Farm management field studies and demonstrations, 1914: Prowers County

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FARM MANAGEMENT FIELD STUDIES

.AI'"D DEJ •.

O~!STRATIONS

IR~T

A

UAL REPORT

of the

COUUTY

~.GRtCTTL'rTJ?IRT

for

PRO

~R

COUNTY, COLORADO •

• E.!3ROWll.

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F RM

N.AGEMENT FIELD STUDIES

D

ONSTRA

.ION

IRST ANNUAL REPORT

of

th

COUNTY AGRICULTURIS

tor

PRO ERS COUNTY, COLORADO,

TH : DATE OF BEGINNING

TH n~

ORK,

AY lJ 11

:114

to

THt CLOSE OF

THE FISC L YEAR,

JUNE

30, 1914.

by

E.E.BRO •

1914

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/

ORGANIZATION

for

FAR MANAGE!ENT FIELD STUDIES

AND

DEMOlSTRATIONS

in

PROWERS COUNTY, COLORADO.

THE UREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY

of the

Jnited State Department

of Agriculture,

The ColoraJo Agricultural Oollega,

The

~ro~er

County

Commissioners,

an.d

th

Lamar

Ur

on High

ohool)

Coop rating •

..

~_

....

....,._.,._

D. • T"R ) R,

t

te

L ader for Colorado.

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...

-E.E.BROr-Nj

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LETTtRS OF TRANS ITTAL.

Dear

Sir:-r~

submit herewith, the

!Pi

ret Annual Report of

I

the

County

Agriculturist for

Prowena

County,Oolorado,

!or th ; fiaoal year ending June }0,

1914.

Respectfully,

teo~.

County Agriculturist.

Mr • I. · -- • Fl' ear ,

I

Stat '

Laada~

for Color do.

Dear

ir:-I

submit

_/.

ber ... with the

Fir

t

Annual Report of

the County

Agr,ioul

turist for Pro ere County, OoloraCo

by

Mr. E. • Brown, Ooumty .Agrioultur1et.

I

Vr.

J?-/

w.

'working,

Agri,~lturiat

in

oharg

of Western

Division.

