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acr•••About 229,397 acrea in faraa and ranchea. Iapreved land 1• farma 31,•84 acrea.
rereenta&• land area in faras 23.
Tetal pepalati n 22,000. Rural Populatien
3,too.
Number ef faraa 101,.Avera&• abeut 105 acres each.
Tetal value ef all !ara preperty $8,059,137. Elevation -f farm land frem ~,000 te 81000 f et.
Principal arepa in er,er •f acreac• ar• aa f•llewas
Alfalfa and ther hays, 16,305, acrea, total preaucti•• et 291983 tona. Fniit 2201657 tr•••, proauctien abeut 600 •ara. Cern. 315-i7 aer a 8014:27 b•• Wheat 11590 acres
24,&10
b••
Vegetables and vine ere,•, 500 acr••• Oata 1,244 acrea, 391750 bu. Barley 520 aerea, 10,71• b•• The average yiel ef each cr•p thi year waa:Alfalfa 3.5 tena per acre. AYerage fer all hays and ferag• 2 tena per acre. Cern 30 b•. per acre. Wheat 20 bu. per a4re. Oata 39
b••
per acre. Barley 20 b•o per aare.There are in the Ceunty LiTeateek as fellewa:
Her••• 31000; Beef catt•l 15,000; Dairy cattle 2,000; Swine 3,500; Peultry 100,000; Beea 11000 hiv•••
And pure brea animala aa f•llewa:
Stalliena, 3J Bulla ltO; Cewa 130J Swine 160a Th•r• 1• a tetal ef 25 ail•• fill•• tkia year.
A large percentage ef the land in Fre ont Ceunty 1• • fit
fer c•ltivati•n. The ••11 Yariea froa a •••Prick aanay l•a• al•n& the Ark n aa River tea po r n•n-predueing shale • f th• higher
•••as. ~·Th.e shale eut crepa are few hewev•r, an• in general the land is very fertile. The rain fall 1• net auffioient t• mature ereps, and 1rr11ati•n ia practic••• We have perhaps•••• of the beat irri1ati•n ayateaa in th• state. Seae alkali 1a present
••• t• peraiateat an• ever irri&ation.
Irrigated land ia value• at
~r••
175.00 t• 1200.00~•r
aar•, ana er ltar• lana at $150.00 t• 300.00 per acre. N•••irri1at•• land aella at fro $10.00 to i30.00 an aare.Tae eliaatic cenaitiona are exe•llent, the suamers ar•
•••Paratively l•nc and net 1tnpleaaantly wara, an• the winters are ahert anti epen.
Tranapertati•n faciliti•• are Tery
c••••
The Denver and Ri• Gran•• Wemler Railrea• runs Eaat ana West threu&}l the Ceunty fellewin& the Arkanaaa RiYer, an• branca ef the Santa Fe Rail• read r11.na fr•• Pueble te Can~n City. There are numareua welliaprovea C unty Rea••- and secondary state Aighwaya. Frement Ceunty aa perhapa as fine a ayatea • f r . . ••
as
any ether area ef similar aiz• in Celerado.•u•
t• th• large nwaber •fainin&
caaps in th• Ceunty.Theusanaa ef m•n ar• eapleyea yearly by ta• ainini• eil• ana etaer i ·uatri••, th s making the· surplus ef fa~• preduct• and liveateck preaucea Tery small.
BRI.i!iF H.i~'l'OR.Y O.tt· COLiNiY .c1.ui!..N·.1 WU.h:A. IN Fli~ON.1. t.iUul,.-lY.
County agent werk atartea in Fremont Ceunty i J ne 1916•
and centinu•• •ninterru.ptealy until Jan 1, 1920. At tkat ti•• the Ceunty Agent left and the Ceunty was without a agent •ntil Aug. 15, 1920. The Ceunty Fara ;Bur••• Organizatien waa kept
intao~, however. and th• w~rk waa carried en by the efficera as best they ceuld. While no finite pregraa ef werk waa eutlinea ana fellewed by the Fara Buraa• auring 1920, atill cenai erable werk waa acceaplishe, especially in the livaste k ana erep pr•jecta.
The work ef th• Ceunty Agent has b••• caabin•• wita the dutiea ef Ueu.nty Berti ultural 1•apect•r• Thia tak•• considerable ti•• fr•• the Agent w•rk in the spring and fall aentha, b t fer the
present at least, the Agent 11111st attena te•tn• inap• ter aati••• The ••st aarkea. 1apr•v•ment in Agricultural affair• ef the Ceunty sine• the Agent work started is the er,anizatien affect•• by the faraera. In 1916, there were 2 •••1-actiT• far erat
aaaeciati· na; aCeunty Herticultural Seciety and a Ceunty Liveateck Asaeciatien. Immediately after th• Agent work atartea, th• Fara Bur•a• waa erganizea and it haa aevelepea i its present efficienoy frea neighberha•• fara•r•' cluba t• th• Ci111tunity Fara Bur•a-.
All • f theae erganizati•n• w•rk with and thr ug the Ceunty
Fara Bureau. ·
Another particularly noticeable improvement ia the quality ef livest ck kept. The Ceunty Para iaporting pure br•• s wa, cews and sires, th• prejeny f whieh are aola at extremely lew pr1 eat• reaidenta ef the Ceunty ha den• considerable tewara iaprevin& liveat ck. Many 1ndiv1aual farmera have import•• pure brea airea ana females and frea these animals ae •
1•••
,l•••
as been put in all the eeaaanitiea. Th• Pi& Cluba br1ngia& ia pure brea ateck fer its aembera
ha• ••n•
very•aa
fer th• pie ind••try 1• the county. The Calf Clubs by brin&inc ia a!i••sraae ateck haa aon• very auch. fer the &airy inciustry 1a the <» unty. The fara bur•a• ceaaitt••••• 1 th• Tarieus c•• unit!•• la tneir werk in th• interest ef better •t•ck, haa been the chief f•r••• werkin& t• brine abeut thia aeairable•ban&••
Threu1• the activi-ties ef the fara bur•a• and ita ••mbera, many ail•• have been ereetea ana the metho• •f feeding aairy and beef eattl• alter•• ana bettered to a aenai erable ••1r•••Mark•• iaprevement in the crepa can be seen in e.very part j f the ee•nty. Thia iaproveaent haa been acc•altliahea -threugh the iapertatien af new varieties and. variety teat. Ala• by brin&in& in re11•t•r•• ••••• ef cern, alfalfa, wheat and rye. Durin& the pas~
tw•
years 59 crep varlet) taata haYeb•••
carriea en witlt. th• reault taat. we ave feund. •••• ••• Tarieti•• well aaapt•• to eur cenditiena. 2.000 lba. ef recisterea Minneaeta Ne. 13 •••• ••rn was breught in during 1921 ana aiatribut•• t•30 farmers with th• reault that
w
h~ve &r@wn in th c unty urin the past tw y ar b tt r U1an !00 aor s f regi t r~ern. Durin the paat year 1500 lba. ef regi terea Minn aeta Ne. 13 waa ahipped te eight ceunties in th at,te fer•••••
in and aiatribut•• fairly well ever the ceunty. Grima
alfalfa ana Petkus rye seea ha• been iaperted with the result that th s &r•ps are well iatributea over th• county. These are all new varieties that have been brought in and have
praven well adapt•• to our eonditiena and are aoin& cenaiae ~ able tewara increasing th• preductio ef
th•••
.repa.A Federal Fara Lean Asseciatien kaa been erganizea and ha
aon•
a great ameunt ef business, thua givin& aany faraers financial assistanceoA Ceunty Livesto k Shipping Aaaeciati n has been er anized, an during the P-,St few year• has been eenaiderabl• ef a
saving te live tock shippera f the county.
