Annual report, extension service in Colorado, 1924: Adams County

OF

.J. T. I!OBERT

SON ,

County Extension Agent, Adams County, Colorado, for th year

This report cover the period from December lst.,

1923

to

December 1st., 1924, and

i s

n

coount, in narrative

form, of the work undertaken and of the results accomplished

in Extension Work in Adams County during

that

period of time.

Prior

to the

year

1924 The

County

Farm

Bu.reau

hacl

been used

aa

the organization through which Extension had

Op-erated, and, as long as there

.wa

a County organization of

The Far.m

~ureau,

no better medium could be found through hioh

to work. The

Far.m

Bur

au

originally, it seems, a creation

of The Agricultural Department, and awe organiz d to for.m a

medium through whiolf, the County

Agent

oowld

wo~k

and oarry h•

ide s to the people in groupe inst

ad

of in an individual

way.

Its

suoce ~ s

was so remarkable and the opportunities so great

that some individuals conceived the idea of taking it over ae

Far.m Organization whioh

wa• done. This action had the effect

ot

putting

another

Farm

Organization

in the field

to compete

with those alre

dy

struggling to exist and when County Agents

attempted to still work through the new Far.m Bureau it had the

tendency to drive other

rar.m

organizations away from

Exten-sion Work and to make

t~em

uspicious that The Government thru

the Department of Agriculture was recognizing one Farm Organi•

zation in preference to others and the result was not very fav

orable to Extens1on Work. To further complicate the situation

The

~arm

Bureau,

as newly organized, was not a whirlwind of

·auooesa, especi lly in Colorado, nd it soon began to

dawn

on

County .Agents who

had

heretofore depended upon the County Farm

Bureau as

~is

Extension Organization that he would be

compell-ed to us some other genoy.

Realizing the situation I began early in the Fall of

1923 to formul te some plan of Extension Organization other

than The County Farm Bureau and decided to form a County Exten

sion Organizat i on with,tf the co nmunity as the unit, each commun

· ity

having

~t

own organization, adopting its own programme of

work b sed upon the needs of the co

~unity

and its own project

le ders who would be responsible for the work in that

communi-ty. Then for each main project chosen there

a

to

be a County

project leader cho en

by

vote

by

representatives rom the

var-ious communitie at a general m eting to be held at the County

2.

Committee who in turn were to elect one of their number a

County Chairman. This County Executive Committee was

author-ized, aft r the various communities had et and chosed

pro-ject suited to their

oor~unity,

t

aaeeroble the various

com-munity projects nd to formulate a county programme of work

for the year.

In furth ranee of these plan meetings were held in

tw

lve co munitie in the county, the plans explained

by

The

County Agent and endorsed by those present at the meeting. In

each of the twelve

co ~

unitie • aft r

general di cuseion of

the needs of the community for it advancement in a.rioultural

ork, a

discussion

of

ita

problem

and

how

to

o1ve

th ,

cer-tain projects were chosen for 1924 and committe s w re appoint

ed to formulate plans of work for each project chosen. Th

pl n

of

work were to be ritten

t ting out hat

'~

to b

accomplish

d and

just hat each

per n

concerned

was

t

do a

hie or her part to accompli

the de ired r sul**· The d1 cu •

ions engaged in as to the immediate problem of the co

qunity

and how to

sol~e

them

were

very interesting

and

ben fio1al a

it enabled eaoh farmer to ee the

matter fro

o

e other view

point than hi own and,

by

deoiding on ome fe things a being

the

correct

ones upon

which

to oonoentr te their effort , it

directed the efforts of the hole community toward the

solu-tion

of the same problems and has brought bout

cooper

tion

of farmers that

had

never before existed. The very

f

ct that

they

could in a body decide

just

what

were their problem

s

a long step toaard their solution.

This plan is very similar to the plan used

by

Tb

County arm

Bure

us when they were first organiz d but ith

the very welcome fe ture

by

the

farmers that th r

a

no fee

for membership Mttached.

The farmer h

joined o ny or ni

zations

to hich he has been oompell d to p

y

a membership

f

and for which he derived no

b ~ nefit

that he ha beoom . rather

suspicious of anything in the way of an organiz tion h r a

membership fee

1st

attached. He al o fe 1 that Exten ion

Service should be gotten to him without

~xtr

oh rge in muoh

as The Extension A

e

t

are paid for their services alreaQy

and I am inclined to agre e with the farmer in this opinion. I

have found it much ea ier to intere

t

hi in Exten ion o

when I can tell him th t

it

is hi organization regardl .

what Farmers' Organizat1on he may be a member of nd th t

one will not cost him one red cent except h t h is lre

paying

in

taxes

to support Extension Work. I remember ono of

having gone with a County Agent to a cert in town in the ooun

ty in which he

s orking for the purpose of h ving th oom ..

munity formulate

progra me of work. Mh n e arrived the hall

where his me ting was advertised to be held

e

found that Th

Farmers Union was occupying the building but those pre ent

very kindly agr ed to remain and to listen to The County A•

gent explain hie propo ition which he did in a

moat

ble

way

telling them

that

he

(_~

a r pre cntative of The United St te

Government, The State_ of Colorado and The State Agrioul tura.l

College nd th

t it

s his desire to ork with them 1n an

organized way so that more tar.mers could be benefitted by Ex·

tension Vork than if it were done in an individual y. H

got the idea across and

they readily accepted his augge tiona

as to selecting projects and formulating a community programme

ot work. Proj ct 1 aders

w

re chos n and

1t looked

i

this

community

wo

~d

be one of the best in the

county

in hieh to

work.

