Imperial Valley press., 1917-12-06

men: The following goods were in
spected and passed IN the county du-
ring the month of November, 1917:
3olS boxes of apples, 1889 sacks of
potatoes, 223 boxes of oranges, 229
boxes of lemons, 1O2 boxes of pears,
10 boxes of grapefruit, 30 sacks of
wheat seed, l sack of Rhodes grass
seed, 26S sacks of alfalfa seed, 80
sacks of cantaloupe seed, sacks of
pea seed, "a sacks of oat seed, 25
sacks of barley seed, 2 tons of barley
hay, 100 eucalyptus trees, 1 palm
tree, 1 guava bush, 20 rose bushes, -
ornamental trees, 1914 ornamental
plants, 29,125 vegetable plants, 500
strawberry plants.
There were nineteen ranches visited
in the endeavor to eradicate noxious
weeds.
During the month A. S. Hoyt, fled
deputy of the state office, made the
county visit and a thorough inves-
tlgatlon was made as to the advisa-
bility of admitting cotton seed and
seed cotton into this county from Yu-
ma valley, the main object being to
allow Egyptian cotton to be ginned
at Winterhaven, that is cotton grown
in Yuma valley. Winterhaven has
one of the best 12-stand roller gins in
this county. AS no objections were
made and no damage will result there
from it, it is expected that permis-
sion will be granted.
A second hand gin outfit was
shipped into this county from Middle
ton, Texas. Before this gin was al
lowed to operate it was ordered thor
oughly cleaned by taking it apart and
going over it thoroughly in every de-
tail, and all wood parts were painted.
After it was cleaned it was inspected
| by one of the largest cotton growers
representatives, the federal inspector,
Mr.. Pratt, the secretary of the Long
Staple Cotton Growers Exchange,
Mr.. Palmer, and this department. All
parties reported that the gin was alb
solutely clean. The gin came from
an insect-free district.
On account of the pink boil worm
how bein gin four localities in Tex
as, it is very important that no cot
ton products be allowed to come in
from there. This insect is much more
destructive than the boil weevil.
On my way to the State Fruit
Growers convention l spent a day in
the Coachella valley in the interest of
date culture and the eradication of
date scale. tt is is gratifying to re-
port that the serious date scales are
being eradicated in systematic
method by Mr.. Shamblin of the Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture,
who is an inspector of all date palms
imported into the United States.
Practically all the date scale insects
in this county are on the old date
farm east of Heber, which is being
destroyed
Monday and Tuesday at the conven-
tion were devoted to meetings of the
horticultural commissioners, at which
many prominent speakers were pres
ent. One of the most important sub
jects was a discussion by w. c. ia
cobson, representing the United States
Biological Survey, on squirrel eradi-
cation. A campaign has been sue
cessfully carried on throughout the
state, all state departments working
in cooperation. Among those repre-
sented who took part in the discussion
and stated they would cooperate were
the State Supervisors Association,
State Highway Commission, State
Health Department, State Farm Adj
visers, Southern Pacific Company,
Santa Fe Company and the State
Board of Control. 1t is estimated
that there is a loss of $35, 100000 per
year due to the destruction of food
stuffs by squirrels in this state.
Due to the work already done,
great increase of pasture has been
made available. A statewide cam
paign will again be in operation du-
ring the spring months.
+. o. Mccormick spoke on the sub
ject of the car shortage situation.
He is vice president of the South
ern Pacific Company and he stated
that $4,000 cars were needed to ham
die the lumber alone used for military
training camps and that total Of
&c. 900 cars were needed for the trans
portation of other material needed IN
training camp structures. Mr.. Nc
Cormick pleaded with the growers for
more faith in the railroads, and
pointed out that constructive IS prac-
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