Ttr• &h the intenaiT• peultry iapreveaent &&11p~il)IL ~aat th• Frement Ceu•ty Peultry Asaeciation ana the Fara Burea
Peultry Pr•j• t committ••••n haTe put on the aavanta1es •f th• pe ltry industry ha oeen tapreve• and increase• t• a Tery aark•• ext•nt
aur1nc
th• paat tw• years. We have lai•particular •aphasia en thia preject ana have advanced it te aueh
a
••&ree that Fre ent C unty 1•n•w
censiaeree the peult,ry oenter •f Celerade. •aa••
net nly imprevea and increasea eur flecks and p ultry preaucts but w• have al•• aev•l•P•• ai&h clasa eutaide markets te take ear• •f eurt~~••nlous
in•rease ef peultry preducts.Threu1h the Ceunty Agent and The Ceunty and C••m•nity C amitt••••n censiderable work has been aene en paat eraai-catien. In all, nine pest districts have been erganizei ana done efficient werk. Three leaf reller aistricts were er-ganiz•• and were enforced three yeara. Threugk the werk ef these districts aonsiderable inferaati n was 11Ten eut te the faraers en the contrel ef the leaf reller peate with tae
rea~lt that thia pest ia not nearly s• aerieus aa Lt was a few years
a&••
Every farmer within these district• waa fore•• t• spray fer the centrel ef the leaf reller with the result that sea~ very gooaw
rk has be n d•n•. Six prair18••&
aistricta have b&en created and haTo done some excellent work in the radication f thi pest. As a result ef our inten-sive ca paign al ng this lin, we do not have 50% as many aega as we did before thew rk was atabte.
RESUME OF WORK IN 1921
The first thing that was dane during the year 1922 was the perfect~ ing of c mmunity rganizations through which a definite pr gram of wark
coul be put acres.
Tni
was don• in seven communities and definiteprograms f work were adopt.d. Each prej•ct was outlined, and planned
definitely under the WHAT, BY HOM, HO, VvHERE AND HEN m th • Definite
conci e g als were set, and the r sp :nsibility of se ing that the goal was reached was plac~d with a lecal p rson, a preject lea ftr. Definite plans ef how ta acco:nplish the goal were decided upon with a d.efinite period f
time decided upon within.which time to accomplish the goal.
This methea ef carrying nth Extension work in this Ceunty this
year has been very pr•ducti¥e of good results. hile we have not reached
all the gals set, still we fe 1 that if we had not planne definite written programs of w rk in each c mmunity that we woulQ n t have ace mplished nearly as much as we have.
Work underta~en and put across thi year was as foll ws:
Pr ject No. l, Organization•~Our rganization work can b classe~ roughly under four heads, namely, County Organization, Community Organ-ization, Mernb rship, anc.i Annual Farmers Picnic.
Our County Farm Bureau wa r -organized at the Annual Meeting en Dec. 3, 1921. At this meeting officers were elect n and apr gram f w0rk
utlined and adopted. he had good speak rs, go d music and an e.xcell£J.1t
dinner was served. Taken as a whol, our Annual Meeting was very successful. The Community Org;;.niza tion thr ugh ut the coLmty was fairly uccess-ful. Organizations we1:e perf ct"d in seven com~·1unities and &finite programs of work outlined, which in all cases but one, were carried out t
a fairly successful c mpletion. Five communities held regular monthly meetings during a greater part of the year. A Community chairman was. el cted by the peopl, and h and ~he County Agent together, selected local project leaders. In this way psrsons were selected who were adapte for the proj cts.
A County Membership Co1.1mi tt ~ was appointed by th County Farm Bureau Executive Committee and tnis committee had complete charge of and were
responsible for the County Farm Bur au M~mbership Campaign.
The Stat Farm Bur a.u put on a Membership Campaign in the County
on the tnree yE,ar plan basis and 10.00 membership aues. This campaign was almost a failure due to the increase in membership dues and t the poor solicit· r that the Stat Farm B~r au br0ught in to d the work. Only eighty-five memb rs were secur din the campaign.
Our Annual F~rmers Picnic was held in thew st encl , f the County at
CQaldal. Ab·ut fur hundred people attend~d th picnic. While this is not
a larg crow still we feel that it is pretty god considering the 1 cation
e se ur d the app intment of Agricultural Standing Committees an the Canon City Chamber of C mm rce. Th se committees have given us v ry
go supp rt in Gur work this year.
A Community Fair Asseciati0n was organiz d at Fl r nee f r th purp se
f nducting a Cgmmuni ty Fair annue.lly.
A C~unty Fair AGs ciation was org~nized at Flarenc f r the purp se of creating int rest in and holding a County Fair annually.
A temporary fruit grow rs shipping association was organized f r the purpos of c•- perating with the Agricultural C llege in assisting the Fruit Gr wer t market their ppl s.
Pr ject No 2• Seeds an Crops Improvement--On Dec. 31 the secen
Annual County C rn ami Grain Show was hel in ,1 nn ct ion with the Annual m ting. There were appre~mately thirty two farmers enter d grain in thi~
how.
W have continued the ~,ork start <i la~t year on grain standarcUzati n. Minnes ts N<i>. 13 c rn, Petkus rye, Kanre · and. Marquis whea~ are the V"rieties we are standardizing -n at the present time. We breught register•••~ ,• in ·1ast year and it has been distribute• fairly well over the county. 100 acres
ef Kanred, 105 acres ef Marquis, 155 acres of Minnesota Ne. 13• ana 86 acres ef Petkus rye were grown in the county this year.
Cr p variety tssts have be n carr1 don this year in five communities, to try to find i f p ssible varieties better adapted te our conditians.
We
had 16 corn variety tests, 2 Sy bean tests, 20 Petka.a rye aemonatrationa, l p tato, six wheat, and 2 clever variety tests.
~3 farmers planted seed which had bean tested fer germination
ana
purity.A Ceunty Crop Inspecti0n Cemmittee was appointed and. seven field.a
ef cern
an•
l field f wheat were inspected. Eight Farmers aent grain aeeato the State· Lab ratory fer germination and purity tests and fer registration. ~300 lbs. ef Petkus rye were brought into th• ceunty n distribute&
t• 20 farmers. Thia was planted and used aa pasture demonstration. On• ••m•nstration using Ladin• Clever wa carri a eut and 2 using awe t clever were cenduatea. Six acres ef land were plantoa te the Morten Mixture as a
pasture dem0nstration.
Preject Ne. 3, Livestock Improvement--IP~• principally te th• scarcity • f meney and the low value • f livestock, not many pure br• animal were br ugnt int• th• county this year. 13 pure bred beef bull•, and 2 pure bre~ airy bulls
w
re brought in during th• year. 8 pure bred dairy bulls were exchanged. 4 registered ma~• hogs were brought in the c unty this year and seven were exchanged. Thera wnre eight regi t•r•a bilta breu.ght int• the ceunty auring the year and 2 f these were Duree Jer ey frem the Col raie Agricultural C llege.twe-day livestock school was conducted by th• State Liv stock Specialist at Hillside, with an att ndance of 35 farmers.
