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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1935
Page
17
Practical engineer L E Gabel notes Florida citrus groves shift to irrigation after December freeze. The Madewell portable service pipe with distributor gates handles 1000 gallons per minute, requiring two workers, cutting costs and boosting uniform watering statewide.
Dr. F C Bishopp of the U S Department of Agriculture urges a April 15 deadline for farm practices that create open wounds on livestock to avert a repeat of the 1934 screw worm disaster in the Southeast. He cites breeding timing, early marking and dehorning, and bloodless castration as crucial steps to reduce outbreaks and stock losses.
Florida celery growers in Sarasota county plan summer flooding of muck lands to combat nematodes and cutworms. About 1,000 acres cultivated by 36 growers will be submerged for more than two months, starting after harvest of the last celery crop.
The list advises sowing many crops in April including field beans, grasses, cantaloupes, cowpeas, beggar weed, chufas, beane, feld, kaffir and popcorn, velvet and mungoja beans, cattail and golden millet, mustard, okra, peanuts, pumpkins, radishes, rice, sorghum, sunflowers, watermelons, and Egyptian wheat.
The Florida Poultry Council formed at a January meeting in Orlando aims to improve the industry through marketing, breed improvement, research, education, and disease eradication. Members include farm and commercial producers, hatcherymen, dealers, packers, press, and representatives from Florida agricultural groups and the University of Florida. The six stated goals emphasize coordination, government cooperation, authoritative representation, regional influence, and promoting high quality poultry practices.
New York egg supplies in 1934 were the lightest since 1920, lifting average yearly prices. Through 1936 receipts are even lighter and storage reserves are thin while current prices sit above levels of the last four years. The drought cut poultry losses and production is expected to stay light through winter and spring, keeping prices higher than recent seasons.
Grove was recently named a member of the council, adding to the city's governing body and signaling a shift in local leadership.
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