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BRIEF

HISTORY

OF

RESUME

OOUNTY AGENT WORK IN LARIMER COUNTY COLORADO

Extension

Work

began in

Larimer

County on

Aprill,

1918

when the present agent

as

employed.

On

November

15,

1917

the

County

Co

nies

ioners

provided for financing the

ork., but

it as

not

until the ~ollo ing April tha an appointment as

made

.

Until this

year

we

have used the County Farm Bureau as

the Extension

organization.,

1th

county

project

leaders !or

the various lines of ork adopted. Ho ever, this year the

County Fa.rm Bureau

ha. b en

r

th r

inactiv ,

aid also

because

of the fa.ct that

our

ef

arts

mu t

not b

t1

up

too

clo

ly

to any farm organization~

we

turned

our

thoughts to the

organ-ization of a County Agricultural Advisory Council.,

hich 1

discussed more

in detail under the Heading Organization•.

I

The County Project Leaders under

the old

plan,

in

many

oas s

have

not functioned, but

we

are hopeful th

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the Advi ory Council

will

get more

definite ·ork

accomplished on

definite

problems.

Th

re is a

big

ork

for th Farm

Bur~au,

the Farmers'

Union and the Grange to

do, and e

expect to

ork

1th all three

organizations.

Cooperative Com

m

odity

Marketing

is the

big

need

just no

_

, and I expect to spend considerable

_

time thie

next year on this

project

and also on the

revival of our

Live

too

Shipping As ociation. Farmer

c lin

for thi

live took ship

ping

r ia

it

u

t

-e

t'blished.

Our

farm organizations

must

get

down

to praotioal and

definite

lines of ctivity,

and

I

hope

to

be

able to

get

th ir

oooperat-ion on the

project

entioned.

On

June 1, 1922,

,

r

•

s.

Hill,

County Club Leader, resigned

to ent

r bu

ines

1th

the Riversid

Ice

an Stor ge

Comp

of

Fort Collin.

r

Hill b gan

the,

ork

as Club

Leder

in this

county

on

arch 1,

1919~ and

built u

a

onderful

pir1t

for

club ork.

It

a

·1th a

f

lin

o de p r gret

that

sa

hi leave the

service.

is

Ev

Floy

Srith

a

em

loyed

on

June 15, 1922 to

ave

ch rg of

omens'and

Girls'

r ,

and

ls

receiving

most

exc llent

o

o

eration fro

m

th

f r

o n n girl.

1

s

S

1th 1

making

0 G lIZAT 0

For the

past

yaar I

have

felt

the nee

o

a

ron

Agricultur·1l

Advisory CO'uncil ·n thi

county

to ·

or

ut

sy tem~tic lon ti

rograrn for th

rioultural

develop

-m n

t

of Larimer County.

This

er

I s

gge

ted the lan to

the County Com is ioner

an

asked that

they

a point

nts.,

fr

m th

various oommunitie tot is council.

They ere

heart-il in favor of

the

pl

n.

Later

in

hes

mer,

Ital

ed

.vi

th

H.

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Sim

·son,

County

A.

ent

of

·

eld County,

and

found that be

h d si il r

plans,

ut

oin

ore into

detail

on the

propo-sition.

After consi.d

rin

t

i

plan

fully,

and

talkin

ith

a

number o~ re re

entative

f

rm

0

rs of the county ho

a

roved

the

1

n,

a

deoide

to, dopt their form of organization, and on

ovember

1 t the Commission rs

signe

the agr

ement.,

co

of

~hioh

is tt ched hereto. The tentative Constitution

·nd

By-1

are

also

inclu ed in this report,

as

all as

list of the

County

and

Com unity orP-'~nizatio

s

eli ible to

membershi

•

The

unorganiz

d

com uniti

re

~1

o liste

•

Should all organiza

-tions

e

th

tment

e they

hav been ske

to

do

there

ill

b

n r

1 cou

1ci

of

sixty

rn nber

•

Ho

ver.,

e

will

b gin

the

or

.~nizat

·

n

~ i

th

a

member h

of

t

elve

or

if

teen.

W ho

, that

thi

Coun il il

the

1

an

of

bringing

to ether l

far or

anization~ and

co

nities

in th County

to

ESTA LISHMElT OF ABRICULTURAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

.

FOR

LARI

R

COUNTY

, the oar of Couty Co

i

o r

of L ri er County,

d h

r

by

t

blish n

organization

hioh oh

11

b

knom

th L

r1-!or

t

e

r County A·rioult r l

dvi

ry

Counoil, ·

. hich

all

purpo e o

·

·

iding 1n currying on h

or o

A rio

l

io

a.n

rur·

lop

n

th

o

unty~ nd

f

th r, 1n ord r th t

l

p

rt of

th

unty

and

11

ol

f

busine

inter

t

din

Agr1oul-1ll b

to

outlin

a

ay

-ture may

b

r

pr

nt

d 1n

on

body

Jhos ai

te tic,

l

g-t1

program

of,

ricultur l

d

v lop ent th

will

b

t

rv

l

t

pe le an

t

th

ed o the ntir oo

nty

.