Respectfully,

~~~~

State Lead

r,

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/

I think that

th~

work in thia county oould bs

done very much better .

d

could be maje very much more affective lf

a man were omploy_.d tha

entir9

tin~ e. As

it

1s at pr~~ent a man

ca-not afford to owL an rutv

~nd

the work oannot be done to the

be~t

advant g_

~

1 .hout

one.

I

u

eing a motorcycle itb fair aucoe a.

I

can cov r

the ground

but

c;nnot

oarry

enough

material

nor people

that

a10 i~t~rwJted

in

thl 1ork.r ·

also thinK that

th3

people should

be ducat d to th ·rork,I meet ith all kinds of peculiar et t manta,

I spoke t< on man and told hl that I

waa

the County

Agr~culturist

and he

h~i .. g

n a hurry

t;

nd anting to

6

t rid of me a .id.,' I have not

been her, long nnd may nov get a

vot~

thin fall but if I do I w1

1

l

rememb~r

ou" .Horr ver· a'> soon

aa

p-9opl find out

_iy

mission

they

re

glad to see rr·e and tell

1 ~-

th 1r

a l ~';e~~Qes ar,d.

trouble

and

to take

advic •

mhia

ia

goo

~ounty

or the

~o~k

I b

lieva as the dairy

industry

is just starting

~

I

think there

war not more

than aix

silos filled in

the

county last year and n

w

there are at least twenty

five new ones up raady to b fille an thJ contracts 1

t

for several

more.Thia will give a fin chance to atudy the

ailo.!he

d iry oattle

are oomtlmg in very faat nd th

y

re

not 11 th best, in fact a

number ar culls • Thi mak e

2.

gre

t

problem to h lp 'test

out an get

rid of the unde ir bles.

rt

ia a very hard

matter

to get th ... farm rs to ee the good

~f

following a rotation. ThJY think th

t

1f th

y

can get all of their

land into

alfalfa

that

all

there

will

be to do for years to

come

is

out alfalfa, and then bove

~11

the do not

_.t

to

feed any of

it.

Th~aame

ith the beets they growth month

~me

land year after

year

and

then

give

up beets

because they

cannot get th3 tonnage.

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One of the greatest problema with the

dry

land. farmer

eems to

b h

lac ·

of · und • He

has

possibly

put

every c .t-,.

t

that

had into

t

a pro~osition

·ith

the v in hops that he could grow

bw .

~ ro~

the firat

y~ar

ao .hs

j ' i

in

Illinois on virgin oil.

If th s m n oculd buil · e

~ilo ~nd ~ t ~

all butch of

~took

they uul h v

a sho • s thay coul4 get a crop

lnto

a

i~o

in

casa a. dr.7 ~i :i etruck

it,and

~

the· .

lway

c n

get

the

crop :far

en ugh

along

f'cr this th ·

y

·rold

n

~v ~r

·,;e out

of

! 91.

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FIELD STUDIES AND DEMONSTRATIONS.

Semi-Annual Report of Oounty Agents. uue June 30, 1914.

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Sf ATE _{--~c~,-.,~l~o~x~}4_~d~o~,--- COUNTY _{--~~r~c~>-t·e~r~s~}_·

-.---REPOKT OF 9 , ~ OUNTY AGENT.

--~E~.~E-.~h~}-r~o~~-,r-1---~

F.ROM: January 1, 1914, TO: June 30, 1914.

==~:wx=~~==~=~================:=:=====~==================~

Approved.:_

Stat-::"3 Leader.

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-2-SEMI-.AN1W.AL F..EPORT OF COCJNTY .AGENTS.

1. Last projects or plans now under way continued from previous seasons:

ea on .

________________

. . _ _.

--~---2. List new projects or pl~~s undGr way:

B tt d· i ry he. 1- ,

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SEMI-Al\NU.A.L HSPORT Of COUNTY AGEN~,.

\

-~----1--- NUMBER,.' ·

~he followinG questionG ~ertain e:z:clusively to worl;;::

done ej.thor by the J .. gent or on his

r'0cOt'llne~1dations:-3. :E'armers visited on their farms {Jar.:. .. 1 to July 1) 1..t R H

-4. Farmers conducting demonstrations- for agents ___ _

5• J..cres pla:nted with field-se~ectod so0d corn:__ __ ...,__:₁_ _ _ _ _

...,..__...--6. :Farms testing c..or~ for germination __ ___._

_·---i

't. Acres of corn. :;>lc:.nted with tested seed

_---:----

1-·--8s Farms grmving corn_~-·--- 1

of col~n gro;m ___ _

9. .Acres

i

·· r~

10.

Farms _growing_{wheat _____}

---+-11. Acres of wheat grown

I

