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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1928
Page
2
The article explains how warm weather promotes bacterial growth in milk and milking utensils. It highlights five key factors for clean milk production, the role of cooling to 50 degrees Fahrenheit, and the impact of sterilized milking machines on bacterial counts from as high as one million to as low as five thousand per cubic centimeter.
The article explains that cream fresh from the separator is warm and prone to bacterial spoilage. Cooling it promptly in cold water slows bacterial activity, extending shelf life, with lower temperatures yielding longer preservation. It contrasts warmth as enabling germ growth with cold as inhibiting decay.
Use well bred dairy cows and provide free salt access. Follow practices of successful dairymen with balanced rations from diverse seeds. Allow six to eight weeks rest between lactations. Good pasture grass is valuable but not enough alone to sustain high milk production. combine with varied feeds for best results.
The California Cooperative Crop Reporting Service says stronger border inspections by the U S Plant Quarantine and Control Administration could aid agriculture by stopping pests like the pink bollworm and the Mexican fruit fly. Favorable first half of summer supports normal or above normal yields for most truck crops. onions are down. Fall tomato planting is nearly finished, fall lettuce sowing will occur within two weeks, cauliflower seed beds are thriving, and celery transplanting in the San Joaquin Delta nears completion. Lettuce quality has improved over two years. better fall seed stock could raise output even in average conditions. Onion production revised to about 1,697,000 bushels, versus 2,053,000 in 1927 and 1,781,900 in 1926.
The State department of agriculture reports poultrymen receive about ninety four cents per dollar for their eggs. An additional six cents covers losses from dirty eggs produced during the rainy season or unsellable stock, which if cleaned and sold locally would depress local prices.
Sun-Maid Raisin Growers Inc members are assured that the 1928 crop will be unaffected by deficits from earlier harvests. Advance payments on this year’s yield will be delayed until financing details for the association are resolved. The assurance came after a Fresno meeting of directors and valley advisers from the San Joaquin Valley.
The quarterly Dairy Council gathering will take place in Long Beach on August 24 and 25. All dairy industry and public health nutrition affiliates are invited, with one day designated as Dairy Council Day by Pacific Southwest Exposition officials honouring industry men attending the session.
State free employment bureaus reported 14,945 July jobs with far fewer filled. San Francisco placed 2,657 of 2,807. Los Angeles 4,873 of 4,872. Oakland 1,757 of 1,935 needed. San Diego 1,040 workers placed though 1,034 openings were offered.
T A Nelly deputy real estate commissioner Sacramento says since January 1 stop orders have blocked fifteen firms mainly in Southern California over farm land sales. Investigations proceed against several others.
USDA researchers say a larger supply of high grade alfalfa could be profitably produced and sold in the United States if growers study market demands and align practices. Hay markets report thousands of unfilled orders each year due to insufficient high quality alfalfa. Dairymen form the main demand, and many would buy alfalfa if a reliable high grade supply existed.
The state department of agriculture shaping an exhibit themed How California Supplies the Nation. Inspectors say the plan and display are developed to a unique level likely to exceed any previous exhibit by Director Hecke’s department.
The State department of agriculture notes a busy November for farmers conventions. The International livestock show in Portland runs November 3 to 10, California Farm Bureau convention November 12 to 14, the Sixty first Farmers and Fruitgrowers meeting in Riverside November 19 to 21, and the Pacific Daily show in Oakland November 19 to 24.
California’s State department of agriculture reported that 767 cows supplying milk for pasteurization-free use tested tubercular and were removed from herds under the California pure milk law during June, eliminating possible sources of human tuberculosis.
Beekeeping in California is now protected with reasonably adequate laws for prevention of foul brood or other contagious apiarian diseases. Only minor changes, if any, are likely to be brought before the next legislature in the opinion of leading bee men. Frank E. Todd of the bureau of pest control has special charge of enforcement of the laws enacted by the last legislature.
George H. Hecke, director of the State Department of Agriculture, urged a policy of shipping uniformly high quality fruit from California to Eastern markets. He warned shippers and growers cause permanent industry injury when products are unattractive or unpalatable to consumers.
California produced 23,250,000 pounds of wool last year, ranking fourth behind Texas Montana and Wyoming, with an average fleece of 7.5 pounds. The state’s clip rose slightly from 1927, while national yield reached 296,114,000 pounds this year from 278,037,000 last year.
The federal state crop report service says California's August 1 condition rose to 90 percent, predicting 157000 bales from harvests, versus 91000 bales produced in 1927. Acreage abandonment after July 1 is small and the August 1 estimates tend to hold through harvest.
R L Kimmel of the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce reports Sacramento County recorded the largest farm increase from 1920 to 1925 and the second largest rise from 1910 to 1925, rising 144 percent since 1910. Farm counts grew from 1,601 in 1910 to 2,975 in 1920 and 3,921 in 1925, with Madera County the only county surpassing this gain in the 15 year span.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports Technical Bulletin 60-T showing that internal meds and nostrums fail to prevent lice mites and fleas in poultry. Tests found no benefits, with parasites thriving. some internal treatments harmed fowls. Officials urge use of proven methods and offer free bulletin on request.
Practical guidance on keeping pullets growing for winter eggs, maintaining mash hoppers, continual grain access for summer production, and the benefits of shade and fresh water. Warns against overfeeding new grains, and notes skim milk and summer mash boost for hens and chicks.
H J Miller on a Howard county Missouri farm reports a 400 dollar return from 56 dollars spent on lime sulphur arsenate and spraying and pruning. Three trees served as control while others yielded 200 bushels at 2 dollars each. Even in a poor season the demonstration proved spraying and pruning profitable and left Miller with apples for home use and a bank deposit in fall.
Apple trees are harder to train than peach trees. A central leader is kept until four to six feet of height, with seven or eight limbs forming the frame. Varieties like Yellow Transparent benefit from spreading framework limbs by notch cuts and inserted laths to alter growth and accelerate bearing.
One common disease of black raspberry is anthracnose causing purple blotches on young canes and fruiting spurs. Control involves lime sulfur sprays at 2.5 gal per 50 gal water, with a second spray at 6 to 8 inch shoots using 1 gal per 50 gal, and a third spray just before blossoming with the same solution.
If spray coverage wets trees evenly to the dripping point, extra spray is wasted and may harm. Lime sulfur 12 to 100 applied in spring before bud break controls pear and apple blister mite. Apple curculio creates a small hole then a larger cavity for its egg, preferring small apples for breeding.
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