Annual report of county agent work, Colorado Agricultural College, 1920: Jefferson County

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Color do

nd

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rtment

ot

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Jeff-reon Coun

y

Coonerating

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IN

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cultural

esources

of Jefferson

County .•...

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Hi story

of County gent

work in

Jefferson

County.

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,3--4

Resume

of

ork

in 1920.

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0 rg ani z at ion. • , • • • . • • • . • • • . • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Farm

ureau ••••••••••••••• , •• ,. •..•••••.••....•. ,. •

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Jefferson County

~urebred

Livestook

ss'n ••.•••..•.

Colorado Vegetable rowers Cooperative

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Dairy Cattle Breeders Cooperati e

'n.

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Croo Improvement •••.••...

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Corn ••••••.•.•••.••••••••••• ..

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Alfalf ••••.•••••••.•••••.•••••..•.•.•....

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Sunflo er s ••••••••••••••••••.. , ..•••. , .•••.•••.•••.

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rtifi

ial Legume .... eed Innooul a tion ••.••••..••.•..•••••••

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l·

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vest

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oroveraent •.•••••••• .,. .••••.••••.••

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Poultry

Culling ••••.•••••••••••

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Bo

s

and

Girls clubs •.

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_{Im.rovement~···}

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Chicken

C

nning •.

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est .lradic tion •••

Prairie nogs .••.

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ocket Gophers ••••...••

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Inseot ... - .e orm

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Roads

Improvement.

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Fairs ••••.••

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16 Farm

ure u

e

and

.t:Ubliai

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iacellaneaous Od

Job~

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utomobile- ileAge-Co ts •

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AGRICULTtJHE

RESnURCT'~S

OJT

J~:FFTt;PSO}f

COU.JTY

LOCATI Oli .

-1. c. ·tr Central pa:::-t of

the S+ ate

j

o

ininr

the

c

i

t.y

of

Denve~.

AREA.-

fS3G,~)80

sq . rr_i . ,

which

lays

'72 ·ni .

lone

hy ?0 mi .

wide ar!ct.

running down 3 mi .

i:n

vvidth

il1

the

snJ7,}1

end .

TOFOnRAPHY.- 3/i:i: of th0. c

cunty is n10untai

vlous

ra.ngin.c:

fi,

3 00

ft .

3le¥~tion

to

n~arly

1 0 ,000

ft .

On1

quarter

~f

the

A.:.:·ea

i ;:_;,

~

n Vb.ll eys

n·D~..t

to

~he

foo

~

.. ni]

Ei £_1fHl

i

H

hi~hlJ producti~e

land .

At least 40 sections are

us~d

for

very

intensive rr.arket

and

r:ardening

c::."'O}JS .

\1 AI. U AT I ON • -

$

21 :.

J

~, fi ,

J

~,

0 in

1 91 9

inc :c ca. s e

d t

o

~

2 3

₁

P:

8 0

t

0 0 0

in

19;.~0 . -- P.V:P.HAG~

TAY

IJ~VY~14

pe:"'

$1

Jooo . -~

TOT/\L

T_AY"fliS

PAID

$

38(),

~·'t8 .

LAND VALUES.-Ave:.'fl.r.:.e

noni:r:-:rig51ted ..

?~0 :;)~r

ac.te,

a

:,;.:.~age

irri-gated

oren

f~rminE '~00

,8r

acre with

Rard~ning

lnnd

runriing

$NOO

+o

$1,200

r~~

acre,

~ountain

ranches

$40

J,er aC.!"e or ess 'I.·J:tlere mr;untai:n

hay

!!!~~dows

do

not.

cxi~t .

CIJIHA'IE.-

Av•;-,.q-~ t.~mr\eratures

seldcm bl.hove 90

der;:re~s

with

cool r...i _1:ts .

Wint~~r

tanr;erature :r-a:cely

falJs belov

zero for

1r10re

than a

day

or

tv~

o at a

t

i:u.e .

Avt.~rar:,e

rainfalJ

lh-20

incles .

HiJ)tTCATIO~TAL

FP.CII.Ir:errr:s.-

(~~

1,ubl

i.e

!1Ch~~Dls "".V.'O

o·,

\;hieh

~".xpect

to

hrv~ S~i~h Hu~hes A"ricvltu1~ te~c~era .

I n addition

the State School

o!'

]fines, State I udustrial Scho<,l

for

~oys

and tho State I ndustrial School for

~irls

a::e located in

t]lin

COl .•

nty .

CHO"PS.-Ir!CJ.Ude!

everything usualJ

y

found in

th'L.;

cl iP1ate from

the

~ost

intensive 1nder

~=abs ~roduct~ons,

to

intenst~e mark~t

gardening,

or~n

field crops on ·

1:-r.-iga-:ed 2.FJr.d wi.th

n~a.rly

100

11r~eders

of

lJUTt: b:r~d

reg:i.::..d.e)_.,ed

stockin the

county,

alsc ri=-:-:r

lc:nld fP ....

mi.npr,

m~.ln7.ain

:::-·anges

vri

th

f,TOduct ion of intensive

c:.~on

and

con~iderable

open

ran~e

cattle

~~azin~

in

the

~

National Forests.

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.. I STORY OF COU :rTY G ,J\fT

ORK IN

,r:EFFERS0N

COU. £Y

The first County Agent ork done within th county was

Nov

mb~r

1, 191?

by

F. c.

Tripp. Tripp was

County.t~ent

from

lfovemb r 191? to .ay 1919 and there was an int rval from iay

1919 until Dec mb ... r 1919 wh n th pres nt

~ o u.nty

Agent took

up

th

work. Consid

rin

~·

t

hardships in g tting start d in

in a county

,,;h

r

th

r ie no

central

point within th county

and wh e all busin ss

leav

s the county there was accomplished

a great deal of

~ ork

which mad it asier to g

t

start d on

the

s~cond

lap of County Ag . nt

work.

