College of Agriculture Has New Dean
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Publisher College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
Journal Arizona Agriculturist
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Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/303277 TIHE ARIZONA AGRICULTURIST Entered as second-class matter December 5, 1925, at the post office at Tucson, Arizona, under Act of March 3, 1879.
VOLUME VI. OCTOBER, 1928 NUMBER 1
COLLEGE, OF AGRICULTURE HAS NEW DEAN
Dr. Ball Is One Of The Outstanding Men In The United States In Agricul ture; He Is Well Acquainted With Irrigation Agriculture In The West.
tion in the United States, and carried �R. ELMER Darwin Ball, scien out a long-time breeding experiment ....I..Itist and administrator, who was on poultry which resulted in an en appointed Dean of the College of tire change of ideas with regard to Agriculture and Director of the Agri the inheritance of egg laying. cultural Experiment Station by the President Shantz, who recommend Board of Regents of the University ed him. for appointment by the Board, of Arizona at their August meeting, believes that Dr. Ball is one of the is expected to take up his new duties outstanding men in the United about October 1. States in agriculture, and the best Dr. Ball is no novice at either man to be had for the work to be scientific or adrnirslstrative work, done. He will not require time to being a man of broad training and adjust himself to Arizona conditions, wide experience, as his record shows. as his knowledge of irrigation agri Born in Vermont, Dr. Ball received culture and of the West will enable his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Iowa him to begin at once with scientific State College and in 1907 was granted and adminfstrattve work. He has the Ph.D. degree in Entomology at stated in a letter to President Ohio State,. which institution is well Shantz that there will be little re known for its graduates in that organization at present, as he be science. His teaching career, begun lieves the present organization will in IOwa State, was continued in the suit' his plans, Colorado Agricultural College and The combined budgets of the Col later in the Utah Agricultural Col lege of Agriculture and of the Agri From 1907 1916 was lege. to he cultural Experiment Station, com Dean of the latter and Direc college posed as they are of a complex of tor of the Station. Dur Experiment Federal and State funds, divided as the two he was ing succeeding years they are into department budgets for Dr. Elmer Darwin Ball State Entomologist of Wisconsin fol research and for teaching', expert lowing which he was head of the De the causal factors of the periodic mental and teaching farm budgets, partment of Zoology and Entomology a difficult adminis outbreaks of that famous pest. offer problem in at Iowa State College as well as tration. Dr. should be In the comparatively new field of Ball, however, State Entomologist of Iowa. From the relation of insects to the trans quite at home in this work, not only Iowa Dr. Ball was called to Wash mission of plant diseases Dr. Ball because of his previous experience in ington, 'D. C. as Assistant Secretary but be has done much excellent pioneer the same position in Utah, of Agriculture under Secretary Wal cause his in such work of an exacting and difficult of experience lace, from which post he passed to nature. He discovered that curly matter's in the U. S. Department of
- that of Director of -Scientific Work he handled much top, the most destructive of sugar Agriculture, where of the U. S. Department of Agricul beet diseases, is carried by the tiny of the organization and budget work. ture, serving in the latter capacity Arizona interests as beet leafhopper, a member of one of agricultural for four years. From 1925 to the the insect families on which he is well as the University are to be con Dr. has been present Ball in charge on the an authority. He has today probably gratulated appointment of of celery insect investigations with 'Dean Ball. a wider and more complete scientific the Florida State Plant Board. - and practical knowledge of the rela- The deanship thus filled was made In addition to the many bulletins 'tionshtp of-thiS, insect to the possibili- vacant by the resignation of Dean which Dr.' Ball has prepared, he has itres of successful sugar beet culture Thornber, who wishes to return to
- published about 65 papers on syste- than any other person. He also de- his work on the flora of Arizona. matic He worked . causal relation of the entomology. has - terrnined the Professor Thornber has been on the " on and perfected a leafhopper to potato University of Arizona campus for _. tipburn, driying sp���y, -rJl
. of the migratory of Rocky Mountain Dr: Ball built up the College until his studies of range grasses. He wil1 a method for its and .tt 'had· the capita locust, contrOl,' highest per gradua- (Continued on Page 11) OCTOBER, 1928. ARIZONA AGRICULTURIST PAGE ELEVEN.
