California News Briefs Highlights and Local Debates
California news items cover Izaak Walton League remarks by I Zellerbach in Omaha, rising alcohol fatalities post prohibition, Los Angeles Pacific Electric rate case, California Press Association excursion plans, forest fire prevention warnings, pending highway contracts, and the “hesitation” marriage law debate. Also reported are state indebtedness, national forest visitation, plans for state gas stations, narcotics hospital funding, San Francisco harbor improvements, banking system changes, tax return legality, sardine production, shellfish poisoning study, and savings bank deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Electric Company
Los Angeles
Railway Company
California Press Association
W. Richardson
Oran A. King
Crater Lake
Rogue River Valley
Klamath Falls
Oregon
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
California
National Automobile Club
United States
Cupid
Treasuers
A. J. Murphy
del Norte
Siskiyou
Murphy
Ray L. Riley
Pacific Lodge
Earl E. Jensen
Department of Public Works
House
Washington
Associated Press
T. H. Jackson
Supreme Court of the
Roth
Circuit Court of Appeals
State Fish Exchange
Agricultural Department
Sacramento
San Francisco Bay Region
Karl F. Meyer
Hoover Foundation
University of California
State Medical Association
California Savings Banks and Savings Departments
Will C Wood
Wood
Institute of Cooperation sessions to study California farms
The American Institute of Cooperation announces July sessions at the University of California Berkeley open to all interested in cooperative selling of farm products. It begins with a July 9 Los Angeles field trip, followed by three weeks at Berkeley. Pasture, cattle, and sheep conditions in April show improvement relative to recent months and averages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Institute of Cooperation
University of California, Berkeley
Los Angeles
California
University
Cotton acreage to rise in Imperial Valley says mill official
The cotton acreage in Imperial Valley will grow by at least 25 percent from last year, says W B Coberly of the Imperial Mill and Ginning Company. All seed will be new, Acala from the San Joaquin Valley or Mebane from Yuma, with better seed and farming methods promoted to lift yields.
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Imperial Valley
W. B. Coberly
Imperial Mill and Ginning Company
San Joaquin Valley
Yuma
Roseville Grape Growers to Choose New Box Label
Members of the California Grape Growers Exchange near Roseville will meet in the Roseville library clubroom to select a label for all Roseville boxes. A committee of G DeKay, T A Crowder, William Cobb, T Riolo and Delbert Bailey chose the label at the last meeting and will present it for approval at the next gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Grape Growers’ Exchange
Roseville
Library
G. DeKay
T. A. Crowder
William Cobb
T. Riolo
Delbert Bailey
Arbuckle Almond Crop Expected Near 1927 Level in 1928
A new survey of Arbuckle orchards in Colusa county indicates the 1928 almond crop will reach about 2,400,000 pounds, roughly the same as last year. Damp pollination weather reduced several varieties, notably non pareils and drakes, but prices remain steady. The section’s growers anticipate about half a million dollars in revenue despite the light crop, and the grain harvest also underperforms earlier forecasts.
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Arbuckle
Colusa County
Asparagus Canning Delayed by Rain and Expected Large Pack
Rain slowed asparagus canning but graders report careful work. The season aims for a pack around mid June reaching about 2,189,570 cases, similar to last year. Growth lagged behind 1927 due to heavy rains, while spinach packing nears completion with demand strong and little carryover.
Statewide rains ease California farm crisis in March
Generous March rainfall across California improved the agricultural outlook. Wells Fargo Bank and Union Trust report forage, truck crops, grains, and fruits benefited. floods caused some damage. Season total precipitation nears normal, mountain snow fair, storage water at 85 percent of normal versus 55 percent typical for this date.
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Wells Fargo Bank and Union Trust Company
California
Marketing California Grapes Faces Market Exhaustion
A report by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, the University of California and state and federal agriculture departments concludes California grape growers face an overhang of supply with market absorption strained. It urges expanding markets and better distribution instead of liquidation. Grape acreage rose from 200000 in 1919 to 700000 in 1927, with production increasing from 1000000 to 2400000 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
California Vineyardists Association
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
University of California
Federal Departments of Agriculture
Cotton to cover 2000 acres in Vina area near Red Bluff
Charles W. Reed, a prominent rancher, reports that Thomas Stevens & Matti will plant 2000 acres to cotton while Godbolt Brothers prepare about 800 acres in Tehama county. The land lies in the Vina section near Red Bluff.
