Grapes Lead September Shipments In County Produce
Agricultural Commissioner reports a month of shipments totaling 1057 cars with 897 cars of grapes and the rest fruits and vegetables. Cotton harvest starts late. labor plentiful but weather may affect total output and quality over the next sixty days. Standardization activity notes 6 calls, 180 maturity tests, 164 certificates, 12 market enforcement calls, and 43 spray residue tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis A. Burtch
Buford L. Fox
Tehachapi
Walkers Basin
Isabella
Persimmons
Megranates
Quarantine and Pest Control Actions Report
Deputy Cummissioner Morley reports 580 post office calls and 480 shipments inspected totaling 227,947 plant parcels. 30 shipments infested with Red Scale and 21 with Purple Scale were rejected and sent out of county. Two shipments from cotton boll weevil areas were sterilized before release. Citrus pests like cottonwood leaf miner and diseases such as Crown Gall and Brown Rot were noted. Kern county nurseries are being inspected to ensure pest and disease-free stock before planting season.
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C. S. Morley
California
Kern County
Beekeeping Inspections and County Pest Control Report
The past month inspected 12 apiaries with 1241 colonies finding five diseased. diseased colonies destroyed and five movement certificates issued. Rodent and predator control treated 987 acres using 7620 pounds of strychnine barley. results held back by rain. Trappers report abundant yates and livestock losses in districts. notes on silver production and cheese industry, plus scattered unrelated facts.
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Chas. W. Grimm
Mmisesi Ner
E. Bradshaw
Woody-Glenville
Oper Giles
Shafter-Wasco
Trapper Landers
Yates
Pace
Glennville
Cotton Cotton Cooperates on Early Cotton Sales and Parity
C C Seldon, general manager of the California Cotton Cooperative Association, says cotton is moving in volume with about a hundred bales daily since October 1. He notes growers may sell now and still apply for the price adjustment payment before August 1 1936, with no obligation to follow crop control rules if they do not apply.
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C.C. Seldon
California Cotton Cooperative Association, Ltd
Washington
California Co operatives Seek State Federal Aid Sparksan Plan
A self-help cooperative plan named Sparksan proposes federal and state financing for a California program to build independent communities in unsettled areas. It aims to absorb thousands of unemployed from relief into self-sustaining work projects. John C. Wenk outlined the plan to authorities, while Los Angeles County reports 120 cooperative communities as support grows.
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California
Babes
Los
John C. Wenk
Fred Reeves
Los Angeles County
California Mineral Production Rises in 1934 Total Output
State reports final 1934 mineral production of 237,374,709 dollars, up 80,885,651 from 1933. Kern County contribute d37,053,187 dollars. Gold, silver, cement and petroleum led gains while natural igneous potash, limestone, copper fell. Crude oil prices higher than 1938 levels, yet prices dropped due to overproduction.
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California
State Department of Natural Resources
Kern County
Africa
Traveling Santa Fe agent visits Shafter patrons
Henry, a traveling passenger agent for the Santa Fe based in Bakersfield, spent Monday meeting Shafter patrons of the popular road. In early life he was a printer who later reformed but could not resist a smell of printers ink by visiting The 88 office.
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Eee Se Lenry
The
Santa Fe
Bakersfield
Shafter
Travelers Aid Society Aided Over 50000 in 1983
The Travelers Aid Society provided assistance or information to more than 50,000 persons during 1983, reflecting its broad reach in helping travelers and locals needing guidance.
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The
Travelers’ Aid Society
Bitter Sweet Opens Shubert Festival of Opera and Musical Comedy
The Noël Coward musical comedy Bitter Sweet opens a 12 week Shubert Festival season at Shrine Civic Auditorium Los Angeles on Friday October 11. A vast company led by Evelyn Laye and Bartlett Simmons includes 200 principals chorus 50 musicians 35 crew and 60 ushers plus 6457 seats all reserved with 11.50 to 25 cents pricing for balcony seats. Tickets available at multiple outlets across Southern California and the Shrine Auditorium box office.
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New York City
New York
Shubert
Evelyn Laye
England
Miss Laye
Ramon Navarro
Bartlett Simmons
Southern California Music Company
S. Hill St
Hollywood Music Shop
Hollywood Blvd
Itchell
S. Broadway
May Company
8Th and Broadway
Rine Auditorium
Los Angeles
California
Seed potato certification sees state total rise in 1935
Seed potato production in California doubled in 1935 with 862 acres certified, up from 166 the previous year. Tulelake district led with 12 growers on 1 acre, while Santa Maria, Sonoma Marin, Shasta and Humboldt counties also ranked among top producing areas. Netted Gems accounted for most seed acreage at 166, followed by Rose British Queen Burbank Kathadin and Bliss Triumph. A detailed report is available from the Bureau of Fruit and Vegetable Standardization at the California State Department of Agriculture with no charge.
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California
Ls Rs
Bureau of Fruit Rand
State Department of Agriculture
Don
Californi
Tulelake
Siskiyouee
Santa Maria
Santa Barbara
Sonoma
Marin
Shasta County
Humboldt County
Burbank
Bliss Triumph
Bureau of Fruit and Vegetable Standardization
Sacramento
Parole system shows low violation rates per Upton report
Charles H. Upton, chief parole and probation officer for northern California, reports that only 1 percent of probationers and 3.12 percent of parolees violated terms or faced new offenses in the year ending June 30. He notes most violators are narcotic addicts and argues probation provides protective discipline while prison remains unlikely for all offenders.
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California
Charles H. Upton
Upton
Bae
Load of sorghum arrives from Texas
Myrick Jr returns from Paris Texas with a truckload of East Texas sorghum and reports mud on Texas roads, a disappointing cotton crop, fair corn, excellent fall feed, and pear trees in bloom as he notes everything is beautiful and green in the region.
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Shafter
Myrick, Jr
Sunphi
Paris
Texas
East Texas
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