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F. LAGOMARSINO & SONS, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 
With the Camera-man— 
throughout California where growers are 
showing greater preference than ever for 
LACO BRAND SEEDS 
(At right) Photograph of W. C. 
Eia, foreman of the Swallows 
Nest Farm, owned by H. M. 
Swalley, showing the luxuriant 
growth of Purple Vetch cover 
crop on this 40-acre Bartlett 
Pear and Canning Peach orchard 
in the Natomas District. This 
system of planting cover crops 
has been followed on this or¬ 
chard farm for a number of 
years and Mr. Eia reports that 
the soil is rich in humus which 
greatly improved the physical 
condition of the soil. He also 
states that it has resulted in a 
loosening up of the soil, making 
it more porous and causing it to 
retain water to a much greater 
degree. 
(At left) Cavalier Ambassador II, one of the many 
prize-winning Scotch Ayrshire Dairy Herd on the 
Brundane Pure Bred Stock Farm near Elk Grove, 
owned by Mr. J. W. Hanner and Elmer Hanner. Pure 
bred dairy cows have been raised on this farm for over 
25 years and the owners are the proud possessors of 
scores of awards won by their pure bred stock at fairs 
all over the state. Mr. J. W. Hanner states that vetch 
and oats produce the ideal roughage for his pure breds 
and that vetch produces a very economical source of 
protein as a supplement to alfalfa. 
Dago Brand Seeds have long been selected for use by 
this famous stock farm. 
(At right) Mr. Phil Smith in his privately owned 
airplane which is an important part of the farming 
equipment that he maintains on his several thous¬ 
and acre sheep and cattle ranch near Fort Bragg. 
He has discarded the old fashioned method of sow¬ 
ing seed from horseback and now sows the seed 
from an airplane. 
Mr. Smith uses Lago Brand grasses and clovers to 
reseed his ranges. One of the clovers he uses is Bur 
Clover. He is enthusiastic over the wonderful pos¬ 
sibilities of this clover to bring up the production of 
many of our ranges. 
Raising Arabian horses as a hobby, Mr. Smith has 
won much recognition for himself in this direction. 