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Vina
Red Bluff
Tehama County
Charles W. Reed
Thomas Stevens
Matti
Godbolt Brothers
Cling peach growers in 1927 report show 1200 growers
Horticultural Commissioner T D Urbans notes 1927 season produced cling peaches by 1 200 Sutter County growers across 21 468 acres. Bearing 14 804 acres and non bearing 6 664. Varieties include Tuscans 3 833 new varieties 685 Phillips 5 995 Levy 55. Non bearing by Tuscan 263 new varieties 4 603 Phillips 1 744 Levy 1 Tuscan Jean 21 seedlings to be budded 82.
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T. D. Urbans
Sutter
Phillips
Levy
Fourth annual aspara gus festival set for Isleton
Arrangements completed for the fourth annual festival at Isleton Sacramento county starting Friday May 18 for three days. California produces most of the world's asparagus and the delta region accounts for a large share of processing. Last year's yield reached 2,500,000 cases on 68,000 acres with 52,000 in the delta. Rio Vista Ryde Walnut Grove and Courtland cooperate to boost the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isleton
Sacramento County
Delta
Rio Vista
Ryde
Walnut Grove
Courtland
Dairy production rises in first quarter of 1928
Production of butter milk and cream climbs in early 1928 due to better feed and cattle. February California butter output reached 6,012,300 pounds, 11 percent above February 1927, while prices averaged about 2 percent lower for the quarter, with profits likely higher from greater unit output.
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California
Woodland Wins H. O. Harrison Sweepstakes at Farm Day
Woodland High School swept the H. O. Harrison trophy with 119 points at the University of California Farm Davis in the Nineteenth Annual Picnic Day contests. Salinas placed second with 112, San Benito third with 110, Santa Rosa fourth with 109.5, and Lodi fifth with 104. Fifty eight high schools and nearly 600 students entered seven contests covering dairy, livestock, agronomy, plant identification, poultry, orchard, and farm mechanics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodland High School
University of California
Davis
Woodland
Salinas
San Benito
Ethylene ripening experiments extend from tomatoes to melons
Growers and shippers show interest in artificial ripening after UC division of truck crops announced ethylene treatment for tomatoes two years ago. Commercial success comes when fruit is not overly mature and temperatures exceed 60 degrees. Dr. J. T. Rosa at the university farm found casaba and honeydew melons exposed to one part ethylene in 4000 parts air for two days lost green rind color, turning casabas golden yellow and honeydews creamy white.
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University of California
J. T. Rosa
University Farm
Dry Cow Care Dictates Longer Rest Before Calving
Iowa Homestead advises dairy cows need a six to eight week dry period before calving to restore body condition and mineral balance. Avoid starvation, provide a liberal ration with minerals, and use grain mixes like 200 pounds corn and 100 pounds oats plus quality roughage. Before freshening, feed laxer forage and silage, with legume hay to support digestion.
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Iowa Homestead
Soy Bean Dairy Ration Recommended by Rhode
Rhode of Illinois Agricultural College proposes a soy bean dairy cattle ration with variants for legume roughage, no legume, and good legume feed. The base mix includes corn and cobmeal, oats, and soybeans, with adjustments for milk output and Guernsey/Jersey yields. Ground soybeans are essential, and prices compare soybeans to linseed oilmeal and gluten feed as substitutes.
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C. S. Rhode
Illinois Agricultural College
Guernseys
Jerseys
How ard City dairy records highlight sire and herdman impact
Pennsylvania railroad demonstration farm at Howard City Michigan shows dairy improvement hinges on a good dairy sire and an able herdsman. In 1927 the herdman changed and Betsie produced 450 pounds of butterfat, up from 262. Mollie a two year old Guernsey produced 440 pounds while her mother yielded 230 pounds and was sold to the butcher.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Howard City
Mich
Betsie
Mollie
Guernsey
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I. Zellerbach
California Fish and Game Commission
Izaak Walton
National Forests
Alexander R. Heron
Will C. Wood
Rhode
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