A eri•~ ef livestock meetings were held ver the western part of the county and a set of excelle~t livestock impr•vement Storept.1 an lim.ea were ahown at these meetings.
Th• Fr•m•nt-P1rk Oattl Ass ciation went on record as· favoring
t:r.
range law ef Cel rade with regar«s te the pure bred bull.A campaign was put o , en the use f Blackleg Vaccination. Thia
has resulted. in several farmers ad.opting this practice.
In c•- para. ti n with. the D. & R. G. W. Railr ad C mpany th• farmers ef the H ward C mmunity built a stockl ading pen. The farmers furnished the pests nd did the work, while th railroad company furnished the plans, tho site, all the mat rials except the pest,
ana
auperintendea the building ef the yardo Seventeen farm r worked for f0ur days builaing the yardataking a t•tal of 72 m n whe devoted th ir labor en this pr jact~
Preject.N. 4, Peultry-~The aec na Annual Frem nt C unty Peultry sh•w was hela during Decemb r. 80 p ultrymen xhibite a tetal f 400 bir o
A three-day p ultry achool was helu at Canon City Feb. l, 2, and 31 under the a.irection of the State P0ultry Specialist. There as total
ttendance of 703 auring the three days and th9 interest was v ry good.
Th• Fremont C unty Poultry Associatien purchased a good library ceYering all phases ef p ultry husban ry, which is being used te geod advantage by members.
Tw poultrymen were assisted in securing proper brooding outfitso
Thrs• 4emonstrations
w
re run n cost of raising pullets te laying age.A silver tr phy was awarded t G
C unty Egg Laying C ntost.
s.
Turner as winner ef th 1921
A marketing and c -operative buying department f the Ceunty P ultry Ass ciation was organizea for the purp se of purchasing fe u c -op ~atively anci for the purpose of finding an eutsid.e rket for Cancn City P ultry Pr ducts.
Inter st has been aroused through ut the c unty in .th stablishment ef the Stat~ Egg Laying Cont~st which is ta be established in Canon 6ity.
A poultry culling campaign was ·cenductea uring the m nth f August,, and eight c0mmunities were reacheQ in this work. Professor Uff-ra spent three days in the c unty giving p ultry culling aemonstr.tions. 150 farmers were roached, whil Mr. Uffori was here.
Project No. 5, Home Imprevement-wA series of meat canning dem nstratiena were conduct d by Mis Maud Sheridan with five communities reach
a
and atetal attendance of 104 women.
Three millinery acho ls were conduct d by Mrs. Hyae, State Cl~thing
Specialist, fur communities were reache with a total ef 117 women.
Nine dress for making demenstration wer hela, 21 dress f0r were made at these meetings and there was a total attendane lf 119 wom n.
ihrae prss ure eooker dem nstrations w r• conductea, five cemmunitiea
were reached nd ther was a t tal f 104 women ~ttended these dem
nstrat-i ns.
Sugg stion and assistance were given thre homes n installing water
system and fur homes nth c nstruction of icel ss refrigerat ra.
Projoct N • 6i, Pest C ntrol--M st of the w rk done n p ~st contr 1
has b en with prairi dogs, 1 af roll ran codling m th. Th Fr mont
Ceunty Farm Bureau, and Fremont-Park Cattle Grower Ass ciation, and the
U. S. Bi 1 gical Survey ••-•P rate en the prairie deg era ica tiu:1. w rk
Five prairie g p~st i tricts function during the year. Attal of
2,000 gall na f poison bait wer istribute t th farmers f Frem nt an,
Park C unties. This work resulted in the ~xtermination of thousands f
aog
and the saving fer farmr
~f thousands f dollars.Syst matic spraying f r th 1 af r ller arid codling m th was practiced
quit gen rally wer the c unty this year. 1500 acres f orchara were
spraye with oil f r t.he leaf roller and about 1700 acres f orcharGi. was
giv n two sprays f arsenate of 1 a f r control f the codling moth.
The C unty Agent and a committee from U1e le cal grange ecurea. a
reduction f $5.00 per barrel n il spray. This reduction was secure
from a 1 cal de ler and resulted in a saving f $500.00 t• the fruit
gr wers f Fr m nt C unty.
Durine ur Extension Horticultural school tw me ting were aevotea
t th discussion of the leaf roller, c dling m~th and oomm n insect p sts.
Dr. GillJtte and Mr. Yetter w r here and gav us some very valuabl
infermation nth e pests.
·Eight pocket gepher demonstrations were hel in this c unty with a
t tal attendance of 46.
Th
u.
S. Biel,gical Survey put a man in this county te carry onprairie dog eradication w rk. This man's salary was pai by the Biol gical
Survey and his traveling expenses were borne by the Frem nt-Park Cattle
Gr wer Aeaociation.
Pr ject No. 7, Horticulture-~A tw
held at Canon City an March 14, an 15.
Mr. L
cklin addressd
ti~ fruit growersmeetings were held during the institute farmers.
a y
horticultural institute waDr. Gill tte, Mr. Yett~r, and
n Horticultural tGpics. Fur
with a total attendanc f 221
A me ting wash 1 on March 14, at which time Mr. All welt ciescrib ci.
the objects and th working ef the Colorado Inspection Servic. 42
farmers attend• this meting and many misunderstandings were clear• up.
Two pruning dsmonstrations were giv n with a total attendance of 52 farmers.
51000 3pecimen of n r ery st ck were inspecte by the C unty Ag nt
during th year.
Fiv apple grading and inspection emonstrations were conduct ci by
Mr. McKune and Mr. Hart. 105 farmer attende these meetings nd a great
A temporary mark ting association was organized for the purpose f assist ing th farm r to dispos of thi years apple crop.
Pr ject No. 8, Fairs and Picnics--Ce1a~unity Fair Association organize4
at W tmore. Community Fair was hel and 1200 p opl attended. Vsry ex• cellent exhibits of farm, orchard, and-gard n products wer ma•• All
classes of livestock and poultry wer well filled.
Fr mont County made an exhibit f farm and orchard products at the State Fair. Our Horticultural display was by far th 1ar6est and best a~
the Fair.
Our
ho~ticulture diaplay took swe pstakes and ur general c unty exhibit succeeded in bing place 7th. Ag od exhibit of livestock wasent from th County Far and
w
succ eded in getting ev ral ribbons in the H lstein classes.The C unty Farmers Annual Picnic was hel at C aldale, with an attendance of 400,
A county fair asseciatien was organized at Fl ren~e and it is hoped that w can get a fair started by n xt year.
Penros community h ld a big celebration and barbecue on Labor Day for the c lebration of th breaking of ground f r the new res rv ir which is in cours f construction at the present time.
Project No. 9, C -operative buying ana marketing•-A marketing · department of the Fremont C unty poultry Association wa organized t r
the purpose of buying feed c•-•P•rat1vely and f r the purpose of finding an eutsid market f0r sem of our poultry products. This work has result~
ed in th8 f llowing business being done and the following saving to the.
farmer~
2900 lbs. of dry buttermilk feed was brought in and aeliv red to poultrymen at 4¢ per pound.less than the local price. Making a saving af
$116.00 t ttc farmer.
