Annual report of county agent work, 1920: Fremont County, Colorado

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State

~gricultural

ColleGe

of

Colorado and

u.

s

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Depart ent

of ~griculture and Fr on· County Cooperating

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1 NNUi

L

R PORT

Ili

County'

a

Ag1

1

_ioultural

Resources

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2 Brief History of County

~gent

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s

lork

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County

and

Iesume

of

Vork

in 1920

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Organization

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7 Crop

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Improvement

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8 Better Seed

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8 Corn Impr0vement

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8 Live~tock I provement

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9 Introduction

of Dairy Cattle

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9 Int:r·o

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uction

of Pure

Bred Sires

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-.;reterinary

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10 oultry ork

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11 Home Improvement

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12 jests

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14 Prairie

Dozs

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13 Leaf

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roller

and

Co

ling

Joth

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Fair

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15 arm

Bureau Iews

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16 Special

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ork

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17 c.

tatis ical

Report t•ummary

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(3)

GRIC

U

LTU

L • .uSOURC S 0

Contains 1244 square miles

.

About 146

,

482 acres in ranc1es and farms

.

Total popu~ation

22 ,

000.

• Rural o

p

ulation 3400

.

Number of Farms 1100

.

Aver e about 105

cr

o

s

each

.

COUt-TY

Elevation of

F

arm lands fro 4000 to 8000

eet

.

r1ncipal crops

in

rder of acr a e arc as

follo

s:

llfalfa ad other hays, corn

,

ru1t

,

oats,

heat

.

The av

· r·

gc

yeild

of

each

crop his

year

as:

+lfalfa 3

.

5 tons

,

corn 30 bu

.

fruit 400 cars

,

oats 30 bu

.

v.heat 15 bu

.

Th

re are ~n the County Livestock as follows:

Hors

Bees

Cattle 18

,

2

5 , ~~1ne 1690,

oultry 3416 dz

.

tans

.

And Pure ·Bred

an· a.ls

as ·follows: 3 Stalliot1s, 40 bulls,

/30

cows,

25 boars,

bO

sows

.

There is a total

r£

26 silos

filled this year

.

A large percentage of ~he l

nd

of

1 remon County is unfit f'cr

cultivation

.

The soil varies from a deep,rich, sandy loam

alon~

t1e

Arkansas river to

poor n n~pro ucin shale of the

l

.

he s ale outcrops ar

c

fe

1

ho ever and

in eneral

the land is fairly fertile

.

The r. infall is not sufficient to iater

I

cro sand irri ation is

practice

.

Some

alka.11 is

present

· due

to persistent and over irrig, ion

.

Irrigated lan is valued

at from

ci

75 to

(:200 per acre and orchard land

t

from ., 150 to

~·.'

350 per

acre

.

No

i

irrigated

lEL

d sells at from

'!?

10 to , 30

(4)

I

The climatic conditions are e ~cellant

.

The summers are

comparitively lorg and not unpleasantly

1·rm

and the inters

are short and open

.

Transportation is very good

.

The

Denver

&

Rio Grande

railroad

runs East and est through the County following in

general the Jrkansas river

,

and a branch of the Santa Fe runs

from Puebl to Canon City

.

There "re numerous 1ell improved

n

~

.

country roads and secondary State high.rrays

.

has perhaps as fine a system o roa~s us any

similar siz in Colora o

.

Fremont

County

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B .. IEF HIS'1

1

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_COUNTY

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_IN

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_~

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cour

_TY

County ...

ff

an:t' s work started in

· F

r·emont

County

in

June 1916,

and continued uniilterr·uptedly

un_t

·

11 ~a.n

.

1,

· 1920

.

At

that

time

the County Agent left

a

qd t~e County

.

vtas

without an Agent

until

August

15,

1920

.

The County Farm Bur-e~u Orga~1zat1on as ke

t

I

in ta.ct

,

owev

'

er

,

and the

ork was ca~ried on

by

the officers a~

best they coµltl

.

;hile no definite progra of work was outlined

I'

a

n

d f'ollowed

by

the Farm Bureau during 1920 stiil considerable

work has been acco

plished especially

in

t.1e

livestock, pest

,

and crop p. oject

.

3 .

The 1ork of the County

A

gent has been combined With the

dlties o

the

County Horticultural

Inspector

.

This ta

es

connid

-erable time from :the Agent

mrk

in the spring nd fall mon

ths but

1

for the present al least

the

..

Agent must attend to the inspector

dl

ties

.

The moet

arked

improvement

in

Agricultural

e.ffa1rs

of'

the

County since the agent work started is the organization affected

by

the f

a

rmers

.

In

1916

there we .. ·

e two semi

-

active

f'arrners

'

organ

-izations: a County Horticultur

· l

S

ciety and a Community Livestock

Association

.

