Annual report of county agent work, 1920: Saguache County

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County Agent Work

1920

Saguache

County

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.AGRICULTURAL :ctESOURCES OF SAGUACHE COUNTY

Contains about 3250 Squar miles.

About 38 000 acres in farms.

About 50 000 acres in natural hay land.

Reminder in National forests. Tot 1 population about 6000. Rur 1 polulation about 4000. Number of fai·ms about 600. Average about 320 each.

Elevation of farm lands f:rom 7641 feet to 9000feet.

Principal crop in order to acreage are as follows; Native hay, Alfalfa , Oats, Potatoes , Wheat , Peas, Betley, ·Vegetables, Corn.

The average yield of each crop this year was ; Native hay i

ton pei' acre, alfalfa 3 tons per acre, Oats 25 bu~ per acre,

Potatoes 150 bu. per acre , 7heat 25 bu. per acre, Peas 10 bu. per

acre, Barley 20 bu. per acre, Corn 30 bu. per acre .

'rhere ar·ein the County Livestock as follows; 4237 Horses ,

38 000 Cattle; 4000 Hogs; 107 000 Sheep; 500 Milk cows; 800

Goats ; 200 Mules ; 90 Asses; 1500 Poultry, 100 Hives Bees; 150 Cows, 120 Bores; 150 Sows, 100 Rams , 150 Ewes.

There are a total of 7 silos in this County of which two were filled this year .

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HISTORY OF COUnTY AGEHT ~'lOHK AN:D RESUlvfE OF ~.! ORK In 1920. The first agricultural agent in Bagu.a.che County was

Mr . .H. Thomas , who for severe.l years carried 011 the rvork in

connection with four other Counties in the San Luis Valley.

This work aroused enough enthusiasm among the farmers so that

in time Mr . Thomas "tlas employed as County Agent for Rio Grande

County alone. Soon after this Saguache County employed an .

Agent who :remained upon the job but t'T,'V'O 7eeks. About six

months after this

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W.G. Jamison who was then assistant state

County Agent Leader, was snet into this County to org -nize

a Farm Bu:r·eau. Mr·. Jamison spent about four weeks amono- the

fa.rmei·s and stockemn, getting them together in an organization

which has existed since that time to the px·esent date .

With the organization of th~ :b,arm· Bureau completed,

I took up the work as County Agent on May 1st, 1918. The

program of work the first year was slightly at variance with the

inexpei·ience of the oi·ganizers at Ehat time. The chief difficulty

the fi:r·st yea.r, wes due to the fact th t every community in the

County had the same prog:r·am of work. Consequently as County Agent,

I was obliged to take hold of other pieces of work qhieh the Co unty really .deeded, and ignor some of the projects which were then in force. Another fault with the program in 1918 was

the fact that it was too general and did not specify definite

details to be accomplished.

The principal -v:ork accomplished d1.tring 1918 was that

of improvement of hogs through the importation of sever 1 car

loads of pure bred stock, supplying labor to farmers , conducting

two community fairs , the introduction of some excellent wheat and

alfalfa seed, and various activities y,ert aining to wai' u ork. It

may be said the~t the :r·eal foundation f or the Farm Bureau was laid

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Page 3 ORG.AIIIZATION

During the year 1919 the progr·a.rn of \\O rk was fot·mulated

so that more specific pieces of work were to be

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one, and each Community pre ented its own program. About 90 per cent

of the programs adopted this year··were carried out to their logical conclusion, the other 10 per cent was ~~finished and

represented the surplus load pf projects.

The work of pr·ima:ry impbr·tance in 1919 was that of introducing several varieties o:f hardy corn and Russian sun-flowers for· ensilage purposes. This project was successful

in all parts which were supposed to be carrimd out. During the

first part of this y0ar a half car load of pure bred Short Horn

Cows and Bulls were introduced into the County. The boys

and girls club work was carried out to a wonderful success. The most important project 'Wlder cxop improvement v;as that of building up the potato industry through the growing of seed plots. The -vvork accomplished in 1919 was the fore -runner of the great success attained in this project in 1920. The pest Control project was confined to the mixing of prairie dog poison in one community and eventually this poison fuund its

way to all pa:rts of the County. A Suxvey of the poison plants

adjacent to the :farmers in -the notth and of the County was

mad.e, and the r·esul ts given to the farmers. The importatiom of oure bred hogs was continued throughout the year. The Saguache· County Farm Bureau fair was cd>nducted by the Faz·m

Bureau t 1is year , and was heartily sup]; or ted by the farmers and

stockmen in t ~1 e County.

The program of work for 1921 was completed with the annual meeting Hhich was held at Center on November 11th. This meeting was the \"Tind-up of the campaign for membership· as well as foT the 1921 prog:ram of v1ork. In prepair·ing faT this drive the executive committee of the Farm Bm·ee.u selected two of their members to act es publicity men \Yi th which to create

sentiment in favor of the drive. Consequently articles appei:tred

in the County press every week for three months prior to the

opening of the campaign. Circular letters were sent out to all forme:r' Farm Bureau members, advising them of t he benefit of the

]1arm Bureau, and asking for their mor·al and financial sup-port.

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Another matter of publicity was that of a small card about

4Xl0 inches in dimensions which contained pertinent statements

reg rding the wark of the American Farm Bureau Federation, and

a few items concerning the local OI'ganization. To further

carry on the cempaign, thr·ee executive committee meetings were

held in various parts of the County, at which the value of the

Farm Bu:reau ¥/as discussed. One of these meetings was a. tttaining

school for the solicitors who were to secure the $10.00 membership

fee for next year. It is gratifying to note that no less than thirty men form all parts of the County assembled at the

Cou.."lty Seat, vrlli ere they were informed of the great work the Farm B.ureau. \-Tas doing. At this meeting 17 members we:re signed up on the perpetuating membership basis.

Since that meeting the solicitors have been more or less

active in their commtmi ties, visiting those people vtho .appeared upon the list which was given them. Du:ring this same -pe:riod a large paste board poster was ciz·culated thr·oughput t he County

which advertised Farm Bureau week, which was held fi·om November

4 to 11th. At this WI'i ting t ~· e Secretary of the Farm Bureau announces that 62 members have act111tlly signed the per·:petua.ting membership blank. It is known that there are several outstanding membership blanks ,.vhich have not been returned, and it is

estimat-ed at this writing that theTe are at least 75 members who 'have signed to date. It is believed that we will secu:re 100 members

beofre January 1st. '

~~-The forgoing os a resume of the membership drive · rhich

was conducted this year. This is the first real drive ·for members

which has ever been put on in this County. Heretofore two of

tge communities only put ?n.drives,and have secured pr~ctically

every one in these commu.n1 t~es at $1.00 oe:r year for th.e men snd .

