Clean hatchery practices reduce chick disease risk
A Ohio State University bulletin on Sanitation in the Hatchery advises keeping floors clean and wetting them to cut dust, avoid dumping shells and dead chicks on the floor, and maintain hospital-like cleanliness. Authored by Prof. E L Dakan and Dr. Fred Speer, it emphasizes clean walls, floors, equipment, and attendants.
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Agricultural Extension Service
Ohio State University
E. L. Dakan
Fred Speer
Bacteriology
Poultry Houses Infested With Vermin Mites Control Methods
A guide on eradicating mites in poultry houses describes how infestations cling to walls ceilings and nests. Weekly perches treatment, carbolineum additives to kerosene, painting roosts and nests, and whitewashing rough side walls help kill mites and prevent spread.
Poultry care for healthy chicks and high egg quality
Dirty poultry houses harbor disease and moldy feed or litter can cause pneumonia in baby chicks. To secure top egg prices, maintain high quality stock. Use electric incubators and brooders, move brooders to fresh ground, balance feed hopper space, hatch eggs weighing 24 to 26 ounces per dozen, and keep area sanitary. Clean ground water feed and houses are the best prevention against coc cidiosis.
Redlands Considers Higher Property Taxes and Orange Tree Assessments
City and county plan increased business property assessments boosting Redlands tax funds by about 20000 dollars next year. Orange tree values were cut years ago. crops 1929 expected to rise 60 percent for oranges and 18–20 percent for lemons. Shipments up, prices down. eastern demand reducing large storage stocks as lemon harvest ripens.
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Redlands
California
Ocean side adopts Bougainvillea as official city flower
The Ocean side Beautification Club leads a city wide effort to plant Bougainvillea, chosen for its crimson color, in private gardens and public parkings. The campaign aims to beautify the city with this flowering plant.
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Oceanside Beautification Club
Highway perils shrink wild life with rising auto tolls
A USDA observer counted highway wildlife deaths on two US trips totaling about 2,032 miles. In Iowa 632 miles yielded 225 road kills—40 reptiles, 43 mammals, 142 birds including 43 red headed woodpeckers and 26 domestic fowls. A later 1,400 mile trip to Florida found 234 deaths across 23 species: 6 amphibians, 81 reptiles, 45 mammals, 67 birds, and 35 other vertebrates. 23 domestic fowls and 21 English sparrows among birds. six cats two dogs and a pig among domestic animals.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Florida
Carrot Crops Dominate Santa Maria Valley Acreage
A survey by horticultural inspector W. B. McNutt predicts a sharp rise in vegetable acres in Santa Maria Valley this year, led by carrots on 4470 acres and cauliflower on 4172 acres. Lettuce cabbage celery peas and other crops follow for spring and summer harvest.
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Santa Maria Valley
W. B. McNutt
Calavo Growers Report Slow Avocado Movement
The Calavo Growers of California report most of the Fuerte avocado crop remains unsold with about one third of the crop moved. Prices show little change while demand rises, and eastern markets mainly consume the larger fruit. A flood of orchard run offerings at Calavo grade has demoralized the local market and driven prices down. The 1928 1929 avocado crop estimate remains unchanged by the Growers Marketing Association.
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California
Growers’ Marketing Association
Centralization trends reshape beekeeping business
The piece notes a shift toward larger operations in beekeeping, with many owners consolidating colonies and smaller keepers selling out. Economic pressure favors big, specialized outfits, threatening the sustenance of hobbyists and minor producers as the industry moves toward a few dominant players.
Date palm scale fight to curb 1890 invasion across AZ CA and U.S.
G H Hecke of California cites a joint effort by Arizona California and the Federal Government to eradicate the parlatoria scale from date palms. Under B L Boyden USDA supervision infested trees are destroyed and others burned. growers cooperate and significant progress is expected in the first season. Coachella Valley shipped its first full car of dates last year valued at 15000.
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Arabia
Arizona
California
G. H. Hecke
California Department of Agriculture
B. L. Boyden
United States Department of Agriculture
Coachella Valley
Forest Service warns against burning woods in South
The Forest Service and USDA debunk myths about woods burning, noting no pasture cleanings for cattle ticks and that burning to control boll weevils is inefficient. They warn fires do more harm than good, damaging young trees and reducing timber value, with limited forage benefits and risks to the southern economy.
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Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture
California crops delayed by frosts and cool spell in 1929 season
The 1929 crop season is about two weeks late and affects field operations and marketing. Late frosts and low north temperatures dampen fruit crops while nonirrigated crops grow fairly well and cotton land is being prepared. Timely April rains lift pasture conditions. markets show citrus strength, dried and canned fruit firmness, and Imperial Valley lettuce deal closes after a record profitable season.
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California
Control Mosaic by Roguing in Red and Purple Raspberries
Control of mosaic in raspberries relies on roguing diseased plants and using mosaic-free stock. Remove all wild and cultivated raspberries within 200 to 800 feet of new plantings and dig up entire root systems to prevent infection spread. Roguing in spring and through June to August reduces losses, with certain varieties like Herbert and St Regis showing resistance while others remain highly susceptible.
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Marlboro
Ontario
Columbia
Herbert and
St. Regis
Latham
Perfect Apple Variety Not Yet Been Discovered
There is no perfect apple variety. Each has faults and specific soil needs. Skill matters. a man may succeed with one variety where another fails. Red Delicious is costly and popular but often a shy bearer and heavily advertised.
Fruit Trees Need Proper Fertile Soil Care
Fruit trees respond to good soil with nourished roots. Gardeners often misuse fresh manure at planting, which nearly always harms trees. Fertilizer should be cultivated near the surface and kept away from the roots at planting.
Horticultural Hints on Cherry Trees and Thinning
Cherry trees should be planted early in spring and community efforts to eradicate orchard pests are crucial. Pruning helps thinning but cannot replace hand thinning, which relieves tree exhaustion and directly affects crop production.
Poorly fed cows still yield same cream in milk
Dr George H Glover of Colorado Agricultural College notes that milk cream percentage stays consistent despite feed quality. Experiments show reduced feed lowers total milk but not butterfat. A Jersey cow at the college yielded 1.7 percent butterfat despite liberal feeding, underscoring milk standards before purchase and the distinct composition of each udder gland.
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George H. Glover
Veterinary Division
Colorado Agricultural College
Jersey
College Veterinary Hospital
Glover
Precautions to prevent stock loss from sweet clover hay
The right precautions prevent much stock loss from sweet clover hay or pasture. Moldy hay can poison livestock and sweet clover hay thins blood and impairs clotting. Feed other roughage with clover or switch animals to another roughage after two weeks. Bloat from green feed is reduced by gradual clover introduction. In serious cases relieve pressure with a trocar. have trocars ready for emergencies.
Protein Is Constituent Which Bothers Dairymen
Protein is the constituent dairymen fear most for it costs the most and limits economical production. It contains nitrogen, forms lean tissue and organs in the animal, and in milk appears as casein and albumin. It does not change milk composition but stimulates milk production, so a small excess beyond maintenance is needed for maximum output.
Future Dairy Business Depends on New Calves
The future of the dairy industry hinges on calf quality to replace aging cows. Breeding alone does not guarantee high milk or fat production in offspring. Relying on registry papers over merit wastes value. the bull remains central to herd merit and profitability.
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