Annual report of county agent work, 1919: Elbert County

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WORK II I

-St· te ;ricultural Coll g

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Color .

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United Stat

Depar .

ent o Agraoult r~, Elber County,

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OrOUNr Y AGENT

COOP RATING.

From-- March 1 t,lSl9.

To-- ova be 3Dth,l919.

AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES OF ELBERT COUNT •

Elbert county containing 1854 square miles lies e s and north of the central part of Colorado and includes a. part of the

ter-ritory known s the Arkan as Divi e. The acreage of the county is 1,188,480 &ores or about 62,000 aoras less than the state of Dele are .

There are approximately a million aores in farms in Elbert oounty.

Two hundred thou and of these are oultivat d, the remaining aoreage being used for pasture.

At present the population of Elbert county is about

a,ooo.

The

population persquare mil 1 4.31. The rural population is ·bout

4,000.

There are about 2,000 f~r s in the county, av r ging bout 400 a.a:res in

e1ae.

The a.liitude from 4.1700 feet, in the southeast,. to about 6,600

feet in the north est . The surface ia generally lev 1 or roll-ing except 1n the extreme southeast here it broken and hilly. Th prinoipal orops in order of aore ge are: Corn, Wheat, Oat 1

Barley, Rye, P1n·to Beans, For~ge Crops, Alfalfa., Native ay, a.nd

Potatoes .

The average yeild per aore for these orops thi year ass:

Corn---22 Bu. Oats---26 Bu.

Whea.t----1.5 Bu. Rye-... ----14

Bu.

Barley---11 Bu. Beans---4~0 Lbs. Potatoes---eo Bu.

There are 1n the county livestock as follows:

6,000 horses. 1,000 mule • 28,000 cattle. 3,.200 ogs.

24,000 sheep . ·

At ·this time it is hard to estimate the number of purebred

anim.a.la in the county. The crusade for • Better Sires-Better Stook •. haa just been started and a purebred oensus ill be taken.

Un er the Live took Impro~em ~project of this report or~ detail will be given oonoern1ng the livestock resoursee of thi oounty.

There were a.pproxima.'eJy l25 1los filled th • year and any were not completed in time to be filled. th 1 ea on.

COUNTY

.~roRK Ill 1 19.

l tl:o t~ :re a fee inf: a,r1; in t the h · r in.~ of ;l. Co1.1n y

Agent for Elb~rt Co nty, the Boa:r·d of C tt1m1asione a rn_. loye

nd

o

to be0 in Mnrch lst , l~w~11 .

-

2-a e

tat

hat ·Xi ted .1n th early sta

t tth agent was · s edto

e t e hav

t

d.

ter

that ·er d for ,

oom unity ao ~t and r oeiv th r~ more ef1 ite program

YO't. h·n you ~ it . t· t~ erienc a that existe rt o ny 1 a 1 0""",.. -~o, o· n che

'

r#

t r you n ria D g Proj ot r " r t rt a

doaen

re.

r the Oo m1 aione s

Le d r,

a.o

On th morn1n l-Oth of aroh t t Leader Lovett

aocompa.nied the to the county ~eat znd there after

1ntrr uoin hi e~&l of the

to

peool · 1 , • ell

yo ar Count g~ he .e no to 't. So th t a th

begi.nning. About t :wo eks spent in getting a.oqua.inted wnd tryin to -et Q fo t h 1 •

Parlim1n r · ·. e til· .

em.a. te f

o

n 1 ering th ~ F n of r;or wa.

t~·l d up a.mong several o th lea 1ng far re th ooun y

and it . was d •Ci ed to hol

a.

p~rlim1nary meeting in Simla

on h th of April. T 1 et ng was "'dvert d by · k. ng fifty le'~-d1ng f~rner all over t.e county to r·p e ent bis

own oomtnunity at thi organiz· t1on meeting. About sixty roent o

th1 n ber aho~e p or th e ting. H r the di cua ion

took pl~ca to ha t kind o an organization ~ould it take

to ma e the county ···gent or .. e feoti e in hi ooun Y•

t r muoh di·ous 1 n1 Ao· 1 tnt C't t L b r ~ ts xpl in d

the F'rm Bureau plan and it &·decided by those present to

undertake thi paln of organization.

fter the oounty as m pad

out into oo~un1t e at m~o ry eh ir lected to

dvertiae e. .oo munity teeting for each of the fifteen sectio or n tu1" l center of t e county. At onoe these conmuni ty

etin er· ta~sed n a tendanae v~rri d jith th

loaoa.lity.

f, r en and re a ked hat were

nd hat asb1 trnoe thy wer expeot1n. fro t e Thi evol d th oo mun·~y pr gram of 10rk and

ttl=. oommunty commi tt e. man or 0 n ~ r 1;1 s leoted by those

pr sent to r resent eaoh project on the program of work 1n aoh oo unity to head that one thiag in tba:t particular comxnunity. 'l'hia rn e the co.. nity org ization n· th

n xt t p ~· to ap;o1nt ela t to the county ~ide oting

so that a.oh oommunty would b epreaented ~.a.t the county v id

orga.niza t ion.

0 unty Or~an1a tion.

On the 26th of April a oounty wi e meeting wa held, each oorm-unty b 111g r,~·sponsibl for t lee st one delegate. Here the o mmunty pro~ am~ ere · isoussed and State Le der Lovett &a~ t d 1 . ma ing out a ounty Progra and perfecting the

ooun or .;:on a~ 1on. A county program wa m·- e out: nd an rnan a lect- to han l thte oou. ty project

as

follows : Organization-- E. E.Hughes, 'iowa., Colo .~ Prea1den •

so llan·ou r

j Q --

Al. Oarna an»

Elbert ,

Colo., V•Pres.

tiv · took lr' provei n - - A. G. Cornforth, t,lb rt, Colo. ,

D iry Irn rov nsnt•- •R yno 4, Elizabet ~Colo . ,

Crop I. pr ve4nn~.t---H . G. Isbell~ io ·a, Colo .

Boy t &

a

rl Cl -s, inervt ~oC .rty I Si la, Oolo. ~

.. · 1 Road -- Ol f 01· o , Re.m··h, Ool·orado.

Peat Control-- Cha. ~alke , Bennett, Colo.,

Seo tary-Tr ~aaurer-- B. ·• Glea on," Kiow· ₁ Colo .

Thi county o "'"tn1z ion oo 1a it t d. the c tnty proj eot and th" Exeoutiv· Comm tt~e for 1 .... 19. Th OJnst1tution and bi-la~s -re ~opted and were the same as reoonnnendvd by the S·tate Leader .

Tll p ogra.. used. in t 1 meet1ng waa

as

follows :

PROGRA .

ELBERT COUNTY F Rid Bti AU---CQTJ_ TY- IDE MEFTI -rG.

, 1o

1a.,

Colo-- ,pril 26, 1&19 •.

"' .

e · tirg called to order at 10: 60 ---Ch· 1.rj .an ca.rna.h· n .

Objects of thi

eeting--- ----

y the Chairm n.

h arm B reau Plan---·~- ---Oounty Agent Lea er Lovett. ·

Reports .of Community Programs of .ork---Deleg~tes . Ap oint1 ~ant of Com. on Const1 tution an Bi-Law •

Appcintm nt of Com. on No at1o •

00 • Lunoh erved by t e L ·die A d. of io a. usia-- By ias y.Telen. ott and • Cla.reno 01 ason.

ar Bureau a.n the Stookms..n--- ... _ llen 0 rn h.

o the Farm Bure·u can help th Dry r er--J . H. Ha; l y. fte n Min te 1 mbershio Drive.

Reports o committe •

Election of Officers.

General Disous~ion.

(

1fte n oonnroni·tie h.ad

a.

ae. ·rate organ1z ·tion, l tied to th"" oounty or::>en1zat1on, ich was controlled ana. operated by t e Exacutiv Oom⁢ee.

