anaheim-gazette 1952-12-14

New Agricultural Conservation Plan Proves Acceptable to County Farmers The changed Agricultural Conservation Program for 1953 is proving acceptable to the farmers of Orange county according to the preliminary reports of community chairman, Glenn A. Harris head of the county organization announced today. He explained that the principal change from previous recent years consisted of a program planning period from November fifth to December fifteenth in which the committee for each of the 12 communities, or districts, of the county are available to assist the farmers and ranchers in deciding upon soil and water conservation work plans for the coming year. As there are five elected committees in each district—sixty in all—every farmer has a choice of neighbor committees, who are conversant with the provisions of the 1953 program, to advise with him; Harris stated. He added that insofar as feasible the committees are contacting the farmers of their communities personally, but the limitations of time, both in extent and in person, definitely restricts the number of calls that can be made in this manner. Harris stated that the responsibility for applying for soil and water conservation work assistance is specifically the farmer's and urged that all farmers should contact one of the community committee members or the county office, as this is the last week of the 1953 sign-up campaign. The county office for Agricultural Conservation is located at 622 North Main st., Santa Ana; the Conservation Program being one of the important phases of work carried out by the Production and Marketing Administration under the direction of the county committee of farmers who are elected each year by the farmers themselves. Glenn Harris of La Habra is chairman of the committee: Ed Pankey of Tustin is vice-chairman: Eric Eastman of Santa Ana is Executive-Secretary. Other members are Glen Mathis and Grady Glenn of El Toro and Stephen Griset of Santa Ana. Chairmen of the 12 communities are: Claude Ridgway, La Habra; Norman Lombard, Fullerton; E. L. Danker, La Habra; Clarence W. Mauerhan, Garden Grove; Dick Henning, Anaheim; Robert G. Hight, Orange; Dick Moore, Midway City; Bud Mitchell, Santa Ana; Howard A. Bear, Greenville; Earl J. Cook, El Toro; Leo E. Windolph, San Juan Capistrano; Tim Talbert, Smeltzer. Save $5000 New $24059 Save $50.00 New Price... $249.59 Model 452 Old Price $299.95 Thor automatic • Mechanism sealed for life! • Famous Thor Hydro-Swirl Washing Action! • Single Dial Control! • Backed by 45 years of Thor Leadership! plus 5 YEAR PROTECTION PLAN Don't make up your mind till you see the finest ever designed! Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. Come in for a demonstration now! BAKER'S ANAHEIM OPEN EVERY NITE 'TIL CHRISTMAS 250 W. CENTER ST., ANAHEIM PHONE 2931 BAKER'S ANAHEIM OPEN EVERY NITE 'TIL CHRISTMAS 250 W. CENTER ST., ANAHEIM PHONE 2931 A. 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Opportunities, Stewart pointed out, extend far beyond the basic field of egg, fryer and turkey production, though California, as the leading poultry producing state in the nation, offers ample future in production for the scientific poultryman. But graduates of the Poultry Husbandry department, he said, will find many of the best opportunities on the fringes of the $265,000,000 California poultry business. Enterprises that serve the industry—feed companies, hatcheries, processing plants — keep asking for trained men and women. "These service jobs," Stewart added, "often have been stepping stones to successful ranch ownership for many young men without capital. And they provide experience that is later invaluable." The poultry industry welcomes women. With its highly mechanized operation, the modern poultry ranch has few jobs a woman can't accomplish. Many women are making successes in the business, particularly in hatcheries. There probably are more women working in the poultry industry than in any other agricultural enterprise. To keep up with demand for professionally-trained graduates in the many branches of the poultry industry, the University of California's Department of Poultry Husbandry offers a highly specialized research-teaching staff, with experts on feed and feeding, breeding, hatchery operation, management, disease and housing, and with further specialization in turkeys, laying hens and fryer production, a training far beyond simple "chicken raising." The poultry husbandry student can tailor his course to a specialty in the industry such as nutrition, hatching, management or breeding, if he wishes. At the same time he has the unique opportunity to gain practical experience through paid employment while he is in school. There are many job openings for students in the large poultry research plant on the Davis campus, and through the Bixby farm practice program stu- The Department of Irrigation and Soils will test different levels of soil moisture conditions and different as to area of soil wetted. Many of the problems of avocado growers are based upon irrigation difficulties, says Wahlberg. For the first season the trees will be given uniform treatment, with basin irrigation. As in many commercial avocado orchards, which also are planted largely on sloping ground to avoid frost danger, the permanent irrigation system on the Riverside plot will be of the low, under-head sprinklers. While the trees are young, it is planned to use the spitter-type nozzles, which have a limited distribution pattern. Later, rotating heads will be installed to give wider distribution. The experiment is one which had been in the future plans of the College of Agriculture but was speeded into being by cooperation of the California Avocado Society. The irrigation planting at the Citrus Experiment Station covers an acre, with trees set somewhat closer than in commercial plantings. This will permit checking records of more trees in their early years. Approximately half the trees will be removed after about