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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1923
Page
7
The U S Department of Agriculture promotes preventing horn growth in calves by clipping hair over budding horn buttons and applying a dry stick of caustic potash wrapped in paper. Rub until a dime sized raw spot forms above the button, and protect calves from rain to keep the caustic from running.
University of California officials report 26 percent of raisin acreage recently planted with Thompson Seedless grapes, with seedless plantings reaching 22 percent of total raisin acreage. Table grape and juice grape plantings show uneven growth while muscats and Malagas dominate future raisin blends. The College of Agriculture offers a correspondence course on Grape Growing to aid growers and market prospects.
Mille Andree Perye of France reached 15000 feet above Rogers Airport in Los Angeles as officials of the Aero Club of Southern California confirm the new altitude record for women flyers.
A Holstein named Irene Legis Tontine from Palo Alto Stock Farm in California produced 30,022.8 pounds of milk and 1,017.3 pounds of fat, totaling 1,271.55 pounds of butter. She is the 68th Holstein to exceed 1,000 pounds fat, among only 90 cows of all breeds to reach this level. Her fat output ranged from 63.467 to 114.239 pounds in different months, and she freshened at age five years five months.
The United States Bureau of Plant Industry reports a method to prevent cottonwood blossom growth and shedding. A spring spray using a 2 percent sulfuric acid solution stifles tufts, with kerosene gasoline or salt solutions as cheaper alternatives. crude oil is effective but disfiguring, and acid spray cannot contact iron. If applied before leaf-out, the tree remains unharmed.
A small but sturdy band from the University of California swept the east and captured the intercollegiate track and field title at Franklin Field Philadelphia May 26 for the third consecutive year.
Word from Washington indicates continuous air service between New York and San Francisco to be established by the Post Office Department in July or August. The plan aims to speed cross country mail delivery and boost federal air transport.
Federal approval guarantees a Wendover cut-off in Utah as the final link in the Victory highway from New York to San Francisco. Governor Mabey confirms the decision ends eight years of dispute. Salt Lake City remains the Lincoln endpoint while Victory continues to the coast. Construction, costing about 500000 dollars, will begin immediately and is projected to finish in 1924. California raises 150000 dollars to aid Utah and Nevada in building the route.
Washington secretary of agriculture Wallace approves $646000 in national forest highway funds for five California road projects. Allocations include Crescent City to Grants Pass, Kern River to Sequoia, Big Bear valley in Angeles, Murphy-Big Trees in Stanislaus, and Yuba Pass in Sierra National Forest, plus $43000 for location surveys across 75 miles.
Paris reports an agreement meeting the United States demand for 256 million dollars for maintenance of the Rhine army of occupation. The treaty was signed by the United States and the allied powers with funds to be drawn from German reparations.
The finance ministry announced that Italy will pay its war debt to the United States totaling 1,648,034,000 dollars. The decision confirms government commitment to settle the outstanding obligation and preserve postwar financial relations.
Washington reports the British embassy told the secretary of state that American port authorities lack jurisdiction over liquor aboard foreign vessels in American waters. Britain says authority extends only to cargo destined for importation and not to interference with a ship's rations or stores.
France reports an 11.4 percent drop in births this quarter compared with the same period last year. The decline reflects a continuing trend in national birth statistics and affects demographic projections.
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