Annual report of county agent work, 1920: Adams County

E ONOMICS

STATE AGRICUL'l'U AL COLLEGE OF COLORADO nd • • D ART

OF

GRictJ1./rtJ

AND AD S COUNTY COOPE

'.l'ING,

AlllnJAL R PO

T

IlTDEX.

A~rieultur

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of A .m

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AGRICUI.TU AL

07,680

orP. or

125

1

0 0 A.

great r

th

n

/

Area:

1~96

• mi.

of

Rh

<i

I lc

nd.

ro~

5300

fe_t

to

45 0

f

~t

abov,

e

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l

v

l.

A

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d:

33

v

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t fr

n

20

to

~ 50

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r

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r·

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rming

1 nd:

60,8~0 Vc

li ed

(t

from

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to

lo

G:r:az1n

l n

.

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171,0

or

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p

_u

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ti

n:

Total

. ural

6

ooo •

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fn

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50.

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_l/3

r nt

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e

v lu of

f

r

19,

02

,332.

Tot

l

County

v

lu

t'on

~

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--

..

32,427' 440.

Precipitation:

nnu.

l 14 .n2

inch

_•

~nver

•

C

o·

1

G1·o

n:

t te

er

ore

c

op

Acreag

~i

Year

44. 500

Yi ld P

r

A. L

t

Y

ar

•

e

t

_t

Live took:

Hor s: 7,860

Shee : 7,

Silo

380

l .249

4,9?8

4,181

4,077

1,748

30,136

1,081

19,245

1,000

R

nge o

ttle 12,236

Hog : 10,458

iry

7.8

bu.

15,5 bu.

15.1

bu.

14.1

bu.

5.0 bu.

4.4 bu

12.8 bu

50.0

bu .

2 .481'

lO.T

ttle

•

OF HE WORK IN 1920

th

up

thi

~

lin

d

in

1915

n~

r.

G

o. •

~mi

1 .. ·

I·st

t

o ye r

mor

w

t

e .. e u r

how

v e •

1'.

t

rted in

191?

in

th

.n

h

b

en

working

in

th

' S

,rly

lo~t

the

1

st

Of

l

Dt

men

h-d

not

y

gr~

th

r

~ult thi~

kind

of

~ork

1th

ch

member

in the c mmuni

y.

:mprovemet, livetitock 1m r

orl"

lao don to reorganiz the

co

:ful

due

to

f

il

re of the

commur.'te

igneci the l

t

oi' J

~nu

ry,

thi

y r,

nd wr KJ.cider too hi pl c

tnrting the middle of

~rch.

len

the n

County ag :nt

,rrived ther

no

f

rm bure u org niz tion

t , ·ol"k s

th

ork o1' th ye, ... r h

been to get thi mach in

_ry "t

orl g.in nd

t

'Jt

the

other lin.

of ork going he d and th

f

rn r

J·ti ,.

r

lt

in

t:be • Th

·ork

t

ken up this

y

r h s

be n

rin ily 1 n

t/

line

f

cooperative marketins nd

thr

ci

ti n org niz

d,

~

ving aom

4,ooo.oo

r 1rie

dog

~ork

w

t

n

nd compl

t

d in

t

o

di tricta

ving ome

wll&OO.OO

a.ooo:rcling to a tin't e from r e1dent · in the diat icta. Some ?3

he d of pure bred liv stock h ve be n briught into the county thi

ye r as

r ul t

of

th

work. A

,oo

te ting

ooi

tion

fo m d in

conjunction with Boulder nd

J

ld counties. rlork he. been d n

long

Boy

a

nd Girl's club ork nd

seven clubs

org~ni

zed.

1or,..

don

n th

n

tter

of

f

ir nd the holding of ix fairs p tioip ted

in. '/·

ha ·-:. \..he

1~rm

bureeu in the communiti

being org 41

C.

this

f

.ll

for

the

next

ye

r' e

work

-nd n

r~nnu

1 meeting che \,;;. e6.

In

all

~h

' rk h

been quit

a

.ti

factory nd

it

is hoped

that

every

or.t.&

in th county ill u"'port it more trongly next

y

r

th n ev

b for to derpon

tr t .

the

f

ot the

by

coop r tion nothing

Inol·.t

ing:

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ORGANIZATION N'ORK

County F r... Bur au lork

Community ' rm .Bur u Wor,

B nn

tt

Brighton

.

tl k

Bs.eho

Other Communities

Page 4

.£~nne

t,

1

gent to g_

t.

er '

f>. j.,

d "r • L o v e

t

t ,

s · ·unes in

e·ent

ue ~ d~r

vi

SJi

Lc;d

t}le

~(~

t.hese

.t1c

cc

.m.-so

enot

etb

T

i~

re

e

r do

Page 6

lea.ders and

hr:u:

ta

1

en up

_i11

the u

Bennett

~'

r.

e.

1V

rk to be

road

t'Ork

and

1omen

s

ior~ge

crops and

w

lS

fort?.

·rerr1,c,r~l1ip Cf r:roai·~t

Ftttertd ~d

tl•e <iE:tr·J.ct.

n>:e tinr.

eedc::

ot

23r of

n<l

t.hr1 v:i.

ri

ou s

inted

·itn

1

eL

l

~--nd

'rh-w

rc

~U

1

~ S

Ol

t,

1i

ci

en

1_Tipr~

i

e;n

t

n

f~

r· e v, _ r

~~

s ) l i

t

t 1 e J1 • rm

1 e

d. ' e r

rt

i p

·~

n

r

r.

l s o of

nJ

C!y

t

it

~t

ha.rv .

"'c

ln1

d

le..

