California News Briefs Highlights from Toc/Modesto to Sacramento
California news briefs cover Rockefeller’s birthday penny gift to Mary Tomanek of Porterville, trout stocking at Don Pedro reservoir, a winged catlike creature risk to orchards, Kern county grape shipping limits, and highway contracts near Red Bluff. Also notes UC Berkeley lectures, military training stance, child rearing plans, fair opens in Novato, farming and dairy show plans, Delano crop yields, and state fiscal, police, and public health updates.
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Don Pedro
Modesto
Arthur Kingray
Topenish
Wapato
Washington
Joseph Grinnell
University of California Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
Asia
United States
Grinnell
State Highway Commission
San Francisco
Reeds Creek
Red Bluff
Tehama County
Black Rock
Blythe
Riverside County
W. W. Campbell
University of California
Alma Binzel
Miss Binzel
Henry H. Dixon
D. S
University of Dublin
Ireland
Delano
Institute of Public Health Nurses of California
Sol P. Elias
Lee Smith
Sacramento
W. W. Cross
184Th Infantry
Chico
John D. Hubbard
Petaluma
Faculty Club of
Davis
College of Agriculture
Delhi
F. R. Engle
San Francisco Bay
Lower California
G. W. Hendry
Division of Agronomy
University of California College of Agriculture
C. W. Mier
P. B. Cross
Deer Creek
State Division of Water Rights
Marin County
California
Farm Mechanics’ Museum
University Farm
Kern county potato shipments and Healdsburg packing update
Total potato shipments from Kern county are estimated at 650 cars with yields about 125 sacks per acre. Work has begun packing apples at the J. F. Miller and Song plant in Healdsburg while plum packing is near completion.
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Kern County
J. F. Miller
Healdsburg
Laytonville man ships four carloads of lambs to Indiana
Frank Clark of Laytonville Mendocino county has shipped four carloads of lambs to Indiana. The shipment consisted of fine young stock.
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Frank Clark
Laytonville
Mendocino County
Indiana
Grape Season Opens Early in Clovis Due to Warm Weather
The Clovis grape harvest begins nearly twenty days sooner than in past years as warm weather accelerates ripening. The first car departed Clovis on July 5 signaling an earlier start to shipments and market activity.
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Clovis
Cotton yields eyed as good squares set near Woodville
Cotton men report abundant squares forming on the crop around Woodville in Tulare County and all indications point to a favorable yield.
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Woodville
Tulare County
Tulare County Sees Abundant Hay Season Ahead
Tulare county reports a strong hay year with ample supplies. Officials say the season may be one of the best on record, signaling a favorable outlook for producers and markets alike.
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Tulare
Fumigation Starts Early in Riviera District
The horticultural inspector for Riviera says scale control began earlier than normal in the Whittier Riviera district with fumigation starting in July to curb the infestation.
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Whittier-Riviera
Riviera
First carload of green pears ships from Hayward warehous
The Farm Products Sales company shipped the season’s first carload of green pears from Hayward to eastern markets. The move marks the start of the fruit’s outbound season, signaling new sales opportunities for growers and distributors.
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Hayward
Farm Products Sales Companyy
Atlas Vineyard Near Woodville Plans Peach Harvest
The Atlas Vineyard company in Tulare county near Woodville begins harvest of eighty acres of peaches. Manager Ben H. Clark has arranged to deliver the crop to a Tulare cannery and expects about 8 000 tons of fruit this season.
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Atlas Vineyard Company
Woodville
Tulare County
Ben H. Clark
Tulare
Fontana Grape Growers Forecast Big Harvest
Fontana district directors of the Grape Growers Exchange predict a yield double last year from 5000 irrigated acres of vineyards. The vines show excellent promise though many are young.
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Fontana
Fontana Grape Growers’ Exchange
California Dairy Fat Use Report Notes Butter Share
California Dairy Products 1925 figures from the Department of Agriculture show 48 percent of California milk fat produced last year, from a total of 125 million pounds, went into butter manufacture.
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California
California Department of Agriculture
Grass Valley considers pine beetle pest control district
Grass Valley Nevada county board of supervisors faces a push from many landowners to form a pest control district to combat the pine beetle. Action is expected at an early meeting to address the threat and implement drastic measures.
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California
California Department of Agriculture
Modoc
Modoc County
Board of Supervisors
Grass Valley
Nevada County
Orland Apricot Growers Sell 100 Tons to Libby Firms
Orland-area apricot growers through their associations sold Libby McNeill and Libby 100 tons of fresh fruit and shipped over 45 tons more. Many large growers are drying their crop while prices for both dried and fresh fruit are delivering good profits.
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Orland Apricot
Libby, McNeill and
Libby
County starts strawberry test plot inspection
Agricultural students begin inspecting strawberry test plots led by M J Moniz county strawberry contest leader and Er nest Kowalter strawberry grower of Sebastopol. Philip Becklund county agricultural teacher assists students in arranging the beds.
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M. J. Moniz
Ernest Kowalter
Sebastopol
Philip Becklund
Tehama County Peach Market Reaches Record Price
Henry A. Preusser of Red Bluff has contracted 500 tons of dried peaches at 120 cents per pound, a record price for Tehama county growers. The rate is half a cent above last year’s top, pleasing orchardists over the favorable market turn for dried fruit.
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Henry A. Preusser
Red Bluff
Tehama County
Hewitt Hog Ranch A Fresno County Leader In Easton
R A Hewitt owns one of Fresno county s largest hog ranches at Easton. He has been in hog business for twenty years and currently cares for 150 hogs aged from three months to two and a half years.
