Annual report of county agent work, 1919: Larimer County

COOP:Eru TIVE :EXTElIBION 'i'ORK IN .AGRICUI.ll1URE .AND HOME ECONOMICS.

State Agricultural College of Colorado, Counw Farm Bureau, Larimer County Comnissianers, and

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Departrr:ent of

Agri-culture, Cooperating.

ANNUAL REP ORT INDEX.

County's Agricultural Resources - -Brief Histo:cy of County Agent Wom: and Resume of V/ork in 1919 - 1-3 Organization - - - 3-5 Liv est ook Imp :rovement- - -

-Seed I~rovement -Pe st Cont ro 1 - - - -5-9 9-11 -11-13 Roads - - - 13-14 Boys' ar.d Girls' Clubs - - -

-Food Problems

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Home Co:rwenienc es- - - 15-16

Labor - - - -- - - 16

Orchard Improvement Cooperative Marketing -Statistical Report SUll'l!llary Photographs

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/1~ AGRI CtJ"'LT UR.AL RESOURCES OF L.ARIM.EE COUNTY.

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/ - Area in square miles - 2629

Acres in farms Total population Rural population Uumber of farms

-Average acreage per fa:rm

-- --150219 37000 15000

1188

126 Elevation of farm lands from 4800 to 8400 feet.

Principal crops in order of acreage are as follows:

Alfalfa 33713; Whe9,t 29190; Beets 18230; Corn 8587; Oats 6670; Barley 5844.

Average yield of roch crop t.hi s year was as fo 11 ows:

Alfalfa. 2 tons; Winter vi.heat 40; Springwheat 40; Beets 10 tons; Com 20; Oats 30; Barley 30.

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There are in the oounty live stock as follows: 10160 horses; 34721 cattle; 5024 hogs; 17988 sheep.

There are in the county purebred anirmls as foll om: 25 stal:-lions; 50 mres; 125 bulls; 200 cows; 100 boars; 200 sows; 20

rams;

50.ewes.

There are a total of 134 silos in the county. There were 80 silos fi 11 ed this year, or 60%.

BRIEF HIST RY AND RESUME OF COUNTY AGENT '.70RK IN LARIMER COIDTTY •

Noverroer 15, 1917, the late J.M. Graham, then Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, signed tle first :Jemorandum of Agreement looking t ouard the anployment of an Agent for Larimer Coun-ty. Not until April 1st, 1918 ,.-.as an A6ent employa:l and the present / '' I

~ Agent v.ras the first appointte.

July 7th to 13th, 1918, at the Annual Confer em e of County Agents, the Farm Bureau pl8.n was ex.plained

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detail by H.

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Hoohbaum of the 7'rashington office. It ;as decided to try to organize the Farm

· Bureau for this county the following week. A letter was sent to about fifty farm men and women asking th£ct they meet at Fort Collins on July 15th to tal{e initial steps for organizing a Count·y Farm Bureau.. Twenty-five people responded to the invitation and a te.oporacy set of officers were chosen. Pla.ns were made to hold meetings in farm corrmuniti es.

On account of bad roads and stornw weather the meetings could not be held, but the latter p[.rt of the week, in company.with Mr. T. J. Collopy, the County Agent visited several farmers in the Fort Collins and Love-land districts and talked with· them regarding holding meetings the fol-lowing week. \e found the farmers very busy in wheat harvest vihich had been d el aye d by rai~r ,:eather. It watJ decided that it vrould be un-wise to expoot the farm~rs to take eny time from tbeir harvest, so t:00 matter of holding comnunity meetings was dropped unti 1 beet harvest was over in Uovemb er.

-1-It will be remenbered that the 11_{flutt situ.atian was bad by} lifoverri:>er, so organization· plans were called off indefinitely.

On January 25th, 1919, the temporarily appointed community

chairman were called together for a conference and: it was agreed that

a series of meetings should be held in various rarts of the county f cr

explaining the work of the Farm Bureau and adoption of comnunity

pro-grams of work. Ace ordingly this v1 as done and meetings were held. in

twelve communities, each conmunity adopt'i.ng its own program of, work!

