Farm Safety Week Proclaimed For Next Week
Editorial urges Farm Safety Week observance in Kern County with emphasis on safety at home as well as fields and highways. Officials advise a family hazard hunt to identify dangers such as waxed floors glass showers flammable drapes space heaters and unloaded firearms to reduce home accidents and keep children safe.
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Goodwin Knight
Kern County Agricultural Group
Farm Safety Week
That Crazy Mixed up Cow
Dr W N McMillen of Decatur Illinois warns lack of love care and attention makes farm animals neurotic and irritable Pigs cattle turkeys and chickens can tell when they are liked His remarks suggest future efforts to form local chapters of the Society for the Prevention of Mental Cruelty to Animals
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W. N. McMillen
Decatur, Ilinois
McMillen
Society For the Prevention of Mental Cruelty To Animals
Thoughts For Food
A Harvard nutritionist warns that excessive cooking kindness may harm husbands. He likens overeating to Russian roulette, urging brides to moderate second helpings. The quip ends with a paraphrase about the peril of overstuffing and the line my fred is killing me.
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Birthday wage perks hit San Francisco garages
In San Francisco last week employers signed contracts with garage employees and auto painters unions allowing double time for birthday work. The piece notes drivers face a rising frustration at even standard diagnosis fees while workers gain a special day pay boost.
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Still Tops The Newspaper Ad Market In The U S
The piece notes weekly and daily newspapers attract broad readership with ads shaping campaigns. It highlights $21 million weekly newspaper ad spend surpassing all other reading matter and cites a cigarette maker and California’s largest bank shifting ad focus to newspapers.
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Weather myths about atomic blasts debunked by experts
The piece notes that the Weather Bureau and Atomic Energy Commission deny links between nuclear explosions and extreme weather. Experts cite that explosion strength is minor next to natural forces and that hurricanes’ rise reflects better observation rather than more storms, underscoring limited human control over weather.
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Weather Bureau
Cotton acreage cuts shift world cotton market dynamics
A Department of culture official warned cotton men that the federal cotton control program, setting annual acreage maximums, is curbing U S production and boosting foreign suppliers. The 1955 U S acreage is projected smallest since 1880s levels, with 17,096,000 acres planted amid a 10,700 bale surplus.
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Not Broke The American Farmer Faces Changing Finances
The article notes farmers worsened finances through the 1940s but show strong gains since 1940. Bank of America economist David L. Grove observes total farm debt rising from 10 billion dollars in 1940 to about 17 billion last year while financial assets surged from 5 billion to 22 billion, driven by deposits, savings bonds, and cash.
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Bank of America
U. S
Penalty Rates Set for Cotton Acreage in Kern County
Kern county agricultural officials announce 1953 cotton penalties of 17.7 cents per pound for overplanted crops under market quota rules. Chairman W. L. Smith notes few farmers face penalties as excess acreage is small and disposal options exist, with eligibility for price support affected for over planted cotton.
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