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Rice crops impacted by May storms
AGRICULTURE
Heavy rainfall delays planting, creates uncertainty for local farmers
By Natalie Hanson
nhanson@chicoer.com
Record-breaking rain this past
May has already delayed many
rice farmers in Butte County this
year, and has left some uncertain
about the year’s harvest yields.
As of the end of May, rainfall
for this year is at 130 percent of
average for the period since Oc-
tober as reported by the Depart-
DURHAM
COUNTRY FAIRE TAKES
FARMING TO THE PAST
Jackie Greenhill and her daughter Evelyn visited the 17th annual Old Fashioned Country Faire and Threshing Bee Saturday in Durham.
Mathew Miranda
mmiranda@chicoer.com
DURHAM >> It’s not often people
are able to take a look back in
history and learn about the ways
their ancestors lived.
The Old Fashioned Country
Faire and Threshing Bee prides
itself on accomplishing exactly
that.
The Patrick Ranch Museum
hosted the annual event for its
17th straight year and focused
primarily on teaching the begin-
nings and importance of North-
ern California agriculture.
“We’re trying to demonstrate
to people the history of agricul-
ture, the equipment that was
used, and the advancements that
have been made now,” said Susan
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ment of Water Resources, accord-
ing to Kelly Peterson, a water re-
sources scientist for the county.
In the month of May alone, over
4 inches was received, which has
caused a variety of problems for
local rice farms.
Rice is the main crop damaged
by these types of storms in May,
according to Ted Trimble, general
manager at the Western Canal
Water District. Rice depends on
Donohue, board member and vol-
unteer for the Patrick Ranch Mu-
seum.
The museum, open to the pub-
lic since 2010, is also home to a
visitor center, gift shop, multiple
barns and spans over 28 acres.
The faire featured sheep dog
demonstrations, tours of the 1877
Glenwood farmhouse, the Patrick
Ranch Blacksmith club, a tractor
and horse parade, live music and
an area for local vendors.
The blacksmith club comes out
to the museum every second Sat-
urday to do demonstrations and
provide classes.
Donohue spoke highly of a
blacksmith’s impact on farming.
“When there was a need for a
repair of equipment, the black-
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warm weather starting in April
into May, he said, in order to give
growers time to properly prepare
fields for planting.
This year, the planting sea-
son was repeatedly interrupted
by colder temperatures and ex-
ceptionally heavy rainfall. Re-
cords going back to 1921 indi-
cate that the highest previous
amount of rain for the month of
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Shawn Casey, a member of the Patrick Ranch Blacksmith Club,
starts a coal fire at the blacksmith station at the faire Saturday
in Durham.
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A full rice
field has been
planted on a
clear day in
Chico.
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Mathew Miranda
mmiranda@chicoer.com
CHICO >> For the second year in a
row, drivers on Esplanade beheld
a public display of knitting.
HeartStrings Yarn Studio
opened its front lawn to knitters
from all over Chico to celebrate
World Wide Knit in Public Day.
The global event began in 2005
and is dedicated to the practice
of handworks and crafts, specif-
ically knitting. It also coincides
with HeartStrings Yarn Studio’s
15th anniversary and the final day
of its two-week sale.
Owner Joanne Wilson sees the
celebration as a way to publicly
promote the diversity of knitting.
“A lot of people think knitting
is just grandmas sitting around
having tea, but we have a lot of di-
versity in our customer base from
men, women, children, all the way
to the elderly,” Wilson said.
World Wide Knit in Public Day
also provides an opportunity to
make a traditionally individual
hobby into a group activity.
“A lot of people use knitting as
a therapeutic hobby and some-
times people do that at home so
they become isolated, so this sort
of encourages people to get out
and meet people involved in their
craft,” Wilson said.
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MATHEW MIRANDA — ENTERPRISE-RECORD
A group of people, left to right,
Samantha Simpson, Norma
Talley and Tina Wilson, celebrate
World Wide Knit in Public Day on
Saturday in Chico.
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