Annual report of county agent work, Las Animas County, 1919

Annual Report

of

County Agent Work

1919

Las Animas

County

Colorado

COOPERATIVE EXTENSION WORK IN AGRICULTURE AND HOI~ ECONOMICS

State Agricultural College of Colorado,

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Department of Agriculture, and County of Las Animas, Cooperating.

ANNUAL REPORT INDEX

Agricultural Resources of Le.s Animas County

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Brief History of County Agent Work and Resume' of Work

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Organization _{• • • •}

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Live Stock Improvement _{• • • • • • • • • • • • •}

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AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES OF LAS AND!AS COUNTY

Las Animas County contains 4,800 square miles. About 450,000 acres in farms.

Total population 45,000. Rural population 15,000.

Number of farms 4,000.

Average about 110 acres each.

Elevation of farm le.nds 'from 4,500 to 8,000 feet.

Principal crops in order of acreage are as follows:

Sorghums •• 20,469 Beans ••• 8,952

Alfalfa •• 12,503 Oats •••• 4,504

Corn •• 11,885 Winter Wheat 3,116

Spring Wheat •• 2,091 The average yield of each crop this year was:

Sorghums •• 800# seed, 2 tons rough feed Alfalfa • • • • • • • .3 tons

Corn • • 22 bu. per acre

Beans • • 250#

Oats •• 30 bu.

Winter Wheat 22 bu.

Spring ~beat 25 bu.

There are in the county livestock as follows: 12,000 horses; 2,290 milch and 56,260 range cattle; 6,000 hogs; 55,100 sheep. And pure bred animals as follows: 5 stallions; 10 mares;

175 bulle; 130 cows; 30 boars; 20 sows; 250 rams; ? ewes.

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BRI ~F HISTOHY OF COUNTY AGENT

~v ORK lrND RES T.ThiE ' 'i ORK n~

1919

Count'\:r agent work has been carried on n Las An mas

County s ric~ February , 1916 . At that t _me C arles E . Smith

was appointed as County Agricultural Agent , and has held the

office until the present time . Any history of the wo!.,k done

may be found in the annual repot)ts which have been submitted

from yea.!' to yea.1 ... , and in the one furnished herewith .

WORK IN 1919

Dairy Cows

One hundred and seventy-five head of good h gh-grade

Holstein cows , heifers and calves , were brought, into the county

during the year and distributed on the Company plan as described

below .

Crop Improvement

Some definite work has been done on crop improvement in the

way of better seed corn and alfalfa seed .

Pest Control

Work in Pest, Control , touching prairie dogs , bean bee·tles ,

and whorled milk- weed was done . Roads

Several meet ngs have been held on road mprovement , and

some definite action has resulted . Fairs

A good educational exhibit at the principal count.,y fair ,

and the organization of a dry land fair associati on in the east

end of the county me.krs the work under this head .

ORGANIZATION

Early last fall the county agent expected to take up

defi-nite farm bureau organization work thruout the county . Two

hindering causes were in the ay , namely , the influenza and bad

weather w th consequent bad roads . From December first until

late in March , county agent was scarcely able to get outside of

town on account of roads , heavy snow lying over the whole county .

If he had been able to go, the ben on meetings on account of the

influenza would have h ·ndered any very definite work.

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When the land finally dried up sufficiently to allow any

driving, it was really crop season₁ with everybody busy and while

they were willing, yet due to shor~ness of help they could not

get a\ve.y to spend any time n organ zing the county except in

a few rather concentrated com~uniti s. The organization work

we.s BH started in the Sunflower Valley, the nearest farming

section to Trinidad. V'hile the roads vrere bad, still we could

get out to this small but concentrated section. Four different

cm~munities in the Sunflower Valley, really comprisl~g school

districts, desired to organize unde• the new Farm Bureau plan,

and they selected a program of work. At Model, which is 24

miles distant from Trinidad, was held one meeting, and they

de-cided to organize on this plan. The whole Model Tract was so

broken up on acco~mt of the flu and bottomless roads, tha. t they

could not follow up the proposition, altho as an individual matter they are working along the line which will fit in very nicely

with they farm oureau plan. Notices were sent to all the outly-ing country anywhere near Trini.dad, to come in to an organization meeting. Few outside of the territory ment oned above came, but

owing to the lateness of the season, we went ahead and organized the Far1n Bureau, even tho the representation did not cover the

county well. A good board of directors was selected, and a

pro-grarn of work was laid out covering the projects mentioned in the

first paragraph.

In thinking over the matter as to how organization might

be a unit and still cover the whole county, it was first thought

best to organize two complete farm bureaus. Object ons to this plan were made, and defended by the State Leader's office, and

the follov, ng plan was adopted. A single fal~m bureau with the

board of d rectors already elected in full charge, and an east

end unit, having as its chairman the f rst vice-president of the

county-wide organization. This east end unit also has a

subsidi-ary executive committee which is responsible to this first vice-president, he being a member of the county-w de executive committee. This was necessary because no one represent ng th s great section of the county vouJ..d have the time or the money to attend a

meet-ing n Trinidad, and it was absolutely necessary that th s great

section should have adequate represe11ta tion by people

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under-stand .and apprecie. te the p:r•oblems of the d1•y land farmer. None

of the people in the west end knew his problems, or cared very

much about his success. The east end unit bas ts executive

committee meet ng on the first Satl~day of each month. The

at-tendance by the committeemen isusually very good. The problems

are very seriously d· scussed, the work being done is remarkable

for its scope. No such results could hav-e been secured by a few

men close to Trinidad who did not u dersta.nd this great section

of the country. A meeting of the rna n execu"'=- ve conun ttee is

held in Tr nidad on the second Saturday of each month. A report

is read at this meeting of t~e meeting the week before, which the

east end unit has held. This east end unit is composed of new people who have come into the county within the last three or four years. Their need s great, and the leaders among them realize the problems. The consequence is that the work being do· e in this east end unit is very much greater than that done in the west end where the need is not so great.

