Clean ground best for poultry ranges says Ohio State university
Poultry specialist P B Zumbro warns that intestinal parasites and disease germs thrive in contaminated soil and mortality in growing and laying flocks. He recommends clean ranges, two years between flocks, and alfalfa or clover as top choices. One acre per 500 chicks advised.
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Poultry Husbandry Department
Ohio State University
P. B. Zumbro
Extension Service
Zumbro
Wonderful Feats With Turkeys From Ontario Farm
Ontario government reports remarkable turkey results from a Norfolk county farm. Disease once wiped out local flocks, forcing imports from the West. Prof. W. R. Graham developed a trough feeding method, moving troughs daily, cutting losses and producing unusually successful birds.
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Ontario
Norfolk County
W. R. Graham
Poultry Care Tips Include Hatch Times And Diseases
Poultry notes stress warm conditions for hatchery success with 21 days to hatch hen eggs and caution against crowding chicks. It warns coccidiosis in two to six week old chicks, urges moving poults to rearing ground at eight weeks, and notes tapeworms as a cause of half the deaths in some flocks. It advises stable breed planning, warns a month lost growing pullets hurts fall production, advocates using any wheat variety, and suggests uniform color eggs weighing about 23 ounces per dozen can be shipped eastward in a cool cellar.
Novato Poultryman’s Hens Dominate Sonoma Egg Contest
James Gage leads Sonoma county egg laying contest with ten hens totaling 1548 eggs after seven months.
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James Gage
Novato Poultryman
Sonoma County
Deer Menace Growers Face in Marin County Orchards
A large number of deer newly nibbling the shoots on young trees threaten Marin County orchards this year, according to county farm adviser M. B. Boissevain.
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Marin County
M. B. Boissevain
Duthie and Daggett Contract Plums for England Shipment
A. T. Duthie and H. W. Daggett of Duthie & Co., leading Northwest fruit exporters, completed a Solano county visit and arranged several carloads of plums to be shipped to England.
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T. A. Duthie
H. W. Daggett
Duthie & Co
Northwest
Solano County
England
Soy Beans Do Not Flavor Milk Say Illinois Study
University of Illinois findings show feeding soy bean hay or ground soy beans to dairy cows did not alter milk cream or butter flavors. Rations with up to 25 percent ground soy beans mostly left flavor unchanged though butter body became gummy, with slight fat and iodine changes. Research continues to counter undesirable butter body effects.
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Department of Husbandry
Stanislaus apricot crop eyed at 120000 tons for 1929
Stanislaus county growers estimate the 1929 apricot harvest at about 120000 tons, roughly half the normal yield, and expect prices from 75 to 100 dollars per ton for their crop.
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Stanislaus County
Oakdale district rice acreage tops record high
The Oakdale district harvested more than 1100 acres of rice this season, more than double last year’s 500 acres, marking the largest acreage in the district’s history.
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Oakdale
Apricot Growers To Rank Prices This Season
Apricot growers in California will receive from 37.50 to 75 dollars a ton for the crop this year, announced by the Canners' League of California. Last year prices ranged from 27.50 to 55 dollars a ton. A short crop is blamed for the rise, while Southern California packers say they will not pay more than 50 dollars per ton, with 50 dollars as the top offer.
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Canners’ League of California
Southen
California
Western Sonoma-Marin Stock Show Plans Set for August
The executive committee announced plans for the Western Sonoma-Marin stock show to be held at Valley Ford in August. More than 10,000 people are expected to attend.
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Sonoma-Marin
Valley Ford
Hungry Hollow Barley Growers Set Minimum Price
Barley farmers in Hungry Hollow, famed as producing the best barley in the world, set a $2 per bushel minimum while expecting a generous premium for this year. District barley has long been sold to English brewers, but last year’s fire destroyed the standing crop.
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Hungry Hollow
Northern California oranges seen promising this year
W. E. Landon assistant entomologist of the California Fruit Growers' Exchange says prospects for oranges in Butte County are better now than in southern California. He notes indications for a good crop in northern California this year while southern California appears less favorable.
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Butte County
California
W. E. Landon
California Fruit Growers’ Exchange
Landon
Farm adviser estimates county sheep profit per head
Don M. Smith uses eight Tehama county sheepmen records from 1928 to derive a net profit of 1.59 dollars per sheep. With costs at 10.20 and income at 11.79 per head, wool costs 0.80 per pound and lamb production costs 0.11 per pound.
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Tehama County
Don M. Smith
Canneries Open With Larger Output After Rain Hit Cherry Harvest
Thousands in San Jose begin the season of cherry canning as canneries start up with higher output than normal. Rain during harvest increased shipments to the plants, while cracking from the rain made more fruit suitable for canning, boosting packed boxes beyond usual figures.
