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The 'Type Writer' That Saved a Career and Helped Develop One at UC Davis
Can you imagine typing a huge grant application on an 132-year-old "type writer?" Make that 986...
A hand of UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock rests on the Odell "type writer." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This image, taken in 1915, shows Judge William Thomas Hammock and daughter Maude working in his office. She is using the Odell "Type Writer.' They are the grandfather and aunt of UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock.
A chalkboard details some of the work that UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock is doing. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
How Grandfather's 'Type Writer' Sparked the Development of Bruce Hammock's UC Davis Career
If the University of California, Davis, were to lose electrical power, distinguished professor...
In this 1915 image, Judge William Thomas Hammock of Little Rock, Ark., sits at his desk while his daughter, Maude Hammock, works the "Odell's Type Writer." (Photo courtesy of Bruce Hammock)
The hands of UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock rest on his grandfather's "type writer." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock in his Briggs Hall office. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Find Some Dirt!
Does growing a vegetable garden sound like something you'd like to do, but you don't feel confident...
Vegetable Planning Ahead.
By Heather Dooley and Pat Hitchcock, UC Master Gardeners of Napa County The recent rain and cool...
Got backyard chickens? Get their eggs tested for free
Californians who raise poultry outdoors are invited to get their eggs tested for contaminants.
To find out if harmful substances on the ground that are eaten by birds get passed along in the eggs they lay, Maurice Pitesky, UC Cooperative Extension poultry specialist at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, is providing free egg testing.
“We're trying to understand the connection between the environment that backyard poultry are raised in and the eggs they are producing,” Pitesky said.
Eggs from counties recently affected by wildfires will be tested for chemicals, building materials and heavy metals that may have been carried in the smoke and ash. Pitesky and Puschner are also looking for lead and PCBs in eggs from certain regions of the state.
The UC Cooperative Extension poultry specialist will share individual egg results with each poultry owner. At the end of the study, all of the results will be summarized and made available to the general public.
Pitesky describes the project in a video produced by CropMobster for UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and UC Agriculture and Natural Resources. Watch the video at https://youtu.be/3ZlytlUIS3I.
For more information about the study and how to package and ship eggs, visit http://ucanr.edu/eggtest.
Residents in Sonoma County may drop off eggs at the UC Cooperative Extension office at 133 Aviation Blvd Suite 109 in Santa Rosa. The UCCE office in Sonoma County is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.