~a.

h

am r

of th1

Co

nail

r pre

nt

bi

r

p

tive

com-1nity

nd

rg

iz tion t

maeti

t

J'

Couno1l,

'h1

h

time

def-init

ro;J ot

·

of ork

i

i l l

be

oho

en and

pl

11 m de

or

a.rrying

them

out

.

The

mb

of thi Counoil

(,vh1oh

i

r oogn1.ze

s

an

honor-a.ry oounty

in

1tut1on)

is

by

ppoint

ant

by

u

'

the Boar

0

County

Cor

ioners,

a.nd

in

o.coord.a.nc

1th

th

f

llo

ing rule

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Th1

Counoil

hall

b

e up

by

po1ntment

Comm1

ion r , of repr s

ntat1

following rtanizations

:

from the

E oh' aot1ve Commu ity r Di trot Agricultural A

001

t1on

-n r pr

entative

.

Ea.oh a.otive

Town

Oo

roia.l

As ooi t1on- one r pr entativa

.

Ea.oh active County

id.

Agrioul tural

Aa

01 t

.

ion-

t

o

r

r

nt tiv s

.

Eaoh un r

1Z

d Co

ity r

Di

trict- oner

pre

ent tiv

.

Eligible Organization: The Boar o Couty C

1 ion r

shall h ve

the

ri

t

to deol r

ht rg~nization

are

el1gibl to

re r

enta.tion

.

b

l1g1 l

.

Appointments:

Will ba made, an.d a membership card issued

to the representative, upon

reoommenda.tion of the looal

organization.

Term of Appointment: rEaoh member sha.ll be appointed for a

three-year period.

On the start of organization, lot shall be drawn

designating

one

third of the membera for one-year term, one third for

two-year term, a.nd one third for three-year term.

Following this plan,

one third of the Council membership will be appointed ea.ch auoceeding

year

to

serve

for three year period. Vacancies shall be filled in the

regular manner prescribed for appointing new members.

Repreaentativea from Unorganized

Communities:

One member

shall be appointed to the Couno11 from each unorganized community,

hioh

in the opinion of the Board of County Commiasioners 1s entitled to

representation.

This

Counoil is an honorary body, membe~s realizing there

is neither

pay

nor mileage allowed for the work.

It is a County

Organ-ization, ser ing as an

advisory

council to the Boa.rd of County

Com-missioners, and to the Representatives of the Extension Service, on

matters relating to the agricultural development of the county.

S1gned ___

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G_a_r_re_t_t ____

~---dhairman

Ha;:ria

Akin

J. W. McMullen

Commissioners

Date November

l,

1922

LIST OF ORGAIHZATIOMS RECOG IZED BY

THE BO

D OF COUTY COM,IS

0

IO~RS AS BEI.G ELIGIBLE

TO RECOGN

I

TION

ON THE AGR

I

CULTURAL

ADVISOR

Y

C

OUNC

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C

OU~TY ORGAN

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ZATIO S

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2

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3.

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7

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8

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9

.

10

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Stockgro er Association

Fair A oci tion

ion

Club

ocia.t

i

C

O

~ JlHT

Y

ORGAlHZATIOMS

11.

12

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13

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14

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15

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16

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18

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19

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20

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21

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26

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31

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emoer

1 ·

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1 member

1

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1 member

l member

1 1 e1 b

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6

Di

t

.

110.

10

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Va. Dal

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TENTATIVE CONSTITUTION AND l3Y-LA.

\

iS

OF

LARI:AER COUNTY AGRICULTURAL lIDVISORY OOUNCIL

CO STITUTION.

I.

a.me.

The name of this .A.sa:>oia.tion shall be the Larimer County

Agricultural Advisory Council.

II. Objects.

The ob jeots of the Council are as set :forth in the Articles

of Esta.bl! shmant

as signed

by

the

Boa rd

o1

Collllty

Oommis slone rs.

III. Place o:f

usine s s.

The principal place

o:f business

shall be at

the

County

Extension

Otfioe, Ft. Collins, Colorado.

IT. Membership and

Dues.

The membership of

this

body

1a

provided

for

in the Articles

o:f Establishment

by

the Board of

Oounty Oomm1ss1one rs, No dues will

be collected and no

assessments shall be levied

against

members

but

the

Council

ma.y, :from time to time, be oalled upon

to

band.le

money

that might

be

available s.nd

used for :turtte

ring the work.

V. O:f:fi

oars

and

Executive

Boa rd. The

of:f ioera

o:f

this Oounoil shall

consist

of a President,

Vic a-President and a Searetar1-Treaaurer.

The

Executive

Boa

rd

shall

be composed

of

these

three

o

.

ffioers.

The

Counv

Extension Agent shall

be considered an ex-o:f:fioio member of the Exeouti ve Board

without

voting

powe:r.

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VI.

Ela

,

o ti on.

The o:ffioers of

the Counoil shall be elected at the

re-gular meeting bJ majority vote.

VI.I.

The Oonati

tution

of

this

Council

ma.y

be

amended

by

a

t

o-thirda -vote of the qiembira present and voting

a

.

t

any

regular

meting.