One truckload f br ilers was marketed c - p ratively with a net
priee
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a¢ ab ve local prices, making a saving cf $42.00 to peultrymen.On Jun 1, an agrs ment was entered into with a firm in C l . Springe wh reby the a~s elation wast furnish all the eggs it could each
w
k, with the result that the following amount of business has be n done. -208 cases of eggs shipped with a total amount of business done of $2,210.00~ Thi haz resulted in a saving f $208.00 te members of the association.Outside market has been fund for all the turkeys we can supply at consi erable f a pr mium abov 1 cal prices. An agreem nt has b en
nt red into with two firms in Denv r wh reby we are to furnish them with 31500 lbs. of dressed turk•Y• The price wear to get will be 5¢ p r lb. above local prices. This will r ult in a total business of il225.00 being
aone with a saving of $175.00 to turkey raisers.
A temp rary marketing asseciation was organized for the purpas of assisting the fruit growers f Fremont Ceunty to mark t th ir appl crop
this y ar. A t t a l f 787 boxes were shipped through the association with a total f $644.35 cf business don. This work resulted in a saving ef J39.35 to the fruit grower.
C0unty Bee Insp ctoro
Tw day school wash ld at Canon City on March l anQ 2. Fur
meetings wcr held at this time with a total attendance of 143 farm rs. Tw
the stat
d m nstration apiaries were establishe
be specialist. under the direction of
A bee improvement fiel tour was held on June 5. 30 bee keepers
attended this tour and foul breed Has pointe_ out to them arQ a dem nstration and ins1,ructions were tii ven ~m just how to cl an up this · is as •
A meeting of the bee k epers was held at which time
Mr.
Pactdock, Iowa Stat b specialist wash r and gave us a lectur on mark ting andrganization.
On Oct. 6, State Bee Speci~list Bo~6s, visited the two demonstration apiaries and. gave the demonstrators instruction n Wint ·r packing ..
Miscellan ous-~Fr ment County Fruit Day was inaugurated and hel on Oct. 5, for th purpose of advertising Frem nt County ii.pples. It is
stimat. that 51000 pe ple attended th celebration. Hundreds f
bushels f apples were given free by th fruit growers of the tl.anon
City district on that day. Hundreds of peopl• came from utsid the county an a big shar of them purchased their winter supply.
\e have emphasised the d monstration work thr ugh ut all of our projects. The t tal numb,er of d.emonstrations in th county this year wer 2060 'Xhe
total u 1nber f demonstration meetings 55, with a total attendance f. 937. Attal of all meetings held in the county including dem~nstration meetings and me tings on all projects were 200, with a total attendance of 61594. The total number of pe ple reached on aericultural work during the year including m& tings, picnics and fairs, ffice call, farm visits and demonstration visit w·er 131889.
Agricultural articl s written by the County Agent and published in l al· papers. 142. Articl s written by farm bureau m&Tlloers arni extension apeci lists publish din 1 cal pap rs wa 23. Personal lett~r written in mail by Agent, 1242. Circular letters writt n and mailed by Ag nt. 5517.
The t tal number of community and county pr ject leaders 62. Number f conferenc h,l with lea ers 247a Numb r of vi its te dem nstrations
267.
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nber of viaita fr m specialists 60a Nuaberof
time helpec. by1 al G mmittee en 910
Farmers day was held at th Chatauqua this year an three hundre ticket were given free to farmers and their families· by th 1 cal
Chatauqua committee. ·
An intensive campaign was put on throughout thfi coun~y for the
purpose f defeating t~-• ~ti•vivisection bill. The l"rement., C unty Mediaal
As:..., ciation, the druggists of the county, and the ceunty .l,!;XLctnsion organ•
ization co-eperating in this work, with the r sult that the measure was
Pr
ject No. 1.ORGANIZATION.
Our organization work b gan n Dec. 3, 1921, on which date we h ld our Coun_ty Farm Bureau Annual M~eting. Due t the intense eel and stormy w ath r a t that time the att ndance was small, nly 73 people being present. The pe pl• not only showed interest in the go speaking, god music an good dinner, but a surprisingly 1 t
f interest was als shown in th busin-ss sessions. County Officials
anci Executive Committee were elect d ancd a c unty pr gram f work utlined an~ adopt d. ·
Our County prejocts wer cutlin d definitely un•er the hat, By Whom, How~ When and 'here method. Definit& concise goals wer
set ana the responsibility of sEeing that th•
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al wa.u reached was Placed with th project lead r. D finite plan f how te ace-plish the geal was worked out and adopt d with a definite time ecidei
upon within which te accomplish the goal. This method f organizing ur work has be n productive of god results in the county this year. Vhil we hav not r ached th goals set in all projects, still we feel that we hav accornplish~d more than we would have without the use f
definite plans.
Our com ,_unity rganiza tion work was fairly successful thr ugh-ut th county. Organizations w I'e perfect• in 7 communities, and 6 have functionad all year.
Th• C mmuni ties were -rganiz d through consultation with
imiivici-uala, and conferences of Community lead. rs me ting t g ther, and
through community meetings .
In 11 cases the chairman of ur community rganization were
el cted by the peopl .-. Program work was discussed at open me tings, then a f w lea ers ef the com.·,uni ty met together ana. a program f
work was outline . This program was then submitted t the people cf the community f r ad.option, rejectior~, r fc;,r changes. After a definite well planned, writt n, pr gram of work was decided up n, ·the chairman and the County Agent s .. l ctnd the pr ject lea ers. In this way we feel that we secured the prople who were best adapted t carry out thG
various projects to a successful completion.
The State Farm Bureau put on a membership campaign in the county n the nThree y ar plan° basis and fl0.00 membership duos. Their campaign was alm st
a
failur , duet the increase in membership duesand to the very poor solicitors that the State Farm Bureau br uJht in,
t© da th work. · Only 85 members w r secured in this campaign a against
300 for the pr vious year.
The Annual Farm r Picnic was held. in th west end of the county,
at Conldale. About 400 peopl attended th picnic. This is not av ry large crow I
but we feel that it was fairly good considering the ~lace
wh re it was held and that this was th~ first tim anything like that
ha been attempted. So successful was the picnic di nn r and the. after
-noon sports t.1.1at i t was voted by the people thor t make it an annual
•
FQr the first time, standing Agricultural comrnitt es wer
appoint-ed by the Board f Dir ctors of the Uanon City Chamber of Comm rce. These committees have 0 ivan us very go~d support in carrying on on work
uri_ng th year.
A comrnul1ity fair association was ort;anized at W tmore for tho purpose. of conducting a community fair, annually. Th ass ciation got busy and put on av ry good ccmmunity fair this y ar. Th~
ass ciation has been r rganiz d and plans ar under way to hol a
two ~ay fair next year.
A Ceunty Fair asso~iation was organiz d at Fl rence fvr the purpos of er ating interest and holing a County Fair. However, owing to the scarcity of m ney, the county fair proj .ct was drepp~d this y ar but we are in hopes of g tting started next y ar.
