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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1928
Page
4
The article compares feed options for turkeys including buckwheat barley oats and corn mixtures. It notes buckwheat hulls are fibrous and less suitable while combinations with buttermilk and hull removal improve efficiency. Various cost per pound figures are cited for mixed rations.
Sodium fluoride is touted as an effective remedy for chicken lice and is available at most drug stores. It can be applied by pinch method or dusting with talc, or used in a dip. repeat after eight days to target lice in the eggs. Blue ointment mixed with grease is used in three pea sized portions around the vent and under the wings, with lard and kerosene or carbolic acid added if head lice are present.
The article argues capon meat is superior to rooster meat, likening it to steer beef versus bull beef. It urges farmers and poultrymen to focus on quality by producing capons for home consumption, predicting a future standard that quality will be insisted upon as the norm.
The article urges practical poultry care with emphasis on vaccination, clean feed, and segregation of sick birds. It notes benefits of clean troughs for chicks, rotating yard plans for long term turkey production, and selection criteria showing poor layers have rigid pelvic bones and limited space behind the keel bone.
California deciduous fruit shipments by rail last year totaled 91,474 cars to destinations outside the state. Chico in Butte County shipped 44,000 pounds of honey worth 3158 dollars to Sacramento for bottling and sale in domestic markets. Extra light amber thistle honey described. State meat inspection reestablished at the Napa State Farm and at Dixon per Dr. George Gordon.
Organized labor has withheld its endorsement of the State trade mark plan proposed by Simon Lubin of Sacramento pending a further investigation of the proposal. It is believed, however, that the State Federation of Labor will approve the plan because it features standardizing values with the backing of a State label.
About 85 percent of the prune crop from independents in the Santa Clara Valley and Sonoma Napa districts has been sold, per a State Department of Agriculture report. The Sonoma Napa area shows a weaker market with buyers reducing offers.
B D Moses of the agricultural engineering division announces a three day rural electric short course at the UC Davis branch December 10 11 and 12. The college of agriculture and the California Committee on the Relations of Electricity to Agriculture co operate with Dean E D Merrill as chairman and Moses as secretary and the course is open to all interested in using electricity in farming.
E. T. Reynolds of Chico, Butte county, estimates about 2,000 tons of almonds will be harvested in the Chico and Durham districts this year. This is 10 to 15 percent above early season expectations. The crop is about 85 percent of last year and, with no rain, the nuts show few shell splits, keeping quality high.
The 285 members at their annual meeting heard W. E. Walcott report net returns for the 1927 28 season totaling 1 355 182 13 dollars, exceeding prior fiscal year gains by over 250 000. Gross receipts reached 2 634 989 dollars, marking the third year in which annual returns to members surpassed 1 000 000.
A week long program at the College of Agriculture Davis from December 8 to 9 covers key orchard and vineyard practices each day. Mornings include laboratory studies on plant growth, insect life, and plant diseases with emphasis on soils irrigation pruning root stock and spraying. The final days focus on grape studies aiming to improve quality with attention to berry thinning girdling and packing.
The California Vineyardists Association will not recommend further shutdowns on grape shipments after a San Francisco directors meeting. They expect the market to adjust with little benefit from more shipping holidays. A large Fresno mass meeting will review the entire grape situation this month.
State Department of Agriculture records show California dairy cattle valued at nearly 50 million dollars as of July 1. Cows aged two years or more numbered 602,000 with an average value of 83 dollars. The dairy herd value is about twice that of other cattle.
Announcement from Willows in Glenn county reports 92 percent of California's 1928 rice crop signed with the Rice Growers' Association of California. The drive now enables the association to implement its foreign marketing program for disposal of the state's surplus.
F E Wilcox traffic manager of the California Almond Growers Exchange announced a 25 cent cut in edible in shell almond freight rates. The new rate is 1.50 dollars per hundred with a 40000 pound carload minimum, aiming to widen the market for California almonds.
H M May manager of Exchange Lemon Products Co says the by products plant will distribute 2 million dollars to growers this year. The two Corona plants have a 15000 dollar monthly payroll. No lemon is wasted the acid is extracted in several forms pectin is produced and the peel is processed into fertilizer.
The Los Angeles County Fair Association staged a remarkable poultry show at Pomona during September 18 to 23. More than 5000 entries across poultry bantam pigeon and rabbit divisions drew breeders from throughout the state, making it the largest and keenest contest yet.
Governor C C Young states the entire peach crop can be absorbed by the market as canners agree to pay $25 a ton to southern California orchardists. The canners pack totals over 14 million cases with a target of 18 million cases if grading remains tight.
Interest is manifest by live stock men and educational forces of California and the intermountain territory in the first annual California Live Stock and Baby Beef Show to be held at Union Stockyard South San Francisco November 13 14 and 15. The show is sponsored by leading livestock agricultural and industrial interests of the West and is purely educational. One main purpose is to stimulate interest in feeding and finishing livestock of the highest grade and type with individual and team entries of fat cattle sheep and hogs of various breeds.
The Gist Fruit Growers and Farmers Convention moves to November 8 and 9 in Riverside to secure Nils A. Olsen chief of the U S Bureau of Agricultural Economics as a featured speaker. Olsen cannot leave Washington on the original date but wants to meet California agriculture leaders and get better acquainted with the state’s farming community.
Orchant ROPmatinea notes a widespread fungous disease Anthracnose that mainly attacks black raspberries but can affect red and purple varieties. It reddens canes with grayish spots, enlarges, and may girdle the cane, stunting growth and shrinking fruit. leaves show buff centers with purple margins. Control includes disease-free stock, removing canes after harvest, clean cultivation, and spraying lime sulfur or Bordeaux mixture.
Fruit men at State College of Agriculture Ithaca advise farmers to prune in favorable fall weather. Old apple orchards need pruning to improve fruit quality and spray efficiency. Rejuvenating tall trees is costly when labor is expensive. lower by pruning to sturdy side branches and thin crowded rows by removing alternate diagonal rows.
The article notes strawberries will thrive on good soil suitable for ordinary crops, preferring light to medium soils with high organic matter and moisture retention. Avoid land recently in sod or weeds due to white grub infestations harming roots. A heavy manure application of 15 to 20 tons per acre before planting benefits the crop, ideally applied to a preceding crop.
The article notes a shift to light pruning on young trees for apples while peaches are pruned severely early. In Ohio, three year old peach trees lightly pruned yielded 40 pounds in 1925 and 1926, while heavily pruned trees produced 30 pounds in 1925 and 22 pounds in 1926. Heavy pruning removed 7 pounds of wood per tree versus only pounds with light pruning.
A. J. Cramer of the University of Wisconsin urges Wisconsin cow testing association members to start now for next winter's milk checks. He warns dry weather reduced pastures require extra grain or silage, especially for fall freshening cows, to maintain milk flow and body weight. He cites 4,000 farmers tracking feed and profits and prescribes specific grain mixes for milking and dry cows to sustain yield and test.
K L Hatch of the University of Wisconsin told the American Dairy Science Association in Madison that seven key economic problems face dairying. He urged more research on production economy herd testing quality standards dairy product standards packaging cheese and electricity to solve costs and depreciation. He noted labor dry cow and capital costs and criticized small unsanitary plants and poor consumer appealing products.
Warm milk yields better skimming with cream separators. Tie or pen the herd bull away from cows until at least November 1 to avoid freshenings in warm months. Farm rations lack protein for peak milk, as mixed hay silage cornmeal oats and bran are high in carbs fat but low in protein.
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