anaheim-gazette 1949-03-31

Fair Board to Take Over Army Air Base Site The Orange county fair board, with a deed to 175 acres and 127 buildings on the old Santa Ana Army Air base in its possession, will take over the site Friday and begin moving operations immediately. Included in plans for developing the grounds and present buildings into a huge fair ground and recreational center will get underway immediately, vice-president Roy Edwards announced. As chairman of the finance committee, he returned with manager L. A. (Dan) Patch from Sacramento and San Francisco after concluding arrangements for the transfer of the property to the fair board. To Pay Cash Known formally as the 32nd District Agricultural Association, the board will pay the War Assets Administration half the cost of the property. Full payment is being required by the federal agency at the formal date of occupancy on April 1. The State Division of Fairs will pay one-half of the total purchase price or $65,092.50, stated Patch, who added that the agricultural district will pay its share from funds on hand. The property and buildings were appraised by the WAA at $260,-000, but were offered the fair board at a 50 per cent discount. Plan Fall Fair Plans for a 1949 fair early in September will be arranged from The State Division of Fairs will pay one-half of the total purchase price or $65,092.50, stated Patch, who added that the agricultural district will pay its share from funds on hand. The property and buildings were appraised by the WAA at $260,-000, but were offered the fair board at a 50 per cent discount. Plan Fall Fair Plans for a 1949 fair early in September will be arranged from the new offices, it was announced. The fair board offices have been located temporarily at 10400 Garden Grove boulevard. Tomorrow they will be moved to the former Red Cross administration building on the air base property. The building contains offices downstairs and living quarters above. Mrs. Carolyn Henderson, secretary in the fair office, her husband, Robert, and son, plan to reside there. Henderson will be named superintendent of grounds. The fair board will have an interest in the water system but will not be given title to utilities. Three wells are on the ground acquired by the agricultural district. They are linked with two others which provided water for the entire air base when it was in operation. According to current plans, a mutual water company will be formed with other occupants of the air base, these being the Southern California Bible college, Segerstrom Bros., and Orange Coast college, and the Whittier Company, owners of the original 412 acres constituting the original air base site. The Orange Coast college will continue to have control of other utilities on the air base, according to Edwards and Patch. In addition to fair grounds, the site acquired by the board will serve as a year-round recreational area. Preliminary plans for the development of the site within 120 days are required by the State Division of Fairs. Production Cost On Avocado Study Now Ready The annual cost analysis on the production of avocados in Orange county last year has just been completed, according to farm advisor H. E. Wahlberg, in charge of the study. This is the 19th annual cost report issued by the farm advisor's office in cooperation with eighteen avocado growers in the county. On Avocado Study Now Ready The annual cost analysis on the production of avocados in Orange county last year has just been completed, according to farm advisor H. E. Wahlberg, in charge of the study. This is the 19th annual cost report issued by the farm advisor's office in cooperation with eighteen avocado growers in the county. The 1948 season, which it covers, was the lowest in average yield per acre, 2109 pounds per acre compared to the average of the last ten years of 4552 pounds per acre. Due to the lighter crop, the cost of harvesting was the lowest since 1941—$28.25 per acre. Cultural labor averaged $57.65 per acre as compared to the ten year average of $47.12. Material costs including water and fertilizers amounted to $55.57 per acre compared to the ten year figure of $49.97. The average return to the grower was 21.76 cents per pound compared to 10.92, the ten years average. The study revealed a wide range of costs reported by the eighteen growers for the same operation, said Wahlberg. For instance, the cost of fertilization varied from $2.55 per acre to $61.60 per acre. The higher producing orchards reported using 152 pounds of nitrogen per acre compared to 89 pounds by the lower producing orchards. 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