Flood Irrigation System Trial On Ouachita Farm
An experimental contour border flood irrigation system is being installed on 15 acres of Biedenharn farm near Cheniere Dam Ouachita parish. Under Ouachita Soil Conservation Service engineer Jimmy Wyche and trainee Aaron May the project aims to cover 40 acres, with pecans and grass as crops. The system uses six inch contour intervals and a two inch differential via levee contouring and filling, aided by small tractors bulldozers and a motor grader. Water comes from a private spring fed lake about 20 surface acres, with pump capacity of two million gallons per day and half a million gallons returned daily. An eight inch impeller pump lifts water to a 10 inch pipe system to flood units as large as three quarters of an acre each, delivering about 2000 gallons per minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
B. W. Biedenharn
Cheniere Dam
Soil Conservation Service
Jimmy Wyche
Aaron May
Wyche
Biedenharn
Weevil Infestation In Cotton Spotty In Ouachita Parish
J. J. Joyce Jr county agent reports boll weevil infestation in Ouachita parish cotton as spotty from light to heavy. Poisoning is uneven. some fields with justified treatment are not treated. Hatchout around July 1 will indicate the season’s trend and severity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
J. J. Joyce, Jr
Winnsboro Livestock Quotations Report Faces Market Decline
From the Franklin Livestock Auction in Winnsboro last Tuesday, overall trade ran active with demand good though prices fell 50 cents to $1.00. Volume included 494 cattle and 188 hogs with calves, steers, heifers, cows, bulls and pigs priced across categories.
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Franklin
Winnsboro
Utility
Estimates on Pear and Peach Crops in Louisiana
Louisiana Crop Reporting Service estimates peach production at 64 000 bushels for this year about half the 1945-54 average. Pears are forecast at 50 000 bushels versus 15 000 last year 35 000 in 1954 and 114 000 as the 10 year average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Crop Reporting Service
Milk Promises Natural Refreshment and Lasting Lift
An unnamed source extols milk as naturally refreshing and longer lasting than artificial beverages. The copy emphasizes milk’s steady cooling lift and suggests it “sticks to the ribs” without a rapid decline in effect.
Clinics on Mechanical Cotton Picking Across Louisiana Belt
A series of clinics on mechanical cotton picker operation and harvesting quality cotton will be held across the Louisiana cotton belt this summer. Assistant agricultural engineer Jo seph L. Smilie notes the goal is to preserve cotton quality and reduce damage to lint during harvesting. The four July meetings begin at 9 a.m. and last a half day at Red River Experiment Station Curtis July 10 Alexandria July 11 Rayville July 12 and St Joseph July 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Cotton Belt
Joseph L. Smilie
Louisiana State University Agricultural Extension Service
Smilie
Red River Experiment Station
Curtis
Alexandria
Rayville
St. Joseph
Soil Bank Data Meeting Set in Rayville
Agricultural officials will release Soil Bank program operation data to area farmers after an all day meeting in Rayville. The session begins about 9 30 a m and runs into the afternoon.
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Soil Bank
Rayville
Tomato Crops Shine On River Stix Garden At Studdard Farm
Seventy three year old G B Studdard tends thriving home plots on River Stix plantation near Bayou DeSiard. Tomatoes on inclined stakes show heavy yields while corn on an eighth acre plot prospers with fertilization and irrigation. Ouachita agent J J Joyce Jr calls the tomato crop outstanding.
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G. B. Studdard
Bayou DeSiard
Sterlington Road
Studdard
Quachita Parish
J. J. Joyce, Jr
Ouachita
Ouachita Parish
Water-On promise to help underweight patients gain pounds
An advertisement touts Water-On as a doctor directed remedy for underweight individuals caused by poor appetite or eating habits. It claims rapid weight gain and offers a money back guarantee if purchased at druggists.
Purina tips for livestock and poultry care in hot weather
The notice advises extra water for hens and pullets, shade and wallows for cattle and hogs, and sprinkler cooling. It promotes Purina feeds Sow & Pig Chow and D F Chow with breeding to farrowing cycles, plus Purina Pig Startena and Hog Chow. Also mentions Purina Fly Control, Home Spray, and sale of feeder pigs in Fondale near Monroe Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purina Research
Purina
Henry Wells
Fondale
Fhone
Monroe
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Frank Noonan
Sharp Chipper Tyne Chain
Bromze and
Clinton
Clinton Machine Company Chainsaw Divigion
Michigan
Mathieson
General Gas Corp
Trenton West Monroe
Joyce
River Stix
Pine Bluff
Ark
West
Feed
West Feed Mill
Jewel St
West Monroe
Checkerboard News
John Warner
Feeders Supply CO
Beverly Wainwright
Kelly Arnold
Jackson
Trenton
W. Monroe
Inner Sprinkle Scott Truck & Tractor CO
Scott Equipment Company
Monroe—Distributors
Esow
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