Annual report of county agent work, 1920: Delta County, Colorado

Annual Report

of

County Agent Work

1920

Delta

County

Colorado

Annual Repo-rt of

DELTA COUNTY

FARM

BUREAU

From December l, 1919

To

July

15, 1920

- by

FRANCIS

D

.

YEAGER

County Agr'l Agent

AI 0

Page Stats of Fa. Bureau Organization ••••••...••••••• l ,II. Pro~r o:f . o ... l 2

{ ) Develop ent of ro r

of ork)...

2

IIJ.

I _•

etter Seed •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••. 3- 7 Pota4

.0 Certification .. ... 3- 4 Corn riety eets . . . ~... 5 Cor Clu ad Pure ,e d lot... 5 eed Teeting in S~hools... ••••••••••• 6 eat.. • • • • • . • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • . • • . . . . • . • • • • 6 Sulp!IJ:&.r on Alf' alf a. .• • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • . . • • 6 Comm rci l Fertilizer... 7 Lie Stock Project •••••••••••••••••••••••. ..•••.•• 7- 8

al

Sur.vey

of

Live

tock

in

Commu

itiee...

7 b _ilk Records••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 7 c Co •testing ae~oci tione... 7 d 1 Cl b •••••••••• ••••••••••••••••••••••• 7 e) Liv tock Dieeaee Schol••••••••••••••••• 7 f) et er Si e Campai n... •.• • • • • • • • • • .. • • 8 V. est Control Proj ot •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 8- 9

VI.

I

_•

Vll

.

•

•

I

S raying Denon tratio

e...

...

8 b eevil prays••••••••••••••• ••••••••••~••• 8 c Jilk eed.... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 8 d Prairie-dog••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••• - 9 · fe )_ G ra shoppers •••••• , • • • • • • • • • •. • • • • • • • • • • .. • • 9 ) Orchard School••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 9 arket ing Proj ec·t ... 9-10

!

al

standard pack and Grad

of

Appl ••••••••• 9

b Stand

a

rd

La

1... 9

c Potato Shipp ng

Aa

'>C •

tion

...

...

10 d ool- 001 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 10 e or ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••10•11 Po lt y Culling Demo trations •••••••••••• 10 Gtrle'

C

nning CJ.ubs •••••••••••••••••••••• 10 Girls• Se ing Club . ••••••••••••••••••••••• 10•11

omen' Clubs ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ll arm Econo ice •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• a.ire ••••••••••••••• ~ •••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••• ap •••••• community Boundaries, Co itteemen etc •••

11 11

Continued

Page

Xt.

Statistical Summarie, •••••••••••••••••••••••• 13-24

Fa.rm Bureau Organiz.ation ... 13•14 Boil -Improvement ... ·•· •• · ••••••• ,,... 15·

Crops-Better Seed ... 1·6-1·7·

Bode te & Insect Pest (lontrol... l.S

Live Stock Projeot ... ·•· ... · ... 19•20 ~arm .:Econo: io •••••••••. ; ••••• -... ~ .•••••• 20-21

arketing Project ... .-21.-22

Fa.rm Home Project . . . ... . . 22-23

Character and 8cope of Of:fiee & Field

Seryice,. _ ... ,. ••• ,. ... ~ ~ ~-~ •••••••••••• 23•24

XIJ .• Jiapa.· .• ., •••••••• _. . . ... . . . ... 25-2?

t

a} Demonstrations-b 8 : a_

oya•

and Girls• Olub •• 25.

- Pest Control •••••••••• ~. 26

c - General. •• ,. •• ~... 2? Xlll •. 1

28-~9-r

IV. STATUS

or

FARM BUREAU ORGANIZATION.

The Delta

County

Farm Bureau is formed

strictly

in

aooord-anoe

1th

the

plans

laid

don

by

th

u. s.

Dept. of Agriculture.

The officers are Far Bureau President, Vice-President,

Sore-tary-Treasurer, Executive

.

Committee, Community Chairmen, and

Community Committ em

.

n.

The program of ork was ohosen

by the people at the annual

Fa.rm Bureau Meeting held in Delta,

December 10 .. 1919.

In developing eaoh

project

on the program the County

Ex-ecutive Committeeman or Leader was consulted and, tog ther 1th

the

President

of the Farm

Bur·eau

and the

County

Agent, orked

out the proj ct.

In one oommunity the work as carried

on

through the

Farmers' Union Looal. One oommun1ty

worked

through the looal

Grange, one through the Women•s Club, and one oommun1ty through

the

Farmers• Club.

In

the

other communities the ivork

aa

done

through

the community committiea

exolusively.

The Farm Bureau

made

every effort to ork in cooperation

1th the x1st1ng Farmer t

organizations,

such a the Farmers•

Supply

Co. of Delta. In

most

oases hearty cooperation

aa

secured.

V. PROGRAM OF ORK.

In determining the Program of or.k for Delta

County

eight-een

of

the nineteen

natural communities of

the county ere ork-d

in.

Fie or six of the recommended

farmer

in each community

· re called together and the community problems

were

talked over

and a program of work

for

the

oommun1ty

chosen. The

community

map

aa

drawn and d monatration plots, schools, farms, etc.,

w

re

located. Not more than five proj eta were

allo

ed to b

consider-ed 1n·any one community and o

e

a tak n to see

th t these

projeots would be so named that

they

ould be included in the

county program of ork.

At the Annual Farm

Bureau me ting December 10th. 1919,

four-teen of these ninet en communities orked in were represent d.

All' of the oommun1ty programs ere l

ed tog ther and

oommittee

o c,

to seleot the oounty program from th m.

They

finally

de-cided. upon the foll

1Ilg program

hioh as adopted by th

farmers

1n attendance at the meeting:

(a)

Organization, (o) Crops --

Better

Seed, (d) Live Stock,

Peet Control,

(f)

Marketing., (g) Home Work, (e) Farm

Eoonomios,

Fairs.

It was realized

that

nineteen oommun1t1es were too many to

get the b st results, but, o,1ng to the oommunitiea• natural

bound-aries

it

ould

trk

so e time to consolidate several of the am 1-

·

ler oommuniti sand cut the number

don

to about twelve.

(

I·

Page 2

At

the

An

nual

maet1ng

auitabl far

era

were

ohosen

to lead

the qounty 1n these named pro~eots:

0

ga.nizat1on:

Crops

(Better

Seed)

L1ve

Stock

Peat Control

arketing

Home Improvement

o.J.Terrell, Pres.

Farm

Bureau

I.B.Raiohart, Vice-President,

Aleo in ohar

0

e of

publicity

Wm. Dulirig, Garnet Mesa

Sidney

Artt, Austin

c.

D. Case, Payne

Meea

w.

P. Dale,·nelta

isa Margaret loClanahan, De·lta

In developing these different

projeQts

of

w

ork,

a

day's

con-sultation

with

eaob leader was held. The program aa developed

and followed 1s as follows:

!ett

r

S ed,

w.

M

.

Dul!ng, County Leader.

tart

th

-

Certif1oat ion of Potatoes. Start the growing of

Pure Seed Corn through the Boya' Corn Clubs, and other farm.ere.

Try

out recommended varieties of corn

for

D lta County. Start

seed-testing in the schools.

Ty

out the l.lae of

sulphur on alfal-fa.. Yake a trial of commercial fertilizers.

Live Stqok, Sidney Artt, County Leader.

ak.e a survey of the live etook so that all community oom

m1t-teemen will be familiar with all the stock of their ~espect1ve communities. Get fiv,e men in ea.oh community to keep records of their feed and milk and test their milk onoe a month. Organize

four

Pig

Clubs.

