anaheim-gazette 1925-12-17

FARM BUREAU NOTES Thinks Impostor Solicits Members By A. M. STANLEY Secretary-Manager Orange County Farm Bureau The possibility of using a membership campaign to promote criminal activities was brought to the attention of the officials of the Orange County Farm Bureau this week when it was reported that a party, posing as a membership worker, was asking prospective members relative to their ownership of chickens, radios and dogs. As the Bureau has not authorized any of their solicitors to make a survey of the dog owners in the county, it is believed that this solicitor was an impostor, who was working in the capacity of "spotter" for the apparently organized gang of thieves that have lately been harassing farmers by thefts of both chickens and radios. The numerous robberies of hen roosts and lately, the theft of several radios from Villa Park residents, caused the officers and the farmer reporting the solicitation to become suspicious when the combination of dogs and radios was mentioned. It has not yet been discovered whether or not the party secured any membership, but such an assumption is not unnatural and it is also possible that this game has been worked to an advantage before. There has been in the past a few farmers who have claimed membership in the Farm Bureau with no record of the payment of their membership dues being found on the books and it is entirely possible that both the farmer and the bureau have been victimized by an impostor. A close check will be kept on this matter. All solicitors representing the Farm Bureau are furnished with credentials and cards which will identify them. Farmers are requested to secure a description of parties soliciting their membership without these cards. It would be helpful to keep track of all such activities. Southern Walnut Growers Meet The leading subject of discussion at the semi-annual meeting of the Inter-county Farm Bureau Walnut Growers' Department was the proposed annual Walnut Institute for 1926. The meeting was well attended by representatives from walnut growing counties of the south, and was held in the directors' room of the California Walnut Growers' Association on December 9th. The institute date was set for February 20, 1926, and after spirited bidding between Ventura and Orange Counties, Santa Paula, in the county first named, was selected for the meeting. Previous institutes have been heavily attended and this year's program promises to be the best in history. A keynote of the institute will be quality production, discussions to be headed by leading growers and investigators of the south. The principal number on the program will be an illustrated lecture by Professor L. D. Batchelor, on the walnut industry of Europe. Batchelor is expected to return from his European trip in time to report at this gathering. A strong demand was made by the delegates for an extension school of walnut culture to be held in the south in 1926. A request to this effect was submitted to the president of the University of California, and dean of the College of Agriculture. Walnut Growers 1926 Program By J. A. SMILEY The Walnut Department of the Orange County Farm Bureau met with Farm Advisor Wahlberg last week to draw up plans for the 1926 program of work, which embraces educational projects in the field, department meetings and the Annual Walnut Growers Insti- Walnut Growers 1926 Program By J. A. SMILEY The Walnut Department of the Orange County Farm Bureau met with Farm Advisor Wahlberg last week to draw up plans for the 1926 program of work, which embraces educational projects in the field, department meetings and the Annual Walnut Growers Institute and Field Day. After thorough consideration, the department went on record favoring the various field activities that would bear directly on the improvement of the walnut grove, particularly in quality. Among the projects adopted were better irrigation practice, better pruning methods, thinning out of thickly planted groves, walnut dehydration, and control of cooling moth and aphids. The department listened to a report from the Farm Advisor recapitulating the conditions found in the field that no doubt largely influenced the poor quality of nuts during the past season. The major factor creating the large amount of shrivels and blanks was the lack of moisture. Many soil borings were made in representative groves to determine the correlation between actual orchard conditions and packing house results. The Farm Advisor found that almost invariably the excessive shrivelling of walnut meats was found in those orchards where the moisture was wanting in the lower portions of the root strata. Numerous groves that were considered properly irrigated by the growers were found to be sadly deficient in moisture below the third and fourth root. Groves showing a moisture penetration to eight and ten feet produced as a general rule a well filled nut, which was revealed in the door crack at the packing house. The members of the Walnut Department favored the appointment of a committee representing the growers throughout the county, to devise a plan of better pest control for the coalfield year, possibly through the formation of a Plant Control District similar to that organized in Ventura County. New Publication On Citrus Disease The latest publication received by the Farm Advisor's office and available for free distribution among all growers is Bulletin No. 395, entitled "Bark Diseases of Citrus Trees in California," written by Dr. Howard S. Fawcett. Among the many details in the citrus industry which require close watching are those concerning disease prevention and treatment, and of particular economic importance are such troubles as gum disease or pythiacystis, scalybark and shellbark of oranges and lemons, botrytis gummosis, oak root tussus and various other minor infections grouped under the general head of bark diseases. Their virulence is dependent upon climatic conditions, grove management methods, and alertness of growers in general. Where carefully watched and controlled, their intrudges have not been serious, but all too prevalent, neglect has resulted in serious losses in the citrus industry from such diseases. Dr. Fawcett, the author, has devoted the major portion of his career to the study of citrus diseases in Florida and California, and his work is well known to growers of the south as the most authoritative on the subject. 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The report reveals that 1,525 calls were made by the farm advisors in Orange County during the past year, 2,051 farmers came to the office for agricultural advice, and approximately 2,090 letters were written giving agricultural information. 476 Meetings During the past year a total of 476 meetings were held with a total attendance of 25,240. These meetings may be divided into the following activities: 123 field demonstrations, attendance 4,532; educational auto tours, 16; attendance 306; extension schools and institutes 14; attendance 1,634; 88 farm center meetings, attendance 4,436; 41 committee and department meetings, attendance 726; directors meetings 11; attendance 222; other miscellaneous meetings 173; attendance 13,696. The past year's report shows a continued growth in the number of people reached and the number of activities engaged in agricultural education carried on by the local office. One hundred seventy-five test and experimental plots in cooperation with numerous ranchers in Orange County have been conducted during the year. These plots comprise fertilizer tests, pest and disease controls, pruning, irrigation, and other phases of field and orchard management. In cooperating with the Farm Bureau, the farm advisor works through seven departments, representing the principal agricultural industries of the county, namely: citrus, walnut, grain, persimmon. Farm Land Outlook Is Reported Good While other states are bidding for the homeseeker who is looking for medium-priced land, improved and affording an opportunity to diversify in small acreage tracts, California is looked upon with favor by many in the Middle West who appreciate the long-growing season out here and other favorable conditions. This is according to C. L. Seagraves, general colonization agent of the Santa Fe, who recently arrived from his headquarters in Chicago. 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