BY-LA' S

I.

eetinge.

The

l'8

shall

be a re gu.la r ann u.a.1

meeting

o

:f

the Oo uno 11

he

1 d

eaoh year during the

month o:f

.

December or

January.

One

other regular

meeting shall be held

each year

in

mid summar.

Special meetings

may be o~led

by

the President

wmn

requested

to

do

so

by

the Boa.rd o:f

County

Commissioners,

by

ten members or

whenever

-

he

deems

it necessary

for the

transaction

of important business.

N•~1ce

of meetiIJga must

be in mails

:for

each Council immber en

days

before date of

any

Council

meet.ings but shall not hl:re 'i'o'ting

power.

II

.

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Dut1es

·

of Officers

&

Exeo • .Board.

1'he President, or in his absence,

the

V1oe--Pres1dent shall

preside at all meetings o:f thi:a Oounoll and shall per.form all suoh

duties as

usu.ally

pertain

to

hi

of fie,:\,

and

th

lt b oo

neoee ...

ary

tor

the prompt tranS$ot1on of the ba.ainesa of this Oounoil.

It shall be the

duty

o £

the

Saoretary-Treasurer

to

keep a

:record of all meetings, and

be. ve

custody

ot

all

mnds

that

may

be

r&oe1Te4

by

the Oounc11 :for ae in the work.

The ex

ouiiTe

:Board

may

meet on call o:f the

.

Pr

.

eside11t,

nd transact

sucll

buai

.

ness ae 100.y be

delegated to

the.

t

bod7 by

the

Counoil.

III. Projects

&

·

Commit tees.

1, shall be the

·

duty of thiS Oou.noil to choose at

eaoh

annual meeting, a number of

definite p:roJeats

of worlt

which

it

thinks

are of immediate importance and which, andexr erl.st1?1$ conditions,

should be carried out du

.

ring the ooming year

·

.

At the regular Annual

eeting, the Couno 11 shall designate

one

:projeat committee

1 or ea.oh

project ohosen. whose

duty

it wtll be to a.dvise and aid

in

C1>mpleting

the

.

r,ro

jeot.

!l.'he

pe rsontlel of

the

e committees,

VJ·

rying

from tv40

to nine in numoer, shall be eleeted

bys.

vote of

the

Exeau.ti ve Bo

rd.

!he

Chaixman

of

eSieh

<;ommit

tea

shall act

aa !-fro Jeet

leader.

Other tenijlorary

oorrunittees

ma.3 be deeignatec and

elect d

as oooaaton demands.

IV. Committee

Repo

_

•ta.

fhe

Chairman of each pro~ect oomm1ttee shall re:p0rt

at

each meeting

o:f

1

the Oounail

on the

progress

being

made

on h

.

is

pro ..

3eot

and

t

the annu.a.l meeting on the re ulte accomplished for the

yea.r.

• Q.uorwn..

Tan members

shall

oonstitute

a

quorum :for 1h 'transaction

of bu.sine se.

These :By-Laws

may

be

amended

by

a two-thirds vote of

the

members present at

any

rega.lar meeting.

LIVESTOCK

WORK

E!6.

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Five boye

at

La

port

f d out fifty-on head of purebred

Duroc

Jersey

spring

p

igs

ihich

ere shipped to th

a.tional

Wes-tern Stock Shen at Denver.

Exa.ot feed. acoounts

w

re kept

by

the

boys.

In

tho

oar

lot clas there

w

re tn3nty-f1.ve h a.d and

these

Larimer

County b ys

v

on first

pl

ca

ov r

a.11

open classes

receiving a ilver

loving oup

d na.ted

by

the

American

Institute

or

Meb.t Packer.

Eleven boys

and

one

girl

enroll din the So~

and

Litter

Club, from Waverly District No. 10, and Laporte

com

mun

ities.

The

wo

rk

of

this club

include

the care and feeding

of

the

sow

before

and

after fc.1.rro.·ing

1

and feeding the litter> exhibiting

t, o pigs at the County Fair. These me

"bers

report raising

seventy

p

igs.

The total value of

tnese

pigs

a.s

$

su.oo,

whi

ch

cost including feed $676.00, leaving a

value

nbove costs

of $628.00.

Eight boys !ed their

forty-five

pigs

on

pasture.

Thie

practice was adopted by six farmers ho fed ninety sows

and p

igs.

Eight boys

fed

prote

in

to their

p

i

ge

,

hioh

praotioe

aa adopt d

by

f

_

our farmers.

In

the first

year• s

work

th

ioh

includes

g

ro

w

ing

cut

a.

spr

ing

pig

whioh the o ub

member.

takes

at

i.man

in

g

time,

ten

boys

compl ted their

work

.

T

enty pigs

were

raised hioh ere

valued at $500.00.

The boys estimate their value above

costs

at $200.00.

