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S~COND UAL REPORT
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FARM ltt.ANAGEMENT FIELD STUDIES
AllD DEMONSTRATIONS
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SECO D NUAL REPORT
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SAN
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Sir:-1 submit here ith, the Second Annual Report of the County Agriculturist fQr th S,an Luis Valley, Colorado,
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Sir:-I submit her with, th Second Annual Report of the County Agriculturist for the San ~uis Valley, Colorado,
by Mr. A. c. Cooley County Agrio.ulturist.
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INTRODUCTION.
Some eighteen months ago the County Agent · ork as started in the San Luis Valley, under the able 1 a .dership
ot
L. ., ~ Vinsor ho several rt~onthe laterwa.s transferred to the
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Office of .lSxperim ntstations n
lrris tionlnv t1gat1ons.
Too much credit cannot be gi·ven those who were instrumental 1n founding the work which has bor~som
fruit already.
Tlle pres nt .Ag nt came on the job July let, 1913,
spending about ten days with th~ former Agent before he
lett in visiting and going
over
thework
already under way. With the exception of a few days spent inattend-ing two or three valuable Agricultural. Cont'erenoes rela• tive to County Agent work the entire time has 'been spent in the Valley holding meetings, running xarmer&' Excur-sions, visiting farmers and emonstration plots.
Not only are the oooperato~s of last year doing
work again but nearly twice as many more hav Joined the ranks. }ira.ctically all th demonstration work of last year is being continued again this season only under a somewhat different plan. lt is 'the desire to
have th work dona strictly und·er field conditions, not
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but the average for the demonstration plot. It is
also
desired that no exceptional care shall be given the crop, although only a small plot of land is being used butit
should be given the same care as though it were a fieldot
fortyor
fifty aorea.The main crops being used in cooperative work
are; Wheat, Oats, Barley,
Peas,
Potatoes, Alfalfa, Clovers -and many kinde of Grasses. The object being to find the orops bestaaapted
to the San LuisValley.
The Hog Cholera problem which was the paramount issue before the people of the Valley two years ago has been solved and the much dreaded disease ·controlled, though a much larger and more serious problem is confronting
the Valley at the pres.ent time; that of Drainage, and it is upon the solution
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this pro-blem that all eyes are focused asit
means the reela~ing of thousandSot
acres of once fertile and productive
land.
There are many other proDlems to be worked out,
the control of several destructive potato diseases, which have ·almost ruined the potato industry of tnis
section; the proper use
or
ir~igation water; a good crop·rotation; use of better live stock and· better seed; the standardization of :f'arm products. When the above problems have been properly solved by the farmers of this
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g~eat Valley, the worry caused· by debt~ and mortgage~
will not be known and business will be dona on a caah basis instead of on credit.
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DfLAINAGE.
~~he 11eed o:t" Qre.ine.e;e ha$ beea felt au.d reaognizei
by many for some tilne, sevex·al districts have been or-ganized and two drs. ina.ge e;yat et!L!S co 1struot ed but on
account of nature
failing to p~cvide ~ natural outlet,the building of c..n art i!ic.:ia.l 1Tiver will become necessary,
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the carrying oft" of tihlS*l stlr.plus wt:tters. ~rhe lackof' suoh a.n outlet and tho Bpa.rcely settled condition of these seeperl see'tiol15 ha~ ~o hatnperad the work and made
tho problem of such ma.gn~tude tllat its cost 1a too great
for local consideration, tlleret~:re> outa.ide aid is
naeded.
lt was thought that thia could b<ast ba obtained from the Federal Government. .lor the purpose of working out a
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pla.n by wlich this aid might be secured, J.he San Luis Valley I:m.provemsnt .A ssocin.tion was organized. It was
deoidedto hold a large Valley ide meeting inviting Goverrunent Officia.lg to attend and in:veatiga.te the proposition.
Shortly af'ter the perfecting of the organization tb County Agent left to attend the Farm Management Conference at Washington, D.
c.,
and waa asked by thePresident of the crgcniz~tion,
Mr. Roy s.
Shahrul, toconsult with Government Officials of the Eeclamation Serviee and. Drainage lnveetigations and fino .. out i:f it
would be possible for any of them to viait the Valley in the near futur • Wi n the aid of Dietriot Leader,
n.
W. Working, a!ld ~.tat a Lca.c.ler, D. \'1 . Frear. of theOffice of Far.m Managa~ent a conference was held with
r. New 11, Chief of the Heola.mation Servioe, a.nd
r. :M.cCorrey, Chie;f' of the Office of Drainage
Inves-tigations, in which they promised to attend a
drain-age co.nvention to be held in Alamosa. February 4th, I9I4. For some reason they were unable to attend in person ·but were represent eel by Chi · t' ;~ngineel." ~,viA a.n{\ J. D.
Stanard of the li.eola.me;.tion
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rvice, District :r.1ngineerHart and Mr. Miller of the Office of Drainage
Investig-ations, J)ietrict !~ea.der Vlorking and St.et J,ea.der D. W.
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i'he \!onvant 1011 wao a groat ouooe ... e. About eight
hundred people gathered a:~ .· la.mo:;;a. from all parts of the
''allay. :a.1hi~ ·was the real beginning of united ~f1ort to
bring about~ t 1e ura.inag of a. Valley as large as the
Stat o of Conrlect iout.
Since then other important meetings have been held
a nd othar prominent man, au.ch ae Dira·otor }lewell, Chief .:&ngine_,r Murphy, Comptroller .t.lya.n, all of the lteclama·tion
Berviee, also 8tate En.ginear Field.s and the distinguished
English l!algineer, Sir William ~~ illoocka, have been
in-fluenced to visit the Valley and investigate our proposi-tion, and have. made very favorable reports. Those who have taken the reaponsibility of eolving thia important problem are very much encouraged and are determined to
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carry i t to co~pletion .
~h n9m - ~ f t c ~ t uni~ati~ ooal Aupporter ,
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Mr. Poy
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Gha.han nnd Fre( n Stanley, resident e.ndSecretary of th aan. Lu.ia V ll ey lnt er~ al . Improvement
Asaociationf shoald not be omitted in connection with
this ork.
COOPF&TlVE ORK.
lt is the in ention in all coo~erat17e work to
demonstrate some principal of Better Farm Methods, such
as a more care:f'ul selection
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seed, better preparationof ~he seed bed, more cultivation and less irrigation.
the choice and rotation of erope beet adapted to the particular locality, etc.