Hold

five Live Stock D1sea.a

Schools. Start Cow-Testing

Association,

Pest Control,

c.

D. Case, County

Lea

der..

.

Bold.

four

spra.y1n demonstra.tione. Hold four orchard sohools.

Arrange

tQ fight

milk

ed by oiroulating

a petition

in a.oh

com-munity on July

ao,

l 20> for the people to sign to agree to keep

the.milkweed. from going to seed on the farms. See th

t

the

prair-ie-do poison 1a available for the farmers, and at

oosb.

Furnish

the formulae for

gras

bopper poison.

Marketing,~- P. Dale~ County Leader.

Stand d pack of apples

for

the

county

(Probably the

North-west} . Stand d grade of apples using lat, 2d, and d, et~mped

on the boxe . Potato Shipping A sooiation.

Home

Work,

Mlss argaret

MoClanahan,

County Lader.

Poultry Culling Demonstrations. Girl 1 _{Canning ~d Sev· ing} Clubs. Get ten farmers to put water and lights in their homes. Organize one poult~y olub.

At the Annual meeting and when consultations 1th the Farm Bureau Executive Committe were held it ·as decided to push a

ember$h1p driv . Consultations dth the various community chair -men were held and . drive launched. Sev

nty

paid-up

members

were

seour d at on dollar per member. A great deal of opposition as encountered because of

looa.l Farmers

t

Unions

being afraid

that

the Farm

Bureau

would duplicate their

work.

So it as decided by the Executive C mittee that no further drives would be pushed

P ge 3

until

the

Farm Bureau oould show some definite aooom liahment

in this county and that an t"'uoa.tional drive oould be carried ·on

through the looal

p~pera.

Thie bas been oa.rr1ed on

up

to date and 1t is thought tha most of the people who ead the pa.p r ar

quainted w1 th the propos1 tion. Th re has de lope in th county

opposition _h1oh is kept agitated 'by the loo l Non-Partisan

Len.gu Organizer, · who 1a be tily against the Fa.rm Bur a.u plan of work,

and

th

opposition

ca.me principally

from

the farmers

who

do not know

the status

of

the

Farm Bureau and who

ill

listen

only

to tho e

who are

opposed

to

it.

(o) Crops.

crops

(Better

Se d)

·

w.

M

.

Duling,

Lader.

Potato Seed Cert1f1oat1on.

Owing

to the f~ct

th

t the

ota-toes ~ad been

gro'n ex~er,.aively in Delta. County.

Peopl

s• Russet~

Cobbler, and Downing, and all other va_rieti

a

whioh bad been

grown were infected w1th Stern Rot (Fuaar1um W1lt), 1t as very

dif-ficult indeed to

get any aeed wor

h

planting

in 1920. Because of

thi disease,

the

cro was cut i 1920 about 20% of the 1919 crop.

Therefore, in ord r to

nut

the

potato

business

on

a

firm

footing, it was thought beet t-o stick to four variet1e

beat

adapted to

th1e county

and

ship in enough oert1f1ed

seed

to

start

se d

plots

tor

oertifioat1on

1n"th1s county.

,

Th

following farmers

contracted for see

potatoes

to be ahipp 1

and

to

grow

this a ed in plots

for the purpose of c~rtifying 1 the fall of 1920. The Peoples• Rusaet was bought and shipped in by the Chas?t Produce

Co.

The

Cobblers ware

bought

and_ shipped n by the Farm Bur

au.

No

good

Downing seed

wae av~il-bl

•

The Russet Burbank

wer

secured

by

the growers themselves

and

th Rural New York rawer

g

01:n locally.

All seed

wae pureha.s

d

uncle

tli

following

a.gr

ement

a1gned

by all:

CERTIFIED SEED

POTATO

AGREEMENT.

. Th derai,

ed

agr ea to

purchase

1n

the

fall of

1919

and

plant 1.n th spring of 1920 lbs. (80 lbs. to the bush~l)

of oertified. se d potatoes of ·the .. variety, on

condi-tion that:

1. Th · 1 1 t1a.1 stock us d for d is furnished to gro 1er at actual co~t, and i certified ..

2. That the seed be treated for diseas by the County Agr'l Agent

and

the

Deputy

St:te Horticulturist

tree

of charge the first

year.

3. That the resulting orop.be inspected at least onoe during the grow1 g eea. on.

one

at digging time, a.nd onoe in the bin, by persons authoriz d to issu Q rtifioate of merit to. the grov ere ..

(') This certifioation to

oe

free to the growers the first

y

ar.

mar-Pae

k

t

fol" th sal f

the pot toes,

as

o rtif

ed.

Ujo notioe from the

County

A e t of County, Colorado,

t.h und rsign d greea to depoe1 - funds to co er abov amount of

certified potato seecl.

Mame

---Addr es

---

Dat

Follov-·ing re th purohas r o certified seed an good seed

bioh 1 to b attempted to b oert1f1 d:

Irish

Oob'bler

J.E.fuoConn 11, C

da

euge,

.

G. Hulte n, Hotohkia

J . .

Still

ago

Ced r

dge

A.C.Taylor, D

lta

a

.

a.a.

Klassen,

Hotchkiss

B. L. Bertram, Ced·tr dge

500 lbs. 2 0 lb.

180 lbs.

300 lbs. 130 lba .. 500 lb .

P

_

oples' Ruaaet

A.A.Park, Delt

B.t.Bertram, Eok

rt

A.J.Greenwood,Hotoh iaa

Andy

Hulteen~ Hotchkiss

G-rove Broa.,

J?aon a

W.'

.Duling,

Dalta ·

J;Uohi~al Stocke· , Delta J. L • B· rr t't, Cedar dge 100·1 a. 4000 lba. 400 lbs. 240 lbs. 6000 lbs. 2000 lba. 760 lbs. 2000 lbs.

Russ

t

;§urbanks

C.E. Foua

4 _,

okert

L.W. Sw

1tzer,

Delt

w

.

Wootton, Paonia

Joa.

S

edf1eld,

C~iar.

C

'

rter Bros., D lta

Total

W.H

.Kis

rt Cedaredge

Chr~s. ,Kla.saen ,Hotohk1,se

Morrell Snii th, Hotohk.

Gae Patter~on,

Delta

c.

H. Kiser, Oe·

a

redge

L.~.

Brewer,

Delta

A.

J.

Greenwood,

Hotohkies

•..••...•.. , ...

400 lb.

1 or;rell Smith, Hoto ki s •.••.. 8 • • • • • • • • • • • • • .. • • • 15 lbs.

Rural New

Yor

ers

\V •

.

Spore, Paonia

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

. .

.

.

.

.. ..

. .

.

.

..

.

.

.

.

.

400 lbs . 1600 lbs.

500

lbs.

500 lbs. 120 lbs. 1600 lbs. 4580 lbs. 100 lbs. 240 lbs.

15 lba.

500 lbs. 400 lbs. 2000 lbs.

4560 lbs. of certified

Cobbler s9ed

was

o-rd

d nd

oontr-

ot-si for but

only

2600 lbs. Jre

reo ived. This

.

w a divide

equilly s possible .. Great dif 1cul.ty as

encountered

in receiving this S7ed. It s o:rde~ed in ~J, nu"' ry 1920 f om 1nnesota and not received until Ju ?, 19201 almo t too late for pl· ting.

r.