Th .. E ··eouti e Committ ~ ad th roj ots

proj ac~s roj eat

and e~oh proj ct a ~eade by on

n·ch 1 n t de~l directly itb the

e e ol 1 fi d a.a · ·1 , llaneou Pr

io Pr

1-d t ~s put in oh,. ~g of these.

oommun

for

th

of ork a ked for

1n

th

ntire

t1

teen

Of thi, numb 1· • 9 •le:r s p :t"" te Q nd 1

ia-e to~al of m n and women involved 1n

ve ~

ill 01'

m elves community

,,ell r .. pr -:sen d at the County

in the summer at Color~do

r.

Cor forth.

L1vestook man,

nd

They

xpressed ~ arm Bureau and

oo ty . Th e th ee

vote much of th ir th , oom iti men

b 0 s .

re"""rgani - t ~ n o·unpari n

b r· o t .x~outive

eing Nilling o l

can o into it t onge

( the peopl wbil

Now

6 wor Tile Bureau o

-a-thin sho vtorth ber •

I

7

LIVESTOCK I

Before giving the report on this projeo~ in Elbert county it might be well to ake a brief statement regarding the live took

resourses in this county.

For at least 30 years several men in this county, especiallY.

in that part known as the Arkansas Divide, have been breeding Shorthorn cattle . By experience and after careful . study and selection these pioneer purebred men have d termined that the Shorthorn bre d of cattle are b t adapted for this particular

looality. These breeding operations have been carried on

slo ly ·nd carefully, a.nd not ithout oritioism of the old timers i n this country. Developement has been slow and the progress made in these thirty years haa been only thru the persistent

efforts of these determined breeders . The oountry aa formerly

a vast range, where big cattle oompanies roamed th~ir atock at large. These men did not fully belei~e in even the use of pure-bred a1rea and it a an uphill game for the man that as trying to i mprove the Shorthorn in this country.

A. G. Cornforth, at present one of t e 1 ading Shorthorn men in

the west, was one of the first men to bring in an Avon ale bull .

By con tant care, selection and management this m· n ha.s improved his herd until it stands foremost among the herus of tbe west .

r. Co nforth \vas not alone in this . Allan Ce.rna.ha.n soon .bega.n shov i I€ shorthorns from Elbert county, and others followed. To day the section is known as a Shorthorn center. A local

breed r ' s association, known· as the Elbert County Shorthorn Breeder ' s As ociation is aotive and re doing progree ive work. There are about 25 breeders in this country that are no prod-ucing purebre Shorthorn •

Because of the fact that the Shorthorns ere established and the general sentiment was in favor of Shorthorn cattle, soon after the Fo.rm Bureau organization was complete, the executive committee set out in va.,rious

wa.,s

to further develpp the breed and to make this oounty known to all the livestock orld a a

Short orn center, a.nd noted for that p rtioular breed.

One of the first oons1 erations of the Exec tive Committ e of the Farm Bureau wa along livestock lines . It seemd thatthe most active rnembers of this oommitt e ere Shorthorn ~en nd the corn i~tee as a hole were in favor of furthering the devel-oping of this breed in the county. Plans were a.t once ~ d for a oo~nittee representing the Farm Bureau to take up the

matter of a Sociability Run with the local breeder ' s association. This further developed into inviting the president of the El Pa o county Farm Bure u into the conference.

Shorthorn Sociability Run.

M:r. , • H. Paul, president of the El Pa. -o County Farm Bureau,

ur.

A. G. Cornforth, livestoo f' oommitteem~n of the Elbert County Farm

Bur e u rver a. ed to m et with Mr . C. • lburn

to

diaous the plan for the Shorthorn Tour . Mr. Melburn repre ente the

loc~l Br e er ' Assooi~t1on . Thi meeting brought to a head

th definite arr ngementa ~nd a sign ent for eaob committee, The matter had been gone ov ~ t oroly with

Mr .

Cornfor~h and

r.

pr;ul , p r vioue to thi meet ·ng nd Mr. Cornforth had a.

sk l e on for made out to ill in the v rioue p oial oo itteea.

'l'he- da.t o:r the run a t for J ne 19th to ta~t fro. the Elbert County Court Ious at ten A. M. Two espatchers wer -a.;ppointed to a th t t 'he run a m de on ohedule ti-.. • Ot er

oommitt s we n. a follo : r oeption, to se th~ t the visitors

':t mad aoqua1nted 2:th the breedel's• speak rs , to see that an

abl corp of sp ak r were the~e for the ooc~ sion~ lunch and refreshments , to aee that all the gue ts ere provi for at the lunch hour, soh dule and time card .. to ee ·t at arrangeft.lents ere ma e with ~he men to h ve their atoak up ~nd in shape t ow.

The run outlined n Mr . Cornforth and the oounty agent took

the trip to m·· lee out the sohedule. Tv enty minu-eea wer a.l otted to eaa 1 rm d n1ne stop · ~· re ooked. Tbe bre der 's .~ sooia.tion fin":~ncad th a verti ing and sup,.. lied ooff , milk and lemon~de for the vi itor . 01~-:.rs forth men &.nd o·ndy for tle la 1e were al o pass~ by t e bre ders.

being 1~e·l the orot d gather~d at the Elbert County ; 30 and promptly ·at ten the espe.tol1er gave the train of 63 oar tart d to ~in ita ay up the

Th fir t stop as t Gl ason and Blazer ' •

ere Sunnyside Robert , bo a second in his ol6. a at the We tern

Sho l~at ·tnt r, t e .. ttraotien of the spectators. This bull

i a a pl ndi 'peo1m n of beef typ nd a very likable her header.

(Se hot No. 1. )

Th p ·rty mo ed n up t e valley to t e farm of Allen earn ha .,

w 10 h s Sp.purbu Cumberland t ·t H~ hea,d of th~ h rd. Th Carnahan

re 1 tere ni- ls nwnb r out fi ty had. A fi buno of females

ox

Ut~ifo m ype an b:ree ~~ in in this h r hav ad 1 t poss i e for

lr . earn han to of hi young bulla to he lt~rge rang cattle

men of . he west . The bull b 1ng uniform an . e peoially 11

adap~e or r nge

oon

i t i on • (S e Photo No. 2)

Jones • Broth~rs , just a m11 fart r up the creek wa the ne t atop.

o ine sir re he~ .d . g th herds of these bro, rs .

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Passing through the town of Elbert , the party next stopped at

Foret G r nc, h re A. G. Cornfort h~a ben re ding Shor horns

for many years . Th .ranoh o pri e ·o'fne 3,000 acre o e.l erna.ting

m adow ·nd pin~ ti Der,. v1tl an abundano of a e n· an unlimited

supply of mounto.in water . Oed rla •a Be t a m~gnifloent speo1tnen fr m the h~rd of R as

&

Son•s herd at Pilger Nebra ka e th

prino1pa.l erd · ir • _e 1 ~. s 1 t · d by othe · b 11 o ... Whi teha.ll

Sultan and C oio Goods br 1ng. r . Cornxo t~ hcs one o th

l~rgest herd of·registere Shorth rn in ~h

A ter inap~oting the cattle, the pa:t ty 'lr.a piloted to ~· pina grove

Qrby here a fin r1e. o ioken pionio lunoh ~s erve . All eing

atisfied, the .athering was oalled to order by J .J.Kru ,a b n ·er of Kio·· • Mr . Kru acted BS toastn . t r in he 'lJsenoe of Pres.

Hughes of the Earm Bureau.

several

Jp·akera 1ere in ro·uced, th

paoke:ra, represent 1ng s,··tft and Ar ·our were present. Tft farm press , prominent breeders from other aeation J and others mae short t-lks.

