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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1949
Page
6
At home for the holiday season are Betty Isaac Leola Engle Elsie Brown Roberta Kruger and Evelyn Warkentine from the Pacific Bible Institute in Fresno.
The Mettler and Sons operation in Shafter runs full time with offices and sheds for seed potato production. Potatoes are harvested in July and August from Santa Maria area seed, graded as red tag 85 percent No 1 or blue tag 100 percent No 1, and shipped by truck and rail after careful inspection. Modern irrigation, automatic graders, and conveyors reduce bruising and allow seed potatoes to be certified and packed for market or seed use with state inspectors ensuring compliance.
In the San Joaquin Valley, cotton producing counties approved the revival of prewar marketing quotas for the 1950 crop. The valleywide tally was 4140 in favor and 477 against, with USDA officials noting 89 percent of California cotton growers voting in support.
The statewide tally favors re establishment with 4,167 to 480. Official returns from 11 cotton producing counties show Kern 928 152 Fresno 1 039 68 Tulare 1 270 128 Kings 390 50 Madera 388 69 Merced 123 10 Stanislaus 2 0 San Benito 2 0 Imperial 3 0 Riverside 21 3 San Bernardino 1 0. Begin The New Year With A New Life Evangelistic Crusade January 3 13 First Baptist Church 289 E Lerdo.
A government stockpile report highlights vast federal stores of food and farm products. The U S holds 230 million pounds dried milk, 95 million pounds butter, 22 million pounds cheddar cheese in Wisconsin, 64 million pounds dried eggs, 172 million bushels of what, 83 million bushels corn with 300 million more expected, 3 750 000 bales cotton, and 35 million pounds Mexican canned meat bought under a federal deal tied to hoof and mouth disease.
Claude R. Blodget chairman of Kern County Local Board No 79 says the Selective Service Act of 1948 stays in effect until June 24 1950 and all men ages 18 to 26 must register. Men reach 18 must register within five days after their birthday. Failure to register is a violation with grave penalties.
Taxable property value in Kern County rises 79.1 percent from 1941-42 to 1949-50 reaching 521.6 million. Assessed value this year up 11.9 percent from last year to 466.1 million, with statewide property assessments up 80 percent since 1941-42 and California total taxable value at 13.23 billion versus 7.35 billion in 1941-41.
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