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Membership

The membership in the co,mty- . ide organization is "'lot

large - only about 100 families at the present time. If we could have held a membership campaign in the winter , no· doubt it would have been 400 . Due to the busy work of the crop

sea-son , ShortneSS Of help , etc. , Te aid not push the membership

carrr>a gn as t ould have cause a reaction against us • We

de-cided , however., , to wor·k as actively as possibl e with the

member-ship secured , real zing that in th s membershi p we had the

leaders in each co1~ mun ty affected .

Plans for the future.

Our pla.ns a.r}e all working to rd a. strong member hip

campaign in the fall and winter , and we hope to cover' every

portion of the county which desires to work on the farm bureau plan .

At the time of wr ting this report a s pecial me ting of

the Farm Bureau ha.s been advertised for Saturday the 29.th , at

which time increase in membership fee w 11 be discussed and decided upon . It is thought that $1 . 00 s not enough to carry

on the work of the Farm Bureau , which is growing n impor·tance ,

and some a.r·e e.glt ting the question of a. :fP2 . 50 fee , with a strong

camnaign behind :h~ The Farm Bureau has felt that it has not

been heard strong;~nough in the busi~ess of the county , and be

-lieves t at with a little more mone to o with , it can be a

stronger influence . The suggest_on of a larger fee has come

rx~om the farmers entirely.

LIVE STOCK I 'JiPROV]~MENT

Conditions

Tl .~ condition of live stock in Las An mas County · s not

good. There is plenty of chance for a strong project. Most of

the cattle B the county " rough it' any old way . No special

pa i ns are being taken in the matter of securing registeied sires.

Great losses are being " enjoyed", and the ranges are be ng

con-tracted on account of settlement of the land . ich once was used

by the cattlemen only . Very little trouble has been taken the

years past tor d these great ranges of prairie dogs, which are

reducing its carry ·ng power by one-half.

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horses n the county are

especi~lly

poor , onl one or

two reg stered tall ons betng in the county . Two years ago

when the army was calling fo1~ horses , and agl'•eeing to deal d rect

w t,h th. far~mer , we were encourage to collect horses for

inspect-ion of +Jhe remount quartermaster. Las Animas County got together

about 175 1orses. Out

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this nmnber 14 were approved and th s

was too sn all e number to make a ca:t1loa.d, and therefore the whole

bus · ness was turned down . It looked lik~ failure , but tis an

xample 1ich can be pointed to now in the propaganda for breed~ng/

of better horses , nd so n that e think t may be of some us /

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sheep industry has been on the wane for the ast three

years. Flock have been !~educed from e. total of 120 , 000 01 ..

30,000 tQGbout 30,000 or 40 ,000. This has been rue to the fact

that the 1:·ange as b ... en taken up y homestead entrymen , and !h9.t

was once a great sheep range is no productive farms. ~

Dairy cows in the county were very sca.r•ce three years ago -possibl not much over a thousa.nd or twelvt_, hlli1dred that could be called dairy" cows.

Hogs are still qu te scarce , altho inqui:r• es that al:'e be ng

made for breeding stock ndica.te t at ve·ry soon we w 11 ave many

more hogo ln the count:~ than we have at present. Some po1tions

of the county are so aestitute of hogs that a man rives a day o

two to f nd one or two hogs to fatten for his own pr>nk.

Farm Bureau Work

The pm~e b:r-ed s re propaganda is t~1e most that is be ng

one toward the impl"~Ovement of range ce. t:., e , horses and hogs.

It ·as ih our office in a confel"ence with Mr. Dul ng and one other· member of the Farm Btweau Execut .... ve or uni ttee that the

dea of "ga.te post signs" in the State Farm Bureau project

was-originated. We are possibly stronger on the idea than some other

counties on account of our gl"ea.ter need for this kind of work.

The number of pure bred sires of all kinds in Las Animas County

is very small , and the condition of our herds advertises this fact

stt"ongl • Ve"'!'y litt l e :.nte:t·est seems to be manifest n the couny

fo1 better horses . They get along with 1 hat they h&ve , en do very

little towar•d impi'oving them, largely t seems on account of the

new influence of the tractor, and ts unknown futur•e. P op e

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not desit•e to bt eecl for better horses ff horses are to be dis-placed.

Dai:t'Y Stock

The main emphas s by this off ce and the Farm ures.u has

been p aeed on the mprovemett of airy cond tons. Two and a

ha lf ears ago , .hru the effcr ts put forth by two ffl_l..,m c._ ubs ,

we mpo~ted two carloads of good llolstein de. r·y ·stock f:t om W

s-consin. Mr. Roud McCann went east and secured. this stock. It

Vias good stock , end it still is pr·oduc~Lng wel fOl' the men VJhO

sec1re t, but in the man the breeding has not been kept, up to

standard, man of the ca lves be r1g from r1different s res of all breed ng _that happened to be in the coromunity . The best of this stock , however , is being cared for well a.nd some good will come

out of t.his shipment - at least it vij 11 give ·e people an

ex-nmple

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what good cows will do.

