Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Shafter Press in Shafter, California

We have 16,224,693 pages in California

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Shafter Press

Location

Shafter, California, United States of America

Date

Nov 04, 1964

Page

6

Seed Saving Program Boosts Cotton Seed for Next Year

The one variety district harvests nearly 11 000 tons of next year’s planting seed designated green tag with little moisture. Karl Schneider, Bakersfield, heads the seed saving committee of California Planting Cotton Seed Distributors noting strong progress due to warm, dry fall and strict three year seed model. The program provides foundation white and purple tag seed to more than 9 000 growers, lowers seed costs by 40 to 50 dollars a ton, and funds research at Shafter and UC campuses.

Karl Schneider Bakersfield California Schneider Ridge Chowchilla U.S Shafter Foundation CPCSD Shafter Station CPSCD Eugene Egan Producer's Cotton Oil Co Fresno Otis Page Farmers Cooperative Gin Buttonwillow Gunn S. A. Camp Co John Adair Kaweah

Bats Devour Food As Tiny Insectivores Grow

The tiny bat has a surprisingly large appetite. It can consume a quarter of its body weight in a single meal and more than half its weight each night, highlighting remarkable feeding efficiency in these nocturnal mammals.

Motor Vehicles In Use Today Reach Forty Percent

Statement notes that about 40 percent of all motor vehicles ever produced in the United States are currently registered and in use. It highlights the enduring presence of earlier models in daily life.

California Cotton Allotment Set Amid Referendum Plan

California farmers receive 735 907 acres under the national cotton allotment program with distribution to counties and farms. A December 15 1964 referendum will decide if marketing quotas for 1965 upland cotton take effect, with penalties and price support changes tied to quota approval.

California Aonal Merle Anderson Kern Usc County Department of Agriculture Anderson

Port payments and quotas page note 1964 crop

The article notes port payments would not be in effect and cites marketing quotas for the 1964 upland crop. A December 1963 referendum context is mentioned.

Beet Growers to Discuss 1965 Acreage Reduction Plan

Details of the 1965 sugar beet acreage reduction program will be reported to local Bakersfield area members of the California Beet Growers Association Ltd. at the Annual Membership Meeting for District No. 10. The meeting takes place at the Farm Advisors Auditorium 2610 M Street Bakersfield.

California Beet Growers Association, Ltd Farm Advisors Auditorium M” Street Bakersfield

CBGA Board Session and Banquet Details

At 1 30 p m on Tuesday November 10 the CBGA holds an afternoon session with reports from Owen S Rice Santa Maria president Gordon Lyons Stockton executive manager and Malcolm Young Stockton manager plus local sugar refining company reps. An 8 p m banquet at Pyrenees Cafe Bakersfield closes the day with Lyons discussing sugar legislation. District 10 covers Kern County and Antelope Valley part of Los Angeles County.

Summer Avenue Bakersfield Cbga Board of Kern County Antelope Valley Los Angeles County Owens. Rice Santa Maria CBGA Gordon Lyons Stockton Malcolm Young Lyons

Also Mentioned on This Page

Jer Valley Cotton Belt U. S San Joaquin Valley Dos Palos Westside Tulare County Wheeler Shafters Station University of California Davis Berkeley Tazioli & Son Anna Kirby Ranch Robert L. Smith Bellaomini Bros Bloemhof Hay Co Bob Cauzza W. L. Smith Orland Torigiani Wheeler Ridge P. Farms Sanders Farms Barna Bros Garlow Bros Arnold Neufeld Sanders & Sanders Producers Cotton Oil Co Arvin Buttonwillow Ginning Company Farmers Cooperative Shafter High School Linde Rose Jerri Ohlsson Linda Jerri the. Adams PTO Adams Perrytex Kern County Equipment Co Adams Equipment Rental CO Central Vallley Hwy First Baptist Church Morning Worship Training Union Evening Gospel Hour Bob’s Market E. Lerdo del Haven Crisco Oil Bisquick Bob Wieners Bacon Farm House Jock Sprat Bacon Chuck Roast Bob’s Wis
Search Courier

Search the Shafter Press Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Shafter Press?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication