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WOODLAND DAILEY DEMOCRAT, Woodland, CA.
Jan. 23, 1896-"Sixty Day Floaters"
Five hobos who answered to the names of John Cranson,
Harry Lewis, Thomas Rivers, John Hendry, and
H. Crowell were arraigned in Judge Ruggles' court this
morning. The court gave them the alternative of leav-
ing the city within an hour, or serving a term of 60
days in the county jail. They concluded to leave.
Apr. 15, 1920-"Election Notice"
Notice is hereby given that the board of supervisors of
Yolo County has designated the following places as the
polling places and the following named persons to act
as election officers in the various precincts. For the
primary election to be held May 4, 1920, as follows, to
wit: WEST DAVIS PRECINCT
Location of polling place: Stock Pavillion, U.C. Farm,
Davis
Board of election:
Inspector; Mary C. Campbell, Judge; Edna Oeste, Judge;
George W. Hendry, Clerk; L.N. Irwin, Bertha
Males, Gardner Pierce.
Oct. 01, 1920-"First Mariout Barley From Knights Landing Sells High"
California provides the "makins" for British beer even
though the beverage is taboo in this country.
Californis hops have been going to England for a number
of years and have commanded good prices there, but it
is somewhat new for California barley, also a beer, in-
gredient, to bring a premium in the British market.
Sutter Basin produced 1100 carloads of barley this year
and returns from the first shipment of Mariout, a var-
iety introduced through the University Farm at Davis,
have been received. Of its reception on the British
market, Professor G. W. Hendry of the University
Farm, who has been instrumental in introducing Mariot
from Egypt, says: "Cable advises just received by the
Sutter Basin Co. of Sacramento, through the London
agent, W.D. Sheldon and Co., indicate tha the first
shipments of Mariot barley to reach the English and
Scotch malting trade have met with a favorable recep-
tion and are commanding a premium of $4.30 per ton
over common barley as a result of the first extraction
tests made." Only the bottom lands, such as those of
Sutter Basin, produced a good crop of barley this year.
Oct. 02, 1920-"Professor G.W. Hendry of the University of Cali-
fornia says:"
Mariot barley is more drought-resistant than common
barley; it succeeds better when spring planted than
common barley and is well adapted to double cropping.
Under test at the University farm it produced 63.35
sacks to the acre in 1911.
Tennessee winter barley yields better than either
Mariout or California Common when winter or fall sown
on heavy wet soils. It is an improved variety.
We also have some California common barley seed grown
under the same careful conditions as the other two
varieties:"
Send your oders to:
Sutter Basin Co., Fruit Building, Sacramento
Dec. 08, 1920-Authorization for Professor George Hendry of
University of California to order required seed from
Philadelphia, PA.
Feb. 07, 1921-"Yolo Farmers to Rely Upon Mariout"
Exhaustive experiments at the University of California
Farm, supplemented by experience of practical farmers,
have shown that Mariout barley possesses the greatest
advantage over common barley when planted during Feb-
ruary and March, G.W. Hendry, assistant Prof-
essor of agronomy in the state University, declared
today.
Mariout is said to be an early ripening dwarf variety
which consumes less soil moisture than the common
barley and completes its growth earlier in the spring
before the ground has lost its moisture.
It is stated to possess about the same advantage over
common barley for spring planting as common barley does
over club wheat. Earlier in maturity is the reason for
this advantage.
Professor Hendry said today: "Many Sacramento
Valley grain growers have learned the special fitness
of Mariout for spring planting and are substituting it
for Tennessee winter and common barley in all plant-
ings subsequent to Jan. 15, even on the hearvier soil
types."
"The Sutter Basin Co. discounted planting Tennessee
winter Jan. 15 and now completing their seeding of
several thousand acres with Mariot. Stanford Univer-
sity is also preparing to plant a considerable acreage
of Mariout barley on the Stanford farm at Palo Alto
this spring."
The offices in Woodland of M. Bluhm & Co., again re-
ported today heavy sales of Mariout seed barley.
June 18, 1921-"Rubber Test Makes Good At Davis"
William McCallum, representing the Continental Rubber
Co. of Arizona, inspected the Guayule Rubber Plantat-
ion at Davis this week and reported to G.W. Hendry
that the plants are in excellent condition and making
a satisfactory growth. Other demostrations have been
established in the Salinas Valley and near Escondido
in San Diego County. When the crops have matured a
comparison will be made of yields in the different
localities and the quality of rubber produced.
There is a possibility that more extensive plantings
will be made in California if these preliminary ex-
periments give promise of a satisfactory and profitable
yield of this new crop. The Guayle rubber plant is a
native of Mexico, where is has been practically exterm-
inated by the rubber companies which have harvested
millions of dollars worth of rubber from it in recent
years.
The only commercial plantings at this time in the
United States are situated 40 miles east of San Diego
where 200 acres have been planted and 600 acres near
Centinental, Arizona.
Aug. 25, 1921-"Root Crops to be Tested For Feeding Cattle"
Two hundred tons of root crops, such as beets, mangles,
rutabagas or Swede turnips and carrots will be used in
the feeding tests at Davis farm this winter. These
tests are being made to demonstrate the relative value
of various roots, in feeding cattle.
The roots have been grown by the Agronomy Division,
under the direction of Professor G.W. Hendry,
but are to be turned over to the Animal Husbandry Div-
ision for the feeding tests, where Professor G.H. True
will have supervisors.
The relative value of the different roots, taken in
conjunction with the acre yield, and the production of
milk in the case of dairy cattle, with a view of de-
termining the most profitable root crop to grow.