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/;;,ouL eighteen months

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the county agent , in•traveling ove1 the east en :.1 of the co'lmty , round a greet many men who had

so much rough ff!ed grow i ng , and so little s ... ock vO oat it, that

they did not know exactly what to do . Many of t'tem asked if

cows could be secured on sha:r·es . The count~y agent wcr·ked ou a.

plan wh ch he called a. t the. t t me the " 'r3:g "!::rr-other" dairy co tr

plan . Th·is rnea.nt that individuals would be found w th a. few

hundred doller·s , who tould go in w:t.th ot,hel individuals and bu-y

about five or six cows each , and place them out '¥"lith a. brother·

far•me · on shar~es , g ving the far•mer all the milk and half the

nCI1ea.se for a conti·a.ct period of four yea.t•s . We di not get e

chance to I•eally start tb s until en ex~ur sion was held rhich

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e membe.t·s of the Chamber· of C ammerce down to this east end dry land coun ry . They sav.· t . e . r.mense qua.n ti ~Jies of feed

and the need. of the people for• dairy stack . Irnrrt?.- dla tely upon

tbeir ret 1r1: from this tr~p they orgHnized what they called " The

Dai ·y Cow Development Company. " This i s a regultll· Colorado

cor-pora.t on . They went into the campaign to rais e money .. with which

to buy cows and place out on shares , exactly on the pla.n ment:i.oned in the " Big Br·o t..her" movement . They secured enough money to pur-chase four carloads of excellent stock , and wi th this can1e s i x

h gh- cla.ss regtsterecl bulls . Mx· .

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H. Liebers , then

a.gricultt"tr-~1 agent for the Burlington , went to Jisconsin and selected the

stock ., This seems to be the @i ggest th ·ng rlone . n t count~ up

to the present time. The lease nndet• which tl. ese cov s ai•e put

out insists upon the p1~onex• breeding of t 1e stock . It insists

a.lso on keep ng recor·d of each cow . It incot•porates fro. he very fir•st the bull cir•cle . idea . These b~lls are used y three

to f ve far-mers who ar·.., near enough together to coopera. te in their purchase , and n their use • ..I'After they have been used. two or three yea1·s they wi ll be tr·a.ded

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the next community .

This dairy cow plan has been t,:l~ vn up by the agricultural

department

or

the Sante. Fe 110a.d , and has bt6n spread ove1· a

great per· t.lon of the Panha.ur11 in Texas and over some portions

of New Mexico . It is e.drnirably adapted to help people who are

good citizens but no able · to buy their ·own cows . It st.s.kes thern down as c t.ize:ns , and dictates the car·e and bt"eedlng for a period of four yea .• !s. This can be done because t e cor, pany ot-vns the ccws . While this is being clone t"be fa!~:mer is securing

e. liv i ng for his fa.mi y and. starting a herd for himself , t out,

1nvestn1ent except of time and facilities fox' car ng for the stock .

Come commun i ties where the f~:n"lmers are a.ble to 'Purchase

thei:r-ovm stock , a.t"le des ring stock on th s plan largely because it

secur•es uniform managerrient At p:r~esent the county agent is the

manager

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the stock , and will be unt i l the propositi on has gro n

beyond h .. ability to car'e fbr~ 1 t , a V\h:. ch t e t can ee.s il

support ma.na.gex- for itself . In watching this project from month to month , it is known def nitely at the present time that

those who have invested their money &r·e making a good nterest

return₁ and it is also known that Lhose who have the cows ar·e

exceed1ngly well-satisf ed , because they are making a better

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1 v .:.ng than they ha v'"' before. They a.r·e s t.ocked with more cows

than t ey would have ~e1•ed get crecli t to buy on the star·t.

It is a. pleasure to see these men who a short t.ime ago were

not dair~nen at all, milk the r cows , go lrectl -to a. barn

sheet an ma.1·k down t .te weight of each me each tlr11e they milk .

They are taking inte1est in it rnd are asking about everythir._g

that goes to make up balanced rations , because they are seei:ng

that Lhe cows will easily take care of them . In this com1ection

county agent is working str~ot'l~ly on the pr•oduction of sweat

clover. It is proving to be a ver·y good yielder in this sect on , and with s eet clover· , ensilage , which is nsisted 'l!lpon n t e lease , and the other dry mate:t· a.l Nhich they can raise , they

can rt k a very good balanced ration .

In 1919 the project as wo1')ked the year· before was ce.refully stud led. The men who had the cows we:r·e interviewed often as to their attitude towa1\d the p:t'oject , and without exception we found

them strongly in favor of it and highly satisfied with their

connection . They stated that the covJs hacl taken ca1·e of their

f .m· lies and that they ~ere keeping free rr or~ebt at the g:r ocery

stor·es and a. t the same time were getting a herd started fot

themselves . Fifteen of them had oeen good demon~ tr·a to:r•s for

the year , and on the stt·ength of this , with many 1~equests foil

cows on the same plan coming from their neighbors , and son,e other

communi ties whe:r~e t had been heard of , we made our plans to

se-cure another shipment dur ng the ea.!•ly fall .

The Da i ry Cov Development Company , organ zed as described above , 1ent out among the business men of Trinidad and eao.1.ly

x~a sed enough money by tbe sale of addi tional stock to finance

another shipment . It is worthy of note that. the same .en who

invested a year ago invested as much or more this second time .

It was fully dec ded to purchase aga n in V7_{isconsin , a.nd}

Mr . L ebers wa.s engaged again to make the purchase for the

Company . The Compan by vote decided to have the county agent

go as their represen ~ · t ve , and plans wer·e fixed for leaving

on Sa tu! day Tovember 1st a.t noon . Rumors had been float ~g .

about t at good Holste n stock could be bought in th Salt Riv~r

Valley in Ar lzona , on a.coount of the· fact tha. t the fa:r•mers we:r~e

raising long staple cotton a.t such a tremenduous profit that

they did not feel like keeping cows . No spec al attention was

paid to this rumor until we received a long night letter f:r•om

the State Da:.ry Commiss oner in A·izona , stat ng in some detail

the exact conditions . Friday n:.ght at 9 o ' clock the Company

decided to send the county agent to Arizona s mply to look the

rna tter over , to deter·mi:ne the character of the stock and to

de-term ne the pi• ices at which it might be bought . f.iix·. v;. S .

