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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1925
Page
7
Cotton experts assess 1200 acres planted for a large scale commercial crop near Oroville. Meanwhile 1240 miles of county highways will be transferred to the state after January 1, 1926 for maintenance.
Seven gins added will double Kern county cotton ginning capacity this season. Last year seven gins processed 21 000 bales, and this season about fifteen gins are expected to be needed to handle a crop now estimated at twice the size of 1924.
The federal biological survey and the state agriculture department cooperate with Lassen county officials to extend the coyote war into enemy dens within the county, intensifying wildlife control efforts.
The planned El Dorado irrigation district to be organized at Placerville would encompass about 32,000 acres, including the Gold Hill area and portions of Coloma and Lotus, and would extend down to the Coloma ditch.
California contributes an early quarter of U S peaches but canning and drying habits keep it behind Georgia as the top fresh peach shipper. Arkansas ranks third, New York fourth, highlighting regional roles in the peach market.
The Yuba City cannery of the California Packing company plans a 10 week season employing between five hundred and six hundred workers for most of the period. The Virden company at Marysville forecasts a nine week season with about the same number of workers.
Fresh fruit shipments from the Clovis district remain brisk with 147 cars billed to eastern terminals. A ten day war on squirrels is led by Earle Mills in north Butte County. The delta west of Stockton may yield enough potatoes for roughly 910 million total. Imperial valley cotton prospects are bright while last year US valley acreage reached 58 0006. A profitable sweet corn patch grows on Leo V Youngworth’s Bald Hills ranch near Gulver City. Victor Wershof of Thermalito claims a seven two variety seed crop on a commercial farm. The Associated Rabbit Breedery in Southern California grows to about six hundred members. A. L. Palmer of Pomona notes $27 000 paid to rabbit farmers last year. The largest cucumber in the county, a fourteen inch mammoth, grown near Williams in Colusa. Thompson seedless grapes fetch 5 to 7 cents in Kern county markets while Kern cantaloupes command a 50 to 75 cent premium in eastern markets.
San Francisco reports weekly cattle receipts at 3,000 with prices for good light cattle up to 8.00 off cars, various loads and grades cited. Calves, hogs, sheep, butter and eggs listed with price ranges. note on demand and weekly shifts. Also mentions the Southern Pacific daily fruit shipments to Napa and Dr. Frey predicts machine milking within ten years.
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