Proj eta

and

r sul t s of form r work

are report ....

d

py

pro-j

.eta,

as

followe;-l.CROP I

ROV.#.!l r H'NT

.-POTATO SE

I,D .-a.bout

two tons of arly Ohioz

imported

and

distributed to ten men, r

eulte, lareer

interest

in ood se d but no b n

fit

oth

than that , f rom

thie · roject .

2 •

:B.;1'T

TER S.'EED.

-Impo tation of about ?00 lbs. Grimm lfalfa which

was killed

by dry

wjather , no results xo pt

inter st

in, and

a

d~mand

for more Grimm.

S~T

TREATMENTS.-1 d mon tration r eultin. in about

15 mvn

tr atin

B

d wheat . Thi

i

lementary work

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WILD OATS IDADICATION.-this

project

did

not take

very well with the farmers

but

it

i

a project that

is county wide and

could

b worked .

LIVESTOCK

I-fPHOVE'Afm · , CO

TW.STING

ASSOCIATIO • -

one

o_u.aniz d, op;rated less than a year

by

four

t

aters

and broke up

b

caus

of lack of

inter

at

a.~ong

the

dairymen welling bulk who le milk.

STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION.-one org

ni~ed

as nev r

functioned and ie dead now.

3. BOY$' AND GIRLS ' CLUBS.-canning nd garden clubs working ,

240 ... nrolled.

Additional work was don on F Rl{ LABOR

~xcrurnGE.-

124

fa~m

laborers were

~iven

work. Other projects wer

;-TRACTOR n·re:·.ONSTRATIO • - 8

mak ...

s

of tractors , no r corde

k

pt.

CA fl{I G

D~f.'IONSTRATIONS.-9

wer

h ld,

att

nd ne 360 assisted

by

stension

~

cialist .

Som work done on AGRICULTURE SURVEY

and WAR FURLOUGH

and

QUESTIONAIR~S .

On

·!IXT~

I ON SC .0

_L.

in

soil a asai ted

by

extent ion specialist.

]' ru

:SUR

:J

U ORGANIZATION ..

- wa~

ucoeasful in

getting 11.9 :paid

memb .. at 1. 00. County Ag nt publi&hed 5 is u

s of

arm Bureau

~xchange.

On th

r~

.ol can

~e

very

little

d

finite

r

sult

,.,xcept

aquainting

farmers

wi

t.h

the

work

and selling th idea

of a need

for

coun

y

A_

nt

and

Farm "Rur aau

ork; locating men ae leaders

and making favorabl impre

a ion, aho

tened tim of pre ent

agent get .ing started

by

four month •

(7)

t

l' tl

·me

(8)

0 GANIZATIOH

0

gani~a.ti

n ·or re

~uirad

more

time '·

d

is

the

le at

t'

ngible

in cfinite

r

~~

lta,-de

finite

pro:tit to

·the

c

our1j)y

·ha.n

a y. other projec

t~.

Thia 1 due to he

f·

ot that uhere was no

e xi

&.~ing

orga.nizi;j,tion of the Fh.rr·

Buret~u

to

at ...

r·t

ork \ 1 -h,

ani

it

ha. d

to be ·

orked

up , a.n it

i ...

no

11ere

ne

.4r ( onJ yet .

i n

e

~

:"fie r

be

:rs

this

yCJt

r,

··hih

crunty.

m

1

.n

tho

the

here .

~v

o be

th

sli • aver~

... ge

y

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•

(10)

I '

t

I

ORGANIZATION

COLORADO Vli!GRATA:BLE

GROWERS

CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION' •

The need

ror

n organization to mark

t

the mix d vegeatabl

8

grown

by

about

500 v

g

atabl growers was first di cuaeed

informally

ith

different grow rs in the county and it wae

thot that th

t proj ot hould lay ov r another year, or

until wint r to giv time to organize rather than etart off

in a hurry half prim d on the deal.

Ho v r,

du

policy of om shippers

pulling

off

h

t the gro ere call d "P tty deals• announcing eteady

declines in c bb g and oth r o rope the prop.oei t1on of

organizing

cam up, boiled up,

ov r nip_ftt and

three

maes

m etings of gro r • and five

committee

me tinge er held

in five d.ay during the we k of July 31, at a tim when

shipments wer actual+y being made, and the organization

w

e doing busin sa in

t

n

days

from the take

ott.

ThJ

organization

cov rs p

rts of two countiee,

Adams and

J"efferson and county ag .... nt Kidder of Adame

coun'y

and 'Bureau

of rk te Cheif,

w ••

H ppe assist din the

o _ganization,

Officers are

w.

J. W

rtman Pree., Arthur Apel, Seo-Treaa.Joe

Spano v•ce-Prea.

and

Fr

d Fro aard ic. P rschitto, all of

hom are directors..

ir ctors were elected at the mass

me tin s, one m

mb

r,

on vote, non stock, non profit.

W.F.Heppe of the D nver Bureau of

arkets

furnished the

constitution and

by-la

s and

the

er adopted with one

chan~

d it not

b~

n for the fact

that

th gre rs thot they were

hit hard enouP-}l to fore them to do som thing besides taJ.k

which r sulted in very good support and ork on the part

of gro rs th organiz tion ould not hav gon

thrU.

Aa

it

as

it as a very

poor

s

aeon

tor

the

v

eata~le

rewer

and the Association on 1t

1

a

busin

sa

did not make th

growers mon y, but th y shipp d 210 cars of mix d vegeat8le

orth $500 per oar aver ge, or volume of business

ot

105,000. While the Association did not show a profit they

broke even with buyers

~rices

on the whole, and got more

money on mixed vegeatables, but the extra xpenee

ot

op rating at up the extra prices. Ho ver the growers eay

that it was

mighty

profitabl for had the Association not

exist

d

prices would not hav b en h r they wore ae the

shippers aged a hard

bitter

fight,

otten quoting out prices

for less than th

y

p id to put th aeaoc ation out of busine

.

Arrang mente were

made with THE RHODES CO, OF D

to

handle Association bu iness xo lusively

and

th

y

e;av

compl te satisfaction on every scor •

Th

Pr

sident and on Director claim the Association was

responsibl for

xt~a

profit to the grower this year to

the extent of ov r 100,000.