Immediately after the agent ork started the

~

arm

Bur au vas organized and it has developed to its present efficiency

:

I

fro~ neighborhood farmers

'

clubs to the Community Farm Bureau or

-ganizations

hich

ar

e

united

by

the County Earm Bureau

.

h

t present there are ti.e follo

ing

farmers' organizations

...,

in Fremont County:

Horticultural

_,..

Society

,

Livestock Association

,

Farm Loan

J:..ssociation,

Poultry

ssociation,

County Livestock

Shippdmg Association

,

Crop ,ruit Growers ssoc1ation

,

the County

Farm Bureau

.

All

of

these orcanizations work with and

through

the

County Farm Bureau

.

(6)

I

nother

p

rticularly o icjable i.provement is the

quality

of livestock kept

.

1.

1

_1e

county

f'armo

importing

pure

bred

SO"IS,

co • s,

and

sires

.t ·

he

p:r·ogeny of

VI.r'ich

a ·o

sold

· t extremely lo

prices

· to

resi

nts

of the

C

unty".

:.

any indi victual farmers

have

importe pure

b

ed s.:res am:

emales

c

nd

f1-:>om

thene animals some

good

blood

has be n

put

in ... 11

the

co

unities

.

The pi

clubs

b!'.ing·ng

111 p1

e bred s

OC'

!'

r its me bers has done very much or

the

pig

industry in the

County

.

The Parm

Bur·eau

Committeemen in

·n

their

the various comu nities/~ork in

the

interest

of

b tte~ stock has

be n the creif fo~ccs

~orkin

to b~ing

about t i s

desir

ble ch~nge

.

The

crops ha~ e been improved

o.nd

thrru gh t e

activities

ae

4 .

the

,;·~.r

Bure,

u many silos

lave

been

erirected

and the

rueq1od

of

feeding

airy and beef c ttle altered and bettered to a consider ble

(7)

5 .

~U

'F

I

KI

1920

.

e to

the

fact

hat Premont County

as

\Ji

t out a

Co

nty

~

gent

dur ng

1920

until 'l.ugust

15, there are

no

ecor

s avail· ble

for

ork

done

'

fiifor

~

th t

time

.

No

~

rogram

of

o

k

c.;..s

out

ined

for

tlis year

arid

c

nsequently no definite

work on pr0jects have

bev

don.

,hen

tl . C

unty g

nt

lcf

t

last

January

there

was no

lo

o

l

Farm ~ur u

or

n·zation

~

all

.

T

County or anization as

per ec··

-'

ed

bef'or

ha

le

r,

t

and

it

has

b

e

en in

tact

11 ye

1 •

T4.e

E·

cutive

'· mi

t ·

o

the

iremon County deserves

deserves

very

m ch credi

· for

the

my

they

b..1ve

kefi

{he

/:Jv'"'-Bt·reau

fu.nctionin

~

.

They

have

held

their•

reP.Ular

monthly

x.

cu

-ti,te

Comm

ttee

meetin a:1

ye;...r

and

hr.:i.ve

ttended to

hat business

w

'lich

w~.s

most

urgent

a

d could be

cone

.-.,i

thout

tl

o expend'!

tu

e

d'

too~ ch time ob the part

of

~he

officers

.

he

mu.n.thly

ne ·rs bulletin

lr

s been publiohed ev

r·y

m nth nd

the

ecutive

Co

mittee

s resJonsible for

this

.

This

is no small

task in itself an

~ac

taken conciderabl

c

o

the

offi6

r

time

.

The

Bulletin

was

p

1

t

out on time

and

in

very

goo

c.

d1tio

n

e

ch

,ork

undertaken

and put across

1Jy

the Executive Committee has

been confined to practic lly three projects

.

In the spring one ton

of Grim.

lfalfa

seed

was

im"Oor1ted

fro.n

Cotton

ood, South Dak

ta

.

This seed as distributed to 30 farmers for planting ·ith the

re ult th

t 300acres of good alfalfa

was

planted

.

"hre

hun

red

pounds of

t.innesota No

.

13 corn seed was imported

and distributed

t

o ten farmers

.

(8)

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.

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n

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10

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to

n

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n

.n'

h

10 n

n

s

t

e,t

'l.r,

1l

CQ .-.

12 urL

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t~

$

,rs

ent

OU

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l.

r.

rn

.. e u

r1y

•

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t

e

n

a

l

o.ys

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vei

b

r

.

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havo

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.

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""'

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(10)

ork in th ·

.

s

lin

consist d of imported

alfnlf

· ~:

n

d

coi"'n

seed

.

n

ton of Grim~ _ .. lfalfa seed as o

b

t ...

in

d

rom

t

on

-ood,

outh ~kota

a

nd

,ac

istr buted to 30

r

~

rmers

.

rh"s

s

d

rv

a

s planted o

1

p,,.:,ro imately 300 o.c:r·es

.