50¢ per year fo:r the women. It is plain to see that the

member-ship .fee of $10.00 for the coming year is a radical departure

from the fee which was in force last year. It m~ght be stated

at this time that of the 436 members which were listed as Far·m

Bureau members of Saguache County in 1920, that no less than 240

were membe:r·s whose dues were paid by the . First :National Bank

of Center. This Bank decided that this was good policy owing to

the fact th t such membership brought the Farm Bureau paper

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Thus we find that subtracting the memberships paid by the Ba.nk f:rom

the total which we had in the County, leaves a balance of 196 members who actually paid their own noney. Of these 196, about 40 wei·e

women , so that in figuring the new membership basis at 100 members

at ~~10 . 00 we find thet it . compar·es very favor·ably with t he number

who actually -paid their fees in 1920. ·

As stated above the Farm Bur·eau membership drive was · car·ried on simultaneously with the organization of the program of work for

1921. The plan followed was that of holding meetings at communities

which executive comr.aitteemen from different parts oi the County

at-- ~ended and as s isted in the formulation of the program and in the

member-ship drive. This plan worked very successfully and evei·y community but two are so far organized with a ne'N pr·og:ram for

1921. One of these communities failed

to

organize due to s.. gener·al cattle round-up on the clay of the me eting ~7litich prevented an

attendance . The second comnnmi ty has not organized i'or the reason that it rep:resents bp.t a minority faction in one community which is at loggerheads with the ma.jority in this conununity. This year

two committees v;ere recognized in this particulB.r community, but

now owing to the ill feeling which exists on one side, but one

committee will probably be maintained in : his commtmi ty. This

community sho1ld not be divided and indications a.r·e at present

that it will eventually unite.

The annual meeting of t ~1 e County Farm Bureau was held at Center the day previous to the opening of t he San IJuis Valley Potato Show. This meeting was the :poorest annual meeting ever held in this County so. far- as attendance is concerned. But in the amount ox· spirit shown it outranked any previous meetings. It is

believed that the advertising for tbe Potato Show over-shadowed

the annual meeting so tha.t a large attendance was impossible.

People felt they could not af'_._oi·d to attend both the annual meeting

and the Potato show, and nat1rrally chose the most exciting of the

two. A dinner was served by the Methodist Ladies Aid , ior the

members present. This dinner was in the nature of an advertisement

for the d.ifferent varieties of :potatoes which are grown in this region. At the a.nnual meeting the community projects we1·e con-densed to a County program and sui table leaders .t.O:r each were chosen. The program and leaders follow;

President ~~8~etn~·~dent Tx·easurer Dairying Farm Records Certified Potatoes Good Seed N.E. Mor~an a~~t ln~tt8

C.E. _O.F.DillerWilson

C.E. Gibson,

C.E. Beck

Wm. Middagh

Hooper Colo

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Villa Grove~ Colo.

Center, Co lu.

Gibson, Colo.

Center, Colo.

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( Poultry Improvement \~fool :Pool Coo:pex·ati ve Marketing Pest Control Clarence Harr·ison, W.J. Sproul

W.T.

S1>encer, August Johnson Hooper, Colo.

TAa. Ga.ri ta, Colo. Center,Colo.

S~guache,CoJo.

One of the main features of' the development of the

past year was the tr·aining of' leader·s for Fo.rm Burea.u -vvork.

This was accomplished through publicity me•hods, executive and

community meetings, and meetings with district confer·ences of

Farm Bureau members and a meeting with the American Fa.rm

BuTeau Feder·etion at Denver. The Lea.de!'s developed from these

sources were the ones who r:1ade it possible to create the

success which solfiar has attended the membership drive. It may

be well to state that the activity of the American Fa.rm Bureau

FedeEation wa.s one of the most potent factors in drumming up in

interest in Farm Bureau ·work. :b,armer·s began to r·ealize that at

last an organization had been formed IVhich could handle the big

problems confronting ag:ricul ture.

At the annual meeting a talk was made by the President

of the Far·m Bureau who. very heartily endorsed the Farm Bureau

wor·k, Since it was Armistice day one of the officers gave a

short talk on the subject. Assistance at this meeting was had

from Assistant County Agent Leader E. D. Smith, vvho gave a Yery

able talk on the foundation of the Farm Bureau. Mr . Smith .7aS

also of assistance in making sugeestions in the discussion whic\~_.

took place i~ re~ard to the vario~s proje?ts which were adopted.

At thl.S meet~ng HLr . Frank Lamb, V1ce PI·es~dent of the State

Farm Bureau vras expected to make a talk. At the lA.st minute Mr .

Lamb wired that he could not be here , but

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he had mailed

his spe ech for the day. This speech arrived too late to be

read at the meeting.

A g:e.aat dea.l of good \Vas gained from the visit o~ the

county Fa:rm Bur·eau President of the State Fat·m Bureau conieTence

. at Fort Collins. This yeAr owing to the greater funds which ar·e

available two delegates wi ll be sent to Fort Collins to sttend

the State Farm Bureau meeting.

The develo:pJ;lent of the Farm Bureau the past ?ear has been

very satisfactory. It is felt t~1at t3: gr~at ~an~. th~n~s ~f •

value have been accomplished , ch~ef of wh1ch 1s Gh~ str~n~th~ng

of the Farm Bur·eau organiza tion through understand1ng of ~ ts

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P01:ATO nrPROVEMEl~T

The potato improvement has made wonderful strides

this year . The foundation of the work was laid last year by

ai·ousing the inte1·est of the farmers in gro\Ying better potatoes . Last year about 25 acx·es oi' seed potatoes were put out some of

vihich furnished the seed i'o:r t h o 105 :: c:ros, .:J:ich H r~ Te pl1 .n-Ger1

this year . In order to arouse interest in the matter of potato

growing , the Fa:rm Bureau executive committee decided that it

.would be good policy to encourage growers to exhibit potatoes at

the Western Potato ShO\V, which was held in })enver in January 1920.