THE

COLORADO CABBAGE

~XCFJGTGE

organized at Brighton with

th COLORADO

VEG.~ATABLE

GROWERS

CO~PERATIVE

ASSOCIATION as

members were responsible for advancing cabbag prices from

30 cents per c t to 60 cents per cwt over night and holding

them for 46 days.

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(

[

OR ANIZ TION

DAIRY

CATJ.~-re

:BR

·~

_,D :..RS CO-OP.ERATIVE SSOCIATION

This milk marketing organization was organiza d in advance

of the arm Eufeau from the br ed r of dairy cattle, who

did not understand the Farm

Eureap

plane of organization.

A

it xists now, this As ociation

i

a close corporation

1 ,h

a

re~lar

m mbership of but

aix,

and an associate

m mb rahip of over 200, :ho have no vote in the affaire

exc pt thru n advisory board. The regular m mb rship

i

composed of A. Ponsford, Pres. Carlos all, L·

c.

Donl.y,

Vice-Presid nte, nd

J.C,L1nq~ist

Trea • w.G.Foster Sec, anf

C •• Hinman, '"'ho have paid

membershfp

f

~a

of 200 each, but

any

one Vlho is a

or~

4 r of Dairy eattl

ith investment

and who m

.ts with the approval of thv board may be taken in.

This .laavee it op n to get on th board moat

any

one that

th-v

different county arm ureaue

au

~·rounding

nver want.

Start

in.,

as

it

did ahead

of

the arm ureau the orr.:anization

soon realized that they co ld get no mer

o

king

alone

so they

cam

to the

county ·

a

a;

nte and

~;)xecut

i

ve C

nt'!li

t t

es

for indorsement as a Farm :Sur au roject and for work

aa

a good Farm

'Bu.reau should

do

it.

This

ndorsem nt

and.

sanction as given

by

the

1xecuti~e

pommitt e of thea county

and the county agent hae gone do n

~

line on it to the

xtent

of

holdin ~ m~etin~s,

explaining

anything as asked

her

possible, and

in general h lping the thing

~,o

tb.ru.

The purpose of the or anization is to sell collectively the

milk that is used

by

the city of Denver ,-aom 18,000 to

20,000 gallons daily, and control

of

the milk is given

by

the associate memb r

wh

n he ei

na

a contract

rith

the

Association which appoints the A sn. th exclusive

s~vs

agent for his milk for a period of fiye yeare ,

ith

further agreements a

follo

s,- to deliver he milk Where

the

Assn. may dir ct, to

pay

a maximium

of

one

cent per

,,.allo

marketing charg s ith the

provision

thet only actual

operating costs

s~all

be deducted

and

any thin, over shall

be return d pro

~

a to the dairyman , to aklm milk and e 11

fat vhen directed, in order to foro a pric , and to pay

pr-:;.00

per

day

for very

day

a cont:ract

i

broken, toaether

ri

h all costa of suing if necessary. If it is proved that

h dal yman is :violating his contract, that breach is not

a

b~oken

contract,- the Assn. can still enforce specific

p rtormanc for the lifv of th contract,- five years .

Bight

m~etin~s

-er attend d

by

the coun

y

agent, attendanc

of about 140 and over

90f

of the

dair~en

in attendance

sign~d

contracts on . the spot.

S veral day have b n spent

more or 1 sa individually explaining

tne

proposition and

ans ring offic and phon calls.

0 HER PURPOSES are to look after the

men, but feed, furni h pur bred ir

up in d iry lines to look aft r.

ffair of

th dairy

(12)

(

COR::-Thie is a

very

irrsportant projec t

trP~t

is just

bar ..

ly

st r . ed oo .. ered to the o

t lo 'Jk

f or re

l

lts for

ye::.:~r .

: "':OV -; r.JT

'·ORR

s more in

d

rn·,nd,

tn~ t

is

i

for-eked for on

t

ais p roje

t

as

much e s on any

other.

Le~ters

carne to

the

office,

far~ers

anrr.e

in

and

telephone oBll s came in c sking for bet or seed corn, Gri

"In

alfalfa, Kanred wheat,

~nd se~~ ~ o te toes.

There vere

more inc

1

niries

froM f rme r o on

thi th

!

o

~ny

other

projeo •

Tho seed corn si tustion 1 st ynor -r·as v ery noute.

Only

two ,.orn

gro~ers

.i

thi

t h o

co

~~n

t:y

had se

d

corn

that germ.:.n ted

~r;ell

e:od olso of

~uf:ficient

quantity

that

it

co ·. ld )e recor

:1en

ed.

"here

~ · ere

at

Jeaet

t·~enty-five

acl,s

f or regiotered

cer ~ ifie

in-: .

13 corn

n

e

·or~

able o

ge ~

only

t

enty

ounds or

e~g~h v~~r t~t~ib~~;~sto ih~r¥yn~~~~e~,~·,J~ rnrAg~he'rgg~nty

ss

re ult of high -p:tes8nre "¥'!?ork to

gHt

far"' c'·~s

to

realize tnat sed corn was very -poor. -':rao tically

1, 0')0 aores

of

corn .rr--·re nlc:-.n+ed

v.ri~b

t"

is 20

1

1 b1 .

nnd

hi

1 ·~

fa

1 o u

o

rk was not carr

11 e te. re· res en ta

i

ve

in ~ ·

f! Oticn

showe

thA t

i

id

incre

se ti:le

'rrO t)

shou t

10 '{)

over

f._ .

e av age of

corr

on

aor.·p

·e:ri

n~l

aeed

corn.

lso ·vnere oo:rn for silaee

i t

s)?.owed nd avera e of a

li tt le over a ton per

~ore

increase.

It is kno\'·

thB :

ni:ce fanr.ers selected

seen

corn this

falJ about 5

b1 .

in

ol1.

~s

a resvl

t

of p oor sta

~d

of

aorn

~is

y·ar this office has o

ders

·o get i n he

ne·ghborhood of 5

r

bu. of he best

orn tnat ca b

obtained for 1921

•J l a .:~t i

g.

