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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1928
Page
4
A dairy note argues that a herd bull’s temperament hinges on handling. A well cared for bull becomes tractable, while an unhandled one acts viciously. Regular grooming, calm leadership, and early handling curb aggression and aid safe handling, with a nose ring optional after a year.
Fly repellents only quiet cows for milking and lose effectiveness after an hour or two. Most products work for several hours with little difference between brands. The Ohio Experiment Station suggests a homemade mix of creolin cottonseed oil and water or carbolic acid oil tar cottonseed oil, applied with a sprayer.
Guidance for dairy farmers emphasizes regular work schedules, gentle handling of cows, daily milk weighing, comfortable calving quarters, and feeding tuned to individual milk records. It stresses the dairy barn as the "kitchen" where milk is made and urges dairymen to record and regulate accordingly.
George H. Hecke director of the State Department of Agriculture announced that the state fruit growers convention will be held in Riverside on November 19 20 and 21. Livestock producers will be invited for the first time. Seven additional bonded warehouses were approved bringing total to 19 in the state for storing canned fruits and vegetables. Hecke said bonded receipts enable cooperative fruit associations to aid financing marketing via Federal Intermediate Credit Bank funds.
E A Humphrey Earl Fruit Co manager in Lodi estimates grape shipments will begin August 20 or two weeks earlier than last year. He notes grape quality is above the average.
Federal statisticians E. E Kaufman and George A Scott report California produced 2,337,000 lambs in 1928, up from 2,130,000 in 1927 and 2,143,000 in 1926. Experts say the early lamb deal was satisfactory regarding crop size quality and prices received.
Agricultural experts report discovery of the rice stem borer in Hawaii raising alarms for California officials over a potential threat to the state’s $7,000,000 annual rice crop and other field crops. Hawaii moves to protect U S fields by fumigating exports, though its effectiveness and value remain undetermined.
The governor's peach survey committee earlier overestimated the yield. Canners now plan for 336000 tons from cling orchards. Weather reduced production and grading remains strict. B H Critchfield says splits of varieties include 80000 Tuscans 116000 midsummers 134000 Phillips and 600 tons others.
Dr. C. C. Duckworth of Willows Glenn county led dairy control noting 153,883 pounds produced by his division last year out of 88,958,710 pounds for the state. He contrasts 5,696 pounds in 1926 when California produced 8,119,904 pounds. He estimates per person consumption at three pounds of cottage cheese and 6.64 pounds of other varieties.
California will observe a hands off policy in pushing a 90 percent raisin pool before the 1928 sales season. Governor Young announced at Merced after conferring with Donald V. Conn, but said the state has not been asked to take action. Conn remains hopeful yet cautious about timely market control. A statewide radio network for market news, tentatively approved by Harold La Fount, would link San Francisco Los Angeles El Centro Brawley Fresno Lodi Salinas Sebastopol and Watsonville to aid growers and shippers in adjusting to demand and stabilizing prices.
In one of the world’s largest deciduous fruit sheds, enlarged this spring, Bartlett pears from El Dorado county will begin packing this week. Over 1,000 carloads are expected, with 850 to 900 cars from the Fruit Growers' Association, about 125 from the Pacific Fruit Exchange, and a similar figure from Earl Fruit Company. The Poultry Service Men's Conference planned for September 6 to 8 at UC Berkeley has been postponed due to key speakers’ unavailability.</s>
Harvest of Arbuckle's 2,400,000 pound almond crop started last week with a majority of Colusa county growers. The yield will be about 75 percent of the 1,600 ton record two years ago, with prices unchanged. Mark Richerson, Arbuckle grower, named manager of the Arbuckle College City Almond Growers' Association warehouse, among the world’s largest, owned by 75 percent of local growers who are members of the California Almond Growers' Exchange.
California’s fruit field and vegetable crops in 1927 totaled 474.84 million dollars, up from 464.982 million in 1926, according to E. E. Kaufman state federal agricultural statistician. Field crops 165.967 million. fruit crops 240.265 million. vegetable crops 68.608 million.
About 3,009 California raisin growers at a mass meeting in Fresno adopted a plan to leave half the 1928 crop on the vines. The program requires signing up 90 percent of growers, destroying half the surplus, and warehousing the remaining 50 percent to be sold by a pool led by Sun-Maid and California Vineyardists' Association and Independents.
Governor Youngs committee on the peach situation met at the state agriculture office in San Francisco last week and issued a recommendation. Canners who have made direct purchases should advance $20 per ton for No 1 peaches as delivered while commercial traders reaffirm willingness to pay $25 if the pack does not exceed 13 000 000 cases and grinding remains strict.
F E Gladwin of the Geneva New York experiment station reports grafting desirable grape varieties on hardy root stocks markedly improves quality and yields. Varieties like Delaware Campbell Niagara and Concord show fewer faults. bench grafting on Clinton Riparia Globe and Rupestris St George stocks proves promising though grafting costs remain a hurdle. Experts foresee cheaper methods and urge small scale trials for home vineyards.
Ameri can Fruit Grower Magazine endorses a rye to vetch mix of about 20 pounds of vetch per unit of rye for an excellent cover crop. Sow after summer heat ends, around August 15, with cooler nights and possible rain. Use winter vetch and good seed. A seed drill ensures even distribution and minimizes wastage.
Advocates claim summer pruning improves sun exposure and coloring of grapes. They argue extended shoots and more leaves drain vine vigor, but most coloring compounds form in leaves and transfer to berries, so reducing leaf area can affect fruit color.
An apple orchard suits growing chickens while a single sweet cherry often bears little fruit. Cherry blossoms need cross fertilization from another sort. A strawberry patch lasts over two years if kept clean cultivated and fertilized with annual removal of old plants for strong young shoots.
Poultry expert Charles N. Keen of Colorado Agricultural College states that for best summer egg yields hens require more careful feeding. Increase laying mash, reduce scratch feed, moisten mash at noon, and maintain sanitation and timely culling. Do not force an early molt. allow resting before spring hatching.
Poultry houses suffer mite and bedbug infestations from roosts to nests. Iowa State College suggests carbolineum paint or gas drippings from city gas plants to treat cracks and nests, with careful removal of chickens for 24 hours to avoid eye injury and egg tainting.
After culling a flock, dip for lice and ensure pullets are vigorous and fat for heavy winter production. Save late molting hens as breeders and use fresh ground bone to stimulate aging birds. Avoid ptomaine risks from old bone, and manage diet to prevent soft eggs by providing oyster shells. If no cool basement, build a root cellar under coop for egg storage.
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