oc-plain-dealer 1921-05-17

ORANGE-CO CONCERN GROWING MUCH SEED Are you specially fond of the tomato, that glowing vegetable the qualities of which were deemed polonous by our forefathers, who grew it for its beauty alone, and called it by the romantic name of "love apple"? Or are you an addict to beans, both the pink and the less highly colored varieties; "frijoles," Mexican style, with lots and lots of peppers? Does breakfast on a summer morning call to your mind a picture of a golden hearted melon resting in a bed of cracked ice, and sweeter than all the spices of Araby the bluest? Do you ever stop to think of what all the seeds that make such delicate vines possible are grown? On the various tracts of land owned and leased by the Haven Seed Co., an Orange-co firm whose magnitude many fail to realize, an unbelievable number of vegetable plants are already set out and are under growth in preparation for next season's demand for seeds. Vegetable raising as practised by the seed company is all on a mammoth scale, for in addition to their own sixty-acre tract of land south of the city, they have leased this season 500 acres where their vast operations are carried on. Each season sees the complete process of growth of each one of the five crops in which the company specializes, tomatoes, peppers, beans, cucumbers and musk melons. These are planted in rotation year after year, no crop being grown on the same tract two seasons in succession, as rotation of crops is one of the tenets of the company's belief. From the vast quantity of seedlings put out each spring, the season's seeds are garnered, and the bulk of seeds thus grown is almost unbelievable. For instance, beans, which are a small item in the industry, will yield approximately 75 tons of seed. They are grown less for the market value and demand than for their value in crop rotation, something like the idea of growing a few tons to have in the house "in case of sickness." Two tons of peanuts will be practically the same process, the aforesaid little collection of 75 tons of beans is in readiness to start on the long journey to places far remote from sunny California. The shipping list of the company includes points all over the North American continent, of course, as well as the sister continent to the southward, but it is a fascinating thought that clear across the world, away at "the back of beyond," people in Denmark, in France, in New Zealand and Australia will enjoy the fruits of the vine as grown from the seeds raised in Orange county by the Haven seed company. ASSERTS TITLE CO.S MAKE EASY MONEY "The world today is moving very rapidly — industrially, socially and economically—and any system or institution which does not keep pace with the times, cannot survive. Today we travel faster, work faster, accomplish more and get bigger results from less effort than we did 50 or 100 years ago. Then the United States mail was carried across the 'Pony Express'—that was considered fast at that time. Today the mail is carried by airplanes, and even that system is sometimes too slow, for we resort to the telephone in important business transactions." declared Judge Jas. W. Bell in an address on "Land Titles" at the high school last night. "The only system or institution that has not made like progress is that of transfer of land titles. If we go back a few years, one kept track of his chain of title by keeping all the original deeds to a single piece of property, and satisfied a purchaser as to his title by exhibiting these deeds, which had to be inspected and passed upon by a lawyer. Next followed the recording system and abstracting—these deeds from the record. The lawyer had to pass on the abstract and give an opinion as to the validity of the title. Next, the title companies supplanted the lawyers by making abstracts and giving opinions at the same time as to the validity of titles; then the making of abstracts was abandoned entirely and title companies now simply give GIVES “DON’T PREVENT” "Unless you have a mansion in the city a gas leak with a door.” "don’ts" which C. retary of the Orange Mutual Fire Insurance prepared for consortium owners at this mer season is applied it come increased insurance men are not the usual warning dividual taking on property. Here are epigraph fire philosophy, be the public by McMullen. Don't imagine never had a fire loo. Don't thing co-safe. They cause molline stoves. Don't forget that pliance and electrics unless pa potential fire-builts. Don't forget to fore you answer telephone or the your neighbor. Don't forget that peculiar fascination dren. adopted in 24 states. "The United States in Bulletin No. 11: The Registration Test examination on claions throughout from the Supreme Court to the states in the Union tem of land regt that the certifica made conclusive, of over eighty million year can be made ers if this system Angeles County, year 1920, 167,991 cluding deeds, truth gages only, were of these instruments of title were issu The Sykes Fruit Wrap SEE THE DISPLAY AT THE ORANGE SHOW This system saved $20,000 for 20 houses this season. If your association doesn’t use this system, ask them to try it. It means money in the grower’s pocket. From the vast quantity of seedlings put out each spring, the season’s seeds are garnered, and the bulk of seeds thus grown is almost unbelievable. For instance, beans, which are a small item in the industry, will yield approximately 75 tons of seed. They are grown less for the market value and demand than for their value in crop rotation, something like the idea of growing a few tons to have in the house “in case of slickness.” Two tons of pepper seeds will be produced this season, or, in other words, many millions of pepper plants in embryo, so to speak. Three tons of melon seeds will be grown. And, as a ton means 2000 pounds, and three tons means—well, anyway, it seems safe to assume that not many amateur gardeners will say "Johnny, run up to the corner grocery and get me six thousand pounds of Haven's musk mellon seeds." I want to get in that little strip of garden just as soon as I get home from the office." But if these figures seem big, what of the tomatoes, the crop in which the company really specializes? This season’s demand for seeds approximated 30 tons, and a tomato seed doesn’t weigh much, either. In expectation of the demand being as great next year, 500,000 plants have been set out at the farm. These were all grown from the seed, in the hotbeds on the 60-acre tract, and then transplanted to the fields. One policy of the Heaven company which is contrary to that practiced by many growers, is that of turning all pulp back to the ground as fertilizer. Many companies dispose of the tomato pulp to the canneries, where it is converted into cansups and tomato sauces. But in the local plant it is crushed and fermented for a period extending from 12 to 24 hours before the seed