This

is .ne i n a:r •o

~h e

feat

tn~t

good

ceed

in 1921 ooet eight

~a

t

elve cents

per

1 .

an many

f~TI'le rs

pl nted co m·

crioal

.seed

be-ce,; s .e

it

co1ld be

obt~ined

for,

fro.

five ·o ei ght

cents

'?CT

Jb.

'·hre ·.

'!',_ hl'VG

re

or~ed

the,.+

they

consider

hey

loot fr ru

~ 5 - ~ 1, 0~0

e ch

~is

ear

>i

11~~ ·

ing corn

t

c

ur of,

~-r

by

t ..

,~ 1

..

g gerrri na.t i on

";ests

a

gi

v.

:.n on the ackage.s. Good se d corn is ver:

scu:rce

lis

;J

ar and it issa:fe to

say

t

1.$;lt

T) raeticalJ

y

evPry farmer

who

> l~~ nt

_d

'3Prn

will take a ftreat

deal

more neins

vi

th his

aorn in

1· 21

than he did in

1920

(13)

C RO P I

r

:ROVE

fl

~

T

~

--!F

.LFJ\:-in co-a

1 ...

r.ret1on ·

i

th the ,:

~.::·

..

R,~;

l:!O IIJf

..

CT~RIA.

"'·,'e etrobao", sever 1 de- onst:r- tions were started

gro · ing cow

ne~

s or

aoy

beans s a cover crop

i

t:q.

corn.

SeeP~onal

con

i

tio!is,

dr~

s"Dri..,.,g 1nd SUtm !er an

web

-:rorm

injuries prevented frl' records of corn

t

l"'ast a on

per ac e cil c-e .

A"~

1=-1

reeult of requeet and

inform~tion

on Grimm

alf~lfa

to three or four r:en 990 lb • of

Grirrl·

alfalf were

bought end dihtributed to ten mfn at a seed s ving cost

of ,

250,

fer

)1

nting on \1\'!et

lnnd

here

CO"r' " On

alfalfa is

not as

~uocess

ul as Grimm. One h

m ec

acres '·ore

pl~

nt-ed bn

t

web

vorm

in;iury resulted in n loss of p:ractio lly

every aa::re •

. 1ve de

onstrPtions were mede of

innocrl~tin6

the

alfalfa

seed · ith

~lfelfa

bacteria an in one agse befor- web

worms ole ne tl.e etch it

in

show

benef cial reculta,

that is,

tht:

~lfalfa

stood t

•1e

tri~l

here

it w.

s

i ..

lnoc-uJgted, rih;·_ :re ons U!li ...

1:no~ulr-t~e·

se··d,

1le

,)l8nts wa:r';;:

dead at the ti.re

~he

others ·were living.

bout

July 20th requests from

:r~

rmers egM

ooMing

in

for

~ .~or.

t

o the C.'1nred

variety· , hi

oh. v;a s

dTte

to

publicity

On thiC!

variety in.

nnrm

nep.,rs

n

at "Or

dir-ect · n!1 in-1irec

t

a au.: es.

.tt

rr'1nt;~mfn.

to ·. ore rra de

by

the

~;oun t y

agent

-';o

tRke

26,~"

"'l Q

lbs. from a

oar

that A • .. ,..

t:,JClyr:,onds, Cron.s

~xtGn~ion lJ~"~oj.alie:t

br

d bonght :from

t'.e

Ra.;)'es

~oerimental

._;tntion i.n

Y:an sa .... in

oo-or

e

r""tion

wi

--:h

I~qrirrer·, A. ..

dome

and

Jefft'"rf>OTJ Co1L1"':y

r. '3u:rf1

6

ns.

This

:b

nt

rE1ce1ved

t-he

0e+

.eek

in ugust , n

o

"' \ ~ en

y-

Jo.Ji

gro . er

i

..-t

h

c :r.o

rth~

rn hal

o

.f ' .

c

co~

n

y •

Th

i

s wheat co

~

t

6 • 7 5 per

O" ·

t.

la

i

d down •

'aS·.

2. 25 .:

er o

~t .

chen

.cr

tha11

wne~

...

t

houc:es

J.Uld

deal era. ,;ere

~elli

g

the

e

r

A

kinr1

of

,,.,hcRt ..

?or. .nine

-t .

: ~

th\.1U _;;:.nd An eight hundred lbs.

'"l

·re recei vcd in

"chis lot 'nd i .n

ridi

tion

:requef.'i::S

C8n;e

in

fOT

more .. nd

' 18,

~')0

lb".

¥~ere

obtaine, i om

gro

er, J. · .•

Br dsha

&

o~~, ~astonvil

e,

aolorado

. n

dist1ibuted to

15 £;'!"" ·

e :rs i n

h

0 1

tbe:rn

pe

1:

t

of

t~ _e

eo1

n

·i .

~rrr 1)

·errents

t

ere made for

P Cc l"

ao-ouere ti ve

.i th .. h · Grange b . hiah

+he \J.range ... tors at

Littl

,on h,;ndled the lat·t::er sh.inment

th reby

t king

con~i

: r

ole

re~ o on~ibility

and

time

off

the sho vl d ere of he ooun

!-

y •.

ge:n

t .

~he

la

t

r

shipment

co

~t

·

5.

00 per c

~t.

lP

i

in, . c to

get Jing n <

ti

ve

seed

11 Ka:nred

v

s

t

tjated for

SFut

""nd ;_o

n1

ao0

1

Jt

60 ibs. •

per s c re •

L

his h

t

as . 1

?

n

+

e d on. ... ) r o _

i

r.

~

t

ely

61 '7

(J

acres

by

41 men .·ell distributed in ;1e ao

nty

nnd

so far

h ,~

s

sho,,

n

a deci d ec1

ten dency

to s"':;ool

::ore

han oormron

(14)

.

-J. ..

o .... +o

except;

_e

and

re

re-I

(15)

J

IV .t'"'O

~ K

I

~o

th-3-t

th.,

roject is

uufini~_hea.

i:n

co-o·ne:r

ion

~vi

th

~:JILS

·C

·r::RIA

.. ho sold

aboDt

50 farr .er£>

ill

.h

c 0111

ty ()

1.1ltures

.Ju1 e._ .. ng a lf

lfH

se ed , ea s seed, soy e na a .. _d

co~~

.:.

