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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1929
Page
2
A North Carolina State College extension poultry expert explains how to select and preserve eggs for winter use. Candling tests reveal porosity or cracks and germination risks, with fresh eggs best. Use water glass solution, boiled cooled water, and store in a cool, covered stone jar. top eggs must be submerged.
John Vandervort of Pennsylvania State College urges ample ventilation in large poultry houses during hot months. Keep rear ventilators open and front side windows to ensure air circulation. Regular summer cleaning prevents flies and maintains air purity. wire netting around roosts helps prevent tapeworm infestation in pullets.
Poultry guidance covers water for hens, easier culling of pullets, home grown seeds for turkeys, duckling brooding like chicks, egg cleanliness issues, feed including milk cod liver oil corn and greens, regular egg gathering in extreme weather, turkey hens laying in prepared spots, suitable boxes or barrels, gradual heat reduction as poults grow, and raising a high percentage of hatched chicks by keeping them warm and healthy.
The Kings County Chamber of Commerce plans a subscription fund to mark all county roads with a name and number system approved by the county board of supervisors. The system is expected to aid the numbering of farm residences.
Grain men met at the Hoeffling ranch to observe grain trials and assess progress of variety tests in Butte County. Four wheat and barley varieties are tested at the Hoeffling ranch and three other sites to obtain comparative yield records.
A San Francisco cooperative named Fruit Industries, Inc. filed with the Secretary of State to stabilize crops. The $30,000,000 corporation aims to orderly harvest, grade, ship, process and market crops and to eliminate speculation and waste.
Beauty plums, first of the season, were packed by the Risecrest Fruit Exchange. Shippers of deciduous fruits, they expect to pack first apricots soon as the season for both fruits runs about two weeks late due to a cold spring. Local cannery to begin canning apricots in late June.
F. W. Parker, manager of the Rivers Brothers' ranch at Yucaipa, undertakes a large addition to the packinghouse to handle washing and grading machines. The completed facility measures 380 by 150 feet and a new grading machine will be installed immediately. Anticipated output exceeds 4000 boxes of pears with a sizable peach crop.
In Superior Court Carl Inderkum and Edwin Betschart filed an answer in a land sale dispute. The defense contends the Sutter Basin company, offering agricultural property, failed to disclose heavy Northern California reclamation debts tied to the lands. The suit seeks to compel the buyers to fulfill contracts for purchase of the Sutter Basin lands.
There is much to be learned about efficient fertilizer use on vegetable lands in Southern California. Costs and results of fertilization are important, but knowledge of the relative value of different fertilizers and soil crop needs is limited. Growers are testing soil treatments and expect radical changes in practice.
With salmon abundant and about six hundred idle fishermen on shore near Fort Bragg packing plants the group seeks to end the strike by sending a delegation to San Francisco. They demand 10 cents per salmon up to 16 pounds and 14 cents for fish heavier than that, two cents above last year’s rate.
Donald D. Conn of the California Vineyardists Association demands 100 percent signup within six days for the new stabilization corporation to secure farm relief funds. He also seeks 90 percent California industry control under central supervision, with industry managing grape channels.
Eight carloads of alfalfa meal departed Gerber to reduce a surplus of ground meal. The first cutting of 1929 is at the mill awaiting grinding, with operations likely beginning in the latter part of June.
Ivor McCray of Heffron-McCray-St. John unveiled an $85,000 drive in market at Toluca Triangle, Toluca Lake Park, built by Southern California Finance Company. The project marks the first unit in Toluca Triangle as a centralized business and shopping district, chosen for its gateway location where all valley traffic passes to and from Los Angeles and the valley.
The formal opening of Porterville's Rosecrest Fruit Exchange packing plant in the Santa Fe industrial section was marked by a dinner a program and a dance. Acting Mayor Frank Hallford welcomed the plant to the citys industrial life with guest grower members and their families in attendance.
The Kadota fig has been widely planted in Southern California causing inquiries into its care. Many believe lime benefits fig orchards, but tests applying 3.5 to 10.5 tons of lime and up to 3.5 tons of gypsum per acre showed no improvement in soil condition or tree behavior.
Frank E. Todd a diary inspector for the California State Department of Agriculture says uniform grades and label information will advance honey markets in the United States and abroad. He notes USDA experiments toward standardization and says California beekeepers endorse the grading idea.
The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce reports April shipments from the San Francisco customs district reached 21,097,451 pounds valued at 1,399,808 dollars, nearly double April 1928. For January–April, exports were 93,191,575 pounds valued at 6,236,152 dollars in 1929 versus 97,349,602 pounds worth 6,232,289 dollars in 1928.
Agriculturists at the State University agricultural experiment station endorse continuous rice cropping with 1650 pounds of seed per acre, initial flooding, and sustained water to maturity. Cortena reports eleven years of continuous cropping with exceptionally large last harvest. Ammonium sulphate applications raised yields from about 3300 to 4500 pounds per acre.
Robert S. Breed from Geneva stresses the importance of bacterial counts in milk production. He cites two NY uses: public health control and premium payments. Dairymen risk losing premiums for counts above 25 000 or 10 000 per cubic centimeter, impacting profits and equipment practices.
An article argues for summer grain feeding to maintain cow flesh and milk, noting pasture alone may not support year round production. It cites a 1,200 pound cow losing 150 pounds after switching from winter grain to grass, attributing weight loss to nourishment gaps and praising grain and silage as essential for summer profits and continual production.
Dairy facts advise feeding heavily producing cows three times daily and using rutabagas as cow feed. Twenty pounds daily can be given. Litter carriers and manure spreaders save labor. Automatic drinking cups boost output. Do not feed tainting feeds after milking. Cows producing 3 to 3.5 percent fat get one pound grain per four pounds milk. Good pasture, legume hay, ground grain, and ample water optimize performance.
The Georgia experiment station reports 4 to 24 year test results for blackberries dewberries and raspberries with strong performers. Young dewberry stands out as early bearing vigorous and large fruit while top blackberries include French Lawton Eldorado Mersereau and Crandall. Raspberries leaders are Van Fleet June St Regis and Golden Queen. Planting spacing and trellis guidance provided with a bulletin planned.
Shropshire is the most dependable and broadly grown Damson plum, valued for tree vigor and hardiness. The fruit is small and tart, used for jams, with many related varieties differing in color and size. French and King are other late, larger options with distinct tree and fruit traits.
Use judgment to choose a suitable site for a strawberry plantation. Many growers plant trees within 30 feet and find them crowded when full grown. Investing a few dollars in good nursery stock planted properly can beautify the farm grounds. Those storing apples, especially scald susceptible ones, should try oiled wrappers next season.
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