California Potatoes Face Price Risk and Crop Shifts
Agricultural economist Ivan M. Lee warns California early potato growers to consider switching land use due to fluctuating prices and rising competition from other crops. He notes California’s high production, potential price declines, and declining per capita potato consumption, with peak sales in May and June amid competition from southern states.
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California
Ivan M. Lee
Giannine Foundation
Prof
Lee
Parables of Jesus Will Always Be Needed in World
The parables of Jesus remain timeless due to their universal relevance and truthful portrayal of human experience. They outlive eras and settings, proving effective across races and cultures, and their simple, powerful truth about God's love endures in any world.
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Jesus
God
Notary Public Certificate Opens as Witness to Execution
On the 28th day of October 1948 before me a Notary Public in and County and State the persons appeared Vivian Ber known to me to be the party executing the instrument. They acknowledged the execution of the same in my presence and I affix my official seal as evidence.
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Shafter
County of Kern
State of California
Shafter Funeral Home
Lauress W. Fike
East Lerdo Ave
Calif
Remmington I
Bristow
County of
Kern
Sam L. Becker
Mmington I. Bristow
Vivian Ber
Dog left in back yard seeks word from owner
A dog on Sycamore Avenue writes that the boss drove off Wednesday night and left him alone in a back yard. He recalls Thanksgiving without turkey and asks when the boss will return, noting friends Chuck and Fern Morse treat him well while he waits.
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Sycamore Avenue
Chuck
Fern Morse
Dickens
Central Avenue
Lint Cleaning Tech Boosts Kern County Cotton Prospects
Kern County gains a potential boost for textile industries as modern lint cleaning machines improve machine picked cotton by removing trash leaves and other particles. Cecil T. Jones notes these cleaners raise cotton quality and returns, with Emory Gay Hoffman confirming industry interest after an east coast tour. Catani Brothers gin near Wheeler Ridge reports theirs among three in the San Joaquin Valley.
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Kern’ County
Cecil T. Jones
Kern County Chamber of Commerce Industrial Department
Jones
Chamber
Emory Gay Hoffman
County Chamber
East
California
John F. Carter
Catani Brothers Gin
Wheeler Ridge
Catani
San Joaquin Valley
Wasco
Buttonwillow
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6Th St
Henry
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Rt. 1
Electrolux
Roy L. Jones
Fifth St
Santa Garage
Tulare
Santa Fe
Baker's Bargain
Fresno Ave
Shafter Watch Shop
Financial
Elmer F. Karpe
Bakersfield
Hi N
Marengo Avenue
Allan A
Bud) Stramler, Jr
California Farm Land
Scaroni and
Madera Ave
California State Veterans Loan
Orange St
Nenee
Barred Rock Baby Chicks
Faust
Diego Ave
Kate
Rd St
Ee Hs
Bill Pees Justesen’s
Kirschenmann
Edison
Lerdo
Los Angeles Ave
R. Meee
Wurlitzer
Beth Eden
Alberta
Richland Chevrolet Co
Herman’ Ficken
Buick
Union
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West Smith’s. Corner
C. E. Fenderson
Hen Turner
Bel-Weld
Ash Street
North Shafter
Sycamore
J. C. Penner
Anderson
E. H. Hofman
Shafter High School
James St
Shafter, Calif
J. I. Case Tractors & Implements Parts and Service
Graham-Hoeme Plows
Yonkers-Johnson
Schmeiser Til
Pak’s
Victor
EXIDE
Farm Equipment Co
Frith
Sam Becker
Said Cray
Sam Lachenmaier
Professional Directory
Shafter and Vicinity
E. Lerdo Shafter
Rem Bristow Lauress
W. Fike
Keith G. Musgrave
St. Kelly-O Bldg
J. J. Baerg
Central Ave
Chester Ave
Fuscinger Jamz Morin
E. Londo Highway Shafter
California Pane Shafter
James B. Hahn
Pacific Street
Rogue
Isaac
Wasco Fritfc
Smith’s Corner
Burbank
Vernon Hall
Golden West
Ng Shafter
Wallace Loewen
BC Baby
Said
Port Community Chest
Los Angeles
Merwin Schirmer
Mervin Morris
Delano
George Ashbaught
Pasadena
Pacific Avenue
San Francisco
Brazil
Pedro Alveras Cabral
Shafter Warehouse CO
Bill” Young
Shafter Progress
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R. J
Andy) Anderson, Jr
Florence J. Newell
Helen Neessen
Kern County
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Church of Christ
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