Poultry Facts Laying House Cleaning for Fall
Poultrymen receive advice from Colorado Agricultural College expert Hoyt M Wells on fall cleaning of laying houses. Clean and disinfect droppings boards roosts nesting boxes feeders and drinkers. repaint roosts with carbolineum to curb red mites. remove old litter scrape and spray floors. white wash walls and ceilings to boost sanitation and light. clean window lights replace torn curtains. inspect roofs and patent seams for leaks. add deep litter and fresh nesting material quarterly.
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Hoyt M. Wells
Colorado Agricultural College
Wells
Scratching Not Essential to Fowls at Illinois
A University of Illinois trial with three flocks of Rhode Island Reds and White Leghorns showed hens produced similar egg yields whether fed grain in boxes or scratched in litter. Methods varied: dry mash in hoppers with grain twice daily in straw litter. dry mash in hoppers with grain twice daily in shallow troughs. and ground scratch grain mixed with mash self fed in hoppers. The 41 week test used shelled corn, oats, ground corn and oats, bran, middlings, buttermilk, bone meal and salt.
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Rhode Island
University of Illinois
Poultry Tips for Night Broody Hens and Spring Payoffs
Poultry guidance emphasizes shutting up broody hens at night and notes infertile eggs spoil less than fertile ones. Eggs digest easily and cleanliness is vital. Extra feeding now boosts fall egg yields. water pans matter. A mix of corn meal bran oats with scraps and milk moistens feed. Records show profitable culling and marketing of unprofitable flocks and surplus broilers.
Holtville Area Shipments Rise With June Figures
In June 1927 Holtville area shipments reached 771 cars and grew to 1279 cars by June 1929. Hanford recently sent the first car of Kings county juice grapes to Eastern markets, noting the crop is of excellent quality.
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Holtville
Hanford
Kings County
Early rice harvests bid to start sooner at Willows
Exceptionally hot weather over the past weeks has benefited the rice crop. Harvesting in Willows will begin earlier than usual this season, signaling a quicker-than-expected start to the harvest.
Mint Industry Highlighted at Fresno District Fair
Mint growing in the Kerman district will be featured as a new agricultural industry in the Kerman Chamber of Commerce exhibit at the Fresno district fair running September 24 to 29.
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Kerman
Kerman Chamber of Commerce
Fresno
Ivanhoe Grower Exhibits Thompson Seedless Grapes
T. Wayne Switzer of the Ivanhoe district displayed fancy clusters of Thompson Seedless grapes, believed to be the first of the variety to leave the district this season. Switzer farms seventy acres and consistently produces early Thompsons each year.
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T. Wayne Switzer
Ivanhoe
Mr. Switzer
Prices hold on Eastern markets boosting Kern grape value
Agricultural commissioner L A Burtch reports Kern county's grape crop this season will be worth about one million dollars more than expected as spring frosts in California reduced supply and pushed prices higher, increasing farmer profits despite earlier forecasts.
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Kern County
L. A. Burtch
California
Butte County High School Receives Smith Hughes Funds
Gridley High School is allotted 1830 of 3919 state and federal funds for agricultural and domestic science work. The apportionment applies to the Smith Hughes funds for the 1928 29 fiscal year based on average daily attendance.
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Butte County
Gridley High School
Smith- Hughes
Apple Growers Seek UC Study on Cold Storage Losses
Watsonville growers appeal to the University of California for a study of fruit loss in the local cold storage industry. Losses run 15 to 25 percent yearly. packers urge tapping Giannini farm investigation funds to help reduce the losses.
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Watsonville
University of California
Giannini Farm Investigation Fund
Entomologist to Study Mediterranean Fruit Fly Trade
The Department of Agriculture will start an immediate study of the Mediterranean fruit fly in countries bordering the sea. H. F. Quayle of the University of California will lead the investigation aboard a ship donated by Allison V. Armour of New York, a patron of science.
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Department of Agriculture
Mediterranean Sea
Allison V. Armour
New York
H. F. Quayle
University of California
Government citrus specs may harm soldiers fruit value
C P Early, manager for Mutual Orange Distributors in Redlands, argues the federal government should adjust citrus size specifications. He notes the army and navy demand 176 size oranges, which can price out smaller sizes that could be sold on contract at lower cost, enabling soldiers and sailors to obtain more quality fruit for the same money.
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C. P. Early
Redlands
Mutual Orange Distributors
Army
Navy
California must use every method to keep fruit fly out
Lloyd Steere, US agricultural commissioner in Berlin, warns California to maintain strict quarantine and eradicate the Mediter ranean fruit fly immediately. He cites European regions ruined by the pest and notes his Redlands visit during a furlough.
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Lloyd Steere
United States Agricultural
Berlin
California
Steere
Redlands
Record hay crop tops Palo Verde Valley season
The 1929 alfalfa crop for Palo Verde Valley is expected to reach 25,000 tons worth at least 450,000 dollars to local ranchers. The first Los Angeles shipment was three cars by George K. Scott. Growers anticipate 35 to 40 dollars per ton by year end, though uniform grading is lacking. Despite record totals, 1920 may see increased acreage as the market develops.
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Palo Verde Valley
Los Angeles
George K. Scott
Prices lift Kern grape growers by one million
Eastern markets pay premium for Kern county grapes boosting season receipts to four million dollars. County agricultural commissioner L. A. Burtch announced the gain and attributed it to strong demand and higher prices in eastern markets.
