, May milk output totaled about 12,300 million pounds, down 0.5 percent from a year ago, with per cow production at 781 pounds.
R A Johnson of Mansfield Louisiana State University Cooperative Extension Service DeSoto Parish is among 50 Extension staff awarded scholarships to attend the 1965 National Workshop on Human Development and Human Relations. The six hour university credit program begins in Colorado State University Fort Collins and runs through July 23 with participants from 27 states and the District of Columbia. Johnson, a Mississippi native, earned a BS from Mississippi State and an MS from LSU and has served in DeSoto Parish since 1945 rising to parish agent in 1949.
Classroom teachers in Louisiana will study conservation of soil water woodland wildlife and range resources this summer through two short courses and two conferences led by the State Department of Education's Division of Science and Conservation. Con cluding sessions feature lectures by government and industry representatives with sessions at Northwestern State College Natchitoches Southern University near Baton Rouge Grambling College USL Lafayette and a concluding four day program at the University of Southwestern Louisiana Lafayette. The Louisiana Association of Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisors honors standout teachers through a state wide recognition program.
A discussion of Jesus of Nazareth highlighting how his poverty teachings contrast with today’s materialism. It notes the Beatitudes on poverty of spirit, warnings to the rich, and parables about wealth, urging humility and trust in God while cautioning against wealth’s spiritual dangers.
In Laconia Police Chief Harold E Knowlton recalls officers taking rocks thrown like grapefruits as rioters battled police. New York Mayor Wagner honors Bernard Baruch noting his global influence and lifelong service. Chicago civil rights leaders seek US Attorney General Katzenbach aid to end de facto segregation. London actor Forbes Robinson comments on potential audience reactions to a biblical stage scene.
The American Embassy said Soviet authorities expelled American exchange student Jack Weiner of Baltimore tied to reciprocity after two Soviet students were expelled from the United States. Weiner, 29, was at the University of Leningrad and scheduled to stay through August, with charges of disrespect for Soviet authorities and encouraging anti Soviet sentiment.
The Louisiana Crop Reporting Service notes a dip in broiler chick placements for the week ending June 12. Weekly production reached 636,000 chicks, down from 642,000 the prior week and 56,000 a year ago, with 14,000 chicks shipped and 892,000 eggs set for broilers in Louisiana. Nationwide, 23 states placed 50,528,000 broiler chicks and set 65,300,000 eggs for broilers.
The report notes Piingoy attended a molten salts conference despite being told not to and was expelled on May 30. He sought to visit several cities but was refused for three. he proceeded anyway and was expelled the previous Friday.
Louisiana Tech student William P Bonner age 23 trains with the Soil Conservation Service in Ouachita Parish for the summer. He will return to Tech in fall to continue agriculture studies. Bonner from Lake Providence lives on campus in Verville. married with a 10 month old daughter. He will learn all phases of unit work and alternate with staff. A state workshop in Alexandria drew conservationists including Glen Gary A R Bertrand John Cox J B Earle F L Spencer C E Slack H B Martin and others.
Louisiana harvest under way with a projected state yield around 120000 bushels, about 45 percent below 1965 and 14 percent under the 1959-63 average. Late May showers helped, but more moisture is needed and cold spring damage affected early varieties. National outlook shows 83500000 bushels, a record with gains in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama.
Two cave explorers Darwin Tussey 30 and Lynn Place 44 both of Dayton Ohio died after fumes from dynamite used to blast a new entrance at Zane Caverns near Bellefontaine Ohio. Firemen recovered the bodies from a 20 foot hole about two hours after the blast.
Sam Cash, owner of a Colorado Springs tavern, reported being de cashed for 300 dollars. He hid the money in a beer cooler, but the lock was smashed, and the cash disappeared. A police report notes the missing funds and the break in at the establishment.
Washington AP reports time is running out for the Johnson administration to avoid a national referendum on mandatory wheat production controls. Surpluses remain, farm leaders doubt victory, and Congress may not act in time. If not delayed, a referendum for the 1966 crop could occur late next month, with critics labeling the plan effectively compulsory despite recent changes.
Dairy steers gain in popularity with some trials showing dairy cattle outpacing beef breeds, though their carcasses grade lower. Sudden dairy cow ration changes sharply cut milk production per Ohio State Extension notes. U.S. farm product sales reach 742 million in fiscal 1964 in Japan, while Connecticut ranks fourth in New England and fifth nationally in brucellosis freedom.
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