.Tuet before adjourning, ho ever, the County

Agent

arose

and

nnouncod that

it

would

require a

1

; tle

money te

carry on the ork

and that

it

th

pl

n

to

charge

embe

ship

fee. a very nomine l fe • Five Dollars per year a a tn m ....

berahip fee. You could fe 1 the tmosphe · growing

chilly

in

a very fe minute and th

y

beg n oing out one

a.t

tt

suddenly rememb

ring

that

he chor

s

hom h

to b

don

nd that it was gro ing late •

.By

the time The County

ent

h d

received five

member hi

and collect d the

f

for

t

me

the

hou e

wa empty. H

n ver ble

to get them

to.-ether gain and th re

no Ext

nsion Work don

in

that

community th

t

ye

and

ther h

not been mu h done ince.

11 1ght been the

f

ult ofT e County gent in· the

y

i

hioh he r eente the matter, le ving the

t

er of

fe to

th very 1

t nd ere ting the impression that he

matt

r wa

not

ctly

quare nd abov board. lt might hav been th

t

The Farm r Unio

1

th ught

t t

th

y

war

being inv 1gl

1 to

nother org ization to· c mpete

:lth

the n to hich th

y

l

ready belonged and

by

Th Governmen

through

it

re re enta•

tiv • The Cour ty gent.

Anyway

it did not

or

and no

tt

1

a reli

t

to b able to

appe9

Oh the

f

rmer and k

them

to

organize for

Ext

.on or ithout a so a king them to come

cross ith m mb rship fe •

Th

re ar

t elve communitie in this Coun

y

hioh

should be organized to

do Extension

ork and in hioh

a

pro-gramme of ork should be

10rke

out cooper tively.

I

ll

ha• to oorr ot this tatement. for

I

should

say

txteen o

muniti s in stead

of

t

lv • Twelv

oormnuniti a

did d

f•

ter which the

County Project Oo1mitt

emen got

to~eth

opte County Projects an formulated

co nty id

gramm

of

work for 1924, e oh community having ita o

g ramm

ot

work upon it own projec • It

plan

ed

several meeting wh

re

th community proj o l ader oul

meet

with th

ir

County

roject leade and

disou

s ith

h~

the re ults in the

variou

o muniti s. •allowing a the

ORG.AlTIZAT IO}T

SOILS

F

CROPS.

LIVE STOCK.

4.

a.

ro

membership fee to be collected.

b.

~very

farmer and his family

eli~ible

to

membership.

o. County to ba organized

by

communities

and the communities cooperating to

to~

C unty

Orga.niz~tion

controlled

by

n

eoutive committee which in turn ia compo

-ed of the County

Project

Leaders one of

whom shall act as County Chairman.

• To

discourage the }mbit of exhausting the

·ertility of

the

soil

by

~ rowing

the same

orop each

year.

b. To encourage

rotation of orope

c.

To encourage the

use

of

f

rtilizer and

limestone here

necessary

and the

plowing

under of gre n orops •.

a. Planting

better

sr• ed

b. Planting legumes on

dry

land

o.

~ore

tame pastures on irrigated lands.

d..

Planting rye

for

p

eture on

dry

land.

e.

•rreating

s e e

to

prevent

disease.

f.

Or

nization

of Junior

Clubs.

a. Carry on educational campaign for feeding

b

lanced rations.

b. Cooperate with

Pure•Br

d ·

reeders

Aasooia.•

tion in th ir efforts to improve the live

tock in the co

ty.

o. To

ca ~ ry

one ucational campaign for

test-ing milk c ws for tuberculosis.

~.

o eneour

g

dairymen

t~

join a Cow e

t-ng

Association •

• 'o organiz Junior Clubs.

I

a. To c

rry

o

p

st work

planned lready

I SECT PEST

corr

ROL

_•

until dog

re eradicate •

l

n campaign to destroy gra

sho~pe••·

HO • DID ON RA

• T

a .cure more

families to

pr,

ctice the

TIO 10RK

pre rv tion of ood.

COtnlTY AIR

b. To get mor

f

mili

e to

m

k

their own

clothing nd hats, to remake old garment •

a.

o

cooperate

ith the com

is ionrea

to

CO MUlliTY

~IRS

MARKET I

ro

POULTRY.

a. To hold

P.t

leaet

six co

rn.un1ty

:f'airs and

many mor as

po ~

ible.

b. To as the County Commissioners to help

fin nee community

f

ir •

a. To

cooper t 1n

purcha ing

i:ry fe·

b. To a siet Veget ble

marketing AtJsoo1a•

tiona.

o. To aa ist

~he

Farn1

.Bureau Oo·operative

E .g and Poultr,y Association

• To

get

poultry

rowers

to

feed be

ter

for gg pro

uotion.

b. To adopt better houaing conditions.

c. To cull out

non~produoers.

I shall now tak up each

of hese

projects tog

ther

with

it

u

divi ion

nd

di cu

th l n pur u

d

nd th re

sult obt in d.

ORGANIZ

TION.

a. No membership

t

e

in thi

narrative

to

the armJr

eho had h r tofor

to belong to th org nizat on through h1ch The Exten

ion

Agent w attempting to

work

and

mo

t wonderful

y wh

n

e

to tt

nd

in

th

ir oommuniti a

tor

the ur o e .of

i

ou sing

t

munity roblems and

to

formulat

lan· to olve the prob ..

lema. It e m to hav

sec 1r

th ir confiden.c

nd to

ve

arou d th

ir

in·tere

t

in

Extc:nsion ork

re

tha

it a

ver

been

roused befor •

b.

