. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 26 What They're Doing in CaUfornia Oioville, Cal., Invs rliiini to the distiiu liuii of shipping the first olives from Californiu to eastern markets this season. rrnit shipments from the Vara Valley, So- lano county, totalled 1,045 carloads this year. Nearly 100 studentsâorchardists, horticul- turists and farm advisersâwere enrolled in the short course in horticulture which is being held at the State University Farm at Davis, California. One thousand dollars a day was expended in the campaign for the eradication of ground squirrels in California during the p
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 26 What They're Doing in CaUfornia Oioville, Cal., Invs rliiini to the distiiu liuii of shipping the first olives from Californiu to eastern markets this season. rrnit shipments from the Vara Valley, So- lano county, totalled 1,045 carloads this year. Nearly 100 studentsâorchardists, horticul- turists and farm advisersâwere enrolled in the short course in horticulture which is being held at the State University Farm at Davis, California. One thousand dollars a day was expended in the campaign for the eradication of ground squirrels in California during the past year, says G. H. Hcoke, head of the State Depart- ment of Agriculture. According to reports received from Chieo, the value of the three principal orchard crops in that vicinity this year was .?3,000,000. The crops are peaches, prunes and almonds. With the fruit shipping season practically over, the California Fruit Distributors, of Sac- ramento, announce that 30,000 cars of fruit were shipped cast this year, an increase of 5,000 cars over last year. The total number BETTER FRQIT of cars and contents leaving Sacramento were: Cherries, 335 cars; apricots, 125 cars; peaches, 2,800 cars; plums, 2,900 cars; pears, 4,300 cars; graiies, 19,000 cars. The California Almond Growers Exchange, with headquarters at Sacramento, recently completed niling orders for 70 cars of almonds the purchase price of which totalled $1,700,000. Tlie California almond production this year broke all records, totalling 7,000 tons com- pared with 5,000 tons last year. The growers also secured the highest figure ever paid for almonds, the total return being more than $3,000,000. The Sacramento plant is the clear- ing house for twelve other plants and 22 local stations throughout the state. It has a storage capacity of 300 tons and is equipped with bleaching machines, steam apparatus which kills pests on the shells, and other modern machinery, all automatic. Special machinery has been installed for handli
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