The prinoip 1 spe kers of th dey we Prof. Oha.rle I . Bray of the

Color do A'- r ioul tur ·1 Coll ega ~nd Ex- Gov . E.

"r.

A ·ons.

At to P. M. the ·dispatohar o lled time and t e party began to move on outh a~d until the fur of O. A. elburn as reaohed. About

ao

animal , constituting one of the be t herds in the county ar

he d" by Typio 1 Thought, :fron tl1e rd qf the llvn Cs.;ttle dompany,

only a few miles to the south· st but too f r to be r acle on the days tou • On the farm of G orga Gleffe the s eotator had an op·:>ortunity to see a. ne·;r breeder starting out . rith onl.y a ew

ell seleoted t'"enu.t.les~ .. r . Gleffe tas picked a very de ir able type, an ha m~de hi~ start in th Shorthorn bu ine"'s , Mr.Louis Kirk

showed Sultan ' · Valentine, the sir·e o bi hsr at the ale:ffe ranoh. This bull i s ~n excellent individula bred by A. G.Cornfortb.

As t1e party ~e e sp_eding ao rr ar· to ar· th next top, a freckled

faced youngster o · lev en ye rs h ,:. a rop t i · d a.cros the r a . 11 _{I ant you to stop and take a loo a:t my oa.l tt , aid young Ralph} Evans, "I'm a Shorthorn breeder and you •ve got to stop .• The party

dismount d fron1 their a~ rs - nd nearby ~he boy had his oalf Bulg r

tied, wit"· the moth r n eirby . Halph h·d ploted1 d1eo d, and harrowed

nearly un re · ore thi yeax n with the money ... d purch' ed registere1 o fro

Mr .

l~lburn , t e oo· h · a fin~ bull oalf.

A 11 tl ,, story is told by Mr . Pu.ul about Ra; pb and his fu ure

mbitions. Mr . Paul told the boy that when h got rea

y

to breed the oow, h could brin her

over

and bree her t his oull. Yr. Paul had reoen ·ly purchased a. in . ull from the Allen Cc..ttle oompa.ny ··nd a.s ver.y proud of him s a ire. Ralph hesi tat d · nd r mar e thc.-.. t h •

think 1t over. A ew days 1 ter

r .

P l s , the boy again an made

him th same propo it1 n.

" ell, I ' 11 tell you !lr. Paul: sai Ralph, " I dont beleive your bull

i good enoug R Th boy too~

the

ba over an bred r . to a '200

In

order to f~t er

eve ope

the Shorthorns

1

Elb

rt

Coun~y

111r. Corn orth trl&O.e ~ propos tion to t e Ex· outive Comrrittee of t e Far Bu.r"d< to vertise E baT-t county Shorthorn abroa as

w 11 t .. t

T do. h · county .:A.gent

in the

oounty.

The calve left Elb .rt oount r in 8 pt ber anc will )e ho\i~n 11 Chic· ·o &.t th , Interna.-t1 n 1 a. Elb~rt oour1ty Shorthorns. All of the ·Calve were br·d ~no raise ir w i oounty.

and

The p· th .. y t e Farm· Buz- ~- u pl ye~ in thi minor proj ... ot ia th t the Live·'"'te>ek oonunitte r>\.n o£1: . ed to o thi a a rY rt

the Li e ~ too r Proj eat . Th county agent a well a.s v ral

ers oft e F~rm Bu:rot;U h·l.)ed in he sel ct on ·· d. locating

th o·· l.

The m(: tt.ar has een gi\len wide nublicity and · ll throughout

the county afe nxiously a~aiting the return of th Fe ~er Sho~v in 0 . ioa.go .

·r.

Hughe ,

the ··

r =-"si ant of th F~rm r ~ ··u .. igh. 51 P,;}r .:e the b neJ. its that were to b obtai e thru

e ef ort f • Cornforth n the c~ v n· felt tha ith

a l i ttle more suoh ork of thi sort s v ral n in hi t rritory "ould begin raining Shorthorn o-ttlc.

Publicity a

· rojeot y 1.-L E

~ re alnned on 01 tog t thl e

to t e Interna t :Lona wa .. o i e upon as one o 0

CO NITY VETERINARY

The I{1o\'la oo · .. unity

t

the County Farm Bureau took up a one

of their projeo Community Veterinary, nd th Elber

community 1noluda on their progr m o WQr - Cont ol of Di ea e of Live took. It <a.s t ou ht th t t'le territory not being

o a.r diat .., that a vet rina.r1 n would b a me::-n to olv

th se two probl me . It t-4:-. also considered advisable that. the

t o be oombin d. beo uee of the sp

r

e popu ation of thi new

oount:ry. 'rh1s met with favor b th · oommi~teemen of both

o

m1 unit· · •

among the l ea in .. stockm~n ~n ounde

urvey .. o ma.ny f" r r and

that o in on t ~opos tion

e, t thing wa. ooa ·e · m· n

Thi proved o be n ea y m ter an onl a tar months

of 1nve t1gating did ve loc t a an th t ould ev oon id r our offer. Th c··lled for 4 r vision in tbe plan ·- to alter

them to me ¥ ·t on· tion o th im •

inal · y Dr . E. W. Mo·C:tone oalJ ed p.po the cot.ll1\1tteermm, Fred lbin

tole rn of the pro o iti n. an u t~~ion follo ed the next

y w1 th Dr. :MCC ,.on ·• ·r,. Albin ~d oun y agent o ma

definite '~ c e

t .

This Dr. MoOron aoepte and took his

pl~:: o, oo . nilly t r nari· on Ooto er fir t .

h m .... o:r·n

follow :

. ~:uaauat of K · s State Agrioul tur"'-l Coll ge

eterin·ry College. h~ h· ~ ten y a

ri nee ·n Kane a ana one year in Colorado.

hi l r co end .d and n usi s 10 ov r

of a em nt un er 1hloh - . · oCrol i or kin THIS ~ ·~OR J. DUH OF AGREEMEN n er d 1nto ,t Kiow , Colorado

Elb··r ,County, on t is first day o October 1919, betveen E ••

MoCro e, p r y o th first p r ,

rn

t e aa ooi· ted live took o 1ers of the Kio a and lbert omrnuniti .. ~ o the Elbert Oounty Farn B r ~u, p·rty of . e a oon part,

Ps. ty o oi n i t

-P , uY 0 0 the t1

a

on up eep ·~ d. · ll o hi ·u 1

a.u.

one

way

J

T ~ vet r nari s Iflo ah 11 b _n

oonnoot

on Count] !:g ,.,. t •.: fi · • 1 :c 1r t ... y o

'

Att t: g ... nt.

Dr.

McCrone

r ports

t pr ctic ~ .. r ··a ter t

v~r goo etisfaotion s asset o th

El

rt Coun y { Si ; e ) ( ign ) or t t the . , t t.

re

" 1 giving valuable

atheson,1 and Central Oonu.nunitY:•

Cooperating with the Sim Commercial Club, the a~ Bux~ u

1n that -community put on a. Silo Exours1on into the southern

part of the county . This Wb.S at filling time and farm r

and others interested in the evelpp nt o this phae of

fa.r·ming had an opportunity to see this in oper~ tion.

( Th far of

G. ~ .Hixon

and Sons wa the fir t stop and here

• Hixon baa teo five hundred ton silos . B1a oreV~

wa

a.t ,,orking filling the ' i mmens structure nd.

r.

Hixon

gave some good pointers a.s to the benefits of feeding silage.