10

r ueing

E

c-: ·r c •

t ·, .,

c

;1. 1

p

n

i

~n

w

e

t. '

e c ,)

P

e

d

on -

t

n

e

p:

r:n. t ime

D.:3

the

r

x· cut ·ve cos

Ltittee meetinci

ol'

tb·1

4 ericnn .•':....r .. n

Bux·Enu

Confeder, iot lH3ld im

enver n

th~,

16t.b

J.n .

l?tb

R d

n lJ " .

t1

out

i"'

even y · mem ·o c r •

;.,; i s

tot

1 h .

J <::~~.

m ... ;rtS tlw.n

ei_d~·t./

'err:

~;rc-:: .

the C'"unty

.A

·f~·1t

and

corrnunity

le·· dC;rs •·

g

!t

tbe

pl~ ~-~

for

next

er

rB

,r;ork

forn~u l ~d. <.

nd

leE

dE:Y'H Rel8ct~d

·

nd st

rt,ed

to

~ork.

lien--

l"J

:mcctint;c.

·1lcng

t 'i

is

~net:·"'

e

·lr~".:ly

been hPld

' t

.r:a~·

;nton .

:~,

.nnQtt,

1

'ltir· sb

r,

end

"orel.

n •

·vorl

.P l(;

nnec

nd

_le~

ct · .rs

_{~elected .}

1

l:he

_E;~xe

cut i v

_~-

cornmi

_t

tee

met n1

t:b e

20th

of o ve":.

er t.:.nd ...

d€ .P-An ..

fol'

t!H~

rnnu.r

1 County

rr~eetin ""

at

uennett

on

~~\1e

let··,

of

ect~moer .

At t

~e

-nn nl

meetln£~

thf.;

Cnu1ty p7':1j ..

cts ·vill ue

for ulr. ed nntl che

l~""d~r

of c .ch

B

:~

d of

'i..rf.:~.,tor·s

ill

e

selected.

In

connection

w.i.t.,.J

the

n · 1 "l"eeting a corn

~ho~-~

\'Vill

oe h .ld L_

fini h

u

tl'"'

derncnqt~·r:\tion •v t'.

of

t '1e yenr

·:3lon:r the

corn

p

·o,ject nn t ·)

ren1re a exbil)iL for

the;""~

".te F::trrn

J1,Aren

corn show .

Altr·Jo

tlere

ba

·been

~ee

in ly n sm· 11 m uPt of war1, Bu Pru or.; .. niz· tion -orl<_ done

t

1_1ic;

ye.r · itn Hctu-tl resultc.t-;;- have laid

_foundati~n

i'or

_ext~n~ive

nnd

defini t e

war~

for Lhe

eomin~

year ;

nd there

i:

gre~t

inte· est

trlen

in

tl

is

~ove

ent

at the

present time

by

moe farmers

~nd

it

is

hor

ed th

t

eve

.'1

f

.r er .

ill

rs~t

-oack ol'

t

te cam

itW

nd ork und

ma

lihi a

tl

~

s

tro:n

~est

v

rrn .bu

·re

u

County in t.he

,J

t.

t

e.

)ur~.

u

Or-t-;;caniz~t:h_.?~t

at

tHJ22.ill:

On

the

3rd of

y

the

County

nd

~~ i ss

Bnynes met

viti

the

le..- ders oi'

forr:ulc- te

u10nr-

of .

1_flr

Bur ·au work for this

_.v~(

r .

•'lc

s al

;n i~

th

~

1

ine of

stand·

rJi ztng .

inn.

/{13 corn ,

o· liminrt

lug

the grade

r·ire.

of

builf.tin~ silo~ , ~tart

in

ys

ana.

giz·l

R

cl c

Nork ,

t

.kin'!'

up

com unit

r

road_

ork an

1 , -arK

i

th

!H~

· omen . Len df."1r('! for e(--c 1 in o

1'

work .;e... chosen ·

rtd

reed to u e

t

eir

v

st

efforts

to

"Ut the

-Jrk t.o

a. succes

1ul

conclusion . The

-Page 8

Y'~rlr.

1

Loi,

i.s the ex~cn of

t Le

nru'

.Jure

u orga.ni

zat

ion work t '11s

yarJ.r. It

?lill

OG

):~Sid~ ~l

in

the next c~

1 u

n

h.

1

~,;o

i;,ei;

eac1..L

c

mmun1

ty

or nize\

t"

~ork

on

definite

com.r.unity r).j -eta

.i~h

active

l.nders

in

Cfp:~.r~'"C of · .~nch

line

Ol

'tOrk

<lttd

wit this

Ot~lJJg

don.

it

should be

to every farm ..

ra

int.er-:;,)

1,

in

t ..

Je

_J,1unty

to

"Jeeorn~

a

membe:r

a.nd

· ctivel.v he.

ir1

tb_ cc.rryin; out

:)1. ..

the

hinv.;s l ... nned.

Includ1ns:

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CROP I:MPROVJcr\{ENT ORK.

Corn

ork

V

riety

Testa

Standardizing Minnesota #13

Wheat ork

K

nr

d

VJhe

t

Sunflower nd forage crop work.

Cooperative " rketing of Produc •

Drighton C bb ge 11 rk ting.

Page 10

Bennett :

Pl

nning

the l?a.rm B

1re<u

wor· un er corn

i

nrove-Ient at

nnett it was

decided

th

t

the

c munity ould

stnnd~rdize

on the raisin..., of /"inn.

'13

corn

and the

J;oal

for

this

year

ork rould

be

to

rri~e

at least twenty-five

acre~

of

re~

istered corn. ·r.

o.

J.

r

hem

tl1

ler- d

r

of the

project ,.

nd

.~r .

H. '•' .

J'ohn ton the

le

der

of

tne o

y~

.nd

'irl

club

to help

1itL

the

pr ject.

rhe

source of

see ·

·;:.p::

tha

anved

by

P. 'IJ .

Haupert

d tlle

ee

ecured

by

the

~

unty

A

ent

fro .. Eu rt Hart

t

Longmont.

