Graves Returns to County After National Farm Bureau Trip
Curtis Graves a Buttonwillow cotton farmer returns from a week in Washington D C with Kern County Farm Bureau delegates. He joined eight California delegates touring with the Western farm group visiting Agriculture Secretary Benson and lawmakers. The entourage discussed USDA programs, marketing problems, and a proposed model market place with potential annual savings of four million dollars. Graves is Kern County Farm Bureau membership chairman and vice president.
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Graves
Fter National Farm Bureau
Curtis. Graves
Washington, D.C
Kern County Farm Bureau
California and
American Farm Bureau
Kern County
California
Los Angeles
Mike Lyman
Denver
Washington
Agriculture
Ezra Benson
Capitol
Western Farm
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Benson
Farm Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Department
Con
Farm
Buttonwillow
Students View Kern Farmlands
Shafter High School biology students studied soil erosion and conservation on Kern county farms. The 135 students examined soils in West Lerdo and Cawelo, observed irrigation projects and the Friant Kern canal, and built a model farming area during a half day field study following classroom work on farming methods and plant growth. A mild January with a 47 degree mean was reported by the San Joaquin Experimental Range in Madera County.
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Kern County
Shafter High School
West Lerdo
Cawelo
Friant-Kern
San Joaquin
Madera County
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