anaheim-gazette 1919-12-04

EXTERMINATING THE CODLING MOTH ASSOCIATION ORGANIZING DUST SPRAY PLANT TO FIGHT THE INSECT Issuing $25,000 Stock, to be Distributed Among the Growers.—Splendid Results from Use of Spray This Season. The fight that has been made during the present walnut season to prevent the spread of the walnut codling moth seems to have been successful. In this work the use of an electric laundry mangle for use on walnut sacks has been used. While preventing the spread of the moth, the California Walnut Growers' Association has gone far ahead with its plans for carrying-on the fight against the moth next year in those portions of the walnut areas of the state where the moth now exists. The subsidiary corporation, known as the Walnut Growers Spray Manufacturing Co., has been organized. Concerning the new company, the Diamond Brand News says: "Each affiliated local association will be asked to subscribe for the number of shares of stock in the Walnut Growers' Spray Manufacturing." "Tentative arrangements have been made for the purchase of a warehouse located at 57th street and Santa Fe avenue in Los Angeles, which has a floor space in the main building of 50x100 feet, together with loading facilities on a private spur of the Santa Fe railroad. This plant is now being put into shape for the installation of the equipment, which has already been shipped down from the Goleta plant. This machinery, as installed in the Goleta house, had a capacity in the manufacture of aphis dust last season of approximately seven tons per day, but in the new warehouse in Los Angeles can easily be increased if necessary. "Professor Ralph E Smith has obtained another year's leave of absence from the University of California and has been employed as superintendent of the new concern for the manufacture of this dust. As Professor Smith was originally responsible for the successful idea of controlling aphis by means of a dusting powder, the association feels that the management of the new company could be placed in no more efficient hands. Professor Smith's plans call for the manufacture of various kinds of dusting material for the use of vegetable growers as well as fruit growers and as the supply of nicotine sulphate for use in the aphis dust appears somewhat doubtful, he is planning on trying to grow tobacco here in Southern California for the manufacture of this basic material. "Aside from the dust for the control of aphis on walnut trees, it is also planned to manufacture dust for the control of aphis on melons, beans, station. Berkshire large number of county who came while he was station at River publication or stock on tree erosion. This public shortly at Berkeley Dr. Webber's. Why do some remain small in a dairy allducers, so in tree should be if the grower turns. Good this is only one The speaker character of important and failures. Nursery trees from the best greatly in size age to be trained. The common in the large trees tending the small reach the require also sold. All of the trees finally planted. Tests have been experiment started and small determine how actively. The Valencias and fruit. The bus half years old two and a half The difference." The subsidiary corporation, known as the Walnut Growers Spray Manufacturing Co., has been organized. Concerning the new company, the Diamond Brand News says: "Each affiliated local association will be asked to subscribe for the number of shares of stock in the Walnut Growers' Spray Manufacturing company at a par value of $10.00 per share, which nearest equals its proportion of the $25,000 distribution." "This porportion is to be figured on the same basis on which former payments on the 1918 crop have been made to the local associations. Each local all then become the owner of its proportionate number of shares of the stock of the Walnut Growers' Spray Manufacturing Company, which will have the same board of directors and the same management as the California Walnut Growers' Association. The balance of the capitalization, amounting to $25,000, will not be issued at the present time, as it is thought that the original issue of $25,000 worth of stock will provide sufficient working capital for the time being. "As is well known, the practice of dusting walnut groves with a dusting material recently perfected by Professor Ralph E. Smith of the University of California has become quite general in the past few years. The association, through its field department, has been operating a small dust manufacturing plant at Santa Barbara, but it has outgrown the facilities at Santa Barabara and the Santa Barbara County Walnut Growers' Association, which has loaned us space in its plant, is no longer in a position to furnish us the necessary space nor is it economical to continue operations at Santa Barbara on account of the heavy freight charges to practically all of the walnut growing sections outside of those in Santa Barbara county. "It is certain that next year considerably over twice as much dusting material will be used as ever before, and in order to reduce costs it is desirable to purchase as much material as possible in a crude state, doing the vegetable growers as well as fruit growers and as the supply of nicotine sulphate for use in the aphis dust appears somewhat doubtful, he is planning on trying to grow tobacco here in Southern California for the manufacture of this basic material. "Aside from the dust for the control of aphis on walnut trees, it is also planned to manufacture dust for the control of aphis on melons, beans, and citrus fruits." SEEKING TO OUST THE MAN IN POSSESSION Herbert F. Clark Defendant in Suit Over House. Sued in June of this year by Herbert F. Clark in an action which is now pending in the local court, J. G. Delozier, through a suit in ejectment filed in superior court, made Clark defendant in proceedings whereby he will seek to recover $1000 damages from Clark and to oust him from a house standing on a tract of land near Katella sub-station, south of this