Ch

s , of Chaae Produce Co.,. was very generous 1th the

Peoples R as t seed. He sold it at $

.

oo

hen other a.~ed was 6.00 and .e;7. 00 .. er hun · e l .. He also ke_ot 1t in storage and sorted.

t. ea befor d

livering.

few

morw

n like him

would

he

a

oon to Del a Count •.

Th

ae

dis

tion ar all 1n

stands 1wer

11 pl nted and th

appl·oat1ons

for

oertifioa-o th oertifioa-office oertifioa-of th State Hort ioul tur1st. Good

Pa 6.

b enough o t1f1 d a ed v ila l for t-1 l"r a re·. ge in 1981,

d, 1 the Jor. 1s kept up, D lta Cc nt:y 111. b abl to a e a nar~ e for ·hers el.,. 1n the Cert 1f1 d See ,orld ..

gorn. Th 1

provement

of corn 1n Delta Oounty

us

und

.

r-. r~ken through t s}lipping j_n of Pure ~ inn sota 113 oor aeed for

individual ~ro u r ;and throu:rh the u e of the see in the Boys' Corn Clubs. We u ed '""!inn sot a 7fl3 because we kne that 1 t ill

yield and

mature

int

is

oount .

There had been no pur seed

grown

in tbi oounty before. In order to determine just h .t ould be our beat vari ties for Delta. County, ve .. riety teats er started.

Out of all

the

varieties the ollo ing were picked as

p

robably

hav-·1ng

th

best ohanoe

to

ma

tur

an

yield

heavily in his

county:

Reed's Yellow De

t.

Golden Glowt Silver

ine,

1nnesota

f

l3,

Pride

oft

e North, Sil

·er

King.

In order ·to et 9. good supply of pure seed for 1921 and to mak it poasi.bl to oertify corn aead the following farmers ;er 1nduo d

to gro.v pu1·e registered ~r1nn. #13 corn and

eno.aav.or

to eep it pure

for fut 1r se d. !'!lh1a a ::red ,as secured fr· ~ Boulder County. H. B. F,tz, Hotohttiaa; Joh S11 a, Cr· ford; Ea1·l Roioe, Hotchkiss;

o.

H. Campb ll, Delta; To H.-rshme..n, Cory;

c.

E. T.'louse, Eckert; B. L.

s~eley, C

aredg;

nd ~. H. Divelbiss, Hotchkiss.

Th,~t we 11ght furthe di tribut this pu e se and to find

out 1 ts .. :orth on our many mesas and el va ions, a Boys• Ccrn Club

w s organ1z d

~ith

n1n

teen

members

,

o

1n

each

com

mun

ity

in tha

oounty. All of these boy a

ar

grovLn r o

acre ·

a.oh of

llinn.

4/13

corn sead. Eight

ounda of co·n a d wera furniahed au.eh boy at

a.otu~~l

coat.

A rangements he,v ba n m" de v·i th each oy to grow

tb ~ corn f L,;r eno gh from th ot er

corn

o that 1 t ~ i"' 1 not ix

and can be o · t1f1od thia fall.

The nine on

boys 1. 0

are

H11gh Stout; Paonia

l a.rren Wheel

r,

D lt

Johnni- Fra,no1 , Delta

r

nk

Rog

rs,

Rad

John

T. Nutter, Del a

Burton Se l y, Cs

aredge

Fred

Brya

~

Paonia

Eug ne Pv rl:., D lta

arrin

ton

Hadley, Delta

members of the

corn club

are:

Harry Wel orn, Cr

ifor

Glen G 11 ore, Cedax~dge

Harry P.

Campbell,

Delta

Lyl

Fouse,

Ee

ert

Alfred Burrit

,

Austin

Du.an Davis,

Cra

for

Willard Boyland, Read

Fr nk

Davi

,

La~ear

Clint A ent, Cedaredge

'R. Holman, Paonio~

Arra

geinenta er

.ade

1th seven repre entative far ere

to

gronr u plot conta.,. 1 :; t. l of the ix vo.:ri ties nam

a..

These ar

to

be grQ , along

aide

of eacb other so that comp rat1v yields,

tim of aturity, gro th of st lk, eto., can be ascertained. The

following

man

nre grow:l.ng

the

corn 1n

l

acre plots of aoh va.riety:

F.

B.

Kesling, 01-the, Ash Me

a;

Her art Dale, Delta,

Garn~t Mesa;

John

Burritt, 0

r

r dge,

PrJn ,Ba;

T. P. Ashurst, C dai~edge,

nur-fa.c ere.., Mesa; Dr. -roOlB.n e .. n) Delt , Cali orn1a iee!a; L.

w.

s~

ei tzer, Del to.> G~·rn · t ...i! ,.:i; L.. . Br ~inr, Delta, Garnet sa..

Ar angements . re mh.de , 1th the follo· in:) eix fa rs for e h

to gro;iv

1

·acr o e variety o~ corn grown in the Vl:i.1"1ety tests.

Thie

was

done

in order

to

give the county

a.

supply of

pur,

se d

(

-Page S •

. J. Holman, Paonia, Bone Mesa, Reed.a'· Yellow Dent.

E-

E

.

Whitney, Paonia, Bone

~esa.

Silver Mine.

v ~ L. Spore, Paonia, Bone esa,. Golden GlQW,

z.

Edelen, Paonia, Bone esa. Minnesota. iff.13.

c. o~

Epple, Paonia,

Bone

esa, Silver King.

Ch a. Klatz, Paonia., Bone sa, Pride of 1'he North.

Seed ie

ting

1n

the

Schools. Arrangements

were

made with

eight

·

rur

aohools

to

give

one

hour

ea.oh for

a

seed

testing

demon-atrat ion. The county agent gave an hour to each eehool f,.nd went thxu

all tb method.a of testing seeds. Bulletins were furnished ea.oh

school

a.nd

blotters

ware

also

furnished. free of

charge

thru the

courtesy of the Hollands Clothing Co., a looal dry goods atore. So

that th agricultul'al olt.t.ss in ettoh school took up the work. A

reoord w, s l .. ept

o

.

t

a.ll the seed tested. This h not yet been

turned 1nt.o the county agent•., office by the re~p otive teachers"

The .. :ollowing schools took up the work: Fairview School, Austin;

High Sohool, Ecke t;

High

Sohool.

Cedaredge;~Hear~t School,

H9tch-Kisa; Reed Sohool, Re d.; Stew::irt eaa Sohool. Puonia.; Orawfor.d

Sohool, Crawford,

Wheat.

Th

oert1!1oation of wheat ha.a been

started in

th1s

...

...,~

oounty.

One bushel of

Kitchners'

larous

pure

G9

d from

Canada ~va.s e"nt into the county by

v.

H" Olin, of' the Rio Grandv R. R,

tr.

·

CL Hultee. of Hotchkiss ho.a the wbaat and it ~1111 be oer.tified

this coming fall. Arrangements a.ve been ma.de to ~ttst the· Kanred

beat in Delta

County

this coming fall . Fiv.o plots of five aores

each 1vill be planted and the seed certified if posstbl • The a ed

is to·be furrished by c. A.

o.

Sulph

;r

Pl,otf• A oall for a trial of sulphur on

alfa

lfa

wae

made by aev~ral o the -oeople of the 001mty. Ther is a sulphur

mine locn,,ted ne Hotohl'iss that prod oea sulphur ore 1ning 48

to 5(f;& eulphur wi·.,h oh,.,1.le and sand.Stone. Thig or was used. One

t n-th a.ore plot 'fere looa.tad at dif:f'er nt seotions of th'3 oount·y.