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San
Valencia oranges shipments set weekly record in county
The week just closing saw 350 cars of Valencia oranges shipped from Northern Orange county, the largest weekly total in industry history, surpassing the 1927 district record of 234 cars. The exchange office forecasts a further rise to 400 cars next week.
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Orange County
Orange County Fruit Exchange
Standards for vegetables regulate cauliflower and lettuce
Cauliflower is listed under the standardization law with set standards for shipment. Sweet potatoes are divided into three grades, following a framework similar to grapes, with the lowest grade set as the minimum quality for marketing. Lettuce provisions have undergone changes.
Kings County Dairy Farmers Paid for May Deliveries
Dairy farmers in Kings County received 385484.02 dollars for milk and cream deliveries to four local creameries in May. Payments were issued by creamery managers based on 50 cents per pound butterfat in cream and 57 cents per pound in whole milk, reflecting the average rate used to compute the pay.
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Kings County
First grape and plum arrivals mark season on market
The season's first shipment of Ma laga and Thompson seedless grapes arrived from the Imperial Valley and sold for 18 to 20 cents a pound. Santa Rosa and Tragedy plums appeared at about 1.75 per crate. Alameda corn topped vegetable markets at 10 dollars a sack, with Texas corn shipments halted for the year, allowing Alameda to increase supplies.
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Imperial Valley
Santa ‘Rosa
Alameda
Texas
California market shifts as apple grade law changes
California apples move to new grading under the fruit standardization law. The lowest market grade becomes C grade loose with enforcement by county horticultural commissioners. A prior carrot shipment issue damaged demand for gravenstein apples, lowering prices. The enforcement fee rises from three quarters of a cent per box to six dollars per car for certification.
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California
S. S. Rogers
State Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Fruit Standardization
California Canning Peach Growers Set Prices alarmed growers
Informal opposition arose to the 1929 canning peach price levels as the California Can ning Peach Growers Association fixed No 1 peaches at 80 dollars a ton and others at 50 dollars. The No 1 grade price last year stood at 20 dollars a ton on a 15 million case crop. Preston McKinley criticized the lack of representation at the meeting and said the league must study the growers report. In other circles the prices were deemed higher than justified even with a large crop reduction.
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California Canning Peach Growers’ Association
Preston McKinley
Canners League
Diversity in farming strengthens Solano County’s income
Solano County horticultural commissioner Carl H. Spurlock notes the Suisun Valley ranks high in California for agriculture with plums prunes peaches pears almonds apricots and wine grapes supporting stable county income. He observes diverse crops per farm often 6 or 7 kinds on 40 acre tracts and a growing sheep population exceeding 216000 verses 170000 in 1926 along with thriving demand for pure bred sheep and cattle among distant breeders.
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Salano County
Carl H. Spurlock
Suisun Valley
Solano
Cream Producing Cows Return Monthly Income
A properly fed cream producing cow yields about 600 gallons of milk yearly with 232 pounds of butterfat. At 30 cents per gallon the milk is worth 180 dollars, while manure adds 20 dollars, totaling 200 dollars in income. If no milk market exists, butterfat sold at 40 cents per pound brings 92.80 dollars, and skim milk remains valuable as calf, chick, and pig feed worth 25 dollars.
Dairy farming tips on breeding feeding and barn care
A condensed list stresses good breeding and feeding as a combined path to success, warns scarce land limits cow abundance, urges shipping cream thrice weekly in heat, notes dull silage knives raise energy needs, recalls calf scouring from scrubbing pails, cites cold drafts as pneumonia risks and promotes draftless ventilation, and suggests a staff as the safest way for a single person to lead a bull.
Stationary spraying plants gain traction for orchards
The article notes a shift toward stationary spraying plants powered by centralized water lines and high pressure pumps. Though expensive initially, compact orchards favor adoption, with Midwest growers watching Far West use and noting Illinois’ large farms pose piping and water supply challenges.
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Middle West
Far West
Illinois
Insects That Help Control Peach Tree Pests
A U S Department of Agriculture bulletin highlights beneficial insects for peaches. Twice stabbed ladybird beetles prey on scale aphids and thrips, helping curb San Jose scale and rusty brown plum aphid. Other allies include Sylphus and lacewing flies, tachina flies, ground beetles, assassin bugs, and preying mantids.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Entomology
San Jose
Horticultural Hints on Thinning and Strawberries
A horticulture column notes trees respond to cultivation like corn and potatoes. Poor spraying causes most bad results. Thinning is vital in overloaded orchards to reduce breakage and prop ping expenses. Strawberries suit many soils and face few pests and diseases and require little spraying.
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W. B. Nevens
University of Illinois
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