ALJ'AL]'A.
'l'he planting of alfalfa seems to have taken -:he farmers of the Valley by storm. It certainly is the main
topic of conversation in the
rural aections.
In the neigh ... borhood of fifteen thousand acres have been seeded to.:Uumerous q,uest 1 ons .r at3k ed, auch as; \~hen 1 s
the beat time to sou? ...:ho,J.l<l I li30w with or ~' ithout a
nurs~ crop? I inoculation necessary? How should the
a eed. bed ba prepared.
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the boat results'! When shouldthe land be flooded beforG or after seeding? etc. That
some local information mig t be had on the many qu etions
several demonstration5 are b ·:ing conducted a.:~ follows: l~urse crop compared \ i tll no nurse cl"op;
lnoculat ion compa,.r t·d with no inoculation;
j1loo ding -oefore aeedin.t.~;
iloodina after se~ding;
Broadoaot eo 1ng compared w1th drilling; Fal1 ~lo ing compared lith spring plowing;
one farmer, but by many. Some have five acres planted
with a nurse crop and five acres without, some five acres inoculated and fiv·e not, some planted on fall plowed land
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watched with considerable interest an.d should prove valu-able to alfal:t"a gl'01oVers.
-ln many sections of the Valley -tbe Black Stem
.Blight damaged the first erop of alti:alfa considerably, making it necessary to cut it ten to fifteen days
earlier than usual.
CORN.
~fuat li~tle corn 1s grown in· the Valley is for, roast•
ing ears only, the general impression b,eing t ,hat the season
is too short to ever hope of making corn a profitable crop.
The I9I3 demonstrations with corn produced some fodder but no matured oorn. Tllis season six
northern
varieties:from North Dakota a.nd Minneeotq and two from Edge Water,
Colorado, are baing tried out to see whether or not a variety may be found which will make a silage crop.
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The planting
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he lotlg despised l~oad-aide w3ed,Sweet Clover is encouraged wbe:re Alfalfa cannot be a;rown. About four thousand aeres itere ~ eeded this spring
moat
ofit on da.'1lp a.lkal i land, in nearly all cas Eua a fail.. stand ha.e been received. A few experiluents are being conducted as to the best way in which to prepare the seed bed, in
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alkali land some pi oes were oorriga.ted and water run
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through the corrigations, then seeded by broadcasting,
some were f'loeded before plowing wlile on others the seed beds wara prepared, the meed dr:Llled in and then flooded.
~·he crop is gro tn prin~ipally for the seed, ma,ny
fat·mers last seaeon rnade ~.s high fJ..S a htUltlred doll~.re
per aere from tho seed.
FEAS. Each autumn the pea
fields of the San Luis
Val-ley beoome the fattening
pens for large herds of sheep and hogs and furnish
the silage for the filling of the silos, for this rea-son it is perhaps the main
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crop of the Valley, therefore, encouragement is being given the farmers to breed
up
thisvery
profitableorop.
'l,hrashing Pea.s.
Tha Warshauer r..nd. ~1cC1 urtj Dheep Company in doing
metre along this line than ar • .y 01 ~· el.se.. For a nu.."llber
of. years th ... J have been hand selecting their seed and
have bred up a variety known a.s The Early and Best that
matures earlier and is a. much heavier yielder than the
original. Tb.ia seed is now being used by many farmers.
Thin spri ng the Bangalia variety was introduced
from Fu~lman, Vash1ngton, and is now baing tried out on
twelve dit:f'erent farms. It wa.e thought that it would be a 'better pea
tor
th higher and drier lande, and the(16)
POTATOES,
Perha.pe the large n1oney c1·op in the Valley ·until late years was potatoes but due to the workings of
sev--eral destructive potato diseasea, the industry haB been
cut in two. IJ.~hat this profitable iridUstry might be ~bx·ought back, cooperative wurk i s b~ing done. ~l}his
spring
two
car loads ofolean
Russet andl?ea.ehblow
aeodwas shipped in f'rom Lou D. Sweet's fa.rrn at Carbondale,
Colorado, treated and di~tributed among farmerz who
promised to plant it on la.nd that had nev ar been used fox:
potatoes before or at least for four years or more.
Ma.ny planted 'the seed whole1 while
others cut half
of
:i,t planting the
balance whole
tor
a comparisonot
whole seed and cut~ seed,.On one farm two makes of planters were used, the Aspen all and the
Iron
Age;an
acre ofcut
seed a.nd anacre of whole seed. was plarrted ·with e~a.oh, to domonstrate
whole seed ve'raue cut seed .also which planter ga·v·e .~che
best stand.
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to test out for their disease resisting an early matur-ing qualities. Amongst hich were th Arstook County
.I rize, St. ban Special No .lil. vf.ni te .i.1.ock, .11;arly Michigan,
and Idaho hurals.
DUe to potato diseases, the cooperative work with pota~
oes last year was not very
encouraging. Many of th
demon-stration plots er entire fail- Leaf Roll Diaease. urea, and Wht;ra yields were obtained they were inferior.
:i'he results in Inoat caaes of whole seed versus cut seed showed. larger yields .and better qua.li ty in favor of the
hole seed.
ur, H. A. ~dson and fio
w.
Wollen eber,of
the U.s.
Department of Agriculture, while investigatina the potato
diaeas a in th Valley last summer ·told the farmers that the only way in which the present troubles could be over-come was uy a aystema~ic crop rotation and a careful
sel-ect ion of seed.
In conn ction with the potato ork, Prof.
w.
H. Olin,Agl·iculi..ural Cor.am.issioner for the D.& H.G.R • .R., is
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'l'be introd tct ion of. ·~~arquis Wheat into the Valley
by ~1r. Winsor has caused more intereet s..r11ong the farmers
than e-.ny other crop. 'J.lhis wh~at was jnt.roduced in th.e
spring of 1913 and sent out' i_ pound pa.cka.e;e~ to t: if'ty
differ nt farmere, a fir~t and second prize being offered
for quality and, yield. While some
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the pla.n~ings were:failures, on the whole the results were very eacou.t·a.ging
the enLallea.t yield being 37 pounds and the largest 244 with a test of 63 lbs. per bushel.
