The San Francisco call., 1910-09-17

WILLOWS. Sept. 16.-Agricultural
experts have long held that the Sacra-
mento valley offered great field for
the successful culture of rice. 1t was
left, however for the Sacramento VAL
ley irrigation company, in cooperation
with the United States government. to
give it thorough test. Present indi-
cations point to a most successful out
come.
April 81, a three acre patch was
planted about one mile south of Will
lows to 40 different varieties. The time
of planting was really about three
weeks late and the land selected was
not the best for the purpose. No water,
was used for irrigation until May 10.
The main trouble feared by the experts
was that it might not head out and
ripen early enough, and it was conced-
ed that, owing to conditions, 1T would
not head before August 20 to 25- The
rapid and luxuriant growth, however,
has far. exceeded expectations and by
July 2S several varieties were heading
rapidly and showing every indication of
most satisfactory development.
The possibilities for future success
are indeed interesting to all. Japan's
rice crop this year is estimated at 2S7,-
100000 bushels. with moneyed value
of about $325,000,000
EXPERT STUDIES POTATO
good many persons in the Sacra-
mento valley will remember meeting
Eugene H. Grubb, consulting agricul-
turist for the Sacramento Valley irri-
cation company.
Grubb is now in Europe in the in
terest of the department Of agricul-
ture of the United States and of the
Kuhn irrigation interests. He has
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general agriculture in Great Britain
and on the continent
The London Daily Graphic in a re-
cent edition gives the following inter
view with Grubb:
You throw away over here the
most M ST. edible and ns valuable usfisp portion 3r
about. a quarter of an inch under
the skin. Your people pare that
off # People sSg We're e. properly edu
delicacy, the consumption of the
world would be doubled. The
English people do not know the
one of the favorite dishes in
America. Your methods of serv-
ing potatoes are crude. primi-
Then why. it may be asked, is
Grubb here to learn? Simply be-
cause America wants to know
Reting 9in s09 eas distinct list from the eaf
ing) of potatoes. He is Visiting
ali the fairs and great farms. He
has been to Lord Redesdales and
Sir Walter Gilbeys. He is GO
ing to Lord Rothschild's and to
Lord Rosebery's Dalmeny station
His mission means a study of the
whole agricultural industry this
side of the Atlantic. We grow in
round figures 300, 100000 bushels
annually; we need at least $50, ,o00,-
900 bushels.
e'You grow in the United King
dom as. many as we do in the
whole United States" says Grub,
and your yields are as three to
our one per acre The state of
California alone could produce all
that the United States now pro-
duces-if the industry were de-
veloped to its Dlaximum.'
EFFECT OF MARKET METHODS
Not only our extravaganc in
potatoes strikes Grubb Our mar
ket methods, he says, would break
an American farmers heart II
buy in London he says, "a bas-
ket of strawberries, Az or
pounds, 10d, II cents They are
put up in a basket with a tin
handle costing Sd, cents. In
America We would put them in a
package costing less than half
penny. / saw potatoes from Ca