Th

result of this seed

stribut·on cd

1 o

nly be estim

e

.te

but in m

o

st cases

a {ood. Slla.nd

n

_

s

secured nd vhe

lf.:..

f"

seems

to be well ad~ ted to our

condi-told ab t i t next ye

a

r

.

a

.

tion

.

ore can· o

~ e e

hundred

buted a,ong

te

n f

a

isfao

t

-tory

re

.

poun

o

· I

• lS

.innesot c9rn s~

d

.s

.istr1

-me

.

s

.

T

Ji

0

var e·y of corn bas

proven very s t

-1

s

.te

our con itions and

yeilds

i

so 1e

iho..t

ore

than the

varieties ·rown

here _.,en¢}rally

.

eventeen

l

f~~r

101

s

ave sel .,c e · se

e

d corn f'or 1cxt

ye

&.

r'

s

'

crop and

~

, expect

to do co

1 ~1de abl

so{.,d · ec,ting

• .

_,

o

s

e

testi

il

as on

-nd no ce

ti

ied seed

is

e:ro

n

e1·e

t

all

.

~

s · 10s

t

ere

erected

n

the County

~

rin

f

· the

y

·!':\r

• .

,

e

had

\

no Committ ... emen wor i

eon

this

p

oject but

info

mation n

sug

es

-/

tone

,o~e senu

out

.

n ·ncre se f si silos·~

\

is Co nty is

v

ry

,

·o d

percenta

g

e

co

oid01'in

the

1.a

diet

ps o

~

thes c

muni

t ~

~ e n y

t

?O

i..;

ushels of

cevtific

..

.. ·

n ·ed

seed · as brru ght

are

in o the Count~ t is fall

.

J.

1

\'-10

f

O. -''

m

Grs ,

t i ; -

acting

as demonstrators

11th

this

seed

,

twen

y

cres

b ing planted ao a~

\

tO giv it

e.

fair

test

.

If

this

he~t

p

ov

E.,

to do well her

con s:Lderable of

_it

~

be

planted

next year

.

\

I \

1, \

(11)

9 .

LIV

·sTOC {

II~Pi

OV.1~

'

NT

h

tie

fforts of our Courty xecu

ive

Committee

the follo line pure bred

animals

· .rnre brou ht

into

~1c

County:

Rc~istered. dair

~irf3S

hree,

cgi's

ered

beefs es

ten;

nd

I

ten

~e-istered

dgir

'

~

cos

,ore

imQorted

.

The

dt

·r:

rnimals

were all

_lolste ·

n and (.he bee a:ni.·

~ls \

1,e

,hortho ns

and

. '!

I

I~

Herefords

.

Thee

ore t1elve

ro\i~·ere boars imported furing

the

ye"

r.

1

_Lis

_{is a goo}

_{sl o}

.i

ng

considcrin

~

tic fact

t.

t

no

agent

·son

t~ job

1d

no

de

'in·te c

· pai,n uas

I

better livesto k

.

The

Fremont County

Shipping

association was organized

Feb

.l,

1920

with 37 members

.

The

organization

has

been

very successful

.

The farmers have

taken

ti it

quite

readily

and

it has clearly demonstrated

the

value

of

cooperative

selling.

During

the

year

two

cars of stuff

has

been

shipped. One load

of

hogs

with a net

saving of

$132

,

and a

car of cattle with a net

saving of

$159

.30,

making

a toltal _

saving of

$~ij

l .

30 to the

members.

!.,Jurin

the month of .ugust and

S

ptember

there

was

co11siderable

outbreak of

Hog

Cholera in &.nd i;.1.round Canon C~ty

.

It is not

.,

kno n

exa

ctly

h

J1..

t'1e

disease as

rou

0

·ht in

.

It

_W""

s

_ver·

viru

-lent at its appearance an it ooked

GS

thou~h

i

vere

in

for a

good hard

seize of

it

.

,e to

prompt action ho

.

· ver,

on tne

part

of

those

farmers

i

n

,;;'1ose

herds

it

appeared

it

,as

soon

learned

(12)

(

w1 th

t:1e

B

ure

a

u of ,

.

ni al Indu

s

try

t

.w

enve1 and octor Stout

i

mediately came do m

.

He d

· £:

nosed th

a.

isease as ...

l

og Cl.,,olera

and com

m

enced vaccinating

.

meetinr.

i

s called at

t ..

.1.e County

.

_{gen s}

t

'

_{office and}

octor

S

tout

ut the proposl

t ·

on

t

p

to the

10 .

far ers present

.

He shored them he

seriousness

of tJc dise

a

se

and

g

ave

tl...

m revente.t1ve

ensures

.

So thonou

g

hly

and till!

