Dairymen urged to diversify farms in Chenango Valley
A New York study by J C Neethling of the NYS College of Agriculture finds farmers relying solely on dairying have lower labor incomes than those with crops or poultry. For five years cash crops boosted income. fruit farms in Niagara County earned less, and dairy farms reported higher labor income than poultry farms in the Chenango Valley.
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Chenango Valley
New York State
J. C. Neethling
Agricultural Economic Department
New York State College of Agriculture
Neethling
Niagara County
Silage Best Suited For Dairy Cattle Feeding
Silage is promoted as the best succulent feed for dairy cattle offering year round availability and lower labor costs. It supplies carbohydrates with lower protein value yet aids digestion and tooth health, with typical intake around 30 to 40 pounds per day. Legume silage such as alfalfa and soybeans varies in quality and is often best cured as hay if possible.
Right Richness of Cream Secured From Separator
Adjust the cream screw of the separator to secure cream testing about 35 to 45 percent fat. Low testing cream sours and spoils rapidly, reaching the creamery often unfit for good butter. Spoiled cream complicates sampling, reduces skim milk, increases butter fat transport costs, hinders starter use, and lowers churn yield and buttermilk loss.
Dairy Notes and Dairy Farming Guidance
This column discusses calf feeding during the first month and identifies the dairy cow as a major competitive factor. It notes that high protein feeds can boost soil fertility through manure and suggests testing skim milk butter fat at a local creamery to judge cream separator profitability.
Spring pig crop and peach harvest projections
A federal survey estimates the U S spring pig crop at about 4,000,000 head, 7 percent below 1927. A smaller fall crop is expected, while the 1928 peach crop may become one of the heaviest on record with 64,186,000 bushels in sight as conditions improve.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Paso Robles Sees Second Largest Grain Shipping Point Status
Paso Robles claims second largest grain shipping point in the state as flood of wheat pours into its warehouses. The crop, large and high quality due to ideal weather, matches last year's excellent product according to wheat men.
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Paso Robles
Western Farm Economics Meet Opens in Berkeley
Thirty delegates from eleven western universities began a two day session on the University of California campus. The conference at the College of Agriculture aims to solve common farm economics problems, formulate a sound agricultural policy, and plan readjustments for Western agriculture.
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Berkeley
Western Society of Farm Economics
College of Agriculture
University of California
Far West
Olive crops in San Joaquin Valley hit by late rains
Tulare county horticultural commissioner Frank R Brann says some San Joaquin Valley olive sections will yield lighter crops due to late spring rains that washed blossoms and hindered pollination. No damage estimate yet, but fruit should be of good size and quality with higher prices. this marks the third year of reduced crops.
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San Joaquin Valley
Frank R. Brann
Tulare County
California Vineyardists Aim to Expand Fruit Markets
Donald D. Conn, manager of the California Vineyardists Association, told Tulare County Farm Bureau picnic attendees that every pound of good fruit has a market in California. He predicted a dried fruit department would soon be created within the vine yardists' organization.
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California
Donald D. Conn
California Vineyardists Association
Tulare County
Cotton acreage in San Joaquin Valley doubles from last year
The San Joaquin Valley cotton area rises to 155,200 acres from 79,800. San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties total 1,600 acres, Merced county 18,000, Madera 15,500, Fresno 28,100, Kings 14,000, Tulare 36,600, Kern 42,000. Imperial Valley reaches 33,000 acres and Riverside county 25,000, up from 23,600 and 22,600 respectively.
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San Joaquin Valley
San Joaquin
Stanislaus
Merced County
Madera
Fresno
Kings
Tulare
Kern
Imperial Valley
Riverside County
California cotton crop reaches record 223000 acres in 1928
The California Cooperative Crop Reporting Service puts the 1928 cotton crop at 223000 acres after early abandonments. This is a 715 percent rise from 130000 acres under cultivation in 1927. If prices hold and pests and labor stay steady, growers may see a profitable year.
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California
California Co-operative Crop Reporting Service
E. E. Kaufman
Cucamonga Exhibit Heads to California State Fair
San Bernardino officials will enter the Cucamonga exhibit, praised at the National Orange Show, as the county’s submission for the California State Fair in Sacramento in September. The display features a lake with an Indian maiden paddling a canoe beside Cucamonga Peak, water flowing over a cliff, and about 300 boxes of citrus fruit including oranges lemons and grapefruit.
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San Bernardino
Sacramento
R. H. Mack
Cucamonga
Cucamonga Peak
Walnut Crop Prospects Improve in Orange County
Orange County horticultural commissioner reports a short walnut crop is expected with substantial acreage treated by spraying or dusting for aphids and worms per recent inspection work.
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Orange County
Record melon and onion crops in San Joaquin Valley
The San Joaquin Valley farmers plan the largest melon crop this summer per state statistician E. E. Kaufman. Melons cover 8850 acres, up 1750 from last season, including cantaloupes honeydews Persians and casabas. Onion crops strengthen with 5940 acres coming on.
