Rice farming expansion eyed in Northern California
B L Adams president of the California Rice Growers association and Chico area grower says next summer will see more rice acreage in Butte county and in the San Joaquin valley. He notes last year’s crop largely sold to markets in Japan for favorable prices and totals $3 million in Butte and $12 million in the valley with Taurusa Tulare county also expanding grain farming.
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Butte County
B. L. Adams
California Rice Growers’ Association
Chico
Adams
Orient
Japan
California
Sacramento Valley
San Joaquin Valley
Grafting Chestnut to Oak Bears Fruit in Amador City
Amador City researchers report William J. Lane grafted chestnut onto a white oak, yielding chestnuts for two years. The graft reduces the bitter skin and the oak imparts hardiness. Neighbor John Cassella copied the method, grafting chestnut to a live oak and also getting chestnuts.
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Amador City
William J. Lane
Lane
John Cassella
Drainage Troubles Hit Tulare Citrus Sections
Foothill ranchers in Tulare County report sickly trees this winter as root zones show standing water in shallow pools. Investigations find rock strata causing uneven drainage along tree rows with some trees near a reservoir. Blasting has been used to drain water and results are being tabulated.
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Tulare County
Chino California Junior Republic plans farm expansion
The board of directors approved enlarging the dairy from 28 to 40 milking cows based on a campus survey at the California Junior Republic in Chino. Four Holstein lines will be kept, other strains culled. Baby beef, hog, and sheep sections to grow, poultry capacity to reach 2,000 hens, four more acres to be added to the fruit orchard with new peach and apricot trees for fresh and dried fruit.
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California Junior Republic
Chino
Canned fruit packs rise and fall by year in early 20s
Last year the cling peach pack reached 13,654,758 cases, up 47 percent from the prior year. Apricots totaled 3,390,418 cases, up 54 percent, while freestone peaches dropped 32 percent to 817,319 cases. Cherries led increases at 136 percent with 526,620 cases, and plums rose 28 percent to 228,750 cases. Annual totals show 15,477,865 cases in 1922, 11,361,536 in 1923, 10,362,988 in 1924, and 15,631,852 in 1925.
Rubber shrub trial to start on Reimers ranch five acres
H R Hastings of Salinas said the Intercontinental Rubber Company will begin planting guayale shrubs on a five acre tract of the Reimers ranch near Artois in Glenn county to test soil and climate adaptability. Young plants are en route from Salinas nurseries and planting will start after Arbuckle area is planted.
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Reimers
Growth in Imperial Valley Pastures Boosts Sheep Numbers
More sheep are being pastured in the Imperial valley than ever before. The estimated total is 200,000 head, with about half in the northern end near Calipatria. Feeders are kept on pasture due to a dull sheep market, and about 40,000 head of feeder cattle are in the valley.
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Imperial Valley
Calipatria
Dairy Express to Los Angeles Boosted by Tipton Creamery
The Southern Pacific Railway runs a dairy express from Tipton Tulare and nearby cities to Los Angeles. An Los Angeles ice cream company plans a Tipton creamery costing 150000 dollars, expected to ship at least one car of milk and cream daily once finished.
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Southern Pacific Railway
Los Angeles
Tipton
Tulare
San Diego County Beans Production in 1926
Local growers reported 65,000 sacks of beans produced in 1926 with 5,000 blackeyes, 5,000 baby limas, and 55,000 regular limas. The crop was generally normal and prices fair. Oceanside district led shipments.
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San Diego County
Oceanside
California Grapes Lead U S Supply Year Round Claim
California produces more than ninety percent of all grapes grown in the United States and, through standardized packing of out of state shipments, can supply this fruit on the American dinner table for ten months of the year, according to the state department of agriculture.
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California
United States
State Department of Agriculture
Frost point temperatures for citrus identified
Redlands reports the government frost protection service fixed freezing points for navel oranges at 27 degrees when ripe and 28 degrees when green, while Valencias begin to freeze at 29 degrees. Accurate temperature checks could save citrus growers significant oil costs.
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Redlands
Frost Protection Service
Walnut cooling moth control meetings held in Ventura county
January demonstration meetings discussed control methods for walnut cooling moths. Entomologist Stanley Flanders of the Saticoy Walnut Growers Association described lead arsenate dusting hand picking sack and tray sterilization trapping in dehydration plants and banding tree trunks.
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Ventura County
Stanley Flanders
Saticoy Walnut Growers Association
Crittenden Proposes Agriculture Commission to Study Problems
Assemblyman Bradford S. Crittenden of Tracy introduced a bill in the first half of the session to appoint a commission. The panel would investigate California farmers economic issues and report to the next legislative session.
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California
Bradford S. Crittenden
Tracy
San Joaquin County
Pomona Valley Fruit Packing Busy As Shipments Rise
Pomona packing houses handle 156 cars of oranges and 15 cars of lemons for the week ending January 29. The orange crop is reported unusually good in quality with the peak season nearly at hand.