city. Clark in his suit against Delozier alleged that the latter had made misrepresentationes relative to a 520-acre farm in Missouri, which was to be exchanged for twenty acres at Katella. In Delozier's complaint, which was filed through Attorney Dan V. Noland of Los Angeles, it was alleged that Clark on July 1 ousted the plaintiff from the house in question, which stands on a five-acre parcel of the twenty-acre tract. On July 15, Delozier recited in his complaint, he demanded immediate surrender by Calrk of the house and land, but Clark refused to give possession. The demand was made in writing, Delozier asserted. The $1000 damages demanded by Delozier was sustained, he alleges, by reason of having been deprived of the possession of the said house and land. The twenty-acre tract was deeded by Clark to Delozier on April 12, according to Clark's complaint. It is this deed which Clark will seek, through the action filed in June, to set aside. After Clark had deeded the property over to Delozier the former learned what he declared to be the... It economical to continue operations at Santa Barbara on account of the heavy freight charges to practically all of the walnut growing sections outside of those in Santa Barbara county. "It is certain that next year considerably over twice as much dusting material will be used as ever before, and in order to reduce costs it is desirable to purchase as much material as possible in a crude state, doing the grinding and much of the manufacturing in a centralized plant. "It will be the purpose of the company to manufacture and supply at cost to all members of the California Walnut Growers Association such dusting material as they desire either for the control of aphis, codling worm or such other disease or pest control material as the company may later develop. "The company will also manufacture dusting materials for walnut growers not members of the Cal. Walnut Growers' Assn., for citrus and deciduous fruit growers, for vegetable growers, and in fact for all commercial uses, and will sell to those users not members of the California Walnut Growers' Association at a profit. The profit will be used, first, to reduce the cost of material used by the members of the California Walnut Growers' association, and should profits from outside business be large enough so that material can be furnished to walnut growers, members of the California Walnut Growers' association, at less than two cents per pound, the balance of the profits, if any, will become available for dividends or further extensions of the plant." The $1000 damages demanded by Delozier was sustained, he alleges, by reason of having been deprived of the possession of the said house and land. The twenty-acre tract was deeded by Clark to Delozier on April 12, according to Clark's complaint. It is this deed which Clark will seek through the action filed in June, to set aside. After Clark had deeded the property over to Delozier the former learned what he declared to be the falsity of certain representations made by Delozier relative to the Missouri farm, Clark's complaint set forth. Because of the expense he was unable to make a trip to Missouri and examine Delozier's property, Clark alleged. Clark relied entirely upon Delozier's representations and so entered into the agreement of exchange, Clark set forth. Among the allegations made by Clark were these: That Delozier had represented the Missouri property to be worth $15,000; that certain timber on the land had been represented to him as not having been cut over; and that the land was not worth more than $5,000. In demurrer filed by Delozier it was set forth that it was nowhere alleged in Clark's complaint that the alleged representations were made by Delozier fraudulently, or with intent to deceive Clark. ROOT STOCK IMPORTANT IN QUALITY OF TREES Dr. H. J. Webber Publishing Book on the Subject. Dr. H. J. Webber, director of the California Agricultural Experiment ANAHEIM GAZETTE Station, Berkeley, well-known to a large number of citrus men in Orange county who came in contact with him while he was in charge of the citrus station at Riverside, has finished a publication on the influence of root stock on tree growth in citrus propagation. This publication will be issued shortly at Berkeley. A summary of Dr. Webber's conclusions twofold: Why do some trees in a citrus grove remain small and unfruitful? Just as in a dairy all cows must be good producers, so in a citrus grove every tree should be producing a good crop if the grower is to get satisfactory returns. Good buds must be used, but this is only one of the necessities. The speaker emphasized that the character of the stock is highly important and is responsible for many failures. Nursery trees, even when grown from the best selected buds, differ greatly in size when they reach the age to be transplanted into orchards. The common practice is to first sell the large trees from the nursery, letting the small trees grow until they reach the required sizes, when they are also sold. All or certainly almost all of the trees from any nursery are finally planted. Tests have been made at the citrus experiment station of large, intermediate and small-sized nursery trees to determine how they grow comparatively. The tests included navels, Valencias and Marsh seedless grapefruit. The buds are now four and a half years old and have been planted two and a half years in the orchard. The difference in size still remains ture, Milezitose is one of the rarest sugars. Minute quantities of it have been available to scientists for many years, but the supply has never been sufficient to permit of extensive experimentation. Now, by the aid of some Pennsylvania bees, many of which lost their lives, the United States Department of Agriculture has several kilograms of this rare substance, extracted and purified in the Bureau of Chemistry. The bees in certain sections of Pennsylvania were storing up that honey crystallized, with the result that in the following winter