five years. County OK for Vegetable, Flower Seed Growing Vegetable and flower seed can be produced successfully in Orange county reports Farm Advisor A. H. Holland of the University of California agricultural extension service. Crops such as garden beets and carrots for seed are not difficult to grow and will generally bring fair returns to the grower. These crops have only a limited market, however, and therefore farmers interested in them should have an assured market before planting. Holland reports that representatives of one seed company are now contracting with growers. Their arrangement with growers is similar to that of a number of other seed companies. Normally the companies have nurseries where seed of beets, carrots and other biannuals are planted in early fall. The seed planted is from specially selected The poultry husbandry student can tailor his course to a specialty in the industry such as nutrition, hatching, management or breeding, if he wishes. At the same time he has unique opportunity to gain practical experience through paid employment while he is in school. There are many job openings for students in the large poultry research plant on the Davis campus, and through the Bixby farm practice program students can be placed during vacation periods with poultry men or poultry plant operators throughout the state. Under construction on the Davis Campus is a new Poultry Husbandry building, to be the most modern plant for poultry industry teaching and research in the U.S. Along with standard laboratories and incubation facilities, the building will include climatic chambers under which birds can be raised from day-old chicks to all ages under weather conditions duplicating anything in California or in the world. In these thickly-insulated chambers, temperature, humidity and even air velocity can be under exact control. Other outdoor facilities permit large-scale chicken and turkey raising and practical testing of many types of housing and nutrition. Question: I plan on closing two windows of my home with glass panels. I want to make the frames for the glass block before removing the windows. Can you tell me the usual thickness of a house wall (the house is 27 years old) so that I will know what width to make the frame for the blocks? I need the figures on plaster thickness, studs, sheathing, etc. W. C. R., New York City Answer: Walls vary too much in thickness for an accurate answer. Averages are: plaster 3-4-inch, lath ((wood) 3-8-inch, studs 3 3-4-inches, sheathing 3-4-inch. Total therefore would be 5 5-8 inches. However, plaster may be Holland reports that representatives of one seed company are now contracting with growers. Their arrangement with growers is similar to that of a number of other seed companies. Normally the companies have nurseries where seed of beets, carrots and other biannuals are planted in early fall. The seed planted is from specially selected stock. In December and January the plants produced in these nurseries are then dug and transplanted into fields where they are spaced 1 to 2 feet part in rows 3 feet apart. In the case of beets and carrots the plants are nothing more than the roots which one buys at the produce market. By spring the plants start "bolting" or forming seed stalks which grow to heights of 4 to 6 feet. Seed produced on the stalks are mature by July to August and are ready for threshing. Since seed production requires transplanting and threshing equipment Holland recommends that growers not plant unless they have the equipment or are assured by the seed company that equipment will be available. Because of the nature of growing the crops, plantings less than 15 acres are generally not recommended. Wednesday Set for Bookie Hearing Preliminary hearing of Santa Ana's accused woman "bookie", Mrs. Helen Norma Halsey, 32, has been set for Wednesday at 10 a.m. in Santa Ana Justice court. She was arraigned Friday before Justice Howard C. Cameron, with Attorney S. B. Kaufman of Anaheim defending her. Mrs. Halsey, who operates a Santa Ana cafe, was charged with book making after Santa Ana police saw her drive through a red flash signal at Fourth and Flower streets, Dec. 7, and found book-making paraphernalia in her car when they halted her. Answer: Walls vary too much in thickness for an accurate answer. Averages are: plaster 3-4-inch, lath ((wood) 3-8-inch, studs 3-4-inches, sheathing 3-4-inch. Total therefore would be 5 5-8 inches. However, plaster may be as much as 1¼ inches. Better plan would be to make the frame to fit the glass block, using trim moldings to adjust to variable figures. Question: The paint on ceiling and walls of my kitchen is cracked and peeling. This was caused by a burst water pipe, before I bought the house. I have tried to remove the remaining paint from the smooth plaster with a torch with little success. Is there an easier way to remove the paint, or can I paint over the old paint after removing the loose particles with a scraper? J. F. D., Asheville, N.C. Answer:: You might try one of the paste paint removers which softens paint for the scraper to remove. Or a power sander would remove the worst of the paint and bevel the edges between good and bad areas. You'll probably have some plaster to repair, also. Sanding will do the whole job quicker, then size with shellac, and repaint. Question: How do I mix stucco to be applied to cement blocks? A. H. E., Wilmington, Del. Answer: Mix 1 part Portland cement with 2¼ parts clean, sharp sand, and add 10 per cent lime if not in the cement you buy, then add water to the well-mixed ingredients to make a thick paste-like stucco. This is spread over the wet wall, starting at the bottom and working upward, until about 1-8-inch coat is applied, or thicker if the wall is rough. You can add dry coloring matter if you wish, at the time of mixing. An 80-ton whale can swim as fast as 10 miles per hour, which would put him far behind a salmon which is good for 30 mph. 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