The county wide meeting was set for Febru.ary 15th at the Fort Collins

Y. M. C. A.

The Farm Bureau has never been pushed upon the people of

Lar-imer County, but the pl an of w onr has been e:xJ) la.ined to many grou.ps and

they have seen how the Bureau might operate to the benefit of their

com-nlU.llity.

Excellent cooperation has been received from representative

farm men and women in all :rnrts of t:rie county as is shown by their

int-erest in promoting certain lines of co.r.munity endeavor. Men and mmen

are developing into leaders and ere finding in this leadership. a joy

they have not before knoiun.

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A large manbership has not been sought, but rather a group of people in each community who a.re interested in making their commu.nity a better place in which to live.

The County Com1;1iss ioners have cooperated most heartily in all

lines of work and were very ready to take on the additional &pense of

-2-a County Club Le-2-ader when -2-a F-2-arm Bure-2-au oomnittee suggested the pl-2-an

to them. Valuable assistance has b ee-n given by naey specialists from

the College. Many oonferences have been held with the State Leader

of County .Agents relative to methods of Farm Bureau work, rod his ad-vice and suggestions have been timely and greatly appreciated.

The work with the boys and girls has been taken care of since

March 1st by Mr. W. S. Hill, who was employed to give all of his time

to t:rJ. s work. He has assisted materially in helping get the Farm Bu-reau idea before the farners.

The Commercial Clubs of Fort Collins, Loveland, \7ellington

and Berthoud and th..e Rotaey Club of Fort Collins have cooperated with

the Farm Bureau in advancing its work thr0t1.ghout the

county.

0 R GAN I Z AT ION.

On Februa:cy 15th, 1919, the oounty wide meeting was held

at Fort Collins for the adoption of a county program of wortc and

elect ion of officers and c ou.nty committeemen. Representatives were

present from the twelve conmuni ti es in

m

ich meetings had been held.

Roy Hice, Temporary Chairman, presided, assi steel by State Leader

Lovett. Each community chairman, or a representative, reported the

comnunity program of work and number of menbers secured. The program

for each comnmnity was 'Written on a large blackborad and from these

<fommunity programs a county program ms selected by the members

pre-sent. Following this, a cafeteria lunch was served, during vhich

time the nominating committee met and nominated the officers and

execu-'

-3-tive committeemen. Following the lunch, Mr. Matthew Auld and Miss Eu.nice Akin entertained the audience with some splendid rrmsic for three quarters of an hour.

The nominating committee made the follovving nominations and their report was ad.opted as follows:

Officers.

President -

J.M.

Rodgers, Wellington,

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Vice-President - R. T. Scott, Loveland, Route 3.

Secretary-Treasurer - Roy Hice, Fort Collins, Route 5. Executive Conmitteemen.

Better Roods - Geo. E. Garrett, Fort Coll ins, Route 2. Crop Improvement - M. T. Harned, Wellington, Route 1. Labor -

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Vi"atrous, Fort Collins, Comnercial Club. Pest Centro 1 - 1Ym • .A. Martin, Wellington, Route 1. Orchard Improvement - J. V. Smith, Laporte.

Dairy Improvement - J. D. Pancake, Loveland ..

Cooperative Marketing - Paul Mead, Berthoud, Route 2. Foods - Mrs.

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A. Culve·r, Fort Collins, Route 2. Home Conveniences - Mrs. Ira Watts, Timnath.

Boys' and Girls' Clubs - Mrs. E. F. Munroe, Fort Collins, R 2.

The meeting then adjourned

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the Executive Corrmittee held a short meeting and decided that the regular meetings mould be held on the second Saturday of each month.

The last three weeks in Novanb er, 1919, were set for

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fonrnt ion of community programs of work for 1920. Comnittee meetings are being held in fifteen comnunities, at which ti.rne their programs are adopted and the Committee selects the names of from ten to twenty . people in the community v.hom they w.i.11 see relative to their

coopera-tion in bacldng up the program of work for their comnunity. ThEU wl 11 be asked to join the County Bureau in order to help put across t le ir community pre.gram. The membership card contains a brief statement of

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work ace omplished by the Counw Bureau in 1919. We are meeting vi th

a good response from the conmittees and very practical programs are

be-ing adopted. The county wide mooting for the aio-ption of the

Councy-Program of Work Vv.i.11 be held in Fort Collins Decerri:>er 9th. Officers

and Executive Comnitteemen will also be selected at this meeting.