'18 , :r(.C' :rr;;:

h·

~;e

b

n vtte- o .; o resr

1 ts that

....

ho~·~

'hethe:r

or

not

this innOCT:!l

tlon

(licl

l}9.y.

On one

i

e

1 d

o

·?

gn r

Cl

n

p

F~> .. )

e n

t

7 , 3 ) 0

.l.

t.

al

ti

t

1

d e

~

fi e 1 d of

geqs

WC3S.~1s~n+er1.

t'·O

,.o, . ~

irtnocul c .. ·teil

nd to rows

not

in-~. acul t~i:J

o ... the

en.Jire

).r~t,1h.

Wh e n

1et.:1e

~err: :~0

d ys

01 t

~hore

wo.s

s. differnae of two inehss in height

fo.vo

r ·

~'l.~

t:hn

t

11 ·

i

nno

ouJ

tinn. .

lfol fa web

·yo

'rms

.Jleencd

UlJ ~

e field

r..~o J- • ~

oroduc

~ ion

recur

~

8r

r.ot svaileble.

D

jtsi e

r

f t he

organization .

ork on lives · oc,{ .

~etr.e1

..

s

91TEf1·

y

J

€po rt ed

un0 r h etld s of

~1 ·j li'.t.t'-~RSOH

;o

U]P.

Y P

u: "'

,

:R1_.~

LIV

_{-~~! 'fO CK}!' ''(Jf)l

.TIOH

anr~

he . "l

1

tY

c

~-t

TJ}

·~ P·~·: -

! R2

A !::·~o

... l ·

IOl~

the p ojco . of . o

ltry

culling

is of idr.r

in tereA : nd probabJ of ;nr-ore

direct

benefit o he county

th8n any

other single

proje:.Ot•

.:.' i"~js

projeot

c mt up

in three corr."unities 1hen organizing

Jrogra:rra~

of ork. anti .he first three were held en<1 from

vlH:rt

in

t~

rest ore WE=re a ...

k ed :for en.. fi-ve fl"lOre held in

the

~p:ring,

..

~~ arch

nd

Ap:ril, neking e total of 8 in

.he

s~ring

wi

tb

an attendance of 143, in which 320 hens

ere

gone over

a~

demonstrations,

and 97 hens

er~

thrown

out

SA

culls.

As a

result of the

interest

sho~n

in

the spring 21

more

1

_Ull

_ing

_{demon trations}

_·wAre

_line~

_up

_{is .}

_01·e

_{of <1n o e"' h}

head m

nn~r

by the county a ent, e cording to intereq in

differ n

co~

.n:uni

ties,

pl~oes arr~nged,

looP.] people

to

all

hey

"'OUl~

to the · erron

ot

·etion, and to

j

ns 1re

th

t

11 ere

notifierl

the

~O Pnty

agent

had

p:rinte

form

let·er

h

t

a ~ sen~

out to all residents of the no unity

rubber stamped on the ·botto . wt th the place, date and

t i . ·-

of

me

t ing:

From October 15 to iovember 30, 21 "'F_.,uonc ra

iOnP

ere

held

e~

ended

by

36~, ~bere

1199

hen~

were exfnined and

437 de ignated as oa ble of bein , good

auJJ. ,

pa~t

of

Which •

ere SOld n

he

res ·

COn~

ed.

(16)

LIVE2

(

l

!?OULTRY

CULLI~~G

BO S

SILOS

A total of 29

poultry

culling d err.onstrations were held

during the

year

in that many diiferen·c communities

or

su""

communi~.:ies,

attende-d b 508 people,

in

which 1519 hens

.ere examin

d by

the county agent, and 634 branded as culls

which rune over 33 1/3fo culls, and at whioh 148 people

agreed to cull out the wore , - the outstan.ding bad

ones~

and revort to county agent

the

n'U .ber and

disposition i:f

any.

ro

November 3

ap)roxim~;;

.. tely 45 have

reporte thro.,vino· out

a

ft:J''t

~verage

about 20·Jh

culls, or 450 hens, and

it

is

defin:ttely

knO!J!J11.

that

a·

gre·"t

wany h

ve

culled

a

result

of att enc1ing

1--he

de~

.onstration

and

he

e

not reported in

and it is safe to say that

t l t ast that. many more,450,

have be_n thrown out of a good job.

Figuring saving in feed oost

lone,(and not extr br ·eding

or production value, nor

valne

of cull(!\ for market) at

2.60 per

year,

11hich

i

absolute minimium.

t

e saving to

the

county on

~his

one

project

w

s

orth , s Tcsult of the

~ork

was

over .P6,000, bu.t it

is

put

in on statiQtioBl

eu m

ry

t

~3,200.

~

v:o:rrs

R~

IOlTJ 1

~<70Bk

ON

rJ .. ,

~·? _

F

~DING.

-BR'-: lliG

at

each

culling demonstration was worth to he

oounty

as

n .ar s

it

can be gue sed at

lElast ...

1 .,000.

All

1

G IB!JS CLUBS

uring the year something like 15 days were pen, on the

attempt to organize 1oys Calf or .1/ig Clubs bnt

wae

su11~es

ful

only to a

degree.

'i.Otal

enrollment wa s ven, and but

t

o finished the work

i

th calves.

I

From

interest slready

shov.n

interest

in

boys

and

girls

club

·tr'or-k has

increas ~ d

1007o

and his "tiill be one of

tb.,

mRjor

pr~ject

for

1921.

· ·

,. r

here were built in the ounty

thi~

year ov er

t:hirty

r~ilos

of one ind or another, and

five pit

en trench

silo~

can

,,

~e

acc 'J unted

for

ao. a

result

o!' oonfe .. noes and

i

forma+ion

Qn t y Jes eto.

l'

o

tile

silos oan be

tr~cec

to recomt'ridation

: · as

result

of the work,

an _

one ho. e :

.ade

wooden

flooring

silo

,~ l. b1_~-ilt

se result o£ helping ow er plan

it.

