California farm notes on crop damage and livestock moves
Bees drowned by heat in Fresno county as honey melted. Pineapple trials from Hawaii to Oroville under chamber of commerce. Oklahoma pigs bred for ten litters by John Johns of Quinlan. Campbell and Dwyer sheep in Colusa die after grazing sprayed grass. 27 Guernsey prize cattle from Boston arrive in Los Angeles. French harp players to contest at state expo with dates later. Canteloupe crop delayed in Turlock and San Joaquin valley markets. State fair to host old time tiddlers and harmonica contest. Prune damage under survey by California department of agriculture. Arthur K. Lee sells Sonoma stock ranch to Brooks brothers. influx of eastern and southern buyers.
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Arthur KK. Lee
Geyserville
Sonoma County
Brooks Brothers
Alexander Valley
Canadian Wheat Crop Final Estimate For 1924
The final estimate of the Canadian wheat crop is 262,606,000 bushels, 212,000,000 bushels less than 1923. Exports will be about half of last year. The Southern Pacific added two extra freight trains on the Knights Landing branch between Sacramento and Marysville to handle the summer crop.
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Southern Pacific Company
Knights Landing
Sacramento
Marysville
Kelly pool hall uses Standard electric water heater
In the Kelly Pool Hall a Standard electric water heater provides hot showers and bath water. Kelly praises it as better than expected and perfect for their needs. Dick Young at the adjacent barber shop confirms the Standard delivers ample steaming hot water, urging readers to see Tiernan for prices.
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Kelly
Dick Young
Kelly Pool Hall
Tiernan
Kellogg plans California home and stables for Arabian horses
W K Kellogg of Battle Creek intends to make his future home in California. He bought a ranch on the southern California highway between Paloma and Glendale to build a magnificent house and costly stables for his Arabian horses. Dr Elwood Mead, ex-head of rural institutions and now reclamation commissioner, was named to a commission to cooperate with Mexican representatives on equitable Rio Grande water use below Fort Quitman Texas. California’s 1925 cotton acreage totals 163,950 acres with Imperial Kern Riverside Tulare Fresno and other counties listed. Homesteaders took up 27,505 acres in the coast and San Joaquin valleys. on hand 865,000 acres remain surveyed across 22 counties.
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W. Kk. Kellogg
Battle Creek, Mich
California
Paloma
Glendale
Elwood Mead
Division of Rural Institutions
Bureau of Reclamation
United States of Mexico
Rio Grande
Fort Quitman
Texas
Imperial
Kern
Riverside
Tulare
Fresno
Kings
Madera
Merced
Colusa
Butte
Sutter
Glenn
Stanislaus
Yuba
Coast
San Joaquin Valley
Mendocino
Santa Barbara
Land Offices
Uut
California small fruit demand boosts east shipments
East buyers drove a 50 percent surge in California small fruit shipments, delivering growers a rich harvest. Net returns averaged 2.11 per crate for the season, up from 1.70 in 1924, with car lots reaching 2.69 and less than carload shipments peaking at 3.59. The season ended June 22 after a run that began May 7.
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California
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Billy Anderson
Anderson
Los Angeles
Bakersfield
Mojave
Packard
S. LP
Randsburg
Gal
New
Henderson
Floyd Marvin
Desertaire Sanatorium
Mrs
Buel A. Funk
Daggett, California
Standard Oil Company
Fresno County
Hawaii
Oroville
Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma
John Johns
Quinlan
Okla
Campbell & Dwyer
Boston
Turlock
California Department of Agriculture
Wycotts
Hurtis Floral
San Bernardino County
St. San Bernardino
The
San Bernardino Valley Bank of
San Bernardino, Calif
Barstow
Bank Act
State of
State OF California
San Bernardin
Thomson
San Bernardino Valley Bank
J. R Thomson
Ray F. O’brien
Said
Sam Bernardino Valley Bank
the Barstow
Los
Angeles
Los Angeles Mar
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