At mporary Fruit Ur wers Association was or6anized for the purpose f c -operating with the Col rad, Agricultural C J.lebe·in
assisting the fruit growers of Fremont County to market their year•s appl crop.
A mark ting department of Fr mont County Poultry Association was erganizeQ for tn purpose of buying f eQ and poultry supplies c•-op ~atively an also for the purpose of finding an utsid market for cur poultry products. This d partment has functioned all year and consid r•ble assistance has be n render• members of the ase ciation.
~ total of 68 meetings and conf rences wer h 1 0n this preject during the year with a to~al attendancs of 1240. A tetal of 62 leaders
w r secured to carry on projocts work throughout th county this y ar. Th se people have don• most of the work and~ great deal of the credit for its success is ue t~&bo pe pl•. A tetal ef 40 days_ were spent on their prej•cts during the year.
Pr0ject No. 2.
GRO.t'S AND SEEDS IM.r? .. ~ V__,r l\JTi:>.
On of the outstanding r sults of our work thls ·y ar is th
crops and seeds improvemen~. Ours cond annual Frem nt County Corn
and Grain Show was hel« on Dscemb r 3. Thi show was hel in
conn ction with the County Fal'r Bur au Annual meeting and th
att~ndance was fairly good.
The numb r of t~xhibi ts excee e our exp ctations1 c..n th r were
sev~ral exhibits arriv ~ too late to b ent~r • There were 32
exhibits entere with a total of 250 ears of corn and seven exhibit
f small grait. We candid r this a good sho~ing for this county
and it · d considerabl to\var stimulat::..ng int ,rest in better se •
'J;his little show dici as much as ~ .. nything to h lp put, across our crops
and seei~ improvement project thie yaaro
Corn improvem~nt this y ar was a continuation of the work we
started last year. In the high r parts of th county wher .vhi te
Australian is grown almost .•ntirely
w•
c0ntinu g_ th variety t stsw.,, start~d. last year. Six d monstrations w r.., run with two varieties.
Gehu has mads gooci in altitud s wheret oth r corn will not matur. N
o t h e ~ e t y we hav tried has yial e with th Australia.n,
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Them st important phase of our corn improv m nt work is th•stanjar(i~ation. starte this work in the B av r Park istrict
iast year, by bringing in 2,000 lbs. of regist re Minnesota No. 13
and distributing it to 30 farm rs. Eight grow rs fiol s w re
inspect-• and ears mpl s s nt to th · State S d Laboratory an t~sted for
germination and purity in ull ibht cases th corn was r gi ter d
accor ng to th· Stat Agi·oncrny Specialist's plan.
These grow rs a r ·lrnishing certifie Minn sota. N • 13 s ,,e corn to any farmer who esir&s it, with the r sult that we have 165
acres f corn rown in the county from s • secur d from th s• grow rs.
1500 lbs. c rtifieu. .... e d. was shippe t 8 counti s in th s t : r a •
at 5¢ per p und. We feel that this is fairly good fer a county ju3t
b ginning in this work. ·
~ h r grains that we ·~r• standardizing on ar Kanred and Marquis
wheat an Petkus rye. Last year 1500 lbs. f certifiei Kanred ant 1,000
lbs. certifi
a.
M rqui~ w r brought into th ~ county an d.istributet farmers an thi year th re wa a total of 100 acr f Kanr ~
gr0wn an 105 acr s of Marqui Thi year w brought in 4300 lbs. f
certified Petkus rye aead and istribut d i t t o 20 farmero. A. t tal
:r 86 acres was planted. to Petkus rye thi year. Grimm alfalfa !S!.
a
~ .s been brought in uring past year3 until it is very well istri~
bute over the county,
Crop variety t sts an emonstrations have been carriea on this
year in 5 communities, t try t find if poesiblv, varieties b tter
aaapte _ to our conditions. W• had 16 c rn vari ty tests, 2 s.y·bean
ciemonstrationa, 20 Petkus rye t,ests ana. 6iemonstrations, l potate ·
Accura t
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ta is not ¥ ilable at the pJ:~.s•nt time on thes , emn-tra'l:u.,.1 .. ;, d.ue t various reasons. The c rn crep is not harvest•• as yet because sveryboQy has b en picking apple this fall. The
Petkus rye an some of t:1• wheat and corn ciemonetrationa were a failure
thia y•ar au• t the xtrem• arough. The Soy bean dii nothing in this community.
plant~, see last spring, which had been test•• for
germination and purity. On• hunar•• seeti testing bl tters were ais• tribute« fer
s•••
testing purposs
by the C unty Agent. Se,d ~•stingis done free by the Agricultural Department of th• Canon City High School, and the Penr se High Schol. More and more, th• farmers are taking a«vantage of this serviGe each year. Ten farmers fr t.his c unty sent se d sampi a ·te the Stat• Seed Labottatory f' r Germination
an• Purity test. ____,/
Our pastuN> improvement work was alm st a failure this year• fiue te th• areugh we ha• 11 summer. 4,500 lbs. f Petkue rye
was
br ught in and distributea te 20 farmers t be used as a dryland pasturea.em nstration. Out of th• 20 a.emon trat1ons e1-ily one gave results. It was l cated in particularly favora.ble epot a mi it pasture• n•
ana n• tenth hea per acre, p r m nth, f•r 5 monthe.
Twe sweet clever ••men tra tions were. carried· gn during the year1 on ury lan« and they carri•, in on• caee~ ne heaa per acre for 6
months, and. in the other, on• and one h.-.lf h•aci per acre f r 5 months. Five pounas of L~ciin Cluver •~ wa secured by Mr. Gee.
s.
ri-u.rner nna us•• ae a pat!ture d.emonstration. Twn ~i• "'-~,e,, wu·o made in planting this se •• On• wa the fact that we us•• oats for a nurse
er p when-we shoula not have use• any, and the ther was the fact that w c v~rcd the seed too de p. While Mr. Turner's r sult this year was not the b st, he· is encourage« t such an extent that he is g ing
te plant all the sea he can possiblysecure anoth r year. Mr. Gebhara
Washington Speciali t, who is in charge of cl ver investig~tions in the Unite .:>tates, paia ur ti.emonstration a visit n August 10, na. gave
ua some very go
a
imfcr mation for handling the er p.Geo • .
s
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'l'urner plante'1. 6 cres of M• ton II s Mixtur• but was not. succ seful in securing a g oa stan. H wil~ res • n xt spring.c unty crops inspect ion commit t~t ~ wa:: n.L1poi nt , ~ (; 111.: 7 fi lds
f corn an~ one fielGi of wh at. wer given the fi l i inspection., fer·
seva registr~tiono
F u r s e corn selection emQn tratione w,a.r hel and 26 farmers were instruct dhow to sel ct seed corn.
One s,ed treatm nt for smut •emonstration was hela with an
attendance of 6 f rmers. Tr atmcnt f se ci grain for smut has become almost a univ rsal practic in this country. Th~ C unty Agent has hear• of only six farm.rs who did not tr at their grains e fer smut this year. Th ir resultf5 w.re so discouraging that thy will never plant grain a 6ain withJut first treating it for smut.
c unty this y ar with n attend.anc of 200 people. Thi~ inclucle!S
emcnstrs.tions and in~tructions meetings, but o•~ a~t inclua
inciivi u· ... l conferences. A total of 38 a.ays was spent on this project
ciuring the year.
