Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1936-03-27
PECAN PRUNING PLOTS
SHOWING PROMISE

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SHOWING PROMISE
Pecan pruning plots are showing
promising results from summer
pruning. Plots which have had this
type of pruning seem to have more
fruit wood than the adjacent trees
which have had only dormant prun-
ing.
For citrus growers also, under the
heading of management, the extern
sion service has available consider
able information on fertilization
and is planning tours for local farm
ers to Riverside to see the work
done in this field at the expert
ment station. The tours are plan
ned for the early summer.
Flood contour irrigation demon
STATIONS have already been con-
Quoted in citrus orchards and the
office plans to sponsor some for pc
can and date groves, both in the val
ley and in Bard.
Cost account studies in number
of crops will be conducted, local
farmers cooperating by sending in
monthly statements. These state
ments will be summarized and an
alyzed for them at the end of the
year
Among these studies are those for
swine. 1t is hoped 40 growers will
cooperate: for cotton, also 40 coop
orators; for flax, 20 cooperators. and
for alfalfa, Is cooperatorS. In the
alfalfa cost accounts. new devel-
opment will be featured, seed as
we'll as hay being included. Dairy
cost accounts, started in 1928 by
Vern DeTar. then farm adviser, will
be continued.
COTTON ANOTHER
SERVICE PROJECT
Cotton is also a project Of the eX-
tension service. The office is con-
tinuing its demonstration test OF a
new long staple cotton variety furn-
ished through the department OF
agriculture and known as SKIP 30.
1t has a staple 112 inches long and
is popular already in the southwest.
Tests in Imperial Valley and in
Bard have been quite successful, its
success in the valley being, how
ever, dependent upon whether or
not there will be gins here for it.
Imperial Valleys poultrymen are
also included in the list of those
whose problems are being studied.
In cooperation with four producers,
brooding demonstrations will be
conducted this spring and meetings
on brooding problems will be held.
Demonstrations on summer pullet
s,Nc
CATION will be conducted and With
the cooperation of poultry pathol-
ogist. disease control demonstrations
will be featured. These will center
on field methods of vaccination and
blood testing.
Culling demonstrations and meet
ings next fall on turkey and poul-
try dressing and preparation Will
be featured. H. Lee Landerman,
assistant farm advisor and All
club leader, hopes to develop six
All club teams who will give dem
onstrations.
LEADING COUNTY IN
CALAPPROVED SEED
Imperial Valley is perhaps the
leading county in the state in its
work with Calapproved seed. Seed
that bears this label is pure in
quality and commands a premium
on the market.
Two roguing demonstrations TO
help cooperators in CalapproVed
seed and those interesting in grow
ing good seed will be conducted.
In the field of rural recreation
and in All club work the extern
sion service is also interested. Rural
recreation leadership training has
always been a project and already
the service, with the aid of John
Bradford of the National Recrea-
ton association. has conducted two
recreation training Institutes.
For All club members clothing
and agricultural projects are en-
listed. Twenty volunteer leaders
are working with the agricultural
clubs and their goal is ITS MEM
bers enrolled in these projects with
90 per cent completion and 81 per
cent of the membership carrying
over TO next year.
This work centers around 10 All
clubs in the county and there will
be eight monthly meetings of club
leaders.
cow TESTING PROGRAM
AMONG CHIEF PROJECTS
In the dairy field one Of the chief
projects is continuance Of the COW
testing program. Two full time
testers are employed and 1868 dairy
cows were under test in 1885 Pur-