PRODUCE CLEAN MILK proportion of one fluid ounce to five COLLEGE OF AplRI C,UiL TURE gallons of water. HAS NEW DEAN The original contamination of milk {Continued from Page 8) is surprisingly small compared with Continued from Page 3) the milk comes in contact with, the the bacterial count made after sev be Professor of Botany, and Botanist greater the chance of further bacteria eral hours. This is brought out in of the Agricultural Exper'iment Sta and dirt, being added. Some idea can an investigation made by Ayers, tion, and in this dual capacity can be gained, of the amount of bacteria Cook, and Clemmer and is reported render valuable assistance to Ari added to milk from utensils that are on in U. S. Department of Agriculture zona cattlemen and farmers. not thoroughly sterilized, by the fol Bulleti,n 642. Hence the large num lowing table taken from Illinois bul ber fo bacteria often found in milk Wash Quilts With Care letin 204. is usually due to growth introduced Suds made of pure soap, a little Condition of Utensil, Bac. per C.) (C. during handling. By cooling prompt ammonia and warm water are good. Normal count, utensils sterile 5,000 ly after milking and holding at a to soak a quilt for 30 minutes. Then Three milk pails added..... 54,315 low temperature this growth can be souse and squeeze it in fresh suds, 1 strainer added...... 7,315 checked to a great extent. The fol but do not rub. Rinse in two waters
1 clarifier tank added...... 8,038 lowing table taken from � -ew York of the same temperature. Do not 1 clarifier added...... 141,340 Department of Agriculture ircular wring it, but hang it drtpplng over ] shows lines. When Since some utensils are necessary 0, the development of bac two partly dry, beat it
it is important that they be strictly teria at different temperatui e . lightly with a rattan carpet beater
clean and sterilized. To properly Temperature Bacteria per C .. to fluff up the filling. dean any utensil it should first be Temp. Bac. Per C.C. Time Held rinsed in cold or luke warm water, ,10° F. 4,000 12 hrs. Life of linoleum can be lengthened then washed with hot water contain 43° F. 9,000 12 hrs. considerably by giving it a good coal: ing washing soda. A good brush 50° l' 18,000 12 hrs, of varnish occasionally. <, * * should be used, but not a rag as it 55.) F. 38,000 12 hrs. will only smooth over any adhering 60° F. 453,000 I' hrs. Keep pullets away from old hens milk. The wash water is rinsed off 70° F. 8,800,000 12 hrs. so that they can be fed and handled with clean water and the utensil 80° F. 55,300,000 12 hIS. separately. sterilized. * * * By running the milk over the cold Sterilization Look oyer �ire may be accomplished surface of a milk cooler in a thin y-our prevention heat or live steam equipment before winter comes. by chemicals, film, undesirable and oowy ordors e being the most practical and most eliminated. However, the ail' that efficient sterlizing agent .Cans and comes in contact with the milk must similar utensils heated may be over be pur� and free from dust. To keep a jet of steam for several minutes the air in a satisfactory c nditiou and allowed to dry and air. A goocl the milk house must be located away method is to place them in a well from contaminating surroundings ventilated place where the sun's rays and the conditions inside the house
can strike them, but wehre they are be such that no undesirable odors from flies and dust. The protected are given off. Since a certain amount heat from the steam will dry the can of steam and foul air is given oft if a lid is not on it. placed Any in the washing room, the milk moisture left in a utensil furn will should be handled in a separate room. ish an opportunity for bacterial The entire house should be kept well Bottles can be sterilized growth. by ventilated, but protected from drafts placing them in a large box with a and dust laden air. There should be door and in the tight fitting turning an abundance of window space for steam for Or minutes. twenty thirty the admission of sunlight as this is be left in the sterilizer They may one of the best means of keeping the until used and thus prevent contami HARTMAN WARDROBE house in a sanitary condition. nation. The most important factors in the TRUNKS To sterilize with chemicals, a so production of clean, safe milk may lution is made and the utensils dip be briefly stated as follows: Keep ped in it. They may then be placerl ing the bacteria count low by ex where they can sun and air. Several cluding all foreign material, through $39.50 to $200.00 chemicals such as B. K. and Sterilac sterilization of equipment, cooling are on the market for this purpose. promptly, and holding at a low tem or a home-made stock solution can perature to prevent the development
be made as follows: Add one pound of any bacteria that have been in of finely powdered chloride of lime troduced. Myers & Bloom Co. to one gallon of water; allow to One Priced Clothiers stand twenty-jour hours with sev The food value of eggs has no re lation to the color of the shells. eral stirrings during the day. Pour Phone 47 63-69 E_ Congress off the clear fluid into a dark colored Browns and whites are similar in cork Use in the II bottle and tightly. side,