Sweet Potato Crop Gains In Popularity Locally
Local farmer L. D. Scott near Shafter leads a push to expand sweet potato farming. He describes bed setup with hot-water pipes, sand layers, early February planting, careful irrigation, and muslin coverings. Plant spacing, stand targets, and replanting rules aim for 65 percent stand. harvesting relies on careful digging to avoid skin damage. Costs run about $100 per acre, with notes on yam versus sweet potato origins and rare flowering in his six years of practice.
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Local notices and social notes in Bakersfield area
Miss Martha Tracy has been ill at her Wildwood home while Mrs. Martha Rowlee spends the summer with her daughter in Bakersfield. Louie Tarsus, once a Warren Stockton farmer, visited old neighbors and brought news of thirty pounds of fine potatoes. A Cecil ae yearling filly injured itself fatally while playing, with a prior stock accident noted. Thelma Henry visited old friends including the Tracy, Asford, and Sanders families. Robt O Sanders returned from vacation visits to Santa Rosa and Sonoma and resumed work in Taft. Mrs. Phillips and family traveled with the Sanders party and will visit near Me. fhittrick for a while. J. H. Sanders and wife hosted a dinner with relatives. Wilburn Jacks visits from Pasadena and contemplates a San Joaquin valley location. Jacks is an expert gardener. Weather around Bakersfield remains cool enough to require sweaters after sundown. Carl Jackson reports a valuable horse lost to Kern county disease.
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George Taylor
Bakersfield
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Warren Stockton
Louiie
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Elizabeth Lewis
Tracy
Asford
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Robt. O. Sanders
Phillips
Thompson
Santa Rosa
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Taft
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J. P. Sandes
Norma
Oliver
Sanders
Arthur Et
Fhittrick
Philips
Shafter
Painter Place
Wilburn Jacks
Pasa
Dena
Mr. Jacks
San Joaquin Valley
Carl Jackson
Kern County
Community Movers And Local Socials In Buttonwillow
The Phil Danford family moved to a new home on Second Street. Mr and Mrs Tom Jones and Lucy Woodin moved into the Jones vacated house. Home Department met at Mrs James Morgan s home. Baptist church ladies held an ice cream social at church. Von Fanshier vacationing in Los Angeles. Panshier employed by Union Oil. New kitchen and four sided porch added to Fanshier home. Mrs A D Higgins of Los Angeles visited her sister Mrs Dewey Whitton.
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Second Street
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Eddy, Danfords
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Jones
James Morgan
Baptist Church
von Fanshier
Los Angeles
Panshier
Union Oil Co
Meeting Postponed by Kern County Chamber in Mourning
The Kern County Chamber of Commerce postponed its regular monthly meeting out of respect for the late executive director J. B. Cauzza who died suddenly Saturday. The meeting will be called by President W. H. Hitchcock of Shafter when appropriate.
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Kern County
Undersheriff Prye Named as Carter Replacement
Sheriff Ed Champness appoints tea Pyle as undersheriff to fill the vacancy after T. J. Carter's resignation. Prye has led the criminal division for the past six months as head deputy.
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Ed. Champness
T. J. Carter
Prye
Nay Family Ties Highlight Weekend Travel
Mr Nay attended the State Agricultural Teachers conference at San Luis Obispo while Mrs Nay and his sister stayed in Los Angeles. Last weekend he went to Los Angeles and returned home with Mrs Nay and Virginia on Sunday.
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