California farm labor needs may rise despite mechanization
The Council of California Growers warns that labor needs on farms are not likely to shrink soon. In five to ten years, mechanized harvesters could cut field work, but new crops and acres may push total labor demand higher, with processing tomatoes already showing large shifts.
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California
Council of California Growers
O. W. Fillerup
Council
University of California At Davis
Wheel and tire stolen from bicycle on Central Valley Highway
Raymond Prado reported to police that a wheel and tire were taken from his bicycle located at 828 Central Valley Highway. The incident appears unadorned with further details or suspects at this time.
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Raymond Prado
Central Valley Highway
Walcott Seed Firm Wins Presidential E Award for Foreign Sales
San Mateo based H. W. Walcott & Company receives the Presidential E Award for outstanding expansion of foreign sales of U.S. farm products. The firm has tripled its certified California seed exports since 1965 and aids foreign agriculture with better seed and farming practices. The award, California’s only this year, honors the company’s role in boosting farm product exports and aiding the balance of payments. Orville Freeman and Alexander B. Trowbridge selected Walcott for the honor.
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San Mateo
U.S
California
H.W. Walcott & Company
Carl. Samuelson
Council of California Growers
Orville Freeman
Commerce
Alexander B. Trowbridge
Walcott Firm
Airplane pilots seen as farm hands in California rice work
The Council of California Growers argues pilots power the state's $80 million rice crop, planting 90 percent of 350000 acres and applying fertilizers and herbicides. Air sowing cuts labor from 600 to 1000 hours per acre in the Orient to eight hours in California, with major counties Colusa Sutter Butte Glenn Yolo Fresno.
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Sacramento
Council of California Growers
California
Rice Growers Association of California
Orient
Colusa
Sutter Butte
Glenn
Yolo
Fresno
Shafter Juniors Hear Horace Grisso On Shoplifting Costs
Horace Grisso spoke at the Shafter Junior Women’s Club meeting held at Mrs. Lorene Hill’s home. He discussed shoplifting costs to consumers and received a gift from club president Mrs. Collins Crosby. The gathering included Camp Fire program acts, music performances, and reports on club activities and fundraisers.
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Horace Grisso
Shafter
Lorene Hill
Grisso
Collins Crosby
Wa Ca Ka
Kim Handel
Susan Franklin
Judy Guenther
Melinda Fuller
Deanna Gorsching
Paula Rawson
Susan Channeson
Debbie Ratzlaff
Simon
Sound of Music
Wes Gorsching
Fendersons Rainbow Haven
the Haven
Crosby
Hill
Kenneth Handel
Sequoia District
BAVC
Robert Merz
Sequoia District Federation ‘Extension
Chaiman
Henry
Interesting Books At Shafter Library
The Shafter Branch Library adds new reads including Nigel Calder’s Eden Was No Garden and a visually rich tribute The Art of W C Fields by William Iverson. The Calder book surveys human survival themes from Earth to galaxies, while Fields’ films are chronicled with era highlights and portraits of the comedian’s ascent.
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Vival
Nigel Calder
Mie
Mr. Calder
Nigel Caler
Eden
W. C. Fields
William K. Everson
Shafter Branch
Fields
Chaplin
William Iverson
Mae West
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Buster Crabbe
Gracie Allen
Za Su Pitts
Shafter Valley Publications staff and rates listing
Publication details for Valley Publications Co with address in Shafter California. Editor Frank H Wisner and staff roles listed. Subscription rates shown five dollars in Kern County and five fifty outside Kern.
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Kern County
Kern
P. O. Box A
Shafter
Calif
Delano Lions Stage 25th Annual Ball Tournament
Valley baseball fans followed 30 games over three days as Delano hosts the 25th annual Lions Baseball tournament at Delano High School diamonds. Teams include Fresno, Delano, South, Porterville, Mt Whitney, McLane, North, Hanford, Roosevelt, Tulare Western, Arvin, Tulare, Redwood, and Bakersfield with a three day double elimination format.
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Valley Baseball
Sccs
Delano Lions
Delano High School
Fresno
Delano
South
Porterville
Mt. Whitney
Last
Mclane
North
Hanford
Roosevelt
Tulare Western
Arvin
Tulare
Redwood
Bakersfield
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Schnaidt's Best Buys
Golden West
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North Shafter
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Hector
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State St
Country O. K
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Finar
k&Tl
Mark Avenue
Plymouth
Rosedale
Central Avenue
King Lumber Co
Cadillac
Hofman Drive
Int & Prin
Ernie Hofman
Alvin Buller
James Street
Electrolux
J. B. Ball
Shaf
IP O
Box X
Priesos
Johnnie Schnidt
North Kern
Wasco
LNG
Shafter Road
Godey Road
Shafter Juniors
Shafter Library
Overseas Press Club of America
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de Gaulle
Gandhi
Hitler
Stalin
Pope Paul
George Bernard Shaw
Drivein
East Lerdo
Piaane Shafter
Johnson
Winona Johnson
Valley Publications Co
Act of Sones
Cal
Frank H. Wisner
Pat
Pauline Composition
Joan J
Paul Groves Commercial” Printer
Buttonwillow Times
Emil Frost
Church of Christ
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