Thirteen boys fed sixty-three

pigs

on

pastu

re

and also

fed

some protein supplement as

alfalfa,

tanka.ge,

or skim

milk.,,,. .. /

Eight

farmers

have been influenced

to

feed

tankage to their

h o ~

1he

valu abov co ts on th

pigs

i~

the

·bov

clubs as

$828.00,

ut th spr

a

o

influence

amon-

th~

f

of in atim·bl

valu.

erq

ha

been

e ship ed six club

pigs

t

t~

State F· ir

at

Pueblo,

inning

r·v

first, on

fifth,

t· o

i

th,· n

on

enth 11

oes.

Cop tition

u

ken e

eci

lly int e Po

and

China

Cl~~, our

1

s

\

inning first

i.n futurity

lit

er

f

four

first

on

boa.rs

n

futurity,

d

~ir. ton

J

1ior

b

gin

en cl s

s.

Calf

C l ~

/

T

1

•

lv

oy

f ini h d th ir. tor

an

at

the Co nty Fair or·

t

their oonm nity fai

Yhibit.

d

their c

lves

Five

b

.

oyr

bad

I

urebx

~

0..-1.lve

an

n

gr

de

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T 0 f C m

rs

I

r

in

u need

t

bu

purer

C!lV S and th

t

relv

par

nta

r

C

d

in-to

b

tter et

of

f

ing.

T

t

lv

boy#

v lue

of

th calves

ov

r

C

t

of

>28

.sa.

0

b

y

hi :t d

.

-

r

1

t

ed

Holstein c

lf

fr rn

~isconsin

a.t

.

C

t of

·106.00

.

The oth r

pur br d c VS ·nd

mo

t

f the

ra

_'

_r

bought

by th

oys,

ith the

s

istanc

of

_•

s.

Hill

hil

h a

y

t

ql

b

Le·/

in thi

County.

At

th County

Fair

a

ju

ing

cont c.t

as h ld.

On

class

us

d

for jud ing

wa.A

Holstein

h

ifer. The

Holst-in As

ociation

¥nt

rib

)

ons for

a arding

in

the

Hol tein

h i

r cla

~

an

also

for

the Ch

m

ion Juni r

Holstei

ju

e.

·

ais

1

r

honor

.

ent

to Carroll Jone,

a me

b r of the District

to.

10 1, ·

t

c lf

club.

1-lext

y

ur

e hope to hav th

C· lf Club boy in th·

C b.

.e :11 iav..,

probably

t

o

boys

next year eligible for the

Cow and Calf Club.

Stoctc Juctging

Before the County Fair I celled together the boys

belong-ing

to Pig and Cal Clubs for some

work

in etook judging. These

boys

ri

et

three times

prior

to th County

Fair and judged.

beef and

dairy

cattle

and

breeding sows.

At th County Fair a. judging

collteat

was held, eleven

boys

participating. They Judged

b

reed-ing so

, dairy

and

beef o ttle. Placings

iere

made on the

var-ious olasG sand

yritt

n reasons wer

giv

n.

The thr e

boys

hav-ing the

ighest tot~1

core

on

placings

and

reasons

ere

winne

rs.

They all

came frorn

District

No.

10 livestock club,

una.er the

leadership o T. A.

Rei

er.

The

follew

in

g

boys

made

up the

team:

Junius

For

berg,

Claud Reiser and Carroll

Jones.

I

gave the team so e additional trainin~ b fore the State

Fair

.

At th State F~ir tho team

gave

a

good

account of

them-selves.,

innh1g

second

pla

ce

ae

team

i., 1th a score of

985

1>oints

being

only

eight points

behind the

inning team

wh

ich

as

from

E Paso County.

Reiser

and

For.sberg

were

re

pectively,

third

and

fourth high individuals. Our team

was

high

team on Beef an

Dai-ry o asses.

Feeding

Demoxstrations

In cooperation

~ith

E.

J.

Maynard,

in

charge

of Animal

Investigations

a.t the College,

,ve

have

pla.nn d

to

d.a.te

thre

oattl"6

f

eding demonstrations

1th th follo ing

fa dere:

N. P.

s,

·

neon of Berthoud, 160

he;...,d

of

mixed stock

of fair

quality;

John

c.

Good:in

of Fort C.olline, 102 head of high

gr

de Hereford

calve; H·nk

Wikins

of Fort Collins about 60 hea of calves

ot

ii

' J a

r

. ~8.

Th

r tion

pla.nn

d

or

the

cal

e

i l l incl

e,

t

1

'

ola

~s,

C

Jtton

se d

c~k

I

and a.1fa.

1·

y.

I

1 Ol'. e 0 S

th

t

UJ.p i l l

likely

be

rep

a.oed

by

silage.

r.

,

yn·

r

7i.Ll

· saist

cheoki

g up

0

d

monstr

t

r

_•

Si

C i .rtl i

foruatio

i

a 1

on

th

f

di

g

of

·hy

b

L

'

onst

ation

ith

th

Her

or

cal .

,1

l

of

i

v· lu

_•

.1th

Monroe

&

Son

0

Lov 1· ..

1

,

rv

ar

~

o::."king on

f

ding

do

nstr ion hie inc ud

th u

of

t·

k

ge

ii

h

C

rn,

b tl f~d

in as f-

2

d

r.

ot

h v liste

t,

nty-five

dr

1ea of

t

r a, co s

0 V

hie our r

n

₀

e

en hav for e

·-

1

•

Xp

ct

d

re

tives ror-

th Onie F

m Bur au

to

come and

looK

our

c

t

l

o er.

b

h

re

b

ore

D

f:

our

b

t

o· t

t

in

th

Stat no an

e

tt ink

they

i i

r

l

t.

