Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1922-12-20

Note field of dwarf hegari right
l.. c. Hawk ranch left
Turn left (north) at Bonds Corner
Note ranch of P. Bovenduerde right, member of
Imperial County Farm Bureau Cow Testing Ass N.
Verde school right meeting pace every alternate
month of AamoVerde Farm Center.
James M Cook ranch right all il vegetables,
On left note ranch of j. V. Yearein, member of
Cow Testing Association.
SIXTH STOP-Arrive ranch of c. G. Halliday.
sGran Variety Trials, Assistant Farm Advisor Ray
Ellis in grain Improvement, Varieties being tried
on G. c. Halliday ranch common club Hybrid
and Russian Smooth AVN barley for pure seed pro-
The extension service carving variety tests with
Tennessee Winter 1000 and MARRIOTT barley Hard and
White Federation wheat. The barley varieties are
also being tested as to grazing value
Leave Halliday ranch going north.
Note road to Yuma going east This is part of the
Ocean to Ocean Highway and will some day be
paved. The the better, say!
Note Cocopah ranch of Thinker Ranches Company.
Hotvile Plant of Imperial Valley Milk Producers AS.
ISOLATION on left.
Turn left into Holtvie
40 SEVENTH sToP-Arrive Civic Auditorium, Holt
vile.
Lunch served by members of the Eastsde Sunset and
Central-Highline Farm Home Departments, A
charge of so cents will be made for the lunch ~,
The Imperial County Farm Bureau'-G E, West,
THE Imperial County Farm Bureau Farm Home Der
partment Mrs. George NJ Austin, chairman In
peral County Farm Bureau farm home department
''rhe Agricultural Extension Service in Imperial
County" =. l.. Garthwaite, farm advisor.
Note Aresian Well right.
On left note stacks of straw by house. and Sc,
of Holtvie produced this crop this year for the
first time in Imperial Valley.
Note Easside school house half nlie left. This
is the meeting place every alternate month of the
Eastside-sunset Farm Center.
Turn right Griffin place.
EIGHTH STOP
Arrive ranch of f. D. Griffin
''Poutry Flock Management Mrs. E. d. Griffin.
In 1922 the Agricultural Extension Service conducted
six Poultry Housing, poultry disease control,
and six poultry culing demonstration meetings. A
number of women in the farm home department poult
try project have kept record cards similar to the ones
kept by Mrs. Griffin
'Reclaming Alkali Land +. D. Griffin; 'Alkali
Reclamation Farm Advisor Garthwaitc
Leave Griffin ranch going east.
NINTH STOP-Arrive at Main Drain Ditch
drainage System of the Imperial Valley by Ray
s. Carberry, chief engineer, Imperial Irrigation Dis
Since 1916 the division of soil technology of the Uni
versty of California the agricultural extension service
and the Imperial County Farm Bureau have beeen
conducting strenuous campaign of education to get
the people of Imperial Valley in favor Of construct
ing system of drain bitches. The final chapter of
this campaign is being written in the digging
of the drain bitches and the reclamation Of the al
kali and waterlogged lands.
Leave Drain Canal going west
Turn left (souh) onto Holt
Note field of Acaa cotton right. This planted
from the best available pure seed and should provide
excellent pure seed for next years planting.
Note grapefruit orchard right
~ TENTH STOp-Arrive at home of j. Allen Harvey.
Home Furnshing' by Miss Miller and members of
the Central Hghne and Eastside-sunset Farm Home
Departments. This project began with Gown Your
Own Room for the girls and boys of the county.
In May 1922 the women of the valley asked for help
with living rooms. The home of Mrs j. Allen Har
vey, Eassde Sunset center is of the Is homes
which fine university specialists visited. At this time
Is living rooms with II adj joining planned
This work includes proper finish of floors and walls,
finishing of furniture making of draIeries and
series. Our goal Every house, harmonious and " easy
to keep"
''What a Pig Club Does Carlos Harvey. Boys
and Girls Agricultural Clubs, - Ray Ellis A. T. A. In
Boys and Girls Clubs beside the club work being
done by the various high schools the extension
service will conduct pig feeding contests at Bard and
NilnnI nd 1o nlrnJ Inr haifn rn1,,I
Leave Harvey place for Meloland.
Turn right (south).
Turn right (west).
Turn left CsOuth).
Turn right (west).
Note Harold Bell Wright ranch, one half mile south.
Note II. b. Alexander ranch, fourth mile south
Note Bucket Brothers ranch, one half mile SOUTH mem
bers Imperial County Farm Cow Testing Ass II.
Turn left (south) at Meloland
Note Meoland school house, meeting place of Meo
land Farm Center
ELEVENTH STOP-Arrive W. A. Swerdfeccr ranch
''Fertilizing My Lettuce" w. A. Swcrdfcgcr
Vegetable Fertilizer Trials Farm Advisor Garth
waite.
Leave Swerdfeger ranch, going north.
Turn right (cast)
Turn left (north into Experiment Station).
TWELFTH STOP
Arrive at University of California Imperial Valley
Experiment Station. Drive to northwest corner The
experiments will be explained by L. g. Goar supcrin-
tendent of the station.
Barley Pasturing Experiment, Alfalfa Studies
Cotton Variety test and studies, Date of Planting
and Spacing of Milo Maize.
Vegetable Variety Trials Lettuce Peas, Cabbage,
Swiss Chard Carrots, Beets, Onions, Cabbabe, Cauli
flower, Tomatoes.
Wheat variety trials and Increase Plots Cereal
Rotation Experiments, Oats Variety Trials Athel
Trees, Rhodes Grass Grapes, Bcerscem, Dates, Pom
egranaes, JuJubes, Figs, Ounces, Deciduous Fruits,
Summer and Winter Legumcs, Grasses, Sugar Beets,
Mung Bean Experiments, Olives, Citrus.