Yr . H1son is a · a breeder of purehr .. Shorthorns and. Here ...

for e. 1e cattle were up nd · lt r d 1n the corrals nd

a.

nea pla.oard told a few facts ab:~ut each ind1v1d • The Hixon pl~oe is about 2200 acres an on of th ost modern

:farms in eastern Colora,do. This vas r. Hixon • e project mder the far· Bureau pl~ for his community and this as a means of getting 1nt reat roused in the con truotion of silos . The party p~ased on to .veral other farms having silos nd

the o ners to,ld the viaitora of the oo t o the variou types

ot

silos. Extreme in·terest wa aho. in the pit silo on the fa.rm of Fred ~ ld ne r Kutch. r. ~ald ha. an ingenious

device for eleva.tirg the silage into his bartl. The oro d na.d a.n opportunity

ot

seening ome pretty good Ha.mpshi:-e hogs at

thia f a

During the noon o-ur ~ picnic lunch a.~ erved in t e Brown

Dor · s grove . A few good talks helped the visitors to enjoy

the day.

Mr.

Alexander Jaokson, agricultural agent for the

ock I l nd Linea, 1 h hea qu ters in Chio~go aa on the trip

and &d some v ry fitting remarks. Prof. Clark o the

A ricultural College had so e very a.oourate data. on t e Silo

situation in Colorcdo.

S veral ot1 r f rma ,r vis ted nd t)e l·st atop waQ at the

olt noh, now operated by the Drin ert n· En~art Co t iss on oomp"ny of Denver. Here a very 1· .rge silo li s idle an the man ger of the farm 1 not a beleiver in silo • They put up

an abun anae of ali" lf· hay and. t ey ola.1m they havt<l no time

for h ndling a cultivated crop . T 1a ranch follo Hor e

Creek for seven miles, m~king fine &falfa o in~ possible. About thirty five neo le took part in this run, but eaoh was an enthusiast over the silo· for this aeot on. A point ''~a brot out th t Q d y t e soil ould be d plet d and ain raising

ould oom- .. to a..n end- then t silo ould , ea.n o·· tl . eeding and thus a soil buil er ~

16-EPOENE GRU B AND OTHERS UY

ELBERT COUNT

SHORTHORNS.

Eugen orub , better no as

Pot

o Grub~ , u oha~e a

fin l(t o, 001s of Shorthorn Bree 1ng in thi county recently.

He bought thes oo a to ill a

Californ1a

order and while

h re t e oo nty ,. gent as o; .lled upon to elp show

:r.

Grubb

the herds in the D1v1da. Ur. Grubb roha · ed. 9 bull oa.lves from Allen 0 rnaha.n for his o ~n h rd in Ga:rf1eld cou.n y .

These o lvea were a very un orm lot d. f high ola.ss Scotch br- ed1nt6•

On uany inQt .~ees the cou:rty agent bas bee~ oall d upon· to

sho tha .hortborn oattle of thi county to outsi era and

pro peotiv. hu era .

Th ooun&.y . .,. t bad h pleaaur · of co mpan ing r . Cotohe~, Field e t'eaentiv for th·

Shorthorn Breed r

A soo1ation

of

Amer1oa and

~r .

Frank Tomson, editor of

t

e Shorthorn in

kner-io on a trip ar un to several of the be t herd in this oou.nty .

PH SPEGTIVE SAL'

PAVILLIOy.

Several I~ro i.ne t br edere of Sh rthorns are 1· vestiga t ng

th oo~t f oon vruot1on

t

a. sale pavillion to be loo t·d in the county. any of these breeders attend the annual

in Denv r and sell th 1r surplus t this le. T . ey r ... liz th" t this could be done t home and now are

trying o inter at other in thi propoat1t1on. Th matter

is le.ye on the tabl t pr ent beca; se of the · j lk of

county F&ir, n the party o aa:pst eontemplat s the

erection of thi sal pavillion n t ~

r

ir Grounds as one of th pe minent build nge.

~ld by

Prof.

01 k.

A Sv:t ies of three tin ·1e. e bel in the 11., • of th county

in t e s m er in t1e interest

ot

the silo os.mpa1gn. 11 vhe e meetings e e , e l t .~ ·nded the oom uni~y sho ed

lack of 1Sooia.l1zing • ,h1oh ma ,. _t 1 ossible to _{ge~ ny .}

definit· ork ooompli had. They wee un illing to ta ~e

· advantage of the .offer on olubb ing fo p"t ilos · pu" out

(

BETTER HOGS FOR ELBERT OOUdTY.

At least tbr ·e

or four

en have acted u on the

ugges ·

1on of the county agent 1n getting bett r h g into

th

county.

G. W.Olark nd D. S. Kilp triok of the Kio a community h .ve

~de trips ·nto other oountie J.ith the oounty ag nt to buy bet·ter hog· • These happened to be from the ELfASO HERD OF

DUROCS and aome of the best Pathfinder stock tha.t oould b had.

'rhese men have bought t e e pig at a. high price but already

the1r eale of fall igs from th s litter have convinced th tha.t th pur~bred business is th one for them

, r . 01 rk io r e<"l 1 bog man and re resent th Kio ·a

community on hog raising. He has deaid d to do ~ ay ith

all. his grade stook by spring and. go 1nto the pur br ··d buaines~ on a la.r . er scale.

Hr. oe JEnner

f

Elb rt~ a br der o Jersie an Du Roc bas also na·e ,orne fhoioe ael otion on pis f ru th

a. j in1ng county.

R.E.Gowdy

ot

the Kio¥a community is al o importing ome

Missouri bred Duroo and is demonstrating tba t pur bred hogs are b·dly n eded in th1~ county. ·ith a few or men of th1 o·111

e

the hog bu iness in the oould ~ oul show pro i e , These Duroo men are alao oomt mplating

a

ale 1n the ne~r

future ~here eaob will bring in his surpu stoo and di("poae

of it at a publio purebred uotion saJ.e. Things of this nat-ure re n w in .lbert county nd the progress ia slow.

_...,

____

....

_

... ...

18-Altho th1 project wa .. t en up in me; y of tb ifteen

oomrau iti s under mor speoifio lines, not il o. was do

le

in th ... aommuniti a. The

or

acoolpl1 hed e· 11; oh1-fly

with pott1to e,. ltho some derr:onetration ork was oarri d

on r.ith corn- alf' lf and sweet

olov

;r.

I

Th major p rt of th1a project was the Developement of tbe Cert1f1 d Se d Potato Indtstry in the 1v1 e County.

Tbi · · ou ·in ted in i:,.. Po .to B~k held jointly by the

thr,r:e oounty Far Bureauel o Dou~ las, El P so a.n lbert oou· tie· • 1 . • E rl G. R d, agricultural agent of the

BurlinJ·ton nd Colorado oouth r . Ra.ilro s ~aa th in tigator

of the idee. of proctuoin.g certi!"e s ed p ·ta.toea .

Tex s pot to gro vers de·ma.nd a.n arly m tur tng variety of pot toea, no.zt~el.y the Irish Cobblers and Bl ias ·• Early Triumph.

At pr sent tuey

:r

tt no' t · e eed from isconsin nd Idaho. Mr . ea~i oono ive the· ide that t rmer in th Divide o \l t 1n on this market

it

they

could produoe the

riglt varie y and the * s quality of po·:c toe emand.ed by

the Texa g owers because

of th

difference in freight r~tes .

· A et . g Vi ~s oalle in Denver on th;. first

ot

Jun to 1a.ke

pla.ns for thi~ otat ov, ~nt pro ot. _ t this r1 eet1ng

the farrners lfer :repreaentet!, the railra,ods, the Bure u o

Market , th.- Ex ension Sta of the College, the County A ents and th~ potato s eoialiat of the college. Here the p ana wee

layed for th project.