To further encourage this work the executive committee set a.side

a fund vvhich to pay the express on all potatoes \Vhich the gro·;vers

wished to exhibit at this Potato Show. It was thought that ~he

Center Commercial Club could assist in financing this project

but upon consulting with theii· committee, it was found that they

could do nothing but furnish us with a printed circular letter

and envelopes with which to arouse interest among the farmers in this show. This· circula:r· letter was sent to all of the potato

growers in this County with instructions that they could call on

the County Agent to assist them in selecting the prope:r type of

potatoes. About 15 farmers availed themselves of this

opportuni-ty of getting assistance from the County Agent , and thel'e were

seve:ral others who received the same kind of instructions fi·om

the various potato committeemen. As a result of this campaign

1000 pounds of the show potatoes wer·e sent to Denver, repTesenting

15 growers and 3 potato club boys. I took charge of the potatoes

for the grower·s and arranged them as neatly as possible. Seve El

of the Farmers fr·om the Co11nty visited the potato shpw and secured

quite a bit of information on diseases , gr·ading , and marketing

of potatoes. Several meetings of the Colorado Potato Growers

Association were held which we:re attended by me ana several other

gr·owers. At this potato Show the growei'S of this County won

prem-iums in every class in which they had entered potatoes . The

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First Premium Brown Beauty Seed.

Sweepstakes Premiums on Seed all va:r·ieties. First P:r emi um

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Irish Cobbler I.'la:r·kets.

First " n Red McClure Seed.

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Second " " " n Mai·kets.

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!Ill prizes in Potato Club exhibits except one-third .• The Sweepstakes p:rize mentioned consisted of a silver loving cup valued at $100. The Ees.ults of this show were thc t

the Farmers were encouraged in such a way that it was possible

this year to get a total o! 105 acres in seed plots .

This Farm Blu:·eau to make the :potato improvement project a major one. ~he id ea this year was to grow as much

vertified seed as possible. With this in ~ ind letters were sent

to all farmers explaining the matter to them , and asking them

to make 1 t known whether they vYere willing to grow certified seed o:r not . After· a sui table list had been secured each

farmer was visited by the County Agent , community committeemen o:r· the executive committeemen, and shown how to select their potatoes , and how to treat .them for diseases . The results of this was that 26 grower·s finally got started \"lith the seed plot, After the potatoes were planted instructi ons on certifac~tion

made out by the State Horticultural De:Partment were sent to

each of the g:rowers in question. Along with this eet of

instructions an a:pplication blank was included upon waich the growe:r was asked to make formal application for certification. About half o:f these appliactions were received th:r·ough the mail and theother half I had to get by the per·sonal visit to the

gorwers.

The requirements made by the Fa:rm Bureau in this County

for seed certification were really more stringent than were

required for· certification. ~he reason for this was that, it

was thought best to get the farmers started with the very be Pt seed obtainable. All but three of the plots were grown from rigid hand selected seed which was treated with corrosive sublimate. During the swnmei' the plots were visited to find if they were

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In the second week of August Dr . E. P. Sa.ndsten , State

Hoi·ticultuTist, u1ade the .lirst inspection of these potatoes . This inspection caused tho ellimination of 18 acres of the 105

due to varietal mixtm·es. Very little disease ~.vas noted among

the plots. After t ~ is inspection all the growers were warned

to · xogue ·~ all l mixtures, diseased hills, and weak plants from the

plots.

The second inspection wes made the first week in

Hovember by Mr . M.C. Tompkins. The potatoes at t his time were

d.ug and stored in cellars. This second inspection passed

enough pote..toes so that about 6 car loads of c er tifie d seed were secured.

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in conjunction with the potato improvement

project, was the potato club. There were 14 members in the club

in various parts of the County. These club members had 5

ac1·es of potatoes between them, and of these 3 acres were cei·-~

tified, ~·

In order to still fux·the:r encourage the growing of

certified seed, the executive committmen on t~is project

any·myself' decided to work U:P a :POtato show for the San

Luis va.lley" Dur first move in this direction was to appeai·

before the Comr .ercial Club of Center, to secure their senction

and support. After some discussion this Yvas given, I was

placed in charge of the show, a.nd given powers to select what

committees I needed . Consequently I selected a finance committee,

A program commmttee, a :premium committee and an ent:ry committee.

The members of these committees were ~~ chosen from all pai·ts of

the V~lley which included five counties. These Committeemen

were notified of t heir appointment and requested to assist in

all possible way to make the show a success. The finance

com-mittee canvassed the towns o-.f Honte Vista, ~el Norte , and

Alamosa , and secured a.bout $340. from them. The publicity

committee got out Automobile Windshield ~ags, hand bills , and

advertised the show in all papers of the Valley. The Farm

Bureau assisted. in the matter of publicity through the Fai·m

and Livestock Repo:cter·, and through ai·ticles written for the

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A member of the publicity Committee and myself made

a trip to all towns in the southern pai·t of the alley where we met the prominent men and newspaper edi toi·s to ~3ecur·e

back-ing i'o:t the show. Ha.nd 1Jills and premium lists were distributed

in these towns also . The progTHm Colnll1i ttee er:ra.nged the progro.m and \-rere instrumental in cai·rying out the details connected

with putting the show Toom in shape.

The :Methodist JJad,ies .A.id served a. n King S}')Ud n Dinner at which various :potato g:r·own in this region v"Vere cooked in many diffo:rent ways . The potato flour m~ll at :·1onte Vista. put

on demonstTations , showing the use of potato flour in making

biscuits, b:reHd and cake.

The :r·emainder of the expenses of the show , aside from the money secured in neighboring towns, were paid by the busine-ss men of Center . The show was thorog~ly advertised vr ith a ftmd

of $100. wl:i_gh remained from the Center Comrmmi ty Fair conducted by tha F::;rm Bui eau last yenr.

Ideal weather and good roads contributed V0r y

material-ly to the snccess of this show. A total of 158 entries were made in this show and all classes were very keenly competed for.

One of the features of the show was the potato judging

contest. Boys and girls representing ilonte Vista, Snreents and Center, took part in this judging contest. Ten gToups of potatoes we:re judged by Mr . H. D. I.Jocklin , Deputy State Horticul tu-rist, which acted as the basis for the contest. ~he boys

took vei·y keen intel'est in this contest and learned considerable about potatoes .