_

ly

did the

.:'b.rmers

f

'

ollov:

his

instructions in sanitation and v

a

ccina

-)',,

tion that the disease as

nip ed in

t

e bud

· .

·-

v

ry

close

wa.

tch

o

t~1.e situation has be-en ·rapt

by

the

~

ounty

A

ent anc.

'arm

Bureau

.

Tr

e1..

has be

· n·

· ne

cases evelo,., for

t

.o

o

nths

and

we feel ~hat vehave

the

disease practic lly uµder control

.

Dr

.

tout gave

o

ne .ost mortum de.onstration and

t,o

vacc n tion

demons

·tra.

tions·

.

'i

e

h~d

t

renty igs

die

11th

the

disease

and one

hundred

and

fift,~

"

'

ore vaccinated

.

Due

t

o

ti1e

vaccinatioI\l

and our

cleri:1

up

c~ npaign ,rn estima e that ve s

ti.

v d

t

e

ft

r

m

er~ 't?3000

.

Pi ve poultry

culling

demonstrations 'rnre

<

iven

,

all

by

a

'

specialist from

t

1. . •

~~ric

0

ltur

:t

l Colle ·e

,

one

hun

.

red and

thirty

,·

people

,.,

ttendin

,.-

.

: .

• ecords of

t:4e

cullin

rere

kept

in

two

flocks

and ~lese records show conclusively thut it p

ys

to cul

.

to

these demonstrations aa

.

e poul

ry

wo ·k ve

1ave

done ae

fi

ure

that a proximLtely fifty flocks

1ere

cul cd th!s f~ll

.

This wil

l

mean a considerable savin

0

t,o

t:

e

noultrymen

an

it

is a

forward

step

.

• October 23 th

Fremont

County

o

u

l

try

ssoci

c

.tion

~

s

or

-g

nized

.

1

_{he object of this association s}

_to

_d

_velop

_,

_{st~cn then}

_,

and correlate the uor of the po ltry raisers in their e

· forts t

nromote the

"

evelopment of the ost pr.o:fi able and p rmanent system

(13)

cf work for the

~ssoc

ation inclu es culling

,

management of

flocks

,

housing

,

records

or

feed and production,

nnual .oultry

Sho, and the cooperative

buyin

of' :feed and apketin of

pro

-ducts

.

County

Flock ·;

·g

le.yin

0

contest ha$ b<:,en wor1wd up

.

_nePe

are

eight

contettants

.

Throu~h

J~is

conteclt we expect to ~et some

very

value ble data as to the cost

Of

p:r·o

i:

cinf e

('e,

f' edin

of

poull,ry,

housin·,

mana.r.,., ,ment

of

flocl, and

:f

nd

out

i f

poultry

is

profitable

.

Acurate

records are to be keJt

i

verytling

and the

content is

bei1g

ratched

with considerabl interest

.

rr1

e

Poul

t

·y

A&socia

tion

,

throt

.h

the

Fi

rm

ureau

o fice has

bou,

t

coo .. oratively three and ono

-

half' tons o

~leat ith n

s.;.;.Ving of ··54

.

,

and twenty-

C!_x

tons of bran

w

th

n sav:tn of

...,.286

.00,

aking a total savi1g of

~340

.

00 to ~"'arm Bureau

members

.

Considering the short time that this as~ociation has been organ

-ized nd

operatin ,

the mount of

businef:)s

lone

an~

t,he

consequent

saving to the members

is

very ncouraging

.

(14)

nly

one comm

ni

ty

has done work in ..

1ome

improve.

ent

.

1

,ast Canon

took

up

'

the work e.nd With the assist2.nce. of

f'rs

•

• ~1

.

Good·1in as project

leader

tb.ey

hav

done

so

m

e

g

ood rnrk

.

0

everal hundred bulletins and pa_ phlets have been distri

-buted and ins ;ructions were furnished u

p

on request

.

ue to l~s. Goodwin's good work five

ic~less

refrigerators

were installed .hicL. have .... roven very s"' tisfac tory

.

!

e expect con~ider~ble

w

ore ,ork done along this line

du1;,ing

the

coming year

.

(15)

(

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f

.fl

1 t

r, e

o air1~

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3 infes·e

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.11,

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lace

.

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.

)

of

very

t,aOo<.~ .

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hard

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no ··ticultut,ul.

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nd t1

)ln

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.

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misc.

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ccordinf".'

tree

0 (40

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1

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th>.#

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ee

·"' 1-.;truet1.ons

0 ..

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pe

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un·

p

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of .

.

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b

(16)

(

from what information

I

am able to obtain trees were pruned on

(17)

(

F

I

\

No

County I

?

a.ir was peld this

ye· r, neither

rs

there

a County

E

xhibit sent to

;

t

h

e State Fair

.

