Succulent Feed for Dairy Cows in Dry Summers
The USDA notes pastures are dry and unpalatable in late summer, reducing milk. A summer silo is recommended for 12 to 20 cows, with 10 to 12 foot diameter optimal. If unused, silage stores for winter. Alternatives include sweet clover and alfalfa, peas, vetches, soybeans with grains, and Sudan grass for extended succulent feed. High producing cows need grain: over 20 lbs milk uses 1 lb grain per 4 to 6 lbs milk, with mixtures of corn oats wheat bran and barley. include high protein concentrates for over 35 lbs milk.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Sudan
Central West
Keep Cream Cool During Hot Months of Summer
To receive the highest price for cream during the hot months dairy men should take precautions. Water cools air twenty times faster and a simple cooling setup uses wind mill water flowing through a barrel to a stock tank. Place the cream can in the barrel with cool water, keep cream cooled, stir often, and maintain cleanliness and frequent deliveries. Never mix warm cream with cool cream.
Distasteful Flavors in Cream From Weeds and Contamination
Off flavors in cream arise from weed seeds and surrounding odors such as wild onion garlic leek ragweed and from oils gasoline and vegetables. Bacterial contamination can produce stale cheesy yeasty bitter or acid notes. Farmers lose money. solutions include pasture control sanitary handling and immediate cooling to 50 degrees Fahrenheit after separation plus regular deliveries.
Cannery Planned in Hayward After Fire Loss
Hunt Bros. Packing Corp announces plans to construct a $50,000 cannery in Hayward to replace the plant destroyed by fire months ago. In Oregon, after alfalfa weevil is found in Jackson county, Siskiyou county sets up a border guard against the pest.
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Hunt Bros.’ Packing Corporation
Hayward
Jackson County
Oregon
Siskiyou County
Prune Growers to Receive Checks From State Fund
Chico prune growers receive checks totaling 30000 as their share in a 365000 appropriation ordered by the California Prune and Apricot Growers Association.
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Chico
San Joaquin River Salmon Season Opens With Strong Early Catch
The San Joaquin river salmon season began recently with early indications pointing to one of the heaviest fall catches in years.
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San Joaquin River
Fresno Mayor hints at milk delivery public option
Mayor Z S Leymel says Fresno may enter milk distribution if price cuts do not come, aiming to hold a 13 cent price while private distributors charge 14 to 15 cents.
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Fresno
Z. S. Leymel
Tomato researchers study Southwest tomato conditions
Dr. Michael Shapovalov senior pathologist for the Federal Department of Agriculture with Riverside headquarters and Miss Mary K. Bryan of Washington DC plant pathologist specializing in bacterial canker inspect L. C. Johnson’s Pomona fields. Johnson ships millions of young tomato plants to growers and canneries in Utah and California as a tomato king. The scientists are examining tomato conditions across the Southwest.
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Michael Shapovalov
Federal Department of Agriculture
Riverside
Mary K. Bryan
Washington, D. C
L. C. Johnson
Utah
California
Southwest
Redlands Citrus Growers Expect Steady Prices Next Season
Officials forecast a sizable fruit crop next year matching this season's output but with larger sizes. Market timing should avoid a flood of fruit in cool weather, supporting steady, favorable prices. Estimates place the forthcoming crop at 50 to 70 percent of current handling.
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Redlands
Councilman proposes prune memorial and national week
San Jose City Councilman Joseph Brooks aims to honor Louis Pelier, who brought the valley its first prune, with a bronze plaque. He also plans to establish a national prune week to celebrate the fruit’s heritage.
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Joseph Brooks
San Jose
Brooks
Louis Pelier
Santa Clara Valley
Fire Fighting Campaign Expands in Foothills Area
Sponsored by local chambers and Success Farm Bureau Center, a broad fire fighting campaign operated on the Porterville Springville highway and Success district routes this season. Ranchers donated services as weeds and dry grass were burned. Several fires last season began at highway points from motorists discarding cigarettes and matches.
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Success Farm Bureau Center
Springville
Health officials consider shellfish closed season coastwide
State health authorities move to establish a closed season on Pacific Coast shellfoods amid several poisonings that caused five deaths and many illnesses. Tomales Bay quarantine will not spread unless new cases arise as Dr. Dickie notes. Identification of the toxin by Dr. Hermann Summer at Hooper Foundation Labs points to nytilotoxin.
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Pacific
D. W. M. Dickie
Tomales Bay
Dickie
Hermann Summer
Hooper Foundation Laboratories
Poisoned bait campaign to control jack rabbits near Hinkley-Harper Lake
Joseph Keys of the United States Biological Survey visited the district and spurred ranchers to spread poison bait for jack rabbits. The recipe mixed alfalfa, water, syrup, and powdered strychnine placed in small portions along trails outside fences. W A Davis of Harper Lake reported 300 dead rabbits the morning after application.
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Joseph Keys
United States Biological Survey
Hinkley-Harper Lake
W. A. Davis
Harper Lake
Ban ning prune crop valued at 100000 and price increase
C. G. Hamilton, buyer for a jobbing house, places Ban ning prune crop value at 100000 and announces higher prices. Despite dry years, local orchards show good condition and sizes are expected to stay for the season. Prices offered f o b Banning range 4 to 6 percent cents with cash in full at delivery on the first of the month.
