Imperial Valley press., 1930-12-05
FIRST LETTUCE SHIPMENT
SETS NEW EARLY RECORD

the required standard, in spite OF
the absence Of the law since the
reversal of the decision in the above
case.
In addition to heavy rail ship
nlentS of our local produce to East
ern cities, it is interesting TO note
that the coast markets have con-
Sumed large percentage OF perish
ables; 61,307 boxes of grapefruit,
1859 lugs of peas. and I0,84S lugS
of cucumbers were shipped to San
Diego and Los Angeles markets
during November, which marks a
new high total for truck shipments.
The following goods were inspect
ed and passed into Imperial County
during the month Of November
1890: 400 gladiolus bulbs, 26 mar
cissus bulbs, 9o1 miscellaneous bulbs,
sc anemone bulbs, 200 ranunculuS
bulbs, 100 rose bushes, 1916 orna-
mentals. TIC bedding plants, ~ Ian
tana. 81 ferns. 155 cacti, 100 iris, 9
guava plants, 2 bignonia, > loquat
trees. Sc cypress trees, 500 fir trees,
! magnolia tree, 4 chinese elm trees,
! ounce, honeysuckle plants, l3
tangerine trees. 1000 sour orange
seedlings, 1900 strawberry plants.
Seed in sacks was received as fol-
lows: $40 of alfalfa. II squash. "a
watermelon, 323 cantaloupe, 98 no.
neydew. 76 honeyball, 73 pea. 3 to-
mato, Is lettuce. 7 garden. l turnip.
carrot, 9 bean, rape, spinach,
J chicory, l beet. ! cucumber, cab
hage. onion, pecans, l02 wheat, 3
clover, II rye grass, "a barley.
Sixty-nine trucks mixed fruit and
vegetables. 299 lugs persimrnons, l27
boxes oranges, carloads bananas.
carload apples, carloads pota-
toes. 2l shipments household goods,
II carloads (537 tons cotton seed,
2736 bales cotton, 81 sacks cotton
samples.
Quarantine reflections included:
100 ornamentals infested with
mealybug, 81 lugs persimmons in
tested with mealybug, l box apples
infested with mealybug, sack raw
cotton from Texas rejected under
the provisions OF Quarantine Order
No. 5, boxes lemons infested with
scale, l box of oranges infested with
scale, l box OF cheStnuts infested
with chestnut weevil, 6 lugs peppers
infested with pepper weevil, bundle
burlap wrapping containing John
son Grass seed.
Outgoing shipments consisted OF.
709 cars peas, "a cars honeydews,
honeyballs and cantaloupes. IS cars
grapefruit, u cars asparagus, IL
cars cucumbers, 5 cars spinach, .
cars greens, car peppers, ? cars
lettuce.
Weed and pest control included:
l73 ranches visited in the interest
of weed and pest control.
Weights and measures work con-
sisted Of "a gasoline pumps tested
and sealed, 81 platform scales tested
and sealed, Sc computing scales
tested and sealed, spring scales
tested and sealed, 8 wagon scales
tested and sealed.
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checked at the Trifolium Inspection
Station during November 1880: 1873
bales cotton, 329 tons cotton seed
hulls, 504 tons cotton seed meal,
5l98 tons alfalfa hay, ton wheat,
271 tons milo maize, 3 tons hides
1926 tons manure, 705 head cattle.
525 head hogs, 8 head horses, 635
dozen turkeys, 40l dozen chickens,
II, ,299 crates peas, 702 crates squash,
10563 crates cucumbers, 327 canta-
loupes, 469 crates honeydews, 433
crates honeyballs, 1888 crates
grapefruit, 3039 crates asparagus, -
trucks miscellaneous.
The following shipments were
checked at the Boulder Park Inspec-
ton during November, 1890: Two
tons cotton seed meal. 226 tons al
falfa hay, tons milo maize, 81 head
cattle, 83 head hogs, l head horses,
662 head turkeys, 460 dozen chick
ems, $50 crates peas, 280 crates Gu
cumbers, 1869 crates grapefruit, "a
trucks cream, % trucks butter, 5
trucks cheese, trucks milk, l26
boxes OF oranges, and 9 trucks mis-
cellaneouS.