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Sound marketing practices for meat poultry would be promoted by the standardization of grading at the processing point and in the retail trade.

Careful timing of the picking of Sevillano olives—and prompt handling after picking—may increase returns to growers by amounts greater than the harvesting costs.

The application of granular nitrogenous fertilizers to citrus trees resulted in the same production regardless of whether the material was broadcast in the irrigated middles between the rows, or under the trees.

A virus—not related to any of the previously known citrus viruses—was found to induce vein swelling and protuberances on citrus leaves.

Numerous hybrids—recently obtained —prove that chicory and endive can be hybridized.

Spray application of 2,4,5-T—2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid—to certain stone fruits in exploratory experiments during 1951 and 1952 resulted in early fruit maturity, increased fruit size, enhanced color and a reduced preharvest fruit drop.

An experimental tramp-iron remover successfully ejected 99% of the wire and nails in chopped hay during tests with pneumatic conveyors at hay and air speeds up to 6,000' per minute.

About 2,000 acres of nonirrigated pasture lands in Alameda County have been reseeded successfully to combinations of legumes and grasses.

The successful use of fire to convert brush areas to agricultural uses is often dependent upon the prevention of subsequent establishment of brush from seed.

A potentially serious pest, in the production of clover—as well as other crops in this state—has been found in the Camarillo district of Ventura County.

Little difference was found in the average quality of tomatoes bought in packages and in bulk in a study of 255 packages and 449 samples of bulk tomatoes.