.&verz

farmer aqd his

family

el ..

i;ti

ble

Th

men • the worn n, nd the

children and.

y

be member

if

they

so

d ir

ithout

the

payment of

n

cent. and ,

it

seems

to

be

good idea to

get

the hired

help and the

tenanta

a

w

ll

nto ome org n

zttion

with

the

land owner eo

th

t

\hey

m"

di .·cua

their robl m

in

oom~

on

and· there are lot of problem hat enant

nd

landl rd have

that could

b

solved

by

frank diaau ion

of

thP.

me. On of th

dv~ntarze

of allo in

ny

n ·.... 11

a e

to

b

long 1 th

t

quite numb

:r

of

the

ill

t nd the m. tinge wh

uld

not other

i

do o and, tho

thy

migh not have muoh to

y, y t

~hJy

ill,

in .

1

r bability b

persuade to dop so e

b

tter

fa

tic

re ulti

g

in mor an b ter crop •

6.

cooperating

to

form a County

Org

nization

controlled

by

an

Ex cutiv Committe . hioh

in turn is compoQed of the County Project

Leaders one of ho h ll p.ot

Chairmnn,

Th1 pl n

s

carried out to the lette nd has work d in

plendid

y

all during the year. Tb County

ProJect

Le der

on

Pea'

ork

a.n·d

the way

he

ha

functioned

in

organizing the

:fight

on grasshoppers is a good

xampl .of

ho th scheme works

but inet ad of' going into

det

11 at

thia

t1me I will

di

o-thie particular matter under

th~

Inaect P

t

Project l ter

on

in the report.

SOILS,

a.

To

discourage

the

h

bit

of

exhausting

the

fertility

of the

soil

bz

srow.ing

the..

.sam . crop each

year.

l Adams

County

alon

the

Pl

tte

river

i

one

of th · most

tertile

part8 of

Colorado and it

i

ad

pt

to the

gro ing

ot sugar

beet

nd to

truck

gardening a

ll

aa to

alfalf , On of

the l1-1.rgeat be

t

sugar factorie in the Unit d State is lo

cated

at

Brighton.

the

county ae

t.

and

it pays ut

enor-mous sume e

oh ye r to the farmers for their beet • Now •

ong as beets o n be grown pro!it bly the armors ill pros

per and so will the sugar

f

ot

r.y,

Ho ever, it

i

reaogn1

zed

r~ct t~~t

be

t

have be n rown on th same lan year

af'te·r year until the ton ge per '"'ore ia no longer ro:f'it•

able, the aver ge yield per ere being

below

t

n tons, wh n

it should be round ighteen ton per ac • It is high t1

then th

t

aom thing hould be don to ch ng this oon ition

as a result

o

thi

roject having be n

o ted

t n

f,

.rm.

plo

ed

up

lf lfn

field

nd pu·

them to b et an pl nted

other crops

where

the

1

e.lta

stoo • It is nlao to b. not

here that Th Great Western Be

t Sugar Company

nae

tipul

t

in its contract

th

.t

only

aert in perc ntag

of

an'a

l nd may be ut to beets nd

that

thia m

t e ch nged ith

in . given perio •

·

b. Tg engoursge the

rotat;

n of

crop

Thi a pli e to th

County as

wl1ole,

dry lands

a

irrigated land

and

m ant to

i

courage the gro

ing hat

and corn

cont"nu-ouJsly on the s

field ,

but

ocoa

ionRlly

to pl nt

legume crop that oul put nitr gen bao into th oil.

E •

p

cially

wn

it

d ir d to

plo

up

some

lfalfa

field that

had

been in

alf lfa number

of

year and the lf lf hnd

b

gun to di •

Fifteen farmers

planted

b

an

this

y

ar her

they

int nd to

ow ,h

t

this fall hich

ha

been don •

o five farmers . ho h, d disea.s d alfalt

fi

l

plo ed tber:

in the spring and put them to other crop

ith a vie

of

later putting the arne fields back to alfalfa in

t

o or

c. To enoour

here n c as r ..

res lt of

thi

ro ect twelv farmers

of oo; rei

l

t

rtil1zer in the row1n

repo

t

an

incrcae

of

produc

nd b

tter

quality rtiole

and believ that

it

paid

to

u e

the fertiliz

r. F ur ar

r r port the use

of

oru hed ltm ston an

eepy

1 n

that

had

pp rently beco

our and non- roduotiv • and

by

th

use of limesione

f

1rly good

orop

grown thi year.

ve had no report of

any

one plowin under

a

green ·crop

ne m .nure.

FARM CROPS,

a.

~lantins

better see ,._....It is a ell known

f

ot

that

one of

o

th

contributing oa se of

poor crop

i ,

a

car less plant

ina of oo:r

aeed, seed.

tha.t

will

not

germinate properl.)' or

th

t

~

not been a l oted for

typ.

and strength and stami

na, seed

~

th

a

good oonsti

tution.

Then

a.gain quite a lot

of seed ia not

pure

but

1e

mixed with weed eed or

with

a

number of other seed

that

one doe

not

want

to grow. There

fore

it

wa,

uroed that every farmer

be

urged

to

secure the

best

d

avail ble, to

be

sur that

it was olean, fr e of

for 1gn matt r, r • rly

selected in the· field a.e to typ

and con

titution

and

tested

_or germination

and

the

f

rm-ers

~ho

did

this

re to be demonstrators. carrying on

r •

sult demonetra.t ·one, to prove

trut

uch oaretulneaa auld

be profit

·ble.

s far as re ort are avail

ble th r

re

twenty

fiv

f

rmers ho plante registered seed corn,

fifteen

who

pl

nt

d regi

tered nred

wheat

anC

I

ten ho

planted

n im

prove variety of

but the ather conditions were

such

th

t

the.re ults do not

rrant any conclusions

as

to

the

uocea of

theee demonstrat·ons.