On the program which was held in cdlnnection -:1i th the

show , were t~lks by Dr . Cljl.arles A. Lo~cy , President of the

Agricul tux·nl College, an illustra.ted lecture on potatoes by Porfessoi·

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H. Olin, Superintendent of Agriculture for the D & l~ G R. R., A.T. Steinel, Editor , Western ]iarm Life . Fred Bx·ian, Sec:cetary ColDrado Potato Shippers Association, W. F. Heppe.

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Bmeau of Markets, E. D. Smith, Assistant County Ae;ent JJeader , e; nd H. D. Locklnm, Deputy of State Horticulturist.

The State Hor·ticul tural Department assisted in making the show a success by donating a large Silver Loving Cup for the best exhibit of cBrtified seed potatoes . This cup was con-tested for by 19 different entries cons~sting of 1 bushel each. The cu1J was won by an exhibit of :Brown Beauty Potatoes . Iiuch of the success of the show is due to the splendid cooper tion Te -ceived fi'Dm County Agent, C.D.Hyatt of Hio Grande Cormty. Ur . Hyatt assisted gi·eatly in 6etting fine exhibits from his County. He also helped in the conduct of the Ehow.

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Another feature of the show was tho grading machinery

which was exhibited. The Boggs grader and the Spokan grader

WPre on hnnd, and were demonstrated in the matter of gram'ing

potatoes .

One of the aims of the show was to standardize tle

varieties in this region. To carry out this idea., J?Iemiums \Yere

given on but five varieties which are the most proninent in

this region. Another point ~f importance was that the show

succeeded in vringing home to the growers a :recognition of the

var·ious kind of diseases which effect our potatoes. It also

brought home to them the value of grading and gave them an.

insight into a mur·keting organization which the Farm Burea.u will try to organize the coming year.

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the sum:r.ner, due to agitation on this project

two

la~eu~ipping

vats were built. These vats have a capacity

of fTom 20 to 24 sacks, and will be used the coming year to

treat a large number of potatoes. It is known that at least 25

acres ,of potatoes not inculded among the seed plots mentioned__/

above, wcTe treated the past season. ~

Owing to the diseases of the Bliss Trimph potato , the

Farm Buree~u decided to wage a campaign agoinst t his potato .

Consequently a circular letter wasrent to all growers , warning

them against growing this pot~to . This potato is spreading

a disease :F-...nown as Hosa.ic . It is thought :thnt the growers will

readily follow this suggestion, since this vc.riety yielded very

poorly the 1 st two years.

The potato pr·oj ect as a whm le has been very successful

in arousing a deeper interest in the principal eash crop of this

County, and may result in the formation of a valley potato marketing Association.

It should be added her·e that a booklet on n More and

Better Potatoesn Bought fr·om the International Harvester Co.,

was distributed at the show. These booklets cost the Farm

Bu-reau $15.00 for 200 copies. It was planned to ha.fe s. Farm

Bureau ad printed upon the ba.ck of these books, but the

Co-mpany overlooked this feature , and the books had to be

disti·ibu-ted without it. A large paindisti·ibu-ted canvass was secured from Hiss

Shex·idan, State Club Leader·, Yihich assisted. lils in decor·ating the

show r·oom. Placards with suitable ideas on potato growing were

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h TI11.l no oubt 1 .r, :;e 1 in fCt t...- Ci'.l in 1 ~r .r ~n J out to

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CORN DEVELOPMENT

The co:rn development project is a continuation

of the wo::rk which 1.-vas started last year. The purpose of this

project was to determine (1) whether corn could be grown here

for ensilage purposes (2) if corn could be matured, ~~;hat

varieties were best (3) to get another cultiva ted crop into

our rotations. In the report of last year

it

is noted that

12 vareties matured very nicely. The climate la.st year was

2 degrees above the normal for the summer, and consequently

fayox·ed the growing of cor n.

Last year over 20 varieties were tried out o~ which the

best ones were us ed for demonstrations t his year . These

varieties were the following .

Hoi·th Dakota White Flint .

Minnesota 13

North Western Dent

Smut Nose Flint

Brown County Yellow Dent

Barso High Altitude

Damey Corn

New varieties introduced this year were.

Wisconsin No. 25

Yellow Dent from lior·th Dakota .

The climate the past summe:r was very unfavore,ble

for the g:rowing of corn. The entire s runmer was cool c:.nd it is

believed wa s as much below the normal temperatm'e as it was

above the normal last year . A frost occtu ed in the Eastern pai·t

of the County about the middle of June and a very· severe frost

struck the entire County the night of August 27th. This eax·ly

frost in August ·trilled p:ractically everything in the gardens ,

seriously damaged the potatoes and killed or sevei·ely camaged

all but the very earliest varieties of corn.

t::.ere weTe about 100 ac:res planted und ex· t .his

project. Among these the following varieties were from seed

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North Dakota White Flint

Minnesota 13

Smut nose Flint

Brown Co1mty Yellow Dent

Squaw Corn

Damey Corn

Parsons High Altitude

All of the plots grown from seed matured in this County

last year I'roduced ver·y excellent stands, and v.rould have matured

had we not exper·ienced the unusual f·rost on August 27th.

OI·-dinarily ·the frost

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this Connty does not do any damage until

the lOth tm the 20th of September·. It is believed that the

va:rieties of corn which matured thisyear under such unfavorable

climatic condi t l ons will mature in most any other yeai·.

The following var·ieties mat u:red according to the :reports

of the demonstrations on this project .

Damey corn

Squaw Corn

North Dakota fuite Flint

Brown County Yellow Dent

/':,_ Minnesota 13

rhe innesota 13 listed ahove was grown in a

sheltered spot so that it was not damaged by £rest until

September 9th. All other plots of M~innesota 13 failed to

mature. All the other varieties mentioned , however . ·were

practically ripe at the time of the frest on August 27t:;/ The following yields are

reported-Minn.asota 13, 40 bu. per acre .

North ))akotn. T.Thi te Flint , 30 bu. per acre

Dam~y Corn, 25 Bu. per acre

Brown Cou..YJ.ty Yellow ))ent , 10 bu~:p er acre

Squaw Corn, 20 liu. per a cr· e.

The yield of fodder on the varieties ~'7hich matu:red

is given by the demonstrators from 2 tons per a cre to 7 tons

per acre . This light yield of fodder may be expected in the

early maturing varieties.

The following table gives the dates upon 1.vhich the corn matured wB.s planted .

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Minnesota 13 May 21st.

North Dakota \Vhi te Flint

Brown County Yellow

Dent

Squaw Corn May 19th and

Damey Corn May 25th.