It as d ci·de that before going into this thing that ome

ooura.t in:f'or a.tion on the cost of production of pots. oes as oompa.red with other crops should be one into tho oly. This

om by the a ~nage n·t Department of the College and

the County ~ents of ~he Div1 e country. eetings ~ere h l

and a for~ waa ma e out by the f rmers in e potato pro uoing se t on i ing tb aotu 1 oost of ra ng the vari~u orop

nd potatoe • ·

· he Divi ooun ry in t a. rly ay of the Greel y o to

oon ga1ne fLme as a see~ growing s otion. isea. e ana 1 ok

of car a run th aee ott and the country die out

pot o oountJJ or several years . Bu t e are till ol

ti era in t is ~ction tha·t a.re re· 1 ota.to nen. After tal ~1ng

1th these Aen

it

as decide to go thru it the oj -ot, th

l:RI

COWTX POTATO

W ·

ay o :ret th 1a section

ereete Potato Bake.

Tb·

a

.ta1In

o

ere

&

r

g d

for at

~

e t1ng .h re

tbre fa mars from e;i.oh r u::eau, t - county agents and O·thers 1nt rested in potad)o

wor ·

e e p es nt . The d t or the ba.k

a..\47 set for :r1t· i::~. Sept .. nbe:r 19th in th Gle f "rov , in the

o r

er of t e tr-ee oount1es, DO"~lgl s 1 l Paso and lbert.

- t \V · • p&anne to ba , a ton of pota.to lil4>n

to

se. coffe ₁

·utter, a1

ar

and

alt .

Al sort o potato game

~nd

oonte

t

. er .

al o planned and t a com nitt ~ eleote uhB various m, n

t an l e e.. o • p; r ij 1 c· l .. o b .

About if'

e

n hun r d eople

to

k part in t 1e

nak •

It a.

one . "" th bigQ bt .ffa.ir of the y 11 ih oo nty. The

attendance a.a not oonfin d to the 11 it•

ot

the three ooun ie but e v .. r, Colora,do. Sprin.Q"a · Pueblo nd uoh tr1but y

ter-.rl ory · re ,;v 11#11 epre .. n

o~nde·en, oft .

Col-of th N t ona.l Po v'' o

(

ember· of the a;.· Bureau of th three coop ra.tag oount1e$

donated the pot toes fo~ the ba e. The ooff wa supplied

by sever l of theloo· ,.l merch- .nts, and a. banker of 1lbert

gave the sugar. T o of t'ls or~~meri ₁ hoar depndent

upon the produce of thi · country gladly donated he butter. C. A. Y lburn of El ert ltho not an exper1eno 4 ohe!, done

fin j b of baking the potatoes . It 11a. big day and there wa.a omething c oing nery minute. Colorado Spring• C b t

ot

Coam.t rce sent out a fin band

tor

th oooassion.

One of the feauur oonteste of the ~ay a the potato judging contest. Sev ral of the old timers in thic" section gathe ed

a.round the eaoka of po·tatoe to ident.ify the varieties. The cont at W' s won by Wythe ·OConn 11 of Tabl Rook ith a soorre

of e~ . seed cutting oonte t e.l o prove interesting to

the oro d. Al kina of eed r place in a sa.ok and the

oonte nts retold to out the s to

the

be·t of their

ability. In most oa es this as a oonteat of speed, but the uan that had 'hro n out the infected ed and had used oare 1n cutting, ao a.s not to out thru the eyes waa the Vietor.

A l1v ly baseball game between Elbert and Peyton ound up th

day -- nd Vlsito~s hoped tlB. t tb day oul be an atmual affair.

ile the bake aa a tr1 oounty affair, muoh of the credi·t for

the sucoess ia du to th farmets of the lbert and .astonv1lle oom tUnities . T .ese men and omen, because they were close a.t

hand gave their ti 1e freely an suoce~s f their only

thought. Preoid nt Hughe of the Elbert County uroau introduced t e speakers for the day .

To show th t othing a left undone, the publicity oonwittee

took the ma ter up 1th a. preea repreaentitlve 1n Texas and

this man made a trip to the Di ide oountry to in peot the land.

nd o.ountry that 1s to produoe the s e • lre dy publ1oijy

is bein~ c tter thruout Texa. on h proj ct ith th 1-ea.

t ~ t hen the farmers of the Divide r ap their first harvest people of Texas will not b unready to s 1ze tbi seed.

h railroads are also orking th1a end of the· rojeot and a.ll that rezr.ain 1 for the farmer of the Divide to produce o r 1fiec1 see and thet is 11 tle doubt of the m rket tha.t

o.

Oneof the first things attempted in this oounty was the

for r .t1on of a. Pot·a.to Gro ·era Association in the v1o1nty

of L1 on. While Limon is in Lincoln county th1s

a.esoc1a.t-1on r men trom

both counties

as Lion

as t~e1r rail road

n trading cent r .

Oounty Agent

·isner

of Lirooln county

ooopera

e 1th this organization and we were as isted by ssita.nt State Leader Felts,

Th.e a. ociation tarted out vith about t enty m mbers, 60 'f

of hioh re ~lbert oount en. Walt r

oore,

anager of th

a.r" ra Equi y of Limon w s elect d ') anager l: the ...

asooiat-ion nd proved to be a very oapable m·n. •o of the mem era

of the assoc1a 1on vHare members or tookholders 1n the Equity

nd this meab f cooperation proved to be a. valuable one or

the ot to gr ~er •

The uipm n.., of the qui ty a to be u in the gr ing an

sorting of t e potatoe d it a.ws the p rpoae of :tbe a.

soo-iation to put a. man in tho field to dispose of the potatoes. an to keep him theta until all the po·ta,toes .of the assoc1a·tion

er 1spose of.

Som goo progressive men w r at th h d of th s ooiation

a.nd as the adquarter of vthe o iu. t ion r1 re out of th

juris iotion of thi county it as turned ov: r to r . uoore

and county Agent Wisner ., J.tt.

uoore

handled. the meed problem

for tbe member As did he ha dle the sorting and

mark ting roblem,

In the rganiza ion of thi a sooiati n Dr. ~ nd ten of t

Coll ge gave a good t 1 on otato i e~ e a some

very

h .... I)ful e1ugg s ions on forming the a.s ooia.tion.

-22-~ever l fa1'f» er tr ie

out

s;

t n i

Yet ... r bu any of th m :re isooura d. b *cause it tter

the ir t ear. Th~ a tand was fair y ligh in t o t

oa.

· nd 1 ry y ... l"' Q.d.e 1 t r · th r clisoour gin

ho that next y r tnat t he f . rm rs rtill se of r~ et olo

et.

;A,lf§l

t ·

nemonatra.tions ~e e carried on in ni ootnty th ye r

with Gri ·AS A falf an· Oot on Alf fa. In s fa.r a we

ar~ able to determineo h~ Grimms has prov d to be th b t .

he r~ e o"' seedin of the Grim " e 1 ss than the common . ·nd he tan a uoh b tte;r. ur1n:;J t e f a z t t came

in June~ the Gr1 m plot looked -·ar y n thri ty h 1

tm

ootnmon a I X · ho d t faot- of th• frees •

!o t of th se euor ration er aarr e on at an altitude

o a-out

eooo·re

t.

teste lt in hi county th1 of

th1

sort of ork,

t-o ever

eeoure

15

pound

inn 1113 and a.a - gooa.

f er

Corn a put in

on oean ground

at oorn ·a prod o d on tn

n

1gure 1n that v~11 le yet₁

It wa e tin~ted by the Colorado Stat Pest In peotor that

676,000 acre in Elbert County w re badly inf t d ith prairie o s. Eati ~ting that the dw ge done annually by

these pe t in this county at t n oents n aore, this would e~n a damag of ~57 ,600 per year. Farmer claim that thi figure i very lo even on pa ture land and that

done to crop land would be nerr rat a ollar n rcr . At an rat the da.r e oon rune into the tho nds of doll

re

every y

ar.

an the time o e that the aotmty a t & e tablishe in

Elber oou ty, 'thi on probl _ d to be foremost i n the

minds of the farm ra and stoo gro ere. Th oountry as full of land spaoula.tors v ho ere holding sect ion after s ot1on for speculation and hile the man who was making a living 6n hi plaoo ould fight th do s, it w~s of no avail beoaus th

speGul tor would not do ·nythin • Another fact th t in th

o t ba ly infe ted areas oer• n sheep men hel va t oreag

for pstuxe and t ey di . not e much benefit from fighting the

dog . T oaused a f lingo t gonism b twe n ·4h large

landhol er nd the small farmer .