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Kern County
L. A. Burtch
Early 1929 rice crop heads in southern Butte county
The first of the 1929 rice crop has headed out in southern Butte county. Haack ranch grows 1600 variety with a heavy yield. Walter W. Smith estimates his field will produce forty sacks per acre.
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Butte County
Haack
Walter W. Smith
Record-sized orange cling peaches at Chalmers ranch display
Orange cling peaches weighing up to a pound and a half each and fourteen inches in circumference are being harvested on the Chalmers ranch. The oversized fruit was exhibited in the Butte county display at the State Fair.
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Gridley
Chalmers
Butte County
Rice harvest opens early with Cardoza ranch sale
Rosenberg Bros of San Francisco held the season's first Sacramento Valley rice sale, offering 1100 bags raised on the Cardoza ranch at $2.66 per bag. Rice harvesting was under way by September 10, ten days earlier than last year.
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Rosenberg Bros
San Francisco
Sacramento Valley
Cardoza Ranch
Tuolumne County pear growers report strong crop prices
The county horticultural commissioner reports pears from Tuolumne County will bring 80 to 82.50 dollars per ton for this year. The Bartlett pears are shipped in forty pound logs. Several gatherings of Winter Nell pears will be held during September.
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Tuolumne County
Knights Landing Grain Farmers Harvest Record Year
Grain farmers of Knights Landing face a top productivity year as the River Farms Syndicate nears completion of hauling 230000 sacks of wheat to warehouses. About 3000 acres of red and white beans reach maturity on fields where barley was harvested.
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Knights Landing
River Farms Syndicate
Watered cheese triggers fines for California creamery operators
San Francisco dairy official announces $50 fines against S Iacona of San Francisco and G Pelusa of Merced, operators of a Los Banos creamery, for ignoring moisture content rules on cheese. The move marks the first punitive action of the year by the division of dairy control led by Dr M E McDonald.
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S. Iacona
San Francisco
G. Pelusa
Merced
Los Banos
M. E. McDonald
Division of Dairy Control
Merced Irrigation District Reports Sufficient Water Outlook
With early crops irrigated and peaches finishing their run, indications point to ample water for the rest of the year if users in the Merced Irrigation District continue to cooperate with conservation policy. The fall demand matches the usage decrease, no crops have suffered, and no shortage is foreseen.
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Merced
California ports to gain free delivery of perishable goods
California shippers of cold storage and all perishable products welcome free delivery from warehouse to shipsides as soon as possible in every port. Led by William A. Sherman of Merchants Ice and Cold Storage, the plan envisions cold storage plants at each pier and seeks to avoid a proposed state refrigerating terminal, a move opposed by shipping interests.
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California
William A. Sherman
Merchants Ice and Cold Storage Company
California public works policy for coordinated water plan
The Department of Public Works outlines its approach to California's coordinated water program after extensive checks. More than 5,000,000 acres south of Fresno have been surveyed for irrigability, with northern San Joaquin Valley testing 3000 wells as water tables fall. The department also studies salinity in the lower Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers threatening North Bay industrial water supplies.
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Department of Public “Works
California
Fresho
San Joaquin Valley
Sacramento Valley
Sacramento
San Joaquin
North Bay
Growth of Dairy Herd Improvement Associations
The United States Department of Agriculture notes a surge in dairy herd improvement associations from a single 1906 start to 1,090 by January 1, 1929, with 465,804 cows recorded. McDowell predicts continued growth and urges broader farmer participation to improve production and cost records across roughly 21 million cows.
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United States Department Agriculture
United States
J. C. McDowell
Bureau of Dairy Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
McDowell
Mc.Dowell
Keep Milker Clean and Free of All Bacteria
The method to prevent bacteria on milking machine parts is to stop bacterial development on milk path components. Bleaching powder mixed with water creates an effective stock solution. Fill tubes with this solution, seal openings, and let stand until milking. After milking, flush with cold water then warm water with washing soda, then air dry in a rack with fresh solution.
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HE. G. Hasting
University of Wisconsin
Phillips
Advantage of hauling manure to field daily on dairy farm
Daily manure transport to the field reduces fly breeding and multiplication in the barnyard. A prominent dairyman cites fly control as a primary justification for hauling out manure each day, noting the benefits of cleaner surroundings and reduced losses from leaching and fermentation.
Dairy Herd Management Tips From Daily Notes
Daily Notes advises balancing hay and grain, using temporary fencing for pasture, placing a milk cow on it, and crafting a rope halter to train the calf to lead. It notes the cow’s board bill as the largest keeping cost and that good foundation stock is expensive. It recommends bull associations as cost effective sire service and suggests consulting the county agent.
London rotoscope film speeds produce slow motion images
A London invented rotoscope will capture slow motion pictures of revolving objects at 500 revolutions per second and slow them to one per minute. Tests show water drops become spherical, a single bright light spike appears, and a gas jet flame fluctuates rather than staying steady.
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London
High Finance Bride Groom Talk Merge Style
The exchange humorously compares a wedding to a corporate merger as Miss Cayenne notes the couple’s vast wealth. The bride and groom each boast large fortunes, prompting a playful debate on whether the event is a wedding or a financial amalgamation.
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Miss Cayenne
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