May 23rd and June 3rd.

Jube 3:rd.

25th.

Thus the growing season for the varieties which matured are as follows;

Minnesota 13 109 days

Brown Connty Yellow Dent 84 days.

Squaw Corn 92 to 98 days.

Damey Corn 92 days.

North Dnkota White Flint 84 to 94 days.

Since this project has not been adopted by the Farm

Bm·eau for the coming year it may be assumed that this }Jroj ect

will be considered closed at t his time. The following Iacts have

been established in corn growing in this County as the result

of the two years test.

(1) The early varieties which mature in about 90

dS.ltB can be successfully grown in ithis County in

most any year.

(2) The larger varieties maturing in 100 to 110

days can be matured if our seasons adhe:re to the

norma!. in the matter of tem-eere.tur·e.

(3) The varieties maturing from 100 to 110 days

are the most suitable ones to be grown fo:r ensilage

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RUuSIAJJ S~ S S II1.1~GE

Last year this project was tried out to determine

whether or not the Russian Sunflower could be grown for

ensilege purposes. ~ving

to

the favorable season last year yields

from 15 to 40 tons :per acre were secured. The project

this year was a continuation of last years project . This year

however, no effort was made to get far·mers to grow the sunflower

unless they had a silo to put it in. Two demonstrators were

secured who put up silos this summer for the express pm·pose of

ensiling the Russian Sunflower.

The plot of one demonstrator was plantea on June 4th

with the following mixtures.

24 lbs Russian Sunflowers and 32 lbs Yellow Dent Co:r-n.

11 lbs North Western D .,_~ nt Co!·n and 24 lbs Sunflower ~P

This plot, consisting of about 9 acres, was put in

with a Hoosier grain drill and sown ¥ith the drill set, so

as to read

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bu & 2 bu., :per· acre for oats. The mixing of corn

and Sunflower on the sane field was found to be impracticable. The rapid. g:r·owing sunflower completely crowded out the corn

except when small openings occured in the stand. To this County

corn and sunflowers should not be mixed 1.7hen gro ing. The other

demonstrator planted his sunflowers separately f! .. nd his corn

separately. The frost whi ch occured on August 27th oamaged the

tips of the tender leaves at the top of the sunflower stalk, but

dod not harm the older leaves further down on the stalk. The

continued fros ts wllich occured after Pugust 27th, completely

wilted the potato vines. but merely killed one-half -of the

leaves of the sunflowers near the top of the staJtk, thus

sho·wing that the sunflower is an extremely hax·dy ·pl~,nt.

June

4th,

iBtv8fy

8 Y¥ft£~elt£~~~h~g ~§e

9 gr8~H RP~nted

which it was planted was not especially good soil , and the

moistur·e conditions were such that the crop did not come up

for at least 10 days after plHnting. This crop was harvested

the fi:rst week in i)eptember, and filled up a 100 ton silo

s.bout one-half. It is judged therefo:re , that the 9 acres of

sunflowers yielded about 6 tons per ac:re . This yield is not as

heavy as was r e:ported last year· , and is no doub t, due to the

laten-ess which they were planted, and to the early frost which more

or less a:rr·ested theoi· growth. The other· plot of sunflowers was

not properly cultivated or irrigated , and consequently the

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with peas , weeds, and small grain. This 'hole mixtu:re was cut

down and put up for ensilage along with about 5 acres of corn.

This demonstrator was very much impressed with the results of

the corn, even though it was frosted on August 27th. ~

Three othe:r demonstrators had planned to put up Sunflowei'B for ensilage , but the ear· ly fr e st damaged their

other crops to such an extent that they did not pay the proper

attention to the Sunflowers . On the other hand the early

frest caught .theBe men at a time when they wei·e UDpi·epar·ed to

cut the Snnflowexs , and be fore they could secure the :pr·o:per

machinei'Y the sunflowers had been damaged so· severely that

they did not thimk it fe ible to harvest the~.

One plot of Sunflowers WAS grown from seed which matur·ed

last yeai·, a.nd has been repor·ted as maturing again this yea:r .

But the growing of seed can not be depended upon in this Comnty.

At :this writing the sunflower ensilage which has been

put up, ha.s not yet been fed to stock1 but it is planned to

hold feeding tests t his winter. It is kno1w .. 1n, howerer , thflt the

cows were extremely fond of the silage ·because they insisted

up·nn hanging around when the Sunflowers were cut up. They ate

up all of the ensilage which fell fr·om the cutter .

TABLE PEAS

{;his project was carried out this year to determine whether or not the growing of the table pea was successful in

this County. Consequently I secured a half bushel of Alaska peas

and disti·ibuted them to 8 demonstrators in various parts of the County. These peas grew very nicely ana the reports show that

they were ready to eat July 16th. In every case the peas got to

the stage wher·e they were fit for canning.

Reports from two of the demonstrato:rs show that the

Alaska pea is not the best garden pea to be grown inthis

County. The Alaska pea was tried out because some of the farmers

believed that it was itapossi ble to mature the garden pea in

this altitude . Howvver , since investiGating the project it 7as

found that the garden peas of many varieties had been matured

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The foJ lowing varieties ar-e reported by the demonsti·ator

as being better varieties for this Connty than Alaska peas.

Petez· Pan Pea.

Telephone Pea

Admiral Dewey Pea

Pride of the Market Pea.

These varieties are given as being better than the

Alaska because they produce larger yields, and will produce

several crops Jhere the alaska pea will produce one.

It is therefore evident that the growing of the table

peas in t his County is a. perfectly feasible proposition, and

its development, is merely a r~attez· of _ encou:raging the farmer·s

along this line.

The object aimed at in this project were to get the

fa:r·mer·s to test t;ts much seed as posBible and to treat all seed

with mormaldehyde. Another object was to secure new varieties

of seed in place of those which had rrm out in t .h is County.

Since practically every farmer ~ractices seed treatment no

demonstrations along this line are given this year .

A circular lett er with a Bulletin on this matter

was sent to all the farmers of the County advising them

to treat and test. About 10 samples of grain were sent

to the State Seed Laboratory for test th:rough this office.

During the summer· a film was seclu·ed callec1 the

nBarba.:rous Barber:r,y" to bring before the far·mers, the life

histor·y of the wheat rust, This film was shbvvn at Center and

Hooper to about 200 people.