1 ~

I

' I '

I'

(17)

HOME IMPRO

CHICXE

r

CANNI _ G D

:.~

01 STRATIO

Thi

proj ct w in th h nda of fis Douglass, Home

Economics

Sp~ci

liat , in hioh thr e chick n

re o nned

for d monatration in ethods b for 20 omen , but tbe

chicken all spoiled

ny

ho so no money a made.

P ST ERADI TIO

PRAIRIE DOGS

Thi

p

oJ ct a mor or lea of an in !vidual n tur in

scatter d

inatano

rather than

p

et di

trict

work on

larg se l , altho som littl ork wa don on on p

t

district in th south nd o! th o4unty hich is incomplete.

Poi on d o

t

as turnished

by

the A ricultural Coll

re

dist ibut d o

1 farmers, r a

total of 6 gallons, 560

pounds hieh re used on

approximat ly ?00 acre ,

hich

is

fi ur d at

~2 . 00

per aor profit, or bout 1 , 400 b n

fit

to the county.

POC

~T

GO

~R

Stt1VE

oiaoning

DE_O

STRSTIO S

ere

held

to

demon trat

m thode of m xing

poi on

d

c rrot and puttin

it in th

hol so th pest

ould g

t

it ,

att nd

d

b 52 people, in

hich 4 ounc a of str,ychnin

r

old

to

b u d

y

l

men in cl aning th

ir mountain farm of thi a rious pest

that in

ta

m' ado

a

and

fi

lda.

This will b a big

project for next year. All r nche in

the mount in have hem nd th

y

are con id r

the

vo

t

pests in that country.

I irSECTS-

ORMS.

THE AL AL

'A

.:1

'OR

app ar

d

in

this county ingen

.,ral

all

over

th

county about th 5th of Jun , coming o udd nly

that

it

B

impossibl

to r ach

ry

m

individuals

on

control m thod before th

y

had ot in o

t

of th ir d

• 300 circular 1

tt

r

r mail d

out to

-~

rd

e s and

farm

ra

outlining

1

thod of control,

eprayin, arden crops ,

·ith

#

ars nat of

1 ad, 4# of o

p

o mak th poison

tick to 50 gallons of

+

r. Al o

urroundi .

~ the

field

ith

at

r

to

p

vent tr llin nd any oth r ay to

ha· raa th

tr

vellin~

or

ccumlllating of the

individ .ally to

~ vt

fi

htin

t h

p

ts

eb orn cost the

county o er

~ 50 , 000

in lose on n

edi g

alfalfa, aunflo ,r , and gard n crops of

all kinds but th

bvn~fits

derived a

r

lt of th

'Ork

~

pl

ced at $500.

(18)

ROADS IMPROV

11

\IE

T

FAIRS

othin don •

As a

result

of this county

not

h ving

a

local county fair

insti ution breed rs nf

f

rmer of

his

and Arapaho county

adjoinin~

on the south aet, held a

me~tin"

at Littleton

.her ... h plans er discussed for a

TRI-COU.YTY

FAIR?

to includ

J

fferson and Arapahoe

and

Denver counties ith

.he Fair to be h ld in Denver, from hich city to draw a

gat admittance, nd ith the r sources of the

t o counti s

ith ov r 125 breeders of pur bred liv stock of all kinds

and the varied crops,

f~om

hot

houa

plants, vegeatabl s

fi

ld grains and b ck to mountain crops of potatoe and

fora.e cr ps it ·a thot tat

thi .

ill b on of, th bi

county fairs of the West.

T o g

noral me in s have b en h ld, and one co ittee

me~~ing ~ ith

th

mayor of

D

nv

r .,o get

th

usa

of

OVffiRT;A

P RK.

ermisaion to ue

the park, which

ia already

uir)P

d with buildings, track tc.

has bv .n

pr ctically

compl

t d, and

alar~

d l g tion of br dere

hav.

ait d

on

th

Co

nty

Commisaion r of

A~apaho

County for mon

y

appropriatioas to help out.

Another d l

~

tion has be

1

rounded up to a ear b""for

th.

C unty Commi aioners of

this c

unty fo the same mon

y

appr opri

tiona.

BU

I

'u

1:·

1

s

A:'D 'PU'BLICITY

Du to th fact

t

t this county 1 not a typical,centralized

cdunty,- the gen ral trend of travel leaving th county for

D

nv r, anf mo tly from t h · fact th

t

of the 2?00

farm.

nd gard n r tak any on

of

th thr e

county ne s

pap r , th

:J;xec ..

iv Committ e aek ... d for the publication

of a

arm

~ur#au

paper to

~o

to memb

£

and xtra copies to

be di tributed where they would do the most

~o o d,

same to

contain n s of arm Bur au do in . , and to contain a

fre"l

exchan~

ad column to

dv~

tise stock,

d etc •

Sev n month1y issues have be n made ith 115 timely articles

101 of

~hich

r

ritten

by

the

county

ag nt. 81

exchan~e

ads

~er

un ith an adlJertiainp value, on

cur .~ent

rates of

about 25.00 and it is known that thay hav be ·n instrumental

in sellingat 1 a

t

2000

ro~th

of seed, nd

tock of all kin

kind •

·

· 0 •

1f {)

0 D

0

~A,

.AJ

~

/YY'l.~ ~Juvv~

.

THE

J ~

i'.L

RS()

T

r,o{rnfy

WAR

BIDmAU

BEPORTFzR

hae done

a

gr

t

deal of good ,

jud.~in

from comments, but it ia hard to

p1t

fing rs on it in a

mon ~y

ay.

ISC LA •OUS ODD JO S

hi end

f

the buain s is n ,1 cted

as to records ut it

includ litt le bits of info ation on very

thin<, accoma

aations etc. that

mi~ht

be

f

~ur

d

orth 10

oen~a

ach on

(19)

AUTO

OBILE?

M IL~ ~,

COSTS.

The o

unty

agent drove or travelled during the year

8?80

mile;:~

(in a Ford) on 530 gallons of gats, or an

average of

16.6 mil a per ..

allon.