However plans have

,b

een

made for

a

County

Corn Show

\ti

ieh will be held Deoena

L

e

-

r 10

.

A

lso

a County

Poul

try

Show w

h

ich

Will take pl~ce during the first week in Jan

-uary.,

1921

.

The

County E'arm

\

rean at the present

is

negot1a~ing

~or

a

\ \

Fair Grounds

site

.

,

lans

, are well under

way

in

this 1atter

and

it

.

'I

I .

wil 1 not be long

Q

1

ff

ore

the

c

.

ounty owns

a.

fair grounds

'11th

necessary buildings

.

8

a.1·e doing

our

best

to

have this

ready

· for our

fair

ne%L fall

_.•

•

\

( \

,,

(18)

f

Farm

Bureau

Ne~'s is

published

monthly

.

The

purpose

of this o:rgan

is

to keep the Farm Bure

· u members informed

and in closer touch with the County, State

,

and

National

organizations, and

also

as

an

exchange bulletin in hich

farmers may advertise

their

0

1-i'or Sales~' a.nd

0

V

i.1ants

11

•

The Ne s

has

ei6ht

pages

and the advortisii:ig prac

-tically pays for the publishing

.

(19)

17 .

Considerable t.ime has been spent ·orking up the

cooper~tive buying idea

.

!any

of our

farmers buy

feed

from the retailt stores

by

the hundred

pound

lots

,

fer

C

poultry an for com

.

In

th:ts

way they a.re

paying

tm

full

retail price and it costs them more than they

make

out of their poultry

and

cows

.

In the last

t,w

•.

eeks

.1300 worth of business has

been done

wit

h

a

s

a

vi

ng

te

.

members of

w340

.

00 .

Note

.

The red figures on the

statistical summary re

(20)

Form 6.

Revised Nov., 1919.

COOPERATIVE EXTENSION WORK IN AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

State Agricultural College and County Farm Bureau Cooperating

STATES RELATIONS SERVICE

Office of Extension Work North and West

WASHINGTON, D. C.

ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AGENT

(Due November 30, 1920)

Slat•

o

~

County

•f

- ~ ~ / L

__

_

___

_

_____

_

____

_

a

"

zf-~~(__

__

_____

__

County Agricultural Agent

From

- ~

L

_!.¢_!-f-2:_d _

__ ,

to __

Lf~

__

_

.,,_

}_

j ___

_

____

_

__ ,

/920

If agent has not been

~

mployed entire year, indicate exact

· period. Agents resigning during

year should make out this report before quitting the service.

i-.,

(For map of State showing location of county, photograph illustrating some phase of county agent work,

or brief summary of outstanding features of the work.)

Approved:

Date _

__

_____ -

--- -·- -- -- ---

-

---

-

· -

-

-- ----··-- --- ----

-

(Name) __

_

__

_

_______

---President of Farm Bureau.

(Address) __

-

--

-

--

---

-

--

-

---

--,-

---Approved and forwarded by:

Date ---

-

--

-

---

-

---

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2

SUGGESTIONS RELATIVE TO THE PREPARATION OF THE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AGENT'S ANNUAL REPORT.

The annual report is a review, analysis, interpretation, and presentation to the people of tho

county, tho State, and the Nation of the sum total of the agricultural activities of the county

agricultural agent for the year.

The making of such a report is of primary value to the county

agricultural agent and the farm bureau officers and members.

The report should be a statement in orderly fashion, and under appropriate subheadings, of

the work done, methods used, and results secured under each project, as well as of the general work

accomplished. Every statement should be clear-cut, concise, forceful, and, where possible,

rein-forced with ample data from the statistical summary.

In

the preparation of the part of the report

relating to each project, the results reported in the statistical summary for the project should be

analyzed, conclusion drawn, and recommendations made. The report may well be illustrated

with photographs, maps, diagrams, blue prints or copies of charts and other forms used in

demon-stration work. Full credit should be given in all cooperating agencies.

T

1

he lines should he

single-spaced, with double space between the paragraphs, and reasonably good margins left. The

statistical summary will grow naturally out of the field and office records.

The following plan is suggestive of. how the report may be clearly and systematically outlined:

SUGGESTIVE OUTLINE OF ANNUAL REPORT.

I. Cover page. II. Title page. III. Table of contents.

IV. Status of farm bureau organization.

(1) Form of organization-distinctive features.

(2) Function of members, officers, and committees in developing the program of work. (3) General policies, including relationships to other organizations.

V. Program of work-methods employed and results achieved. (1) Factors determining program.

(2) Project activities and

results-(a) In the development of the farm bureau during the year. (b) In soil improvement.

(c) In crop production. (d) In live stock production. ( e) In farm economics.

(!) In marketing (buying and selling). (g) Ln farm home betterment.