'P

-e leader of the roj ect got

fpr.~r~

in the

co unity to &r c to

lant r.ristered

a

ed

and

the

11

_{0unty g nt}

1:'

nd

the lub

e der visit

r

th thr

e

schools

in the

dis-trict

ex laining club wor· and getting

memoer~

enrolled in the Corn

Clu·b.

be

c}Pirman

called

a

meetin~

f

the

follo ing men:

1.r.

Fa. upert ~

Cl1 ris~v,is

er, u·rl·nder,

•ey

and the ,ounty

A~ent

to m .. ke :r ul es for

the r

"istration of

t} C'

seed

for this year. I.:. (

decided that

se

} uld

from r:. :i stered

ed ap ... roved

by

t .

e

com

,ittee ...

n.·: ..

b uld

be

lan ted thirty rods a· ay i'rorn any otner corn xcept re

,i

stered

inn. ' 13 ,

he committee woul

inf-! ect fields in comlJany

wi

Lh the County

P. •

.lent

or

enC'\ion Ag:ronomiFt

c

nd

as

up

·~n the n~

if

eligit:>le to re ·ristrv.tion.

1fteen d m nstrator growing and hnrveeting 220

acres i

r

.~istered

ore

1

ined up .

Se d

~,

s

furni

Rhed

tr

ru the

local

le'" der

t:

nd --eed

comrrdttee.

'he last of A gust the registrat.ion

committee

ith

r.

1,.cClymonds,

~xten

ion Agronomist made . tour of

the

re

i ..

tered

field

ir

t 1e

c0~:unity

diaca

ding some

part

of th

fiel

s

~s

ein ; to clo e

to

other

corn.

1

he County A

;ent

and

\ffr. cClyrn

nd ,

_~'in

visited

tlJe

fieldm

grow

in ~

corn eligi

ole

tu re

..;i

try the fir t of October emon tr;

t-ing to the gro er

~h

tyue

of s ed

'hicrl hould

be selected to be

sold

~

n

s re· ... istered eed

ar

d ho ing them .bo

'l

to cure the seed. Tl e

lc

et. of

·

October tle County

A ent

wr

te e c d.monstrator getting

renort~

n the

yield

01

thi

corn

as

c mp

red ;ith other corns in

the

community and

findin

ut ho much test ed seea 01ld be for [·le. A

nutr.t

er of

ehippin

t.

h

thnt

t,

e

seed

was re7istered:

by

hom

it

was

grO\'n an("'

e

er printed and

r

re

in-

furni

~}J (

to the

llin · se

To

su1

u

th w

)rk ana.

ho ·

b

t

done

corn show as

heLd at

th

J

-dennett community fair featuring , ·nn. /;

1

13

.nd

ten xcellent

xhi tits

~ere

brot

in.

h re ul · of

tr.ia ·ork

has

sl1o n th;

t~

a ltho

mo

of the

coo er .. tors hu.d o r tands due to cutt

rm

ebb

orm th

t

tl ·- ·inn.

, 1 3

ill out

yi

ld

other

corns

roxi at

ly five

bu

hel

to the ;

cr -nd

will

7

ro

_oxi~

t

ly

ne

of nsil ge to

h.

acre.

On t. rc

o.

ortl

60 .

J

u }

el .

tli

e or

Co O

.~

1 t

err-

ll.Y i

t ·

i

11

n~

e'

n

'

t

·e

'ill

be

·a

1·~

r

d

o r l s ' >u l r b

· u·ot

of

t

..3?

shor: In

p lnnnin g

the .ta:rm )u

1 e~~u

,or, at

.I slOT

it

w·

n

(j

.cided

thr

t

work to

dPtermine t,he oest vH.riety of corn fo- c.he

commun-ity

auld be of

v~lue. ~

r.

Ben Pugh as selec '.,,:.; d

~s

th ·

r·,der and

it

;a

11

nned to

h1ve

four demonstrator demon

trr

tin~

:even varieties

e ch in one ere plots planted

side

uy

side

in

the

field. The C

unty

r~e nt

furnished the nece sary seed of

the

vHrieties

~Jric!

ere not

>rown locally.

hese

tour derronstrator planted the seed

accordin~

to

tl

e lnn. It

~o

ha pened however

tha·t the

~ebb

worm

and

the

c

t"t worm

distroyed the larger

Pnrt

of

this pl -nting

and the corn wa

either

let

go r re-p'lnnted to ome

very

eorly rnnturing vnriety so e h· ve no

reuort on tbi s va.riet

ork save tlu1t

fr~rr:

one

club mem-ber who gre

regic,tered

'~inn .

#13

c rn rrak ·ng a yield of (;!lix"'een

j

shela

to

the

acre

wt

i

ch ·: s a b u

t

five

bu

ehel s better

than

otner corn in

t!

e

sar

e

lace

lity.

Other Corn

j

ork: J.:roomi"ield : At the

teginn~ng

of

Jay

some

1

Rders ...

t

roo·

field qent for the

-:~nty

At:;ent

to help

s-cart

corn

cluu

work in thfl t

community. The .. neet ing

~·as

held

and

the

idea

of u

:>

ing t.t1e

J

nior farmers

~1q

demonstrators presented. ..\

leH,rier

for th · orl

!fV'

s

selected and

anot:b.er meeting

called at which

time

",lias Sheridan ,

~ta.te

Cluu Ler

der

'V""S

precent.

At

thi---

Gin1e

the

corn club

rJembers

orere

enrolled and the

county Aeent in c.>njunction wlth. he boulder l!ounty

.. lub Let.der securD. ·

t ...

e memiJers

re ::·ist(?r~d

"'''nn .