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C. G. Hamilton
F.o.b. Banning
Potatoes in San Joaquin County Harvest Rush
San Joaquin County potato harvest accelerates as diggers machines and labor pour into the delta region amid record demand. Buyers are bidding about 3.35 dollars per hundred pounds, a level unseen in Stockton since 1925.
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San Joaquin County
Delta
Stockton
Predatory Animal Control Nets 46 Coyotes in Stanislaus County
Figures by E. T. Hamlin of the Stanislaus county horticultural commission show that 46 coyotes were trapped in July by the predatory animal control force in Stanislaus county. Hugh Mouser took 16 in the Turlock garden lands area, while Noah Chalfant captured 27 coyotes.
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Stanislaus County
E. T. Hamlin
Mendocino Deer Season Sees Few Kills Early Report
Hunters in Mendocino County report poor luck with few deer taken this season. Police Chief Earl Bishop of Fort Bragg may be the first successful hunter, citing a dressed buck weighing 132 pounds.
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Mendocino
Earl Bishop
Fort Bragg
Imperial Valley Gains From New Cottonseed Byproduct Rates
Imperial Valley will benefit from the recent order reducing rates on cottonseed oil cake and meal. The cotton byproducts industry in California has grown rapidly in five years with the Imperial and San Joaquin valleys centers of production, totaling 8,511,898 gallons of oil 43,121 tons of cake and meal and 19,153 tons of hulls in 1926 27 season.
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Imperial Valley
Imperial
San Joaquin Valleys
Bear Valley Lake Not Planned for Draining This Summer
Bear Valley lake will not be drained this summer despite dry years and heavy demand. The Bear Valley Mutual Water Company expects all water to be used for irrigating citrus groves. Fruit growers hope for a rainy season next year to replenish the reservoir.
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Bear Valley Lake
Bear Valley Mutual Water Company
Valencia orange tree clusters resemble grape fruit
A Valencia orange tree in the P. W. Davis grove forms grape like clusters, with one branch bearing twenty four oranges tightly packed together. Growers consider experimenting with buds from the limb that supports these clusters.
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Valencia
P. W. Davis Grove
Woodlake
Agricultural Aviation Takes Control Of Crop Dusting Patents
San Francisco based Agricultural Aviation Activities has acquired control of all basic crop dusting patents. Courtney L. Moore, attorney and official, announced the move as the firm plans a general crop dusting business in the state. The company has dusted about 10 000 acres of beans in Sutter and Yuba counties with Major Livingston Irving handling northern operations in a plane carrying 600 pounds of dust.
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Agricultural Aviation Activities
San Francisco
Courtney L. Moore
Sutter
Yuba
Livingston Irving
Sunlight Key to Max Egg-Laying Says Univ of California Expert
Professor J E Dougherty of the University of California poultry division says sunlight provides Vitamin A essential for laying hens. He notes quartz mercury vapor lamps can substitute when sun is unavailable, but sunlight remains cheapest and most effective. Cod liver oil is a backup if lamps and sun both fail.
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J. E. Dougherty
Poultry Husbandry Division
University of California
Prof. Dougherty
Flock culling guided by yearly production history
Ohio State University extension specialists in poultry husbandry advise that flock history is the first factor in culling. If production has been high, good birds stand out and poor ones are obvious. if production was weak due to parasites or poor care, first fix conditions, then let the strong birds prove their value. Better management to raise average yield beats indiscriminate culling.
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Ohio State University
Get Rid of Parasites on Chickens in Flock
A historical guide advises poultry keepers to control lice and mites in hens during summer. It notes sodium fluoride application on birds as a method, and highlights that painting perches with Black Leaf 40 effectively removes lice. Mites hide in cracks and require disinfectants for nests roosts and droppings boards to protect egg production.
Feeding Waterfowl in Cold Weather Care
Instructions on feeding ducks and geese, emphasizing warmth and dry conditions. For young birds, propose a wet mash of three parts corn meal, four parts bran, and one part low-grade flour, with ten percent meat scraps and one percent fine sand. Mix with water or milk to a moist but not sloppy texture and feed every two to three hours for two weeks.
Care for Chicks on a Poultry Farm
Raising good chicks drives farm profits and requires diligent care. Crowding, dirty houses, and poor soil harm chick vitality and survival. With consistent work and proper management, producers can raise healthy chicks and improve outcomes.
Turkeys on Upgrade in Colorado Marketing Push
Turkey growers in Colorado form six marketing associations as they build a statewide pool. With blackhead disease controlled, profits from western pools last year were pleasing, prompting the new pools to handle this year's crop.
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Colorado
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Ad Campaign Beloved
An advertisement promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a trusted anti acid for sour stomachs and indigestion. It claims medical endorsement and widespread use by millions, noting the Phillips name as a registered trademark since 1875.
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Phillips
U. S
Charles H. Phillips Chemical Co
Charles H. Phillips
Prophecy of Avery Hopwood and the Riviera remark
A luncheon anecdote recalls Avery Hopwood the wealthy playwright famed for epigrams. A New York lady notes a pretty girl and asks about her loveliness, prompting Hopwood to quip that she must have a past in front of her.
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Avery Hopwood
The
Riviera
New York
Avery
Use Russ Ball Blue in your laundry
Tiny rust spots may come from inferior Bluing. Ask Grocers.
Censor Meeting Sparks Trepidation Over Talkie Golf Match
After a Chicago censor meeting, all picture pruners departed with sharpened scissors. When asked about censorship levels, a party member said they cannot say now and are looking forward with trepidation to the first talkie of a golf match.
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Chicago
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