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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1927
Page
5
WL W. L. Kiggens of Harlimart Tulare County displays three beefsteak tomatoes weighing 5 pounds 6 ounces and one at 1 pound 14 ounces. The grower highlights these large fruits as premier entries in the fair exhibits.
Preparations indicated for the eleventh annual Glenn county fair to be held in Orland from September 19 to 24. Directors promise the event will be bigger and better than ever.
R G Lacey an orchardist northwest of Hanford refuses cannery offers for Tuscans and invites the public to help themselves free. He harvests and ships Elbertas since he cannot afford to pick and sell at current prices, disposing of the fruit to better advantage than the canning variety.
W L Edwards Tulare County veterinarian says an epidemic of hog cholera has broken out in Porterville district and remains confined there. Dr Robert Jay Sacramento federal veterinarian calls the local outbreak discouraging and urges ranchers to seek veterinary advice. The disease is reportedly being carried from the Middle West.
W S Elliott and his brother Spencer Elliott, Sacramento automobile dealers, plan to distribute fallen Tuscan cling peaches from Sutter County orchards to orphans, hospitals, and the poor of the Capital City. They will truck the fruit from the orchards to Sacramento for the effort.
The State Department of Agriculture warns pear growers to spray orchards adequately this season to prevent cooling moth and other fruit insects from multiplying before the 1928 crop. Spray use so far is reported below average, prompting concern.
Livings ton Merced County turkey raiser L L Love director of the county farm bureau sets a tall pole with a bright electric light and metal funnel feeding funneled bugs into a sack. Attracting nocturnal insects provides several pounds of bugs for turkeys each morning while reducing crop pests.
California's division of engineering and irrigation reports 90 active irrigation districts as of November 1 1926 with 3 383 284 acres and 136 053 841 dollars in outstanding debt. Twenty inactive districts total 332 468 acres and 80 000 dollars in bonded indebtedness are also noted.
The first bale of cotton in the Imperial Valley was ginned at Calipatria on July 9 at the W. B. Coberly plant. Domingo Valgez picked it on the J. Owen ranch and it sold for 25 cents per pound. Additional pickings from volunteer fields are anticipated, but gins won’t run continuously before this week. Sixteen thousand acres are being cultivated in the district.
The California Cattlemen's Association announces that from August 1 the cattlemen's cooperative marketing organization will be called the Western Cattle Marketing Association. The name change reflects rapid expansion and service to five western states, with the old name no longer representing the work and territory.
If the current effort to stabilize the California prune market collapses, the California Prune and Apricot Growers' Association may be compelled to sell members' fruit on the open market. The executive committee informed association members in a formal statement.
The Pioneer Fruit Company packing house of Napa shipped Napa Valley Bartlett pears the first carload of the season. Last year the initial Bartlett shipment was July 3 and Gravenstein apples on June 29. This year the Gravenstein first left on July 23, with packing to continue for two to three weeks.
The discovery in Texas of the Mexican fruit fly known as the Mexican orange maggot has led the California Department of Agriculture and county horticultural commissioners to intensify efforts to prevent this pest from entering the state. Director G H Hecke of the California Department of Agriculture announced the intensified measures.
Car movement reports from Southern Pacific and Sacramento Northern show 2,887 fewer peach cars moved this year than last. The season is three weeks behind last year and growers delay shipments amid price wars with canners, with only 332 cars moved so far compared with 3,219 last year.
Considerable grapefruit is moving from the Riverside district to eastern markets. By July 2 total shipments of oranges and grapefruit reached 5290 cars, with lemons at 245 cars. Compared to 1926 figures, when 4139 cars of oranges and grapefruit and 247 cars of lemons were shipped, current totals show growth in all categories.
Present indications show the Arbuckle district in Colusa County will begin almond harvest in two weeks as hulls crack on many trees. This year’s crop is estimated at 75 percent of last year, exceeding two million pounds, hampered by a spring frost that damaged orchards in outlying areas lacking frost protection from air currents.
