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Young stands of California's big trees—the Sequoia gigantea—under study for 32 years have demonstrated the ability of the species to reproduce itself under favorable conditions, proving that the mammoth old trees need not be the last survivors of their kind.

An increasing number of nonproductive trees sometimes noted in navel orange orchards as the trees advance in age may be due—in part—to the infectious disease known as stubborn disease.

The following extract is from Experiment Station Bulletin 706 which may be obtained without charge by addressing the Publications Office, College of Agriculture, University of California, Berkeley 4, California. Cuttings of this variety are not offered for sale or distribution by the University of California, but may be purchased from nurserymen.

The Merino sheep is the backbone of the wool growing industry of the West. No other breed of sheep can stand up to the vicissitudes of weather and poor environment half so well. All over the world's temperate zones, wherever the going is tough, through intense heat and great cold, where feed is sparse and animals must shift for themselves, the Merino or some breed heavily infused with its blood, predominates.

Small, round or irregularly shaped seeds can be covered with a coating of inert material and built up into pellets almost spherical in shape and containing a single seed each.

Citrus growers using a noncultivation program can save labor and material costs by accurately timing the application of their weed sprays.

Accurate rootstock identification is difficult and sometimes nearly impossible by methods which ar known today.

Studies on grapefruit in field experiments indicate that the application of 2,4-D may reduce preharvest fruit drop from 52% to 78%.

Studies Indicate Nutritional Value of Culls in Commercial Dog Foods

Superior Quality Pack for Special Markets Possible by New Procedure

Experimental packs of frozen apricots, peaches and nectarines—to study the protective effect of sugar—were begun in the summer of 1946.

The orange tortrix—Argyrotaenia cittrana—a worm which feeds on foliage and enters fruit, caused considerable damage to prunes and apples last season.

Severe twig dieback sometimes develops during the spring on navel, Valencia, and grapefruit trees, being particulary extensive on navel trees.