The growex·e after harvest were asked to send in five pound.., for t h e one pound they had reoeive<i in the
spring, thie moat o! them did and this was again distrib-uted among
other
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There was such a demand fo: the wheat this spring
tl'J.O.t ot"e car load was ehipped in by the Hooper Milling
Company anct fiOld to ·~ha fa.nne:t~ f.. ~·he X"!t'aul ts of l~st
season seemad to indicat-e that it is thG vary hea/ for
the 6u.n 1.# ·ia .,.f~lley as
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14-a.il t\'-'O .. milling qu.c:.&litit:3S andmature6 t:ro.~.n. ten. to fifte n (;J~t:JS aa:.t·lit:sx· than s.ny other
whaat now being .f.;;;.J-;own here 'til ic;h ls f· vor:.ry iru.vortant
th int;; a.e ihti '-!~rowing a daS011 is sh J:·t.
On o·ur lS!3 d~Jnonatra.tion faJ.""l!l we hud ·iihe.: difi' ereltlt
wheat a of
tr
e Valley t:rowit g bid ·'A by :d.d,€ iLi.t i..ht.. linrquisWheat ~11~:nd h · luttt-::r 1.'*~ ened t\'<~ lve dayf~ llofor·t: tile other
·ve .. rie·.:J.ef;. All 'tlf(:t"!•·t .. plfnted tht" sar.1' t:l:rr1e O.! the same
kind of soil $.l1d t~ll c-Jtd 'the aame oa.re.
~hi.; yaa1· th ~UhC ""XJ.:Hl iment i5 beine oe"'x·z·i~d 011
by seV12.l"'S.l fif:tc:t:·en' CQ ri.t ·.ratOl."'S c"nd p_eeeut indioations are tl:LQ.t the l"aaults will bt:2 very sim.ilar to those of last yea.r.
The aowing of -::··i~ tr.~r ~fill eat i£ beirJ.g encourac;ed and
many arc growintt.: it ·v:i th "uo cess, espeoial.ly those farm-inat: \'!ell d.r&ined lan(;.e ...
By ft;,l" a la;cget· t~.cr aage of Defiance Vlheat is being
plant ·t· th6.l1 a t y othu , tl.nd orne work is being done to improve
it.
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FRUI~.
On account of tho snoi't grow in~ season and 11 igl1
Valley try to grew fruit,
a.though in sc e aecti ne, .• ell ~hel t~r~d by the
moun-te.ina, a few a.p :lea an<i some
of tho emall fruits aze
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~ir.Lg ~ror:.. • i o enc~.:urege · l • ...o c.:1r~11 :f .ru it indus t :!'y,!!ionta.na and diatr ibut ed the t;Jam.a to .!i.x f'l;l:merG itl
different parte of the V&ll~y. h:...y ere planted and
ar . n.c'9v doing nicely o
.PR.l·IRIE DOG E.RADICA1'10li.
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e csmpaisn ~gain.t rairie I~sc v.hich wa startedby th fo1-mer ~ounty Ag.o.nt in the :i~rinchel~a Diutriot,
has b(;.ttn cor tinued. ]~a.rm.erc of the district claim t 'h re
is n t one A G. t ie yee..r whol"e there wero hUI?~dr ed last, ~o the pest ~ be n fractically atamp cut.
'!he: above ce.r.apaign was sc sue c easful that. ano·ther
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is being planned with ·the farmers on th\1 0ost illa J;states, ·where Prairie Dogs are becoming very numerous.
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A Cooperative Potato :H,ield.
Th~a tn-ny d. , .:.onot ... at lona conducted on l'i1t'. tael ey • s
f~x·m .s.t.. La Jara, rougilt out som ve."y J.ntel·e~t llf6. tllinga,
a. .L~epol:~ oi' w.u.lc.c.L is 1~i.CJf; included. 'lthis Yto: r on i .h.e solicita:~io.n. itt hiL:C, Bhaho.n, lii.L&.r .. a.~er t ·..: 'l'he Clu:a.rles ~o
.;; 1'b son Co., an\l liir. li. y.nol da, J.a.yor :t. S&n or d,
demon-stration f~ .. 1·ma c..l' e bei.ag ~ n ~uc~o~od 2.t G.1Jsc;n a"ld at
3a.n-to:.c·J
a.,:: -~ell ae · n !~.r. Seeley's fal'm.On the far.tu at a~.a..nfol--d and on the one at Gibson
a.bout ±"itty varieties of crops ar, oaihg grown, includ-ing; Alfalfu, S aot '"'lOVer., l?ea.s, Be~ns, ''ota.toe , Wlleat, 0~ tai" .3a;r;·l :, ,
-.:..y
e, AU ukw lclf.it,
V crt ch~a, aap a, It' a or ia., Corn,.:h~la.x, :~ill ·.., ) ;.til o,
r;:a..z
ir' etc.lha r ~:~ ~~ c~n: rd ~or er ~l ~·e~
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ab ~t four acre~ \.1~:. ·1.e rivel~ ~tt, ou. tllis p~.rti '"' ular piece .. ,asSd-lected
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tht} IJeupl of Se.nford 7i~hed to leax·n :'~hat cropsara bes·t a aptad to this bottom land. llalf of the land
waa fertilized and plowed laat tall. The upper portion
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fertilizati(Hl and cultivation u.pon such land, ala•) ·to
7he land '"e.e well fe~t il ·izad and plowed in the fall;
diaced, leveled, and f'looded this spring then harrowed
several timea before seeding.
On the Seeley farm at La Jara, principally grain
demonstrations are being conducted for the purpose of comparing their maturing and yieltling qualities~
.The drought resisting
demonstrat-i n
conducted
on the above farm lastsummer,
withten
varietiesof
grasses, six varieties of clovers and. thrc:=e l'ar-ieties of alfalfa went through the swrunerin fair condition. They w-ere irrigated
late in September and went into the win ...
ter with plenty of
moisture.
This springit was :t"ou.nd that the Johnson Grass., the
Bermuda Grass and the Crimson Clover had
winter
killed; the balanceof
thegrasses and clovers, not including the Vlhite Sweet Clover, showed ba.d.ly the effeota of the previous sea.sonta drought, except a -c the lower eltd of the plot which wao nel;:t to a d.itoh where the water ran severc:.l times during the suwner.
The Grirrun and 'rul'"keata.n varieties of alfalfa i
th-stood the inter and. came out fine in the s·pring, V..'hile the Fancy variety ...-rhiQh made the beet growth during th$ summer
winter .killed completely.
