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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1959
Page
7
Ouachita Parish Agent J J Joyce Jr warns that brown patches and dead lawns are caused by chinch bugs and binding chemicals. Treat entire areas, not just brown spots, using recommended dosages of Chlordane Dieldrin and DDT or alternative products VC 13 and Diazinon 25 percent. A Brown Patch appears in circles and is treated with Terrachlor.
Northeast Soil Conservation District crews work on a group drainage ditch benefiting Mrs. Lucy Whitten I T Robinson and W E Robinson. Local landowners sign to authorize the project with ASC cost sharing and Soil Conservation Service approval required for payment. Farmland drainage prevented crop loss on W S Simon’s Fort Necessity farm. East Carroll surveys list farmers requesting evaluations and note heavy equipment used on numerous properties. Western Gulf Soil Conservation District meet in New Orleans with state presidents outlining goals and a keynote by Bill Richards.
Louisiana State University hosts three all day Farm and Home clinics August 11 12 and 13 as part of Farm and Home Week 1959. The programs cover Farm and Family Finance Farm and Home Equipment and Machinery and Dairying with lectures tours and demonstrations by College of Agriculture specialists and industry reps.
In Ashley County for the week ending June 16, 244 fields were checked. Bollworms detected in 83 fields and bollworm eggs in 113 fields. Heaviest infestation in Montrose Boydell area. Overwintered weevils 50 to 200 per acre. 13 fields 1 to 10 percent, four fields 11 to 25 percent. Aphids in 45 fields, red spider in two. fleahoppers and tarnished plant bugs 5 to 10 per 100 terminals. Recommendations urge Extension Service guidance to avoid destroying beneficial insects.
At North Louisiana Experiment Station Calhoun associate horticulturist J C Taylor notes eight acres of peaches show varied ripening due to heavy rains and cool weather. Seedling fruit tasted watery but overall quality remains high with yields around 150 to 200 bushels from 30 trees last week.
At the North Louisiana Experiment Station in Calhoun, horticulturist Alva Miller explains that tomatoes struggle to set fruit when temperatures rise near 95 degrees. The Southern Tomato Exchange Program tests 80 varieties to find heat-tolerant types as June yields begin to rise.
Fragmentary OCR hints at a trial or competition event with unclear names and places. Readable terms suggest a Stive or Vie event with tentative dates and involved parties, but specifics remain uncertain.
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