12. Farr:1s treating seed oats for srnu.t ________ . ____ _ _~---

I

13. .i\.cres SO VITI with troated

s~eed

1 ______

·----14. Farms _growing_{oats ____________}

~---1---15 .. Acres of oats grown_

16. Farms using hill-selected seed potatoes...-17. Farms treating pctatoes for scab

18. Farms growing :: otatoes

.,

19 • .Acres of Potatoes grmm

₎₅

20. Farms growing .hay ________

~-~---~---r'---21. Acres of hay grown __

~---~~-22. Farms growing

alfalfa·---~---23. Acres of alfalfa grovm __ ~--~---++·---~ 24. Orchards car-ed for in whole. or in part _ ____________

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-4-SEMI-·.fil\ll:ITJAL REPOR~ OF COUNTY AGENT~

26. Covrs tes·ted for- mill\: production {through

as-soc ia t i ems or oti1er·..v is e)

---t----'5-...;qq_---27. Hogs vaccinated for cholerq

28. ·Anti-Hog Cholera clubs organized ______ _:. _______________ _ 29. Total membel"'Ship in above clubs ___

~---+---30. Tons of commercial fertilizer

used~---4---~---31. Tons of home-mixed fertilizer used 32. Tons of lime used

33. Acres of clover grown

34. Acres of soy beans gr owt1

-=-=l·-35. Acres of cowpeas grovm 36. Acres of sweet clover grown

37. Farmers keeping accounts, partial or complete ____ ~~---~~---_....

38, Value of business done by Purchasing and

1Iarketing associations organized. _____

-t---39. Approximate savings effected by such associations ___

~---40. Leases or contracts arranged bet'·ween landl orll and

tenant _____ , ______ ·-~-(Report below any other important work done):

41. We

42 •

fiv0 days with a tot,l

43 • We hill!& had

44 •

--flp>Hl~a~r.,..t~elt-l"d~f~CJ'-rtt-·

_;JMu.,...::lHy ...

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SElli-.AN1TtJAL REPOR[' ·OF COUl'ITY

AGENT-..-

---~ ---~---~--- --

---46. What is the plan of the organization su~Jpo1·ting your

work? ·

The

County

Co 1 ion r

y

the s 1

ry

ror

.Jun

uly ... n

ug at with an addi tional m l a o1nt a

or

t.

t

r

~nth

. The other ni ne ont h I

t

1 ur in

h

Hi h Rohool

t L

r

nt

P

on

d y

in

th

1 ld ..

47. How does

the local organization raise its funds?

The und

r ~

ohool

t

nd

n

U

g n r fU.I .

p

elal nd ie not

48. State

briefly

the valuable

features

of the local Ol"gani~ation:

out

t

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-6-SEMI-!N1TUAL REPORT OF COIDTTY AGENT.

49 What are the de~ects of the local organization? How~ in your

judgment, could it be strengthened?

50. What other associations, such as granges~ farmers' clubs, boards of trade,

Y. ll.

c.

A.,

etc., are cooper-ating with you? In what manner and to what e~tent

does each cooperate?

51. Inclv.de, if possible, with your report a copy of the Constitution and

By-Laws

of the organization under which you are WOl'king.

{Signatu£e}_L~j1~;....:..'---

_County

"~gricultu'l:al Agent

anc~

Agent? U.S.Dep•t of Agriculture. Date sent State Leade:c Jnl y li' 1

rat

1914.

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~

-

--SUPPLEMENT TO WASHINGTON REPORT

~rowers,

County, Colorado.

July 1,

191; ,

to June

30,191 4 ,

CLUB WORK.

Kinds of Clubs

Number of members. ,

\

Boys

Girls

Ga:taP.n

Cl ubs,

1(l

₁

\ I ·-: ~· ~ :I - -; I I

'TOTAL

i

I

! _{] ()} l '

Total value of club prizes offered this

ye a~:

$ ....

July 1, 1913-June 30, 1914.

Number of Meetings attended

Tot a l

atten ~ance

at me etings . . . .

₁₀₀

n

_"

n

₂₅

Numb e :-~: of

vi s its to

f2~ r m s

.

n _n

_{Fa r mer s}

_{ca1l ed}

_at

_{office . . . · •}

·---.l~rO-+---"

"

Times

ca lled

by telephone

_'

.

Tot a l

numb ~ r

of

days

-orked

30

Nu~ber

of miles t r aveled by rail • . .

.

·---n

_"

II 11 It

auto c yc-l

n

_"

n

_"

IT team . •

.

11

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INVENTORY, J"UNE 30,

l<Jllf,

OF MATEi-tiALS L~ED :N CAhRYING

ON YOUR WORK. USE EXTRA SHEETS IF ~J£CE SS.r·~.Y.

Date

Arti&les ; Bought Price

Paid

..:-:>resent

Value

:(Appr ox ima t

~-...!..·

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.

1911

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