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I M P R O V E M E N T.

Early in August Mr. J. D. Pancake, Coi.incy- Chairman for this

department, sent a letter to dairymen of the Fort Collins, Loveland

and Berthoud communities, inviting them, 011 behalf of the Live Stock

Improvement Committee of the County Fa.rm Bureau, to bring their

fami-lies and go on a "dairy tour• to the Johnstown district fourteen miles

southeast of Loveland. The date set was August 13th and ideal weat

h-er favored us on that dey.

The dairymen from Fort Collins territoiy met at. the Farm

Bu-reau headquarters at the Comnercial Club at nine A. M. Nine auto

loads drove to Loveland Chamber of Commerce, where we were met by

si.x-teen cars from the Loveland and Berthoud commu.ni ties. At 10:30 the

party left Loveland and were soon at the dai:ry farm of J.

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Purvis at

Elwell.

Mr. Purvis has an excellent herd of registered Guernseys of

which.he is justly proud, and the visitors were delighted to meet Mr.

Purvis and hear him tell of his experiences in handling registered

-dairy stock. Mr. Purvis was a strong supporter for the Cow Testing

Association and exhibited records shoving gTeater profits from his herd sin,ce he has had the services of a tester 2nd has practiced ·better

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feeding methods.

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A. Purvis, living one mile southeast of Johnstov.n, breeds

Holsteins and has several heavy milk producers, one cow being milked

three tines a dey and averaging eighty-five pounds daily du:d.ng the

month of Mey-. '7hile on this farm, :Mr. Roy Curtis, tester for the

Johnsto\vn Association -was introduced and e:xplainoo. to the visitors the

"why and wr.erefore" of balanced rations. He explained very carefully

why each cow shou.ld be fed as an individual, rather than sim!}ly giving

all covJS the same amount of feed. J.ir. Purvis, the owner of this place,

spoke in highest terms of the wo:ra: the Assooiation V!.8.s cbing anong

the dairymen of that region. He is President of the Asso·ciation and

urged our dairymen, if we have enough cows to warrant, to form an

ass ocm. t ion and secure the sel"l'i ces of a competent test er.

Mr. Curtis not only tests ·the cows for butter fat production,

but suggests the rat ions thEf[ should be fed, and we rave the word of

every dairyman visited that

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trat when they follow his suggestions

relative to feeding, they secure better results.

Leaving, the farm of

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A. Purvis, we drove to Johnstom and

ate our dinners in the little grove at the south edge of tovm.. Mr.

-i:-:. E. Letford, President of the First National Bank of Johnstown,

fur-nished coffee, cream and sugar to the crowd. Mr. Letford is one of

the most enthusiastic bankers on the subject of daiiying we ever met,

and the material help he has given the dailymen of that region was

everywhere evidenced.

After dinner, we visited the Holstein herd of Lohry and

'!Jailes, where eve:cyone was delighted with the :fully modern ecpipment

they have installed~ Every animal on the place is registered. The

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fifty stanchions were occupi Ed by such animals as are uru. ally seen only in the show ring. The owners took great pride in showing the visitors about the place and explaining every little point of interest.

The McNeil herd was next on the list and Holsteins of ex-cellent quality rm.de a pretty scene as t hEU grazed on th_e pasture.

The la st st op Wa:3 at J. W. W. Lowell 's farm , where an e.."tper-i enced herdsman is in charge of the cattle. Both the herdsman and Mr. Curtis explained their feeding rrethod.s and showed how ~sy it is

for 011e man to feed twenty-eight cows individual rations. · We were fortlU'late in arriving just in time for feeding, so our people saw a good demonstration of the practicability of the individual ration idea.