is extracted. Following this process a few hours on drying screens prepare it for recleaning, which is accompanied by specially designed fanning mills by a system of air blasts and screens. It is ready for the warehouse,—where, together with the seeds from all the pulp plants, which undergo the original deeds to a single piece of property, and satisfied a purchaser as to his title by exhibiting these deeds, which had to be inspected and passed upon by a lawyer. Next followed the recording system and abstracting these deeds from the record. The lawyer had to pass on the abstract and give an opinion as to the validity of the title. Next, the title companies supplanted the lawyers by making abstracts and giving opinions at the same time as to the validity of titles; then the making of abstracts was abandoned entirely and title companies now simply give an opinion as to the validity of titles, basing that opinion on what appears of record, which they examine. All these antiquated systems require time, expense, delay and vexation, in consequence of which lands never have been considered of much value as security in the commercial world. If a commercial enterprise requires quick capital, it cannot afford to wait for these delays in determining whether or not the title to land is sufficient security for a loan. Our national banks are prohibited by law to loan money on real estate security for this very reason. "A system has now been devised to overcome all these difficulties, and land titles may be used as security in the 'commercial world as conveniently, and as safely, as any other form of security." "The United States League of Local Building and Loan Associations at Charlotte, North Carolina," at its 18th annual meeting in May, 1910, adopted the following resolution:—"Resolved, that it is the sense of this convention that the cumbersome and antiquated system of land title registration and transfer in existence in most of our states is especially detrimental to the home building movement and therefore should be abandoned in favor of the simpler and less expensive method, such as the Torrens System." Mr. Leon Martin, president of the California Building Association League, at the 21st annual meeting of the United States League of Local Building and Loan Association, at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1913, stated. The most effective scheme for—the registration of land titles yet devised is that known as the Torrens Act." It has been The Sykes Fruit Wrap SEE THE DISPLAY AT THE ORANGE SHOW This system saved $20,000 for 20 houses this season. If your association doesn’t use this system, ask them to try it. It means money in the grower’s pocket. See the display at the Orange Show Nox-Weed. Kills Noxious Weeds Fly - Away Kills and Repels Flies. APHISPRAY Safe and effective spray for Aphis. KLEAN-SOIL Kills cutworms, wireworms, etc. SOIL-TONE Feeds the plant natures way and kills soil pests. PLANTONE A quick tonic for all plants. SOIL BACTERIA Adds atmospheric nitrogen to the soil. Send for full particulars. C. W. MORRELL, DISTRIBUTOR 618 S. Spring St.—Los Angeles. GIVES "DON'TS" ON PREVENTING FIRES "Unless you have a clear title to a mansion in the sky, don't look for a gas leak with a lighted match." This is just one of a series of "don'ts" which C. W. McNaught, secretary of the Orange County Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance company, has prepared for consideration of property owners at this time. The summer season is approaching and with it increased fire risks, and fire insurance men are preparing to sound the usual warnings against the individual taking his own fire risk on property. Here are epigrammatic don'ts, or fire philosophy, being passed out to the public by McNaught: Don't imagine that because you never had a fire loss, you can't have one. Don't thing coal oil stoves are safe. They cause more fires than gasoline stoves. Don't forget that each electric appliance and electric wire on your premises unless properly installed is a potential fire-bug. Don't forget to pull the plug before you answer the door bell, the telephone or the friendly "hello" of your neighbor. Don't forget that matches have a peculiar fascination for some children. adopted in 24 states of the Union. "The United States Government, in Bulletin No. 1, entitled 'Land Title Registration by Certificates,' after examination of all the court decisions throughout the United States, from the Supreme Court of the United States to the decisions of all the states in the Union, sums up the system of land registration by saying that the certificates of title can be made conclusive, and that a saving of over eighty millions of dollars a year can be made by property owners if this system is adopted. In Los Angeles County, alone, during the year 1920, 167,916 instruments, including deeds, trust deeds and mortgages only, were recorded. On each of these instruments the certificates of title were issued by private title Don't, unless you first invite the fire department to camp on your premises, use linseed oil or furniture polish and then put the oil soaked cloths away for future use. Don't have an oiled mop in your house, unless you have a metal container for it. Don't dry your dish towels over the gas stove. Hang them out in the sun; it is more sanitary and much safer. Don't lie down with a pipe, cigar or cigarette in your mouth; you may get too warm to rest comfortably. Don't smoke in and around your barn and then claim the fire started from an unknown cause. Don't drive your automobile or tractor into your hay barn unless you have a friend in the junk business who needs your assistance. Don't forget that if you leave oil soaked waste, rags or gunny sacks lying around you will have a crowd of your neighbors call when you are not at home to receive them. Don't forget that about 80 per cent of the fires that occur are due to carelessness, consequently the losses by fire in these United States of America is about $3.50 per capita per annum, or about ten times as much as in Europe or Great Britain. LOCAL SHOW BEATS SAN BERNARDINO'S The spaces at the Valencia Orange Show tent on No. Los Angeles-st are taken by men and firms from every line of business, and how so many exhibition booths arose in so small a space without knocking noses with each other is a question that only the most expert architect could answer, as you will agree when you go thru the show rooms. There are spaces for music companies, spaces for electric companies, vacuum machine companies, fertilizer companies, various kinds of food manufacturing companies and merchantile firms of every kind innumerable. There are also cold drink stands, sandwich joints and pop-corn stands, and various other things. Many say that the exhibition is better arranged than the orange shows held at San Bernardino. 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