Imperial Valley settlers' crop manual . milo maize,wheat, kafir corn, and sorghum. As soon as a quantity of feed wasproduced cattle and hogs were brought in and the dairy industry be-gan to develop. The almost continuous growth and satisfactory yieldsof alfalfa made it a very popular crop and within five years the areain alfalfa increased to over fifty-five thousand acres. 140 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA—EXPERIMENT STATION. With the completion of the railroad from Imperial Junction toCalexico on the International line it became practicable to raise moreperishable crops for shipment to eastern mar
Imperial Valley settlers' crop manual . milo maize,wheat, kafir corn, and sorghum. As soon as a quantity of feed wasproduced cattle and hogs were brought in and the dairy industry be-gan to develop. The almost continuous growth and satisfactory yieldsof alfalfa made it a very popular crop and within five years the areain alfalfa increased to over fifty-five thousand acres. 140 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA—EXPERIMENT STATION. With the completion of the railroad from Imperial Junction toCalexico on the International line it became practicable to raise moreperishable crops for shipment to eastern markets. The soil and cli-mate were found to be well suited for producing early first the profits were large and the area devoted to this crop in-creased rapidly until in 1908 nearly 10,000 acres were planted. Thisproved to be too much with the methods of marketing then in vogueand while a fine crop of melons was produced, much money was crops being smaller in amount were better handled andhave paid Fig. 1.—The Valley floor before irrigation began. By the winter of 1908 a large number of different crops were beingexperimented with by various ranchers and it became more and moreevident that on account of the fact that this great inland valley pos-sessed climatic and soil conditions unique in American agriculture,that it was imperative that a public experiment station, supported bythe state, be established in the valley in order that the life history,adaptation, and methods of culture of all crops might be studied scien-tifieally and the results published for the benefit of all the residentsin the valley and especially for settlers newly arrived from the east. Accordingly the following bill was prepared and passed the StateLegislature early in 1908: An Act making an appropriation for the investigation of agri-cultural and horticultural problems and conditions in Imperial Valley BULLETIN 210. IMPERIAL VALLEY SETTLERS CROP MANUAL. 141 and prov
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