:JtJ

gaarts of oil e

used• or l ?5 miles per qll&rt. The oripinal set of tire

averaged ov r 7000

mil s each, b

t

one

s

t

hae bt .. en bot.

Repair

billa

w re 128.?2 or 1.4 cents p r mile.

The total.operating xp nae

fo~

th

y

r,

inoludin~

v ry

hing except d

preciatio~

waa ·447.37 and including •h

item of

d

~}'reciation

at

$200.00

makes a t otal opsrati:ng

coat per mile of ?.3 cents.

The cotnty agent travelled 437 miles by rail in 1920.

The

county

g

nt

received 363

t

lephone c 11

and

called

(20)

I

Jefferson County

-Farm Bureau Reporter

'C

VOL. 1

GOLDEN, COLORADO, MARCH,

1920

NO.1

~-lTTENTION

PURE JlRED

many or ,mor2 breeders as any of

WHEAT RIDGE COMMUNITY

STOCK BREEDERS!

the other eonnties in the state.

DAY SA'fUUDAY,

MARCH 2t

Jefferson county exhibited at

The live stock breeders of Jef- the stock show this year

225 l\!Iarch

20 is set aside in Wheat

ferson county will meet for the hehad of

stoel~,

molre

th~n

anh.

Y

Ridge as Community Day,\ with

first time at the court house in ot er -county, anc won I.fl t e

_{neighborhoorl o:L}

₁₁₀

_{ribbons, something doing every minute}

_'lt

Golden on Saturday, 1March

27,

to counting only champions, reserve Wheat Ridge's new school

audi-organize a Jefferson County Pure h

~·

d

torium. The program starts at

Bred Breeders' association.

c ampions, nrsts and secon s.

_Do

110

t forget the date, March

9:30

in the morning and runs

. A great

d~al

o.f

int~rest ha~

27,

at

1 o'clock, in the court through the afternoon. Best of

lJeen shown n1 this proJect by

_al.

house, and everybody is invited, all the Ladies' Aid will serve

the ?reeders ihat havt; been In- stockmen

ul·ged,

whether you are lunch at nocn.

te~v1ewed

on the.

s~bJe~t.

The aetually in

tite

business or not. -

₁

Mr. Sargent of Fort Collins

obJect of the associatiOn

IS

to fos-

will talk on the Smith-Hughes

ter and further the business of

RA

lLROAD

COlUPANY

TO

act, which makes provision for

pure bred s.tock, .through publit:;-

GET

CERTIFIED

SPlTDS paying part

oi

the salary of a

Ity, sales, sire n_ngs and other

teacher to teach agriculture in

meth.ods to be discussed at thf; The Colorado

&

Southern rail- high school. J. A. Hogan will

meeting.

road through its agricultural de- talk on "Ag:riculture in the High

If

you are a breeder of pure partment is shipping into Colo- Schools." Dr. Foster will speak

bred stock of any kind or breed, rado the first certified seed po- \ on "Medical Inspection in

th~

or

~r.e

interested in the busine.ss,

I

tatoes for general distribution ·

Schoo~s."

Mrs. Bradfo_rd,. state

or

If

lDu know of pure br,ed to people who have ordered some supenntendent of pubhc

Instruc-\

breeders let them know and come

I

of the different varieties for the tion, will be there for a talk and

out to this fil'st gatht;ring. The production of certified seed. This. Miss Sheridan a?d Miss

Doug-county agent has .a hst of over

I

office is infcrmed that there are lass, boys and girls c!ub

leade~

forty breeders

nt

Jefferson in one car about

400 bushels of and home demonstratiOn agen"

C1~mnty,

but

1

here

a~e

more tha.n

I

Bliss Triumphs that 3;re n?t of Fort Collins, will tell

a~out

that that are not listed,_; and It

I

placed. They are Wisconsin club work and home canning.

has

be~n

slow work to get a com- grown and certified and come at The county

a~·ent

is expected to

plete hst. If you know of breed- about

$5.25

per Cwt. F. 0 .. B.

'I

talk on the Farm Bureau.

!(

ers let us have the names to

com-~

Denver. Price may vary a few

plete the hst.

cents on fre1g·ht rate.

If

you are

I _

. Jefferson county

~as

pure bred interested in seed potatoes noti- j The

count~

agent .has had

;~t

hve stock, lots of It, and good fy this office.,

I

least

25 calls

~or

Minnesota

13

,_I

enough to win in fast company

,seed corn. Its scarct; as hen

t'

in competiiion with the best The Jefferson County Farm Bu- teeth. Boulder county IS out and

~~·

herds of the country at the Na- reau need your support, finan·· ~i~h. the seed corn situation ~s

,.

tional Western Stock Show. This cially and morally. The fee is It 1s If you .need seed corn y~u d

county is well situated to become small. Join now!

better g~t 1t as soon as .poss1ble

one of the leading counties or

and test It. Anyone havmg good

the west in the pure_ bred busi-

Join the Farm Bureau and

1

see~

c?rn

w1~l con~er

a favor

by

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(

JEFFERSON COUNTY FARlU

"r:ff ..

l\_T FARM BUREAU

expense in the interests of the

BUREA lJ REPORTER

DUES ARE GOING

rro

BE

work and are out substantial

sums of money.

Published monthly in the

in-terest of the farmers and

gard-eners of Jefferson County, Colo.

· I

Join the Farm Bureau now.

At a meeti_ng of

th~

Farm Use it and talk Farm Bureau.

Bureau executive committee and

K. A.. l\lcCASKILL

County Ag·ent auir Editor

several other farmers on Feb.

28 it was decided to make the

membership fee in the Jefferson

Phone: Golden 262W

County Farm Bureau $2.50 per

Annual

me ers 1p 1n

mb h.

· th

e h 1

I

year, instead of $1.00 per year as

h

· c

1 d

Jefferson Count Farm Burea . as )een t e _custom ~~ . o ?ra o

_{·. 1 d.}

Y · ·

u, 1n years previOus. This Is In

ac-Inc

u mg

subscnptwn to the

I

1 ·t•

t'

t

d

F

_{arm epor er, .;... per year. motion that was made and car-i}

R

t

$'>

₅₀

_ corr w1

n

ne sen Imen an a

Farm Rnreau Officers

1

ried at the conference of the 25

President-fl. A. Brown.

