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Shafter Press

Location

Shafter, California, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1953

Page

17

Field Day on Mechanization Set Aug 5 at Test Station

San Joaquin cotton growers will tour the Shafter Experimental Station August 5 starting at 10 a m to see mechanized equipment in action. Farm Adviser George Ferry notes the event shifts from fall to mid summer to showcase field tests beyond picking. Demonstrations will cover sub soiling nematode control oiling seedling cotton weed control early and late season insecticides flame cultivation late cultivation topping rank cotton and defoliation.

San Joaquin Shafter George Ferry

Kern Board Highlights 50 Percent Population Surge Since 1910

Kern County gains from a U S Department of Commerce report showing population rising about 50 percent each decade since 1910. If the 1940-1950 pace held, Kern would near 250 000 by January 1953 with 1950 census at 228 309 and a Board of Trade conservative estimate at 247 000.

Kern Board Kern County Board of Trade U. S. Department of Commerce Kern County Commerce Department Kern U.S Board of Trade Bakersfield East Bakersfield Oildale South Bakersfield Taft

Tiny whitish crab found in clam mantle study says

Scientists from the California Division of Fish and Game report a small pea sized whitish crab occasionally living inside a clam's mantle. The finding highlights unusual symbiotic or parasitic relationships in marine life observed by researchers.

California Division of Fish and Game

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