The corn

crop was

below.

normal in qu

ntity

and

quality

ll

over th country but

th be

t yield in th non•irri ted s ctions in this ooun ..

ty

.

eour d

by

some of' these demonstrators. The wheat

demon

tration

were in a

section

that

was

bailed

out

du~ring

the

summer and the value of the demon tration wa destroy•

d.

b. Pl

ntins

1

su

e.

on

<!rx •.

.land. _

he

legume

that

wa

select-ed

to

use on

dry

l nda

a

the

Soy

Be n. T enty fiv

fann-ers

w

re s cured wh agreed to plant

~oy

·

ean • They

wer

loc te in

thr

communities,

Byers,

tra

sburg nd

ennett

Several varieties of beans were ecured

ith view of

s-oert_ining hioh

~

riety wa bet

adapted to this

altitude

8 •

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In the

ry

l'igh

d. lantine; rye

to

)Od

inco e in

hat

it

in al al

u

im

e.

a.

b.

rs

year to

rea

or•

ta

o-J ...

I

STOC •

10.

Bre d rs A s oi tion,

but

The

r

• V

lly

Bre d r A oci tion ha

n

ver

eaken d

bu~

ha

function aa u ual

~

to

i1old

their regul

r meetin

an

annual

G.

and to attempt to romota in very

y

the

Pure•

Bred Short Horn

Cow

nd

the

County

Ext

n ion

Organization 1

doing .all in its pow r

to

ooo»erate.

A

sal

wa

held in

]eb-ruary

at ... trasburg.

here

some

:fifty

head

of pu:r·e-bred

disposed of principally to r idents of' dame Cou nty

and

ere

to

b

used

to

sta.2)ir ure-bred

or

high gr de herd • The A o ..

ci

i

n lso held

ho

t

the me

time

with an

entert.

in-ment at the chool house i n tn evening at

hich

moving ic•

tur of

not

d

short horn

o

ttl

w

re .sho

n.

c.

ro

carry on education

1

oampa.1gn

fQr

eating milk aow

for tuberculosis.

Thi

a lar ely

accompli

hed through

The

Tri~V.lley

Pur • Bred reeder

ooi tian just

men~

tioned above. At the show

nd

al hel at Stra

sburg and

later at .3ennett pietur wer shown

hich

ere aeour d

by

·The Cou

ty P. ;;

nt fro

he

D

rtment

t ·

hinrlon,

.D.

c.,

showing the te rible oonse u nee of ua1ng

11k

fro

. co in ct

d ith

tuberoulo

i •

Ther

~s

n

i~medi

te

r

·pon e from

th three

communitie of

By

r • Stras

burg

nd 13 nn

tt

and n urgent

demand

to

hav ..

their

herd

est-by

number of fa,rme;r •

mh Lead. of thi

roj ot ot bu

y

nd eour d enough farmers

to

gr

e to

test

to ,

y

Vet rnarian

to

come out and do

the testing. Before the campaign had closed

t re had be

n

one thou nd cows

t

t

d

and

quit

a lar ·

p roent

f

und to b r actor

and

er

taken

out o the herd nd

to marke • One

of

the unfortunate thing xonn ot

d with

the enforcement of' the

anti•tu·oeroulosi l

in this

st te

is the fact

th

t

Th

•t

te Vet

nari n hn · no funds ith

hioh

to

enforc the 1(" .... . This a oci tion ha

ta.

t

d

mov

to

as

the ne

t

le

ielature to

appxopiate

suftiai

nt

f

nd~

to properly enforoe the la •

~ ~--~~~--~~~~~~~---0-·~-T~e~s~t~i·n~s~~~~~~~~-.

_{Co .eating A}

_sooiation

i

re

ogniz

d b1 The

County

~t

n-sion Organizat ·on as very

important and bout the

only

real

me ns

by

hioh

dairyman c n kno ju

t

hiah of hi

cowe

re profit ble

and

hioh are not.

Of

cour

~

the

t

tins

coul b don

by

the individual dairyman but he

will not

take

the

ime to do

it

and al o th r

corda

that he

~ill

make himself

ill

not

b

v

the

preeji e nd eight in th

le

of hi

co

that they would

hav

if

me.de

by

a

diaintAr

e

t d party.

ooi tion h s be n 1n

iAtence fo

four

or

f1v y are

nd tho

e

ho hav

een

mber

ha~e

been

e

t

i fied ith the r

sult

but .e

Rome

of th

old

m

mbe~s

e 11

out

it

becomes di

fioult

to eoure ne mP.mb r to take

their

it

pro e·

to

encourage all dairymen to beoorn

m~ber

A

re~ult

the e b shi ha been kept

w

ll up to

there-iured number and the te

t,er h a h

about ll

h . . ooul<l

do.

To org nize

Juni

t Cluba._ Tbr

calf clubs n one

ig

club

w

r

r niz d. Two o th o lf oluba

w

r

h rt

lorn

clubs and th other one

s a Holst

in

club in the

1 tter

of which only

~

o l v s

·-1

r ua d. "'he hort

llor11

club a

11

PC

re ure-bre

nd er

;:J.S

i.t

d in every

y by

he

Tri•Valley

~~r

-Br d

Breed

rs A oci

tion.

