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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1929
Page
6
Rutgers dairy expert explains how onion tops taint milk flavor and outlines remedies. Cows fed onion tops require hours before milk normalizes. growers prevent flavor through pasture management, targeted spraying with orchard heating oil, and long term crop rotation including corn potatoes soybeans and cowpeas.
The dairy cow’s stomach has four compartments with a large storage section for roughages. Alfalfa, clover, and ensilage provide more digestible nutrients per acre than other crops. Bulkiness in feed supports economical rations, favoring bulky grains and adding roughage to heavy grain rations.
Advice on barn cleanliness and paint, breeding quality versus scrubs, rising use of soy beans, milk yield goals of 8000 to 12000 pounds per cow, milking before feeding to avoid off flavors, calf feeding with oleomargarine warned, importance of dairy herd improvement records, proper washing and drying of pails and cans, and the link between good care and increased production with ample bedding balanced rations and salt.
W V Cruess announces a two day session for grape by products producers and grape growers at the University of California June 14 and 15. The conference in Hilgard Hall is hosted by the Fruit Products Laboratory and the California Vineyardists Association.
The California Department of Agriculture reports spring and summer truck crops will be large in output with strong returns to growers. Summer lettuce is seen at 10,300 acres versus 7,900 in 1928 and 5,200 in 1927 while early potato harvests begin in the south but with only about half the prior year’s acreage, a 60 percent production drop is forecast for 1929.
Bee men at Redlands say a late spring brought many blossoms but the cold kept bees from storing honey. The bees struggled this year and nearly died from lack of stored honey until their owners fed them.
Dr J P Iverson of the State Department of Agriculture says raising calves from dairy stock to supply healthy heifers could birth a new California industry. In 1928 over 25 000 dairy cows were brought to California as dairymen focus on milk production and show little interest in calves.
New vegetable trends emerge with Italian green sprouting broccoli, a cauliflower family member whose head yields multiple smaller clusters. The report notes its mild flavor and growing consumer interest alongside dairy sector trends, with butter prices often above average retail costs in several regions, reflecting production and marketing efficiency differences.
Agricultural extension tests in Orange County find moderate pruning best for persimmon quantity and size. In Irvin McFadden-Walker ranch plots, long open vase and center leader trees produced 660 and 502 fruits respectively, while non pruned rows yielded 957. Windbreak enhanced yields in adjacent rows. study continues through year five.
The agricultural extension service set up two spray test plots at Tustin to combat walnut blight. The Mabury Ranch and Irvine Company provided trees and materials, applying 8-4-50 Bureau spray to blocks with ongoing blight. Prof. B A Rudolph of the University of California Experiment Station advised the treatments after trials in other walnut regions.
Wilkinson Bros report sending about 200 cars of produce from their Calipatria shed, including twenty cars of lettuce and many cars of peas. The Imperial Valley ranchers have fifteen years in the north end district. five years ago they began growing and shipping. They own and lease 900 acres. Spring was cool but shipments rose about twenty five cars versus last year, with more crates per car.
Under Bruce Drummond Beaumont farm bureau president and ex government date station head, water samples from Beaumont Irrigation District wells are tested by Carl Schoffield US Department of Agriculture to judge suitability for Cherry Valley soils and crops including cherries. Transport of trees and winter irrigation of deciduous fruits are examined. Philip Truby notes trees thrive after thorough irrigation postharvest and a dormant period. A hearing on water allotment to ranches will address these findings.
An observer from the US Department of Agriculture notes birds seed along roadside belts. Birds roost on posts and wires and carry pulpy fruit seeds to new locations, sometimes dropping seeds and enabling sprouting. Seed handling includes sour gum and mulberry varieties, with red headed woodpeckers blue jays nuthatches and titmice aiding dispersal near pines oaks and chestnuts.
Poultry specialist O C Uf ford of Colorado Agricultural College urges careful egg selection for hatching. Fresh eggs up to fourteen days, near two ounce standard weight, uniform white color, smooth shells, and proper shape yield better pullets. Store at 45 to 65 degrees and turn daily if kept beyond three days.
Turkey raising has attracted attention for confinement as an option. Most favor giving turkeys full farm range to avoid infected grounds, while confinement keeps birds away from blackhead and away from chickens. Care resembles baby chicks with hopper feeding.
The yards where birds feed and drink are crucial in disease spread. Even common poultry diseases like tuberculosis typhoid cholera blackhead and coccidiosis can be transmitted via soil carrying fowl waste.
The text notes that small shriveled combs in hens signal temporary nonproduction or poor laying, and that large combs in males suggest weaker breeding potential. It warns that very large combs on breeds usually having big combs can disfigure and handicap the bird, while large combs do not guarantee better breeding.
A 1920 Kansas experiment station report finds wheat yields slightly better chick weight gain than corn kafir or oats when used as the sole feed. Cabbage provides a fair vitamin source, outperforming carrots. Commercial chick seeds containing weed seeds are undesirable.
High grade peaches or apples require tree fertilization to achieve vigor and size. Extension horticulturist EB B Morrow urges substantial input, noting 500 to 1,000 pounds per acre on fruit trees is common for best yields. Recommendations cover peach and apple schedules, soil fertility, pruning, cultivation, and timing.
Wisconsin plant pathologist R. E. Vaughan notes two diseases endangering raspberries, mosaics and leaf curl, which do not affect most other small fruits. Control relies on certified nursery stock and removing diseased plants. spraying has little value for mosaics, though shows some benefit for stem spot on black caps. A state inspection program now lists 80 acres selling certified plants.
The New Hampshire station reports the heaviest peach crop. Two pounds of nitrate of soda per tree raised fruit by 24 pounds, a 30 percent gain over trees with no nitrogen. Potash not needed for equal yields. Strawberries show little response to increasing manure from 20 to 40 tons per acre. Runner plants up 30 percent, but flowers per plant decline. Total crop size only slightly larger with extra manure.
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