seasons the bees were not able to digest it, and starved. The crystallized substance in the honey was found to be melezitose, which derives its name from melez, the French name for the larch tree, on which it was originally discovered in the form of honeydew. It also occurs in a sugary incrustation, or manna, on a leguminous tree in Persia and adjoining countries. Recently it has been found by the Bureau of Chemistry in a similar product on the Douglas fir in British Columbia. And now it has turned up in Pennsylvania, stored away in the honeycomb, in numerous hives. In this instance the following origin of the substance has been worked out: The scrub pine, and rarely other species of pine, are subject to attack by a plant louse and by a scale insect. In the course of their life activities these insects produce a honeydew which is rich in melezitose. In dry summers, after the white clover flowers have ceased to yield honey, the bees turn to this honeydew, and collect it; but it crystallizes as fast as Tests have been made at the citrus experiment station of large, intermediate and small-sized nursery trees to determine how they grow comparatively. The tests included navels, Valencia and Marsh seedless grapefruit. The buds are now four and a half years old and have been planted two and a half years in the orchard. The difference in size still remains just as marked as when the trees were dug from the nursery.. The large trees remain large, the intermediate remain intermediate and the small remain small. A study of the reasons for this condition indicates that it is caused by the different character of the seedlings on which the trees are budded. An examination of nurseries of sour and sweet orange seedlings, the kind most commonly used for stocks, showed the presence of many widely different types. A test of these types has demonstrated that some are much more vigorous than others. The trees of some types at four years of age have tops five or more times larger in volume than others. Budding on stocks of such variable type, it was pointed out, is doubtless responsible for the development of the difference in size of nursery trees and for much of the variability in size and production of trees in the California groves. The discovery of this principle will doubtless be of great value to the citrus industry and to all fruit industries where trees are budded or grafted. Nursery methods must be changed. (1) We must use stocks of known good character of growth, not merely sour or sweet stock. Good varieties for stocks must be discovered, named and used. (2) In transplanting from seed bed to nursery, discard all small plants. (3) Nurseries before budding should be inspected and all small and inferior plants cut out. (4) When budded trees reach the age for transplanting into the orchard, only the good, vigorous-growing ones should be used. WANTED A POSTMASTER For months now Postmaster Phin... WANTED A POSTMASTER For months now Postmaster Phinney of Tustin has been trying to get rid of his job. He wants to set his mind and time to something that pays better than the postmastership of Tustin, which position pays $1100 a year. Months ago he resigned, and for months he has been waiting for Uncle Sam to name his successor. Some time ago an examination was called for applicants for the appointment. This examination was conducted in Santa Ana by L. F. Harvey, local secretary of the Civil Service Commission. Those examinations have not resulted in any appointment, and the postmaster at Tustin is still compelled to hold on to the job that he does not want. Monday notice was given that a second examination of applicants would be conducted. The date set is December 17. To take the tests, an applicant must be 21 years old, but not yet 65., must be a citizen and a resident within the jurisdiction of the Tustin postoffice at the time the vacancy occurred. RARE SUGAR FOUND IN HONEY Although known to occur in various forms, even perhaps as one of the constituents of the manna of Scripture represented before the commission by Comptroller A. N. Kemp, and General Counsel Roy V. Reppy. Arrangements for the sale of the bonds have been made in the East by Mr. John B. Miller, chairman of the company, to a syndicate composed of the Harris Trust & Savings Bank, E. H. Rollins & Sons and associates. The company is authorized to use $1,842,000 in payment of notes issued temporarily for construction, and the remainder of the $7,500,000 is to be held and paid out for new plants and construction upon further orders of the Railroad Commission. This financing is on account of the company's general new construction budget adopted for the next four years, which calls for an expenditure for new water power plants and system extensions of $41,800,000. The new plants will have a capacity of 150,000 horse-power and on completion, the additional electrical output from water power will amount to 614,000,000 kilowatt hours a year as compared with a total of 660,000,000 annual output from all existing water power plants of the company. In other words the output of electricity water power plants will be practically doubled in four years. As a conservative measure the electrical output from the new water power plants would require the burning of 2,560,000 barrels of oil a year if generated by steam plants. It is estimated that approximately one-half of the new power will be needed for electrical pumping plants for the irrigation of lands in Southern California and will be sufficient to irrigate an additional 370,000 acres, which will thus be made to produce an annual increase in food stuffs at a value in excess of $74,000,000. For industrial and domestic use there is to be set aside from the new developments in the next four years 100,000 horse-power which compares with the present total consumption of power in the city of Los Angeles for these purposes of 85,000 horse-power. Anaheim Gazette, per year, $1.50, payable in advance. 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