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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1928
Page
7
Navel oranges shipping from Redlands for the Christmas trade were under way with packing houses sending cars. Ideal weather with warm days and cold nights improved color and flavor. San Francisco moved to become wool marketing center for eleven Western states after actions by Chamber of Commerce industrial committees.
Harvesting at Mills Orchards Colusa County is in full swing with two cars of lemons shipped daily from Maxwell. Officials expect about 200 cars to be shipped this year. County fruit commands a premium above current market price, at eight to ten dollars per box.
Guy Lowe of the Woodville district began digging a sixty five acre tract of White Rose potatoes in late November. Estimates place yield at 175 to 225 sacks per acre. The crop was planted ninety days before harvest and tubers on display in Porterville weighed two to four pounds each.
Fumigation covered 6,590 acres in Riverside County targeting citricula and black scale. It included 565 groves with 560,206 trees, staffed by thirteen licensed fumigators and thirty crews. Total season cost reached $236,478.70, higher than 1926 due to rising HCN gas prices, yielding a cost per acre of $35.88 versus $28.80 previously.
About 100000 dollars worth of arkeys will be sent from Biggs before February 15, mainly to Los Angeles and San Francisco markets. Eight cars will be shipped by California Poultry Company of San Francisco carrying an estimated 200000 pounds of local turkeys. Prices run 38 and 39 cents per pound to the growers. A Stokes, a leading Biggs grower, expects to ship 20009 pounds this month.
Last week Merced-Stanislaus growers distributed about 42000 to late November pools, bringing season returns to 22000 per grower. Shipments of cellar stock continue through winter while 20 cars have left in 15 days. Western plains cattle and sheep move in to fatten, and lambing runs strong with top producer Joe P Lemon praising the season. California Farm Bureau Egg-Laying contest yields new production records as White Leghorns from Alberta Ranch Santa Cruz win November top light class with 181 eggs.
Gover nor Young signs Senate bill 709 easing the commercial weight fee. The measure creates a new schedule of fees and relieves motor vehicles under 3000 pounds from the weight fee, effective January 1, 1928.
Officials announce a new world record for potato production in Stockton from an acre of British Queen potatoes on the Frederick H. Rindge delta tract yielding 64 707 pounds and about 57044 sacks. The previous record was 62293 pounds held by Zuckerman Bros. and 61470 pounds in their first digging.
Heavy express shipments of dates egg plant and string beans left India for Los Angeles and eastern markets during November. Dates have been going out to all parts of the United States since early September and will continue until the next crop is harvested. A new cold storage plant by the Deglet Noor Date Growers Association makes year round marketing possible.
Estimates place Hemet Valley oranges at 60 percent of last year with picking starting after December 1. Quality and size are expected to improve, potentially yielding receipts near the 1926-27 season. Last season’s post harvest shipped 74,732 packed boxes in 161 cars, with Hemet Orange Growers Association handling 39,732 boxes and Little Lake Mutual Orange distributors 35,000 boxes.
O W Baker of Pentz California originator of a seedless lemon displayed at the Orange and Olive Exposition in Oroville. He described budding sweet seedling orange trees with a navel orange and Eureka lemon resulting in seedless lemons and later grafting to produce seedless navels. Baker notes seedless lemons limes and grapefruit in his orchard.
Patsy Barber endures a winter social whirl as Curt Averil returns to court Birdella Wiggins. The blue frock becomes a quiet symbol of longing and status amid envy at Jessie Warren's party. A note from Curt hints at a breakup, leaving Patsy to ponder if her family can keep the old dress presentable for the next social volley.
This ancient guide emphasizes early formation of preferences for simple wholesome foods for preschoolers. It urges mothers to regulate food habits, offer praise for success, and gently discourage refusal by withholding desserts. When refusals persist, disguise vegetables in tasty portions to appeal to the child’s esthetic sensibilities.
Thoreau observes autumn rain softening the landscape as clouds gather above a hillside and birds settle under thick foliage. He muses that rustic nature offers more sociable comfort than drawing room entertainments, inviting continued singing and simple pleasures in a tranquil setting.
A brief item from 1927 via Western Newspaper Union quotes a pithy line on laughter as proper for men, framed as a reflective note amid short, fragmentary text segments.
Practical kitchen guide detailing boiled fish with cheese cloth parboiling and Drawn Butter Sauce, then recipes for Spice Pudding Fish Souffle and Caper Sauce. Also offers ideas for cottage cheese lunches, wild fowl prep, venison mincemeat, cabbage salad with cream, Date Apple Onion Salad, Eclipse Sauce, and Baked Potatoes with butter and paprika.
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