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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1927
Page
4
Western railroads intensified opposition to the Interstate Commerce Commission ruling reducing freight rates on California fruit headed east. A one month delay was granted before the new provisions take effect as protests spread among the railroads most affected.
A Los Angeles company has reopened the Mission cannery in San Diego after a long shutdown. The plant has been reconditioned for olives and peppers and plans to can tomatoes and other products next season.
The Merced Stanislaus Sweet Potato Growers Association distributed more than 30000 dollars to growers last week. Secretary-manager A J Eddy announced payments including pool seven at 1.70 dollars net per grower and pool eight at 1.51 dollars net per grower.
For the first time in 13 years at the University Farm Davis the Agricultural Club Convention is postponed due to infantile paralysis fears. Professor B H Crocheron of UC says cases in the state are few but risk to youths is not acceptable. The 1600 state club winners will attend next year, with about four sections likely in 1928.
G. H. Hecke, director of the California department of agriculture, says the market program of the U S Bureau of Agriculture Economics now led by Lloyd S. Tenny will be outlined for the first time at the fruit growers and farmers convention to be held in Stockton on November 16 and 17.
Seasonal shipments from Newcastle Placer County rise toward the 2000 mark as 1,979 cars are logged this season. Most Auburn and Penryn fruit now moves through Newcastle while full car loading in those cities remains impractical due to season advancement.
Thirty four large shippers in the Lodi district signed an agreement to curtail grape shipments by sixty percent for last week in cooperation with other districts to hold up prices in the East. A price of ninety cents a package is fixed for the week.
The market news service reports that California's carload shipments of grapes last Friday reached 1,811, marking a second consecutive record. The six day total reached 7,593 cars, with an average of 1,265 cars daily for the week.
Mark Anderson, manager of the Red lands Highlands fruit exchange, reports a robust outlook for California oranges after touring the Eastern states. He notes strong Atlantic coast demand and prosperous buyers with money to spend on fruit.
D L Hill, a Kern Lake district grower, reports at the Kern Lake Cotton Gin Growers conference that cotton pickers will be paid 14 percent more than the previous 1 percent. He says county peers are increasing prices and the group followed suit, breaking with the farm bureau agreement.
The Tule River Citrus association started last week packing a mixed car of pomegranates, quinces, and velvet peaches. By this week the pomegranate harvest is in full swing across the district with regular shipments planned for the first four weeks under an agreement among county packers.
University of California announces the Short Course in deciduous fruits and grapes at the University Farm Davis from November 28 to December 3. Lectures and demonstrations on pruning will be featured with Dr W P Tufts A H Hendrickson and G L Philip in charge.
The quarterly meeting set for October 28 and 29 in Sacramento is postponed. It will be held at the Pacific Slope Dairy Show on November 17 after the annual meeting of members. Director George Meister invited Sacramento and approved the change. Sacramento will renew its invitation for one of the 1928 quarterly meetings.
Two top dairy cattle experts in America will judge pure bred cattle from western states at the Pacific Slope Dairy Show in Oakland California from November 14 to 19. Judges are John B. Irwin of Minneapolis and Professor P M Brandt head of the Dairy Division at Oregon Agricultural College Corvallis Oregon.
A herd of thirty calves from Humboldt County, raised by local school children in the annual calf contest, will represent the area at the Pacific Slope Dairy Show in Oakland from November 14 to 19. The exhibit marks a notable sensation at California county fairs this year.
Papers of incorporation for a new co operative of San Joaquin Valley fig growers were filed with Secretary of State Frank C Jordan in Sacramento. Headquarters will be at Merced.
A. K. Robinson of Lodi warns heavy grape shipments may strain refrigerator car supply. He notes daily East arrivals of 800 cars and a need to limit shipments to 1,600 to 1,800 cars per day. About 5,000 cars are currently stored in California.
The California Co operative Crop Reporting Service notes 1926 totals for principal crops. Field crops cover 4,633,400 acres with 7,578,025 tons produced, averaging 20.85 dollars per ton and a farm value of 158,020,000 dollars. Fruit crops span 1,603,154 acres producing 4,167,864 tons at 56.39 dollars per ton, for a farm value of 235,014,000 dollars. Vegetables occupy 323,740 acres and yield a farm value of 60,233,000 dollars.
Walnut harvesting is in full blast at West Orange with a heavy crop and high quality. I. G. Bauer of the district has invented a practical economical walnut dehydrator and has established a factory on his property for its manufacture.
Dr Frederick Q Osius reports experiments showing rubber could be produced from the Panache fig and tested varieties Ka dota and Adriatic. Milk from the Panache yielded a fine piece of rubber. If successful, tires may join pickles as a by product of backyard fig trees in California.
California reports indicate drops in living costs may occur in three months as wholesale price quotes suggest easing. Gold discovery in Piute Mountains shows high grades and depth potential. San Quentin prison population falls while Folsom remains all male with death-row cases. August border passenger counts top 99,000. marriage licenses dip in San Francisco. Kaweah Delta district vote set for November 5. Sacramento building permits surge. State tax commission opposes federal inheritance tax repeal. San Diego plans 250000 plant for aircraft engines. Amador City mining revival eyed as Keystone Mines push forward. Ducks bagged opening day by Terry Flannagan. cross-state air link teased. California’s assessed value climbs. veterans homes and farms financing breaks records. Women prisoners at San Quentin spotlighted for self-sustaining work potential.
New Jersey farm reports credit fleshing mash for high egg output on demonstration farms and contests in Bergen and Vineland. The mixture targets weight maintenance through fall and winter, reducing winter sickness and steadying production. It is made from corn meal oats semi solid buttermilk and cod liver oil moistened to a crumbly mash for 100 birds. The feeding time around noon aids crops and scratch feed before perching with no risk of overstimulation.
Laying birds require dry air and no drafts to stay warm and productive. Adequate oxygen, proper feeding, and exercise prevent dampness, which harms egg production as moisture from the birds creates a cold, debilitated state. Damp henhouses invite illnesses lurking in the environment.
M K Boyer in Farm and Ranch argues ducks need deep drinking vessels or stream access to rinse nostrils and eyes. Without washing, dirt damages eyes causing sores and potential blindness, while properly deep vessels or water flow allow ducks to clear debris.
Dr L P Doyle of Pure due university identifies chicken paralysis as a distinct disease spread widely and responsible for heavy losses. He says worms do not cause paralysis and afflicted birds remain hungry while dying emaciated. Affected mature fowls show a peculiar blindness with the colored part of the eye turning nearly white. No cure exists and hatching eggs from affected flocks should be avoided.
The guide notes laying hens have a large bright red comb, while non laying hens show a pale small dry comb with a white scarf. It also says the vent is moist soft and expanded in laying birds, but dry hard and puckered in non laying hens.
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