Previously t di trict had be;n att mpted in certain

section to ·et rid oft~ o ·, but during th1 time

petition represent1ng the majority of the land in the di

t-rict ~ neoes ~ry to form the p t in pot on 1 trict . h1 atte pt a a oo~let a1lure b o·u e often oneman oul d feat th p tition by not 1gn1n • From tbe fact that a few

men 1 th ea tern part of the county, held 15,000 to 201000

acres the majority of f rrner$ id not ee ho they oould oroe

thee en to .olean up th 1r ore~g • This only ok n

xpla1n-tion of t e St t L o~ th rt of th county agent n oon

th t me w s rip an th ttin oomplet for a county- 1 o p ign 1nst t e pr'1r1e g .

After he organization o..: t e arm Bureau; a rn thod of work

as determined. as to ho to ·o ··bout this o mpaign. it fifteen

oommunitie for ed ·nd a greta jo:ity of thos inoludin

prair e dog rork on their pro am of work1 the 1tu~tion immered

do to et 11 •

Th Pr irie Dog Committe man s the keynote to the situation. Usually three or four t ship ere 1no u ed in eaoh oo m nity

but in some cases thi varied to two . The entire county wa mapped out and each to hip ias numbere for pest inap otion

istriot. Then the community committeeman on r·iirie d g control

w given blank petition to oover hi co -nity . He a left

solely in cahrge of thi et tion nd if h ooul not p r o lly

co er all the township he wa to eel ot a uty to o t ork.

-Yn n the et1t1on er 11 1~ ed u t .ey ere ent to the ooimnUlity oommitte man, who in turn torwar e the1 on to the o.ounty a. e t n · th n th y ere resented to the bo r o oounty oommis ioners or · at ion. Thu th., pest 1 triot

ere duly formed a.coordi11g to La and the work vva. ready to

be started.

The prairie- dog oomm1 tteeman oa.ll

a.

g neral prairie dog

meetin f r hi n1ty. I th _urpo n obj ot of

the ·meeting to d~te or th· ·o k. to go on.

Under

the

la a n t1o is sent to eao t~xp yer from the St te Pe t

In pector telling hi th · t : uoh an auoh a terri tory has b n set aside ae a. eat 1n peotion district for the erad1oa:i1on

of pra1r1e doge. an t at th a as or •a books show tha h holds land as follows . He is to tart destruction o the pest at suoh a ti te nd a~e

it

oo~vleted

by

a certain

a.ilure to do tll1 • the oomm1 one w11 h r the ork and the bill asse sed g inat th 1 nd and oolleot&bl a t~x a . Th Lav lso provide& for a ineJ in case of failure to oom~lY i h thi notio .

The the

war

was

prrir1e do~ meting set b oom.l t d. The notioes

in that notice a do

oer

ting to ord r th nee ary on---"'~Cl"liiiiiiiMI'

it 1n

and poi on the ·:me

e n 1. h ors

The poison wa~ u ually rd r f ' om th St te tomologist

came d r .~ot to the ooromun1ty co 1tte man for 1 tr1b tio

among the f era in 1 community . Very oft n her it mor

convenient, the order a ahipp d to sub-oo itt eman in

e~ch to nship, thich gave more aooe s to a scatte ed oommun ty. x he f ar er te to ix their own poi on the formul

w~s furnished by th county ent, but in mo t ca es th1 roved to be mor~ expen 1 ve than buy in the pr·ep oi on from the

. ta.t Entomologist . Thi a. due to the £ ot that th gov ent bought strychnine in lar e qu nti tie andc the poisoed gr in a.

put out to the f~rmers at oost . The grain

u

d. s oat •

The matt r of 1nspeotion was handle accor inly, in the footsteps of the arm bure u plan. Th sub-committe m in e oh to n hip

handles t e inspection

1n

h1a particular town hip or est Die-t iot . He 1 turn :reports an oaee of anyone not oornply1ng with

t e pest l w, to the Prairie Dog Oo~.itt e n of that community,

who not.ifi s the Oou y Pest In _- eo tor . The Oounty Pest !n

_peat-or, who 1n this oaa- 1s tbe oounty agent~ lays the mattor

before

the Executive Co n ittee at th ir regular aes.~ion . It th Ex-ecutive Committee, hru the County Project Co itteeman oan not

bring in luenoe to bear on the guilty party, it 1 then taken

u 1 h th St~te pe ·t Inspector . Often this l~st ste. is

o itte and direct teps a e t ... k n by the county pe t 1n peotor to get some one to go on the 1-nd ~n · olea it up. A regul r

oontr~ot a made 'l.-.i t the arty to do ·

tt

l.S ' ork at ei.th r so muob an aor or o uo a _ hou . ( Cortrao blank u e · for thi

pu1~0 e 1a· enoloe$d) In most case here it has been n o ssary

to get some one to do th ork, it ba.s been a. near neigh

or

or

one in the oo tun1iy. T e 'bill i O. K. ed by h county in-speotor and l'Ubmitted to the conm i .ssioner for payment , a.fter the land has been

thuroly

inspect d.

T is in

s

nera.l has been tl'le met .od J; o'llo ~Ved th:ruout the pr ire

do ce..mpaign in Elbert ooun y . It has in great ma;ny instances proved to bo one of the b1gg·est ·things ever attempted in the

oounty . Theprojeot was gone into bJ the Executive Committee

·~ th on 1g thing to o and they ould ra.th r get ou1e vhing

don.e en this proj eot th· ttempt ny hing els • con e u ntl y

many other things on the program of work re a.o:rifiaed for

the prairie og

or·.

0 se re few her a ha~d f eling resulted again~t the oounty agent an. ft ""' li 1 i lomat-io work on 'the part of thta committeem n and the oommis 1oners, ~ · s aettlvd at i fao ory to all. Probably the v oJ:k don . n

this rojeot 'a one of the g eQt t factor influencing th farm men toward o·ounty ag nt work. The proo s has be n alow a d ~he progres de aeem$ very ~ 1~11, ut considering th

d.et~il of the work a.nd t'ie ne' ne s of the county agent ork

this county, the lea era at least are well satisfied with

r;hat has been done.

The aocompanying man sho s th work in progress to date.

Thirty eix

o_

sh"p

aie

1nolud d in the oounty- id c .. znp i , out of th Sla ·in t e oounty. Thia is · to.., l aoreag of 829,440 acre under pest inspection. Of thi

~nount six township report that the work is_ complete and with

the :result that 95~

o...,

t e dogs ha - been

r..

ica.ted. This aums up to 138,240 aoree . It might be stated here that we did not hope to get 100% pf uh dogs th.:.. first yea. , an th

lite of the roject is oon·id r d to be t~re year . With 95%

of the ogs gone in one- ixth of the are , e fe 1 t t some-thing h a been aooonplia

ed.

F .e~s are goir~ to follo ·thi

ork up in thv spring to uppl ent the ork lr a y done, nd

thi· 111 be oon r tively aay as to the ork done originally.

I _,)

I

-,

LEGEND.

fork no completed.

ork no going on.

Petitions being circulat d to form Peat Inspection Districts .

MAP OF ELBERT COUNTY SHOWING PRAIRI• DOG ERADIC TIO PROJECT.

In

t

u~t e ore townships t1.e work is now in

dding thi to the a1x township 'nere the or

comp et for the y ar, ~ hav actual work in 2o t

wn

olt on 4601800 acros. Moat o the vvor in these 14

ill be oompl t by .·y lir t lB20. ·Ut alrea y th

/ ' ia in a.ctu

1

progres ,

Ttiat l a ~ 16 town hips of the original ar·ea;

here

tatrio·ts are not t for ed an th ~ aotua.l wor not d.