In 11

there were thi ty

~even

animals inv-Jllved, zixteen calve

nd tw

nty

one hog • , here were nly

t

enty one m mb r

rf

h

e

club and th

y

all

finish

d

the

y

r

ork ith

or

d-1

t

and ill ll belong to ... lub next

y

_-...

RODF-lfT P S CO:UTHOL.

a.

~o

carry on

p

st ork s plann d alrP;ady until dog

a.

t

dio ted, __ The

~od

nt

t

control

rork

lerg

ly

in

1923 by

a

Deputy Po

t

Inapeotor, Hr.

'1.

:m.

in

rlo'Vember of la

t

ye · r the County Com. 1 as ion r

that th county

·a

o

nearly

r~

of dogs th

t

the

i~

a-~ion

would not .. rvnrr

11t

th m in continuing the pe}Juty i:n ·he

employ of the County

nd

discontinued his services.

~ho

ounty

gen-e,

who haa ba n , ctin in the o#

p

cit;y o

Oounty

~t

In ector aa

ag

d to continue the

1ork

of er

die-ting the

l'ema · ning dogs

r

nd to do o vith the le'"

t

,ne

po sibl to the county. Th

aRme

p:Lans ere

pul' uad

·ly

the

tJounty

A

ent ""' had

be

n u,., d

by

[r, D

nr

n. he Count

~ent

h'.d

inten ed to chan

the pl n

by

le

ting

out th

contr ot

I:Nt

so

muoh

pr...r a.ore

and

permitting

the

c ntr,,ctor

o em

loy

his o

h .. lp end furnish his

m

oiaon

but

hen

ev r

l

men

#

ent onto

th

land to 1 ok th

itua.tion

ri

th

•he 1

a.

o

t

k

ng

co11tr c

th y

re ort

tl

t

there

1

r

not

nou

h dar

left to ay th ro to

t~ke

a contract.

There-fore local

men e·re

u ed and .1orked

by

the hour nd the

Coun

ty

furni~hed

th poison which

i

th the l"'bol"

s

ch

rg•3d

to

th

property o mer a

t

x s. .

·i

th the

exc ption

of som:..

o-ti

n in

thn

extreme

n

st end of the county anu a fe .

ooloni

in the ni dle .

f

the ooullty there r no dog.;

nd I

~m

ure

that

next

y

ar

1 ..

11

~e

tlem

ll .ill

d.

grasshoppers. , ... o one

uss

d

it would be n

12.

County for many

y

r •

In

1923

"'her

ere

a

fa.rrA

in-f

sted ·i

th

gr

onp

ra but

~1

th 'the e

ception of

doz-n farm r , ther · s doz-no

attention

p

id to them. The in•

ter

~d

s ring foll ing

~ere

very

favor ble to tic

hatch-ing of the hopper and uite r

y in th summer of thie

y

ar

t,h

y b

g

n

to

appe r ·

in lar:re numb r and to do m oh

~

g

t

th~

young orop

I

Oooa io

nlly

ao e

far;mer ould

o

11

up the coun

y

7ent

an

, hat

to

d

to

to th

d

ge

bein don to hi crop

but

"y

h

fir t

~

Jun

the

infest tt ion

h~

d

be co e so

bl"::,d and so · ner

l,.

tl at the

outlook·~

very ·di couragin

nd

it

oo ed a if allot

the

true~

an

l alfn in the irrignted districts

er~

z-ing to be d

troyed.

The Coun.ty Project Leader on n

aot

t

Control

vi

ite4 the

County Agent and the .tter of

control as di sous ed. The Board of Cou.,.1ty Comnia ioner

h

p

ned

to

b in ee ion and

vi

i

ed th and ake

their cooperat· n ·n controlling the

i uation.

They did

not he

i

ta.te one moment

~nut

agreed that

if the

f

rmera

/

w

uld poison their

own

~ields

the

oommi ·ssioners wotl<l

u.-thorixe tho

County

Agent

to

~oieon

the roads in the ib•

fest d . ar

ns.

me

ting (;', called. to be hld in

~-

nd rson

t

tl

t ti

e

yh

center of the infested

~rea

and oa ls

nt out in all

direottons

to farmer to com

into

the

nd help

ke plans to

control

the hoppers. he

10.0

called on to send

hel

nd th

~

respor ..

!le

1

y

se din · r.

Horn ... ,r nd Itr. · ngford

o'!!

:rhe

partment

f

Entomology ,

who

explained

t ...

e natu:te e..nd habits of the ho

-pe:r

nd the kno\vrl . ethods of control • .

Aft

.:r

a di acu ion

1

'7

s deoid

hnt

creating

et distric

a

o ld

f

y

the

matt r

t

lo d nd that the r per thinB

<

s

f

r every ne

to co - ... r te nd

to ill hi o

ho ... per out

t

·~t

a c

it-t

...

houl be

p

nt ... d to

60

to Denv r to .,.et a. ... ri e on

the rnater i 1 to be us d

i

th- reparnt

on

f

the

po·

o~.

m<.:..eting a .

d

Journe

t

rn ...

t

the next ni ht at

nllioh

ort

to be ade

~Y

the c ,mmi

tt

of \thich the

Coun-6ent a a member. There ere about on hundr d pre ...

t

ach

m~

ting nd all ere interest

d

beoau e e c

ged

by

the ho Jn r •

Jtt

t1 ,

s oond m ... eting it

eci . .,.

t

r

t

t

ould

not be ractioal o!· ec; ch

f

rmer

to : tt m

t

to mix

hi

own poi on but

tha

t .. ere

aho

ld be

ant

l

ixing

l~nt

·h.

e the poi

o

o ul

b~

mi.e

n

u ntitie and aold to the far ers alr

t.

dy

p epare to use

and ( t co

t .