,13 seed • .i his corn

;as 1la.nted and d·rown

ns

well

as pos ible. One roernoer

1"\avin '£

a

yield

of bout 60

bu =-hel to the acre . 'fnfortvnately however

uut 1'01

r

acres

of the corn g:ro,,·n in the clue

v~ork

c

1uld

be registered

as

rr-djoining

f~rnere

had

p l~nt ~d. other

vnrieties

to

close · to

the registered corn .

"b ... :ce

v,

ere

~(~ven

mem vera in this club grov;in

-:r

one acre eao.h and the

J ic~ld

·ecured

averaged aporoxi.mately

t en

oushe s per acre

n nre

than

corn

n

Pdj

inints

fnrms .

1

)e

1onstrs.ting clearly

_th(-;

v: l ue of

_thir~

vs ri

ty

in the c :)mmunity.

Tl1ere

was one corn club

mer~1b er

in t:he

ri~h­

ton district gr ing rer:siPtered corn

and

cnrry.ing the vork

t}lrU

to

completion. The onl:r

other dem nstrntor of pure

.~ inn.

//13

corn wa

Rr .

Tiffiny ,

~tockyard,

tation,

enver ho

had

f ·ur

~cres

of regi tered

seed which will yield ab)ut five bushels per acre

1

ore than oth r corns.

All

of

th

se i'a:r·.e:rs were

e.s

ist'ed in

selM~ctin·

seed

as

we re otlter

1'armer

~ro

.·in)

·!Ood

seed corn of

thi

a

·-:.nd ot:her vr-rieties not r!

t'ist-ered .

·~1

e total

acreavf:!

p ...

nt d "itn

selected

tested

seec~

tl

iq

Apring

under

1?

rm Burenu' r

is 427 _ "Lere ·.ere 54 far ers

l'lr:-PtPd

this

seed.

he number of

bu.hels

selec

e~

for seed

re norted

to date is li:378

and

th total v ue of

the

ork

'0

e

·by

dew nstrators n this project

res

:~.1

t

a

·n Pn in ere.-:

se

of

705.

1'

1c

~arm

ure u

i .

contempl·

tin~

>usi

iLg

this · rk in t})e cJming ye: r : nd a.s a means to encoura

~e

Jetter

seed election. testin,

r.nd

the use oi' !"inn. #13 the G unty Jorn 'ho

is lanned in De cem er to oe

held

in connec ·ion

wit

1 t.

e

annu~-1

Eri·;;hton:

t

the Farm Bure:J,u c mmunity meetin

·held

't

-; ri ,hton

in

ecembe

the one

piece

of

W~)r,.

int.

re

tin;

this

co:nmunity

wn

that of coo er

tive marketing

of

cabbPf!; ... and

2ma.ll

ve

.,etables

and

the fo wing of n ssociatj .n of growers to corry on

this

'li'/·)rk

if

po(llsibl •

A

meeting v a Arranged

Rrl<.l

l.leld

th~;;

lntt r p·-rt of

January

~ith

:re :ce ,ent tive farmers frnm

Adarr,s

nnd

~e ll

Coul1tiet · nd

tLe

matt

.r

tal ed over.

It

s

decided

tb.-~t

as oon as

the

new County

.Agent

arrived this work h:)uld tie pu l !3d. So

t}>

eek th··

t

the new County

~;~ent

·:trr

i

ved not

i ...

es were sent to the le

ders

in this movement ask 1.n

for

r:

conference

t

1 ~

end of that •eek .

l,his

conference

was held

Y

.1th

sever 1 of the

leH.J .

.ing

crt

bnge grower· trr. I napn, Couru:,y

grrent

of ..• ell

Go1

rlt'JI""

and

·~r . l~ .~"J

of

the Office of

rtarketa. It w··,

deciued. to

ha'l~

a m

m et ing of tho

tro:Jer

of the con 1uni

ty

to

t

rt

u.

terr:pr

r

ry

or ...

enizati

n lo"> ing to

'h

rd th e formin:{ of

per anent c..JoneratlYe

marketing

fl:

""'So cit

t

ion

to ·

.ar

e,

t

"e

crop. The

rea

on Cor

tbe movement

to a.rd . u -::h an n ociat ·on

iHS

the fnct that the ,.r·owe:rs felt

they

sh. ul d have m re to

o.·,y

~

·

ut

t

e pric· of

vh .:ir

produce · .n . to el

imi-na.t ... un

erbiddin;

YH-1

under

uoting ol

t!

e c · b

Hge

on

t'1 e

c

n(!un·in

m .rket

s .

To

c·~.11

this

rna

sa

rnee ·' ing

·he

County

Aoen

sen

out l ?0

circular letters to gro ers

tts

~in

·

them

to meet to di .... ous pl--

ns

of

marketing.

'1'!

e meeting .v- s called

f

Jr the

5th

oi' April

<

nd pri r to

eta

t

time

the

,.,ounty

Ag nt

h~.

d

conferences

with

the

Off.J.ce

oi'

J;arkets

a.nd

wi

tl" ..

J

the

At~ri

cultural A >en

t,

of the Un

i

n

~acifi

o in re (;;a rJ. to plans

for sucl1

c;.

mark

ting

organizo.ti

n.

At

the

meeting

called

tlJere .

ere

forty eo

ole

nre

ent.

r.

J .

A. Hi c

wa

t

r

nor

ry

chairman "'t.pp in

t

d

as

1

aaer oft 1is or,.

. lttrg number of

t;ho~e

>resent .vere

·buyero

of cabbage and

tl1e

op,position oi'

these people wa well conc": ...

lcl

out

whether effective. uowever a

~emp~)r

ry

or€;· nizn.tion wo.s effected

and

work

t

rted to ,.et

th

r ers

signed u.) ,.

n 1

t

j

)in

togeth

r in a

nermanent orr;;anizat ion.