We fesl that w have spr ao. th• gosp 1 ef Crops and. S cis
Improvement to goo advantage this year, and we look for continue•
Prej ct Ne. 3.
LIV~ST0CK IMPROVEMEIT.
~h liv steck 1 prov~ment prej ct W' L particularly .hara ene .te
•• anything with this year. This was aue te th• ••pres•• c niition ef the livest ck inauatry. All livesteck men in thia ceunty have besn very hara hit aurine; th• pa.at two yeara a.na they coula. net see where they ceula affora to apena much meney impr ving their stuff until th market c n•itiena get b tter. In fact, net ene • f the livesteck gr wer1 in ten ceula raise m ney f r improvement werk. Fer this reaaen. there haa been but fww r gia~ered animals breught inte the ceunty thia year.
~ e Ceunty Agent ha reeora of the following transacti na • f registered animals: Register•• &airy bulls ahippea int• the ceunty 2; registered beef bulls purchase• by stockm•n 13; eight register•• male h ga wer br ught int• th ceunty ana 7 were exchang •• There w re 8 registerea gil~a brought int• the ceuhty auring the year. Twe • f th•••
were Duree Jeraeya fr•m the Agricultural Cellege. On• ~a• a apettea
P lani China fr m Iewa, ana 5 were Hampahira. fills were th• firs~ Spott•• Pelan• Chinas and Hampshira eyer breught int• the county an• th• owner•/
&re w 11 pleasea w;th their atuff. 1
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two aay livest ck Extenai n achael was con uct • by th State Livest ck Specialist at Hillsiae. A total • f 35 farmers attenaea thia
acho•l and r ceivea some goo• insbuctiona ana infermation en F eiing
an• Breeaing livest ck. Aa a re ult •f this achoel 2 ail•• w re built
! r th purp se of feeaing ailag• in fattenini ration.
A aeries of livest,~Jck meetings wer h•l• •v•r the ••stern part. of
the county on livestock impr•v ment. A geed set of Stereptican ali••• were shown at these m etinga, on impr vea methois offe aing, care, ana
management of liv stock en the farm.
A•
a reault from these meetingsana as a result • f seme personal persuasion n· the part of the County
Agent •n• fil.rPl r built a ailo in the H wara. cemmuni ty.
Them st eutatanaing work i:rt this project was accomplish
a
in th• eommunities ef Coaldal~ an• Hillai«e. An ext ,nsive pure bred range bull camapign was put on by the 1 cal xtensi~n efficera with the re~ult that in C alaal• 9 registere heref ra range bulls were purchased by atockmen, anti 4 regi tore• herefor• range buJ.la were purchas ci. by 11teckmen f Hill•iie. We feel that this is a fairly goo• r cora f r these small cemm~
unities ani we h peas a r sult of these
a
menetrationa many m re • f th st ckmen will eee the light ana join the ranks f the "Pure Breii. Sir 11 farmer.ihe aairy h if r calf club has b enc ntinuea in the Penreae
«istrict. Thes bys anti girls secure& their calves last sprin frem ~ .Wisc nsin an~ in most instances these animal have preven satiafactery. r
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j f r liv stock. In order fer a farmer t ship a c r f livestock it was , necessary f r him t ci.rive 12 miles to a 1 a ine; chute. F r 10 years th farm rs of Hev,ari have been tj, .. ying ne way an• an ther te g t th D. &
R. G.
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railreaa te builci. them a st ck loaaing p n. In their eff rta they w re continually ana persi~tently ignore• by the railr•a« company.Last year _we trie« the f ~llewingmethod. A petition wasgotten up which statej the facta ef the situatiJn. It showe that there were approximat,ly 20 earl a s ef live3tock pr ciucea an• ahippe• fr0m Howar• each year. It sh
w •
that in ariving th• cattle a istance • f 12 mil•• fer l•a~ing, s the farmers were f rcei t•a,
there was a 1 ss f 25 lbs. per _heaa au t their a.rive~ that was absolutely lo~t. The farmer ge~ nothing for it, the railroa co pany receivea nQ freight for it, ana it was an aba lut econ mic lesa.This petition a.ls tated that the farmere of the Hewarti aistr·ict wer, willing t meet the railr ai company half w yon buil~ing this
stock leaiing pen. Th petition was signe~ by every farmer ana stock
grow r in th H wara. ti.istrict. It was then presentea te the railr aci
•fficials through the C unty Agent ant W. H. Olin for their c n ideratien. After c nsi«erable conn spona,nca ana numcraua cunferenc• between railr at fficials an · County ~gent ana others, the railr ad official• promiseci. to L.ave a repru entati ve at a meeting at Hewara te> h ar the people in the preposition. At this meeting a plan waa work
a
ut,where by th stockloa ing p na were to b built. The plan w~.s work•• eut briefly a fellow&: The railr a compa. y guaranteec. to arav. Dlana, furnish the s i t , furniilh all materials -except p-ats, ana superintena the builaing ef the yaraa ana the farmera ef H~~~ri guarantee• to furnish the post an~ a th work of buil ing the yar••• At this meeting 20 farmers pleaget th mselves t work on these yards until they were cGmpletea..
On March 14, 15, 16, ana 17 the railr
aa
c mpany sent a bria.ge~-a&
tc H•war« te a.o this work. The f~rmera had th• pe ta on th• gr unaana there were 17 men w•rk • feur aaya building the yaria, making a total
ef 72 men who• nate~ their labor en thi pr ject.
This spirit ef ep n minaean9ss ~n• ce-eporation en th part of
the .farmers and th railreaa company haa a lvea ne problem whieh n ca••
• lving very .baaly. Th farmers ef the ocmmunity had in the past, been • mewhat arregant in their aemana3 that the railr a c mpany buil• them a. ateckl a ing pen, and. the railr act company
au
to lid.Ck of information an te the at ti \.Ll o th farmers took in this prop si ti n was just as arrogant in per istatly ignoring the farmers iemanQ. However, when :the farmer: v th railreati. c mpany inf rmation an off rea. t meet / them half way in tho buil•ing f the yar s, it waa not hara t ge~ 1 th• ra.ilroati. company" a ce-~peration. .~ ....
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..,,!i!l'l'fffi\.'l':i:. ~ This ia a g ti. j m•n tration ef ce-operative eff rt ~n the part
• f th farmero ana. thr ugh this pr ject al n•, the iciea. ef ce-eperation
has been selti. te practically very farmer in the H wara community. The annual meeting .. ;f the Fr m nt .. Park Cattle growers ass ciation was held in Guffey n May 13. At this meeting action was taken en twe important matt.rs. The prairie aog xterminati n work anti. the action taken te continu their work in co-op ration with tile
u. s.