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Pomona Valley
Pomona
Orange County citrus growers start orchard efficiency study
Beginning the first of the year, 120 citrus growers in Orange county began a study of orchard efficiency per a report from the agricultural extension service. Last year forty growers completed records in a similar course designed to analyze production costs. The project aims to show each operation’s actual cost and allow comparison with high producing units in the county.
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Orange County
Agricultural Extension Service
Dinuba raisin growers to receive big share ofSun Maid payout
Dinuba district raisin growers will get a generous portion of the payment on old notes from Sun Maid. Early estimates suggest at least 200000 dollars and possibly up to 400000 dollars of the 5500000 dollars to be paid to Dinuba. Officials say a precise check is underway in organization offices to prepare mailing, with some checks expected to go out within days.
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Dinuba
Sun Maid
Mary Beedle
Nevada City
England
John Leininger
Chico
Plains
Pennsylvania
John D. Lee
Yolo County
August Hucke
Zamora
Valencia
Owensmouth
San Fernando Valley
Municipal Water Works
Calistoga
Napa County
Berry Street
California
Truckee
Lake Tahoe
State Highway Commission
U. S. Forest
J. Graves
Sylvan
Placer County
B. F. Lang
Maine Street
Sacramento Northern Electric Railroad
Butte County
First
Main
Almond grower Dopkins expands harvest in Arbuckle belt
H. H. Dopkins, owner of the region's largest almond orchard, financed a $9,000 irrigation system with proceeds from a 30 ton almond surplus. He harvested 90 tons from 180 acres last year and, with full irrigation next season, expects crops over 100 tons.
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H. H. Dopkins
Dopkins
California News Briefs Highlights 1927 Growth Across Communities
The Fontana area saw fifty one new homes and over twenty poultry plants start in January 1927, matching a record 1926. Bay area militia per 1000 rises with San Francisco at 1.5 and Livermore at 21, while Maxwell tops the state with 22 guardsmen per 500. Nationwide building permits total 11,004 valued at 33.35 million across 97 Pacific cities, signaling constrained activity.
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Fontana
Junior
Union High School
San Francisco Bay District
Los Angeles
National Guard
Sacramento
Bay Cities
San Francisco
Oakland
Berkeley
Hayward
Salinas
Gilroy
Livermore
Maxwell
Colusa County
Pacific Coast Area
National Monthly
Doings of the Legislature Aid Veterans in California
Sacramento reports the upcoming second session will consider measures to aid World War I veterans. Proposals include state loans of 5000 for homes and 7500 for farms with optional 2500 personal funds, plus state advisory help and farm training. Extends benefits to veterans who moved to California after the war, not just those who enlisted here.
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Sacramento
California
American Legion
State controls on brokers widen government reach
The article notes broad legislative trends centering state power, aiming to broaden state oversight over business and finance. It highlights brokers and banks under state superintendent of banks, aiming to boost investor protection beyond the Blue Sky Law by regulating those who sell securities.
Southern state fair plan foiled by budget limits
Los Angeles presses for a southern state fair to house exhibits, as the state pursues an economical program. Critics warn the project would split exhibits between Sacramento and the south, risking vetoes and large appropriations unlikely to pass.
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Los Angeles
Tehachapi
Sacramento
Labor Bills and Open Shop Clash Forewarned
Unions push many measures from workmen compensation to worker time records for women in the state. Bills will face heated debates as supporters of the open shop oppose extending controls. A broad plan would require employers of women to keep daily records of names and hours for inspection to reinforce the Women's Right Hour Law.
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Friends of the
Measure bars public corporations from political campaigning
A proposed bill would forbid public utility corporations from taking part in elections or voting on referendums initiatives or constitutional amendments. If enacted no such corporation could issue pamphlets hire speakers or advertise in newspapers for its political side. All discussion would be limited to opposition.
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Public Utility Corporation
Session members expect debates to run into May
Report notes that while gathering for the session attendees do not foresee a short meeting. It is widely said April debates will continue in progress and may extend into the following month.
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Capay Valley
Otto Hornlein
Hornlein
Southern California Edison Company
Porterville
A. W. Frost
R. H. Ballard
Edison Company
State Mining Bureau
State Department of Natural Resources
Kern
Mother Lode
San Bernardino
American Mining Congress
College of the Pacific
Stockton
Arthur H. Breed
Sacramento Chamber of Commerce
Helen Heffernan
Miss Effernan
Merced
Santa Cruz
Casa del ‘Rey
Pasadena Board of Education
Woodrow Wilson School
Pasadena
Arbuckle
Monterey
San Benito
Watsonville
Cobb
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Henry G. W. Dinkelspiel
Cleveland
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