.o

t.

i ....

end tl e C::>unty

A .. ;

nt an

everal

ol"

t

·1e

leaders

~uer

t

~everal

d•_ y,.,

in the field

-:;et~ t

i

lJ

men lined up in the

orga.nlzatior1.

nhe

permanent organization rneeting

~hich \'l

s to

h·

ve ·been

~

ela the l?th oi' April

was ostponed

on

ncc;unt

ot

the lizzard. It

was held n &'e ,irst o£

UJ

wi&h thirty

groNer

present

and~

few

bu.vers.

'r. Sweat and .r. He e of th(;;J ,:jolo. 01fice

f

( ...

rkets and

..,~:r. E~'o··ter

CJf

Ute N'iscansi

1

Office of

·r.ar ets

,.~re

·:resent.

Considerable

oppo

:i.tion

~(eveloned

from

"'·t<H ...

buyers present and

cr.nne

out in

·3·l ..

cl1 form

t.ho.

~-1e r-~Jwerc-

present all

r·i

ned un

and

decid·;;r

t

murk_ their own

produce .

1\

temporary

LO'

rd

of Directors

was

elected

a.nd

got

to ,, ork.

Plan~

'7ere than mnd.e to exten the org niz·.

t

'on ove ·the entire ca.

l>a.~e

growing

di trict if

p:-~

sible

£ n~-

sever"'l me et ngs were

1eld

at Littleton

in c njunction

itl)

the

~

U"lty

~Jent

to

-~et,

them

ith us. There

seemed

to 1Je little interet ho ever in tbat sectl.on and u 1urt.

1er

v·ork

rs

dor e.

~ork

was

done

in

lH~

next. few

days

in _,.ettiJ

~

cx1e

-;;ro

·e

signed

up to _a rket

thgir

crop

t~·tru

tl.is

~s

ciation .

ln all

Bbout

fJrty

menbers si

~ed

un. The

dirnctors then

t

ok up the problem Jf bo to

se

1

heir produce

~nd

the 8ou

ty

Ar.ent got

infor!rl!ltion

from

nuaerou

me:::.r

eting '" encies to

furni~b

trds

info.r;1a.t.ion

t~o

the director • "he

directors h d a c )n ference

,t1ith

an ol'l' "ci!:.l

)f

t·ne T

"tt

111eric<·n

~·ruit ~xch"nge

n.n ·, >this

1~ns

for

handlin:.~

our

cro.

meeting ol' the

t~r

,

ers

NEt~

tlr-ten called

nnd

th E: .,.

rth

meric· n pl:J.n prez

~nted

to

t

1em

and adopted.

frh::~re

r1ere several

meet int->s fro. that ime unt 11

~,

e

Page 14

e:ale~

efl.'ectel

y

the

due

t\.

the

i'r~.ct

tl at tl1e

uyer were

)o

in

t

the , s ....

i~t

i

n

tiona in

the

conau ing

m~

r-ote.

Ua

ua.i_~e

pr:tce

anoci

t

ior

in

tl

e u

.)in

:sa of ell

;.nr~

--1

o s e s

r

a

1-

r. e

v

o

1

th

c

cab ba "e

Po

1 d.

h ·

the fir ...

.,t

of th

~ deas~n

as

o

i'

Au

gu

s

t

t

o 3

n

:t

n

hun

4 _1"'

_{e d •}

under the

le':.dt.rship

of

the

n

d .-

rr .. o1

t

~ ~.;!"er

.... tho

t

t h ·:.

if

t

1e

J'ro er

and n

t

ell for a

o~

urice

th

t

th

orice

coul

,he

buyers offered

t

e __ l[ n of

.L

.a in

r t.

fe of them e olu

i

ve :·nle s

al.!>en

t

s

.~..·or

.. ll the rovers in

t

"li? \\r

y

etttlenvori

g

to build u:> a trade whic

would~ ~

ofitable

t

them in

t1e

comin~

ye

r.

n

'ssoci~~ion

ca

led

the

~olorado

c.

oo ... .,e

~

>echan

J'::'l

wa .. for.ned

in

tl e d.i

trict

fr .) Denver to

ult and

a a

c~ric

of

nr-!etin

s

in

Bri)·1ton,

Platteville.

reeley

nd

ult t

r·a,)O

.itJy

oi' tl:e cnb

t .""C gro\-~err

·ere sie;nc

p

t

--ell )nl

T ~

t

the · ,xch(

tse ...

rice.

l"1e

.lan

oi'

tb

;.:.lxch· n

_,1·.

w,

"o receive bid

r m

bu.vers

Nho

agreed to deal with them

a

d at he.ir price to sell to :.h

~se

buyers

t

t~h...

st

saibl~

ric. on th.:

t

d·

y.

The o

J~ C.J

however ,_d

not

i'nvor r,he

a.n unless t.hey

coulc

ue

sale

;:~.t?;ents

o ffJr the next

o

e v

1

e e

k

the r e

'H

t

e

t ·

ee n h . •

r

o · e

r

3

n d

t

1c c·

h

i

c.,..

!1

an

d. t

h

'=

out c

ore.

e

men

in

~

o

v

he

c n u

ing di

t

.,

n

~lying

fir

~ ·

ThP exchanre

month

r4nd

wo s 6

. h ;ndre'

more

r

nd more ca.

)bP

:;-e oe ing sl · p

1e

ev

')ry

d· y. T

owever

he increased

ac rea

e a

1d

t1te

.~otal

o.eore·ase

s!1ipment

~nd

t ..

e 1 teness

f

th

the

15t)

of Oct ber '1lany of

th~

f.

rmer. , ere

T

tt.ing

ro:oect

t'"l'

qelling all

Lheir

c bbage nnd fe red

t1'HJt

a large art ol'

it ·;

uld rot in the fields.

A

meet ·ng a held c

lt,t .