1

ooun+y

gent · s

r~p

oint

d

c

witt

e

to

ork

ou~

th ·

f

tur and procaedad toseour. a

buillling

r1

"1ton

ui

d ith

o ar

i.

ing

A

ohine

an

then

pro-c e ed

uO

pu,..cha e the

eri

l in whole le

qU

ntiti

n

thu

ble to urni h th, nre

arcd

poison to th

t

on

l

-v

hat it rvould c

t

them to mix 1

t

the1 el ve , he

County f'u_niahing

.~he

funds

vr

th \ hich to

~pera.te.

In

.our

y

aft r the la

t

me ting the plant aa op-ratin nd turn

in out oi on br n ma h

fast s they farmers could u

~the

ditch co panies

~

ed to poi on

thei~

ditch

b nka and the ra lro d contpani a a reed

~o

oison the right

of

y

hich wer

he l oea where th

1oppers

see e

to

hatclling out.

fiith "he

C

unty poiaonin

~.~h ~oa

a ,

tho

r-rigat :i on

companies

oisoning

tl

e

ditch banks, the

ailroa.d

companie~

poi onir1g

tl1

ri

1t

of

nya

and tho

fal.,aers

poi-sonin · their inf'e ted field

tJH~

c

rapaign

s ,

e l und r

way

and

r

t

o n nths

the fight

wa~ed

ithout any

~et-up

hat

ever.

It

eem

d

t t

t

t a

e · ould

ill

un

oro

f

hoDper

nothar

woul

hatoh out to

~·ke

ita

1 ce .

Ve ere not suoo

asful in

killin

all

~he

hoppers ut

er~

ucce aful in aving the crops from destruction and

sever-a.l

farmers

hen a ked what

th~

oampair had amounted to in

the

w

y

of a vinf

th

situation said ' You have saved the

Farmer of Adams County One Half Jillion Dollars at leo.

t •

'ffie infe

tation

w

not confined to the ir iga.ted sec ions

but 1

t

ti

in the

mr~er

oompl int came in

1

from

yerJ

and

Otro.es'burg and fror1

1oyt

in th

ex.trerl.\

tern pa:r:

t

o... the

Cour1ty.

In coo ration with "he Oou

ty

nt of Ara::J hoe

C

unty, Ntr.

llyn

edmon.

mixing pl nt

eat

'bliahed

t

l3y

r for

th

·ace

1

odn

t

·on of thos in that part of the

County · s ell a far_ er of

h

ounty nd he

a· m

pl ns of urohasing material

fo~low

dan

the po·eon

furni bed to them at ctua.l co t . In ; ddition sever 1

hop-er c tchhop-er

r

d · and put into o r tion and ··orked

lfi th succ s •

I shall t e this o portunity of mentioning th ve

y

splend1

d

cooperation

giv·en

us

oy

'l'he. Great ·,iestsrn

s gn·r

Co

ny

o g

1

1t

n, T.h.ey furni h d

t= ...

ll

he

syrup · ne

d-mixing-tl..

oiaon

i

hoat cost

nd

dvised

th ir

~cet

·

gro~

er to

USe

the

mixture th

t

•er

arinao

anu

wO

u.se

i

s 'ler in

t

uotion of -

1

h

ounty

··ent. 'ha formula used

as

th .. t

rep· red

by

mh

e art ent of ·

•nto

olo

!3 ... t

The

St te Agrioultur l Colle ·e ith the

excep

ion that the

ount

of o l on, odium Az·seni

t ,

a~

.

ouol d·.

tons of

1

ix

d

poi-son

la.nt

right n some goin ae flr

a. a

L

n,

:Brigg

d.sl and

qui e

a bit

going to

r idents o

nver to oieon the ho e

in heir gardens

nd

'

• he Union P oific

lroacl anted to

p rc·

ae

~

poi on o send to

~he

St

te

of

ansas ut the ca city of

t

the . plnnt would not permit of our

send.irg

it

out of the State

hen

v

ere nee ing ·

t o

badly

here.

.

"

'lle

only

cost to th C u

ty

VY'S.

incurred in em l

y-ing

~nand

truck

to

so

vtJr

oi

non

the

cou~ty

ronda

an th

t

;a ·

c bout Five undred

llars. The

fight

.s

auc-c ss from a finanauc-cial standpoint and gave the

people

r11ora

14.

·ro .

ct more familie to

pra otic

th pre e vation of

.tg_~.

_

...

'o carry out thia roj

ect

a irl s' eanninii club \

or ...

:ni~·

d n ' •

.'eatminst

er•Com-mun:t

·y.

The club .

ue

composed of ten

1~1er.1.bor ~nd

did some

- r creditable

w

~

in

canning.

They

us d· the cold

p

c

r

1ethod of canning

and

gave seve:.

l 1ernop

tra tions

nt

which r.any

Nomen were pl ..

sent nd

it

is esti

ted

tl

t

as

Jtill.ny

as

on

hundred om(.,n adopted the cold

pavlt

.:neth.-od

f

oanning as a

result

of

thene

~iemonatr"'t.t

_.

onG~

~t

rno:re f'a.milie to · ·

.l~e

their

own

clothing nnd

[

-

.~.

nd

~o

remake

old:

r;n~nentg .

..

One

adult club

a.n one

junio

club

er

organ1zed

to carry

out

thi project

and

bo:..h clubs id somE.J excellent rork . '!'hero

re

t

enty

three girla .n "' enty omen :ln these clubs,. fifteen

om-n aom-nd

i1ev

nteen

girla

fini3h1ng

the work -ror the

year.

