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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1945
Page
7
California has surpassed Indiana to lead the nation in tomato production with an estimated 160000 acres, 127000 for canning and 33000 for fresh market. Last year processed nearly one million tons, with this year expected to match last year's yield but 4 percent below the 1944 acreage record.
The Department of Commerce will release about 10 800 used airplane tires to tire distributors for sale to farmers. The tires can fit on hay loaders tractors plows and farm trailers. Retail dealers and distributors, not farmers, will receive the tires with extended credit for payments.
Prospects are good for a good grape crop with Thompson seedless harvest begun in Kern county and table varieties starting in other Southern California counties. Early peaches and apricot picking have begun or completed. July high temps cut dried fruit supply and may limit large yields. Tomatoes harvest has started with light expected yields. Potatoes green beans corn cauliflower celery and winter crops show strong activity across Southern California. Sot ton weather in July favored crops and grain yields may match 1944 despite lower meat ration points. Beef demand remains strong and livestock values stay high.
The Shafter Press highlights how California counties got their names with a list of origins. Placer, from placer mining and Plaza del Oro, and Plumas from Feather River meaning feathers, Riverside from Santa Ana River, Sacramento from the Sacramento River linked to holy sacrament, and San Benito from San Benito Creek named after St. Benedict.
The Truckee river was formerly known as the Salmon Trout river. This historical note records the old name and clarifies the river’s identity.
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