Differ nt a.mounts iere used rt. th the 100 lbs. of r,~re sulphur per

~,,ore ns a 'basis. The Plot&, nre locrited as follows:

c.

w.

Van

De:ren~ Paonia, 20 lba~

per

l/10

a

ore.

Frank Hirt,

Cedaredge., 30 l'bs. pe·:r 1/lO acr.'91 J . P. Dale, Delts, 35 lbs.

pe;r 1/10 a.ore, J:. H. Ha.11 ck, Del t~., 25 lbe,. per 1/10 acre~

B, E. aelhorn, Ora tord, 20 lbs. per 1/10 acre.

In order to ·have a oh ok. thee plate .rnre laid off tn a field.

an :,laoed ao that all conditions ould be as n arly e~1v~1.1 as

pos-sible.. T e sulphur ore was ,.)ulver17'~d a.nd spr'8 ... r. on by hand. Then,

in order to have a urt er oheok a plot of- one acre was la.id out

o

.

n

L. W. Bra1, r I_{s place and pure tlo'l;,era of a1.1lphur a:p:Jlied. The}

sul-phv.r \'Hl.S ap __ .lied on tha first plot just as the alf~lfa. was

start-in J· to _row 1n the spring. It vn.a then cult1vat0d by ha.rrowing

or. · rking out. Tha pur~ sulphur was applied just

aft~r

tne first

outting a d harrovHiµ in,

Resul ta: M

J

ult are shoVin yet. r.

w.

l?. D~1.le thought

th the oould

ea little thick r st

a

nd

over

.he

check,

but

it

wae very light. if at ·· 11. Rea 1 a.r not expeot.:-d before

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· Oc1001ero1al F.~rlllizers. Ammon.la Sulphate trial plots we11e

laid 'out' on' ~- . L .

-· P.eaohes )

Apples ) E. Stable~.,,

Au$tin

Potatoeai

·

Garden Mr. Davis,

Austin

Beets · ·

(d)

&ive

Stoek.

,SJ4.1vaz

.

..

It

waa thought. that ea.ch oommunit-sr eh.ould

b

:ve a

oonplete survey of its live stock in orde~ to deterr.~!ne juet what

they ave

and

wher... improvement

could. be m~de.

Seven cormnunitias made this survey and then 1t was found tb.at

exactly· the aam~ figures and information. could be obtained from the

oenaus bureau) so the work w.aa d1sooutinued for the present until

this information 113· reoe1v·ed~

J~ilk £leqo.rd§!: The goal ·nas la.id out to get .11ve f~r n.e~s to

ke .,p reoords of 111llt and feed on

their

herds.. Seven oomrrn .. m1t1es

took up th~ Vlrork a.9 follows: Cedar Mesa., Ga.!'n~t liteefi,, Pa.~fne Mesa.,

Powell ·),tld

mi.nsen

M·esa~

Bone

Mesa~

Austin,

and

L·ower

Gunnison,

'

The fa.rm Bu:r~.au

f\lrn1sbed ttrirty-t1ve :t·eoofd. ahaett1

to

thasua

cormnuni ties and

reports

tu~e

in the

oounty

age.;nt ' $ office from 25

farm era who k•r;·t- t.hee$

x·eoords.

e.o

~,,

Testing. A Semi-Offioia~l 00tJ1r ... Tasting Association wa.e

started. This assooiitt1t:in

1noludea

the pure b;ed h&rd.s in Mont ....

rose Dsl ta,

11n..a.

~ieaa oount ies, At pl'eaent ,; Artt Brc1s. !9.nd H. E.

Hedd.lee s:re dc:ing testing

unt\tu·

·th1s a~et-looiation. Work has been

done

on

forming

a.~

a.ssoota.tion of

emall

herdie ant! fHi:i~t1ng da:ys

when each fa.1'1llel* ia to bring his milk to the oras.m station to '.ba1re

it teated. Sohoola we.re to l.:;,e held ·to

aoqu.~int

the

!armer.

1th

ths proper method of taking samplea an~ fading.

P

e:

Clubrt• lt'\our ptg clubs werm set !t' a goal. Fiv were

org,'\.n ~e with t1.. memberehip of 29. These clubs are si.t'Liated at Delta, :Mias Conway, Le~.der~ Austin:, Mr. Guy Dixon$ Leader; Coalby, Qualls Bruton, Leader; Rogerr-d ~esa, R, H. Evans, Lender; Fruit ....

lr;.nd L.d,~a, John Sipma, Le:,:tder. ·

A grea.t d~al o:t _nterest· is shown in tb.ie work and the boys

a.nd girls are wo_king bard..

It

will be a great mistiilia to let tb:ta ·:icrk with the boys Dnd girl'rl fall th.rough ..

L1Jte Stpck J;)ia{!a~~ ... So}.lqo~. Fivs Live Stoolt Diaense Schools

wers

held in the county

dur1nc

the winter.

nr.

Stcut of

the

U.S.

Dept. of An1nHl-l Husbandry was the speaker. The aubj',;#o a of Hog

Cholera, Hemorhagic Septicem.a, and abo1-$t1on were ctis.cuesed, The

schools were held at Aust1n

1

Cedaredge)

Olathe, Crawford) and

Bone

u:eaa..

Alon.,g with the aohool B.t Ora.v1ford

a.

Live Stock Judging Sohool

P :'>

es.

Tb at t ndan . ·· as 12 a.t .. 11 the sohools .

etter $1~e Cwn 1gn.. "~ny armers agr ed to use only

pure-.

red

airea

1n

!ie

Future. The

following will

b

issued certificates

to ide ti:fy

them

a.

boosters

of "Bett r S res,

Better Stook":

B.

oe, Ora

ford; Ed.

H.

Ayer,

Cr ford;

F.

B. Ke ling, 01 th;

J.

w.

TeSelle, Crawford; W. L. Spore

&

Son,

Paonia;

J

acob

Christ, Delta;

Zadi Edel n, Paonia; R. L Evans, Ho ohkiss; Chae. undry, Austin;

H.

~

Freel· d, D lta; John

Burritt,

Cedaredge; Orvel E, Taylor,

Cedar dge; A. F. Chaffe, Hotohk1 s; Sidney Ar jt, Auati.

(1) Pest Control.

Spraytng

Demon.El.tra.t ion Two aprayin~~ demonstrat ic,ns ere

str-rt'"' on o ch~.rds o Gt..rnet sa. The oroh"1rds belonging to Mr, Joh-nHazltt m ·r. \Vil inson, r uaed. Aoomp~ .... iso betw.,en nozzl. nnd gun. in : r ying wa att mpted1 ~ fail .. d beoause th

· o ~l brok o.nd beOP.use on pumo d1d not ha.. po ,e enough to run

both

the nozzle and th gun. Th n arrang m nta

were

aae

~1

th these

tl o m n to spray

one

loo: a.ocording to t e life hi

tory·

of the

Codltng . 9th as !>VOrked out by .Ir. Ne\'fton, the Deputy St "~e

Entomolo-gist ji at Paonia~ iind t e ther l;>lock ju t as th y would at rr..lly }r y. Th y t re ca ryin ·· thi wo on c t e resent t

!_eevil §pray a. This II Ork is ca ried on on Payne M ea and

at

P .on1~. Ir. Ne ton, of the Ento. ology Dept., is in chr ... rge of the 1 or • . Som( vary valuable v:o:rk is being don ,f. Arrl nits of . i o is

th ... nos affe tive 01ray yet found. Al a.lf··. rveevil n ~ th.is year

01. nd on Oal:tforni· ic.,si , Garnet

s'", ·

th Unov. gre V lley,

all outside of the quorantine diatriot. This w1ll mean that the

uar,~ntin will be extend d to inolud the hol county i other

...,ar.