As a result of these e f'forts

ort

the

part

of the ·w·omen

and

tl1 c

~1

rl s a -very c;redi tabl nt nber of new

~

... r.ment a

'Vere

rr.ade

-~s

well

t

a

ne~rv

hats

flnd

old

ga.rr ent

1

de

ver.

·or-two farnil1ea adopted im roved

raotioee in clot

1ing

·orl<;:.

a. To cooperate v·i

tb

-~ he

eounty

Corr.mi oaioner

~

to 1old a

Count:v {air, •

Aa

the

Conuni

•:J

ion

ra decided

not

to hold

a.

county

fr~ir

this

year on 'lccount of the lUge deficit

left from la

t year

i~ v ~ S

nOw

neoe~sary

t

CO Dp~rate

a nothing caul be a c

:;Ol'Jlplis~

ed.

co··

illlliTY PAIRS •

• 'o holr at lea,

t

sih. Gom.munit¥

11a.i~s

•

1'he

f ...

ct

thA.t

there

would be no county fair kept most

of

the zommun · tiee :from

·~anting

to hol a fair. Only tv1o co:r..m:.unitfea

h el d

a.

r

l

fair

nd

they

'V!ier succo aful .

b . @iatsk

nh

County

Com.nli ~ si

ncrs to help

fint:nce

' O"lm.unity

Fairs,. This coo eration as

aecllr-

d.

othing

~s

o.

o

a.

;i.'st

1

r.

u1·e ·

try

s-o .. tis-on in .the marketigs

a oci

-tion a

rganiz

d

in the l

did

not

e·~

in to

function

until the

ir

ly

p

l.rt

of

1923 • .Lik

roost

ooo erative selling

soci

tiona

it

wa

not~

propel .. ly

fi•

nanced an( . in all

robe-

ility, ·

1d

no 1 ve

tle

p

o er

man gement . and, af er

bout ..

i ght

months

life,

en·

out

or

bu

1nesa le

lf·n

a

trr11il

of debt and

aoma unplea.sant

memori s.

POULT Y.

the

on-dem•

;ro

in-'ble

In conclusion I d

sire

to a

y

thE~

.,ha unuau •lY

1

r

~e

number

f

r

ethod

dtm

on~;~trat

.. on 1..ri

v n in

·th

t"'

i

sti-o

l

re ort

i

dua

t

the

f'act

hat

g

ve

xna.ny ·

10nat.r· .tion

aa to ho t

mix

rd

put.

out

r·

e

hopp r

poi

on. At

first

many

_ rmer· ere

eptical. abou

th formula.

that

used in h ioh

.: od um J.r ..

r1it~

.s .

tu.1atituted

f

r.

1~

r!

"reen

an

thf::y

in•

i""

n u ing ... :r·

reen nd it wa up to me·to

aho -

tho

how to u e

~nd ho~

to

mi;

it.

iinally

they

c

ae

to

u e

~

mix•

ture exclus·vely.

I lso desire to s·

y

tha.

a.:.::c·ying

on th

o:bk

it he. be n my ple · ur to have

't

~ii

e th

fu

l

cooper•

ation of "h

l ..

d

o~

Co.

·ty

Jo.

,i

··oners an·d .. h J1.xtonsion

epart

nt

of The

.St te

ricultur l Coll g for wbich I am

x remely

tl

r1kful feelin., th:

t

i

th

u

th

c. o er·

tion

of

b ~' ~h

the

ork

o ld.

not have

b

n

a.

su ·oe

sfullJ·

c~rriE;d

out

e

n.

nty Extension Agent

ot

I

Form No. 285

March 1, 1924

COOPERATIVE EXTENSION WORK IN AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS

Extension Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture

and State Agricultural Colleges

Cooperating . Office of Cooperative Extension Work .. Washington, D. C.

ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTY EXTENSION WORKERS

\ '

This report form is to be used by county extension agents, such as county agricultural agent, home

demonstration agent, club agent, and negro agent, reporting on their respective lines of work.

Stale

_:::6~---

County

---~---~

Report

~f

___

_J_ __

ill__________________________________

County

----~---···---~---,---Agent.

Q__...

~

(Name)

CJ ']_

..3

~(!__

/ s--/'ritle) _ . . .

From _ __ -_ ___________ / _______________

j ___________ . ______________ ·-

lo ---____________________ , 19 24.

1f agent has not been employed entire year, indicate exact period.

year should make out this report before quitting .the service.

f " I I

Approved:

Date ___

/~pz~---~--~~:

_

ri~t~ ---~-fr¢---~~_7:_

______________ _

SUGGESTIONS RELATIVE TO THE PREPARATION OF THE COUNTY EXTENSION

AGENT'S ANNUAL REPORT.

The annual report should be a review, analysis, interpretation, and presentation to the people of

the county, the State, and the Nation of the sum total of the extension activities in each county for the

year and the results obtained by the county extension agent assisted by the subject-matter specialists.

The making of such a report is of great value to the county extension agent and the people of the county

in sho,vi.ng the progress made during the year as a basis for future plans. It is of vital concern also to

the State and Nation as a measure of rural progress and

.a

basis for intelligent legislation and financial

support.

