Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-25
WINDBREAKS ARE NECESSITY In
IMPERIAL VALLEY AGRICULTURE,
DECLARES ADVISOR GARTHWAITE
BY Z. Z. GARTHwAITE
Agricultural Extension Service

That proper windDrcak is a ne
/ ccssitv II profitable fruit production
! i'll Imperial Valley is readily ad-
mittsd by mos: authorities. But
! there are still many grapefruit, date
and deciduous fruit orchards, ana
! vineyards lacking in protection
from the wind. 1t is of interest 70
note however, that whore careful
cxperimctS have been carried ON in
creased crops Of grain, cot,on, track
crops. etc. have resulted when pro
tcctcI by a properly cared w.nd-
| break.
An uurared fey windbrcak is liza
BILE to be molr Of . liability than an
asset Bat where proper attention
is given "a pruning Of the roots l.
OF 90 feet from the trees With trac-
tor subscribers. to adequate irli CATION
and fertilization with harnvard
manure aHd commerria! fertilizers.
Wind Damages Fruit
IN 1925 the manager Of The local
glapc fruit assaciat.ou estimated
that 90 Der cent of fruit N the sec
ond grad and Gull bins are tbroWn
there on account of w'nd ltmi,&
About half al all the fruit going into
the packing house "aS thrown into
the second grade and cull bins. y
grower vino urojuce> $50 boxes on
q acre, would lose $500 dollars
> vcar hteays" he lad no Windbrcak
The $500 would pay for 'hr care
e wiuahrrak fer 10 acres several
times ever. Furthermore = glance
at grapefruit tree, in lmparial Val
l,,. viii convince a9voNc that thoir
production is cut down more than l-3
hceauSc vot% j,tt:e iiuit is produced
81 the west siir of The trees. furth.
crp,arc the lr1NrS ~ the west side
of ,lc trees are blown off OF badly
ripped aad torn. When We con
S;der that a plan. grow N pruPoT-
ton 20 il, leaf aea, i ,s plain tha'
OH trees warh be large. and bear
morc fruit + The west side were a.
good As the east side.
Thc .y.epsion ser>ir, ha- photo
graphs f trees adJc!niHg wind
breaks showing remarkably les
f.o>t j1ulg' after tlr Christmas
l9-4 freeze t,.aA trees far oG a"ar
From III W. break.
\ cou>.deFBhl" percentage OF the
grape. are suuol.rnn, a.. eltles
have to be discarded or seld At 4
r.t5tcrl pc because =. Waaa
waiy> .sile tie leaves, titus leaving
tie trr;t exposed = the sun. .
.rrs winds eftrr whip otf tender
shoots and leaves necessary to man
aiaeturc food for III Inc.
Growers Guard Blossoms
MANY caGt.,loGpa growers arr tEi>
yta~ spending ,aaamouS >ai"H %
moury 20 protect tAv Gown Sct hlos-
sons from th. March a2I Np.u
winds, \ fraction Of The money
.jeut e.. rhe,r arrow weed and pa
pr ,~ytcc-1r, w.u'd pro- ~. sP'er-
yidr winIbreaks.
Wheat, barley, mi,o, sweet s1r
ghum and even .e,tnu groves MNr
of,eu been put % tremendous e@-
pcn,e to harvest crop, that hay
been LODGED 5y- "a seVerc wind.
There is much more that rar b.
,a;d in Suupor' + H:n,Ilrcai~ Such
as prot .ctior Of houses, WGrE stock,
poultry. dairy co'f,r. reduction Of
evaroratiou rtr.. but space does
no. permit. \ very important item
is 'ic Improvements in III" looN~
% country whcr" there ar many
rules Of trees growing.
viii Supply Cuttings
icc ba,i2.rs that wir&hrcaks arc q
rcrcssi-v II Imperial Valley and f'r
th1- reason ha, undertaken TO sup
pl,- residents of tic county with cut
tincs OF the evergreen tamarl%
(Athol ,rer. TafortInl,clv only
limited suppl Of free cuttings arc
available and these viii bc' distrIh
,rcd ~ tho order OF app'ir1fion, on
Saturday. February 27th, from the
farm advisors : Office, basement oi
ccur, house. ri Ccutro. Vpp'i"n-
tons viii It, Filled for 10 up 10 800
fer cIch pcrSon. Anyone wishing
E.rgcr amounts win br referred &,
concerns having thcm f,r sale, AZ
;,r,riicatious for GU ingS should nt
made ~ the farm advisor, court
HOUSE. Fl Centre, Telephone 7oi.
It i, SOL to add that tn stat"
forester, Sacramento, ha, - supply
Of Lombudv poplar, "uca'yTF'ts,
black locust, honey locust, ana 9th
cr trees which viii be soldt at cost.
\ list Of the trees and their prices
may De had on application.
Birc blood come, from some an
ccstor who worked himself blue in
the face.