Ouachita Delegates Aid State Home Demonstration Meet
Four Ouachita parish representatives participated in the two day state Home Demonstration Council meeting in Baton Rouge. From left are Mrs. Euna Spielman parish agent, Mrs. A T Stout parish council president, Mrs. H H Roberts Woodlawn club president, and Mrs. James H Pender Logtown council member. Mrs. Stout served on the auditing committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Home Demonstration Council
Baton Rouge
Ouachita Parish
Euna Spielman
Parish
A. T. Stout
H. H. Roberts
Woodlawn Club
James H. Pender
Logtown Club
Stout
Leon Noland, Jr
Bankers Honor Farm Club Youths From 14 Parishes
The Louisiana Bankers Association honored 4-H and FFA members from 14 northeast parishes at the St Joseph Experiment Station for their club work in poultry corn beef cattle and more. Johnnie Sturgeon Concordia Parish 4-H was named Concordia’s representative and attended with county agent Joe Milby and Concordia Bank and Trust officials. The 5th annual Bankers Farm Clinic featured a station tour on crops and pasture management followed by a barbecue and a recognition bouquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Bankers’ Association
FFA
St. Joseph Experiment Station
Johnnie Sturgeon
Monterey Club
Concordia Parish
Johnnie
Joe Milby
Fred Falkenhiener
S. L. Winston
Concordia Bank and Trust Company
Vidalia
Bankers Farm Clinic
Bankers
Concordia
Louisiana Bankers Association
C. B. Haddon
Northeast Louisiana Experiment Station
FFA Forestry Demonstration Conducted in Enterprise Louisiana
The Enterprise Louisiana FFA chapter held a forestry conservation demonstration during a regional field trip led by teacher Alden Creek and district forester N V Hawkins of Jena. Guests included forest rangers and numerous school and parish officials, followed by a barbecue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Future Farmers of America
Alden Creek
N. V. Hawkins
Jena
Replanting Urgent on Louisiana Cotton Belts as Borers Hit
Entomologist A. L. Dugas warns the Louisiana sugar cane and cotton areas face the heaviest cane borer infestation since 1925 1926. He cites mild winters and wide plantings of vulnerable cane and calls for urgent grower preparations. Waller estimates at least 20 percent of cotton will need replanting due to rain and cold with potential yields up to a bale per acre if practices are followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
A. L. Dugas
Bunkie-Meeker
Bayou Teche
Bayou Lafourche
Mississippi River
Dugas
Agricultural Extension Service
Agronomist
T. M. Waller
Waller
Mississippi State College
L. S. A. Department of Agricultural Economics
Ouachita
Frankin
Guy A. Lune
Franklin Parish
Ouachita Parish
J. J. Josvee, Jr
Department of Agriculture Economics
Apal
Dem Club Demonstrates Lamp Making Across May
Ferriday and nearby Mississippi residents attend home demonstration club meetings in May to learn lamp making from Cypress wood to repurposed containers. Miss Inez Calloway coordinates sessions with two all day events and expert guidance from Miss Dorothy Stocks and Bill Burris of Louisiana Power and Light. Participants need not be members and may call Vidalia courthouse for equipment tips ahead of May 21 Ferriday event at the American Legion Hall and May 22 at Acme store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferriday
Home Demonstration Club
Inez Calloway
Mississippi
Miss Calloway
Vidalia
American Legion Hall
Acme
Delhoster
Dorothy Stocks
Louisiana Power and Light Company
Bill Burris
Bright Outlook for Soybean Growers in 1952
T H Milliken of the L S A extension told Ouachita Parish Negro farmers that strong demand for oil producing soybeans arises from a crop shortage in 1952. He urged interplanting soybeans with corn where land is limited and noted grass as an economical crop, stressing fertilized pasture boosts cattle grazing. attendees included county agents and local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Milliken
L. S. A. Extension Service
Ouachita Parish
Louisiana
Milliken
W. B. Aycock, Jr
Ouachita County
Henry Jenner, Jr
Robert Ford, Sr
Robert Ford, Jr
Stonewall Goins
Hardy Goins
Ben Ballard
Bettye J. Kiper
Junior Livestock Financing Studied
Harrisonburg Iowa May 18 The parish junior livestock loan committee met to study its financing program and review loan applications Presented at the session were J M Toco baker district field representative and Catahoula committee members Wallace Chapman Alden Creel Herbert Terry T H Cassel Sam Dale S K E Richardson BE E Johnson Bill Bickman and Dorothy Baker
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
Parish
J. M. Toco
Baker
Catahoula
Wallace Chapman
Alden Creel
Herbert Terry
T. H. Cassel
Sam Dale
S. K E. Richardson
BE. E. Johnson
Bill Bickman
Dorothy Baker
New State Yam Earlyport Named at Louisiana Meet
Louisiana researchers unveil the Earlyport yam, the latest member of the state yam family. First developed in 1945 as L-240, it was officially named at the ninth annual Louisiana Sweet Potato Association meeting held in Church Point in March.