Farns-worth , Agricultural Agent for·· the Canta Fe was asked by that

Road to accompany the agent to Arizona. , and left Ama.l''illo

imme-diately for that purpose . There was such a. su~ply of good stock

on the ma.rket in this region , that the com1ty agent decided to

stay th re and buy according to the instructions of the Company

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rhi ch had sent h m, and as a. consequence the next week was spent

in purchasing five carloads of cows , heifers , and calves to be

shipped as soon as cavs could be secured .

The next week was spent in testing , and gett ng the stock in

readiness for shipment . On the amount of stock purchased , at

least $2 , 000 was saved by purchasing in this locality. The stock

is all high- grade , havin~ been bred up for years for dairy

pur-poses. Some ver.•y f ne pure bred herds are found in the t Rivt:;r·

Valley, and animals from these herds have been distributed over the Valley to improve the blood of the herds . Norna.lly forty-five thousand cows have been cared for and m lked n this Valley ,

tpe product going to s pport t o condensaries , several creameries

and cheese factories .

The stock purchased arriv d in Trinidad Saturday mot'ning

November 22nd . The older stuff was branded wtth the Company

brartd , and all tha. t needed it was vaccine. ted for blackleg . The

next morning it was shipped to Branson where tre man who were

to receive i t had congregated . Ninety ows were put out on the ~

lease , a copy o~ which is herewith submitted . ~

Method of Distribution

The ninety cows were placed in a cor·ral. Eighteen men ·ho

des .red dairy stock rer·e lined up and dr•ew for a number which would

indicate the order of their choice. Number one was celled and

chose a cowi putt n~ his nwnber on t e cow chosen . Number two

was then ca led , ana so on thru to number e ghteen . Number

eighteen selected a second cow and t e series was gone thru

back-ward and so on until t ~e men had selected five times around . In

this way no criticism on the division could occur . Along with

these ninety cows , fity- two good heifer calves were brought

and these were put out with the same farmers to raise on sha.r·es ,

fa:r·mer· receiving one -half of these heifers and thei increase

dur-ing the period of his lease. M~ny more people esire cars on

the Sftme plan , but at present the money is exhaus'bed a! d they

vill have to wa. t until another year . Some photos will be found

n the slip showing the character of the cows and the process of dis·tt .. ibution .

8-LEASE

THIS AGREEMENT AND LEASE made this ____ ______ day OL---A. D. 191H, be-tween THE DAl.H.Y COW DEVELOPMEN'l' COMPANY, a Corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Colorado~ hereinafter called the lessor, of the first part,

and--- - --- - ---· of and---· in the County of Las Anima~ and State of Colorado, hereinafter called the lessee, of the other part:

WITNESSETH: That the lessor does hereby lease to the lessee, the following described live stock, namely:

H.H.ANDED

tor the term of four years from the day of the aate hereof, upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set fo.rth. And the lessee in consideration of such leasing doth covenant and agree with the lessor:

1. That upon delivery of said livestock, he will keep the same and the increase thereof upon the prem-ises now occupied ·bY him, and described as follows, to-wit: -- -- - --- - --- - ---~--- - ---~ __ --- ____________ --- ____________ - --- --· --- -- _ --- ___ situate, lying and being in the county of .Las A::-limc~s and State o.t Colorado, and that he will not remove or cause 'Or permit to be

removed from said premises any of said live stock during the term of this lease without the consent in writing of said lessor or its duly authorized agent in that behalf.

2. That he will provide sufficient food, shelter, and water for said live stock, and. will exercise due care over the same in every respect.

~. That he will vaccinate ·all calves, the increase of said live stock, for black-leg, under the direction of

the lessor and with a vaccine to be approved by it.

4. That he will brand, at his o'wn expense, all increase of said herd. with lessor's calf brand.

5. That he will breed all the cows and heifers belonging to said herd of live stock, during the proper sea-son, to a registered bull of the same breed, and will see that every precaution is talren to prevent the breeding

c.t any of said cows and h.eit'ers to a range or grade bull, or to a bull of a different breed or st::mdard than the cows and heifers aforesaid.

6. That for the purpose of procuring the services of a 'bull for said herd, he will either purchase at his own expense, a registered bull of the standard and breed required by the lessor, or he shall join in a circle of farmers in his community for the purchase of a registered bull for their joint use, meeting the requirements aforesaid; and if neither of t11ese methods are practicab te, then he may use the registered bull of another of the breeding and standaro required and to be approved bY the lessor before using.

7. Tllat he will castrate all bull calves.

~:L Tl1at all heifers raised from said herd shall be kept and not sold until the expiration of the lease

period.

9. That he will ground all barbed wire fences around yards or pastures in which said live stock are con-fined, in order to protect same against lightning.

10. That pnor to 1he harvesting of the crop for the year 1919, he will construct one or more suitable silos, subject to approval of the lessor, of sufficient size and dimensions to meet the needs of said live stock.

11. That he will consult the Agent of the lessor on all points concerning the breeding and care of said herd.

1~. Tl1at he will report immediately the birth of each calf by mailing a post-card to the office of the

lessm advising it of that fact; also report in like manner the death or loss of any animal in the .herd.