It

111

be a littl

lat

as sorn

·lr

·

y

ne to

r

t.

l

n of

buy-ir

ctn

i

ri

ht

nd our men arw

very

much

int

re

tad

i

the 1 n.

Bree

Thr e

y ·

ra ago

,t·

Larimer County

Regi tered Breeder

Asi

ocia.ti

n ; ·

or

d

and

inc that time

e hav o on.

·t d !th

of

ur

r

liv

ach

y

ar.

The

lea

... e

·el

in

De "emb r

and

r ary.

h

i

br

so

a

,n in

ne

ary

a.le

'18

hav

B

f

D·.iry

c.-

t ...

1

~~ H f'

I

h

p a 01

try.

s·l

t _J

ve

pr

uit

atis act

ry in

th

re

d av

0 anc

to

i f

_h

_g

_o

_d

_surnlu

_ur

_r

_stoc

_•

#

breeders inspection committee

a.1 aye

look

the stock

over

Hh

ich

the breeders~ ieh to consign,

and

this inure that only

sto

ck

of

proper quality

ill be offered. The December sales are held

t

e. College

and

the

F~bru

'

ry

s·le

at

Longmont.

Last December tventy-six hogs

were

in

the

sale,

the

Po-l

ds averaging

so.oo,

the Durocs averaging

·$ss.oo.

In

·

the

February

sale

eighteen Holstein cos,

heifers a.nd bulls

aver·ged

$82.69; ten Shorthorn cows, heifer

and bulls

averaged

~64

.75;

six Poland sos averaged

$40

.

00;

ten Duroo

Sos ·vera.

ed

$42

.15

and

two Duroo

boar

averaged 19.25. The

sale

totaled

2836

.

oo

.

The hi

g

hest

price

paid

was

for a Holstein heifer at

$330

.0.

The

s les have been the

means

of

distributing

a

great deal

of

pure-bred breeding animals

ov r the t o counties.

Poultry

There bas been

a

great

deal

of interest this year in the

raising and feeding of

poultry

.

The College

prepared

so1e

very

excellent cost account charts

which

fifteen of our

peo)le are

k

eping.

The records

started

January l, 1922,

hen

ce

the year

record is not available

at

this tie. These coo erators hav

found that

by

the feeding of balanced rations

and payin

more

attention

to the culling of their flocks,

and

by

proper

housing~

the

refits on

their

flocks have been increased.

e have advised

with

these cooperators regarding feedin

and

cullin

g

their flock.

In the vicinity of Fort Colline there

are

a large number

of

s

11 tr cts.

These

are

very

11 adapted to the raising of

poultry

.

On

many

of

these

tracts

Vocational

en live, and

they

are beoomin

v ry

much

interested in the

poultry

business.

They

are

k

ping

fro

three

hundre

to

fifteen

.u

n

rd

ullet

.

To take c·

e

of

the urplu

e

s

n

poultry,

hich

t

e

loo 1

m~r~

ts o·n n

t

bsor,

a

as~i

ted in the

f

tion

o~ a Poultry

ark

tin As.ociation,

bich

to the re

nt

ti

.e

has not een

altogether

sn.tisf otory,

but

it

ill

be

in ti a

.

Its ene

it

ill be

lt

ore in January or F ruary h n

h

vier

ro

uction

o

g a begins

.

This u

er

prGctically

11

t

ciation e

gs

ere

m·rketed

in Estes

l

..

et five cents

above

local

mark

thou P...n

t

o hundre i ·ty

hen

this

y

by

our

of

0

nd

the

r

thousan because

many

f

oo s ha e

been

ha e le·rned to

oull the

past

t~o ye·

nettin the

pro

ucer at

n cu

1

from

f

r

f

ook

111

a

ly

r

ra

ch

fiv

culled

by

farmers

ho

s:J

uch credit

i du

to

r

.

~

.

S

.

Hill, former club leader in this county,

who

ave

very

great

a

iatance

to

armoro

1n

d

velopin

their

flocks

.

DAIRYING

During the month of .ovember, 1921, I a em led orders

for

dairy

oatt e to be

purchased

·n

isconsin.

r. Earle G. Reed,

\Vho at

that t i e as

Agricultural Ag

nt

fo-r- the Colorado and

Southern

Rail~ay,

had

bou ht

many

our load of

dairy

cattle from

the dairyren

round A

leton

and

Oshkosh,

i

conain.

The 1 t of

.. o emb r I left

·iith

him

to

purchase

f

iv oar of dairy

stock

for

th farmer of Lari er County.

The

Poudr

V·

lley and

th First

~ational Banks of Fort Collins and th Fir t Nati

nal B·nk

of

llin

ton agreed to finana t"

reposition

as

they

appreciate

th

n

cessity of

dairy

cove

on

our farm

.