To
conduct
such a demon~tration was at first notintended but no water being available
un,il
late in theeu..'Mler, it was then concluded to test out ·che various
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R eprinted from T he Chronicle of Feb. 6, 1914, published at La ]ara, Conejos County, Colo.
l<'ield Peas Oats Wheat Barley \Vheat Sugar Beets HARVESTING THE DEMONSTRATION FARM
RfSULTS OBTAINfD AT THf LA JARA DfMONSTRATION fARM
With the Aid of Mr. l . M. Winsor, former Agent, and Mr. A. C. Cooley, the Present Valley Agriculturist, this Farm was Established
Two Miles West of La j ara last Spring.
Hunc'lred s of P eo)lle Prom .-\11 Pnl'ts
o f the Ynlle~' Visited This .J:i'at•m
La.s t Sunu ne t· a n d \ Viii He lute t·· ested in 1 .. ea1·ning of Uesults.
In order to work out certain problems appertaining to the gr owth, yield and quality of' serial and forage crops in the La J a r a dis-trict and the San Luis Valley in gener al, a demonstration tr act was selected about two and one-half miles west of La Ja r a. On the 2nd day of May, 1 913, a portion of this tract was planted to numerous va-rieties of grains. Later in the same month many varieties of grasses and forage crops wer e planted.
Tests wer e made to compare dif-ferent varieties of wheat, oats and barley as to yield, quality and time of maturity when planted side by
side in the same soil, given the same care, seeded at the same time and at the same rate of seed per acre. Also to com pare the inten-sive cultivation with the ordinary methods in the adjoining fields, and to test the value of some new grains, gr asses and forage crops for this climate and altitude. The plat selected was thir ty-eight r ods in length. The soil at one end was composed of a sandy loam running heavily to sand near the middle, whi:e the other end was of a clay formation. The land had grown one crop of potatoes and one of sugar beets, this being the third crop from the virgin soil. No fer-tilizers had ever been used and none were used in this demonstra-tion. The water table stood from four to five feet from the sur face.
The land was plowed to the depth of eight inches, leveled and harrowed until in fine · tilth. The different grains were then planted with a four-row beet seeder, drill-ing two rows of each variety at the rate of one-half pound of seed to the row or approximately twenty pounds of seed to the acre. The rows being twenty inches apart ad-mitted of irriga.tion and cultivation without disturbing the plants.
Two irrigations, one May 4 and the other June 12, were given this grain. Each irrigation was followed by the beet cultivator as soon as the surface of the ground was dry enough to work properly. A perf·8ct stand came but where the land ran heavily to sand the young plants were cut off by the shifting sand, setting them back about ten days and making that much difference in the time of harvest for that portion of the tract. The stand of wheat and barley remained the same but the rows of oats showed the effect of the shifting sand, resulting in a poor stand for about three rods in each row. On the different kinds of soil the barley was ., good all the way, the wheat was best on the sandy loam but still good on the clay end, whi!e the oatR were best on the clay but very good on the sandy loam and very poor on the little strip of sand in the middle. It will be noted that the seeding >va~
done on the 2nd day of Mg,y, which is fully a month later than wheat is usually sown and later than some of the oats and barley are put in.
The most interesting and valuable test was in the new Marqui<; wheat from Canada which, although plant-ed very late and at the rate of only twenty pounds to the acre, made a yield of 6 2 % bushels to the acre • · of hard, red wheat of excellent mill-' ing quality that tested 63 pounds to the bushel.
Another wheat, the New Zealand, from the Utah experiment ~tation,
although yielding 56.~ bushel~
proved to be about two weeks later than the Marquis and of poor mill-ing quality.
The pure Defiance, imported into the va1Iey last year, 'vas the best
yielder, making 7 6 bushels to the
acre and testing 6 0 %, pounds. 1 t is of good milling quality but has been known to deteriorate when grown continuously in the valley. In comparison with the above the Defiance that has been grown in the valley for a number of years made but 56 bushels of badly degenerated wheat.
The plat of Polish wheat, a va-riety of Macaroni spring wheat, made 38.7 bushels of beautiful grain that tested 61 pounds. This wheat is commonly called "Spring Rye" in the valley.
In the test between the six rowed Bearded and Hulless· Barley it is in-teresting to note that although seed-eel at the rate of only twenty pounds to the acre the Bearded Barley made a yield of 131.2 bushels while the Hulless variety only made 78 bush-els. A victory for the advocates of Bearded Barley. Of all the plants sown, the barley responded with the best stooling 0:1 these light seeded
and cultivated tracts.
Of the three varieties of White Oats in the test, the Swedish Re-generated m3.de a yield of 124.8 bushels to the acre that tested 4 2% pounds. The Big Yan~ee made 122
bushels that tested 44 pounds and the Tartar King made 110.7 bushels that tested 3 7Y2 pounds to the bushel. As to quality the Big Yan-kee was best with the Swedish a close s3cond and the Tartar King a poor third. Of the two bla~k
va-rieties, the Black Victor made fi 5
bushels testing 3 8 pounds, and the commoi1 black valley oats made 42 %· bushels with a 38-pound test. The yield was greatly in favor of the three first named varieties. Among other varieties of oats that
S~"emed to have merit for this
dis-trict were the , Colorado No. 37, the Red Rust Proof and the New Kher-son. FJmmer did well and matured a good crop.
Flax made a good growth and
mature{~ a good quality of seed. It d1cl
the best in the St\ndy loam. rfhp young plants are of r.;uch form tlu'1t
~hifting sand destroy~ them. No test
for yield waR made in the tract. hut in the regular field on the farm the yield waR 12~ bu~hels per a(•re. ·
Among the forage plants tested, lentils and spring Vetch made a gocd growth and matured seed and wonld doubtless be a ·good hay and soiling crop for the valley. ~-- Sand
Vetch made a good growth ai1d is well adapted to arid districts.
The demonstration in the field -pea department brought out the fact that better results obtain by seed selection and · planting early maturing varieties that will mature on the ado be soils as well as on the sandy and gravelly soils of the so-called pea districts of the valley.
Rape made a good growth and might be utilized for hog and sheep pasture.
Among the plants that were not able to thrive in our climate were the peanut, buckwheat and the soy beans.
