Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-06
HARRICAN GIVES
ACREAGE FIGURES
ONCANTALOUPES

It is estimated that there will be
in excess of 27000 acres of early
cantaloupes, honey balls and honey
dews, and about 10000 acres of late
melons, planted this year, according
to the January report CT 3. A. Har-
rigan, agricultural commissioner.
The agricultural commissioners of
the eight southern California coun-
ties, and from a number Of north
ern counties, will meet in FL Centro
February for their regular month
ly meeting, and will remain in town
for the opening of the Imperial
county fair. Various routine mat
tiers, quarantine and legislative mat
ters will come before the commits
sioners for discussion.
The following good were inspected
and passed into the county during
the month of January, 1881: 2034
rosn bushes, 1894 ornanentals, 82l
bulbs, 13 ferns. 2 bougainVilleas,
$50 cacu. 30 umbrella trees, 5 null
berry trees, 5 ash trees, 43 eucalyp-
tus trees, Sc plum trees, SO apricot
trees, 10 pear trees, II peach trees,
3 nectarine trees, IS orange trees,
81 fig trees, AZ cypress trees, IS sy-
camore trees, fruit trees, 10 pome-
eranate trees, l olive tree, pine
trees.
1862 strawberry plants, 70 young
berry, 81, 1,204 grape vines, 1924
grape cuttings, 264 sacks alfalfa
seed, 70 sacks cantaloupe seed, 8.
sacks honey dew seed, sacks honey
ball seed, G5 sacks sweet clover, 3 !
sacks garden seed, 4 sacks water
melon seed, 36 sacks bean seed, O.
sacks corn seed, l sack beet seed, l
sack turnip seed, l sack onion sets
Seventeen shipments household
goods, 1884 bales cotton, II sacks
cotton samples, 5 cars bananas, /
car apples, 20 trucks oranges. AZ
trucks mixed fruit and vegetables,
Quarantine reflections included: S.
boxes oranges infested with scale,
10 boxes frozen oranges, 3 cotton
picking sacks given hot water treat .
ment, under provisions of Quaran- /
tine Order No. 5.
Outgoing shipments included I.
1897 cars lettuce, IL cars spinach, /
343 cars carrots, 128 cars grapefruit. T
2 cars broccoli, 80 cars greens, 4 T
cars endive, 5 cars cabbage.
Standardization reflections includ-
ed. 1857 packed crates Of lettuce I
rejected for not meeting require
ments of California fruit, nut and I
Standardization act, 1927 .
field crates of lettuce rejected to be I
resorted or dumped on account of .
seed stems. slime and bursted heads, I
tons grapefruit rejected on ac-
count of frost injury.
Weights and measures work in T
cluded 8 computing scales, 8 plat T
form scales, 6 wagon scales, coum- I
ter scales, "a gasoline pumps, l
counter scale condemned.
Weed and pest control work in
cluded: 10 ranches were visited in .
the interest of weed and pest con-
troll. % ranches were visited in the
OF grapefruit inspection.
The following commodities were
,hecked at The Boulder Park High
way Station during January: Cot
on seed, 80 tons, alfalfa hay. 331
ons, cattle. &c head, chickens, SO
lo2en, lettuce, 2113 crates, grape
ruit, 3773 boxes, cream, q trucks,
,utter, IS trucks, cheese, 4 trucks,
20 trucks.
The following commodities were
heckcd at the Trifolium Highway
station during January: Cotton.
lao bales, cotton seed hulls, 278
ons, cotton seed meal, 1867 tons,
Italia hay, 7l59 tons, alfalfa meal
Z tons, grain nay, 213 tons. barley,
5ia tons, milo maize, 172 tons,
lides, q tons, manure, 1929 tons,
attic, 1892 head, hogs, 1886 head.
orses, 76 head, mules, Il head, tur-
eys, ia mead, chickens, 706 dozen,
ettuce, 25,563 crates, cucumberS,
% crates, grapefruit, 72,646 crates,
2283 crates, cotton seed
axe, 4 trucks, spinach, 1904 crates,
Miscellaneous, 55 trucks.