Biolegical Survey ana to furni h the necessary finances t• k ep a man in the fila
Th• State Pure Bret bull rang law wa consiaerea ant aft r consiierabl • bate the as ociation v tea to require that very man wh turns bulls on .the r~nge aft r Jan. 1, 1924 t have registration papera for ach animal. A cemmittee wa appointed to have compl t charge of thi
w
rk an• before a man can put his bull en the rang• he muat submit his papers to the c mmittee an.a get the CQmmittee•a censentbefere he can turn his bull en th range. This c mmittec has the
unqualifi a backing of the Frem nt~Park Cattle gr
w
rs ass elation 1 enforcing their acti n.blackl g vaecinatien campaign has been put thr ugheut the c•unty, ana it has result•• in the a•epti n f this practic by sev ral stockm•n~ The County Agent has furnishea 50
a
ses of blackleg serum te farmers at cot.There w9r aix •em n trations with an attenaance f 81, hela en th lie t ck preject. mere wer a l • 6 ther meetings with an atteniance ef 241 making. t tal of 322 ~tall meetings. A total ef 16 lays was spent •n this prejact •uring the year.
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POULTRY LrIPROVJ1,MF..l\JT.
Poul tr:i imprwvem nt this y "' r h'.S .. n outs t' n ing in r sul t. bt ir.. d. The Seventh Annual Fr m«mt County ul try sh w W' ueld
in Canon City uring the s c nd w~ek in
a
cemb.1. Th. sh · as very int,resting · nu pr fitable to those who are speci lizing in P ultl'v.TherP- were 400 birds xhibit~d t 80 p ultrymen. Entries w 1· w~ pr s nting pr ctic~lly ~11 V' ri ties of poultry; .lso a numb r cf
turkeys, gees , s;a.r..u rabbi te w re on exhibition. G mpeti ti._,n wa s-p cially k.en in the White Lebhorns, Rhode Island Rd, Barred R ck ~nd
hi te Wy.-ndott olass R. Th se .1 rtunate nogh t win a r·ibbon in any f thes. cl sse5 c uld be justly pr ud f the achievement.
~hi is tJ..i. • c i. y..., r ur .ns ci .. ti.,n 1,·,.. ~ P vi e a utility Q.3
well -s ~ f,ncy class. The f~rmers of the county keep p ul~ry f r the
gp. pr duct ion ..., nJ are more inter st d in t n . uti1J. ty type th~n the fancy tvp i bir~s. Ccns"''lUently th~ utility class and th utility jud0ing in ui1 how .i1.r us coabi r ... bl interest and comment.
The Show was held fer three days and it is stimated that 1200 people visited the show and studied som of th· int resting displays.
Besides the r gular peultry display other interesting f aturee ef the show w r the four types of medel peultry h us s, a model f the trap nest and eeveral fed samples which wer~ displayed.
Taken ae a wh l•, the eh w was very successful and it i very much tewara creating inter st in the peultry industry an help• very mater -ially 1 putting across eur poultry pr j c t work during 1922.
A thr e d~.y peultry school was held at CanenCi.ty, Feb. 1, 2, and 3 under th ir cti n f th State Extensi• Peultry Specialist. Thie sch ol w.ae a wond rful euccee~ from the standp int • f b th att ndance and inter st shown. During the thr e daye 6 meetings wer• held with a tetal attendance ef 702 p•ultrymen.
A epl ndid ceure, f study was pres nted by Mr. Jameieon in such a way that it wae interesting and of great practical value te th. attidente.
The fell wing eubj ct~ w r discu~s•d theroughly and te everyb dye satiefacti n.
Feeding for Egg Pr duction.
Incubation.
Care ef B~by Chicke.
Pr p r Housing f r P ultry. A Stu y of Breeds.
Sal f Breilere. Peul try Cullin&•
Selaotine Breeding P :ns.
t!hick Sel t ti~n.
Building Up tho Flock.
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This ie by far the largest extensien sch lover hel in this
ceunty, and w f l that it di a great d a.l fer the advancem nt of the
peultry industry in thi cti n.
The Fr m nt County Poultry A6seciatien apprepriat d m ney fer th
purchase of a circulating p ultry library. Th bject of thi~ library
is t uc ur~.g pe pl t stud1
y th p ultry industry by sup!)lying them
with the best p seible lit ratur in b k and bulletin f rme. The
eecr tary f th Poul try Ass ciati :m h· s ch~rg o! this library which covers all phas Js f' poultry huebandl'Y• The b ks in this library a.r being used t very good adv·ntag by members ~f the .ss ci~tion.
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Ufford sp.ent thre r1ays in th, c unty ~ivinG culling emon-strati ns. Five culling demonstrationB were held 'urine th thr day~ with a t tal att .. n~t.A.nc f 150 f '·rmers. Eieht communiti s wer re-.ch•d during our culline campa.i£n wlth a tot"l att~ndanc of· 196, , nd
a total of 12 cullinb de1 nstrations.
Due to the int n iv p ultry impr vem~nt campaign tu..t th Poultry
Pr j ct committee put on there hr~d been !U re than 100 fl ck cull d. V~•
hav f 11 wed cullin&
w
rk up f r thr e succ .ssiv y~ars, ~nd I finthat th largest p"rcent f;e four p ultrymen in th Cann City di .... trict
pr· ctico systematic p uJ.try cul1.ing tn· yc"r ~run . It lias n•v r be n
th bj ct f t 1.l Poultry Proj ct Cemmitt, .-.nd the County gent t 3ee
how many fl cks we c uld cull, but ~~ther te see h
w
m.ny farmers wecould t ach how, ·nd get to do their wn cullin3.
Our poultry impr1ovement campaign consist .. d f inf rm .. ti n te th
f~rmer and uemonetn tions •n fe ding, housing, care ~nd manag m nt ~
ti;l flock. A.ls inf rma tion n car • erac:inr. a 1 hi )I)inL;. ,1f egbG.
Th~ foll, \'inc card w-.s print ,d , n . sent ut t poultrym n ~ll
ver th C unty by the C unty Poultry Associ-.t!Qn durin June.
~,;..T T.EIE ROOSTER. "Reas ns f r doing
1. fter lia tchin.a: ~ as n is vertLe r o·s te becomes positiv nuisance.
2. Caus .. s immense 1 ss thr ugh f 1·tile egt;s.
3. Eat~ f d that is need .d f .t· the r~st f th fl ck.
4 . ""r· t ·.te th.-.n wh .... n m-.t d.
5. It is f lly t t 1 rat his preeence in the fl ck at any
ether than during th l.atchin& season.
If y u hav M valuabl. bird and desir t tetain him f r the
n xt year• s breeding se~s n. by all m ans pen .tlim up ih,.tY fr m. tn•
flock. The f rmers f the Unit d St~t s l s ~45,000.00 p r y ar
fr m bad. methods f handling g&s• One~third. f this le i8 due to
holding the r, et raft r tn breeding seiM.s n 'nd ll wing him t run
~ith the flock. One- third f y ur 1 ~scan be prev nt d by is
-P sing of y ur r st r Nm, . ·
Obs rv tn f 11 wine rul o ~nd d your bit toward pr ducine
a better grade f egcs:
l . K ep nests cl an.
3. Keep eges in l pl·
4. Market eggs at 1 ast twice , week.
5. Do not sell ~n egg youwc~d not use y nrself.
6. D n
t
~ll-w early hatched c ckrels r ld male birds torun with th, fl ck aft r Juno l.
li~lp Fremont County t bee me noted ~s produc r f
hiRh-grade eg0s. ·
s a result of the "Swf t th Rooster" campate;n th· t v, .. l-,.v.,
put :·n in this o unty in th past two years, we hav r' is " th ou.-.li ty
ef cur t,{j C')nei ' ·i·•bly. l~U"0 • p",rce,nt -f cur p ul trym. n produc
inf rtil GbS and h ve impr ved their m .. thods of h ndlin~ •6£,s. This
work h~s resul te,..t in ... P ..
r
,at impr vement in th qu~li ty ""f t,~1 ggsproduc • Our quality is L od nough now that we have utl!ide market
for ~11th~ ,, gga w co.n supply· t a c 0 ' premium )V r ~ither local r
Denver nri c .. s.