Lunt.on

on

the

n

i

~~

t

01 thA

14th of Octo-ber

at

l

i

ch

tine

the si

tu.:1t

ion as ta, en up. '.rhe 1 enders in the

Ga

bl.Jage

chan e and

t

~ounty

ent nd

other.'

encoura,-~e

_,

e

men

to

ltold t

t

Je

60.

or· ce advisinit

th

.t

a.c:!

m'lCh ca ~bbage

could ::

sold at

tlti~

·orice

a~

any

1

ower an •

rh

e.dv is ho ever

not heede

<

nd

t~te

ma.j ori

:.y

01

the men voted to ell at a lor r rice s

t

e

Itixcha.1

ge

.oo:)rd

di

con-tinued oldin:;

1

:r

60.

Price

and

letJ

t}

e n·ark

t

.~. o

as

it

oul<i

wit,

rec~1Jl

t

thr-

t

t

e next ra.y ca.obs.ge h£ d dropped

v

40ct a.

hund:rerl

r~nd

ten

cars less

re

hipped.

~r:bruou

the remn

indP.r

of

tr.

se on

cabba g e

dro ped lron

to

2- A

rundred

=--~n-,

it

al~o

fell

ofl'

about,

five c r

d

y .

.. .rhiR

s urn in the

n"'r

et

~roved

conclusi .... .rely the need o1 n oig

c

operative

llin.

~

ssocir:tion of

.:rro

1 ..

rr.1

torr

:-1dle

tne

cPobage crop

nnd ,,n

t.l

e ll

th of

~ovem·bcr

a m""e ing

f

the-: d

~rectors

of

th C. ·ouage

.

~xchange

and

the

C unty A

~ents

of 'ell - .d Adt. ms

Gounty

decide

to

:re-or.,;anize the

'~ab, ~e

ch·nge in-co a

_Gv

it

1

~:"'tack

"on-

,rofit

_,co, ra.tivc

P.

lin,

soci

tion

to he- dle

t!H~

n'aj ori .y of

t:r,

c .. bb· ge

crop j_n

1921 ,

nd to . et all growe1·u to contrac't

t .. )

sell tl1eir entirt·

ern of

next

e .... r

th

u this

n

oy.

J

i£E

the Gao a

f-,.

Gro ·e s

J.

ocia-t ·

1

n wnj ch ac;