We are fortunate in having in this county a banker dairy enthusiast in the P3rson of .Mr. T. H. Hill of The Larimer Countu Bank

& Trus't Compa.rr, of Loveland. Mr. Hill acted as "pilotn on our dairy excursion. He was fo nnerly connected with The First National Bank: of Johnstown and while there shipped in some 800 head of dairy st ook. He has been in Loveland only a few months, but bas ma.de two trips to '7is-consin, where he has purchased one hundred head of registered and high grade Holstein and Guernsey cattle, which he has put out to farmers on -terms satisfactory to both parties. I ant ici pate a stimu.lat ed inter-est in dairying in the southern part 01· the councy because of his de-· sire to aid farmers in securing better dai:cy herds.

Registered Breeders' Association.

On May 9th, I had a conf erenoe with J. D. Pancake, Live St ook:

Chainnan, relative to the orgGnization in this county of a Breeders'

.A.ssoci ati on. As a prominent breeder of registered Jerseys, Mr.

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cake appreciated. tbe value such an orga.niza ti on would be . to the live

stock interests of the c:ounty. He drafted a letter to be sent over

his signature to fifty farrrers of the county Vlhom we knew should be

interested. The meeting was called fCn:" May 21st in the Civil

Build-ing at the College. Fifty men responded to the irnr itation. Mr.

Pancake presided over the meeting. An organiza.t ion, with a menber-ship of twenty-nine, was perfected at that time.

siastic over the pl ans adopt ed. at tbe meeting.

Everyone was

enthu-On June 14th, the Advisory Comnittee of our Asoociation met and talked over plans far a sale of registerei stock to be held later in the year. The County Agent was instruct.ed to write the Boulder County Agent and suggest the possibility of combining the sales of the two counties. Ace orfilngly this was done and the plan was met with favor by the breeders of/Boulder County. Committees v.:ere appointed from both associations with the result tmt a registered hog sale of

forty brood sows and twelve boars, o::msigned by breeders of both coun-ties, wi 11 be held in Fort Collins at the College, Decenb er 19th, the last day of the Fanners' Congress.

A corril:>ination sale of registered horses, cattle, hogs, and sheep wi 11 be 11:eld in Longroon t, F'ebrm ry 19-20, 1920.

wi 11 be made from both counties.

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Seven comnittee meetings have been held relative to these sales and we are gratified to see 'tL"ie interest the breeders are show-ing in their association. r.r-e have a membership o:r fifty at this time.

A Breeders' Directory wi 11 be off the press by December ls t.

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Hill, County Club Leader, assisted by merrb ers of the Breeders' Association, 121 registered pigs were bought

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by club manbers this year. Interest on the pa rt of the b ~ s aid gi. rl s

for registered·pigs has stimilated the interest of many of the farn:ers,

who now declare they wi 11 get rid of their scrub stock and raise only

purebreds. Mr. Hill is a good judge of hogs and his work with pig

c:J_ub meni>ers of the county is producing good results. rrembers are members of

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IMPROVEMENT.

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Februacy 22nd, the Seed Improvement Committeemen were called

together by M. T. Har11ed, County Chai rm9l1, to fornmlat e a plan of work.

The meeting was held in the State Seed Laboratory at the College with

Dr.

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Robbins p.1'esent. It \vas dee icled

:-1. That farnl:!rs should be encouraged to make use of the Seed Laboratory in having germi.nation and purity tests made.

2. To give a seed testing danonstration before the rural

school teachers at a meeting in Fort Collins on March 1st.

3. To conduct a survey of the county by 1 ett ers aid news-paper articles to determine the available sup1)ly of good seed.

4. To hold demonstrations of testing, cleaning an.cl treating

wheat in at least twelve conmunit ies.

These four t bings were done. The demonstrations of testing,

cleaning and treating produced the most ta.ngi ble results. 1:e hired a

Dodge tn10lc, borrowed a Chatham fanning mill from. Mr. V •• E. Bader, a

farmer southeast of Loveland, and after having announced the schedule

for the meetings, set out. Vie worked t:brougb the Seed Irry_:>roverient

Com-mitteemen of the various corrrmmities visited. Dr. Robb ins accompanied

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us and cooperated in putting on the demonstrations.

