Imperial Valley press., 1915-12-18
Great Crowd G hers to Hear Discus
sion of Agricultural Problems by
Many Able Speakers.

, eXperionee. by Mes-re. Boarts. Rcsi
IlNi' Atieu, Malan, oft ErJwlcv: steve
iiaIt,.i'tiii4 FL ''"''o, ano Nh. Sumption If
Saying the Pigs" hv Gilbert VIII
io95hpF. The largest hos raiser i'm the
valley al th' present time
iruci, Crops section; W. II. Mansfield
Chairman.
selection of Seed. GraKipr and ATa,.
Etling Of CautaIoupcS." bV + Dni~o
iAit, pefhapS the best informed man
On me sub1eot of marketing of eantc-
luuprS in Imperial Valley.
Pr)ilts in Aspara gus and Aspa,a erti -
CuIluic. BY George Rude. i'm charae IF
X u. -. Me fherriu.s asparagus field since
aCo-operative Markcting." by Luther
-. br9Hn well known i'm the ValIcv
rom ms connection with the opening
of land i'm Tho North End
Marketing Truck Crops Raised i'm
Imperial valley by rom Elliott. i'm
dustrlal agent for Inc WeIls-F Fargo EN-
press Company
"Eege,ables and Truck Gardenine."
by NJ. V. Hartranft. a we'll known writ
ef On agricultural subjects.
Dairy ~ecton; Fsank Moore. thuirmnn.
Contagious Abortion in Dairy Cows
bv Df. c. a. D1~aE county vcterinar-
4 Profitable Ration: cost per Pound
of Hutterlat,' by Frank II. Nuuderpocl,
one OF the oldest residents of Impcr-
ldl AdutA.
securing i'm Calves" by DR. J. c.
Pace, county veterinarian.
The Importance OF Selection I'm
Dairy Animals, ~ q. II. True, head
NersilN of California. mt Davis.
Cost of SiIo Construction and ES-
pected Profits From the U-e of Si-
lage," b. J. d. Huston.
Advantages TO thc DairNmau OF the
Grading of Cream" by :. A Robson,
mana"er of the Imperial Valley Cream
Proper Sanitatiou," BY Harris p
NJ. county dairN insueetoi.
Field Crops section: q. L. Robinson.
Chairman.
Seed selection by j. j. Sreihv,
The Froiitdbie culture of Beans i'm
Imperial valley" by d. II. Calls. who
has mad wild" experience in The pro-
Gueliou of beans, oDth i'm this eouutJ-
CROP Eolaiion Necessary Prac-
tice." by Or. john W. Gilmore. head
OF che astronomy division University
Of California.
The Distribution of Roots in I'm
perial valley Soils and the Neesssii ~
o. Scientific irrigation. by Walter ~.
Packard. Thc rootuN system of al
faltH i'm v1rious soil types has been
carefully studied and charts were
shown. Illustrating the O. "ibution of
thC roots, as related 10 tE1HS of soil
moisture content and irrigation prac-
tice.
"sudon Grass as a summer Crop" by
$. +. Robinson, ONE OF The irSi men ln
"Mater Measuring Devices for use
i'm Farm LatcruJs." by ID. a. Starbuck,
cite manager OF HoltyiIle.
'Production of Grain by Smllh
Jackson. long time resident of lmptr-
ial valley and employed ON the EN-
Berimunt Farm fer the past two years.
Fruit section; T.. ". Waite, Chairmnn.
"Suoccssful Handlin" and MarkeunE
4 b r. tf atf
less and Malaga Grapes by +. II.
Erickson. one OF the oldest fruit ral%-
ers i'm Imperial valley lie has had
eminent success i'm the production and
marketing OF these crops
"Firs and Dates: Two Promising
Fruit Crops ny Francis HemcA,
member Of Tire first horticultural com
mission in Imperial county.
.GrlpcIinft I'm Iru.riaI valley" by
Lou FarnsWorth, the owner OF the only
commercial grapefruit orchard IN inl-
- Fruit insects" by z. w. Waite.
county horticultural commissioners of
Imperial county.
"rbc Roofing of Date Offshoots ami
Varieties Best Adapted for Imperial
valley" by Bruce Drummond, i'm Gh&f&e
of the date gardens al lndio and M''-
'aeoils Best Adanted fer Fruit II I'm
ucrial valley by walter y. Packard
nnys' club section.
"Ilustrated Talk on Transconlnen-
tai Trim of the Prize Winners in. INC
BOY Contest for the past Year by
Professor 3. II. Grocheron, i'm GharR'G
of the county advisor work ana p2NS
cjgh work ia Califorria. ,..-..,,
practical Points i'm Raising Pigs,
bv Professor J. ]. Thompson, in charge
Of the feeding experiments IN inc SlIle
of California as undertaken by the
University Of California.
"Iiveetock Raising as a vocation,
by Professor G. H. True, head OF AM
NAL HuSDandrY department OIL lae MI
vcrsity OF California.