The records salvaged from dumpster dives cover a wide variety of topics. One of those were the Lassen County Horticultural Reports filed annually dating back to the late 1880s. This would later be superseded with the Lassen County Farm Advisor Reports. In the 1920s, nearly every Lassen County agricultural community had a farm bureau. It was the farm advisor’s many duties ro assist each one of the bureaus and would compile all the data collected in an annual report. These reports were meticulous in the information they provide. In certain instances, they included photographs of various demonstrations and/or experiments, such as today’s featured photograph.
Tim
Tim, Could you tell me if there are sources/farms names mentioned in the agricultural reports? Just wanting to see if my grandfather’s and brother’s farm of Ferdinand and Fred Zarbock were listed. I know they grew sugar beets. It was between 1916 – 1918.