Calag Archive

One fourth of all lumber produced in the United States is cut within 300 miles of Redding—making California a far more vital factor in the nation's lumber supply than it has ever been.

On two test ranches—in southeastern Humboldt County—range grasses and forbs quickly replaced Klamath weed following biological control by beetles- Chrysolina—which feed exclusively on the weed.

Brush seedlings usually appear in abundance after fire and—unless they are reduced in number—a stand of brush develops that is too dense for best use by livestock or deer.

Improper timing—or complete omission—of DDT treatment was the major contributing factor to the relatively high infestations of codling moth in walnuts in some areas of southern California during the 1954 season.

A fungus disease of azaleas—and closely related plants—is becoming widespread in nurseries of the San Francisco Bay region.

Several diseases of geraniums—Pelargonium hortorum—have, in recent years, severely limited the production of California-grown cuttings for shipment and sale throughout the United States.

Soil moisture plays an important part in the successful use of 2,4-D for increasing Valencia orange fruit sizes.

Chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides—dieldrin, heptachlor, chlordane, and aldrin—in granular formulations spread evenly over the ground in citrus orchards, have given as good ant control as comparative spray tests.

Of the principal citrus areas of the world, only California seems to have a serious problem in small sizes of orange fruits.