Pet1tiols re t for ach of these districts and as ~ as

they are sig-n • they 'ill b Pr ente o th Comr~ ssiol:ler

.. n duly a.uthoris d. p st "1 trioJG · N1ll be fo;ri,t d and the

\! ork t--ken up in he same way

a.

1n the oth r a.rea.

Th or,anizatio ot the F ~ Bur~u took p1ao in Aprii ·of tb1

y ~r ~nd this h·s en done inoe 1ihat tie. Without the

Farm Bureau a oampa.ign of this

sort

¥ ould have be n impossibl •

Thru. the arm bur .... au plan, t e rk t a5 a1- l1f1 d and th

bulk of tlle \VQr rested on the shoulder of the oommun1 ty

oora.nitt e n and 1s ubco 1tta man. By being divide up

among f1fte n communities the work lfla not burde·nsome on

u

any on man. h u co peration o th

t

rme them lves

w

brve been abl to do this ork in this county. To sho a

lendi xrunrJla of t e apir1 t in w 1oh the armer took old

1 thi;o proj eat .. one ootnml.lni ty committee rran d1 not. hesitate

to dri? t nty miles ith a tewm to t the n tition filled

out. In ot r oases m n h ve spent two days w1th ~ o r to .. at the n ... ceas ry number of igna.tur • The nopulation 1nsz

scattered. and tbe ro s be ng in poor oondition. in

g:rea-1 in

ta.nce

!f: ook thia muft

tim

to get thia done.

~4

gallons of poisoned grain hav b en d.istri\Juted in

t 1~ co nty sino 1 ch, ·;yh ch amounts to a. 11 ttle over 5

tona. Figu. ing that the oo t of this poison to thefarmer

inolud ng tran port t on ohargee at75 cents a gallon, the

value of thi would b $2020. 50. 8 veral e tima .. te ha.ve

been m on t 1e thio l in t ~ reca. , ow fa a. a.llon

of oiaon

will

go.

e

have

found

by e:xperienoe that a. allon

wil oov r froJ 5 to 10 a.ore of bad y in est d lan •

Abouttbrea hundred hole

can

be covered ith one ga.llcn of

oison. THi ould figure th t over 001000 holes hav b n

ootored. for p,.airi og in thia county since MC:i.rO •

One orde r of poi~oned gr in of neGrly 500 allons was h~ule

from the rai · 9f at1ou in th big Highway truck of the county. (se ph to.) The winter ,nd spring montus r e oonsid red ~h

best ti to · son dog , but mo . t o · our ork has bean don

uring th gror~ing a on, and 1 ha b en a ta.· tor the farmer10

28-ex• W 1 oh ₁₀1 's.;S 'h g lt tba vho- hat-

Y-h P~alrie dog project as mad .. out in this form:

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SAMPLE CONTRACT.

OFFICE OF

ELBERT COUNTY PEST INSPECTOR

Kiowa, Colo., ____________________ , 19 ____ ·

You ar~ hereby authorized to proceed with the destruction of Prairie Dogs on the following land:

Section _________________________________________________ Township ________________ S., Range ________________ W. Owner ___________________________________________ _

For doing this work you will receive the sum oL _________________ per hour. -"'- _______________ per acre. You are to keep an accurate daily record of work done.

Date ________________ .. _______ , hours work _________ _ Date _________________ ________ ,acres _____________ _ Date _________________________ , hours work _________ _ Date ___________________________ , acres ___________ . __ Date ________________________ , hours work _________ _ Date __ _________________________ , acres _____________ _ Date ________________________ , hours work _________ _ Date __________ .. _______________ , acres _____________ _ Date ________________________ , hours ~rork _________ _ Date __________________________ , acres _____________ _

Date _______________________ , hours work _________ _ Date ___ .. ______________________ , acres _____________ _ Date ____________________ · _____ , hours work _________ _ Date __________________________ , acres _____________ _ Date ________________________ , hours work _________ _ Date __________________________ , acres _____________ _ Date ________________________ , hours work _________ _ Date ______ ~ ____ .. ______________ , acres _____________ _

Date ________________________ , hours work _________ _ Date ______ -~ __ ··-______________ , acres ______________ _

( Tirhe in going to and from work shall not be charged for under this contract.) You are to furnish all materials required for doing this work.

On receipt of the report that work has been done: inspection and approval will be made by this office and the bill for the work approved for payment.

Deputy County Pest Inspector.

Plpproved _______________________________ _

County Pest Inspector.

I now on. of 0 1 r sulted fr . t t1on 1 tb; uppl. o t otora an , t ocun ty furni h ng n th Qiml t ri ory . itl ""'Or , if t o n e thia

ro

d, This county a t e farm rs in~a1n t is roaa

ro

x

outive 0

itte n on ral Roads

tt

r

1 tb t e commis. 1one:r as t av1ng th main t _d~

est road ut in passibl· shape. Th1 ro::.d wa as muoh

ed as any r d 1n th. o nt, an· probably in th

ore shap •

.tr.

Olson auoc e ·

n

et t t tis r Qra.de .a.l o1:i Xi .,1a. to Norton

a.

ia tanoe

ot

about 15 l$11les

'n is .&.•Or.J.s w r sine r 1"' PI reoia.ted · y n :my of the 1&

:r·rmera living

ea&t

of

be

county

eat .

The pos1 tion thc:.t the ~o roads 1 on t

-3 - .

nd rt and roat ct:.t e UlJ, ny.

to o at it of the ~ ability. 1nthei.r den1and xplaine thn a th f

er

r

the

agent

r

BOY'S

bre Fiv

ere

.i •

ouy

we boug t J . P ul Jon of wean .nd e sold oun a. Th· and at ~v helo Th in t

Th lb rt Oount Shorthorn Bre r1₄

ary m ID s_ p 1- to ~ e r 1 tion - 3 of good plain r o· n o g to • on Oh an tl~e ot in • The 62c: ,

oo.

f ·ha o 1- o to 1

o.

She ~.1~h ~ 40 e oy f D.., boy g r s • in for . n vote h nor-mb·r of · ol b.

( I I• The offi oe --· f letter d is Th · Sl o tho ..

county agent

1 .. 1 s 1 )'~e tions •~ s e • l. .. our- ,. ·· 11. be ~. :mg ~ '"or ~ ong h

club ~.. · judging content 111 be h'"tld tbtu·0\1t

e boy

ny F.\.!!

..

. r rig ~ lY n hu~ r tio OV u ,ir p o~ eQta Thn~

.i:;i,li~eE<t y . bo ting· t ., t they hPJ..VO the

'beat

oa f 1 •

On th0 follo ·ing pag · i .ca -~ble giving tt1a

in or:ruu.t on o the C·· 1 ..._ Club.

- 38-_\ \ I \. \ . I I _, \ \ I Jh r

5?0 155

2. 600 150

3 . J. aul Jone-.;) . 640 • 1 0

4 . i n & ona . 50 1r.:o

5.

_"

n _{600 15} 6 .

_"

n _{50 150} 7 .

_"

56() 155 8 . tt n 540 15 9 .

B.

640 160 16. Smith. 410 140 I 11. Jl If 400 140 tN _12. If n f1 tt ₃₉₀ 140 _J

'

13. n ft

"

450 14r 14. It

•

..

25 1 15. Co n ot

L. S.

490 145 l _• n

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.,

u ₄₀₈ lr-0

(

OT.ER

CLUBS.

Several ot r olub ·. war or e 1 ot r a ts o:f the county ut ~ 1th t e x opt ox o ... one thy .··v ... not be n fioient .

1g

7 .

co.