~·or

e •

·1s

r

~~~

lt of

tori<

in

thl'3

c . .,

1

tin

ity

did

not

(lirf;lctly

a-ck

.t

such

f.

1· r

·l

e nor

n1

k "· o.ny

p

·fits th n

tr ... ;

out

-:~ro' l ..

ft

ol'

t}le ir~l.t;

t)'ai

.st.

~he

mov e.

t

1

t

v

the l!ebbf e

J

cran

f~ . f:l

rs

thou

ar1ds

of

~o·

1 r. bv incr n

n·

~ta~ulizin

of

more th n

th,irty

da.y during ~1-d.c;h

im

a-bont

dOO

c' rs

.. ·1ln. . lCh

iXCh

n

~e

as a. :ryJ.ann ....

d by the

:ro Ar in

t

e

!ub~.:3.c.le

·rycr• n::.

in

nece

ary

"o

t 1

e

~·t

re

oul

t

for

without all of

th<-·

~ro

1er

b~hind ~l

ch

fl

mov men

t t

1e:re

i

oo

r

U Ct l

pr ce cu-ct

ins

t: .. tl<i

uni'--

ir

comuetition

to get good

resul~s

by

a fev in

h

8oo·

1:ative

AsaooinLio~

and it i h ped th

t

every caboA e

gro

er

ar1d rro, •e_ )f.

rr 11

veg~t~bles

produce of the coming

y~;rs.

Ding this the grower c n

~et

All

tl ~t

:bi

ro ·lee is o:rth on the cons uming marke

less the cost oi"

market-ing·.

Qpo

e~v~

·.

rke~ir.:.(LQ£

Cabba.ge

.t:B~a.ll.

Jegetables

t

1!.~-.J?x:

1

1

hf., di a~rict uround

enver

or

nich (~lby is

t}& ..

center

c:- l'

-voted lar

7

_·1y

to

Lhe

_~rowin~

of mnll

vegetables

1or

enver

_~rnde

in

shipments

f

mi~ed

car-lots of cab· ge · nd vegeta

le~. 'h-~e ~ro rers

·rive s~

"'l.L

~;racta

· n

mar~_,~

mnn,y v;

rietie of

ve .et.nble •

.4he lat ...

er

r .

t

of July "these ;ro ~ers o

Cf

m di ·~a tisi"ied

i

t:.h

tl~e

treat

ent

tl1 t

vr: s

~eccived

from

~,Jh-

o.e lers

itil

<n'J

or. theJ were doin

0)

bu.sine~

And

.n

vin _. · ~a:r·d o:a. the .

righton

oo

·e

1

asocintion

they anted to

or-.:; nize

a.

imi lar .

eaociu ..

ion

to ma.rket

their o

rj

produce.

,

.ey c· me

to .B1 i .:rhton 1n a

Suncay

t ..

1e ')5th

of July

and

oa.lled on thtl directors

in the C bag ... A -:;ociation and

t .1e

C

Junt;y

Avent ,

nd raked

t.h, .t thes ...

peo le come to

ilal

oy

the

next nig

t

to

e.xplal.n to the growers

h.ov

tl

e

Cubbage

Assoc~

tion ms org nized

rnd

planned to work. The direct ra

01

the

"'b"bo:1l.)c

As.oocif".tion

and

tne

C

ur1ty

A ~ent

went to

'elby

on

t

a

next night · n 1

to .,

til· r ~d tb

.Jir.

Teppe oi' the Office oi' l~a rk et s

ex-·lained the u ooer

tive m rket.ing movement. l'f'hi explan tion wrs done

undc r

dif1 ·

cul.

t

i

!

n in te

t'

oret er

had :.o

be

used.

It wns d.:;c ide

however

t.hr.

i

t

e ...

r o\vGTS 1

1ld org;>nize such

a

Coo ·"'e:r ti ve Associ tion

nnd a

corru~li"' tel~

·Na.s

appointed

to

~

'Ork

un

the

necessary rules and

T"J..? ..

lt

tiona

for tbe

~ssoci.

J._

i

n.

,'he

Joutn~ y

gent

attended to ~

.tting

contr ct

i'or. ~

n

d

memoe

ship

blrnk

rinted.

1

~eetin~

of the

cornr.,ittee

Pp)Jintoa '"' F

held

tr1 ,

ne"{t r

i 1t

wit

l-lr.

Heppe ex lt.,ining

t e a

JprovE~d l~o:rm

of oonsti tution an

~0"-lr.:

ws i'o

t

1eir

Asaocint

ion.

'l'heae len ··::ere worked over (

nd

nresent d to

e.

1neetin .: of the ro \Tere

the next ni~~ht where

tbey

W(~re

do ted an .., set of directors a

poJ.nt-ed

and

ett..l:'t d to

·1or •

An

t

85 joir.t d

the

J.e f"oci tion

there

t.tat

'ee·<:.

'.t'h~

directors met

with tne

A

ents

01

dPms

no

J'cffert:on

Counties th ... ne:x:t night in )env r

nd

a.

manage1

vr s elected

~lnd

~ta.rt

d

to 1;ork.

~ hlprnent

•re

r~.

de and the C

·,o era.tive Ac;ooci!')tion

a

or£~t~.n

i.zed

rrl~de

arrang ment to work .

i tl1

one

t'

the

buy

ern .in

Denier to

di~trioute

their crop, £his

Association

has ceen entirely

ucceasful and

i1<.

s

the majority of -che truck gro .rern

in t!

c ... Jenver

territory u• members.

Summary ot Results in the Coo»erative

rketins

in

the County: The cabbage growers cooperative association that

wa

first

organized at Brighton under the

F.

rm Bureau pl n sold

a

total

of 15

care of oabb ge, 3 care

oi

celery and 1 car of

potatoea

and cabbage

During the entire time that this associ tion was shippipg there

w

s

a

fight

on and price cutting prevalent.

Aa

a result of this the

association lost on its years business 884. Of this lose there

were 5 oara of cabbage

that

were a total loss

oa~~ing

681 lo a. The

figures on

loss

given here are figured on the ditterenoe received

tor

the

grower

by

the as ooiation and the price being paid

by

cash

buyere at the time of shipment.

1la the growers in the association

stood a

lose,

this

loae

will be a gain in the end as out of the fight

on the associ tion gre• the Cabbage Exchange, which this year a ved

the t"'annere

quite a little

by

being able to stabilize nd raise the

price received for

cabb

ge.

Color do Cabbage Exchanse: The Color do Cabbage Exchange

wae

organized

the 1 st of August

when prices

of cabbage

were at the

bottom

nd

scarcely no

demand

for same. Their work

baa

been

explain~

,,.

Pag 16

w•u ent into

the

con

uming

districts

and

old the

crop

direct to

the aoaeum r. As a result of the work the Exchange sold 84 care

of cabbage and vegetables; paying on 50 oars

of

this the basi

ot

60-

per

hundr d

1

or th c bb ge

or

an increa. e

of

30¢

per

hundred.

above the pr»ce

'Which

received before the

oci

tion

wa

org nize<l.

he proti

t on

the c bb ge on this

ba ~ai

s

to the

Exchange

le ving out the

1ncrea

e in

v

lue of the product was 456.50 net.

AI the

Exchange had

1ncreae d the prioe and got the market in shape

to

use cabb

ge again:

th

v lue of

it

to

t9

growers

of

the

county

1

gr

t.

It

can

be very conservatively estimated that

it

made

the growers of

th

county, not to mention the st te, an increase of

20¢

per

hundred. On

the ba 1s of 200 car

sold

during the period

th

t

the Exchange main ined its

price,

mighty

conservative

estimate

oi

the good done

to the

producer

of this county is looo.oo.

This

would

make the Exchange s ve the far:mers of the county more

than 1456.50. Looking

t

the e

f'igu.rea we o n ee that thia ia

a move that

i

to the cabb ge

growers interest

to get

behind

nd

as the

Exchange

is now being organized to aell the

entire orop, it

tak

s

th pl ce of the A soot tion nd

should

be backed

by

every

grower

elby

or Colorado Veset ble Growers A

soci tion: This

as

ooia.

tion got of? on its right foot at the ou-tset

by

e·ngagins

a

fi~

lready

doing

a veg

t

ble business to

at

a ita aalea

agent. Th

seociation

ha

shipped over 200 care of vegetablea.

The report of the associ tion is not made to date; but from the

inform tion t h nd the

ooiation has

ved to it members a

tot

1

of

over

$4000

.oo

on

the years businea • They pl n

to

con•

tinue

th

cooper tive

le

ot

their

produce

they

aee

th

t

it

h s made them

aoney.

In

sener

1

the cooper tive maketing organizations h ve

been a

decided success.

even in this ye r, when the sale of all

oommoditie h a be n slo

nd poor.

Ae

these products are perish•

ble,

it

is remarkable

that they

h ve been able to make the eho

4

ins

th

t

they

have gain at the oppoai tion nd conditions

ot

the

market as

hal

been th

• We c n only !eel encouraged

over

this

work and endeavor to get it better org nized next ye r nd to

market the entire crop.

ith this done,

our

farmer can h ve good

markets and receive all his

produce is worth lea the coat of

Including:

LIVESTOCK IMPROVEMENT WORK

Pure red Livestock Introduction

right on

Benn

tt

Other Communities

Pure Bred

Sir

s Cru

•

ork

Silo

ork

B

nn

tt

Str

burg

Cow

T

tina

A

ooi

ti

n

~

rk.

Page 18

~ he

work

of Li vostoc

~

Improve ent in

Adar

s County

will

oe

re-ported on under the

bet

ds of Pure

.l,red

ivestock Introduction, Cow

T (:.S tin~_,

As soc ·a tion '

ork, Silo ork, Pure Bred Gi

res

Crusade

wor

and

ork tov;n rd

tlte

~oopera

ti

v

m·:tr

·e t.ing

of milk

and

cream.

In

a

ch

oom-rnun

it

y

but one

their bad

been no

definite

1

i

ve s .. oak

~

rk plt: nne d. Tbi a

community ··:::ts .ennett and

they

~lid

some very good , ork

(tlong

this

pro-ject.

he main ·v>r

f

pure bred livestock intro "'u ction in the(,

unty

~as

done

oy

the juuior members in

t ..

e

~lut.>

work. As

result the

co,1 .unities not

d. ...

i'initely

t

king

up l·vestock

l10r1<

and

because

of che

i'

ct tho:t due

to

m· rke c .. ndi

tiona

and feed prices there has not

been

as much

wor~c

for more and better

livesto~k

u.s there

should hBve

been.

This

Jounty

is •,rell

located

ljnd

~ell

da ted

to

livestoc

r

production •

... eing in a district where fe,ea i ·s lentiful and being right

J.t

tl e dour

of the Denv-er

r

arkct

it

~

fl'ords an excellent op ortuni

ty

for

tlJ

rai

s-ing of pure

red

or high

~r

de

stock..

.

notl1c.r

1eat1.;re

W11ich

h

.uld

m(

ke li vestocl.

orle

of

Ol

r n ""inci le industries is

L "le

ft

ct

t 1nt

in oth

the

irriga t ed

.r:..nd

dry land

sect

i ns 1e need the

mdnure

added

to

tl\e

soil. At nresert ou

·armers in the

irrig~"t ed

...

action

are

·ouying

many

carlo-

d~

of

manure

from he

Stockyards in Denver .

aying a

l~rge

price

for ;etting