1~. That the lessor or its Agents shall have the right to go upon said premises to inspect said herd of

cattle at any time.

14. That the lessee will replace any animal belonging to th eoriginal herd lost by death caused by dis-ease, accident, or starvation, or otherwise disappearing from the herd, which is due to his fault or neglect. Such animal to be replaced by one of the oldest heifers in his portion of the increase, to be chosen by the lessor at end of lease period, and in the event that he has no increase ,then he shall respond in damages to the less'Or for tne animal so lost.

lf there is a loss in the original herd clearly thru no fault of the lessee, the lessor shall have the right to select from the undivided heifer increase to replace anY such loss.

15. That he will weigh all milk obtained from each cow at each millting, and keep an accurate record of the same on barn sheets and he will also lreep a record in a book showing t he butter fat record of said herd as shown by tile cream check s, an d shall permit the agent or lessor to inspect t he same at any time.

16. The .Lessee agrees at the expiration of this lease to turn over said herd to the lessor in good con-dition, together with all increase thereof belonging to it.

It is understood and agreed that each of the parues hereto shall recive one-half of the increase of said 11erd, same to be divided at the termination of this lease in the following manne1·: The lessee shaJl divide the female increase in said herd into two lots as nearly equal in value and number as possible. The lessor then has the right of choice in lots; but all steer calves shall be disposed of at any time between the ages of twelve (12) and eighteen ( lH) months, upon terms to be approved by the tessor before sale, and the proceeds divided equally.

17. The lessee is to receive all of the millt produced by said herd, keeping a record thereof as hereinbe-fore provided.

lt is expressly understood and agreed that in case the lessee violates any of the provisions of this lease

on his part to be performed and observed, then the lessor shall have the ri.ght without notice to the lessee, to terminate said lease and declare forfeited all his rights hereunder, and he shall upon demand deliver up to the lessor possession of said herd, and all of the increase, and in the event the lessee refuses to so deliver up said herd, then the lessor, its Agent and Servants shall have the right to enter upon the premises 'Of the lessee for the purpose of repossessing itself of said herd of cattle and all increase thereof.

It is further expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto, that this constitutes the entire con-tract between them, and that the same is not subject to change, variation or alteration, either written or verbal by 'any representative or agent, and that this lease is not transferable or assigna-ble, except by consent of lessor. IN WITNESS W-HEREOF, the said parties hereto have hereunto affix-ed their hands and seals and the corporate seal of the lessor on the day and year first above written.

THE DAIRY COW DEVELOPMENT COl\IPANY,

BY---~ _{President 'Of the Lessor.}

---.

_{Secretary of the Lessor.}

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CROP DIPROVEMENT

Alfalfa

Ts':me tl'Otlble he.s been experienced over the killing of our

a.lf' lfa crops b heavy frosts. Every yea.1· or two we 111 have

a fir...,t crop nee.rly ruined by f.r·ost, and with t.he blight which

usually attacks the alfalfa after it is weakened by the frost.

At a meeting held princ pally for other purposes, the county

agent mentioned the fact that Gririun and Balt1.c were more

esis-te.nt to a hard freeze than the conunon type of alfalfa. Sevet•a.l

people became in teres ted ir1 this, and thru our office four men

sent for a tota 1 of bout 700 po ds of Grimm alfalfa., recommended

by Mr. P. K. Blynn of the Rocky Ford Experiment Station. This

alfalfa has received a good start, and so far seems to be resis-tant to any weather we have experienced.

Two years ago the county agent received a package oonta

n-ing 5 pounds of Improved Baltic, ~hih . had been developed by

Mr. Blynn of Rocky Ford, - this seed. to be dr lled on dx--y land

at about 1 pound to the acre on purpose to develop seed. It was

planted by one of our Farm Bureau members, and the first year

y elded nothing on account of its bein~ eaten off by stock which

had broken into the field. This year, however, it as better

protected, and developed a very heavy crop of see At the

present writing this seed. has not br;en threshed so we do not

know how much there will be. Corn

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Two and one-half years ago the county agent went to nleblo

coun y and purchased about three tons of excellent seed corn,

-over 1,000 pounds of Reid's Yellow Dent, the t'enla.inder Color'ado Yellow Dent or Miller's as some call it. This corn was pm,che.sed

by various people over the county, and they were so well-pleased

with it that they saved a supply of seed from year _ to year with

which to plant the r fields3) This year at the Trinidad-Las

Animas County Fair· and als~t the Kim Fair, which was supported

by the dry land farmers, corn was very strongly in evidence, and

the best of it was the result of the seed brought in as mentioned.

There are thous nds of bushels of good corn for sale in the east

end of the county. Some very exeellent exhibits of corn were

seen at both the Tr ridad-Las Animas County Fair and at t e Kim.

Fs.ir.

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PEST CONTROL Prairie Dogs

Las An ma.s County has a large monopoly on p:rairie dogs.

The work in controlling this pest has been mo:t'e or less sea

tter-ed d1ring the~~ns~ years county agent has lived here. We have

t:r•ied at var ous t mes to etther organize pest distt·icts or get

the people to agree upon a day ana go a.t their section and clear

it up. In one or two instances cons~derable efficiency has been

secured in this cooperative work, and some sections have been cleaned out almost ent rely. The work, however, did not go ar

enough, and consequently the a1~eas have been repopulated. st

spring in two sections close to Trinidad, one about five miles long by two wide, another three m les long by two wide, were

cleaned.up satisfactorily. About $500 wa~ spent for poisoned

grain in and near these two sections. In each section some one

ent ahead vrith the collection of funds and advertised when the

drive should start, so that everybody in the whole country would

come together and out the poison out, .oui the objec.~.. being to

get the dogs, no matter whose lands t~ y rere on. In each

sec-tion about 25 men and boys were out at once. They spres.d out and took a swath in th s operation, cleaning the country as they went,

and in this way carried on a sat sfactory campaign. It has

be-come a demonstration for· future work. WA are now ying to

en-list the activities of the ca.ttl.men's a.ssoc e.tion and farmers

and everybody inter~ested in the cles.ning up of ·the prairie dog.