Milk

eed.

Oprayin~

d

mo strations

~r

bei

g

oar 1Jd on on a

b.1.llaide betw .,en Pa.on a and Hotch :.iaf4. Th poi

on

'd.11".!V 1ed 1 r;ell dn.TJt,0l, to the oe y hill id~s h r ~ it ie alt o t im Josaibl to

dig it out. All of th, ~1oiscn mil,...tr 'Sd a ... r~ys end ,.,1ls are being

Ur: ed 1n hopes o findinr' someth ng rh c 1111 be oh· ap enough and

eff ot1 noug t .. ill thi w Jd. :to · ini t result - ho.ve

~en

o ta:L. ed ,. et. r. Ma; of th E to l .rr,J Dept., C.A.C~, is in f) .. ":tr₀ ~ of the work.

Seven oommunit1es _a6r ad to sign o. p ).tion, 1 it ,er

oircu-1 t-d about ~Tuly 20th, to · ... ep th"'i ft-u-ms ol ... a.n of the milk e d. o.1ing to th ... fact tha.t t e oo mty agen * iP not be in t e county

at th~t .im~, this~ b·bly will not cPrried thru.

Pr i 1 -Dog Pqison. A .comrni ttoe of hr e farmers, Mr. I. B. Raiohar , ·. r.

w.

M.

Dt1lin , ,n · ... r. L .. 1. B ew , r~ ted. on the

o .1U' ty comrni ion s fo the rpo of gettl:ng a rev lvin fun

e asi e for up lyi

g

Pra1~1

-Dog.

p

ison at oo t to th

crmers.

They uooeed.ea in =>etting $150 .. 00 w ic i nou .,h to ix about

250 gn,11 ns. This wris tui:-ned OV'f~t" onoc ri.-4,k n,... . total of 600

gal-l n furn sb. d and used on the do...,a t. is year to d }e. The poieon 1 sti.11 ing used .1th xoelle t r ault .

A d monatr:,htion · as ocn\~ueted on a .. ) air· -do colony of

l-Pa.g; 9. falfa. One gallon o· . poison a.a iat i ut d in this colony

ju-t hen th alfalfa was

beat

forte dog$

to

~i. They ate the

grain,

d th l~nt inop

otion

owed nly hre

live

dog

there.

i ms

t

bow the ske~)ti.o::;.l t ...

at

th poi on gr,·

in

1 effeoti at any tage of th year. Th pois -n wa"'" mi ed. in the apr ing of

191 .. d o st rot ion wa.s c~ rr1 d on near Ji. V llu' r·3.nob at

the

ntranoe to

H. t's

Basin.

About ten thou.s1 .. nd aor s we1·a cover d this y .r:'\.I' mostly in

ol anin up what w re 1 ft f om th cam..1aign in 1919.

On hundred

and

sixty

-

lon of governm nt

9oiaon

were

dis-tributed to t e vr.1.riou oentr:; 1 points of the county. 135 gallons

have b n 1 out " .d n1 d. Th n onle who he.mil d t .... ia are:

1r.

Girard t , Cedarodg ; A . L. Reynoia.e, Eckert; G

o.

Sr a o,

Hotoh-kias; Mr. Well orn, Craw .o:r,i; Art B loh, Paonia; Joh-.cl L. rri

tt,

Paywll - ,.,, ...

Qro.sshppnera. Only one oorµrnun~t; 1 · .. bothe~lto'd. very n~uoh by g-n.eshop-pera :1nd thi t s P .... aoh Valley. Pra.ctioa ly very f rmer 1n P noh

Valley

1a

bu

1ng ind mixing

his

own

poi

on

thia

year, nd

they h''V the h ~ er1 unde·:r very g od oontrol. One. farm .. buys

th

pois

n in

.,

rnd

they

all

p~y

for it a.a

it ia

used.

It

is

much o eaper in l _{.e 1~.ta.ntities.}

Orehar_g. S0ho_9l_. Four Oroh d Sch ol ere plann.~d. Four

t e h..,l ~,,n one :potato school. Au~1tin, Cod~redge, Hotchkiss,

Bone MeBa, ar, the looalit i a v.rh .re th, Orch d Soh ol -Jro held

an the Potato Sc~ool at D

t ..

T tal ~ttend0 nc tyo htmdred and

sixty.

The ::meaker w r M:c. Hur-hes and Mr. Olin th· D.&n..G. .R. ,

Stu·:- t L ..

Sw

t, U .. b ~ B 1reau cf 1 :.rkota, Dr.. C"._.n( .. st .:.n, St:;.te Hort

1-oultu. is j and H. D. LocklL., D p.tty State Horticulturist. Four

::)rt_ning d

onstr~·t1

s w-ro holci ir:,r.;ormeotion it thee scho l •

The ~ubjeo"i3 disc ~s0d · er .... : l!:?.rk·,ting, S1lraying, Pruning, F0 rt111-z1ng, Cover Cr ps, C. Shortas-e~ Cult1 ·::.t1on, ,~nd L.111 S l ct ion of

Potato ,s.

Th queat ion o and 1

.f,.

explained. at Delt-;.. Th erFJ a venty ~ari .. rs pr ent a.t thi ... m . ing. So OP! osit ion dev~)loped b cause the Farm Bure.t1.u :.aa pu hin .e wor'I- • F'rom then ()n th <:)r"' · ,-La .. a .. i:r1ed on q ietly thru th Delt County Fa m s • Supply no., and the plan of gra ing,

lEib l ng, ~nd shi~Tpi g thr a t i,tiom. l istr1but1.ng A ·e cy as

,4 pt d .... d al we-re SLtisf

a.

The o. oject

of

st .... nda.r pa.ck "'n . g:t'·:ide of c1 .. p_pl · a or Del ta

Cou ·ty w~.s tn .. t n up :.t.O a proj0ct. Th > ·olan ·1111 b atartr.,d at

Cedn;r dg a.lo ~ 1 t three oentral pi ,0 ing h d ... w. ich . ,hey a.r building tb1o year. They -.>lu:nned to 1. 11

t~v

~ bttt only three

111 be built this year.

e plan of using

1,2,3

et

Extr:.. ... ncy, Fano, , · ... d C cic ,

p

onl will

-

uae

this

plant is

t r

t

e ·1ooal ~arm a• Union

at

Cedar

po sible

was

g1

e

arm

reau.

r

1th

'the C dar dg oa· i ci on

very coo

pera

tion

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'J:.ae Potti.to Shipping Assooia1.tion wh1ch 11aa attfJmptsd by the

Farm Bureau was bucked so strongly by a few that this vork as

oa.rriad. on quletly through the Delta County F&,rmers • Supply Co.

The identical plan vw .. s aJopted and is. now being carried on. Tho

phtn was to use the Supply Co. as u central grading point. To

get the pota.to.... out i.n good aaoke and under one label with a

guarant ,e behind the

product

.

Thru the good co·operat1on of the

, miU1ager and some of the dir oto-ra of ·the Supoly Oo. th1a iivae o.o ....

oomplisheu

ana

bids fair to be

a

lasting

d prof1tabl

venture.

They have about

aoo

growexs in the org 1z,:t1on .