Wild oats is a serious pest in our wheat fields and each year there is a considerable amount of smut, although most of our far~rs treat their seed. with bluest one. The mill we used rem6v$d all of the wild oats and we demonstrated and recomnended the use of formaldehyde for smut. t"e carried some hi@'l power microscopes and showed the far-mers smut spores, also the result of threshing snutted wh~at when damp. This was very interesting to them for they had no idea ·what smut spores are or how they grow.

Two hundred farmers attended the demonstrations an:1. while we

ha.Ve no record of how many· of them actually used formaldehyde, we do

know there v;as 1 ess smut this year than formerly. '.Formaldehyde i s coming into more general use is the statement made 'qy' the dru.ggists of the county. Many men still need to learn how to properly use it.

The Seed Improvement Corrmi ttee secured 500 rag dolls and 1600 blotters vvhich were distributed by the Club Leader and the County Superintendent of Schools to the boys and girls in the rural schools. They g&ve seed: testing demonstrations in forty-five schools of the county. Four banks of the county pc'lid for the rag dolls and blotters.

~ F a r m Bureau bought 400 pounds of pedigreed Minnesota No. 13 seed com from Boulder County and from Minnesota. This com

was pl aced_ out with fourteen farmers and seven corn club boys, but

be-cause of the dry spring much of the com did not come up, However, /

our farmers want to try again next spring and I have orders for

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quantity of seed for next year.

Three farmers tried Russian sunflowers at an elevation of 8000 feet. We wanted to determine if this crop has possibilities as

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an ensilage crop where the elevation is too high for corn. Fair

re-sults were obtained in spite of the dry season. Other men wi 11 t ry

sunflowers next year ana. we hope they will show their _pra.cticability

as an ensilage crop.

~···-/ Four fanners tried Northwestern Dent com at eleva.ti ans from

7000

to

8000 feet. This is a high altitude variety

am v:hile the

d:ey

season was not favorable to its development, we thillk it may p r o v e ~ sirable under fllvorable conditions.

Early six weeks potatoes were tried by four men at 8000 feet

elevation and proved entirely successful. I tried to engage seed fbr

next season from these men, but they want to save thei. r seed for their

own use.

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. / - : is approxiniately 115,200 acres of land in this counw

infested vnth prairie dogs or ground squirrels. Ten pest districts

have been organized in the county and sine e January 1st,. 1919, there

has been put out 2680 gallons of poisoned oats from the College. Three

poison mixing demonstrations were held at Log Cabin, Livermore, md

Vir-ginia Dale. The

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S. Biological Survey assisted the County Agent

in these mixing demonstrations and mixed three hundred gallons of grain, /

which was Sold out t O the rancr.imen at cost. ~ v.

VT. A. ~.1artin of Waverly was placed in charge of the pest

con-trol work of the County and has given valuable assistance in carrying

to

completion

the work in

organized

districts. Forty-four sect ions in his commu.ni ty have been cleaned up this past sunmer.

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A year ago last spring \1hen the first districts '\\ere

organ-ized in the northeastern part of tr.ie county, the .• arren Live Stock

Carn-pa:cy did not believe that the dog'S could be successfully poisoned

dur-ing the summer, but rather reluctantly they ha.cl some wolk done and

af-ter seeing tbe results were almost one hundred per cent good, they have

this past summer had poisoning parties out over their range and ,have

cleaned up their lands most effectively. ThetV have spent $9000.00 fbr

this work this year aid will continue unti 1 all the "stramlerst' have

been picked up.

In advancing this worlc we have rad the hearty cooperation of

Mr. W. L. Burnett, Deputy Pest Inspector for the State. He has at all

times been ready" to go on inspection trips and has given sound advice

regarding methods of procedure.

This control work wi 11 be continued next year in conmunit ies

where it has not been canpleted.