As a. result of a conference with a. better. se :;d project

cormnitteema.n, a circular letter was addressed to the farmers

advising them to plant more barley for feed and with it was

given a ration for hogs including barley. This letter was

sent out because it is customary to impo:-rt a gi·eat daa.l of

c.orn for ~attenin? ~ogs, and ~1is letter was. designed offset

the use OI corn WJ.. th barley. lhe oats grown ~n this County

is generally believed to be practically run out. Consequently

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900 lis of Victory oats were bought, and plaved with two f a rmers .

This oats on one fi~ld thrashed out 24 bu. Per acre when the

native oats growing adjacent did not yield over 15 bu. This yi?ld is l.ow for oats but oats generally is very poorthis year ow1ng to the early frost.

It is customary for the farmers t o secure seed through

this office. The season last 13 farmer·s have secured seed in

the following amounts.

VicPory Oats 900 lbs.

Success Barley 1500 lbs.

Tm·kestan Alfalfa 250 lbs.

Russian Sunflower seed 146 Lbs.

Gr·imm Alfalfa 500 lbs.

Bald Barley 200 lbs.

Tinothy 100 lbs.

Corn 500 lbs

Sugar Beet seed

Dwarf Essex Rape

Hairy Vetch

15 lbs 10 lbs.

15 lbs.

Since farmers all realize the value of seed treatment this project was continued thas year only as a testing project pwing to the damage which frost ha s done to our seed.

The dwarf Essex Rape was tried out by one demonstrator

for hog pasture, and the :results indicate that in the S8.ndy soi 1

of Hooper this crop may prove ieasible. The rape grew to be

about 18 to 2·0 inches hibgh, and made a very heavy gi·owth. In

addition to the seed s ecured some work was done on innocculation

of legume seed. Innocculation was secured for two difie:rent

farmers.

some experiments with innocculating peas, and pla.rting

them with corn was tried out in the Hooper District. The idea

was that the increased innocculation -v:Tould hasten the matur·i ty

of the coi·n. But this particulo.I' exper·iment wR s n ot of any

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T 1f~ follo·~11 .. 1'r pJOojeota are mmnor ones which ct\ln;) up during

h .... y . .4·tr but orne rtoo·..L w· s ceo-r1-ishe "' . LFALF ·TE ..

VIL-Acting upon a ~v1c .... gi van by th .... St··te Entomol gist ·the

tter f bringing ~h~ f r ~~ 1 ·t~ention tj this pe~t 1 a

pr ... f:3ent .d to the; F .rm ur·ntu -;'xecutive c·Jr~~·'itt ... . This

cor.r 1 tte r~~oornraend ::d t ... ttt 1 tters b' .... sent to !J. .... l f rm .. rs

exp1Q"ini'!1g about the danger o! spra~ d of ti1is ,, .. , 3Vil to t~ ia

county . Th ~r i; no known in 3Bt ·t:.on t this tirn bu t th

1o. r 3rs v.re~ 1 rne i t-~ b on th.., lookout for it .

Dul~inp; .August :1- . Cummings of tht~ A~-l"icuJ tu .... e..l Colle )'C

visi t~d h::re to study the methods o ... putting uJ·) 1. y . I took

hil'i roun over the pr·ncip 1 hay ,, ... cbions nnd intr D ... uce:l im to tht: n""en in h· rge of hay crews. ,~ .... y w ~3 spent i this 'd. y .

P .. ~TURES .AND HAY CROPs.~

~hil or J".nizing ~h

9000

POI SO~~ ·JUS PL

an~i

noth01..: t an

nigh

in the ~ rt:·')"1 f' commun1. ty I i Ae ... 1ti.~. L.. .... or the

arrners "Oiz,.)n UG pl;;.nts 'hioh v: r ~ ... grouing ur.on .-h~~ir

... nt1.:s . h y w 1·e lao s~nt sone bu J tina on .:)Oi sonoua plants

v hi c h t }- -... Y u :l ., t ·j b o od :L v n t ge • .~. h- :>, ·nd b ul .... e tins v ere

to thq rrr-rs in the Villa GrJve ist •ict .

r.riLD 0/\TS EHADI\J

TIO;J-Th~

c n

T .::::, ~:·- ... n

p , y

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DAIRYI:rlG

The dairy impr·ovement project is a continuation of the wor·k which t'as started kast year. It was thought last year that

the Center· Creamery could be opened up for business, but upon mak-ing a survey of the number of dairy cows , this was i'ound to be im-p:racticable owing to the small number of dair·y cows, in this

community. Conseq_uently the project fof 1920 was designed to

remedy the shortage of cows. Two main features of the project

\7e-re a. shipment of Holstein cattle and the formation of Bull

.Associations.

In ])e~ember 1919 shortly after this project -vas adopted

by the Connty Farm Bureau, a meeting was ca,l.led at Center to which all men inter·ested in pur·chasing Dairy ca.ttke were in vi ted.

The meeting was attended by 14 men vno discussed shipment of the various breeds and decided upon the Holsteins. This meeting

w~s led by Collllnitteeman in cha:rge of the project . After the

meeting this committeeman and myself pToceelled to · ollect the

money necessary for the purchase of the cows. Prices from

different localities were secu:red , and finally at e.nother meeting it ;vas decided to send me to .Jisconsin to buy the cattle which the farmers. wanted.

It may be well to state that it was the aim o£ the Commit-teeman and others to decide upon one breed of dairy cattle . In addition to the milking shorthorns which were 81-lready popular

in the County. ~.,or this renlso all the men who wanted cattle in

this shipment bought Holsteins. Thei'e were several men in the meeting who decided upon Guer·neys and Shorthonns , but the ne were not allowed to come in on this shipment owing to the inconvenience which it would make in shipping as well as interferring with the

standard set by the Farm Bu:reau.

I left foT Wisconsin the 20th day of Febtaaryq1 and after

meeting with . the officials of the ~'!aukesha County Holstein Breede!'s

Association, I decided that ~7aukesha County was the best place

to buy the cattle we wanted . :mhis Associa'tion furnished me with the necessary conveyance, which owing to the heavyy snow, was a

bob sled. Six days were spe ~ in buying the various classes of

cattle which were order·ed. he cattle were bought from foux·teen

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certain day , where they were put into the sales pavill~on

of the County Breeders Association. Here the cattle were tested for Tuberculosis . All cattle less than six months old

were noi tested. After the test was completed the officials of

the Breeders Association , fixed up the box- car with the necessary

:partilbions , and sca.folds for the feed dm· ing the trip. In fact

t his .Association performed al 1 the work which was neces ::;ary in

loading the ca:r· , all of \Vhich was a ve!'y great aanvenience to me .

