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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1938
Page
3
Chairman Roy Woolcomes of the board of supervisors visited Shafter on Tuesday and introduced the newly elected member, along with several Shafter business men.
A narrative poem where a city woman dreams of the western lands and a young man named Brown lures her toward a Double Cross ranch. She imagines prairies and rivers, while he promises a serene life among trees, a singing brook, and a loving partnership as they head toward an imagined frontier romance.
Members of the American Legion Auxiliary plan a Christmas social at American Legion hall hosted by Mrs. Taylor Tabb with W. W. Tannahill and P. C. Guenther as hostesses. Gift exchanges capped at 25 cents, and Christmas relief parcels for locals will be prepared. The regular Auxiliary meeting scheduled for Tuesday was postponed.
Chief of Police Murray Arnold and his wife were feted at a Glendale afternoon reception marking their first wedding anniversary hosted by Dr and Mrs Sievers. Guests included Mrs Hare and Mrs Arnold’s relatives from Shafter Lebec and Bakersfield. The event featured a large wedding cake and floral room decorations.
Survey shows farm products now sell for about 51 percent of the July 1924–June 1929 level and roughly 80 percent of the July 1910–June 1915 level. Figures come from a mid November tabulation by the Bureau of Economics, United States Department of Agriculture.
Members of the Rio Bravo 4 H club met at the Rio area venue for a Christmas social with games and gift exchanges. A brief business session led by Robert Curtis discussed farm project reports and scheduled an executive meeting after the new year to plan the year ahead. Refreshments were served to a long list of members and leaders including Mrs. F J Schierlmann and Carl Haag.
Dr. L. D. Doneen of the University of California advises that avoiding wilting before and during harvest increases yield and sugar per acre. He notes California growers typically withhold irrigation for about a month before harvest, a practice he says should be reconsidered to prevent wilting.
Studies conducted for the Agriculture campus at Davis show that when the beet plant wilts the yield percentage decreases and there may be an increase in weed content.
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