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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1932
Page
4
Market notes report Louisiana per capita cash income from milk at $3, far below Wisconsin's $422 and Oklahoma's $14. The piece links low milk flow to heavy tick infestation and suggests eradicating ticks could boost rural prosperity. It also discusses government cotton estimates, claiming accuracy and impact on prices and farm profits.
The Lincoln Parish Farm Council, formed on February 18, 1926 in the Chamber of Commerce rooms, has met monthly for six years except one October 1929 circus disruption. It grew from about eighteen farmers to over one hundred attendees, addressing rural betterment, loans, marketing, roads, eradication, and community issues, with leaders such as J. A. Shealy as secretary and a long line of presidents. The piece ends with a future prophecy that the council will endure, serving Lincoln Parish for many years to come.
Local boastful notice features Bob Nelson claiming a rat control method using lye. He urges monthly application and states his remedy will rid Ruston rodents, warning that the technique works over months and asserting its effectiveness.
The page lists market figures for several months in New York and New Orleans with open high low and close values, followed by a line noting police stopped a man attempting to jump from the George Washington Bridge with a parachute in New York.
Instructions for transplanting trees and shrubs emphasize keeping roots moist, digging a wide hole, loosening hard soil, placing topsoil aside for immediate use, setting plants slightly deeper than nursery height, spreading roots naturally, firming soil around, watering if the ground is dry, and completing the final steps.
The guide explains how to fill holes with loose dirt not tramped and prune trees and shrubs severely at planting to balance tops with roots. It notes root loss during digging and warns unpruned plants may suffer in hot dry weather, but pruning aids recovery over successive years.
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