(h) In Boys' and Girls' Clubs. ( i) In other project activities.

(3) Character and scope of office and field service.

(4) Analysis and interpretation of tabular summary, pp. 18, 19.

VI. Outlook and recommendations (including suggestive program of work for next year).

VII. Summary of activities and accomplishments (preferably of one or two typewritten pages only placed at the end of the narrative report).

STATISTICAL SUMMARY

To supplement the narrative of the report, and in order that comparable State and National

summaries can be made, it is necessary that each agent include a statistical summary of the work

in

his county. The following blanks have been prepared to insure uniformity

in

method of

reporting.

In

addition to the questions asked under each subdivision of the report, space is

pro-vided for the State to add other questions of State-wide importance. Additional room is also

provided for each county agent to add other important statistical information not covered in the

series of National and State questions. For the sake of clearness the questions are arranged in

the same order as suggested for the narrative.

(22)

3

FARM BUREAU ORGANIZATION-MAP.

On this page draw or attach a map of your county, showing boundaries of communities or other local units recogni,,;ed by the farm bureau.

Locate officers and executive committeemen with an X.

Locate community committeemen with a dot. ·

Indicate total number of farm bureau members in each community with a figure.

Q

•

()

(23)

4

FARM BUREAU ORGANIZATION.

1. Number of farm bureau members (individual paid membership)--- Nov. 30, 10] 8, ___

/_

_

~

_

£

_. ____

_

Nov. 30, ~9~9, __

,&

@ __

_

__

~

--

-

---

-

Nov. 30, 1920..~ ~ 7

2. Annual md1V1dual membership fee ---~~--- --3. County executive committee and c01mty project leaders serving during 1920 (list below):

Officers and county project leaders. Name of project or activity of which leader has charge. Address.

L

J

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__ _

__

_

__

_________________________

_

___________ -

· · _ ___ _

_____

_

______

_

____________________

_

__________ _

1. Does the organization of the farm bureau include (a) Home economics work? ___

'l.,~_.j_

(_

__

_

______

__

____________________________

_

/

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cl

(b) Boys' and Girls' Club work?

-

----Lf-,?;_.t:::'______

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_

/

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5. Does the farm bureau publish a Farm Bureau News or similar publication? ____

2_1,t_~_--{;'(, _

_

____

1--

-

---

-

--

-

·

6. Extent of community organization:

A, /'

(a) Number of communities or local units in the county recognized by the farm bureau ___

µ,£_!::{_

_

__

___________ _

(b) Number of communities having community committees /f,,f!__WJtj~n_ -

/J;1.

i

.---- - 4 ~ ~ l : f £ , ! ! : : ,

· -

A

,

_~

/

(c) Total number community committeemen.L~#L.?l{_(w,1,;e,e_1fc_,y __ - - ~ ~ / ~-~ - a # . -7. Meetings relating to farm bureau organization:

Number. _attendance.Total

(a) Annual meeting --- --- _________ /_______ _ _________

!/5"' _____

_

(b) Executive committee meetings

-

- ~

---

~U._LL~~-

-

_lg

_______

_ _

__

_

____

Jd_ ___________ _

.J 6 ...,,

( c) Community meetings--- __

J

/f-: _

______

_

,g,

_

f

_/

______

_

__

__ _

(il) Community committee meetings ---·- ______

:l,r _______ ---

-

-~ ___________

_

( e) County project committee meetings ---·-·---

-(f) Farm bureau picnics ---_______ _ ----I---

-

---

-

..1

('-tr------

--(g) 0 bservation tours·---·-.__________ _ ______ t) _______ _

(h) Other farm bureau organization meetings --- _______ () ________ ---

---Total --- ---

..3'

~

---

-

---

-

7££_

________ _

( i) Number of above meetings not attended by agents ---

(24)

---5

List below any additional work relative to farm bureau organization not covered by above questions:

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---

-

-t

~

L':

Hl':__~

-

~L-1-

-

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-

cf:.LI:u __ ~t:_'f-:_4J,

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£

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_____ _

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e

f _ _,__r ; / . _________________________________________________________________ _ SOIL-IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. In answering the following questions, report only results of the activities of the farm bureau and county agricultural agent that are supported by records. Answer every question. Use figures where work done can be supported by records for current year. Use "Unf." (unfinished) where work is unfinished or no record available; "N. A." (not applicable) where question does not apply; "0" (zero) where no wor.k has been done. DRAINAGE AND IRRIGATION. 8. Drainage systems planned and adopted--- __

c;?

________________________________ ---

--

-

---

-

---

-

---9. Acres involved in Question 8 _______________________________

(?_

_________________________________

_

___________

_

__

____

_

_______

__

_

10. Irrigation systems planned and adopted ________________

{2

---

-

--

-

----

---

-

---1 l. Acres involve<l in Question 10 ---. l'.1________ _ ________________ .. ____ --- ---li'ER'.l'ILI'fY. 12. Farmers who used commercial fertilizers ______________________________________________

t!_

___________

________

__

_

______

__

_

13. 'rons of commercial fertilizer included in Question 12 ---~-_________

(!

