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California Farm Notes Reveals Diverse Agricultural Trends
Nearly 150 million pounds of binder twine tied Canada's wheat crop last year. Medicine Hat emerges as a major flour milling center. Ventura county plans reduced lima bean acreage due to drought. Sulphate of ammonia urged to address nitrogen shortages in California gardens. Independent packers wage price war on California Peach and Fig Growers association. Dorado county growers form a single branding strategy to pool fruit shipments. An army of worms attacks mustard and sweet pea fields in Lompoe valley. Sonoma Valley Apple Growers shift toward Federated Growers association for Gravenstein sale. Lodi chamber of commerce to showcase district products at San Joaquin and state fairs. Alameda county advices poisoned grain to deter ground squirrels. Winters belt ships first full car of apricots. crop praised but short, prices up. August A. Rubel buys Cumulous rancho near Castaic for 500000, tied to Ramona legacy. Pixley to get a $25000 cotton gin by Delano syndicate. eighty-bale daily capacity. Glenn-Colusa irrigation district calls June 14 election on consolidation with Williams district. Officials, horticulturalists, and ranchers unite to fend off grasshoppers threatening crops in Sacramento and nearby counties. Orange bloom season ends with light honey yield due to bee shortage and poor weather. crop under 20 percent of normal. Durham district to revive puncture vine eradication. school prizes for most vines collected. Dallas Ti. Gray candidate for Republican nomination in Seventh district. Northern California farmers battle grasshoppers. Placer and Colusa counties hit hardest. yellow jackets menace bees in dreary years. Fifteen to twenty cars of lettuce shipped daily from Guadalupe district to eastern markets. fall lettuce activity anticipated.