August 17, 1960 (18 pages)

? ese Progress Section II brief : 3 and “~ Wednesday, August 17,1960 ) ONE INSURANCE PREMIUM PAYS THE BILL PERSONAL LIABILITY KENDRICK’ S INSURANCE a Florence E. Kendrick . _ sare Complete Insurance Service ) souNnD 208 Main St., Nevada City Dial 265-2607 SECURITY , A-~NEVA Model 2113455 THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR SERVICE “Ask Your Neighbor” : by . William MHelphinstine and Deug Hamilton County Farm Advisors, UC Agricultural Extension Service Progress in Nevada County Agricul’ure has often been due to making better use of present resources: the land, water Agricultural progress is also due to the attitudes of the farmers to acecp! make new trials, a new techniques, nat be weather anct changes, nd adopt And it etntietileret ated thant Gifions are ence, introduced ta tormers, Theos have come ficiny betes ane Progress Is Our Most Important Product Service Is Our Most Important Product 214 E. MAIN STREET GRASS VALLEY DIAL 273-3110 and trees.’ oa Mt Soil Conservationists, salesmen, and others, Recent progress in apple growing has included the use of a chemical to thin apples. Growers of the Golden Delicicus apple often’ spend $200 per acre in labor taking off surplus fruit. Now it can be done for less than $50. Almost all the newly planted apple trees are Seif pruned with angle widening growth hormones in mind. By using a double heading system, growers are ing earlicr preduction ana sronger trees able to produce bigger fruit loads. Cattle are cheap'v controlling aaks in pastures and on the ary with 2-4 D. Using 4 injector. cost oA. nounts te about $3 per acre The results have been earlier feed in and spring, and five times more total feed per acre. assurnavy range tree the winter’ a Se Pree / The services of the California Beef Cattle Improve‘ Beef producers. By systematic grading each animal and keeping the most productive as breeders, local beef herds are becoming more efficient meat producers. The Nevada-Placer Dairy Herd Improvement Association is assisting dairymen in measuring the production records and _ up-grading dairy cattle. Nevada County Breeders cf both beef and dairy cattle are doing an excellent job in. representing the County in the show rings of California and other Western States against topnotch competition. Horses bred and raised in Nevada Ccunty are winning their share of the races at the tracks. Progress also in agriculture includes the progress of rural youth. 4-H members annually create new wealth close to $100,000. Livestock, clothing, crops, and foods projects add to the store of knowledge and skills of these young people even more. than any financial values. In recent years 4-H} members recognized Statewide for their achievements, Bradford Ellsworth became the County's first Diamond Star in 1958, the highest Ccunty have been THE EDUCATIONAL mn =. oF é * < to A ie, ee Se es are ‘ a ; fs > ‘ ; Be SR ARON, ae Ss cx ft one yor 4-H rank in California. In 1956 he won'‘the State 4-H with the State Leadership award. She was awarded the Diamond Star Rank in 1959. Active in Junior Leadership and sheep raising in the Penn Valley district, Lois Magonigal won the State Sheep award and gained a trip to the National -H Congress in Chicago, Illinois last November, Perhaps progress in Nevada County Agriculture has best come from increased understanding of the and that which 8rows on it. soil In 1959, Nevada County crop and livestock producttuon was as follows: Fruit $ Pcultry Livestock 388,339.10 431,353.77 1,481,,340.90 Pasture & Range 419,025.00 Misco Vancous 77,437.27 TT 37,496.04 eyes yo, ¢ August is an active month for lawn moths. Watch for brown spots in well watered lawns that shouldn’t have them. Run for the insecticide if the spots or moth larvae show up. The islands of the Galapago Archipelago are considered by scientists to be of volcanic origin, PROGRESS OF THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW JAKE FUNK CONSTRUCTION BUILDING Pe . 3 % t elads m4 $4 geod ay ‘ 2 i‘ be. *} « a NDERSTANDING OF SOIL KEY TO NEVADA COUNTY FARM PROGRESS 4 ‘NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET WITH GROWTH S parked by modern new equipment and an alert staff, the Nevada County Nugget is growing along with the growing economy and population of this trading area. Much of the Nugget story for 1960 can be told’in one. word: Pictures. With its photo-offset printing equipment, the Nugget has become the county's only true "Paper with the Pictures. " A measure of the success of the new picture -Nugget is the following set of facts: ** Paid subscriptions now number 1450 more than last year's paid subscription. * Month after month, the Nugget's advertising linage is showing the highest rate of growth of any newspaper in the county. * The Nugget is the only paper in the county which has used color printing. * Nugget readers have learned to expect occasional special editions, such as this unprecedented First Annual Being « Re = COMPANY ORLAND; CALIFORNIA. Progress Edition, andthe redwhite-and-blue 4th of July edition. * Nugget editorials this year have been quoted in the Congressional Record and Business Week, andthe Nugget's freeway articles have received mention in Newsweek, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Sacramento Bee, the California Historical Society bulletin, and other publications. T-he 34 year old newspaper was bought in March by the Nevada. County Citizen, Inc. The Citizen group had startedthe Citizen last October, but after the purchase of the Nugget from the Truscott Printing Co., the Citizen name was dropped -in favor of the older Nugget name. The Nugget staff includes editor-manager Dean Thompson, circulation manager Donald Fairclough, art editor Clarice McWhinney, and society editor Margaret Abrahamson.Alfred.Heller. is publisher. > srt oe