_

___

_

_______

_

_________________

_

14. Acres of clover or other legumes plowed under for green manure--- ---15. F~rms on which soil was tested for acidity ____________________________________________

fl_ ________________________

__

______ _

16. Farms on which lime or limestone was used __________________________________________ (}_ ______________________________ _ 17. 'l'ons of lime or limestone included in Question 16 ___________________________________

j

__________

___

_

__

____

_______ _

Number. 8 9 --- 10 --- . 11 --- ] 2 --- 13

_

__

___ jt2

_____

14 --- 15 --- 16 --- 17

18. List below the organizations or associations relating to soils that the farm bureau committeemen, the agent, or 18 his predecessors assisted in forming:

Organized previous to 1920. Organized in 1920. Type or organization.

NumLcr. Memters. Number. Members.

Drainage Associations _________________________ _______

.f}

__

_

______

-

---

-

---

-

--

-

---

_______

_ {) __

_

__

___

_ ---

--

---

--

-

---Limestone Associations _______ . _________ ---_______ {; ______________________________________ ________ () ____________ ---

(25)

6

SOIL-IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS-Continued.

STATE SUPPLEMENT.

This space is left for each county agent leader to include supplemental questions relating to soils applicable to his State:

(26)

7

CROP PROJECTS ..

In answering the following questions, report only results of the activities of the farm bureau and county agricultmal agent that are supported by records. Answer ew::ry question. Use figures where work done can be supported by records for current year. Use "Unf." (unfinished) where work is unfinished or no record available; "N. A." (not applicable) where question does not apply; "O" (zero) where no work has been done.

CORN.

Number.

19. Acres planted with selected seed corn, spring, 1920 _________________________

a_

____________________________________

_

₁₉ 20. Farmers selecting seed corn, fall,

1920---21. Bushels seed corn selected---

---22. Farmers testing seed corn for germination _______________________________________

c2 ______________________________________

_

--- 22

23. Bushels seed corn tested for ge1-mination ________________________________________

t'.?

______________________________________ _

₂₃ 24. Acres planted with tested seed ______________________________________________________

t! ______________________________________ _

--- 24

25. Farms on which corn growing was introduced or farm practice relative to corn culture modified _____ _ _________ Q_______ 25 26. Acres involved in Question 25 _______________________________________________________

Q

_____________________________________

_

_--- ₂₆

WHEAT, OA·rs, °BARLEY, AND RYE. 27. Farmers treating seed wheat for smut __________________________________________

J _________________________________________ _

_{-- ---} ₂₇

28. Bushels seed wheat tested for smut---~--- --- 28

29. Acres sown with treated seed ____________________________________________________ t} __________________________________________ _ ₂₉ 30. Farms on which wheat growing was introduced or farm practice relative to wheat culture modified_

_________ ,_'.1 _____

30 31. Acres involved in Question 30--- _ ________ fl --- 31

32. Farmers treating seed oats for smut _____________________________________________

_a _________________________________________ _

_--- ₃₂

33. Bushels seed oats treated for smut _______________________________________________

(?

_________________________________________ _

_--- ₃₃

34. Acres oats sown with treated seed _______________________________________________

(?

_____________________________

___

________

_

_--- ₃₄

35. Farms on which oat growing was introduced or farm practice relative to oat culture modified ____ _t) __ --- 35

3 6. Acres involved in Question 35 ____________________________________________________

Q _ ---

--- 36

37. Farms on which barley growing was introduced or farm practice relative to barley culture modified_

___ d

37 3 8. Acres involved in Question 3 7 ___________________________________________________

/!.. _______________________ ---

_--- ₃₈

39. Farms on which rye growing was introduced or farm practice relative to rye culture modified ___

{,L __

39 40. Acres involved in Question 39 ___________________________________________________

.o_ _________________________________________

_

--- 40

BEANS AND POT.A.TOES. 41. Farms on which bean growing was introduced or farm practice relative to bean culture modified ___ _ __________ _Q_____ 41 42. Acres involved in Question 4L _________________________________________________

_a _________________________________________ _

43. Farmers treating seed potatoes for disease ____________________________________

_Q __________________

· _______________________ _

--- 42

--- 43

44. Acres involved in Question 43 ____________________________________________________

(!

_________________________________________ _

_--- ₄₄

45. Farmers spraying potatoes for dise~se ___________________________________________

_o ________________________________________ _

₄₅ 46. Acres involved in Question 45 ____________________________________________________

f2.