~~~e

n their farms. The dry

lands

are

sulfering

from

bl

'"'l

.ring of .

oils a :1d low

yieldP

cn.use.d

ty

trying to

1arm

.~rain~

to the

excluf!ion of

live

tocK.

With thia

i ....

J

·lind.

w·.

will

re t:-ort th--:: work done

for

t

e ye·•r nnd

~

ke

ug~~cstionCl

:1e to our opinion of the carrying

on of this r

j

ct to a

~v en gre~ter

extent

next

year.

Pure 1r d

.~i

ve

t

ck Intr:>duct ion: Bri shton :

:t~en

tl-

e new

courJt

gent--lirst -rrived

in

the

joun·tythe

.Fir:t

Nr:.tional

·.oank oi'

Bri

~~ton

hc-d n.·

de ul n for the financing a .

<1

ena urd,gin A:

of club

mem-bers in the gro \ling of

pure

·bred hog and dairy

cr

ttle. T e

last ol'

n c;; ...

rct ... and tbe first of

.1

pril

the County Agent together

w.i

th a

renreaentative of

t~e ~r nk

visited

the

schools in

thiR di

~trict

pre-senting ·the ide;.c:; of club . ark to them

~

nc t·ettin,.

there int..erest

towa.rd the r a isin g

of .

ure bred CP..lves

t

nd

.igs.

A

put"e

'ored

Tinmush ·

re

.t

ig

'~lub

and

al1o

r:

ur -: bred

Iolsuein ''alf

]lub

t

s

organized, Orders

for Pixteen pure

Lred

pi~s

1e

e

received

.nd order

f

r

f

urteen pure

bred c. lves were

')l~ced .

.1.'her'

th~

:hank sent

a.

representative to

ebr~ska

here

tne

pu.re

ured

igs ....

re

purcl.d

se d from the

Polard

herd

at 'eho..

·a .

~h. Pi~~

cost ·. !'12 delivered

.t

righton.

\vhen

'tl'le

pi

.;s

~rrived

they vere

distributed

to the m.mbers

by

drawing lots for 'the ir

i

~·

he cr.lves

·ere urch sed from Misconsin

oy

r-

re resentotive from

the ...

~ ~ n

and cost t he

rnelnbers

300

u

head

delivered

n

t

I)rig)lton.

r

hey

ere

al~o

dietribu ed

y

lot.

s soon

ns

tne

i gc

end

ct lve

were

received the

district cluo

le der

~r . ~ .

1 . Griffin too

cbar~e

oi' the

club

w

rk and helped the

rn

mber( in

t., e instruct

ion

on feeding an care

of their animals . Between the tirre of

receiving the

c .~a lves

and the

time of the

r!ounty

a ir

four

dem::>nutration

UJ.ee tinc~s

ith Lhe

club

mer.-~er~

were

held

givin~

the club memoers

instruction

o

the

feeding ·nd

judgin g of livestoc •

"l:'

e last of ugus t a

club

icnic

~;ns

held for

the

rember~

of

th,

'3ri

1ton a.iQtrict

a~ ~tldor

· o Sprin:.. -

t

hich ime

tl

e

dar

g iven over to p )rtq.

he -1ind up .' Jrk oi' ... he e clubs w.-.: s

held nt tb ,.

da.m C un

ty

1J~·

·

in

.ri

,hton on

th

14th to 17th of

~e.tember.

,hirteen

i

~s

nc four calves ;.re

ah

~nat

vhis

:a ir

oy

Club me, ers.

Fourteen

ne bers

en

ercd the

ju ging c

nte~

and one

~~m~be r

from thic.

.dis ...

rict as second

lJighcst

in the

unty and was tnke'l·