California News Briefs Extraditions And Tax Projections
California officers urged Governor Young to extradite 185 fugitives and to order 173 returned to other states with 173 granted. The State Board of Equalization pegs 1928 road funding at 32 million, 10.6 for new construction and 21.4 for maintenance. California mining totals crown Los Angeles for 1926. Sutter County wins consolation prize. Alpine and Kings counties show small outputs.
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California
Young
Los Angeles
San Francisco
State Board of Equalization
Sacramento
Sutter County
Picnic Day Set At University Farm April 21
The annual Picnic Day at University Farm Davis will occur April 21 as announced by the University of California. High school contests will highlight the event this year. The Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics, housed in a $500,000 building funded by A. P. Giannini, aims to address California agricultural economic issues and is endowed with $1,000,000 by the same donor.
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University Farm
Davis
University of California
A. P. Giannini
Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics
California
California asparagus dominates Chinese market says trade commissioner
Granville Woodward United States Trade Commissioner to China reports to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce that in China 95 percent of asparagus consumed comes from California. He notes the delicacy is favored in the Orient and most of it is eaten in restaurants.
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California
Granville Woodward
United States
China
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Orient
Truck Crop Plants by UC researchers cited as valuable
A UC Division of Truck Crops publication by D. H. A. Jones and Dr. J. T. Rosa notes last year’s California truck crop value exceeded 61 million dollars. Focusing on the plants rather than methods, the work is expected to aid producers significantly.
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D. H. A. Jones
J. T. Rosa
Division of Truck Crops
University of California
California
Nevada Honey Exports Show Strong Demand Across State
George G. Schweiss of the Nevada Quarantine Department reports over thirty carloads of Nevada honey valued at 125000 to 150000 shipped to California markets in the past year. Strong demand for Nevada alfalfa and clover honey is noted with about 100000 bee colonies owned by 190 individuals, centered around Yerington, Nevada.
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Nevada
California
George G. Schweiss
Nevada Quarantine Department
Schweiss
Yerington
Wool Growers Plan New Mutual Wool Company in San Francisco
At a Red Bluff meeting of State wool growers last week, disorganization of the Northern California Wool Warehouse Company was announced. A new organization named the Mutual Wool Company will operate with headquarters in San Francisco. The Vina warehouse, long storage for regional wool, will be abandoned and all wool collected there will be shipped directly to San Francisco.
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I. P. Giannini
Sacramento
University of California
George H. Hecke
Fred G. Stevenot
Natural Resources
C. C. Young
Stevenot
State Division of Mines and Mining
State Department of Education
William John Cooper
Cooper
Bert B. Meek
Meek
California
State Department of Natural Resources
M. B. Pratt
Stockton
United Portuguese Lodge of California
Frank Roderick
Oakland
S. W. Straus & Company
Golden State
New York
Illinois
Michigan
Los Angeles
San Francisco
India Basin
Great Western Power Company
A. Emory Wishon
Bay District
San Joaquin
Portland
State Department of Public Works
Robert M. Morton
Richardson
Purchell
Red Bluff
Northern California Wool Warehouse Company
The
Mutual Wool Company
Vina
California dairy cows drive rapid creation of cash
California dairy cows number 596,000 producing over 3500000 daily value, totaling more than 10000000 monthly and 130000000 yearly. Money from dairy product flows fast into local trade as farmers receive checks within thirty days, often weekly or daily.
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California
Riverside County Cow Testing results show December yields
The Riverside County Cow-Testing Association reports December results from 43 herds totaling 1767 cows. Among them 532 produced an average 47 pounds butterfat. average milk was 180 pounds and butterfat 35.1 pounds. May, owned by W F Eldridge Corona, led in class with 1662 pounds milk and 89.9 fat. Beauty H., owned by E K Southfield, had the top single record with 2266 pounds milk and 95.2 fat.
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Riverside County
W. F. Eldridge
Corona
Beauty H
E. K. Southfield
Dairy Industry Short Course At College Of Agriculture
The twentieth annual dairy industry short course runs February 6 to 16 at the College of Agriculture. It covers five dairy fields including manufacturing, market milk, cheese and butter making, ice cream, and bacteriology with state, county, and USDA involvement. Open to experienced dairy workers and those with dairy or health lab backgrounds.
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College of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
California Becomes Nation's Top Honey Producer
California now leads the nation in honey production, a rise since 1861 when the first bee colonies arrived in San Francisco from New York. State bee inspector Frank E. Todd announced the finding last week at the annual convention of the American Honey Producers League and the California Beekeepers Association in San Francisco.
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California
Union
San Francisco
Cape Horn
New York
Frank E. Todd
American Honey Producers’ League
California Beekeepers’ Ass’n
Demonstration Train Tour Through California Valleys
A fourteen car demonstration train will tour the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys from March 19 to 21 in cooperation with the University of California Agricultural Extension Service. Two daily stops include half day meetings at the train and uptown meetings in another town, focusing on livestock and its relation to agriculture.
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Sacramento
San Joaquin Valleys
University of California Agricultural Extension Service
Califor nia Farm Bureau to challenge ballot referendum
Edsel Abel of San Francisco, attorney for the California Farm Bureau, will file a petition for a writ of mandate in the state supreme court this week to block the reapportionment referendum. The move seeks to test the legality of the referendum invoked by Los Angeles and San Francisco voters amid the redistricting act predictions.
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California Farm Bureau
Edsel Abel
San Francisco
Farm Bureau
State Supreme Court
Los Angeles
Abel
Dairy cows test shows seven percent gain in 1927
G E Gordon of the University of California reports a seven percent increase in cow testing for 1927 over 1926. The test covered 70 973 cows across 35 counties, with 481 dairying meetings in 41 counties drawing 21 191 attendees. Additionally 5 129 farms in 45 counties adopted improved dairy practices.
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G. E. Gordon
Agricultural Extension Service
University of California
Gordon
B. H. Crocheron
Oranges in Oroville district report strong season
Oranges produced in the Oroville district of Butte county averaged 5.07 per unit in Eastern and other markets. Lorin Huffman, manager of the Superior California Citrus Exchange, noted season end records. Orchard production rose 25 percent as eighty-one cars went from Butte County Citrus Association at Thermalito and twenty-three from P. C. Drescher Association of Palmero. The past year is seen as highly successful.
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Oroville
Butte County
Lorin Huffman
Superior California Citrus Exchange
Butte County Citrus Association
Thermalito
P. C. Drescher Association of
Palermo
Kern County Cotton Growers Warn of Mexican Labor Dependence
Alfred Harrell of The Bakersfield Californian warns Congress and the public that Kern county cotton is highly dependent on Mexican labor. He states about 85 percent of itinerant cotton workers in the county’s 28,000 acres come from Mexico and that a cutoff would threaten local cotton growers and agricultural interests.
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Kern County
Congress
Alfred Harrell
Bakersfield
Asparagus Planted On Houghton Farm Near Van Nuys
One hundred twenty six acres of asparagus has been planted on the S. O. Houghton place near Van Nuys and should be ready for harvest by the first of March. Work began in December with field preparation and seed stalks rolled into the soil. The crop will require constant cultivation with intermittent irrigation as shoots appear. Harvest runs from March to mid July, and Mr. Houghton also grows a large area of spinach.
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S. O. Houghton Place
van Nuys
Houghton
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