Imperial Valley press., 1932-09-09
RUSSIAN THISTLE
CAMPAIGN WACED
in this COUNTY

This office has conducted a very
successful campaign against Rus
sian Thistle, an annual of the tum-
BILE weed type. This weed, especi-
ally young plants, is often mistak-
en- for the common ink weed or
payute weed, but can be told from
other weeds by the sharp spiny
leaf tips. states the August report
of b. A. Harrigan. county agricul-
tural commissioner.
Russian Thistle may be easily
destroyed by cutting and burning
of larger plants or by clean cultiva-
ton of infested areas during the
growing season. one plant left to
seed will infeSt a large area in one
season.
Property owners in the infested
area have been cooperating with
this office in the eradication of
this weed pest on their properties
as we'll as county roads. County
spray trucks using oil have proven
very effective in eradication of road
side infestations.
The following goods were inspect
ed and passed into Imperial county
during the month: 1875 ornamen-
tails, 162 bulbs, $50 nareissus bulbs.
35 iris plants. bigonia plants,
box flower seed, 5 eucalyptus trees,
also the following sacks of seed:
2154 pea, SO lettuce, 119 alfalfa, 81
carrot, 2 radish, 2 corn, cucumber,
pepper, l onion. 4 bean, 4 spin
ach, l cabbage, l beet, endive
1 turnip. tomato. l white clover
and 30 bales cotton sacks. 40 truck
loads oranges, 8 truck loads lemons,
6 truck loads grapefruit. truck
loads peaches. rs truck loads mixed
fruits and vegetables, 2 car loads
bananas.
Quarantine reflections included:
3 boxes lemons infested with scale,
90 boxes oranges infested with scale,
8 bigonia plants infested with
mealy bug. 80 assorted ornamentals
infested with scale and mealy bug.
Outgoing shipments included: 2
carloads mixed melons, carloads
watermelons, A carloads honey
balls, 102 carloads honeydews.
Weights and measures inspection
work consisted of counter scales
sealed without correction, 40 spring
scales sealed without correction, 4
spring scales sealed after correction
212 computing scales sealed with
out correction, 3 computing scales
sealed after correction, So platform
scales sealed without correction,
wagon scales sealed without cor
rection, l wagon scale sealed after
800 gasoline pumps
sealed without correction, 81 gaso-
line pumps sealed after correction,
2293 packages weighed and found
correct, 165 packages weighed and
found light, SO packages weighed
and found heavy, computing
scales out of order, platform
scales out of order, 9 gasoline pumps
out of order.
Weed and pest control work in
cluded: 448 ranches visited in in
terest of weed and pest control, two
county spray trucks operated dur
ing the month spraying noxious
weeds on county roads.
The following goods were checked
at the Trifolium highway inspection
station during the month: $40
bales cotton, 1856 tons cotton seed
hulls, Is tons cotton seed meal,
1895 tons alfalfa hay, $50 alfalfa |
neal. 26 bales grain hay, 85 tons |
barley, 20 tons bran, 300 tons milo |
maize, 21a tons hides, 81 tons COM !
nercial fertilizer, ass tons manure,
2083 head cattle, 100 head sheep,
1863 head hogs, 80 head horses. Is
head mules, 78 head turkeys, .2019 |
iozen chickens, 2400 crates casahaS,
i75 crates persian melons, 5840 |
rates honeydews. 20 crates honey
,alls, 286 tons watermelons, &c tons !
outter, 135 tons dried milk, 80 tons
,heese, cream.
The following goods were checked |
1T the Boulder Park inspection
point during the month: 1916 tons
alfalfa hay, 800 tons alfalfa meal, So
IONS grain hay, 8 tons barley, l8 tons
milo maize, 209 head cattle, 966 head
hogs, % head turkeys, 136 dozen
600 crates persian melons,
525 crates casabas, 1173 crates hon
eydews. Al ton watermelons, 81 tons
meat, cream, "A tons butter, mis-