AQ a utgrowth of our County F gb La~rillb C ntest which was
conducted uring 1921 _.;e.. l~v ;,r•k >d up c n~i"- r.bl intei·est in
f~vor cf the st.t. Ege Laying CGnt st in this c untyo On pril 25,
the board of director~ f the Canon City Chamb r of Commerce ~nd th
executive comr.1i tte.:.. f th Frem n C unty Poul try As soch ... tl n 11 ld &1
1r.rrnt111P' for th purpos f Wf.Jrking up int :j.l'lest in thi~ nr j nt, .1.nei
f submittinG a plan to th~ c-1mrad iericultur l Coll ge f r it
stablir:hment. Both -l'[:/ niz-.ti n o - p r<Ate ·. 1 iccly ®li tu.ii.-; n.r j ct
.. n~ ·t 1, County Agent ::.n"t l the Secret· ry f the Chacb r f' Cemmr,ro w :r
instruct· d t, c . r·ntsp n with t le ffici"'l O~l r~n A~r·icuJ , ...
t,ur~l C ll•L ~ith reglill.r -~ t stablibHing .-. St t,~ ' r,,. · J.Qvin G nt ,st
and t inform the collog t1_:;.t J.:,~1 ~)cu_t:-."'~n.c,.:r: c:-_J. t}' .ou21--~~,.., men
~i Fr{jm0nt Ccn11\.,y ar>G Le 1-.:.1J. · the pr position t the exten:t that they
will furni5h euitable s i t • buildings and aquipm nt fer carrying on
such a contest.
As in all big projects many unf rseen obstacles h~ve be n
n-count r i 0 ettint; th1' w rk st~rt
J
.
~ suitable sit, was ru...r~1 tlocat but finally ne \·ias
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uri.d which was purch(ji,.sed by thw CountyC 0mmi ss icmer · n. turn -u v rl· fer t.r.1.l~ purp s o F urte~n busi ne os m n
and p ultry m n of Canon Ci t:v <."Ubtr·ict spent tw days in the field
selici ting money t put up this plant. Vie have succ ,e d in s cur·inR.:
th sire .n~ raising $1700.00 te put this nroj ct ~crese. Th C unty
C mmisBi ners doriated the necessary land and $1,000. t WRr ,e this
pr j ct, an i ! it .~a.u n, t b ..,n f r t.1i t,Cd. rl;ju illn, c• n
,r
.
tingpi~i t, · f t.1es m n it v1ould .h t o ssi·ol• t put this pro.iect acr ss.
Work will b gin on this building as soon as spring pens UP&
c t r c rd on
Three emonstrat rs were ecure~ • k
r~i ing .u11 ts~ the l•ying age. Only on
and his r c rd is ~i vr:n belov.:
d monstr.t r oomplet EAPEN~E
1954 e&t:.s ®-a¢T----4l·97 .70
lncubo.ting and brooding 11.27
1500pounds c al---12.00 Lab r---90.00 Tetal
$3
61.3~ REC ~IPTS 210 br il rs@ 42JT~~~a9.25 30 friee@ 50~--- 15.00 13 broil rs@ 26¢---- 4.42 'l: tal ~ 108. 67290 pullets an 30 c ckrels were raised at
65. It cost this p ultrym-.n f789 t~ rais, each
m n tht,
:r
•t-.e
.
total c st f his pull~t
f $252 •
t
s.
Ceunty Bgg Layi g c_ ntest. Mr. Turn~r had a fle~k f 70 white legherne. His birds avffrag d 172 eggs each. Th tetal cest was $189.71 and the tet.u. egg rec ipte was $35.7.84 leaving a n t prefit of $167.97 fer the tetal flock and a net pr f~t • f $2.39 fer each bir~. Mr. Turner made a net prefit • f 16¢ per dozen and it cest him 88 eggs te ke peach pullet one year.
mark ting department f the Frem•nt Ceunty Peultry Aseeciation was erganized for the purpose of buying fed ce-op ratively and fer the purpos ef marketing poultry pr ducte c•-•P ratively.
We haQ n• local eeurce f milk feed for eur p ultry, and t try eut commercial ciri• butt rmilk feed the aseeciation breught in 2900 lbs. •f this feed ana. ~'")la. it to peultrym•n at ceet. Thi3 feeci was
d.eliverecl to th•
r
ultrymen at 3(/ per lb. less than the local pric•, thus making a saving to t he peultry11en • f 107000. Our results with thie feeEi was s• favnrabl• that many peultrymen have taken up the u3e ef this feted. with th• r 3ult that they are making mere prefit frem their flecks.The ase•ciation t k up the preblem of finding a geed euteide
market f•r eur peultry preaucts. An agresment wae reached with a Cele. Springe firm t• handle eur breil•re in truck lets.
On
Jun• 12 a truck1 ad f 300 breilere were eent te Cele. Springe at a net •f 6¢ p r lbe.
ever lecal pricee. This was a eaving ef $42.00 t o peultrym•n wh• shipped threugh the aseeciatien.
,The 1st f June an agr oment was entered into with a firm in Celo -ra•• Springe whereby the Aseeciati n wast• furnieh all the egge it ceula each weel at a price equivalent te th8 price of Country Club egge in
De'nver. A total of 208 cases have been ehipped sin•.• th• firet with a
tetal ameunt of $2210. ef bueinees ••n•. Thie piece • f work has resulted i th• members getting a tetal ef $208. m.•r• fer their eggs than they weul~ have receive had thy e•ld them en the epen market. Th• greatest· benefit frem this piece of werk ie th• effect it has ha an lecal mar-kets. When the aesecia~i•n began shipping the price ef eggs in Can•n City was 17¢ per •z•n. Th• first ws.k we shippea 14 cases ef eggs ana they were all taken off fro~ the l~cal mark t and the l•cal price ef eggs immediately jump•• te 30¢ per dezen. As a result • f th• activity • f ur aseeciation in finding ·n cutside market for ·ur gs all the
p pl w re b nefi tt d. It l. inp sslblc:. t estimate the ameunt in
••llars this piece of
w
rk has result din fer the peultrymen ef Fr mont Ceunty. 'Ihis werk ineures all peultry men in the county a steady mark tf r their eggs at ab~elutely tep pricee at all tim s.
Fellewing is th• agr •m•nt which •~ch poultryman hast• sign b•-fere tho ass•ciation will handle his eggs:
Memoranaum • f Agreement between the Mark ting Department •f th• Fr m• t Ceunty P ultry Ass•ciati•n and Preauoer.
I hereby agree t• furnish t• the Marketing Department
er
th•Fremont County Peultry Asseciatien, cases of eggs per week at abeut Ceuntry Club prices, and. agree to abia.e by the·fellewing rule.
1. All eggs shall be clean and well pack••• 2. Eggs shall be infertil~.