At·

ee

ing of

bank-era of Fort Collins

an

ellington the

plan

of

purchase

of th

e

00:V

was

explainea

and

th

b~

kers

er

"

e

. g r

o l

an

r

nay n

goo

co

,

r

vid

'

th

ar

r

in

ition

I

rop

rly

Ot::..r 0 th co

_•

a

that I

g·--

ther

t

cea

ary

1

-for

t1on

or

h

,

1hich> 0

cours

,

I

pp

to

do

.

hen

rri

e

in

i

cor:si.n,

a s

ore

r

quir

d

to

uy he atoc

_•

In vi

·--ing

t

h

r

a.

th

as

istanc

or

Co nty g n

, Bank

gen

,

Bred A

soci tion

er

t

1

sand

Br

the

t.o

counti

i

hich

tot

l

of o

f

rty-thr

purcha

d

dir

ct ro th

~ ir

n,

,

m-ki

I . .

th s

1 cticn in th~

iry

burns

.

Of" hi

nub

r

seventy

- t o

ere

cos,

ixty- i

h

heifers

d

calves

and

thr

e

bull

.

ht,

co

of

d

livary

o

f

rty-seven

co

an

br d

heifer

·nd one bul to e lin ton

~"s

16.19 er

elling-ton

11.l 1/3

p r h a ; on the

ixty

ha

11v red to Fort

Col-t

.a~ 15.55 per he

hese o t

inctud d h lters,

line th

l

b

r

r

gat

s.,

d lng, freight

·

· d f ed,

inr-ura.nce,

auto hire,

oaretak r. x

p

ns s,

•

B.

t

in

_

,

and arn r nt

.

h

banks

.... ntio

above a

ano

d

ll,00.

0

ut t o

act-u

l

co

of

C t l d l i

r

a.

to

, 3

a.

'

he

,

a

r

fun

0 6

.05

a

t

s

hich

ur

a

credited

on Gh

notes

of

th m

n

buying

t

cattle.

h

b ,r:i:

er

_ig

d

s ... or

th

a .,n.

Y,

n

son 0

agre

ng

to

ay

r th

m

out

of

t

CI

·m ch

ok

'

.a.n

her

ca

~

trai

o· tgag,J

s lci.O d

0 th

c·

tt

_•

Th

b

u.re

incl1n

to

h

n

lent of

me to pay ..t"'or

th

airy

animal

_• E ght p l

cent

was

th

inter-st oh

·

rge·.

hr o bulls o very

exceilent

breeding were bou ht;

th

even near t

a

butter and mor

than

of each bull

·

averaging from 975# to

1000#

,O

0# milk a y ar

.

Bulls

of such breding,

will be a big factor

in

building up our herds

.

Most of the cows

ere bought at from 70

.

00 to 90

.

00 per head in

isconsin,

I

,,,I'

paid

·11s

.

O for one exceptionally good

cov.

~

Before loading out

the cattle were all

tested

for

tuber-culosis

.

Four cos

reacted,

three of them being from one herd~

so, of course, th se ,ere not bought.

·in teen far rs

received the one hundred forty-three

hea.

In

a majority of

cases

these

001s

have

p

roven

very

satis-factory

.

However,

most of the en ould prefer that

they

freshen

in the fall rather than the ~pring as was th~

case

1th most

of

thi

hipment.

To

cOis

freshened

on the

way

hoe and these

cos

have not done well.

It is

not a

·

e plan to ship cows th

t far

that

111

freshen

in

less than sixty days

.

Co

a ooia.tion

In the month of June I s ent on iderable

time

in

help-ing

org·niz

a Cow

sting

A

sociation

.

1here are at present

ight

1er

1n t;ho Association co

ri

risin

g

one

hundr

d four

co

s.

Th

cot

· co

p r y

ar

1

~3

.a5.

The

tester is

r.

Reinholtz,

-

h

n

h; 1

not

1th

our

Associati n, i

doing A vanced

Regis-try or fort

Coll ~e.

Th

memb

e of the

Association

.

are

ell l

ased

vith r

ults

obtain

d

by

b tter

metho

s of feeding

as r

com

1

ende

by

the

tester.

Int

rest i-n the

Associ tion as irst

ere

ted

by

having

th

iry

en eep

m

il

records on their co

and

in

some

oases

suggesting a chan

in

ration.

They

found

that

records

paid,

h nee,

it

as an easy

matter

to

t

them

into

the As

..

ociation.

On

member

report

thy

are getting one third

more

milk

than a

y

ar ago

ihen

they

re not

paying

attention to balanced

rations.

Tri-County

Holstein

Association

On

rch 3rd,

I

attended the annual D iry Shov at

Johns-ton and

at

ni t

~isted

in

organizing

the

Tri-County Holstein

Breeders Association.

Carl Heinz of Greeley

ia.s

elected

President,

ri

th B.

•

Fairbanks of

the

College, Vice-President,

and

VI

al

te~

Guerkink of Johnato n) Secretary-Treasurer.

The three.Counties

are L ri er, Boulder nd

W

ld.

Directors

rer

chosen as

follo

s:

For three

years

-V • B.

_

Polley,

Johnstom

Geo.