.!901-poo}.. _ A Western Slope Wool•Pool was started. A pool

&t Mont o~s, Delta;, · nd Hotohldss.. '.Fhe Hotohkil.,,s pool ran

last

ye:.:.1" r:md. hrtd 5 earloada. It has ahip~ied two ct~1·s thia y~:...r and

j,5 hr>J.dring th:r .e oars. The Delto. pcol h·:1.a 45,900 lbs. of ,r:ool

in storage a;nd thoy have clocided to hold it w1til further

de-velonr1ents 1n the wool tnarkets .. Montr.o e now bas 18,000 lbs. ,thich will -probrr.bly be moved to Delta for stora.~; Q

tr. H. A. Ireland, U.

s.

Agriculturist on the tJnoompohgre

Irrirra.t ion P ojeot is elping ou.t in the wool-pool.

'11he t"ool it.; :::rt,o:red. ~ t the Delta Cot. ty Ft~..rners1 _Sup~ly

Com-;)e.ny•·a warehouse. Thf) corapuny gave the wool g1--o,1ere very good

trarrns by letting then., have storage for ~j;3.00 1 ri~ month f<..H! 10

ari 1:1.ra feet, a.nd they tak care f th weighing a.nd nW/'king. !t

1a 00t.1per~1tim1 like this th,it will help tha 'f~,rrnera pftJ.1 togetber.

• ,· ' , •Ifi/..

Th-9 following a.ro the men "'1ho have \: ~1 in thf) ·.ool-pool:

Cr l D9ughty, ~!. B. Stov·er, T. G. Lawrenoe , Otis O. Smith,

YL E .. Boylttn.d, F.

f,.r~

Parker, L. J\. Hi:o;ton.

c.

L. Rt)at.1, E. J.

WcJ.rd.,

o.

J. Bt.tr1ori., Burgin 'Bros., Lee J.ioLaren, 1

r.

_{O. King,}

Lewi :r; Mo1~ae., F.. A. Ho·~. e; Cole & Prr>tt, H. IL Ferguson J W .. 0.

Bro·r n, t.T. S .. Fuller, Ivan lL. Smith, John

:a.

Young,

F. L •

.Ada.an$., L E. Dingm~m, AU'trey· D:lr~"';nit:.n ~ j . T ~ 'Forney.

,Pcrulju~,y Cul lino; _ Deynqn$traitions. Twelve poultry culling I

demons1t~r.ations were pla.rined 1:n 'the oounty the f'irot we ... k in

ug-uat. !' o at Frul tland M,ssa,, titJO

at

Rogers• M.ee.u1 • t ·~o d.t Bone

Mesa., two

a-,t

G::..1.?'n.et Mesa~ ~10 at Austin, and

t,,o

a.:t Ce4aredge ..

'These wi 11 rr,1 otra'bly not be oa.rr1ed out, but there is. a gtea.t deal

of intere~t in this work and it abould be continued d carried thru. if pos11 !bl e.

Oir,ls' Oannint; Olub a fu.rs. Pratt ia the lead~r of tl1e girls•

oanning olub in D lt1. County.. One canning club only hae been

forme,i in D~lta Cow:1ty.. It is located ,"t Fru.1 tland lieaa. and, baa

ten members~ One wa,s Pla.n11et\ nmi atn.rtad

r"t

Delta but th-a lead.er

went

3AfP,y _f

O

.r

the

aurn

·ier _a11d there fl'"'U:l

not

tit HJ

to form

4nOth~r

oefo.r the onunty ngent laft the ocn.mty.

§.e;w1ng Ol,.ibs. Thrae sewing olubs hav<~ been forxried ut

:F'ruit-lrtnd M aa. Mrs. ·Gle·n D's.vis, Leader; Rogers f Mesa, J'.l";.3. Linn and

Mrs. Keo

gn,

Leade:.rs; Bone

Mesa,

Ura.

El.o Spore,

LJader.

The

total enrollment is 4i. The·-:-.e clubs are d.olt~g axoaption.illy

w·el) .. bec&.use

they

have exca )t ionally good laad"3rs. ·

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on 1n the Bone Me<:!u. Community. Thay arc ;planning to :-:;ut in b. p1pe-l1ne fo-r the \vhole

eommuni

ty.

They have the s.p:ring located

tor

E~ sou;ro$ of aupJ.dy m1d are ;VO~ldng on

the

d.eta1ls.

W9men' a Clubs. Misa Hayne~ was in the county and held a three

day

meeting

with

'the

Modern Wom n'a

Club of Rogers'

esa. Subjeot,

Child. Welfare. The meetings were very we_ll at·tenc.ted and the

mem-bers

w

ll

ple~sed. About

100

were preaent,

a

ltho the

ro~ds ware

muddy,

at

th

at

time.

( e) Ea1i1n . EoonomAcs •

Tbre-e Fe1.rm .A.coount echools v;er·e held with the help

ot

Prof.

O. S .. Rr.:t.ynor of the State Agr1cttlture.l Coll"~,~e,. The schools were

very well a.ttendied., therl'Z 'b,?ins: 36 u.11 working on th£;i:r x-eapeotive

~,ccow1t book at one tirne.. .t\ll togethsr we had an uttend.a.nce of

a:tbout 60 fe.rmer-s. The sQhoole were held rtt Oedt-i.red.ge ~ Delt.~, and

Frv.itland Mesa.

There r-1,ere s1xt1 men who signed. up foi, the Farm Reoo:i.'l\a. books

which were supplied by the 8·t:1t~ Agr1oulttt:---al College. ':Chey sold

rtt

~1.

50 per bcok. We rr:.j~~dra r~ chn.rge for the boo .. a e,t cost, so

t

:

hat

tht-, tnatt who tcok one would bP.: more eure

to

eer the rac r(i

ur,;

to date. There ha:ve b~en. to J.ate 85 books sold and ir.v.,.10~,.t ons are

th~-t. a.11 of the 1nen are keeping tht'.i,ir books up to d.ate.

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All ef!Qrts of ·the Fa.rm Bureau have been e;;:e;rted toward

pro-moting Community Exh'i'bits f~t the County Fair. Six oomnmnities w.ere

11 ed. np and t\,re ·norki .g e· their exhibits.

A 11st ,Jf , : . .rtiolee of :91~_0Juce and hov1 much raay ba ;:;hown of

each. in these

com.muntty

e.x:hibi'ts vn .. e oompileci by tho aount.y a;gent

and ~..1.p;}r·oved

bl

the FaJ:r Botsd.. This waa dhttr·ibated. to the .

ocmmittee 1n oi"arge of e:th1hH:3 in each co1m .. u:ntty ..

.Arr~genents fat boys• and girls• conte$ts a.t the Fr.i.r, to

stimulate intareet in boys• and girls I Clubs v.re.,,.~ rnncte ~ Tbey e.,re

as follo~v~: Swine and. Beef Oa,ttle Jud.ging oont e,t; Corn Judging

contest; se~ving r:;,.n ... Oanning Demonatra;t ion contests.. Special prizes

wer-e He<:nxred ~ ·

It is th~ cleaire. of the Farm Bureau 'to make a s::H;o:lr-,lty of Comrr~unity Exhihit,s ~\t the County Frd.r ~ They fe$l th..::it greater

corrmrunity spi:rit Emd cocparr.?t ion v;rill devolo::> from suoh

compet1-t1.on.. The St_ate Fi:~1:r Exhibit is

to

bo mn.de up from tb~se community

"1Xh1b1ts. .