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San Joaquin Valley
E. E. Kaufman
Asparagus King Accused Of Water-Boosted Crates
Officials of the State Division of Weights and Measures announced a raid in Los Angeles county over an asparagus dealer, alleging crates doubled in weight by soaking overnight. The discovery showed the weight increase from two to four pounds per crate used to boost market presentation.
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State Division of Weights and Measures
Los Angeles County
California
California raisin growers unify under one marketing pool
More than 2,000 raisin growers in the San Joaquin Valley voted to join a gigantic marketing pool. The Sunland Sales Cooperative Association would handle the entire California raisin crop, with a resolution to be ratified statewide, uniting nonmember growers and creating a single marketing organization.
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San Joaquin Valley
Sunland Sales Cooperative Association
Sunmaid Raigin Growers
Sutter County Peach Growers Reject 1928 Price Plan
Sutter County cooperative peach growers and canners refuse the 1928 price agreement from the California Canners League and Canning Peach Growers Association. The cooperative, largest in California, said no to signing the plan for 25 dollars per ton to growers for Grade A peaches while only 75 percent of the crop would be packed. About 25 percent of the crop would have no market under the proposed terms.
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Sutter County
California grape crop forecast for 1928 exceeds last year
State statistician E E Kaufman estimates California will harvest about 2,555,000 tons of grapes in 1928, up from 2,406,000 last year, with wine grapes near 96 percent of normal at 505,000 tons and table grapes at 95 percent of normal around 510,000 tons. Raisin grapes reach 101 percent of normal at about 1,540,000 tons.
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California
E. E. Kaufman
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Kaufman
Experimental peach packing to start at Oakland cannery
W V Cruess associate professor of fruit products at the University of California announced a new canning project to Governor Young. About 500 to 600 cases of crushed peaches will be marketed to sound out consumer opinion with interest from the university laboratory and the California Canning Peach Growers Association. The crushed peach is described as similar to crushed pineapple and used in ice cream pies puddings cake filling and candies.
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California
Oakland
University of California
W.V. Cruess
University
Governor Young
University Fruit Products Laboratory
California Canning Peach Growers’ Association
Cruess
Trellises for Cane Fruits Improve Growth and Harvest Ease
Artificial support for cane fruits aids when canes are weak or long. Three trellis types exist: single wire, two-wire horizontal, and two-wire vertical. Posts spaced 25 to 30 feet apart. heights 3 to 5 feet, about 4 feet typical. Stringing methods vary. tying avoided with two-wire horizontal, while vertical suits tall red raspberries.
Time of Picking Apples Important for Storage
United States Department of Agriculture notes September and October as the principal apple picking months to optimize storage and market quality. It explains how picking maturity varies by variety and storage conditions, lists key indicators like color and firmness, and describes a pressure test method and readings for varieties such as Arkansas Black and McIntosh.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Arkansas
Late Apples in Summer Orchard Cause of Grief
Growers mix late apples into summer blocks for cross pollination. Early picking leaves late varieties un sprayed, creating breeding sites for insects and fungus that threaten future crops.
Horticultural Facts on Currants and Strawberries
The piece warns that currant pruning is harder without regular yearly pruning from planting. It also advises timely fertilization for newly planted strawberries once established to develop robust production capacity.
Growing Pullets Need Every Car for Growth and Profit
North Carolina State College extension poultryman C I Parrish outlines four essentials for developing young pullets. Provide good range, ample fresh air, growing mash and scratch, plus shade and green feed. In brooders, reduce heat quickly, vent hot houses, keep stove handy, and use angled perches with wire to encourage climbing.
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C. I. Parrish
North Carolina State College
Mr. Parrish
Egg That Has Life Very Essential for Success
A Wallace's Farmer piece argues the key to successful poultry breeding is eggs with life. Strong, well nourished parents produce vigorous eggs, with breeding principles applying across chickens ducks geese and turkeys. Clean feed, water, air, and housing, plus bone and energy sources, influence egg vitality and flock health.
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Wallace
Light Brahmas Good for the Small-Patch Farmer
The Light Brahma is ideal for the small patch farmer or suburban wage earner with limited money for wire netting. They tolerate confinement and cold, resist some diseases, yield good layers, and average about 11 pounds when full grown for selling surplus. Other suitable breeds for small plots include Brown or White Leghorn, Black Spanish, Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, and Rhode Island Reds.
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Plymouth Rocks
Rhode Island
Chickens Suffer From Feed Shortages and Diet Advice
The text advises that hens peck feathers due to missing feeds namely meat green food and salt. It recommends placing half a pound of fine salt in dry mash and keeping it available. It suggests ample green foods, winter substitutes like cabbage mangels and root crops, and plenty of animal foods such as beef scraps fish scraps skim milk or buttermilk.
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