Separate statistical and narrative reports !fl,re desired from each county extension agent in charge of

a line of work, such as county agent, home demonstration agent, boys' and girls' club agent, and negro

agent. Where an assistant

~gent

has been employed a part or all of the year, a report on his or her work

should he included with the report of the leader in charge of that line of work. Where an agent in charge

of a line of work has quit the service during the year, the information contained in his or her re_port

should be incorporated ·in the annual report of the agent on duty at the close of the report year, and the

latter report so marked. Where two or more extension agents are employed in a county, each in charge

of a line of work, care should be exercised to avoid including the same data in the statistical report of more

than one agent.

At least four copies of the annual report should be made: One copy for the county officials, one copy

for the agent's files, one copy for the State. extension office, and one copy for the Extension Service,

United States Department of Agriculture. The report to the ·washington office should be sent through the

State extension office.

NARRATIVE SUMMARY.

The narrative report should be a statement in orderly fashion and arranged under appropriate

subheadings, of the work done, methods used, and results obtained under each project, as well as of the

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

pos-sible, reenforced with ample data from the statistical summary. In the preparation of the part of the

report relative to each project, the results reported in the statistical summary for the project should

be analyzed, conclusions 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 demonstration

work. Full credit should be given to all cooperating agencies. The lines should be single-spaced, with

double space between the

paragraph~,

and reasonably good margins left. The pages should be nu1nbered

in consecutive order.

The following outline is suggestive of how t'l?-e narrative report may be clearly and systematically

presented:

SUGGESTIVE OUTLINE OF ANNUAL NARRATIVE REPORT.

I. Cover and title page. II. Table of contents.

III. Status of county extension organization.

(1) Form of organization-changes and development.

(2) Function of local people, committees, or project leaders in developing the program of work. (3) General policies, including relationships to other organizations.

IV. Program of work, goals established, methods employed, and results achieved. (1) Factors considered and methods used in determining program of work. (2) Project activities and results.

~~

j ~~~~

crops )

{

Horticulture . .

(c) Home gardens (includmg diseases and msects).

Beautification of home grounds (d) Forestry

(e) Rodents, predatory animals, and birds.

(f) Animal husbandry

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(u){Dairy husba.ndry . . .

Home dairy (including diseases a:qd insects). (h){Poultry husbandry

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SUGGESTIVE OUTLINE OF ANNUAL NARRATIVE REPORT-Continued.

IV. Program of work, etc.-Continued.

(2) Project activities and results-Continued. (i){Rural engineering.

Rural engineering-home.

('){Agricultural economics, including farm management and marketing.

J Home marketing.

(k) Foods.

(l) Nutrition. (m) Clothing.

(n) Home management.

(o) House furnishings.

(p) Home health and sanitation.

(q) Community activities.

(r) Miscellaneous.

V. Outlook and recommendations, including suggestive program of work for next year.

VI. Summary of activities and accomplishments, preferably of one or two typewritten pages only, placed at the beginning or end of the narrative report.

STATISTICAL SUMMARY.

To supplement the narrative part of the report, and

in

order that comparable State and N.1.tional

summaries may be made, it is necessary to include a statistical summary of the work in each county.

The following form has been prepared to insure uniformity of reporting. In addition to the questions

asked under each subdivision of the report, space is provided to add further data if desired. The

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

DEFINITIONS OF TERMS uSED IN TIDS REPORT.

1. A PROGRAM OI<' WORK is a definitely outlined plan for extension work.

2. A PROJECT is a definite, systematic, organized plan for carrying out some phase of the extension program of work, providing for what is to be done, how much, when, where, how, and by whom.

3. MisCELLANEous woRK includes work which has not yet become a regular part of the program of work-work other than project work.

4. A COMMUNITY, for the purposes of this report, may be any one of the several units into which the county is divided for purposes of conducting organized extension work.

5. A PROJECT LEADER OR LOCAL LEADER is a person, selected because of his or her special interest and fitness, who functions as a leader in advancing some phase of the local program of extension work.

6. A DEMONSTRATION is an example designed to show the practical application of an established fact. Demonstrations as contemplated in this report are of two kinds, method demonstrations and result demonstrations.

A method demonstration is a demonstration given by an extension worker or other trained leader to a group for the

purpose of l3howing them how to carry out a practice. Synonym: Lecture demonstration. Examples: Demon-strations of canning, mixing of spray materials, and culling of poultry.

A result demonstration is a demonstration carried on by a farmer, farm woman, boy, or girl under the direction of

the extension service, involving a substantial period of time, records of results, and comparisons. Examples: Child-feeding, corn-culture, and orchard-management demonstrations.

7. A DEMONSTRATOR is a farmer, farm woman, boy, or girl who, under the direction of the extension service, conducts a result demonstration.

8. MEMBERS COMPLETING should include those who have satisfactorily finished the work outlined for the current year. 9. A DEMONSTRATION MEETING is a meeting held to give a method demonstration or to start, inspect, or further a result

demonstration.

10. A TRAINING MEETING is a meeting at which project leaders or local leaders are trained to carry on extension activities in their respective communities.

11. AN OFFICE CALL OR TELEPHONE CALL is a visit or call by a farmer or other person seeking agricultural or home economics information, as a result of which some definite assistance or information is given.

12. A FARM VISIT is a call at a farm by the agent at which some definite information is given or concrete plan of work outlined, or some valuable information obtained from the farmer regarding his work, or the better practice prevail-ing in his neighborhood.

13. A HOME VISIT is a call at a home by the agent at which some definite information is given or concrete plan of work outlined, or some valuable information obtained from the farm woman regarding her work, or the better practice prevailing in her neighborhood.

14. DAYS IN OFFICE should include time spent by the county agent in his office, at county agent conferences, and any other work directly related to office administration.

15. DAYS IN FIELD should include all days spent on official duty other than those spent in office.