If this can be done during the remainder of the stmwer and winter,

we hope to have e biologice.l urvey man in h~re to mix the poison

and get action all over the county, whether by pest districts

or by common consent, vre do not kno?l as yet,.

The Bean Beetle

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bean beetle caused a. great deal of damage during the

seaso~·just past. The colmty agent received several calls to

demonstrate some method by Vlhich its ravages "(rrirrht be stopped.

Acting on nformation which had been given us on ve.r·ious

occa-sions, we tried the arsenate of lead in two or three

dernonstra-t ons. The success of this was rather indifferent, and the ~ounty

agent did not feel live advif.!O_ng farmers to spend a la~ge arnount

of money for spraying outf ts and material when ts benef ts could hardly be determ ned. There was a. constant attempt made,

howeve1 .. , a .. 1 summer to f.;n·l someth ng which would be successful.

The COlUJty agent's attention was cPlled to the use of arsenite

of zinc, and consequently H little of this was purchased ~nd a

field sprayed. In three or fotw d&ys the ground was covered with

dead bugs, and everyone knew that t1e r ght thing had been

d""mon-stra.ted. It is fttlly expect.ed t}:lat. with the information secured this surnmer, another year v.rill see many fa:.rmers equipped with

spraying ·outfits in which they will use the arsenite of z i y

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Vhorled Milk- Weed

Early in September the county agent v&s called to a

cer-ta.:n farm where some cows were dyi.11g from some u .. nknown cause •

Be advised the call ng of a vetei•inal .. ian to see if the· cause

might be found. The veterinarian suggesteo that inrlications

all pointed to some forage poisoning , and then it was remembered

the. t on anothex' farm a few miles from t:'1. a one , whcrled milk- weed

had een ro3ported , and samples had been br·ought in. The susp·

-c i on therefore arose that this might be the cause of death . On

post-mortem examination no leisions or infla~~a.tion could be

found in t e animal , and thls again checked the information 1l'lhich

we have from a bull~tin published on .the whorled milk- weed. A

systematic search for the weed was held , and ver·y soon s·evera.l

patches of it had been found in the alfalfa fields . .rhen the

farmer knew what the st,uff was ₁ he then remembel .. ed that he had

cut it with his hay , stacked ~ , and that from this hay stack

he had been feeding when the stock had died. He ssid that he

had been feeding this hay to his horses , and saw no danger in

it . He consequ~ntly took it away from his cows and confined

it to h s horses . A 1 ttle later one of the horses died . The

neighbors hen they he.d. found out the wee.d existed on this

cer-tain place , began to look for it and found it, - some n very

plentifltl quantities . Others had lost stock and did not know

what to lay it to . Now it seemed clear , as they had discovered

thi weed and knew that it was po sonotls . The first indicati on

that was definite regarding this , was thru the exhibit which the

county agent had at the coLt1 ty fa. r . Orm of the neighbors of

this family ~rere the cows ha( lbean lost , stud-ted the exh·bit

of poisonous pAnts which the county agent had tacked up on the

wall of the Agr cultural Hall . At once th s lady sa_d that they

had it on the i r place . They then used the phone and talked w th

the neighbor who 'had lost the cows , '3.nd fo1md that it was dis

-tributed all over th'9 valley . Some people se d that they had been losing stock for years past , gnd the cause was so obscure

that they d d not t:?y to determt1e it. The Agricultural College

remembers me.ny cases where stock have died in IDlas Animas County and lhe:re t e cause was not clear .

The county agent wrote ·to t.:. e :Sxpex'i lent Station for

nform-ation as to how the whorled m lk-·~veed conld be combatted . Nothing

defin. t.e could be given on account of the gPeat difficulty in

eradicating this plant after it once gets a foot - hold. ~e

deter-mined , therefore , to give all the information about it possible ,

and accompany this information in the paper with a cut tf!ken from

the Extension Bulletin on t_ is subject . In a few days samples of whorled milk- weed came in from all over the county , showing

how widely t W9.S distributed , and the instructions were g ven

that patches of it where found should be cut and burned by

them-aelves before the hay is harvested. In this vay there would not

be enough of it get into the ha.y to poison the animals , because it

takes about 2 pounds of the dried material to polson a cow •

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ROAD IMPROVETviENT

The new section of the county referred to above s just

like any ne homestead country in t h e me. tte1., of roads . lherever

an opening is left thru where you can travel , it s considered

a road. In a great dea ~ of this country the lanes have been

left along the section lines , and of course when finally settled

they will be the adopted road . Some very rough country e.Aists

be-tween this dry land section and market , a.nd the quest on of a.n

adequate road out to market and to the county seat has been

agi-tated for some time . Th s has been done thru the farm bm~eau

qui te largely . It is one of the most necessary projects . The

people can raise the material , but they have hard work to market

it . Tm~u farm bm~ea.u and county e.gen·t activities , petitions

have been circulated over this portion of the coun y to secure

action in buildi ng and maintain ng an adequate road .

Last spri~g the people , after a winter of isolation , were

ready to do almost anything to escape such an experi~nce in the

future . In our farm bm~eau meetings they took up the

propo-s! tion of dona.:hing some ~~ork ·towa. d the building of th s road .