0

Howev r

t e boy

.ave

recor

~

of he cost.

n the o and 11 t r

n n tory ~nd

. oped that thi ept no c n b ~,.oourrate bro g t n

~

.anghe Ga.rd n "nd pnn1ng Club.

On 1rl 1n th o m nity has had

club o:rk. Gertrude D ing a

o

OT .!RS. Potato Club

- -38-re" ·bl ne 75 qta . 180 36 ft the le • t

!o-er

OUS PROJECTS.

The io .a oo , unity too.K up in their prggr gohool. Ur. Shre1 er as et a~ed to ~iv

the ·Ohool, but th1s a not stron nougb on · the oonoer e to 1ng th , -1 t ion. Uuch person~1 l or

one thru memb rs of the

o

un flY oo u$ tt · but t

ailed t the pol a. Ho,. v .. r the n1en e

no

to b o ·ne

re e1t te ptin anoth r ca.mpa1) th1 inter. Mr . Sargent this time ha en eo r , or D ember 8th and the ros11eots ar

brig t that it 'ill o

rry

this ti e ,

Agate Telep,hone Line.

a. te comm 1 ty as \ 1 tho t ·· telephone lin , , o tl :y ~oo

up this projeot on their list .. A oormn1ttee was ~ppoint d to 1nvestig· te the c~t an ex ens of th lin • g neral

m eting wa.a oalle and the ~.tter put u to the oommtlnity.

Th1a resulted in bsoription oft · oom1un1ty to see

bow

mny

phones were wanted. This b-..1ng foun

out

the poles

ere ord,lred a.nd detail tarted for tithe construction f th

lin •

ondi Testing

Co

ijnity.

At Fond th- 1 y .~ d ir d o kno~ wh·Ch of their cow

ere profitable an w 1oh were not .

T

c

unty ·ag nt

· . ,P re a ecord blank to fill in th n ces ry in or ·~tion

and the local ore6imery agreed to do the testin • ~ aob n

o.· to k ep h · o.·.n r cords . f e rr s to ta-il d in the minda of th -dairy ·en an tl'1e project fa.1led to function .

hey took p th pr:irie og or k an r -1 y go~ re ulte on

thi l1n of or~ .

It

era.l pr thin ,

co

re

o

~omc re ve eaau s v-t i g

on

thi

f

to be ex.~~ e of fron'\ Ma.rc 1 l 1 l Fo:c A tomobil

oa

ense Tot< TO L E PENSES S<J.l ry by Ouun· t port T :l llo~i ~ g o tll.e oounty to ove 30.~ 6 . (.'() 5 ,.50 3~.oo 05.00 9.25 ;~1 • 75 ·836. 06 ov • t.

zed ~, oial

r

port

s a rei report of t

~t1or n . lbert county

~210 . ? ~636 . ; ORA

TOTAL-- ---

2735. 81 e p ro-rJr1 t1 wa as ollo : o 1 t toJuly a by t e o;..r Jul· lst 1819

Appropri _te~ by St·t and Gov't.

·so.

_so.

oo

0 • 0

.oo

Marol 1, o Jul 1, 1~ 9 July 1 .. 1·1 t . July 1,1· Tot·l LeO , 00 GR ND 10T

L---

505. 00

.,o-Form No.6. (Revised 1919.)

COOPERATIVE EXTENSION WORK IN AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES

COOPERATING.

STATES RELATIONS SERVICE, OFFICE OJ<' EXTENSION WORK, NORTH AND WEST,

WASHINGTON, D. C.

ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTY AGENT.

Due Nove1nber 30, 1919.

Stare,

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8~---Report of _________ --- ____________________

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County Agent.

From

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November 30, 1919.

( rr agent has not been employed entire year, indicate exact period. Agents resigning during year should make out this report before quitting the Service.)

Approved:

Date,

_2J~_2__~

:-: ____

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_________ _

Approved and forwarded by: (Address)

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SUMMARY REPORT OF WORK OF COUNTY AGENT.

To THE CouNTY AGENT:

In the annual report due frmn each agent it is desired that the agent give a clear, concise account of the work of the year. This report should be divided into two parts: (1) A narrative report, and (2) a tabulated or summary report.

(1) Narrative Report: This is by far the more important part of the annual report and should be in effect a statement in orderly fashion, and ·under appropriate subheadings of the work done and the results secured under each project undertaken, as well as the n1iscellaneous work accomplished. This report may be illustrated with photographs, maps, diagrams, blue prints, or copies of charts used in demonstration work.

(2) Summary Report: This is really designed to be a sum1nary of those features of the narrative report that can be tabulated. In order that comparable State and national summaries may be made, it is necessary that each agent use practically the san1e method of tabulating. To secure such uni-formity, the accompanying blank has been prepared. It is based on the report blanks used by the agents since the work started and covers only the more usual phases of the work. Under each sub-division of the blank, space is provided to accommodate such entries as an individual agent may wish to make. Some of the questions will not apply to the work in a certain county, and these, of course, need not be answered. It may often happen that the added items are more important than the pro-vided headings. It Inay also be necessary at times to n1ake estimates, but, so far as possible, all data should be based on office records. The following pages are designed as a form which the agent may

use in accounting for such phases of his work as it may be possible to put in tabular form.

Instructions for tabulating results of demonstation work.- Belo-vv are given instructions for use in

filling out tables on page 5 of the summary report.

These tables are for the purpose of tabulating the definite demonstration work* of the agent where accurate knm\rn results were secured. Under each of the following titles with appropriate subheadings list all demonstration work in relation to that subject: Corn, Oats, Wheat, Potatoes, Alfalfa, Other Farm Crops, Orchard Fruits, Small Fruits, Truck Crops, Soil Demonstrations, Liming, Green Manuring, Drainage, :Miscellaneous Demonstrations in Relation to Crops and Soils, Feeding Demonstrations, Stock Judging, Hog-cholera Control, Blackleg Treatment, and Miscellaneous Demonstrations in Relation to Live Stock.

(1) In column 1 give the total number of demonstrations in regard to each particular subject, whether a meeting was held or not, but do not list demonstrations given at miscellaneous public meet-ings, such as institutes, short courses, farmers' clubs, e.tc.

(2) In column 2 list all demonstration meetings held.

(3) In ·column 3 give the total attendance at meetings listed in column 2.

(4) In column 4 give a measure of the total number of units involved in the demonstration in terms of acres, tons, bushels, etc.

(5) In column 5 give results of demonstrations, expressing results in terms of increased yield in bushels, tons, dollars, acres, etc. Indicate the measurement used. Do not give the increase in percentage.

(6) In column 6 give the total profit secured due to increase as given in column 5 after all addi-tional expenses of the method demonstrated, including the extra cost of harvesting and marketing, have been deducted.

*A demonstration is an effort designed to show by example the practical application of an established fact. Demonstration may be of methods or results.

On this page draw or attach a map of your county, showing community boundaries and number of far1n bureau members in each community.

Locate officers and executive committee with an X. Locate con1munity committeemen with a dot.

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On this page draw or attach a map of your county, showing community boundaries, and locating thereon de~onstrations listed on page 5 of this report.

5

SUMMARY REPORT OF WORK OF COUNTY AGENT. (A) LIST OJ! DEMONSTRATIONS.

I

1-l<· 2* 3* 4* 5* 6* Number

Number of Total _{'rotal units} Resultant 'rotal N arne of demonstration, classifying under of _{meetings attendance in demon-} increase (yield profit due to

(I) crops, (2) live stock, (3) soil, ( 4) demon- at at _strations, per acre or other increase given farm business, (5) miscellaneous. strations, demon- meetings, measurement), in column 5,

1919. strations, 1919. 1919. 1919. 1919. 1919.

ILLUSTRATIVE EN'rRY.

CROPS.

Oat Smut Control __ _{·--- ·---} 15 12 250 1,200 a. 8 bu. to a. $4,200