Calag Archive

More than fifty new strains of forage grasses have been produced during the past five years by hybridizing valuable existing species, At least twenty of the new strains are potential new species.

To date in California 380 different soil series have been established, with over 1100 recognized soil types. In order to condense and make more understandable soils of the state, twelve soil regions have been set up.

The mechanical cotton picker is the center piece of cotton mechanization, the hoped for answer to the current labor cost of 100 hours per acre for hand picking.

If the beekeeper, at the time of the spring colony check, cannot diagnose the cause of any abnormal brood in his hives, he should get in touch with his county apiary inspector or send a description of the symptoms to Professor J. E. Eckert, Division of Entomology, College of Agriculture, University of California, Davis, California. If dead brood is present, a smear of a dead larvae placed on a piece of para-fined paper, folded to protect the smear, should be included in the letter for microscopic examination. Do not include any bees or whole larvae.

One problem which has plagued olive growers since antiquity is the irregular bearing nature of olive trees.

The increasing popularity of frozen foods, and the greater postwar availability of freezing storage cabinets for the farm and home, have brought about a need for a clearer understanding of the uses and limitations of home freezers.

There is an opinion in the Imperial Valley that the decided drop in milk production occurring in July and August is caused by increased humidity.

In California the name cattle scab is most often applied to a contagious diseased condition of the skin caused by a small mite, known as Psoroptes communis bovis, although as a general term it actually denotes skin infestations by four different kinds of mites.

The yield per acre of alfalfa seed is largely dependent upon the condition of the plant during blossoming.

The rapid increase in lima bean acreage, the introduction of new varieties, as well as the rapid growth of freezing plants suggested the need for some lima bean trials in 1946.