The County Commissioners were invited to come to this meeting , and while they had not sufficient funds to build any road this year , they agreed to furnish road graders and men to operate

th~m if the farmers would cooperate in the use of their teams

i n doing the work • . In this way aboutJ 30 mlles of roa.d will be

graded by the people who need it so badly . By bringing to the

attention of the Chamber of Commerce of Trinidad and the State

Highway Corron ssion , the dire needs of t ,se people and the immeRse

production possible if a. good mx road can be built and maintained

to tha.t section , it is possible that within the near future such

a road will be established by the State Highway Cmrunission. If

this result is obtained , it will be largely due to the farm

bureau and county agent act vities .

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Sixth : Bulletins for distribution , dealing with the

con-trol of pests, the development of corn , 8nd other matt~rs shown

in these exhibits were on a table d rect y beneath the exhibits .

"Farm reau Exhib t " was the banner in very large etters , put

above this hole exhibit.

BOYS ' AND GIRLS ' CLUBS

Boys ' and Girls ' Club wo:r•k n Ls.s Animas County has not

prospered as it should • . Several causes hav been responsible

for this. F rst , ln ou1 ne homestead cow1tr , every boy who

is old enough to hold the lines does a man ' s · 1rk in the. field ,

and cannot be spare from these larger field operations to

take part · n Boys' Club wor•k - at least th s is the expe ience

of the county agent after three years of trying to get those

boys to work on def n te crop projects. T ey start. ou al1lgh , but befor~ completion of their work , ·their t rne has been

re-quired so strongly by the family needs that they are lost so far

as th s definite work is concerBed .

In tbe irr~ga IJd sect on nearly all the boys and g rls

who are old enough to engage in club woi•k are going to Tt·inlda

to schoo nine Jtonths out of t.he y ar . This breaks them up

in do_ng an defin te club •ork . Three years ago we tried to help establish a consolidate school in this irrigated section and came very nearly doing so , but failed . Th s would h ve made a connmxn· ty centre aro nd vhich these projects could have been

wol:'•ked out , but when oys and glrls ea'le the fal"m a.:nd go to the

c t to ool for the ull school ear , t1ey are a ver h~ class

to in eresA in oy ' and G rls ' Club crk n the com-try . Some

work has b en don in th m n ng c mps witr oys ' and G s '

Club work , but as yet it is onl started. Th s has not been

directly .1nder the county agent s care.

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I n the City of Trinidad for the last t ·ee years ther•a has

been Ga:t'iden Club pr·oject , and t 1 s been managed bY. one of

the teachers in the High School . This teach was t.aken from

Tr:n dad to a bettor position n the st.atb , alt a new club

Lea er had to be found . The county agent "'eco ended a new

man to take tepa e - n ft-ct about the only one who-cou d be

found who oul" accept t . He had been a school man ln t

countr , and fr·om all a.ppearanc~s t seemed he ough-t. .. to do

well v~ th this project. Aft ... r secur ng the job and working out

e. eek , he 'threw it up and qu t. Th s left the garden c 'ts

1.· t'' c ty without a leade , an with no time to find another .

These ga.r en clu s natu:t"al y d a ntegrated so that there s

not.h-ing to :r~epox't .. /

T,1e various samples of corn at the County Fair were judged by a. group of boys whom the count.y agent had instructed nth

matter of judging corn. Fiv ... of them ente:r·ed the contest, and

seemed to en o the experienc -·

Any plans fo1 t e future regs. ding Boys ' an Girl ' Club

work w1 1 e ... end upon condition. as they exis ;hJn t e t•m

comes .for ""' gan· za. t:ion .

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HOfviE DVIPROVEMENT

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Up to J ly first of th:ts yeal"' the county had the services of a Home emons t.r·a. t ion Ag _.n t. She has already me.. e her report. The women of the county do not claim an 01·ganiza. tion except as

they assist · n the general Farm Btu eau organization. The greater

percent of then , if the say an ~..hine; abou it, sa that they

believe the r fir·st duty i.s to help the r husbands succeed , ~nd

then t ey s.re qu te. s 1re t 1a. t the irnpr~ovemeJ.l ~s the need ,~ 11

come in due time. It s not exact, 1 1 ke the wor'ri. n e.n old set ..,led county wher~e great conservatism keeps men from helping

thd 1:r· v i'~e s i th home conven ence;.;, , but it is a. new condition

where a sta.:rt must e made somewhere , and even the women feel

tl:a t before their sma 1 inadeque. t;e homes shall be en a.rged and

equipped , they ought to know that the country is able to g ve th

:rn

a good living. The t~ ey fee 1 the. t the imp1.,ovements ·

necessar, fill come.

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Personal V'Jork

Under the heading· of "Miscellaneous" would naturally come the personal work being done by the county agent, both outside and in the office. There is, of course, always more or less of this kind of work, and it is usually the key to a farmer's interest. If you touch him personally in some way that assists him, he is much easier to get interested in farm bureau community work. It has been our experience so far that nearly all who are good wDrkers in the farm bureau have in some way received some personal assistance which they recognize and. appreciate. We have great need then, as I see it, for this personal work.

GENERAL

For each one of the projects mentioned, committeemen are in charge, and in most instances they are doing their work very satisfactorily. In some places leaders mus.t still be developed, but we understand that this fs part of the game.

The county agent is grateful for the help given to· these various projects by the Farm Bureau,and expecially by its Executive Committee. Many times they have left their work to take up these public questions, and without this help much that has been done would have been neglected.

-18.-Form No.6. (Revised 1919.)

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,

WASHINGTON, D. C.

ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTY AGENT.

Due Novmnber 30, 1919.

