Imperial Valley press., 1922-03-15
Farm, Suggestions


committee appointed by Governor Stephens to
locate the agricultural college for Southern Cafor
MIA visited Riverside days ago Of inspection
This committee charged with the selection Of site for
the proposed school at Riverside Notwithstanding this the
legislature through political fnessng provided for
the appointment of commission to locate the school, This
about through powerful interests that wish to get it
in their neghborhood So far the farmers Of I'm
peria valley concerned is not probable that they
expect get the school established here making
effort to that end However, they may figure as mat
at Riverside should make use of that for the pur
for which it bought For their convenience they
Will have sixty miles nearer to them at Riverside than 1t
will he if it goes to the coast at any OF the points seeking
to get it.
1t clear that when Imperial valley settled it will
time be- it will be filled with small farms each
of which will be thoroughly improved It has passed and is
still passing through the incident to the deVel
opment of all countries. 1t is characteristic of such to
have land holdings in large tracts Those who in
early buy at low prices and this stimulates speculation
But the time is here in this valley when the
must live his land to make it pay best And the best
kind of farming he do is the intensive sort that confines
him comparatively small tract For the best asset of
this section is it's climatic conditions that enable to
duce crops at season when there little or no compet
on and thus to always the largest returns for this kind
of enterprise And conciden with all this will the
necessity of building better homes. Thus far the
resident has cared little what character of provision
he made for his tenants He has usually expended little
possible for the comforts of the farm home because his
personal convenience not involved But the char
acer of these homes has tremendous amount to do with
the development of the valley The folks the home
Makers be expected to submit to the hardshps Of
farm life when to them is added the lack of
fence that lessons the drudgery of the household
sonable expenditure the farm dwelling and other build
ngs will prove good Investment for the owner whether
No farmers wife be expected to be content with her
life if she must forego all the modern convenience and
she be unhappy the farmer going And it is
the brthrgh every child in this land of progress and
prosperity to under surroundings as favorable as
finer things of life must be given greater consideration
than they have in the past Those who do will be rewarded
hundred fold.
very encouraging of lettuce production this
is the discovery that the buying public will pay
almost any price for the superior Imperial valley
duct The January freeze cut down the yield to large
extent on the earliest crop, but notwithstandng TINS
growers making big profits they would have made
out of full crop. What they lack in quantity is being
made up in price The people Of the east are becoming
familiar with the firm crisp quality of the Imperial valley
product and this seasons experience is testing how much
they value it, The unusually high prices growers are
getting indication of how thoroughly inrenched
the vegetable production OF this valley is.
farmer friends to keep constantly in mind the coming
Imperial County Fair. In very intimate this
cultural county and is to be agricultural fair In other
words it is to be farmers fair 1t cannot be
and every of them should feel direct in the
of this years efforts If they fail it fails. In the
site for which has already been formally dedicated Then
every one should feel personal interest in the kind of
hbts that are made when the fair arrives This
that between and October each should decide upon
some kind of fair exhibit he will make There is not
all mas some peculiar Tao or interest,"
One farmer particularly interested in hogs perhaps
certain breed. Let him. decide at that he will make
showing of his favorite kind at the fair. Another is
interested in cattle Let him also begin to prepare
for the fair And through the whole category The
doing of this thing will stimulate interest in every
farmer who undertakes it. This is the rea permanent
worthwhile advantage coming from well-managed and
successful fair The spur the fair to do things better
than they have before been done is what counts
And the community benefit that from good fair is
of tremendous value. We may it down that if Imperial
valley does it's best there will be such fair next October
that the whole country will be talking about it, From the
way things beginning hum by that time the val
ley will be hitting fast pace To have rousng fair will
be the climax to of marvellous growth and achieve
ment and will be worth more than be estimated
the good advertising it will give.
BE READY UNIQUE MAP OF
VALLEY is DRAW