? ese Progress Section II brief : 3 and “~ Wednesday, August 17,1960 ) ONE INSURANCE PREMIUM PAYS THE BILL PERSONAL LIABILITY KENDRICK’ S INSURANCE a Florence E. Kendrick . _ sare Complete Insurance Service ) souNnD 208 Main St., Nevada City Dial 265-2607 SECURITY , A-~NEVA Model 2113455 THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR SERVICE “Ask Your Neighbor” : by . William MHelphinstine and Deug Hamilton County Farm Advisors, UC Agricultural Extension Service Progress in Nevada County Agricul’ure has often been due to making better use of present resources: the land, water Agricultural progress is also due to the attitudes of the farmers to acecp! make new trials, a new techniques, nat be weather anct changes, nd adopt And it etntietileret ated thant Gifions are ence, introduced ta tormers, Theos have come ficiny betes ane Progress Is Our Most Important Product Service Is Our Most Important Product 214 E. MAIN STREET GRASS VALLEY DIAL 273-3110 and trees.’ oa Mt Soil Conservationists, salesmen, and others, Recent progress in apple growing has included the use of a chemical to thin apples. Growers of the Golden Delicicus apple often’ spend $200 per acre in labor taking off surplus fruit. Now it can be done for less than $50. Almost all the newly planted apple trees are Seif pruned with angle widening growth hormones in mind. By using a double heading system, growers are ing earlicr preduction ana sronger trees able to produce bigger fruit loads. Cattle are cheap'v controlling aaks in pastures and on the ary with 2-4 D. Using 4 injector. cost oA. nounts te about $3 per acre The results have been earlier feed in and spring, and five times more total feed per acre. assurnavy range tree the winter’ a Se Pree / The services of the California Beef Cattle Improve‘ Beef producers. By systematic grading each animal and keeping the most productive as breeders, local beef herds are becoming more efficient meat producers. The Nevada-Placer Dairy Herd Improvement Association is assisting dairymen in measuring the production records and _ up-grading dairy cattle. Nevada County Breeders cf both beef and dairy cattle are doing an excellent job in. representing the County in the show rings of California and other Western States against topnotch competition. Horses bred and raised in Nevada Ccunty are winning their share of the races at the tracks. Progress also in agriculture includes the progress of rural youth. 4-H members annually create new wealth close to $100,000. Livestock, clothing, crops, and foods projects add to the store of knowledge and skills of these young people even more. than any financial values. In recent years 4-H} members recognized Statewide for their achievements, Bradford Ellsworth became the County's first Diamond Star in 1958, the highest Ccunty have been

THE EDUCATIONAL mn =. oF é * < to A ie, ee Se es are ‘ a ; fs > ‘ ; Be SR ARON, ae Ss cx ft one yor 4-H rank in California. In 1956 he won'‘the State 4-H with the State Leadership award. She was awarded the Diamond Star Rank in 1959. Active in Junior Leadership and sheep raising in the Penn Valley district, Lois Magonigal won the State Sheep award and gained a trip to the National -H Congress in Chicago, Illinois last November, Perhaps progress in Nevada County Agriculture has best come from increased understanding of the and that which 8rows on it. soil In 1959, Nevada County crop and livestock producttuon was as follows: Fruit $ Pcultry Livestock 388,339.10 431,353.77 1,481,,340.90 Pasture & Range 419,025.00 Misco Vancous 77,437.27 TT 37,496.04 eyes yo, ¢ August is an active month for lawn moths. Watch for brown spots in well watered lawns that shouldn’t have them. Run for the insecticide if the spots or moth larvae show up. The islands of the Galapago Archipelago are considered by scientists to be of volcanic origin, PROGRESS OF THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW JAKE FUNK CONSTRUCTION BUILDING Pe . 3 % t elads m4 $4 geod ay ‘ 2 i‘ be. *} « a NDERSTANDING OF SOIL KEY TO NEVADA COUNTY FARM PROGRESS 4 ‘NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET WITH GROWTH S parked by modern new equipment and an alert staff, the Nevada County Nugget is growing along with the growing economy and population of this trading area. Much of the Nugget story for 1960 can be told’in one. word: Pictures. With its photo-offset printing equipment, the Nugget has become the county's only true "Paper with the Pictures. " A measure of the success of the new picture -Nugget is the following set of facts: ** Paid subscriptions now number 1450 more than last year's paid subscription. * Month after month, the Nugget's advertising linage is showing the highest rate of growth of any newspaper in the county. * The Nugget is the only paper in the county which has used color printing. * Nugget readers have learned to expect occasional special editions, such as this unprecedented First Annual Being « Re = COMPANY ORLAND; CALIFORNIA. Progress Edition, andthe redwhite-and-blue 4th of July edition. * Nugget editorials this year have been quoted in the Congressional Record and Business Week, andthe Nugget's freeway articles have received mention in Newsweek, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Sacramento Bee, the California Historical Society bulletin, and other publications. T-he 34 year old newspaper was bought in March by the Nevada. County Citizen, Inc. The Citizen group had startedthe Citizen last October, but after the purchase of the Nugget from the Truscott Printing Co., the Citizen name was dropped -in favor of the older Nugget name. The Nugget staff includes editor-manager Dean Thompson, circulation manager Donald Fairclough, art editor Clarice McWhinney, and society editor Margaret Abrahamson..Alfred.Heller.. is publisher. > srt oe