Template:Did you know nominations/Empire Tract
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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 23:45, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
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Empire Tract
- ... that Herbert Hoover once farmed asparagus on the Empire Tract? Source: "Hoover Dedicates New School Named for Him". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. 1954-08-04. p. 14. Retrieved 2021-11-17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ALT1: ... that Herbert Hoover once farmed sugar beets on the Empire Tract? "Two Killed in Wage Dispute". Napa Journal. Napa, California. 26 May 1936. p. 1. Retrieved 17 November 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5x expanded by JPxG (talk). Self-nominated at 23:17, 17 November 2021 (UTC).
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Hook eligibility:
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- The source given and the sentence it cites does not mention asparagus. Need a source on what was being farmed in 1930s, or removal of the asparagus part of the hook. - Interesting:
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Overall: 
The hook is interesting, but the source issue is preventing me from giving this the all clear. SounderBruce 05:59, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
- @SounderBruce: That's an excellent catch, and I am grateful for it. I'd thought that they were farming asparagus, but when looking it up in more detail, I see that I was wrong (it was sugar beets). I've amended the article, and added another source about the farming history of the Delta which discusses beet farming on the island. I've also provided an alternate hook for it. jp×g 11:17, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
- Looks better now, but the hook's original sentence in the article still does not mention the type of crop, nor does its source (LA Times). SounderBruce 21:33, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
- Well, the LA Times source says that Hoover ran a farm there, the Napa Journal source says that wages were being paid to beet pickers on the Hoover farm, and the Thompson source says that sugar beets were by far the most predominant plant being grown there between 1931 and 1938. To be honest I'm not too attached to the hook, so if this is not enough I would also be fine with "... that Herbert Hoover once farmed the Empire Tract?" jp×g 12:38, 20 November 2021 (UTC)
- Looks better now, but the hook's original sentence in the article still does not mention the type of crop, nor does its source (LA Times). SounderBruce 21:33, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
- @SounderBruce: That's an excellent catch, and I am grateful for it. I'd thought that they were farming asparagus, but when looking it up in more detail, I see that I was wrong (it was sugar beets). I've amended the article, and added another source about the farming history of the Delta which discusses beet farming on the island. I've also provided an alternate hook for it. jp×g 11:17, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