Ouachita Parish Women Learn Tea Service Use at West Monroe Meeting
West Monroe hosts a parish Home Demonstration council session where farm women receive tea service handling tips. Demonstrators include Mrs. H. H. Roberts, Mrs. W. O. Northcutt, Mrs. C. D. Henderson, and Miss Irene McQueen. Henderson selected to represent the parish at the national Home Demonstration council in Boston from August 21 to September 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
West Monroe
H. H. Roberts
Tr Woodlawn Club
W. O. Northcutt
Drew Club
C. D. Henderson
Claiborne Club
Irene McQueen
L. S. A. Extersion Service
Concordia Stock Raisers Plan Disease Fight in Parish
Concordia parish cattlemen are offered four Bangs disease plans under a state program. Plans range from test and immediate slaughter of reactors to vaccination only, with options to identify reactors and vaccinate calves. Joe Milby urges interested producers to contact him to schedule testing or vaccination with a local veterinarian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferriday
Concordia Parish
Concordia Parish Cattleomen
Joe Milby
Ouachita 4-Hers Grid for Tractor Plowing Tests Here
About 46 Ouachita parish youths enrolled for a tractor plowing contest in Monroe on Saturday May 23 set 1 009 yards west of Highways 89 and 163 intersection. The event stresses safe driving and machine maintenance with sponsors providing tractors and implements. Winners advance to a junior state short course at LSU Baton Rouge and compete with peers from 63 parishes. Judges to be named soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
W. B. Ascock, Jr
Aycock
Minnera
U . Baton Rouge
Ayviock
Souths
Sicily Island Tops In Field Program
Sicily Island and Enterprise High School students swept parish field day events at Sicily Island High School on May 18. Senior boys and girls trophies and sweepstakes went to Sicily Island, while elementary trophies and sweepstakes went to Enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sicily Island
Enterprise High School
Enterprise
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Bankers’ Group
Northeast Louisiana
Kunkle Hank
Sez
International Harvester
Eas
Tractor CO
Rayv
Winnsboro
Hawkinson
Quality Oil & Tire Co
Winnsboro, la Omes
D. Mays
Cotton Growers
Dixie Supreme
Tyner - Petrus CO
Enterprise l Forestry
Albert Merl Crawford
Cecil D. Baker
Joe K. Cruse
Junior Carrington
Alton Boothe
Dale Sandidge
Awerman Netherland
Aulston Atwell
Forestry Service
Hawkins
G. N. Steen
Donald Maxwell
James Martin
Glenn Owers
Richard Wallace
George Faure
Donna Lou Holdeman
Lou Sheppard
Jeanette Holdeman
David Cruse
Dufas
ROYAL
DeSierd
New State
Farm and Livestock Page
Monroe Hardware Co., Inc
Dial
Orel
Louisiane Machinery Company, Inc
Monroe, Louisiana
Shreveport, Louisiana
Ninth & Louisville
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