Calag Archive

A condensation of an address delivered before the Western Farm Economic Association Meeting in Berkeley, October 3, 1947.

Some of the newer types of chemicals make possible the economical control of wireworms.

The production of undesirably small sizes of citrus fruits is a problem currently of great importance in California and occasionally so in Florida.

The three inch centrifugal pump, designed to handle up to 40 per cent solids without clogging, is widely used in handling liquid manure.

Late in the fall, in dry years, trees injured by the shot-hole borer are bedecked with large masses of gum which have been accumulating throughout the summer. The gum masses reach their greatest total just at the start of the fall rains.

A breakdown of the rind and the accompanying drop of Valencia orange fruit caused severe loss in some groves in Orange County again this summer.

The natural color in butter is mainly carotene which has great nutritional significance and from which Vitamin A is derived.

Sheepmen are faced with the problem of feeding high priced supplements this winter.

The tip mildew or “witches broom” disease of the California Live Oak trees is increased by early spring pruning and fertilization. These are common practices which should be discontinued or avoided.