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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1949
Page
2
Five Shafter residents traveled by plane to St. Louis Missouri for harness races. The party includes Bob Neuman Henry Guidera M Thornburg Wasco Bill Lachenmaier Ed Warren Rolf Jacobsen and S A Camp.
Kern County district conservationist Floyd Tumelson warned the southern San Joaquin Valley risks a dust bowl as dust storms worsen soil loss. He urged strip cropping and windbreaks to reduce exposure, noting 250000 acres already degraded and health issues rising among residents and oil workers.
County Agricultural Commissioner Lewis A. Burtch won authorization to sell surplus potatoes from the government operated Shafter Experimental station and reinvest proceeds for station improvements and research. W B Camp, Shafter potato grower, said funds should not hinder research and noted experiments planned at a 40 acre plot at Shafter Field for UC researchers.
The Commodity Credit Corporation will issue loans on the 1949 upland cotton crop at 90 percent of August 1, 1949 parity. Loans based on gross weight, with advance loans possible before loan value determinations. Availability through May 1, 1950, maturing by July 31, 1950.
Tehachapi irrigation engineer Claud B. Williams reports rising farmer interest in sprinkler systems. He lists twenty-seven advantages over furrow irrigation including water savings, erosion control, improved crop stands, reduced labor, soil cooling, and better nutrient use across soils and crops.
Government officials report the 1949 potato price support program is functioning well with over a million bushels purchased to sustain prices. A single price for all spuds taken by the government directs better quality potatoes to consumers while lower grades are used for livestock feed and processing. The 1949 plan contrasts with 1948 when 90 percent parity support caused multimillion dollar losses.
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