State, ··---_____

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Report of ____________________________ ____

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S_!Z_7.__t_'_-f/t __________________ , County Agent.

From

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£-J_!r:-_/9/jto November 30, 1919.

(If agent has not been employed entire year, indicate exact period. Agents resigning during year should make out this report before quitting the Service.)

Approved:

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Approved and forwarded by: _{(Address) _ --- _}

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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 important part of the annual report and should he 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 n1iscellaneous 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 sum1naries 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 put in tabular form.

Instructions for tabulating results of demonstation work.- 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 known results were seeured. Under each of the following titles with appropriate subheadings list all demonstration work in relation to that subjeet: Corn, Oats, Wheat, Potatoes, Alfalfa, Other Farm Crops, Orchard Fruits, Small Fruits, Truek Crops, Soil Demonstrations, Liming, Green Manuring, Drainage, Miseellaneous Demonstrations in Relation to Crops and Soils, Feeding Demonstrations, Stock Judging, Hog-cholera Control, Blackleg Treatment, and Miseellaneous 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, farme;s' clubs, etc.

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

(3) In 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 demonsti~ations, expressing results in terms of increased yield in bushels, tons, dollars, acres, etc. Indieate 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 colu1nn 5 after all addi-tional expenses of the 1nethod 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

On this page draw or attach a map of your county, showing community boundaries and number o£ farm bureau members in each community.

Locate officers and executive committee with an X. Locate community committeemen with a dot .

4

On this page draw or attach a map of your county, showing community boundaries, and locating thereon demonstrations listed on page 5 of this report .

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SUMMARY REPORT OF WORK OF COUNTY AGENT.

(A) LIST OF DEMONSTRATIONS.

Number ~arne of demonstration, classifying under of

(1) crops, (2) live stock, (3) s0il, ( 4) demon-farm business, (5) miscellaneous. strations,

1919. ILLUSTRATIVE EN'l'RY.

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1919. 1919.

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*See explamtion given on page 2, instructions for tabulating results of demonsLration work.

6* Total . profit du':l to mcrease g1ven in column 5, 1919. $4,200

DISTRIBUTION OF WORK OF COUNTY AGENT.

(Include both field and office work in each project.)

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SUMMARY REPORT OF WORK OF COUNTY AGENT-Continued.

-Number. (B) CROP PRO.JE CTS .

List only work done in connection with demonstrations and campaigns incident to crop

projects. 1

1. Farms selec bing seed corn in fall _---... ___ . ·-" _______ . _____ .. ·-... __ . ___ ..

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!elative to corn culture mo?i:fied as a result of corn projects (include spread of j / ;J.-O

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17. Farms treating seed potatoes for- diseuse ____________________________________________________ __ ---=---18.

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Acres of potatoes planted with seed treated for disease ___ _______ ________ __________________

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Total number of farms on which potato growing was introduced or fan n practice 1

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Total acres of potatoes involved in quest.ion 19 ___________________________ ___ ---T--- -- -~---- 1

Total number of farms on which hay growing was introduced or farm practice [ I

relative to hay culture modified as result of hay projects (inelude spread of .

influence from demonstrations)---.---___________ ___________ --'---~-- _____ J

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22. Total acres of hay involved in question 21 ______ ____ __________________________________________ --- - ---~--- 22 23. Total nuinber of farms on which alfalfa growing was introduced or farm practice

rel~tive to alfalfa culture mo~ified as result of alfalfa projects (include spread '

of Influence from demonsj;ratwns) ---.--- ______ --- 23 24. Total acres of alfalfa involved in question 23 ________________________________ __ ______________ ___ /__()__(?_ __ 24· 25. Total number of fa.rms on which sweet clover growing was introduced or farm

:practi~e relative to swee~ clover culture modified a~ result of sweet clover pro-

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-Jects (Inc!ude spread of Influence from demonstratiOns) --- ___ ---26. Total acres of sweet clover involved in question 25 _ --- ___

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27. Total number of farms on which soy bean growing was introduced or farm practice

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

spread of influence from demonstrations)--- _____ _ -~- -

--28. Total acres of soy beans involved in question 27 --- ___ ____ =-: _____ _

29. Total number of farms on which cow pea growing was introduced or farn1 practice

relt;ttive to cow pea culture mo_dified as result of cow pea projects (include spread ..._ of Influence from demonstra twns) --- ______ - --- -

~-30. Total acres of cow peas involved in question 29 ________ _____________________________________ - -~- - -

--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) _______________ _

32. Total acres of winter or hairy vetch involved in question 31 __ _________ _________________ _ - - ~ -

--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 fron1 demonstrations) ___ ---___________________ -:: ___ __ _

34. Total acres of barley involved in question 33 __________ _______________ __ ___ _______ ___________ _

---==---35. Total number of farms on which rye growing was introduced or farm praetice

relative to rye culture modified as result of rye projects (include spread of in- / O fluence from demonstrations)--- --~--- ---- --- - --- --- ---____________ __ _ 36. Total acres of rye involved in question 35 -"-'---~---~---________________________

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37. Total number of farms on which orchards were planted or fann practice relative to horticulture modified as result of orchard projects (include spread of

influ-ence from demonstrations)---- -- - --- - - ---- - -- - ---- --- --- -- --- -~-.: __________________ ______________ _

25 26 27 28 20 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38. Total acres of orchards involved in question 37--- ______ -=:-.::______ 38

39. Total number of farm~ on whi~h red, a.lsike,_ or white. clover growing was

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

as result of clover projects (include spread of influence from demonstrations) ____

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39 40. Total acres of clover involved in question 39 ___________________________________________ ____________ :-.::-::-______ 40