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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1929
Page
4
Deputy state dairy commissioner Tolliver of Colorado Agricultural College advises warm water for dairy cows. A tank heater and windbreak help cows drink freely, as cold water reduces intake by about 15 to 20 degrees, lowering milk yield. Heaters cost 15 to 16 dollars and pay for themselves through higher production.
A. R. Merrill of the Connecticut Experiment Station notes the shift in feed quality for mixed rations. He warns dairymen to compare buyable feeds with ready mixes, ensure a continuous ingredient supply, and verify thorough blending. He observes improved commercial feeds reducing the need to home mix, while low quality ingredients still circulate.
A guide on wintering dairy heifers for fall calving, detailing feeding strategies by available forages. When legume hay and silage are present, feed hay and silage freely with two pounds of grain daily. If only legume hay is available, feed hay at will with two pounds of grain daily. If silage is available without legume hay, provide silage plus hay or fodder and two to three pounds of a high protein grain mix. If neither silage nor legume hay is available, feed legume hay mixed with nonlegume roughage and two pounds of a corn and high protein mix daily.
A reader article links dirty dish cloths to unclean utensils used for milk and cream. It argues cloths miss dirt in cracks and grease and urges discarding old cloths and washing dairy utensils with a stiff brush for better sanitation.
More than 2,000 jackrabbits were killed by 150 hunters in a Mohave desert drive near Rosemond, 90 miles northeast of Los Angeles, under the state department of agriculture. The hunt aims to curb foul brood harming beekeeping, with potential annual economic gains around 150,000 dollars. Farm advisers from Kings, Fresno, Tulare, Merced and Madera counties attended a Hanford stockyards dairy and veal market demonstration.
President Frank B. Green of the San Joaquin Cotton Growers' Association says the valley will increase cotton planting in 1929 by about forty percent over 1928, signaling a major shift in crop plans and regional agriculture.
J Pomeroy of Sheridan will explain the possibility of eastern Placer county as a citrus belt to Auburn Chamber of Commerce members at the Local Boosters annual meeting.
At the EB J Waddell ranch north west of Calipatria two tons of milo were harvested per acre. On the same land a barley crop yielded twenty six sacks per acre in the spring.
About 100 San Joaquin valley fig growers gathered under the California Fig Exchange to back a tariff rise on foreign grown figs from 2 to a minimum 7 cents a pound. George A. Smith, president of the Fig Exchange, said the two fig groups share a close relationship and work in harmony to secure the tariff increase.
Governor Wallace R Farrington ordered an embargo on all live stock hay and grain shipped from or passing through the area spanning San Luis Obispo San Bernardino Kern counties and the Mexican border. The embargo, effective immediately, comes after the hoof and mouth disease outbreak in Southern California as declared by the territorial board of agriculture.
Violations of state fruit and vegetable standard rules in Los Angeles County led to 73 court prosecutions over the past year. The Los Angeles county horticultural commissioner reported to the state agriculture director, with total fines of 6650 dollars imposed.
Commissioner Ezra W. Decoto and Examiner W. P. Geary of the Railroad Commission will travel to Los Angeles for a state wide investigation of California hay freight rates. Hearings will also be held in San Francisco after the Los Angeles session. The inquiry, begun on the commission's own motion, seeks to determine if hay rates require revision given hay’s status as California’s largest agricultural commodity by tonnage.
Two agricultural college faculty members E J Strniman and Stanley Winters at Davis have been invited as agricultural engineers for a 100000 acre Soviet demonstration farm on the Russian steppes. Russian committee members L M Ware and R Margolin have visited the campus to outline the project and expected results. The plan aims to prove large scale wheat farming feasible with American machinery. The Davis men weigh professional advancement and attractive pay in considering the offer.
In 1928 butter shipments from other states to California declined while California butter cleared through wholesale markets rose by 723,474 pounds. Total butter clearings in Los Angeles and San Francisco reached 67 642 752 pounds in 1928, up from 68 476 066 pounds in 1927.
About thirty five prune and apricot growers of the Lodi district met recently in Lodi to consider forming a unit of the California Prune and Apricot Growers. H. C. Dunlap of San Jose, state body executive committee member and reorganization chair, and M. E. Phillips of Stockton, state body vice-president, spoke.
E T Cassel of Ontario California for the California Citrus League urged removal of lemon lime and similar juices from the free list at a 70 cent per gallon tariff in Washington. He argued the tariff is important because people now drink oranges and lemons rather than eat them.
A Wheatland meeting completed the Bear River Canning Peach Growers Association to promote foster and protect the canning peach industry. It aims to investigate legislative measures, secure information and improve growers' lot, signaling intent to plant next season's trees promptly.
T C Tucker manager of the California Almond Growers Exchange filed a brief with the House Ways and Means Committee requesting tariff increases. They seek 19 cents per pound duty on shelled almonds and 6 percent for almonds in the shell, plus 35 cents per pound for shelled almonds in consumer containers and 87 cents for processed almonds in consumer containers. No prior tariff protection has existed for these commodities.
Wintersburg district reports lima beans and sugar beets as top income sources for the past season. More than 2000 acres were planted with limas, with prospects for larger next season. The Golden West Warehouse Co. in Smeltzer moved 60,000 sacks of beans from local and nearby areas, as prices rose to 10.90 per hundred. About $500,000 has been paid to local growers by the California Lima Bean Growers Association. Beet dumps operated for three months, yielding 10 to 15 tons per acre, with sugar content around 19 percent, per factory fieldmen.
In December, 1804 cows across 36 herds near Riverside were tested by the Riverside County Cow-testing Association. 560 cows produced over 40 pounds of butter fat, with an average milk yield of 820 pounds and average butter fat of 35.1 pounds. Patricia, owned by Peter Schmidt of West Riverside, led the pure-bred class with 2118 pounds of milk and 131.6 pounds of fat. The top single cow was Bess, owned by Rouff Brothers of Wineville, with 180 pounds of milk and 90 pounds of butter fat.
J L Phillips of Whitman county Washington explains geese and ducks as highly profitable livestock. Geese yield four dozen eggs per pair per season with 80 goslings maturing, while ducks hatch April to August and reach eight weeks full feathering for broiler markets. Feathers add value, goslings sold as breeders $5, ducks 6–9 pounds adults.
W A Sumner of the University of Wisconsin says many poultrymen can gain better profits by selling directly to consumers. A classified ad can bring more customers than a farmer can supply, provided orders are fulfilled promptly with fresh, large, clean eggs. Quality, neat cartons, and a trademark name help build repeat business and customer satisfaction.
Pennsylvania poultrymen report a chick mortality of 9.3 percent for chicks raised in complete confinement. The figure comes from 12,309 chicks brooded under the closed door plan from the poultry extension department of Pennsylvania State College. Benefits include low mortality and freedom from intestinal parasites as noted by specialists.
The text notes the Chinese breed ranks third in numbers in the United States, detailing two varieties White Chinese and Brown Chinese. It describes size with ganders at ten to twelve pounds, high prolificacy yielding 60 to 100 eggs per laying season, and grass as their main feed under good management.
A classroom scene shows a teacher asking Fritz what he would do with found money. Fritz answers he would not keep it but would spend it, underscoring a simple lesson on honesty.
An enduring advertisement extols Castoria as a safe, family friendly remedy for infants and young children. It claims millions of homes keep it, cites relief from constipation and diarrhea, and urges mothers to rely on this vegetable product as a dependable nightly aid and emergency remedy.
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