-Some Big Yields-
There are some of these root crops which make marvelous
yields. Mangles, particularly, show remarkable prod-
uction, the Yellow Sludstrup running 55.19 tons to the
acre, the Yellow Intermediate 50.04 and the Colosal Red
45.83 tons.
Rutabaga yields or those of the so called Swedes, do
not run so heavy, purple top, the best yielder, running
only 18.9 tons to the acre, while Sutton's Champion
went 14.21 last year.
Field carrots are the poorest from the point of pro-
duction, running from 2 to 8 tons to the acre.
-Food Value Undertermined-
But just what the values of these various roots for the
cattle menu is, has not been determined. Consequently
the Animal Husbandry Division will make exhaustive
tests this winter on the University farm stock.
When the experiment is completed there is no question
there will be a bulletin issued, giving the results of
these observations and settling the matter of root
feeding on a scientific basis.
-Many Roots Grown-
Professor Hendry has already published inform-
ation on the growing of roots. In this he recommends
early planting, as soon after the middle of February as
possible. Deep loam soil, well prepared, is considered
best, and the rows are made 28 inches apart, except the
carrots are planted 18 inches apart. The small plants
are bunched with a nine inch hoe, then sigled by hand
or with a hoe.
Irrigation is necessary, Hendry says, in the
valley of California to bring the roots up to the best
production.
-Keeping of Roots-
The keeping of roots after they are havested is one of
the problems in feeding. Experiments along this line
also are to be made. The weather in the valley is so
mild during the winter that root crops are difficult to
care for.
Several types of mounds, cellars and root houses will
be tried out, particularly one designed by Professor
L.J. Fletcher of the Agriculture Engineering Division,
who has some ideas along this line which will be worked
out in the experiment.
Nov. 15, 1921-"Better Yield Expected of New K.L. Seed"
Two excellent milling varieties of wheat which promise
to better the general quality of this cereal grown in
California are being grown for seed purposes in the Big
Sutter Basin farm above the Knights Landing, this sea-
son. These varieties are Difinace and Hard Federation.
Hard Federation wheat in an Australian variety much de-
sired for its milling quality. It was introduced into
California through the Unites States Plant Garden of
Chico and has been developed and acclimated at the Cal-
ifornia Experiment Station at Davis under the direction
of Professor G.H. Hendry (sic). The Sutter
Basin Co. also has matured a 2 acre plot of Yolo Maize,
a new variety of Egyptian corn, developed at the Uni-
versity Farm. This is a drought standing, heavy yield-
ing, with large compact heads. It is very promising
and will be planted commercially next season.
Jan. 05, 1922-"Chance For Yolo Farmers To Get Valuable Advice at Davis"
---Other Talks Scheduled---
Among other lectures to be given may be mentioned:
Professor C.E. Snow on "California Soils"; Professor
S.H. Beckett on "Irrigation Practice and Equipment";
Professors G.W. Hendry, P.B. Kennedy and B.A.
Macken will lecture on "Grain Farming", "Forage Crops",
and "Special Crops", respectively...etc.
Mar. 10, 1922-"Maize From Pharaoh's Ancient Egypt Planted Near Knights
Landing"
A plant (?) from the land of the ancient Pharoahs',
refined and made to stand (?) at the California Agri-
culture Extension Station, proves a boon to the Ameri-
can farmer. A planting of nearly 350 acres of this
rarely valuable new kind of maize, known as White Yolo,
is being planted this year in Sutter Basin, the great
farming project, in the heart of the Sacramento Valley.
Farm supervisor, A.R. Waybur of the Sutter Basin Co.
reports that a 2 acre test plot of White Yolo yielded
5940 pounds on average of a 2970 acre. He stated also
that "we like Yolo much better than other varieties. It
does not shatter so badly; it is easier to harvest and
brings more money than the red."
Yolo Maize was put through civilizing and refining pro-
cess at the University farm, Davis, by Professor
G.W. Hendry, who spent several years selecting and
developing the variety before introducing it to the
farmers. In 1921, farm planting proved a success
and this season Yolo is being planted commercially.The
Sutter Basin Co. will have one of (?) plantings in the
state. This (?) has co-operatied with the California
Experiment Station on many occassions in introducing
new (?) to the California farmers.
One of the chief advantages in the (?) that White Yolo
stands erect. So many other kinds of Egyptian corn
bend over, thus making threshing very difficult. Man-
ufacturers of threshing machines who recently witnessed
the harvest of this grain are perfecting particular ma-
chines for its harvest.
The land of ancient Egypt has given the American farmer
many grains of value, but White Yolo is expected to
prove one of the most beneficial yet. It has reached
a state of perfection under the Hendry process
of cilvilizing.
Nov. 02, 1922-"Davis Farm Wants Young Man Foreman"
Farm advisory Warren Norton has received a letter from
Professor George W. Hendry, professor of Agro-
nomy at the state farm at Davis, asking if he knew of
a young man who wished a position as foreman at the
state farm. He wanted to take charge of field work in
the agronomy department.
Jan. 31, 1923-"Hendry To Talk At Spring Lake"
Professor George Hendry of the department of
cereals and grains of the University of California,
will be the principle speaker at the meeting Friday
night of the Spring Lake Farm Center, of which C.E.
Slater is director. It is one of the important meet-
ings of the season in farm center work.
The meeting will be a get together affair for the mem-
bers, the membership having been increased over 100% in
the recent drive. An interesting program has been pre-
pared.