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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1926
Page
2
San Diego motorman Charles Brady reports improved health after six weeks on Tanlac. He suffered irregular hours and meals, indigestion and fatigue, losing weight and energy before restoring appetite and strength. Brady, a resident at 4628 Georgia Street, credits the tonic with rebuilding his vigor and digestion.
A succinct adage notes that true greatness is not measured by neighborly opinion but by enduring character and deeds. It emphasizes self-worth independent of local praise or gossip, urging personal integrity as the lasting standard of greatness.
The advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap as boosting razor efficiency while promoting skin purity comfort and health. It claims no mug or slimy soap, no germs or irritation even with twice daily shaving and notes the soap is suitable for shaving bathing and shampooing.
State statistician E. E. Kaufman estimates California will harvest 5,068 tons of tame hay in 1926 from 981,000 acres of alfalfa at four tons per acre, 616,000 acres of grain hay at 1.6 tons, and 105,000 acres of miscellaneous tame at 1.5 tons. Pasture condition runs 82 percent of normal, cattle 90 percent, sheep 91 percent, with eleven counties at 85 percent or better. Potato digging starts in Bloomfield district near Petaluma.
A. W. Farrall of the University of California division of Agricultural Engineering notes the electric dairy sterilizer has grown common in two years. It produces no odor, runs silently, can be controlled by a switch, and operates at low cost, aiding dairy farmers with cleaner conditions and reduced labor.
The Sebastopol Apple Growers union posted final receipts of 541 cents per packed box for fancy grade Gravensteins and 36 cents for C grade. As the county’s largest cooperative, it shipped about 450 cars of the 1,600-car county output, with Sonoma county shipping 1.3 million boxes of Gravensteins this year.
Dr. J. T. Barrett and C. O. Smith at the Riverside Experiment station report experiments on crown rot in walnut trees. Findings suggest black walnut root stocks are more susceptible than English walnuts and that the cure lies in exposing diseased bark at the root and painting with a sterilizing solution like Bordeaux paste.
Growers in Sonoma County push to unite the Gravenstein apple industry under a single cooperative. Large county firms have formed committees to draft plans for unifying marketing units and securing better returns for the apple crop.
Five year experiment by Professor L. D. Batchelor and Gordon J. Surr from the College of Agriculture explores the causes of low production and vitality loss in citrus trees. The research, done at Lemon Cove and near Porterville in adobe soils, was requested by Tulare County growers and published as a bulletin.
Four extension schools for Citrus growers will be held in central and southern California this fall per Dean E. D. Merrill. Three one week sessions happen in Porterville Riverside and Orange county with a three day school at Ontario. Farm advisors in each county will handle registration and information.
Plans are under way for a Valencia orange show and a pioneer homecoming at Visalia during the week of April 26, 1927. Tulare county orange acreage has grown, and summer fruit production is large enough to merit an annual citrus show locally.
Farmers from Geyserville shipping ped grapes east late in the season report good prices with Alicantes at 75 to 80 dollars per ton and Car rignanes at 60 dollars.
A 2000 rise in sheep numbers over last year is reported across Mendocino territory from Hardin ranch to Humboldt county line and Eel River to Branscomb. The herd now totals 10000, a growth found via biological survey work.
Butte county reports rapid harvesting of a high quality rice crop. Warehouses in Durham Biggs Richvale and Nelson fill quickly as producers predict the largest and finest harvest in the industry’s history for the county.
The extension school for citrus growers at Porterville, run by the division of subtropical horticulture and agricultural extension service of the University of California, in cooperation with Tulare County Farm Bureau, drew more than 100 growers and others interested in the citrus industry.
L. W. Flaharty University of California extension specialist says the university type hen house suits California conditions. He cites labor saving design, southern exposure, and good ventilation as key factors in its success.
The University of California at Davis began a selective breeding project on twelve acres of beets to develop a sugar beet strain resistant to leaf hopper attacks, aiming to protect the state sugar sheet crop.
An unusually high average cotton production is reported for Carl Melcher’s ranch near McFarland. A quarter section in Acala yielded a bale and a half per acre on a ton basis, while portions of the land already surveyed produced two bales per acre.
Newcastle fruit men store a large quantity of Winter Nelis pears in the east awaiting a higher price for the Thanksgiving market. Experiments show the pears keep well and the extra price during the holiday period should more than cover storage costs on ice.
Speaking before the nurserymen's convention in Ontario G H Hecke director of the California Department of Agriculture urged greater cooperation between nurserymen and horticultural officials to foster mutual understanding and reduce problems in shipping nursery stock.
Manager Robert E. Jones returns from Pomona and Riverside fairs with plans to enter many leading Southland herds, boosting Southern California’s presence at the Pacific Slope Daily Show set for Oakland from November 13 to 20.
The College of Agriculture UC dairy teams returned from the National Dairy Exposition in Detroit with four top placements. The dairy cattle squad won Ayrshire judging and placed eleventh overall. The dairy products team finished fourth and ranked second in ice cream judging.
The Lindsay Ripe Olive company reports last year’s small olives stored in storage vats endured a hot summer well and the crop canning is underway. Storage overcapacity could cut costs in future overproduction years while this year’s crop is small but predominantly large olives.
A short poem attributed to W. P. Eaton appears in an ASCI Crie Ny 1926 item from the Western Newspaper Union. The verses describe vivid natural imagery including a pearl pink east above a summer sea and a cold green sunset over snow swayed fields.
A nostalgic guide to comforting evening meals with ready to serve soups, simple salads like dates and cottage cheese, and light dishes. It includes recipes for pea soup, old chicken, sweetbreads and mushrooms, imperial salad, and watercress garnish for lamb chops, plus tips on cocoa and milk toast as filling options.
A stream of grateful letters extoll Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for helping women recover health and strength. Subscribers from Michigan Alaska Maine Oregon Connecticut and California report improved energy, ability to work, and overall wellness after use.
An old classified style ad promotes Green's August Flower with claims of aiding health for sixty years. It cites a humorous exchange about marriage and wealth and lists price points of 30 cents and 96 cents per bottle. The ad directs readers to druggists and to write to G. G. Green, Inc., Woodbury, New Jersey.
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