Si): demon9tration,s have b~en planned :fer thr1 purpose:., of oicUng

the Fair Oomm1ttea in properly ~,rep.~ring t.nr:Jir exhibit . Also,

to

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2. 3.

J.urnber of f8-r!Yl "JUr~'-m mern.bt:.rs (indiviclu~iJ. l):lid 1,.,enlber-1hip) ?O

lfov. 30, 191B O '.f'ov.. ljQ, 1919 __

o

__

iTov. ;::,:.o, 19

-o

?Q.

Annual incli':ridu~.l merrbe."5hip ft.:ie _ ~l. 00

County EXtl'J,~tive ~ornmitt,.e SLnd count;;. .,;_)ioj ct .Leader ... ;-::::;-;r·vinc during 19 2 0 : ( l i st be 1 ow)

Officers and nouaty

l?roj Let !Leaders

o

.J.

Terrell I .B .. R::,-1.,inhart L. \{. Bro. er

o.J.

Tt-rr1;;ll I.3. 1-laichart 1 . • L.Duling Sidney A.rt t C • .J. Case v· • _i. Dale Mare;aret JfoClanahan \It: e of ,.) r o j e c t o r ~ctivit) of hich

lt;n.der has charge

Pres .. County Farm :Du::ceau Vice-Pres. n o n Sec .... Tr as.n " n Organization Publicity Better su.d Live f3t ock 1:..~st Control 1:iar~eting

Home Improver:· ent

Add:ces;o Ced .1..redt_..;e D lta Dtlta Ccdaredcse Dt;lta Delt:i Austin Cedaredge Delta DE-lta

4 . Do~s the orJ8Di~~tion of the f~rm bure~u include:

a. ~ orne ecoc10mice wor}:.. Yes J3oyst · t'.nd Girl8' Club ·rnr1_{< Yes}

5. Does the fa:cm r)ureau publi '.:)h 8 . .B,arm Jmreau l fWS or similar )UlJ

-licat ion Farm Urt~u ~xchan~e Bulletin

6. ~xtent of communit) org-•nization:

a. ,rurnber of corrun.unities or loc il units in the count~ recoc;nizd

ty

the farm bureau 19

b. HurnlJcH'' of (;ornrnuni ties h·winc; cornmuni ty com.mi ttee 16

c. Total number communi"t.y corr'!mitt--:e.men 64

7. Eeetings re11.ting to farm -tJUrE:.'.1U ore;ani_z_a_t_1,...· o-n·--= - - - -'J:-~-t-a_l _ _ _ _ _

a. b. .£·

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_.,1 t ,~nd an c e Annual meeting •.•...•••.•••..••..••••

}~l~~~4-5~~~~~-Executive committee rnee· ings • • • • . . . _:_3 _ _ _ J .... 2 _ _ _ _ _ _

C om1nuni t rr1e t. tings •••••••••.••••••.••••••• :,_2...,o-· ___ 2 ...

oj.:..14---C o:mmuni ty' committee me'3ting5 .•• ••••.•• .•.• :__.5_... _ _

2.-lo.---C oun t y :pro j e ct committee meeting . • . . • . . . . : ... Q__.,.__ _ _.Q..,._ __ , _ _ _ _ Yi~rrfl :3urt.au Picnic, . . .

-,=-,-0---0---0b ~ervat ion tours •..•.... .••.••..•.••...• )

-1~~~~5~~~~~-0ther farm 01..u·eau orts,lfliz 1tion meetings

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(List beiow qn - additional wor~ ·_{rel~.lt 1}·ve ~ g

· , · t = -" co ;arm bureau

or-s ,n1 z~ L 1on no covered b~ _.., ?vl)OVe _{- que'3} t ' _ions. )

COl\[MTJJITY PnOJ..t.SCT L.,.'..ADl.a'tS

' C oi:um..mi t y t Address t Bette.;;..;' r:-._._S..;;.e~e...;.d.;...__..._..:L;::;.:::;i-=..v.e;...S;;..t~o,;;_;,.c~k~'_..;;;P;....;e~-:s;;..t~.;;.C.;;.o..;.;n;..;t;..;;r_... ____ , _.;;;.;1.n:_a_1 __ ~k .... e .... t~· ,.,.i .... n...,g....,. _t __ H_o_m_e __ ... I,.m.11

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A'• Cedar Mesa ' Cedared.e;et Ji.Ff Ji/I.Coryell C.O.PE-mber ' Lee Ament , Dr. EcConnell '

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B ' Payne Mesa ' Cedaredge' John .Burritt ' J.C. Smith t J.M.}LcCune t ]..ir. Gibson'

C ' Gr:u:1d VieY..r' Crm,Yfo:cd' nf.l!:.Com;3tock t Gus Sanbe:cgt Swan

Mesa

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Bone J • .Le ,)a t P::wnia t L

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Whitney Elmo Spore' H.E. Hutch 3ortt Z.Edelen _{Mrs. s ore}

1.: 'c 'kert 'Eckert

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]rouse ' Jira ::Scv.11on•

F t _{Powell le H nsen E·B.Fetz ' c.E.Atwood' ' ~Jarl ho ice'}

: .... esa t Hotchkiss'

Gt' G::n:·y ·' Cory

H t _{Austin ' I.P.~illiameon' Guy Dixon 'M. P~ck}

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'Hotohki.:,s' '.l' .. "I.Greenwood' , 1:rs. 1:innear, Mrd.

1.t.esa

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Head ea.a , - j . j . Du rn -,n ---,

·iJd..i.Dixon

t J . 1.f • - o __; e 1• 3

,J • 'l. C ::ca~Jle

~'Lower Gunnison Delta

L ' C1dt.redge t Cea .redge' 3 F.Hirt ' J .. \I .H~.v ser t JJd Bull

M ' Ash J:,., esa t D lta & ' Gene Bailey ' T,:r •

Olathe

N--,~G-~~-1r_r_1_e_t __ 1~-.t-s_a_t ___ D.,....~lta _{Fl.O.Her hum 'Herbert Dale' John}

O ' ·;,south Garnet , YT.T.Cofield'

t Linn, g~· ;;:;. Keoush ' TlTl. J. 1 J1· c .. 1r _n. ' _lV.:. ,." _{r ;;, •} ""' _{-· •} J _• R _{~ e n er} d ·

-ishot

M sa P t F:cui t land Mesa

D~lta & 'John Francis Read

t .. Cravl1'f ord _{' J11 : H • A~ er .} ' \T.B.Roe • A.B.Critcl Jew '· .John i:Sj_rnna' Mrs. 'f'.B.Roe, Mrs

GJ en Dq:vi

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Q, ' Peach Valleyt Re·=-td & ' \ ·K-Prui'tt t J ...

Delta

Rt c~lifornia, ~elta t J.Qreat4ouse 'Robt. Porter'

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BOIL IMPHOVEFEN~~, PHO,J.GCTS.

In answering~ e following questions, report show onl r~sults

of the act1~~ .i ~ies of +~1·=) f9:r'T'" 'Jureau -1d cou:"i.tJ agricultur,~i.l agent

th ,t ar~ su1r11ortcd bJ records.. \.nswer cvn:" c.uestion. U. e f'i₆ures

where work done can be supported b r~cords for current Jear. Use Unf. (unfinished) where ".or~< i ~ unfinishc~d or no records are avail

-able; H.A. (not applicable) where quec,tions do not appl.y; 0 (zero)

where no ~ork hae Geen done.

