Imperial Valley press., 1932-06-09

IlBal, county agricultural commits
sioner, states that during the
month of May, this office cooper
ating with the state department of
agriculture, has been making a sur
yey of the valley for alfalfa weevil.
Approximately $4,000 acres of al
falfa were surveyed and no trace
of alfalfa weevil has been found.
Alfalfa Weevil has been found in
Alameda, Santa Clara, San Joa-
quin, Contra Costa and Stanislaus
counties, and a quarantine has
been placed over this area.
Cantaloupe shipments for the
season are much lighter than last
year. Cool nights and winds have
held shipments with exception of a
few days, below 160 cars per day.
Honey deWS and honey ball ship
ments have just started.
The first carload of the season
was loaded May l, and total Ship
ments of melons to date is 1884
carloads. Last years shipments
for May totaled 5899 cars.
Quality has been exceptionally
good for early melons due to cool
weather and slow ripening.
The following goods were inspect
ed and passed into Imperial county
during the month: 1876 ornament
ais, 141 rose bushes, 100 Iris, so
ferns, 40 bulbs, waterlilies, SO
chrysanthemums, l sack honeydew
seed, 2 sacks cotton samples, 5
shipments household goods, 68
truck loads oranges, 10 truck loads
lemons, 9 truck loads potatoes, 8
truck loads apples, % truck loads
mixed fruit and vegetables, car
loads bananas.
Quarantine reflections included:
30 boxes oranges infested with
scale, 3 boxes lemons infested with
scale.
Outgoing shipments of the follow
ing carloads: 1884 cantaloupes, 8
honeydews, 80 grapefruit, 81 car
rots, 90 tomatoes, 80 mixed melons,
l honeyballs, 35 watermelons, %
mixed vegetables.
The following were rejected for
not meeting the requirements of
the California State Standardiza-
ton act: SO crates honey dews,
23,630 crates cantaloupes, 2,465
crates tomatoes, AZ tons watermel-
onS.
Weed and pest control included:
81 ranches visited in interest of
weed control, 1865 ranches visited
in interest of alfalfa weevil, 220
ranches visited in interest of mil
dew control.
Weights and measures work in
cluded: 72 gasoline pumps tested
and sealed without correction, 10
gasoline pumps tested and sealed
after correction, Is computing
scales tested and sealed without
correction, computing scales tested
and sealed after correction, spring
scales tested and sealed without
correction, l spring scale tested
and sealed after correction, 16 plat
form scales tested and sealed with
out correction; II wagon scales
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ton, l wagon scale tested and
sealed after correction, 2 counter
scales tested and sealed without
correction, 43 weights tested and
sealed, 3 gasoline pumps out of
order, l gasoline pump condemned,
2 computing scales out of order, l
computing scale condemned.
Apiary inspection consisted of: %
apiaries (903 colonies of bees) in
spected, IA apiaries (4359 colonies
of bees) registered, 16 colonies in
fected with American foul brood
were destroyed by burning.
The following were checked at
Trifolium highway station during
the month of May 1882: 448 bales
cotton, tons cotton seed hulls, AZ
tons cotton bolls, 1888 tons alfalfa
hay, 423 tons alfalfa meal, 1926
tons grain hay, 2211 tons barley,
233 tons wheat, 81 tons milo maize,
80 tons hides, 3 tons wool, 1853 tons
manure, 2187 head cattle, 795 head
sheep, 331 head hogs, 81 head
horses, 33 head mules, 220 head
turkeys, lib dozen chickens, a.
879 crates squash, 2038 crates Gu
cumbers, 157,677 crates tomatoes,
59,677 crates cantaloupes, 113 crates
honeydews, 80 crates honeyballs,
"a $50 crates prapefruit. Ill carrots,