Donald D. Conn managing director of the California Vineyards' Association returns from an 11,000 mile state tour. He reports the organization now boasts 7,500 members and aims to cover nearly all of California's 25,000 grape growers within six weeks, linking units from Ukiah to the international boundary.
L H Day of the University of California Division of Pomology reports a promising zinc chloride method to combat virulent pear blight in California. The chemical must be handled carefully to avoid bark damage. the formula is given for emergencies and requires proper application instructions from the College of Agriculture at Berkeley or Davis.
NC State College horticulture reports show apples stored at correct time and conditions keep longer. W A Radspinner explains green picked fruit scalds, overs ripe bruises, while fruit picked as green under color turns yellow stores well with proper temperature 32 to 40 degrees, humidity and air circulation.
Peach growers should prepare to gas the peach tree borer with paradichlorobenzene during the first week of October for best control. The chemical kills up to 98 percent of borers, applied as a trunk cone with soil, with age-based dosages and cautions to avoid bark contact.
The notes advise good spraying for successful apple growing and that black raspberries tolerate some shade. Arsenate of lead and lime-sulphur are sold liquid or dry with usage directions. Prune by rubbing off mislocated buds to shape young trees with minimal cutting. Maintain orchard cleanliness year round to deter worms. time-sulphur shifted from home-made to commercial, though DIY remains cheaper but dirty.
Dr B F Kaupp head of North Carolina agricultural college poultry department warns egg production declines in June and offers care steps. Sell old male birds, keep desired males separate, gather and market eggs twice weekly, caponize early cockerels for holiday trade, use 1 percent coal tar dip on birds, ventilate houses, shade birds and provide clean water.
Purdue university veterinary department reported March and April losses from 1000 flocks with bacillary white diarrhea. Ninety percent of sick chicks showed this pattern, owners blamed feed. The illness mostly harms liver lungs and heart rather than intestines, and survivors exhibit organ lesions.
The piece advises roost training to prevent crooked breast bones in chicks. It suggests a 2 by 2 inch support placed about a foot above the floor to reduce corner huddling, noting roost training requires evening effort but lowers danger of piling up during cold nights in coops.
The guide states caponizing should occur when the cockerel weighs 11 44 to 2 percent pounds or at two to four months old. Slips happen if part of a testicle remains. New casters may have up to fifty percent slips. Future attempts may improve. Capons failing to develop may be due to worms or unseen physical defects, not young age.
A woman who runs a boarding house declares all men are brutes. Her friend, who has been married twice, agrees and notes her second husband is no saint yet defends him as she admits he often lands in jail, freeing her earnings.
A terse exchange unfolds with the remark I gave her as good as she sent and the reply you exchanged postal cards I presume. The dialog hints at a strained social exchange likely from a local column or humorous note.
A concise adage urges choosing constructive labor over destructive forces, emphasizing collaboration with a skilled construction gang to achieve lasting results. It promotes practical action and teamwork as wiser guidance than mere demolitions.
Late hour in a quiet home disrupted by a crash from upstairs. A timid young man asks if the disturbance was from the daughter, who calmly replies that it was merely the father dropping a hint.
A church anecdote has Molly remarking that her father the clergyman may preach the same sermon twice. She notes he talks loud in some places and soft in others the second time, so it does not sound the same.
A brief comic exchange frames fitness chat as a lighthearted scene. She asks about dumbbells strengthening, he hedges with a half joke about being strong for her.
The picture star voiced dissatisfaction with alimony, saying in a sad tone that the payments are scarcely worth the effort. The remark highlights ongoing tensions surrounding the divorce and the public scrutiny it attracts.
Kind Henry asks if wife would have chosen another, Smith asks. Henry Peck replies no grudge toward any man, but confesses wishing she had stayed an old maid many times.
A convict responds to a woman’s question about remorse, admitting regret but stating he managed to live it down within the jail setting. The exchange reflects a stark inmate perspective on accountability and self-justification.
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