E.

orton, Fort

Collins

or

t o ye

rs

-C. E.

Van·eter, Lovol~nd

C. D. Ch

e,

Greeley

For one

year

-C. A~

Do

ell., Long

ont

Marcu

Hr er.,

Boulder

.

The

big

thing

the Association

ill

·

strive

for is to

have

ea.ch

member

test

hie her for tuberculosis

.

Th

y

111

also

assi

.

st

.

members

in

the sale

of

their

animal an other~

iae

protect

the

industry.

eetings will

be held

at stated

times in each of the

thre counties.

Dairy

1

eek

In coo

p

eration 1th

the Agricultur·l Agont

for the

Colo-ra. o

and

Southern Rail

ay

set

aside March

13-16

as

dairy

week.

Da

and

night

meetings ~er hel

in

Berthoud,

L

veland,

Fort

Col-lins., and

l

ellington.

Judging contests

an

co

der

onstratione

were

held

at

each

place during

th

day,

the local

banks a

eeing

that

tha

boys

inning rizes in

th

judging contests oculd

borrow

money

to

buy high

grade

or registered

dairy

heifer

calves.

Five

boys

in

the

county

were financed for $100

.

00 each

to

buy

register-ed c~1vas.

At the ni ht meetings motion

iotures ere

sho

n, and

Prof. A.

L.

Haecker

of Nebraska,

Prof.

Morton

of th

College

and

Mr. Reed of

the

Colorado

and

Southern spoke

on

hase

of

the

dai-ry

industry.

Dairy

Feeding

Schools

The

week

of

J

uary 23rd

'J

aa

set

a.side

for

dairy

feeding

schools at

the

following

laces:

Waverly,

ellington., Big

Thomp-son,

Fort Collins~

and Bertho1d

.

Prof

.

rton

gave

the talks

and

fi

red rations

ith

the

men present

.

The

attandanc

at

these

meetings

one

hundred

nineteen.

Prof

.

Morton also gave

som

th value of tame pastures

•

.

ellington

Dairy

Ass ciation

In

arch

the

dairy

e1

of the

ellin

ton co.

unity

ecame

uch

inter

sted

in trying to

h

ve

aches

dCtory

located there~

ut

on the advice of Prof.

Morton, they

decide

to

·ait a

bile.

It \

s

then

decide

to

t

orm

a.

D

iry

Ass

ci

tion

11hich

i

ht

in-vestigate

further

the

chees pr oaition

as iell

a

handle

.

any

other

ai

ry

matters which

ight ari e.

C. B. Orcutt

ias

chosen

Pr

i

ent

with

F.

ah,

Secretary-Treasurer.

In a

short time

t

Aesoc·ation

decide

to.mar et their

or·

1n

a

coop rative manner.

Arr·ng

raent

w

re

de

ith a

local

roduce

buyer

to

handle

the

oraan.

from th

members

on a

t o c nt

p r

pound

butterfat

brsis.

Thi

h

s

or

ed

ry

atis-otorily

and

the reducer h*Ve

en

netting

t o c nt

a

o e the

Denver

price

fo cream.

Fifty

mm

ere

have

joine

the

Aseocia-ti

n

and-are

sticking

together ins ite of

hi

g

her

price

being

off red

f r their

ere

by

out id

a.rties.

he ere

is shipped

each

ay

to~ er

mery ·t

F rt Col ins.

Them

bar ure

11

l

ased with

th

rrangement.

T

e Pastures

Ei ht

.

en

planted

the

t

e

,.. s. ,

·xture

as

recom

m

ended

by t.e

Coll

ge, but

the

s

ring

nd summer

~s

~O

terri

ly

dry

that

they

ere

not succe ful

in

gettin

1

as and and wil

h·ve to be

res

ed

d.

To

men

tri

d

out

,inter

rye,

so

e

in the

snring

d

re-port

that in

spit

of the ry

eason,

ith

t·o

irr·gation

1

they

ff

re

bl

t

carry

t~o h~ad

p

ore for

three

month p

riod.

Tame

pasture

seeded a year

ago

that have become well

tablished hav o

ied

p

roxi

mate

ly

two head er acre from

May

to September 1th t o or three

irrigation.

There will be

·

or

interest next ye~r in this

project

.

SEED

I

PROVEMENT

S

ed

.§h2!.

Last December, in

connection

ith the

Fort

Collins

Poultry

Sho

,

v e held a

County

Corn and Potato Show,

It

gave

op

po

rtunity

for

those

,ho had ood

seed

for sale to adverti e their goos

to

the general public. Thia year e rill

add wheat~ barley and

oats.

1e

feel

that the

p

roduction

of

im

pro

ved

seed

is

only part

of the projec~ and that we must assist

the

growers to dispose

·

of

th

ir

good surplus

seed.

As a rule this has not been hard to do,

for

neighbors have spoken

for

most of the

seed

produ

ced,

arquis

-~,,,,_

,,,...

had an order for

eighty bushels of R gistered Marquis

heat from

County

Agent Oen. Thi order as filled

y

Paul

ead at Berthoud.

