Imperial Valley press., 1930-12-04

! means of starting Merle in the pure
bred hog business.
! Five Imperial County 4-H Club
! members fed nine lambs.
A local poultrymen's cooperative
association at Holtville has about 80
members who buy feeds and sell eggs
and birds collectively to very good
advantage.
The method of raising poultry IN
the open which is being followed by
, several Imperial Valley poultrymen
is also proving practical in gov
crnment experiment being conduct
cd in southern Arizona
Several Imperial Valley poultry
men have found it economical to
compound their own mashes with
feed grinders and mixers. Alfalfa
meal is favored item in these mix
lures; fish meal is proving cheap
er source of animal protein than
powdered milk.
The brooding contest held by the
Holtville poultrymen'S association In
October was such a success that a
bigger and better contest is being
planned for next year
The Imperial County Breeders and
Hatcheries Association is improving
the flocks of the county through its
activity in culling. blood testing and
handling the breeding flocks.
The Agricultural Extension Serv-
ice finds that the brooding of May
chicks is proving profitable in I'M
perial County both from the stand
points of marketing the cockerels
and from the egg production of the
resulting pullets.
All Club members with poultry
brooding projects have had success
even with chicks shipped from as
far east as Missouri.
The Imperial Valley Turkey AS
sociation builds racks in refrigera-
tor cars from which to hang their
dressed birds in shipping them to
market. This proves satisfactory
substitute for packing boxes and
barrels.
The farm advisors office has ap-
plication blanks on hand to assist
any desiring to apply for the T. B.
test under the accredited herd plan
The office also can supply bulletins
describing how to raise T. 3. free
calves.
Six Imperial County All club boys
who are carrying rabbit projects
find good demand for rabbit meat
AS a result of four meetings on
landscape planning held last De-
cember 2, demonstrations of the
landscaping of rural homes were
established. At one demonstration
Chinese elms did not start satisfac-
torily. Mulberries, lantannas and
bottle trees did very well.
Membership and activities in I'M
perial County All clubs have been
extended, making 1880 a record year
in point of enrollments and activl-
ties. Three hundred sixty members
have been enrolled in all clubs.
Greater activity on the part of men,
bers, leaders. parents and friends in
dicate an extension of club influ-
ence in the county.
Considerable improvement has
been made in the quality and yield
of milo since the importation OF a
pure seed stock by the Agricultural
Extension Service and the greater
use OF mechanical harvesting.
Poultry production continues to be
profitable and may be made to show
even greater returns by the more
general use of home grown feeds
made into mashes.
Turkey raising is giving satiSiac-
tory returns as side line on many
ranches. A good field appears to
exist in the production of early
poults or Matching eggs which are
in demand thruout the southwest.
Cotton appears TO be passing from
the list of commercial crops OF I'M
perial Valley. The acreage is
around 5000 acres, about one half
of the 1929 acreage. Predictions are
that only a few hundred acres will
be grown in 1881.
The low price of desirable pure
bred dairy stock in other parts OF
the country is creating desire on
the part of many dairymen to Sc
cure few good animals as founda-
ton ior the improvement of their
herds.
A serious handicap to dairying IN
Imperial County results from the
practice of alternating entire
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