There were about twenty-five va-rieties of grasses and clovers plant-eel and all withstood the test for drouth-resisting qualities. After an irriga1tion late in September they all went into the wi11ter in good shape as far as moisture is concerned. The value of the test will be a,ppar-en t in th-3 spring wha,ppar-en a cofnpar-ison of hardiness can b~ mad'e be-' -·
tween each of the varieties of al-falfa, of the clovers and of the grasses.
In summing up the diffe'ren.t points this demonstratio_n tract has brought out some of the · most prom-inent are that in the Marquis wheat the valley has a heavy yielding,
•' ,,
early , maturing wheat of excellent milling quality. The yields of oats, wheat and barley on this tract would indicate that better results come from light seeding in a perfect seed bed with room to irrigate and · cultivate ·between the rows. Wheat, oats and barley in adjoining fields sown under prevailing conditions of the district made only half the yield that these plats made.
: It sh-ould be borne in mind that this one demonstr · ~tion does not
·prove conclusively that these re-Sl.Jlts can be depended upon <through a series of years. Extended inves-tigations might prove that even a ·greater yield than this could be de-pended upon, or the ordinary way of seeding might have some advan-tages over this intensive cultivation.
As it stands, the evidence is emi-nently in favor of these requisites: Perfect seed, a perfect seed bed, ap-proved varieties, less seed per acre, perfect control and intelligent use of water and shallow cultivation after each irrigation with harrow or other cultivator.
Other tests that might be worked out for individual satisfaction or for the benefit ot the farming com-munity are- Different dt::pths of seeding, shallow versus deep plow-ing, proper date for seeding and cost of intensive cultivation in com-parison with the ordinary method~
of the community.
GEO. N. SEELEY. La Jara, Colo.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE Shows the Yield and Weight of Some of the Standard Varieties of Grain Harvested from the Demon-stration Tract. All planted May 2nd.
WHEAT Seed lbs. Yield bu. Test lbs. Quality Ready to per acre per acre per bu Harvest
~arquis ___ __ ____ ___ _ 20 62t 63 Excellent An g. 26
New Zealand ___ _____ 20' 56.8 57 Soft Sept. 10 Pedigree Defiance ____ 20 76 601 ~edium Sept. 10
Valley Defiance _____ _ 20 56 60 l\iledium Sept. 10 Polish Wheat (Spring .. ye 20 38.7 Gl Excellent Sept. 4
BARLEY
Six Row Feed Barley _ 20 131.1 48 Excellent Aug. 22 Bald Barley ___ ______ 20 78 no Excellent Aug. 20
OATS
Sweedish Regenerated 20 124.8 42-i Excellent Sept. 1 rrartar King ____ ____ _ 20 110.7 37t Coarse Sept. 1 Big Y <-m kee ________ . 20 122 44 Excellent He pt. 1 Black Victor _________ 20 55 38 Coarse Sept. 5 Common Black Valley 20 42.8 38 Good Aug. 24
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Hogs \Vintering in Pea Field.
'l'he Hog Industry wbicb was almost entirely destroy-ed by cholera two years ago is coming back by leaps and bounds, and Hogs are again seen on nearly every farm. The number of Hogs lost in 1912 ran high into the thousands,
in 1913 one or two thousand would co~er the number while
up to the present time of this year not more than a hundred have been lost ..
This simply illustrates what was done through organ-ized effort, and much credit ie due the different organiz-ations and the two eff,cient Veterinarians, .Dr. Meinzer
and Dr. Guyse1man, who have done suah valuable work in controlling this distruotive disease.
According to the reports of the Veterinarians the
Valley has not a single case
ot
cholera now and has not \(26)
SILOS
The true relation and value of th silo to the live-stock industry is becoming known in the San Luis
Valley. The corr~ctne e of this statement is being proven
by the large number of farmer ho are building silos this season. ln I~I2 th' first silos, two in number,
f'\
were
constructed in th Valley. Eighteen re put up in l9I3, and if report are true more than sixty ill be constructed this year.While the County Agent ould not want the credit for this change he is sur that hie influence has
helped induce ma~y to build silos.
Corn thw great silage crop is not gro n in the
Sa.n
Lui
Valley, but the silos are filled ith peasand bald barley, a crop equ lly as good if not 'better.
One int ~resting thing in connection with th filling
of t em is that th tra~ping of the silage in
many
case is dna by goat in tJad of men. Those u ing go tB cl im, th
t
notonly 1 the ork of three men eliminated but th silage is p c-ked so muc better
that the silo ill hold several tone mor •
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FARMER'S EXCURSIONS.
One of the most vv.luable ways the writar has found of interesting tha farmer in bett-er farm. methods al'ld conver-ting him of their im.pol"tance is by the Ua.r1ners t .ill.xcursion.
Vn::ten tlle !a.rme.t" via it in pt:)rson oth.er farms W:1ere such
metbods are being pra(rt ised, seeing the results, talking with the owners of the farms and haar 111g thGtn expl(ain how they obtained their results. he is willing to give
them a trial on hie
own
farm.DUring the last year the writer run eleven auoh excursions with an attenda110 of 408 people and since
he has heard scores o:f famers say that educationally it was one of tlte most profitable days they had ever spent.
Before running an ex-cursion tlle County Agent
wou.ld locate farms where the things he wished to impresa
on the farmers were being
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visitors over hie farm explaining his methode to them. Alfalfa, potato s.rd g;r;a1u fields war visited, dairy and hog farm~, farme where drainage systems had been
complet-ed for sever l years, farms on which silos were being
constructed and till- r---~--~---~--ed. During February
one silo excursion was run in order that the farmers might see ho the silage as
keeping, and tho
res-ul~a of feeding it to
different kinds of liv - ·stock. In cases
here stav and concrete silos were visited, the :farmer's
attention a.a called to the freezing and keeping qualities of ea.oh..
Some of the dvantagee of tho Far.mer~• Excursion
are:-It brings tha farmers together socially;
It giv a them an opportunity to compare their farm methode 1 th others;
It acquaints them with the farming conditions of their
locality;
It giv s them ne- ideas;
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Agent to become
acquainted.
For the present season several excursions have been plann3d and a t•ew large farmers' picnics. .At the picnics,.
a.:rrangements are being made to have present a competent Ag-ricultural apeak ;~r ta deliver a lecture on some
appx·op-riate subject, making
it
an educational feast as well a$(30)
Alfalfa ~xcursion.
