Florida Dairymen Urged to Breed Cows in Winter
Florida dairy expert Hamlin L. Brown from the extension service advises winter breeding December to February to align freshening for fall and ease summer surplus. He urges strict culling, feeding high carb rations for spring beef and replacing spring fresheners with fall-calving cows to optimize milk and beef production.
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Hamlin L. Brown
Florida Agricultural Extension Service
Mr. Brown
Milk Price Policy Limits Federal Enforcement to Farmers
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration announced a shift in milk marketing enforcement. It will enforce prices paid to farmers only and will not pursue fixed retail prices charged to consumers under existing agreements. The policy aims to rely on competition rather than price fixing, with limited price band mechanisms to protect producers where needed.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Chester C. Davis
Davis
Department
Pepper prices slide as receipts rise
Pepper prices are lower after increased receipts. Demand remains limited in winter and only a certain amount can be sold. This season about 40 cars per week can be sold without forcing prices to drop to low levels.
Hume's Citrus Cultivation Book Updated by MacMillan
MacMillan Company releases a 1934 reissue of Harold Hume’s The Cultivation of Citrus Fruits. The updated volume replaces the 1904 Citrus Fruits and Their Culture, detailing industry modernization, new pests and diseases, and the shift to community packing plants. Available by mail from New York or Glen Saint Mary Florida.
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MacMillan Company
Harold Hume
Glen Saint Mary Nurseries Company
Hume
Florida
Fifth Avenue
New York
Glen Saint Mary
Orange Production Increases As Trees Reach Bearing Age
Agricultural extension service data show 535000 acres of orange trees in the United States with 460000 in bearing age. Florida has 260000 acres, 221000 bearing and 39000 not, while California holds 237000 acres with 211000 bearing and 113000 Valencia trees. Texas and Arizona total about 8,000 bearing and 8,200 not bearing, with 11500 acres in Louisiana Alabama and Mississippi, mostly Satsuma. With trees reaching full bearing by 15, production is expected to rise over the next five years barring freezes or catastrophes.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
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United States
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California
Texas
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Louisiana
Alabama
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