The following class es of cattle were baought at this

shipment .

4 puTe b:red Bulls ranging from 4 months to 4 years old .

4 pure bred Heofei·s r·anging from 4 to 6 months old .

7 Bred grade Heifers ranging from 1} to 3 ye~~s o /.ld .

9 Grade Heifers calves from 5 to 7 months o~

After· eleven days upon the :road , during which time

the cattle did not leave the car , they a~tived safely in

Center , whe!'e they were unloaded in 30 minutes . These animals

went to the communities of Center , Hooper· and I.Iirage . Of the

7 b:red Heifers 6 ca.Ives we:re saved

ana

one was lost at birth.

At the present time there are 3 heifer calves and 3 b*ll calves

. in the County, Whi ch wer e drop·oed by the seven heifers . One of

these bull calves was sold for $50. 00 at three months of age~

which is a very good price for a grade .

In the Center and Mirage Communities 2 bulls were

kept f n:an the shipment , one a four· year old , in Center· and the

other a. yearling a.t Mirage . At each of the~:.: e pla.ces a Bull

Association was formed . The Association at Center has a member

-ship of aii:z:e , \th, le that at Hira.ge has a. membership of five . The

Bull at Center is owned by six men, one of whom acts as the keeper

and secures as his pay $3. 00

mf

the $7 . 00 which is charged fo:r service outside of members of the Association. It is gratifying

to note that to date about 15 cows have been bred to t .~::.is bull

outside of the cows owned by the members of the Association.

This bull is insured for· $300 against death from any cause . The

Association at MiTage is based on a looser organization tham that

at Center , but is having a wonde:rful influence upon the dairy

indust:r·y in the community.

At various inter·cals during the summer the cattle imported

were inspected and advice was given to the owners reg rd.ing the

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a butter fat test was made on 100 cows, 1 ep:resenting all the

com-muni ties in the County. Letters \"vere sent to nl ~ men who seemed to be inte:rested, asking them if they cared to hnve a test made

of the cows which they hnd. Upon being advised of their willingness to have the test, the samples we:re collected. Trips were made at two difierent times , and included all parts of the County. The cows tested, ranged in butte:r fat production from 1.2 per cent to 7 per cent. These tests can not be consid~red as being 100

per-cent accurate , owing to the various ways in ~hich the samples of

milk we:r e taken. They do show, however , the a:ppi·oxit. ate value of the cow and justified all o_ the timo that required , because they stimulated the dairy inte1·est throughout the County.

One meeting was held in the };Iirage Community in which the question of feeds for dairy cattle were discussed and rations calculated •

.fnaddi tion o the cows bEought, in this car load fou.:r mor·e pu:r e breds \Vere bought by another farmer who revei ved his interest in dairy cattle from the quality of the cattle ~hich

w·ere brought in. It is believed that the fact that another cax· load of cattle s been spoken for is ample evidence that the Holsteins were satisfactory.

POULTRY IHPROVFJVI3JJT

The poultry improvement project was carried on in earnest t :--:is year. The aim of this pr·oject was to rr.ix 1'<-*tions for poultry , do as much culJing a.s pos uible, and secure the es-tablishment of Bs many pure bred flocks as possible .

Two conununi ties were especially inter ested in the rat ion par·t mf the p:rogram and the two cormni tteewomen repr eeeat ingthi s project performed some very excellent work. After· mixing up a dry mash ~hich contained the proper proportion of carbohydEates

and proteins, a price was set upon tho feed , and ordei·s were solicited. The Committeewomen in these commllllities secured the orders ior this ration, and collected the money which they send to me. With thi e 1;10ney I purchased the necessary ingrediencs fDom the Center Elevator and mixed up 3000 pounds of .he feed. This feed was delivered to the farmers , uho after a months trial flooded me with order·s for this ration of 7000 -pounds more. This likewise was deliver'ed to the farmei·s . Af~ter.: this i:t· ·. ~s

fo~~ that the mixing .of ~his ration would ta~e up too much of m! t~me , so I tu:r·ned the 1.ormula over to the Center Elevator so

~hat they could sell it to ~h.e farmers . The eleva.tor mixed up ~o,ooo lbs of this feed wh~ch sold like the proverbial hot cakes

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and only the .fact that the mill refused tcb make up any

more pr·evented the farmers from purchasing at least twice the

amount they secu:red. The mill refused to make up more than

this , owing to a law rega:cding such t:hings, which they f ee:r ed

would get them into trouble . At any rate it was proven beyond any

doubt that the balanced ration mixed up nnder this project, was

a complete success . Two different rations were mixea up . The

fi:rst conta ined the :following ~

Ground Peas Ground Corn Wheat Bran 18 lbs . 36 lbs 46 lbs

The second :ration was as follows;

W~eat bran 36 lbs

Ground Barley 31 lbs

Ground Wheat 30 lbs

Mert scraps 3 lbs .

The first ration was aelivered to the farmers secked at $3. 35 pur hundred and the second was delivered snckea for

$3. 65 pe:r hundred .

This ration is just as effective in producing eggs 8S

any commercial ration upon the market . I measured in terms of

the cost of the CorruneTcial product , the farTne:rs saved in the

nei ghbor· hood of f~~ 2000 by buying the Farm Bureau rc.tion rather

than the commercial Tation which sells for about 8 cts a polilnd .

To fm·ther instruct the fa!!mex·s in figur·ing bala.nced

rations, a small paste board car·d was printed by the :E'arm BuTeau

ove:r the signature of the poultry committee?~omen, a.nd distributed

over the County. This card analysed the vaTious grains in thms

region in teTms of yolks and whites por hundTed pounds of gxain ~t

The use of t ;:..is card was e~plained in fom· meetings which were

held over the County under· tho dirsetions

or

the Paul try Commit

-teewomen. At these meetings Uiss Emma Douglas of the Home

Demonst:ration Department assisted with the work. Aside from

the instruments ~iven the beginning of the egg laying contest

was made .

