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r* »•*ENTRY BLANKn....w * ' ■ “ •* ‘ 9 ^ \ ' * , v ' ~ . ; • • » r * . .• •Potato Festival Queen ContestName: (Print)*i; I PhtL(Last Name) (First Name) (Middle Name)AddressPhone No .............................Age(Last Birthday)- . \Height.......................... Weight......................1 fffr. | '4.. 1 k V ’^7-*) ^ - ' « - » . . lt;• » ’ 1 V* . iI agree to abide by all contest rules, as published, or changed, and I agree to be present at such times and places as the Festival Committee may desire, prior to or during the festival. The information given above is correct and subject to verification.(Signed)(Full Length Photo Must Accompany This Entry Blank)(Don't Forget Closing Date—May 4)First Planting of New CottonStrain PlannedThe first official planting, away from experimental stations, of a new strain of cotton which may be superior to acala 4-42, will be made at the J. G. Boswell ranch, two miles south of Corcoran, it was announced yesterday.a* • A ' • * * * • *- • , • % _ • • 'mGeorge Harrison, plant breeder at the U: S. Department of Agriculture field station in Shafter,produced the improved strain which shows still greater tensile strength, is resistant to verticllium wilt and still seems to restrain, which Harrison also developed.About two acres of the new strain will be seeded on the Boswell ranch, which w as selected for the test because it can be isolated from other cotton fields, in order to produce a true strain.LAS VEGAShv theProgram Planned May 5 Following Kern Home Tour. -y _ ... .■ - . - -» ■ i.1# j—p| lt;• ^ ‘A review of fashions through the years will feature the afternoon program following the Kern County homes tour to be held in the Shafter area on May 5. Miss Dorothy Wilkinson, home demonstration agent, is arranging the itinerary and schedule for the tour which w»U be announced* V.' ' • ' v*later.I Miss Wilkinson would like to have women who own or can borrow a costume of by-gone days to plan on taking part in the fashion parade. It is understood that costumes will be shown beginning with the oldest ones, and continuing up to the present time which will be represented by some of the tailored garments and rayon dresses recently completed in the dressmaking classes.It is not obligatory, but it would be of great help in making plans, if women who can take part willt? E. Sturges 4361 or
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Shafter Press
Shafter, California, US
Tue, Apr 19, 1949
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