________________________________________ _

_--- ₄₆

47. Farms on which potato growing was introduced or farm practice relative to potato culture modified_ _________ .t2_______ 4 7 48. Acres involved in Question 4 7 ______________ ---___________________

.f}__

_______________ ---

_--- ₄₈

LEGUMES, OTHER HAY, AND FORAGE. 49. Farms on which alfalfa growing was introduced or farm practice relative to alfalfa culture modified_ 50. Acres involved in Question 49--- ---~:, () ___ 49

---

j

---

50

51. Farms on which sweet clover growing was introduced or farm practice relative to sweet-clover culture modified ___________________________________________________________________

CJ

_________________________________________

_

--- 51

(27)

8

CROP PROJECTS-Continued.

LEGUMES, 0'l'HER HAY, AND FORAGE-Continued.

Numhcr.

53. Farms on which red, alsike, or white clover was introduced or farm practice relative to dover

cul--ture modified_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ _____

j

__

53

54. Acres involved in Question 53________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ _______

('.!___

____

54. 55. Farms on which soy bean growing was introduced or farm practice relative to soy bean culture

mod-ified ____________ --- ____________ ---________ _ ______ _

c2

_

__

55

56. Acres involved in Question 55--- ________ () ______ 56

57. Farms on which sorghum, kafi.r, or feterita growing was introduced or farm practice relative to

sor-ghum, kafu, or feterita culture modified.--- ________

tJ

______

57

58. Acres involved in Question 51--- ________

J)_______

58

IMPROVED SEED.

59. List in the following table work done in connection with seed improvement:

Improved seed secured. Improved seed for sale. No. of farms. Bushels. No. of farms.

I

Name of varieties being standardized. Crop. Bushel~.

ttoo::::::::::::::::::

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:::::::/~2~ ::

/rJi:::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::·_::::·_

:::

/ ~

;;l

:::::::::::

___ , __________________________ 1 _____ : _ __ ()__ ____ _______

;3

Ir~

i? _____

! __________________ ---__

/J

t ; _

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JJ1

L ___

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I

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--- --- -- --- -- --- --- --- ---- --- -- ---- - -- --- --- --- -. I. --- --- ---- - --- --- ---- --- ---·-- . .

-RODENT A.ND INSECT PEST CONTROL.

Number.

60. Farms on which rodent-control methods were followed_____________________________________________________________

/o

:,{'

____

60

61. Acres involved in Question 60_________________________________________ _____________ ________ _________________ ___ __ ________ __ __ _.,:L.()_{)_ ____ __ 61 62. Pounds of poisoned bait involved in Question 60______________________________________________________________________ . ...._ _____

?

__

L__

62 63. Farms on which insect-control methods were followed_______________________________________________________________ _ ____

2. (} () __

63 64. Acres involved in Question 63---·--- __

2. t>

tJ_ t) __ 64 65. Pounds of poisoned bait involved in Question 63--- --- 6 5

FRUIT.

66. Farms on which orchards were planted (apples, peaches, pears, citrous truits, etc., except bush

fruits) --- __ _____ _____ _______________ ______ ____________ ___________ _ _______ () __ _____ 6 6 67. Acres involved in Question 66-.______________________________________________________________________________________________ _ _______ {) _______ 67 68. Farms on which fruit trees were pruned___________________________________________________________________________________ _ ___

2.

cJ

O____

68 69. Acres involved in Question 68________________________________________________________________________________________________ _/_() ;J _ c)____ 69 70. Farms on which fruit trees were sprayed _____________________________ ,___________________________________________________ _ ____ -::_

_O_tJ ___

70 71. Acres involved in Question 70--- __

2 __

1" _A"_ 1 _ 71 72. Farms on which bush fruits were planted or farm practice relative to bush fruit culture modified___ _ _______ ..{}_______ 72

(28)

9

CROP PROJECTS-Continued.

FRUIT-Continued.

Number.

71. Boys' and Girls' Clubs incidenL to crop production agent assisted in organizing in 1!)20 74 75. Members enrolled in above clubs_ --- __ _ _______ _ _______ _

--- - -- - - --

______

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76. Members in above clubs completing work _____________ --- _ ---

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76 77. List below the organizations or associations relating to crops that the farm-bureau committeemen, the agent, or 77

his predecessors assisted in forming:

Organized previous to 1920. Organized in 1920:

Type of organization.

Number. Members. Number. Members.

Potato Growers' Associations_ ---______ _

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__________

--- --- --- _

Fruit Growers' Associations ___________________________ --- --- ________ j

________________

/ /) t? _ . ____ _

Market Gardeners' Associations ______________________ --- --- --- __________ --- __ _

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STATE SUPPLEMENT.

This space is left for each county agent leader to include supplemental questions relating to crops applicable to his State:

List below any other work relative to crop projects not covered by above questions or in State Supplement: