Imperial Valley press., 1921-10-14
PLAN I PEAS
FOR EARLY
FEBRUARY
SALE
Big Chicago Produce Firm
Getting Ready for EXten-
sive Gardening Project in
Vicinity of HOltville.

Dee Kimura. we'll known cantaloupe
and vegetable expert, is commencing
preparations for planting 100 acres of
peas in the vicinity of the Alamitos
school, southwest of Holtville which
will mature in February says the Holt
Vile Tribune.
Kimura has a marketing contract
with the United Growers association
! of California, which is the Pacific
Coast branch of M. Piowaty & Sons.
of Chicago. The Piowaty concern is
repreented everywhere throughout the
country where fruit sand vegetables
are grown for shipment, and the par
ent organization, with its six big sub
salaries, has capitalization of $780,
900.
This is the first season that Piowaty
& Sons have operated in Imperial Val
| ley. and Dee Kimura is handling the
concerns affairs in this locality. In
addition to the Kimura planting of
peas, the company has $50 acres of
Icantaloupes and lettuce, near Ell Cen
tro. South of Holtville they have 400
acres Of the Cowan ranch under lease
for cantaloupes. All of these enter
prises are under kimura's manage
ment, who is considered the foremost
of the japanese growers in Imperial
Valley, and it was through his instru
mentality that Piowaty & Sons became
interested in he Holville country.
Expert Investigators have ascer-
tanned that soil conditions in Water
Co. No. 2 district and the Southside
district are identical with those OF
Westmorland, except that he lana
south of Hotville is even little rich
er than that of the Westmorland area,
and there is no question now of the
success of the vegetable and melon
business here. In the past Westm0r-
land has produced melons about one
week ahead of Brawley or CaleXico,
and expert melon growers now pre- !ict
that Holtville will henceforth hold the
record for early maturity.
In addition to the foregoing Pro-
waty & Sons have just closed contracts
for handling the lettuce grown on the
Gardner tract and the Jackson land,
in Waer Co. No. district. of rs acres
and 10 acres respectively, both Of
which will go into lettuce. The ship
pers guarantee a price OF 40 cents per
crate for lettuce, and the owners OF
the land furnish all labor and beaT the
expenses. Computing 200 crates as
a reasonable yield per acre, the grew
ers' gross return would be minimum
of $4,000. Kimura estimates the cost
| to the grower is around $40 per acre,
yielding a minimum net return of $40:
but he anticipates price in excess o.
of 40 cents per crate.
The deal made for the Cowan ranch
provides for its free use for one sea-
son, after which Piowaty & Sons agree
to set out and leave the 400 acres in
grapes, then turning the place back
to the owners, thus set out as vim
yard in lieu of rent. This is unique
arrangement, and the results are prom
ising to both parties. 1t is estimatdt
that the expenditure for labor OF. -
Cowan tract will aggregate $50. 60,
during the term of the conract. The
plowing job alone was in excess ot
$4,000.
This is the first time that canta
loupes and vegetables have been pro
duced on land southeast of Holtville
and if the paintings are as successful
as anticipated, Holtville may become
the center of this industry, as abou
l15,O0O suitable acres lie in that terri
tory, which are available foy these
crops. The future of the project, how.
ever, lies in the granting of through
joint rates on cantaloupes, grapes anC
vegetables over the Holton Interurbar
in conjunction with the lines of the
great transcontinental carriers. Thi:
year he H. |. line lost the handling ot
of about 750 carloads and an estimated
revenue therefrom of $4,000, If tn,
Joint rates are not granted, it is said
this years produce will move to Ell
Centre by motor truck. Piowaty alone