Refresmme~t •
Excursionists
in J:Jea .11"\ield.Farmer Summer's
Dr ina.ge Talk. (31Farm r
n .... woomb's
miry Talk.At
·o.ffatt.(32)
A PROFITABLE SURPRISE.
Livin£ ith his wife and two daughters on a farm
between Mosca and Hooper is an old Army Veteran, now
un-able to do much work. Th good people of . oeca and Hooper kno 1ng hie condition, planned for him a very commendable surprise.
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On a sprjng morning about 8 A. M., t enty-five four hora teams, hitched to fresnos drove into one of his fields a.nd ent to work leveling and blocking it. At 10:30 the ladies of the neighborhood laden with provi.sion
met at the farm house and by noon had a fin dinner
pre-pared for the men.
Before the day ended thirty acres of his land had
been put in shape for the seed,ing of alfalfa.
1he 6ld Soldier as so completely surprised that he had very little to say during th day, but when his neighbors were leaving that evening he said, "I have
often been surprised in batt~e, but this is the first time
,,
I have ever been taken by storm.
The above day's ork i a good example of a proper community spirit.
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FARM MA NA GEME~1T F~ELD STUDIES AND DEMON STRATIONS
C 0 L 0 R A D 0
Yearly 'M@.R·~lifl-J~" Automobile Cost Record
·Mtrr~--t"'h From A • I, 1913 :ieiU tO July I, _ s I ~ut 0 Ford una bout
Agent ~. C. COOLE is Valley
Gasolene: ____ 4_2_0 ________ Gallo~s@ 25, 27, 28
&
~~nts per gal .... $ 108.30Cylinde r oil: l?t 11 tl. 80 & 1 . 00 n n n •••• $ I4.50
Kerosene oil: II n 11 II n •••• 'W ctt
-Ha:..' ~5- o i 1 : 3 uarts ~~~ @ 20 & 25
"
II ~t>. ~ 4.$ .70 ---Lights : ~/Iaterial---~- Amt. Price
d:l-. '1-,) Io.o5 Tires
&
Tubes: Repairs ___________________________________ ~---~ 0.65$ 74.65
"
,,
" • N 8111J
---~----General rspairs . . . . ... _ ... .. ... , . ... .. .
$
2! • 15.New parts: replacements
---
$
50.~$ ----.,.. $ _____ _
$ __ _
Total cost of operation and repairs ... $----Garage x 0 11 t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
52 • 7 0New parts not on car now _____________________________
$ _____ _
Depreciation (Amt .. actually received fo:r the month)· qr. , QQ . Y~~ $ !:..75.00Interest (On cost of car at proper rate)@ ...
% ... . •.
~----Grand total cost for the m~ont~. Y~~~ - ... ...
$
623.23i!umber of miles car was :Fun during 'n'm'!"l"t'h. v . ~J; . ...
t
8304Condition of roads~ Good, fair, bad, very bad: ________________________ _
was pu cd .August I, I 3.
Note: Ee sure and incluc~e each Dont h every expense of t h e c a r for t~~,t
month. Inc lucie license, taxes, etc., .Yrhen t ~1.ey are paiG..
FIELD STUDIES .AND DEMONSTRATIONS.
Semi-.Annu.a1 Heport of Ooun'.:;y Agents.
Due June 30, 1914.
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S~ATE __ ...;;c::-::.,o:<:..<liL'o"""'r::...a=-=d-=-o ___ ~~ San Luis Valley
REPOnT OF ___ .._./. ... __,.C,_,.,___,CIL..lo!L..lo ... l=-e,.,.y.,___--', , ~ OUNTY AGENT.
FROM: January 1, 1914, TO: June 30, 1914.
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Approved:
State Leader.
\ '
-2-SEUI~.A1TNUAL REPORT OF COUNTY AGENT.
lo List projects now under way continued from p~evious
seasons: · n •
•
0 t---
---2 c· t~ under way:•
SEMI-.AlQJUl~ EEPORT OF COUNTY AGEN~.
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The following -c;.uestions
:9e1·ta~~1
eY-el;:sivoly to.::::;:--T·
done ej_ther by the J4gent or on hisrocoL1111elqclati~~:~{-
.t·
I
NUMBERo
3. Farmers visited on thei1· farms (Jan. l to Jc:ly 1) ·j
---~~·---4. Farmers conducting demonstrations i 'o::· agents ___ _
L
I
5. .l.crcs lJl2.:;::cted. \Yi th field···se :ec ted se0d corn
I
6.
~,arms
tenting c.orn for gerlnination .-.----~~---'?. Acren of corn .,Jlanted with tested.
se~-:·-<-··---~
- j
84 Farms t;rowing corn _...;:.._ _____ 1-1 _ _
~---·----1 :I
i ·'L
h
9. Acres of corn grown_"' ___ ::::__
10. Farms growing wheat ___ _ l
I
11. Acres of wheat ~ovm ____________ ~---~---~4
~----~---12. Farr.1s tre2.ting seed oats for smut ,
13.
1.~-cres
sovm with troated seedI
14. Farms g·-rowing oats
r----
---~---.---~----~~---15. Acres of oats grown I
16. Farms using hill-selected soed potatoes
17. Farms treating pctatoes for scab.
-
---4--~r-=---7':
18. Farms growing ~otatoes ____________________-.---.---·---~~~---1
-~---,-19. Acres of Potatoes gro'>m
20. Farms growing~-,-n.r:::..::::..e-=a~s:___________
I
~eas
f21. Acres of -heiy" grown _ _ ___. _ __,...---. --- ----~---+--..,1..-5
~---22. Farws growing alfalfa _________ , _______ 4 ___ =:;--"""---23. Acres of alfalfa grovm ____ _
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SEMI-·.A1i1:IDAL REPORT OF COUNTY AGENT~
25. Cow testing assccia.tions organized ____ -_-_-_-_-__
-_-_-_~·-_-T_I-"-·
__
1ru_
1113
___ ER_, __ _
26. Covvs te·s·ted for milJc pr.'Jduction (through
as-s·ociations or oti'ler-..rlise) _____ -1---27. Hogs vaccinated for choler<:! _ ___ "
I
I
·-r;;
28. ·Anti-Hog Cholera clubs orgB-nized
29. Total membe:i."ship in above clubs
30. Tons of commercial fertilizer used
31. Tons of home-mixed fertilizer used
--l--32. Tons of lime used
33. Acres of clover grown
----·~--34. Acres of soy beans grovm_
-~--35. Acres of cowpeas grovm __ 1
36. Acres of sweet clover grown
37. Farmers keeping accounts, partial or complete ___
--+--38. Value of business done by Purchasing ancl 11arketing associations organized.