~addition

to tJ:e work on rations the matter of culling

was very thorough~y gone into . I assisted 24 farmers in c Qlling

their flocks and gave 4 deronstrations at the meetings mentioned

above . A total of 1104 hens weTe culled during the summer, and

it is known that many mo:re were culled by others who secured

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Twenty-eight demonstrations , with an attendance of 100, were

given on culling, and 35 dif~eren farmers received the balanced

r·ation \"!hich was delivered by me. · How many more bought the

balance ration is a matter uppn-:1~ .. -ch no Iigur·es are at hand.

but it is known that the number is large •

.As a result of' the meetings held under the iirection

of the po~11 try committee women a Co~u1ty egg laying contest w.~ s

carried on f9r 3 wonths in wfuich women from Hooper, Center, Mirag

and Russel Springs took part. A total of 13 women began the

contest on June 1st, and 11 continued the work for 3 months .

This contest stimulated interest in the work and showed that

poultry is profitable . Following is a table showing the

results of ttis contest.

<Jl ..!:<; >-. c ~ 'd 0 ~ en ~ "g h ~ ~ .!;! ~ "' .!.l ~ "2 t4 .3 -t; -a ·Qj ~ ~ .E .£ ~ ;:..; ~ ·~ ~ Breed of Hens

]~ ~i ~~ 8~ ~~ ~i

<§!

~~ ~u

z ~ 3

.2

~ ~ .£ 0 ~ ~ ·§ ~ .£ ~ ~ ~ ~ t-; t-< Z.::; 0:; P: ~ ~~~ 0 z

Mrs. C. J. McGinnitv 15 ----s5 1124 f/,5.77 $42.17 75 $36.40156.95 88 Rhode Island Reds and Buffs ~· M-r-s-. -M-'. ::__N_._H:-u-n-sn--,-k_e_r -l---=-1-=-5- 83 916 ---s.99 34.34-61- 28.44124.10 ~ Pure Bred White Wyandottes Mrs F. D. Richards 33 85 1886 14.62 70.74 57 56.12 240.90 ~ --=P:-ur-e:-B=-r-e"7d--::W=h:-:i-te--=L=-e-=-g7_{h-or_n_s ___ ~}

Mrs.C.Harrison 53 ---.5'6 1988 12.72 74.70~ 61.98405.15 66 Mixed ~

-M-rs_:_.-]-. E-. -M=-o-or-e---l--::3:-::-7- ~ 1919 17.46 72.00 ~ 54.54 248_20 64 Rhode Island Reds ~

Mrs . r. F. Rockev 48 89 2386 25.46 89.55 ~ 64.09 259.15 56 Pure Bred Brown Leghorns ~t~~

-M-rs-C-. -S-p-ei-ce-r·---ll-6-=-7-SO 1844 16.69 69 .30 ---zB 52.61 383. 25 56 Pure Bred Barred Rocks ~(

----'---ll---:4-=-7- 85 2159 1.5.40 ~1.00 46 65.60 281.051_~

Pure Bred Rhode-Is-la_n_d_R_e--=d_s __

Mrs. C. Durr ₁_

_ M_r_s_( ___ w_. -B-..,.t:>l-,--1 ___ ~ 60 9681---s.s2 36.32 32 24.50149.65 53 Pure Bred Barred Rocks

::...:.M:...:...rs.--.-H-.-W-er-n-er---l---:4-;:-0-55 1133 1 14.96 42.48

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27.52

-18_2_5--::0I-5:-1--I·-M--,.ix-e:-d::---M-rs--=.-v-Vn-1-. -H-ag_e_n---l--::::9-;:-0- ~ 3411 ' 42.62·127.94 ~ 85.32357.70 ~I Mixed Eggs figured at 45 cents per dozen; feed at $.3. 7 5 per cwt.

This table wns made up on a large sheet of painter's

canvass and exhibitea Ht the County fair.

~ng

the year, eight difterent farms starte.d into

pure bred business as a result of the work on the :poul tr·y project.

Three of these farmers bought out a splendid, pu:re bred flock

of Rhod Island Reds in Rock~ Ford . These birds are as good as

any thet can be found in thi~ State. Eggs from these hPve been

advertised and were sold at ~3 . 00 per dozen in various parts of

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Pflge 25

stock, bought pure bred stock from vax·ious sou:rces which they

continued to breed up · ·

In the Hooper Coromuinty, several of the poultry growers requested a capanizing demonstration. To fullfill this request I

secured the services of ~r . Hagan from another community who

performed the operations upon cockerels, ~hich wer e prepared for

the occassion. The outcome of 0his demmnstration was th~ t

several of the farmers bought the capa.nizing instruments. It

is believed tha t the poultry project, in a 6dition to

elliminat-ing over 1100 culls increased the number of eg,;·s in the Co1mty

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---SILOS

;::;o>

This :project was adopted officially

mn

but one

commuinty but spread to one other. The aim was to get as

many d monstrations in silos as possible this year. In order to carry out the matter was taken up with the silo

manufa.cture-:rs in Colo:r·ado for the purpose of finding out if they would

give a special price these silos if used for demonstrating

the feasibility of Russian sunflower ensila.ge.The Hinman Silo

Co, offered a 12

%

reduction bp:t the Arkansas Valley Stave

Silo

co.

ma6e a better terms and they were accepted . These

people offered a reduction of $225 on a silo ana later, in CEder to reduce freight r·ates, gave a discount of another

$150 on a second silo. Contracts were eonsequently made· out

by the farmers and the manufacturers .

The silos wero erected in August by the crews from the

Company. The material used ;vas excellent and the wor·kmanship

good. Both men ~ho bought them were well pleased with the

results.

In the early September directly after the frosts the

russian sunflowers weEe cut and put in thses silos . At this

writing the silage is in Iine cmndi~ion and appears to be .~

going along in fine shape. ~

As brought out the caption " Russian suni'lov1er Sile.gen

not test as feeding value has been made of this ensilege. One of the demonstrators is so well pleased with his silo that

he is ready fo put up another of the silage prJbves successful. In getting the Silo Company t o erect these silos in this Tegion, where silos axe looked upon with suspition, cr edit

must be given to R. W. Clark, E...~tension Animal Husbandman, \Yho

secuxed assistance for us .

~he

aim of t t is project was to errect one silo but two

were secured with a reduction in price of :~$375 on the tv1o~

J

HOG IMP(·OVElvf·iNT

This cannot be listed as a definite project but some

good wo:rk was done in t is line during the ye ar. The m~ . in

work in i ii.pr ovement of hogs was through shipping in pu_ e breds

for iihe Pig Club members and .LOI' farmeTs , the Duric -Jersey

Futu.ri ty Show at t he County Fair and distribution of pure b:reds