I

odd county farm

~ure~us

of

Colo-Vice President-D. P. Wilmot.

ra~o

at Fort C?lhns I?- J

an_uaqr~

Secretary-'freas.-J.

A. Hogan.

r

This n:en:bership

~arnes

with_

L

(jlla

·~·

_{t ..}

_{m -n}

e of C

_ommt

•tt

_ees

!

subscnptwn to th1s paper with

1 ,

Several gallons of poisoned

oats have been ordeired for

Jef-ferson county farmers from the

oollege at Fort Collins fo,r pois-t

oning praine dogs and ground

squirrels. This can be ordered

direct or though the county

agent, and obtained at actual

cost,

which

is 65 cents per

gal-lon in lots of five galgal-lons or

more, and

70 cents per gallon in

less than five gallon lots, cash in

advance.

· Better 8eed- J ames Tegarden. free use of tne exchange

colu~n

Ll

.ve St

_Eggleston.

_{oc a}

k

nd D ·

_{airyt ng- . Th}

1-

R

and other Farm Bureau benefits. The Bear Creek community

_{_e money}

_.~~

_.

_{use to pu}

_d

_bl.

_~s

_{h h}

_{as or ere}

_{d -d}

_severa

_{1 h d d}

_{un re}

Drainage---John Calkins.

this paper, oif1ce expenses, p_nz~ pounds of Grimm alfalfa for

sev-Pest Control-S. B. vVhite.

money for th,e boys and girls en men, and several other orders

so·l Imp ,

t Er t A.

₁

clubs, State

I~

arm Bureau dues have been placed for other sec"'

P

otatoe~-.denry 1 ,.,

ro;emen -- nes - pe · and our part of the dues of the tions of the eounty. This seed

Rarnsteter, Jr. A

·

~ "t

t.

f F

can be obtai·ned for about 20

Home

1<' •

l\tr

E A 1

men

can

.ll

ec

era Ion o

arm

.t..:.~COnO.ffilCS- r.LfS. .

pe. B

N

f

't .

d f

t

d

1 h

c

l

~tfarkets-Wllliam Bratton.

ure~us.

one o I

IS

use or cen s per poun ess t an o

o-salanes or personal expenses of rado prices. These men will try

·~~"''-"'"''-f"'·~~

any member of the organization. out Grimm beside other

varie-l'f PAYS ·TO ADVERTISE

Several members of the Bureau ties, under community

condi----

have made trips to Fort

~Collins ~

tions, and results

publish~d

as a

This little paper is going out

I

and other places at their own

I

part of Farm Bureau proJects.,

to a good many farmers in J

ef-ferson county.

It

is published

by the County Farm Bureau, an

organization doing all it can for

better live stock, better crops,

better farming.

If

you have

_son1ething

g(H)d

to sell advertise

it, use the want ad

!

exchange

list.

It-

isn't of 1nuch value un-q

less it is used. Or if you have'

a sale of some pure bred stock

perhaps a small display ad will

helpt. There are a few display

ads from merchants appearing

in this paper. These men

adver-tise because

it

pays. Also

th~

Farm Bureau appreciates their

patronage, and the money

de-rived therefrom, and we believe

these merchants should get their

(22)

'riLL CULfJ TO LOCATE

THE

SLACKER

HENS

The Mapie Grove Community

Farm Bureau at a meeting· in

January among other things

ask-ed for some demonstrations in

the culling of poultry to weed

out the boarder hen, the hen

that is heavy on the eating end

of the game but light on paying

for it.

the road, v:here a small flock of

Rhode Island Reds will be culled,

the culls kept separate for a few

days and 1f they prove no g·ood

will be sold.

gverybody is invited to be

present, and the woman of the

house especially, as the care o:f

the flock is uften up to her.. At

2 o'clock, Saturday, March 13, at

Mr. Lee's west end of 38th.

Accordingly arrangements have One lVay of Keeping· Rer.ords

been made to stage two demon-

"Did you hear about Bill Bone·

stratlons on culling on Saturday, head's barn burning? Total loss.

March 13, at Jim Lee's and Got- No insuranee and Bill nearly got

frey Anderson's, on Thirty-eighth gassed trying to pull the door off

avenue, one-half .mile south and the hinges. After Bill ciame to

a quarter east of Olivet ceme- someone said to him, 'Bill,

why-tery station. Mr. Lee has a flock inell did you act

so

crazy about

of mixed chickens. These will that barn door?' 'Well, dang it,'

be culled according to the Hogan says Bill, 'aH my figures for the

system, taking· into consideration last five year3 was right on the

the factors that go to make a side of that door.' "

good producer, and pointing out

the factors or points of

confor-mation that are characteristic of

the slacker hen. The culls will

be kept separate for a few days

if possible to see if they do lay,

and results reported.

From 1\.fr. Lee's the next move

is to Mr. Anderson's, just across

Illinois has about 90,'000 Farm

Bureau members. Illinois

farm-ers pay $15.00 per year dues and

find by experience that it pays.

The State Farm Bureau has a

fund of $330,600 for state work

to help the county Bureaus at

market points.

Western Ascolon, Show Ring and Produetion Champion

Residence, Jefferson County.

The Colorado State Farm

Bu-reau has ratified the constitution

of the American Farm Bureau

Federation and voted to join the

National Federation. Mr.

Jami~

son, prominent framer of

LaVe-ta, president of the Colorado

Bu-reau, is on the executive

commit-tee of the American Federation.

The

Rom-ar~~~t

was eleven

and three-fifths inches.

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To

Buy

an

Essex

OR

Dodge

car, call on

A. L.

D A:Vti:s

Arvada, Colo.

Morrison Auto

Supplies Co.

Expert

Automobile Repairing

Racine Tires, Tubes and

Accessories

Special-1000 Round Pine

Posts at 25 cents each.