The greatest problem· just now is the National Forest, where

the 1'zy'oming ground squirrel is very plentiful. The

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Survey had a party in the field the :inst sumner beginning wom: at the

state line and worldng south. It is very unfortunate that they could

not c ontim.:i.e the work as far south as the Poudre River, for many of,

the ranchmen in the Log Cabin country put off a thorough clean-up on

.their lands unt i1 the Government party shculd come to their locality'

and then the ranchmenwould cooperate with them in making the work of

all more effective. l ~ of the rancbmen are surrounded by the

For-est and it is impossible to lreep the squirrels off the privately owned

lams.

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It wi 11 be very unfortunate i f the Government ooes not put

a party in the field next spring to complete the wo ik: they have started,

for deley means that the lands cleaned up will become re-infested in a

short time. Mr. Burnett and I have had several conferences ,vi th the

Biological Survey people and rave repeatedly urg·ed that a iarty be

plac-ed in the field next spring to complete

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work they have begun. The

rancbmen are very mnch disaf)pointed at not having the work done as

prom-ised, but we hope that proper arrangements vii.11 be made soon.

The pocket gopher is doing much d.amge to alfalfa fields and

orchards in sandy soils. On November 25th, a demonstration was held

west of Loveland, at which time Mr. Bumett showed

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farmers how to

-put out poison for this pest. Poisoned oats were used. Twelve

far-mers attended an<l: were much interested. Six gallons of the poisoned

grain were left with them for use on their own lands. A similar

de-monstration will be held at LaPorte on December 1st.

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Mine out of twelve communit i2is designated Road Improvement

as one of their projects. George E. Garrett, 'VI.ho 1 ives northwest of

Fort Collins, was chosen as County Chairman for this work. He called

a meeting of the read com:11itteemen to talk over plans and later the

committee went to the County Comnissioners to talk wi 1h them. The

conmi ttee asked for the use of gTaders when not in use elsewhere md

that they have drags placed at the disposal of farmers in certain

dis-tricts, who 't\Quld agree to.drag the roads during the summer at the pro-per time. · .The ·commi ss i one rs ag-reed to this aid placed four drags in

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one comnuni ty, but the sumner months were too drJ for a:ny road wo :rlr.

However, the wonc will be oon tinued another y oo.r and we hope to show

results of dragging at the proper time.

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Hill began his work as County Club

Lead-er and took active charge of fu.is wo rte. He has been very smcessfu.l

in securing lo·cal leaders and

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work has been very satisfacto:i:y. Six

club projects have been orgcnized as fb 11 ems: Corn, Pig, Poul try,

Cook-ing, Canning, and Sewing. There were fb rty-two organized clubs, ,vi th

a menbership of four hundred sixteen. Of this number, tro hundred

ninety-four finished their \\'U rk. The value of products is set at

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as co st of production, leaving a net IJI'O /

~3200.00 for the club v.ork this year.

Splendid cooperation was had frcm the Comnercial Clubs of the

county in sending the County Pig Club Champions and their pigs to the

State Fair. The County Fair Association provided funds for a Club

Camp at Fair til18 and. the youngsters had a most enjoyable time. The

Comnercial Club of Fort Collins and the Rotary Club ·each cont rlbuted

~50.00 toward the expenses of the camp.

Mrs.~. F. Munroe, a farm woman northeast of Fort Collins,

acted as club representative on the Executive Conmittee and her

cooper-ati on and adv ice was alweys appreciated.

As far as possible, the club work was made to relate it self

to the wonc of the adults and the youngsters were made feel that they

are part of the Farm Bureau the same as are the p,.rents.

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Some very creditable exhibits were made at the

Councy

Fair

by the club manbers and their work was greatly appreciated by the

thou-sands of vis it ors.

This department, under the direction of Mrs.

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A. Culver,

a farm woman northeast from Fort Collins, has taken as its main project

the introduction of hot lunches for rural schools.