---+-~---39. Approximate savings effected by such associations __ +-·---40. Leases or contracts arranged between landloru and
tenant
~----·---~
(Report below any other important work done):
43. ---
---t---44.
---45.
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-5-SEUI-AN11JAL REPORT OF COUl\TTY
AGENT-o--.---
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·---_ .. _...,.~ ---··---.. ·---______
.._________
--~-...---46. What is the pla:n of the organization su:Jporting youj;• work?
47. Hmv does the local organization raise its funds?
48~ State briefly the valuable features of the local
-6-SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTY AGENT.
·---.------..---·--49 What are the def'ects of the local organization? H0w~ in your
judgment, could it be strengthened? ·
•
50o What other associations~ such as granGes, fa.rmers'
clubs, boards of t ·rade, Y. r.t.
c.
A., etce, arecooper-ating with you? In what · manner and to what extent does each cooperate?
51. Include, if possible9 with your report a copy of
the Constitution and By-Laws of the organization under which you are WOl'king.
Date sent State Leadel·
{Signatu£e)
~
._\a--...__..
County .Agi·icall d.
14-gent, U.S.Dep't of .1griculture.
1914.
6 Journal of The San Luis
ORGANIZATION
REPORT OF- THE OOM~IITTEE WHIOH FORMULATED THE PLAN
ADOPTED IN FORMING THE OLUB
At the meeting of the San Luis day, the 17th day of January, 1914, Valley Federated Clubs held at Dell for the purpose of recommending a Norte on January 17, 1914, a com- permanent organization for the agri-mittee of five was appointed for the cultural and commercial interests of purpose, and charged with the duty, the valley, beg leave to report that of evolving a general plan of or- we recommend the organization of ganization of the agricultural and the San Luis Valley Commerce club. commercial interests of the San Luis Organization.
Valley upon an efficient basis A board of directors to consist of which would make possible united one member from each town or city effort toward the improvement of in the San Luis valley, contributing -conditions generally, the upbuilding to the support of the organization, tOf the latent resources of the Valley, according to the plan hereinafter the encouragement of intelligent co- suggested, or such other plan as may -operation; and which would give be finally adopted.
_promise to .permanency and stability. A president and vice president to The committee reported to an ad- be selected by the membership for journed meeting of the Federated the period of one year and to serve :Clubs which was held in Alamosa without pay, but to be allowed his <>n February 4, 1914. a!3tual necessary traveling and
inci-The report was unanimously dental expenses.
adopted and forms the basis, or foun- A secretary to be selected by the dation, upon which the San Luis Val- board of directors and to receive a ley Commerce Cl:ub is builded. From salary of $10 0 per month, together time to time experience will suggest with his incidental and traveling ex-changes in, or additions to, this penses, and such other officers as basic plan. But as it . is the begin- the board of directors may determ-ning of what we expect to be a ine upon.
strong and permanent organization An executive committee to consist we print the report in full and trust of five members, three of whom that each persori receiving a copy shall be selected from the board of of this Journal will preserve it, and directors, the president and secre-will become thoroughly familiar tary to constitute the other two. with the plan of organiaztion. A committee on irrigation to
con-The report follows: sist of five members, three of whom To the President, Secretary and shall be selected from the board of Members of the San Luis Valley directors, the president and secre-Federated Clubs: tary to constitute the other two. Your committee, heretofore ap- A committee on drainage to con-pointed at the meeting of your ·body sist of five members, three of whom held in Del Norte, Colo., on Satur- shall be selected from the board of ·
Valley Commerce Club 7
directors, the president and secre- be represented by one delegate .only, tary to constitute the other two. · such delegate shall be entitled to A committee on freight rates and cast the entire number of votes ac-grievances to consist of five mem- credited to such town or city. The bers, three of whom shall be select- member of the board of directors from the board of directors, the from each of the several towns or president and secretary to constitute cities shall, during his term as such the other two. director, be a delegate .fr·om such All committees are to be selected city or town and in case it is enti-and named by the president, by enti-and tled to additional representation with the advice and consent, and such other delegates as it is entitled subject to the approval, of the board to must be accredited by the mayor of directors, the president and sec- of the city or town. In case there-retary to be ex-officio members, not is more than one delegate at any only ·of all standing committees, but meeting of the association from any-of all other committees, unless other- town or city contributing to its sup-wise directed by the body at the port each delegate present shall be-time of the appointment of special entitled to cast a proportionat& committees. The organization of number of the votes credited to such. each committee shall be left to the town or city.
committee itself and the president Regular monthly meetings of the and secretary of the organization association shall be held on the first may or may not serve as chairman Tuesday of each month, unless that and secretary of such committee, at day shall be a legal holiday, in the option of the committee. which case the meeting shall be held
Membership in the association on the day following.
shall consist of all those who become The regular meetings of the asso-such by the payment of the annual elation shall be held in the different dues provided for; and all the dele:.. cities or towns contributing to its gates from each of the several towns support and none of the cities and or cities contributiag to the support towns shall have a second meeting of this organization according to the of the club until after it has held a plan hereinafter suggested or such regular meeting in each of the other other plan as may be adopted. Each towns contributing to the support of town or city so contributing shall the club, and desiring such meeting, be entitled to one delegate for each unless by unanimous consent of all one thousand inhabitants of such delegates present at any meeting it town or city or fraction thereof, as shall be decided that the next meet-shown by the United States census ing shall be held at a designated for the year 1910, and the delegate town or city.
or delegates from such town or city Finance.
shall be entitled to vote in any meeting of this association, a num-ber of votes equal to the numnum-ber of dollars contributed by such town or city for the current year, to the support of the association. Individ-ual members shall each be entitled to one vote. At any meeting of the association if any town or city enti-tled to more than one delegate shall
,
.
