Imperial Valley press., 1930-12-04


horse beans and berseem clover are
promising.
Wild black mustard is satisfactory
cover crop for planting in late Oc-
tober and early November
Two fertilizer trials CT super and
treble phosphate in alfalfa made b.
the farm advisors office failed &c
give consistent results.
An application of gypsum IS az
ettcmpt to secure better moisture
penetration in heavy soil in al a.
fana fled thus far has given no re-
suits.
Earlier maturity of lettuce and
larger sized heads have been OBJ
served to result from 400 to sos
pounds of supcrphosphatc per acre
worked into the be0s before plant
ing A single side dressing OF 201
to 800 pounds of nitrate Of soda ap-
piled after thinning showed bene-
ficial results.
Rice Rcdcems Sard
AT the y. s. Experiment Station
at 6ard, legune and grain rotations
show that alfalfa produces . larger
increase in the grain crop than dc
Calcarata vctCh or Fubam clover
White Federation is the leading
variety Of wheat in Imperial Valley
II yields we'll, natures carly, and
docs not Shatter badly.
A fairly good crop of Blue Rose
long grain rice was produced in 1880
on land so heavy and salty that
part Of it had been out Of cu!tiVa-
ton for several years.
Tho problem Of harvesting rice n
Imperial Valley 50 as 10 obtain a
product OF commercial quality Is
being successfully solved by cutting
the grain with a swather and har-
vesting it from the swatn with a
combine pickup.
II spring and fall tests of Hop
lima beans at the SaWGey and Hunt
ranch near El Centre, the Hopi
2i(6427 proved one Of the most
promising, The Hopi lima beans
proved quite resistant to thrips
which injured other varieties IN tho
fall of 1880
A small trial OF ladino clover made
last season at the University Of Cali
fornia Experiment Station at Melo-
land appears to indicate that this
legume is not adapted 70 Imperia!
Valley
, Tests indicate that sugar beet cul-
ture would be protitabel on good
lands in Imperial Valley if the sugar
market were nCrmGl.
Seventy-sevcn Imperial County
boys and girls grew gardens OF
mixed vegetables as their 4-H club
projects.
Sweet potato growing is profitable
in Imperial County The Nancy
Hall is the most widely grown varc-
ty and the Rico yam variety is also
profitable.
The McMahOn peach, local vel
low late frecstonc variety grown by
Francis Heiny of Brawley; the Belle
of Georgia, a late white frceStCne,
and the Imperial peaches are adapt
ed for use in home orchards il I'M
perial Valley. These peaches are too
late to be of value for commercial
paintings.
A variety trial Of eastern grapes
being made by s. NJ. Colby Of Bard
indicates that the Amber Queen.
ripening earlier than the Thompson
Seedless, is the most outstanding
The Niagara, AgaWam and CataWba
varieties are also Of promise.
Aid Frost Service
Citrus variety trials conducted by
The University of California with
local growers show the Enterprise
SeedleSS, Parson Brown, and Indian
River oranges and the Clementinc
mandarine to be adapted for home
paintings. The ParSon Brown orange
and the Clementine mandarinc are
particularly early.
The u. S. Weather Bureau Frost
Warning Service has been assisted
in securing cooperatorS.
TWenty-thFee Imperial County cl-
trus growers visited the University
cf California Experiment Station at
Riverside in October to study citrus
fertilization root stocks and irriga-
ton.
The Kincaid, Burkett, Halbert
Success and Schley varieties OF pc
cans are recommended for CONNER
cial paintings on good soils in I'M
perial Valley
Rice growing proved a successful