Mrs

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Culver

arrang-ed a hot lunch equipment exhibit at the County Fair and spent

consider-able time at the booth explaining how the plans worn: out in actual

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operation. She has spoken at ten meetings in rural communities on

the subject of hot lunches and through her untiring efforts, twenty

rural schools of the county are now serving a hot dish to the children

in connection with the cold lunch brought :f'rom home. She has fbund

that equipment for a rural school of from thirty to forty pupils will

cost less than $25. 00. Box suppers have been held in a dozen rural

schools to raise money to buy the necessa:cy equipment. Some school

districts have bou@'lt the necessary equipment for their schools •

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Mrs .. ·rra "7atts of Timnath,

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v.;as chosen to lead this wo lk,

had an interesting exhibit at the County Fair, shewing a number of

la-bor saving devices for the fann home. The booth attracted a great

deal of attention and vas visited largely by farm women. Mrs. 7Tatts

and Mrs. Culver worlced together at the same booth. They arranged an

exhibit of farm home bulletins and ga-ve opportunity for ladies to sign

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shears over to other manbers of the group ancl they pruned under his di-rection. Everyone spoke of how much bene.fit they had derived from the demonstration. Some men came twelve miles in order to attend.

On M~ 22nd, a spraying demonstration was held in the same neighborhood. Ten men were in attendance. Mr. Smith showed why and when to sprey and made it very clear that if wornw apples were not want

-ed, the spraying must be done properly and at the right time. On this dey, the County Agent had another meeting forty miles avJEJY in the moun-tains. Mr. Smith and the Connunity Committeeman, WlT.

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M.

Garrett, engineered both demonstra.ti ons in a most successful manner.

C O O P E R A T I V E M A R K E T I N G.

Two communities desi;.;nated this ~s one of their problems, but the county T::ide rneetirlb thought it \"las of sufficient importance

to l;> e ma.de a county project. Paul feaa. of ~rthoud was chosen to

lead this work. Nothing was done during the busy spring and summer .seasons, but this fall interest developed in four comnunities and we now have Cooperative Live Stock Shipping Associations, formed ~t Bei-thoud, wellington, 1_{taverly, and Bellvue. No stock has been shipped}

out as yet , but the Managers have told me that t h(W ~:i 11 so on have loads made up for shipment.

In forming these Associations, -v:e were greatly assic-,ted. by

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and shears over to other members of the group and they pruned under his direction. Everyone spoke of how much benefit they had derived from the demonstration. Some men came tV:'elve miles in order to attend.

On May 22nd, a spreying demonstration was held in the saire

neigh rnrhood. Ten men were in attend.a.nee. 1!r. Smith showed v.hy and

when to spray and made it very clear that. if wormy apples were not want-ed, the spraying must be done pro:p9rly and at the ri@lt time. On this dey, the County Agent had another meeting forty miles r!)11ay in the

mun-tains. Mr. Smith and the Corrmunity Co_rnnitteeman, Mr.

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Two co:"!llllunities designated tbis as one of their problems, but the County wide meeting thought it was of suft"icient importance to be made a county project. Paul Mead of Berthoud was chosen to lead this work. Nothing was done dur.i. ng the busy spring and summer seasons, but this fall interest developed in four communities and we now have Cooperative Live Stock Shipping Asso cia ti ons, fo nned at Ber-thoud, Wellington, Waverly, and Bellvue. No stock has been shipped

· out as yet• but the Managers .have told me tl:iat they will soon have loads made up for shipment.

In forming these Associations, we were greatly. assisted by

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Clark, Live Stock Extension Specialist of the College, and Stev;art Sweet of t11e Bureau of Markets at Denver.

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COOPERATIVE EXTENSION WORK IN AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS.

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES

COOPERATING.

STATES RELATIONS SERVICE, OFFICE OF EXTENSION WORK, NORTH AND WEST,

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ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTY AGENT.

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SUMMARY REPORT OF WORK OF COUNTY AGENT.

To THE CouNTY AGENT:

In the annual report due from 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 i~portant 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 miscellaneous 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 summary 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 same 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 may also be necessary at times to make 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 pu'.t in tabular form.

Instructions for tabulating results of demonstation worlc.-Below 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 lmown 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, etc.

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

(3) IJ?. 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 farm bureau members in each community.

