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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1930
Page
7
Kansas State extension poultryman G. T. Klein says incomes from farm flocks hinge on housing. A modern poultry house combines scratching, feeding, roosting, laying and exercise in one room with proper ventilation and lighting to protect the flock and profits this winter.
An Iowa agriculture piece notes twelve hour day lighting for hens boosts winter production. Gasoline lanterns, sometimes oil pressure kerosene lamps, with proper reflectors, can safely illuminate poultry houses where electric power is absent. Farmers without electricity are urged to investigate this lighting method.
The article notes damp houses cause colds and losses for turkeys and suggests washing eggs only for immediate use. Early hatched Leghorns may molt before cold weather, affecting laying. Incubate turkey eggs properly, place poults in chick boxes for 48 hours, clean brooder houses, keep hover at about 90 degrees, give warm water and a seven day antiseptic water cycle. A liquid milk in the ration is highly beneficial for chicks, and selecting good cockerels for next season is emphasized.
United States Department of Agriculture findings identify a root-residing virus as the cause of phony peach disease, spread only by root grafts. Symptoms emerge late in the second growing season, including dwarfing, dense side growth, and reduced fruit size and flavor. Efforts focus on eradication and seeking resistant stock.
Prune gooseberries and currants between now and spring growth, with early spring preferred. Fruit favors wood two to three years old, so remove thrifty but unproductive canes and thin excess sprouts. Cut back dense growth in June and leave replacements only as needed, ensuring long term yields for ten or more years.
In Mor row county Ohio an orchard cut leaf litter and burn debris then sprayed the trees the next spring under Prof Wendell Paddock of Ohio State University guidance. The twenty year old trees, scarred by scab, yielded over 4000 bushels of first class apples last year, with the owner selling much of the crop locally.
A Kansas State extension dairy specialist urges dairymen to keep calf quarters clean and sterilize all utensils. He stresses consistent milk temperature, use of a thermometer, and precise feeding scales. His formula calls for one pound of milk per ten pounds of calf weight up to 16 pounds daily.
A winter feeding guideline recommends one pound of grain per day per four pounds of milk produced. For higher fat content 5 percent or more, one pound per day per three pounds of milk applies. As pasture quality declines, grain should rise gradually, guided by judgment to maintain production and cow condition. In late milking cows yielding only 10 to 15 pounds daily, concentrates are usually unnecessary during pasture season.
University of Kentucky dairy expert J. O. Barkman warns that cream loses quality even in winter. Sweet cream at 50 degrees for a week yields poor butter with old flavor. Cream stored near onions, cabbage, or in kitchens picks up odors and heat, and freezing causes oily, low quality butter.
Dairy factors discuss soil fertility via livestock farming and the cream separator screw affecting cream tests. It notes no evidence that calves from a tuberculosis bull inherit the disease and that cows stay healthier with legume days replacing non legumes during winter to sustain milk flow.
The Lodi unit of the California Fruit Exchange appoints Walter V. Jahant and George Le Feber as district directors to represent the Lodi area.
Early lettuce has been selling as high as 4.50 per crate, signaling strong profits for growers. The first thirty five cars leaving Imperial Valley were all from Brawley.
The first shipment of oranges for 1929-30 left the packing house in December from Little Lake Mutual Orchards Inc of Hemet. Nonmember growers sold fruit to independents and some was trucked out by these buyers.
The final apples and pears of Yucaipa district are gathered marking a satisfactory season. A heavy crop met steady demand with all apples routed to trade marts. First quality fruit was boxed for sale while culls went to by products plants. Local quality reflects effective spraying and modern farming methods.
Within ninety days the State Supreme Court will decide if California must fund up to 75 percent of condemned tuberculosis stock while minus salvage value. The State Controller says the act is unconstitutional as a gift of public money. The California Dairy Council argues the payments are for public health and would be federally shared.
Imperial Valley cotton output this season reached 59 434 bales with Calipatria district leading on the American side at 2596 bales. Mexican harvest stands at 56 838 bales, Clark gins in Mexicali as top producers with 37 271 bales. In Yuma and Gila valleys ginnings to date total 29 133 bales, up from 24 474 a year ago.
The California Farm Bureau Marketing Association announced at a directors meeting that discontinued hog sales in Kern County will resume, with events scheduled in Bakersfield McFarland and Wasco.
Sam H. Greene, secretary of the California Dairy Counsel, reports that state receipts for dairy products totaled about 88 million dollars in 1929. Butter averaged 46 cents a pound, one cent under last year, with production up slightly and income about the same.
United States Department of Agriculture specialists tested six apple cars on a siding and in winter runs where temperatures fell to 40 degrees below zero. A small continuous heat kept the lower layers safe while a large heat overcooked the top layers, showing proper circulation with electric fans is key to protecting fruit during long-distance shipping in extreme cold.
J. W. Hassett cattle buyer and livestock expert says beef herds north east of Healdsburg are in excellent condition after a recent inspection trip through Sonoma and Lake Counties.
Boy Scouts from San Joaquin and Calaveras counties visited Mr. and Mrs. D. Fricot in Calaveras County recently and planted several hundred baby conifer trees.
The Garden Grove Bean Growers Association closed its warehouse after a three month run. This year the association handled 33,000 sacks of beans valued at $325,000, including 4000 sacks of large limas and the rest baby limas and black eyes. About thirty women were employed for hand picking and recleaning.
Stanley R. Pratt of Bakersfield announces formation of the Producers' Cotton Oil Company a $500000 venture to build a Fresno oil mill with seventy five tons daily capacity and thirty tons oil per three days plus gins in the San Joaquin Valley. The firm will engage in crop financing and involve veterans including H. G. Fawcett T. E. Dempsey P. A. Williams E. V. Allen Neal Yonkers E J Cecil and Roxy L. Cross. Pratt resigns from the San Joaquin Cotton Oil Company and will lead the venture with a southern valley gin network already in place.
A pteropus adulis flying fox, from Java and Hawaii, attracted interest at the sixty second Sacramento convention. The stuffed specimen tested California quarantine fears as the animal’s size and diet pose orchard damage risk if introduced from overseas. A circus brought two specimens and quarantine officials seized them to prevent a new pest.
The Russell Poultry Yards hatchery in Van Nuys recently completed its hatchery and office building under manager Albert Zoraster. Current capacity stands at 196000 eggs with a planned spring expansion to 225000 eggs. The hatchery handles twelve to thirteen tons of eggs every three weeks.
San Joaquin Valley citrus growers battle heavy frost using smudge pots as the season’s first freeze blankets the region. Sheepmen struggle to shield young lambs from the cold as frost grips the valley.
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