All

of

the Registered heat has sold at

from

sixty

cents

to

one

dollar

p

er

hun

ed

above

the

market

price.

This

is

for recleaned seed,

B.in-run se d has frequently sold

from twenty-five to

fifty

cent

above the market price.

To

grovers of Register d Marquis

this

spring old seven

hundred bushel

wh

ich

had a

value of

$400.00 above the

mark

et

price

of unregistered seed. Fifteen farmers sec1red some of this seed

nd plant d four hundred acr s.

Joe

Dykem n of Box Elder

reports

a yield of

fifty-to bushels

per

acre on

t

elve acres, and

Roy

Buck of Loveland

re

ports

his Registered arquie field averaging

forty-to bushels as against thirty-seven for his

·

general average

hich

included

both his

registere

und unregi tered fields.

Kanred Wheat

Three

gro~ers sold nine hundred

fifty-two bushels for

'

thi f 11

plant

d

aom

of

thi r

gist

red

ee

on

one

thousand

eighth

r

orty

o es.

Th

Kanr

yi

1 ed fro

fourteen

to ixte n

bushel

al gro

non

ry

land

er

acr: hich

v

a.

very o

cd

for

thi

y

e·

son

.

Sum

ma

rizin for

I

e t e find t a t

one

thousand six

hundre

fifty-tvo

bus els

f

registere

seed as sold

at n

inorea

in rice

above

the

g

neral

ket of

$691.0

one

f·rmers

are

u.in

g

some of

this

betters ed hich as

ed on

t

·i

thous

c_

t

o hundred

ores.

b

regi t r

it

nn.ist p

Fifty-the

in-Be

ore this

seed

c

s

o

ection of the College

an

p

eck sa

le

of

th

recle ed seed

must

b

filed

with

t

e

·

c

11

ge, as

a.

gu

rantee that the eed

the gro er has f r

·

le is

u

to

the

grad of

the

ample

.

When

th gro

er

sells his recle ned ragi tered ee, he

ma

y

ive

a

~ertificate fro

the

College

gi

vin

g

th

gr

ination, tc.

It

i'""

not our

idea to

have

a

large n

ber of

gro·

rs

,.

,.

roducin

re

istere

seed

for

e can

much

ore

effectively

ork

ith

a

fe than

ith any

.

But we do

a t

to

s

_ 1 ..

rge

number of farmer

plant

better

seed

and

get

o; r1y

from

t

e

do

ck-r

a

in.

Last

sea

on

p

ractically

all of

the

rv

istere corn in

this

County

rv

a

ro

by

Paul

ead

f

Berthou

•

H

ol

ighty..t..

e·ght

bushels of

sh

11

d

corn

at

100.00

a ove market

rice.

Fifty-to

far

ers ar u

in

b

tt r

a

d

corn

hundred

t·

nty-eight

acree

last

Potatoes

ring

.

d plant

potatoes from

El

Pao County

thio

spring for

the

follo

ing

farmers:

c

. .

Webb r-Virginia Dale-400# Co blers

Roland

e~t-Fort Colli -50

#

Cobblers

J.

•

Ed ards-Fort Coll

ins-600#

Rura.ls

John

Frazier-Fort Collins-200~

R1ra

O

ing to

the fact thrit

w

id

not un

erstand

that

ap-lication for

certification

h d to

be

made

by

June

1st none

of

our seed stock in the County is

certified

but -e ~ill have so

e

very goo se d.

A

god

ro

y

of our

~rorers

do not care to

bo her with certified s

ed

roduction, but arc

1ntere~t

din

get-ting in d"sease

free

seed

~~h

ich

is true to type.

Last December e held a

~otato

sho in

oonnection

ith

t1a

Corn

d

Poultry

Sho at Fort

Collins.

Some .ount~in

rovm

s ed of

xoell nt quality

s

exr.ibit

d.

Dr.

Sandat

n of the

College of ared a cup for the est exhibit of seed,

This cup

went to

Shep

Husted of Est s Park on

n excellent sample of

Ru et Burb~ k

•

Son.e very

fi1,.e

Pearls

were .also

ho

•

a.re planning

another

ot to

sho, with

the

Im

proved

Seed

Sho,

Deoe ber 11-14

in

the County

rt Collin.

'his

year

the potato

orop

in the

almost·

f·

11 ro o in

to th exc

s~ive

ntain region has been

rought.

In

th

irrigat-ed

section

of th~ vall

y

potato,s

have yielded fro. one hun r d

to

one hundred fifty sacks

~er

acre

.

This

mmer

I took

re resent- tive from the Horticultural

Department of the College to

in

t

nort

ern

part

of the County,

e se

(rhizoctonia

and fusariu.)

ect

f

ielde

for three

n·rcn.o

rs

in

In

each case considerable

dis-a present dis-as

11 as a

1

ture

of arieties., both Pearls

and

Rurals

.

We

advised the

g

rowers

to seoure

pure

seed stock, free fro

disease

and that

it

·be

treat d and

planted

on clean round

.

We

have

so.a excellent

otato soil in the

Comty

and our

potato

crop can be

made

of

ob

eater value

y

f

llovin

the above suggestions

.