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22. Total acres of hay involved in question 21 ____________________________________________________ --- 22 23. Total number of farms on which alfalfa growing was introduced or farm practice

relative to alfalfa culture modified as result of alfalfa projects (include spread

of influence from demonstrations) ____________________________________________________________ --- -- - . 23 24. Total acres of alfalfa involved in question 23 ________________________________________________ --- -- 24 25. Total number of farms on which sweet clover growing ·was introduced or farm

practice relative to sweet clover culture modified as result of sweet clover

pro-jects (include spread of influence from demonstrations) _______________________________ --- 25 26. Tota~ acres of sweet clover involved in question 25 ________________________________________ --- 26 27. Total number of farms on which soy bean growing was introduced or fa.rm practice

relative to soy bean culture modified as result of soy bean projects (include

spread of influence from demonstrations) ___________________________________________________ ______ --- 27 28. Total acres of soy beans involved in question 27 ---:--- _______________ 28 29. Total number of farms on which cow pea growing was introduced or fa.rm practice

relative to cow pea culture modified as result of cow pea projects (include spread

of influence from demonstrations)____________________________________________________________ _______________ 29 30. Total acres of cow peas involved in question 29_____________________________________________ _______________ 30 31. Total number of farms on which winter or hairy vetch growing was introduced

or farm practice relative to ·winter or hairy vetch culture modified as result of

winter or hairy vetch projects (include spread of.influence from demonstrations)_ _______________ 31 32. Total acres of winter or hairy vetch involved in question 31---~---··--- 32 33. Total number of farms on which barley growing was introduced or farm practice

relative to barley culture modified as result of barley projects (include spread

of influence from demonstrations)___________________________________________________________________________ 33 34. Total acres of barley involved in·question 33_________________________________________________ _______________ 34 35. Total number of farms on which rye growing was introduced or farm practice

relative to rye culture m.odified as result of rye projects (include spread of in- ~ fluence from demonstrat10ns) __________________________________________________________________ _______________ 35 36. Total acres of rye involved in question 35 --- ______________________ ____

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intro-duced or farm practice relative to red, a1sike, or white clover culture modified

as result of clover projects (include spread of influence from demonstrations)____ _______________ 39 40. Total acres of clover involved in question 39_________________________________________________ _______________ 40

SUMMARY REPORT OF WORK OF COUNTY AGENT-Continued.

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41. Total number of farms on which bean growing wa.s introduced or farm practice relative to bean culture modified as result cf bean projects (include spread of

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43. Total number of farms on which sorghum, Kafir, or feterita growing was intro-duced or farm practice relative to sorghum, Kafir, or feterita culture modified as result of sorghum, Kafir, or feterita projects (include spread of influence from 44.

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(C) REPORT OF LIVE-STOCK PROJECTS.

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List only work done in connection with demonstrations or campaigns incident to soils, fertilizers, and fertility projects.

72. Crop-rotation systems planned and adopted__________________________________________________________________ 72

73. Drainage systems planned and adopted_---_______________ 73 7 4. Acres included in these drainage areas_________________________________________________________ _______________ 7 4

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Total value of bu.siness done in 1919 incident to ques.t~on 95_~ _"::" __

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Approximate savmgs effected m 1919 by above associations aud exchanges _______________________ _

Farms rented in 19 i9 through such associations and exchanges _________________________ ! ______________ _

Farms supplied with labor in 1919 through such associations and exchanges ______ ____

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1:_q_~-~----W ater-supply and sewage-disposal systems introduced ____________________________________ I ______________ _

Farms cooperating in rodent or insect c01~trol work_ _______________________________________ ---- ~~~--Total acres involved in question 102 ____________________________________________________________

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Farm loan associations organiz;ed ______________________________________________ ---

---N umb_er Qf farmers assisted in securing credit for purchase. of machinery, seeds,

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f ert1hzers, or supp hes _ ---____________________ - ---94 95 96 97 98 99 JOO 101 102 J00 104 105

106. Number of farmers assisted in securing tractors, sprayers, ditching machines, or

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other power machinery to economize labor ________________________________________________ ---f--- 106

List below any additional work relative to farm home and farm business projects ot covered by above questions:

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