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John C. Merriam
Carnegie Institute of Washington
D. C
California
University of California
University Museum of Paleontology
Carnegie Foundation
Fresno County
R. A. Hewitt
Easton
Hewitt
Farmer Plants Lady Bird Beetles to Fight Bean Aphis
A. D. Goodwin of Manteca San Joaquin County planted five sacks of lady bird beetles in his bean field to combat aphids that threaten his crop this year. The experiment aims to use natural predators to reduce aphid damage and protect bean plants.
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A. D. Goodwin
Manteca
San Joaquin County
California county and state fairs list by dates
A digest of California fairs across counties and the state fair with locations and scheduled dates from August through December. Highlights include Marin Novato Hilmar Merced Sacramento Santa Ana Modesto Red Bluff Ventura Susanville Orland San Diego Tulare River stide Chowchilla Fresno Pomona Shasta Santa Cruz Oroville Brawley and others with multi day spans and overlapping weeks.
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Novato
Hilmar
Merced
Sacramento
Santa Ana
Stanislaus County
Modesto Forbert
Tehama County
Red Bluff
Ventura
Susanville
Glenn County
Orland
San Diego
Tulare
Southern California
Riverstide
Madera
Chowchilla
Fresno
Angeles
Pomona
Shasta
Anderson— Setember
Santa Cruz County
Santa Cruz
Oroville
Brawley
Fruit prospects look bright in Vic torville district orchards
Apple and pear orchards in the Vic torville district show strong fruiting with good quality expected. Hale peaches abundant and prices noted at 120 dollars a ton. Jonathan apples from Apple Valley last year sold at 200 dollars per ton. De licious similar. Littlerock pear grades fetched the same as pears. Buyers from Los Angeles commission houses are on the ground negotiating, with high season prices anticipated despite external rates.
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Victorville
Los Angeles Commission
Apple Valley
Littlerock
Liming Experiments At University Of California College
P L Hubbard associate chemist at the UC Berkeley experiment station reports on soil liming. Copies of Circular 805 are available from University of California Berkeley, covering all liming questions and sources for best and cheapest lime.
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P. L. Hubbard
University of California College of Agriculture
University of California At Berkeley
Rice Irrigation Woes Hit Yolo County Rice Fields
Woodland and Yolo county residents report two weeks of continued cool nights slowing rice growth. Farmers say hot days and warm nights are needed to mature 22,000 acres across various sections, while chilly irrigation water retards nighttime growth.
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Woodland
Yolo County
Harvesting Sugar Beets Set for Late August Start
Union Sugar company plans to start harvesting Santa Barbara county's 7500 acre sugar beet crop in late August. The Betteravia factory will open for the fall run on September 1. Four thousand three hundred acres are in Santa Maria valley with the rest in Lompoc and Los Alamos districts. Beet tests show high sugar content this season.
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Santa Barbara
Union Sugar Company
Betteravia
Santa Maria Valley
Lompoc
Los Alamos
Mint oil distillation begins in Woodville district plantings
The first distillation of mint from Woodville district plantings has started. Last year the mint industry began as an experiment and this season several ranchers have plots. The oil, high in menthol, is used for medicinal products such as cough drops and ointments.
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Woodville
Disease Study Reports New Foulbrood Treatments
American foulbrood, the bee disease causing losses to beekeepers, studied by G H Vansell of UC Davis. Circular No 307 with treatment methods is available free from the College of Agriculture at Berkeley.
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G. H. Vansell
University of California Agricultural Experiment Station
Davis
College of Agriculture
Berkeley
Redding Girl Declines Hollywood Offer for School
Miss Adair Abernathy, a 14-year-old from Redding in Shasta county, has been offered a year's contract at 15 dollars per day plus expenses by a Hollywood film company but has refused to leave school to pursue the opportunity.
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Redding
Shasta County
Adair Abernathy
Evaporated Apple Market Lively in Sebastopol Field
The evaporated apple market has started with vim. All the driers in the Sebastopol district, Sonoma county, are in operation and buyers are in the field contracting for cash deliveries. Prices range from 8 and 10 cents per pound for sliced stock to quarters.
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Sebastopol
Sonoma County
Walnut Tree Demonstrations by UC Specialist near Concord
Demonstrations for developing English walnut trees and care of young trees were given by W H Hooper University of California walnut specialist on two ranches near Concord a short time ago.
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W. H. Hooper
University of California
Concord
The Kitchen Cabinet Verse Reflections On Inward Beauty
A brief excerpt from The Kitchen Cabinet extols joy in small moments and inner beauty. It reflects on how outward beauty is unseen by those lacking inward grace and suggests appreciation comes from within.
Orange Cakes and Desserts From a Vintage Tea Menu
A collection of old fashioned desserts and teas with recipes for Orange Cakes Maple Cookies Cheese Balls Cheese Salad Peach Sherbet Duchess Cream and various sherbets and desserts. Includes practical notes on serving and digestion and a mint sherbet to accompany roasted lamb.
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John D. Rockefeller
Mary Tomanek
Porterville
Rockefeller
H. W. Mellen
Fresh Fruit Committee
Kern County Farm Bureau
Bureau
Mellen
Farm Bureau
Wasco and
Shafter Ranches
Delano District
Ed S. Ball
Sonoma-Marin County
Valley Ford
Suisun Board of Trustees
Reams Post
American Legion
Legion
Western Newspaper Union
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