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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1936
Page
4
Subscription price set at 2.00 dollars per year payable in advance. Single copies priced at 5 ents. Advertising rates available on application. Entered as second class matter August 1, 1935 at Shafter California post office under act of March 3 1879.
The article stresses planning with road maps and family budgets, favoring California destinations. It warns campers about safety in national forests, fire dangers, and obeying regulations to prevent tragedy while promoting sensible leisure.
Future Farmers of America began digging on four and a half acres at the high school. Potatoes are sold at two dollars per hundred, with proceeds funding a loan fund for future agricultural projects.
Theodore F Bayless writes on a sheltering greenwood tree recalling childhood and home while wandering. A second piece, Potato Harvesters, portrays migrant workers from several states working harvest and returning yearly, ending with a note from Mrs L J Adams.
Kern County received 56107.71 dollars from state gasoline tax revenues for the first three months of 1936. The allocation reflects a portion of state collected gas taxes apportioned to county projects and administration.
The Agricultural Conservation program under the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act will pay producers for land treatment, changes in land use, and domestic allotments. Funded by a 1936 appropriation of 470 million dollars, it relies on county and community producer committees to carry out its provisions.
Shafter Cleaners set to play Bakersfield Y M C A hurling softball game as part of a local league schedule. The clash pits two community teams in a competitive matchup likely to test pitching and defense.
Kern County farmers are invited to the State Field Day on Friday May 22 at 10 00 AM hosted by the University of California Davis Branch. Topics include cereal crops disease resistance seed treatment flax varieties soil conserving crops oat and legume mixtures and conservation program integrations with practical demonstrations for growers.
A trained group will check that all employers with eight or more workers in California register under the unemployment reserves law. Inspectors will visit Shafter and Kern County communities. agricultural and government workers are exempt. Current employee and employer contributions total .45 and .90 percent, funded by federal grants.
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