Imperial Valley press., 1913-04-28


, ,aspisuis0sal tsdustslss whjeh ought a
be established In Cslifornia, and ss
TO the people who can best deveisp
| such new Industry. Director Hunt sug.
gests. therefore. th orough investigation
of agricultural and human conditions
in regions similar to California, in.
GLIDING. for example, Australia. Uru-
quay and the Mediterranean countries,
| and the "supplementins OF restrictive
imn,i grafton by selective immigration" :"
Typical Of the possibilities In new
agricultural industries Is cotton. Cot
ton has been grown commercially in
California only fve years. yet this
years cotton crop will be worth $1,1c5,-
600. or FIVE times last years. The story
of this important new agricultural in
dustry Is told in this May journal Of
Agriculture by Walter Il. Packard. in
charge Of the university's experiment
station In the Imperial valley. In tho
eclatmed desert, below the level of
the sea. was grown last year cotton
which took the first price over all short
steple cotton grown in 1911 in the
whole United States.
The great problem facing the CAL
ifornia cotton raiser. says Mr.. Pack
riety that will bring the creates. net
returns Other varieties should then
be excluded from particular locality,
TO protect against hybridfzation. Du-
range. a long staple upland cotton, IS
said to be- tho Iaverite now In tho
Imperial valley ii nas a IN inch sfa
pie. and commands a premium .: to
s cents over the short staple cotton
On the market. The Cotton Growers
Exchange Is offering large cash prizes
to promote the growing Of clean fields
Of this one type. While the Egyptian
cotton Is by far the finest. II yields
less well than Durango and IS more
expensive to pick. Experiments are.
however. being made in the hope Of
than anything yet grown In the I'm
perial valley.
That a normal crop OF oranges ts
expected in Southern California for
next year. despite this winters frost
and that after l5 TO Is months the
lemon trees will be bearing as well as
ever. is stated in the journal by A. r.
the university's Southern California
laboratory and citrus experiment sta
ton. Cart Nichols gives a detailed
account of the frost lighting on the
Limoneira ranch, In Ventura county,
where fires were kept up ip the lemon
orchard for 27 nigits. at an expense
of between $50 and 500 an acre. How
ever Tue average iOSS VI IcnOHS was
in consequence reduced TO IS per cent.
as compared with five times that loss
elsewhere. 50 the premium on lemons
will amply compensate for the eSpen-
diture. A third paper on citrus mat
ters is by A. W Amet. who discusses
demons from the freeze, such as prun
ing methods. proof that sour stock was
more resistant than sweet, develop
ment of by-products. and improved
methods for testing for frozen fruit.
An account Is given also of the sum
mer travelling practice course" In citrf-
culture, given this year for the first
time. The students who take II will
spend six weeks together, visiting all
the chief citrus regions in Central and
Southern California. for observation and
for training in actual work N orange
and lemon orchards. A picture and ac-
count of Herbert e. Van Norman. the
great authority in dairy husbandry and
animal industry who has recently been
called as dean Of the university farm
school at Davis, is another feature.
This Journal Of Agriculture Is to be !
issued by the students of the Univers- |
ity of California monthly throughout
the university year. It seeks to bring |
to the knowledge Of the community |
the work that 10 beinG done By the |
q asricultural investigators Of the uni |
versity, and to aid In every way the |
of agricultural education !
in common schools. high schools and |
the university itself. AS part OF Its |
aid to the rapidly developing move |
ment for teaching agriculture In all the |
sch ools. the University of California is |
10 have number of courses In the
next summer session. from June 23 to
August 2. for the special training of
high school and grammar school teach
ers of agriculture. Included will be
hn
ture tfor elementary school teachers), |
IN plant propagation and on home and |
school ground gardening. and courses |
for training teachers to give high |
school courses in school farm work. |
dairying, animal industry and horticu-