For the support of this associa-tion each city or town in the San Luis valley, whether incorporated or not, shall be asked to contribute an-nually a sum equal to five cents per capita for each person residing in such city or town, as shown by the United States census for the year 1910. 'Ihe per capita contribution of each city or town may be raised
8
in such manner as such city or town may decide upon and in case tOf an unincorporated town, ·Or where t.he corporate authorities •fail or re-ifuse to ad the same may be raised
1by the commercial club or patriotic <Citizens. Membership in the associa-tion shall be open to every adult in-habitant of the San Luis valley, who is willing to contribute $1 per an-n uran-n to the support of the orgaan-niza- organiza-tion,
Benefits to Farmers. It is contemplated that the secre---tary will issue in pamphlet form a monthly bulletin, one copy of which will be sent free of charge to each member of the association and a number of copies of which will be sent to each city or town contribut-ing to the support of the association in proportion to the amount contrib~
uted (one copy of the bulletin for each dollar contributed by such city or town), and through the publica-tion of this -bulletin and the main-tenance of this organization the farmers of the valley will derive a direct benefit:
I.
By keeping in constant touch with the markets for stock and farm products, both local and state.
II.
Through monthly information· by the agricultural agent as to matters of general interest.
III.
Thr-ough the accumulation of sta-tistical data of va~ue.
IV.
By using the association as the means of accomplishing the co-oper-ative pur.chase in carload lots of such seed and stock for 'breeding
Journal of The San Luis purposes as it may be necessary to import into the valley.
Benefits to All Residents of Valley. I.
United action with reference to public land, irrigation and drainage.
II.
The improvement of highways and co-operation between the several lo-calities in the maintenance -of local highways and in securilc.g state high-ways and interst?,te highhigh-ways.
III.
Monthly inforiFation through the bulletin furnisheC. by valley veter-inarians as to the control of in-fectious and contagious diseases of livestock and poultry.
IV.
The regulation and adjustment cf
freight rates and transportation fa-cilities.
v.
G.:meral publicity or matt.~rs of
in-terest and importance.
It is recommended that the pre-liminary organization of the associa-tion be effected at this meeting or the Federated Clubs of the San Luis Valley called to be held in Alamosa, February 4, 1914, and that the board of directors and officers of the asso-ciation as above suggested for the period between the date of this meeting ·and the first Tuesday in January, 1915, be selected at this meeting and that thereupon the Fed-erated Clubs of the San Luis Valley as an organization stand dissolved.
Respectfully submitted, ALBERT L. MOSES, Chair!!lan. ROBERT -G. BRECKENRIDGE. OSCAR LORD.
J. H. WILSON. A. C. COOLEY. C. A. GALBREATH.
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SUPPLEMENT TO WASHINGTON REPORT
S~--...a..&--.-1... ... ~~9'1'MY, Co 1 or ado. July 1, 191.:> to June 30, ____ ~.
CLUB WORK.
Kinds of Clubs Number of members.
Boys Girls
---4---4---+---·---3Total value of club prizes offered this year
$
0 July 1, 1913-June 30, 1914.Number of Meetings attended
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97Total atten~ance at meetings -- ?659
Average n
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n •• __ _7..2__ __ _Number of vi s its to f 2.rms . . . .. _6_1.3:06 ___ _
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il Fa rmers called at office . . . ·---~tz_________ _
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n Times c a~led by telephone'
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. ~ . _ __ lQ.fL_~-Tot a l :1urnb'-3 r of days ·-·orked ___Q_Q] __ ---l('j~nbe r or :Ji les t rave led. by rai 1 . . . _0_7.
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n " auto"
II"
tt " team ..
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·---~~---1f 11
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n on horseback • . . •(42)
INVENTORY, JUNE 30, ----OF MATEHIALS USED IN CARRYING
ON YOUR WORK. USE EXTRA SHEETS IF NICESS~~Y .
MATERIALS OWNED BY THE c ::CPEE.\'l' :tNG PARTIES ..
Artj_a:les : Bought Date
:(Approxirnat e)
i
Price
Paid Present Value ---~'I...Itt..Y .... P....;;e;._.-wr i t er - - - -~:.=:_;:::.:!!:---=..,__.:1~. 9~1:!:..!!3~1 ____.;r,.,u.t...llo4-L...Joot.,.lo,j~r--...o:ra-...
~--Soil Auger June 2
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----PTe sent
Art :lcleD. Name Qf Owner. j Value
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Desk and_,._~ t;ipm ~n ~.l
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Chairs T .he Cb_~r 1 e s ~ • ___ {I_i 'be on C ompa n~r
50,00 I5.00 I _____ ---+--11113'-V5Jd0...-, -T~QvO--I ~_ Stueopt~~~~~li~~L~~~~~-~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rug -
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- ----:;;O...::;.tb,_el• J'.J.-.Ktt res ... _H __ ; ________________ -~-____....;.__...,..,"'__,...,..,...--20.;0( I:r'l .. :;l-cc~. c suc-;h it (;ms as desks, ch2. Lrs, type·wr it ers, cameras,
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SUPPLID!F~T TO WASHINGTON REPORT
SAH LUIS VALLEY, COLORADO. JULY 1, 1913 to JUDe 30, 1914.
Farmers' bulletins and circulars distributed.
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Letters of information to farmers. • • • • • •••Circular letters to farmers •• • • • • • • • • • • Miscellaneous letters received from non resident
people •••••••••••••••• •.• • Miscellaneous letters written to non resident
people. • • • • • • • • • • • • •
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• • • • Farmers' Associations organized. • • • • • • • ••
Boys and Girls Clubs organized. • • • • • • • •• ·---~·----,
Attendance. • • • •
Farmers influenced to construct silos. • • • Agricultur conferences attended out of the
San Luis Valley. • • • • • • • • • •
• • • ••----;r~~ c--,
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'ihe San Luis Valley with itt: man.y l .... nsol ve:d problems
a.nd its peo:pla d.ae:irou,e o! being enlightened in the
gospel of better Agl .. lcultui·s, makes an intereeting field in which to work. J:•erha.ps the greatest drawbaok is that
the terri tory to be coye.r&d by tJne man ia so large that it is di:f.ficul t to do t*he most effective work.
l•'ive Counties are a>o:pera.ting 1n t..no work , and the
Cour.l'ty A{;ent tl iee to the best of his o..b ility ·to divide
h:ik> 'time eque.lly among thern.
It is hoped .~~ha.t th.o nee.l" :tutv.re will. uee ether 0ow·r~y men locatefl in thlz g;ccut Va.llay.
