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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1928
Page
2
University of Missouri advice outlines grain supplements for Jerseys Guernseys and other cows on bluegrass pasture. It details feeding rates by milk output, protein helps from pasture, seasonal adjustments, and use of sudan grass to bridge August September pasture shortages.
Root crops provide a preserved winter feed for small herds, with mangel wurzels yielding the most per acre. Beets, turnips, and carrots can also be used. feed turnips after milking to avoid flavor impact, while carrots color the milk.
Three core factors govern dairy success: efficient cows that convert farm feed into milk and butterfat, proper feed and care to enable economical production, and a viable market for dairy products. Lacking any one factor almost ensures failure. hogs and poultry can boost profits when butterfat sells and skim milk feeds them.
Soy beans offer dairymen a profit opportunity. Cows should be dry four to six weeks, with six weeks better for heavy milkers. Feeding enough means not overfeeding. Determine amount by the feeder. Provide all roughage a cow will eat. Alfalfa hay and corn silage form ideal roughage. A cow eats about 30-40 pounds of silage and 10-20 pounds of hay daily.
California and Southern States Ice Cream Manufacturers Association plan a two day gathering in Oakland on November 20 and 21 during the Pacific Slope Dairy Show week. Secretary J H Kugler conveyed the notice after a directors’ meeting in Los Angeles. A large California delegation sails to the World's Dairy Congress in London opening November 26, with five year congress intervals featuring livestock implements and dairy machinery exhibits and talks by top international dairy experts. The California delegation is en route to Europe.
Growers, shippers and others will meet in Sacramento this week to discuss changes in the Tokay grape color requirements under the California fruit, nut and vegetable act of 1927. The session is called by G. H. Hecke, director of agriculture.
J. M. Alcorn, president of the Central Orange County Persimmon Growers' Association, says the season looks excellent with over 500 acres under cultivation in Orange county and a large portion entering bearing, signaling strong yields ahead.
Harold Compre government entomologist supplies several colonies of new mealybug feeders from Australia to the Orange County Insectory in Anaheim. An effort will reproduce them in larger quantities for field release. Compre reports marked success and has already furnished colonies for county trials against the citrophilus mealy bug pest.
Growers in the Red lands district forecast one of the largest novel orange crops in history for the coming season. Early bloom and heavy fruit set indicate a strong crop, with fruit of exceptional size likely to resist early heat that typically causes losses.
California almond growers face profits tied to Spain's poor harvests as US agriculture officials in London report short crops across southwestern Europe. Spain's Alicante district and Valencia near Valencia show meager yields, with Mellorian also yielding poorly.
Charles G. Johnson the state treasurer and large local rice grower condemns Californians for preferring imported rice. He notes California rice has a world market, yet last year residents consumed 20 million pounds of Japanese Chinese and Southern State rice, nearly the local surplus.
A new company headed by Captain William M. Stewart announces the Superior Fruit Company. It will export fresh, canned and dried California fruit to the Orient and Europe, leveraging San Francisco refrigerator services. The firm will supervise both growing and distribution to ensure first grade products for export.
The Los Angeles event at the California Fruit Auction Company’s new building beside the produce terminal market drew many local buyers from markets, chain stores, and other buyers. About an hour was spent inspecting the floor before bidding began with average prices. Auctions will run daily except Saturdays and Sundays.
Cattle and sheep men in Calaveras San Joaquin Stanislaus El Dorado and Sacramento counties appeal to the state department of agriculture and county horticultural commissioners for aid to eradicate a rapidly spreading grass pest. It resembles wild barley and injures livestock, making pastures valueless.
A College of Agriculture Jersey cow named California Rindas Begonia produced 787 pounds of butter fat in 305 days, earning the American Jersey Cattle Club Gold Medal of Merit. The junior 2-year-old completed the record last December, a standout against California averages of 220 pounds for 305 days and 740 pounds required for the medal.
Lloyd S. Tenny, two years chief of the bureau of agricultural economics at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, resigns to become vice-president of the Associated California Fruit Industries and the California Vineyardists’ Association, effective July 1. He will base in San Francisco and oversee relations with fruit shippers and marketing policy improvements.
California peat, formed by decomposed Tule, supports markets as soil conditioner rather than fertilizer. The Delta district near Stockton holds the largest beds, with significant deposits near Huntington Beach. In a 30 acre tract, expensive machinery operates to harvest peat that underlies surface to about eighteen feet, with the top weed-seed layer discarded after drying and grinding.
E. E. Kaufman, state federal agricultural statistician, predicted a 602,000 ton California peach crop for the year, with about 395,000 tons of clingstones. The 1927 total was 492,000 and 1926 was 541,000. Clingstones, at 86 percent of normal on June 1, are expected to rise 73,000 tons over last year, while clingstones were 73 percent of normal at the same time last year.
California produced 80 544 long tons of beet sugar in 1927 28, ranking fifth among states. U S beet sugar output totaled 965 241 long tons from 723 978 acres, with 1927 28 one of the largest on record, exceeded only by 1924 25 and 1920 21, and 163 995 tons above 1926 27.
Poultry experts at Ithaca advise separating cockerels from pullets once cockerels reach 1.25 to 2 pounds. This reduces crowding, lowers fighting, and speeds growth for both sexes. Cockerels should have shaded shelter, large ranges, and multiple feed points to prevent under nourishment. Begin selecting breeding or market birds as early as six to twelve weeks, depending on breed, as crate fattening prices drop with the season.
New Jersey poultrymen report profits only when broilers are kept in prime condition and sold quickly. Excess male birds from May to August flood markets with moderate to lossing prices for birds in poor or only fair condition. Experts say rapid, uniform growth from chick to sale, with no finishing, yields greatest profits through timely, confined feeding of a specialized ration.
The New York agricultural experiment station outlines egg laying mash ingredients. A typical growing mash includes wheat bran middlings corn meal oats and meat scraps with bone meal or lime, while the Cornell standard mix uses equal parts wheat bran middlings corn meal ground oats and neat scraps.
Authorities advise a south facing poultry house 16 to 20 feet wide with a single slope shed roof or 20 to 25 feet wide with a low double roof. Half monitor houses are unpopular due to waste space. Recommend 3 to 5 square feet per fowl, with 4 sq ft as a rule of thumb. A 16 foot wide house yields four fowls per foot of length.
Professor G P Scoville of Cornell reports 1917 1926 data from 176 Niagara county farms showing Baldwin and Rhode Island Greening yield best per acre while McIntosh sells best net per bushel. Duchess Hubbardson Russet and Spitzenburg lowest in value. Greening yields most variable. best returns by age group include Northern Spy King Wolf River and McIntosh.
An Ohio writer notes a 1925 pollination problem in a 1922 planted patch. After introducing two swarms of bees and feeding sugar, the following spring produced a normal berry crop. Bees thoroughly pollinated the vines, increasing yield and storing surplus honey to cover months.
The black raspberry is shallow rooted, so level or very shallow cultivation is advised. Keep heavy implements like disk, plow, or harrow out of the patch to avoid cutting horizontal roots that cause yellowing leaves and nearly worthless crops. The same caution applies to red raspberries.
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