'Humber

Drainage and Irrigation

8. Dnainage systems pl~nned and adopted •. . . • . • • . ~' 9. Acree involved in~ e,tion 8 . . . • . . . '

10. Irrig,.tions pl1.nned and !:'dopted . . . • • '

11. cres invol~ed in question 10 . . . • '

lPertili ty 0 0 0 0 f 8 r 9 ·10 ~11

12. Farmers w}io used com.1,,.,0:rcio.l fertilizers ••...•...•. ' :r .A. '12

13. Tone of commercial fertilizer included in qut1s. 121 _{N.A. '13}

14. ::~crPs of ~lover or oth<.11· legunes plo,recl under '

for green wanure •... ! DO '14

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'nurn.ber

15. Fa.rme on ·· .. hich .:30il wa3 tested fo:c 1.cidi ty .••....• !

16. Farm~ on hich lime or limestone wa~ used ..••••.. !

17. Tons of lime or lime~tone included In qutstion 16 '

1 • Li 3 t ~ J t l ow the o r G -:-.. ,1 i z b. t i on s o r cJ. s o c i at i on b r .,

-l::1..ting to ~oil- th·~t the f vrrn uUl'CaU. cori:rni tteemen, ~

the ci,g ·_nt or his predec S'3o:i.· s a.s~is ted in fo.cmin :

0 0 0 '15 '16 '17

Ort$a~.ized l'.H'CVious t9_1920' 7)rg~mized in 1920

o r.!.~ani za ti on '

:8rainage Ass'n~

Limestone Ass'ns

Tum1 er t embere ' llur.aber ' Members

0 0 0 Q 0 .Q 0

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CROP P~~.OJECTS

In ~~swering th~ following ~uestions, report onlj re~ult · nf

tJ1e ·-.,r:~,iviUet, cf the farm uureau and county agrir!ultural r1.gent that

are .u )po:cted by records. Answer evf~.,L-.9.Y~ . .2!,ior:• Use f igure~ where

work done cri,n be B"pported by records for the current year. Use

Unf. ( un:fini ~,hed) wher.e Nork Ls unfinished or no record available;

~ 4 t . (l~ot applioH..ble) where c;.ue~)tion o_oEs not 0.,1.Jply; .Q (zc:.ro) 1.rL1·.J

Jl() 1_{Ji)).'k }1, 1.t; 1Jt,t;.:(.L d011€1 e}

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Acres pl~nted with sel ectAd seed corn Spring 1~

Jr::rmers ~t'lectine seed corn J?all 1920 •. ., .•• « . . . !

Bushels se€{d corn (-)elected . . . & . . . !

Farmer::, te ~ting r-1eed corn 1'or germination ••••..

Bushel s seed corn tested for 0 n1ination •.••.• l

Acres planted with test.ed seed ... ., . . . ~ ...• !

:;1arrrs on 1.,.,hich corn growi11g w~:.i.s introduced or '

f arrr1 practice relative to corn culture modified.

Acres involved in question 259 ~ ••• .,. & • • • • • • • • • t

f

V/H::SAT, OA'..C'S, BA1=tL1::.!Y, .. J\D 1 Y}_;

27. Farr1iers treating !med '.'1heat for ;3mut • ., ... ~

28.. Bughels seed wheat tested for arnut . . . .,. !

29. Acres sovm with trf:t-3,ted seed ... ~ . ••.••••••• 1

30. F.:ums on 1.rhich 1.vheat e,rowi.og was introduced or 1

farm practice r·elat i ve to whe tt e;ul tllre mod if H~d

31. Acres involved in quE?stion 30 •. ~ ~ ~ ... l

32. Farmer'3 trsa.ting seed oats for tHnut •.•• ., ••••••• l

;33" Bushels seed oats treated. for ,..,ri ut •. e., • • • • • • • • !

34. Acre::.1 03,ts 30\m ,1ith treat~c~ M~ed ... . 1

35. J/arr,1s on 11.hich oat grovlixig vvas introduced or _t

farra practice relative to oat culture modi fied'

36. Acres involvui in question 35 . . . e . . .

!

37 • ]1

arms On Vihich b·1.r Icy £:rowing · lt:!5 it1troduced

or

f~rm practice relative to barley culture modi- '

f°' i c~d • S ~ -t- • t ,to e # e, • t IJ .ft i& 9 • • $ 'f! Ii 1i fl • e • e t, Cl· ot IF • g I' ._ e if • • t: ._

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38. Acre ::1 involvt d in cuestion 3? ... , ... '

3 • Farms on 1. hieh ry b ~ gro1d ng '.1as int rocluc ed _{01" '}

f~1m pr~ctice rtlative to rye cultur~ mod!fiet' 40. Acres involved in question 39 . . . ~ ... 1

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41. I':.:1rr~1.3 on, hich bean c.rovri11₆ 1·ras introduct.d or '

:f ctrm ... ~:cacti c e Y'E-;la'L i ve to btan cu1 t ure mod.if i ed'

42. Acres involved in C-1.U(';f:,"l,ion 41 . . . ~ .•...•. 1

i 120 '19 12 t2Q 200 t21 70 '22 200 1₂₃ 420 1₂₄ 28 t25 50 \26

.

,

100 1₂₇ 2000 '28 1000 1₂₉ 1 1₃₀ 2 t31 30 '32 1000 1₃₃ 500 1₃₄ t3G 0

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0 '36 '37 t 0 f lb t3g

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1 '39 10 '40 T t G t41 O t42

43. 44. 45. 48. GO.· Ll. ,...LI. 0 - • 55. 56f 57. 58.

Fn.rmer., trehting -5e ,cl :potato._.s f'or ,1·) · se •• ~ . . . • . ' ,.cres involv ·d in queBtion 43 • • • • . . . • • • • • . • • • . • . . • • . • '

]?a.rmers c) :;:ca.., ing pot::.--...toes fo:i.~ di sec1..se ••••••....•.•••• '

Lores involv,d in question 4~ •••...••...•.•.. '

..1. rm,:::, on /hie 1 ... )Ctato Lrowing .1a~ introduced or i'2.rm '

practice ~el,..tive Lo :)otn.to culture modified ••••. 4 • • • '

Ac:ces involved in que5tion 47 • • . . . ; . . . . ~ . . . '·

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~·a::cms on which alfalfa gro· rin was introduced 01; farm'

pr·1..ctlbce 1· lative to alfalfa cvl tu:Ct= modified •..••... !

Acresinvnlvcd in question 49 • • . • . . . • • . . . • . • '

Ifarm:::i on r,r1ich sweet clover gro1

• .ring was introduced or'

farm , ... ractice r 1ati ve to sweet c .Lover cul turt 11odifiecl Acre i in.rolv d in que .,t Lon fil •...•.. ~ . . . • . . . • • . • t

Farmo on .rhich r<:.d,alsike, or 1hite clove:i.· rn.s intro-'

o.ucisd or far1,1 pr!,;,vctice reJative to clover culture '

1nod.lilf'iecl •••••••• , ••• ~ •••• , . . . '

hcx-1

• ., involv(,d in uestj_on 53~··· '

],anns

on

which :-· oy be~.n erovving ··,a int rochw ed or f arl11

practice relative to soy bean culture modified ••••••• '

Ac_·es involvE.d in '1uestion 55 . . . t

J?armt5 on \1 :1ich sorghum, kaf ir, or feteri ta growing t

wa.s introduced or farm practice rellative to oOrbhum, ' kafir, or feterita culture modified ••••.•••••.••••••• '

Acres involved in que3tion 57 •••••••.•..•..•• •....••. '

IMPHOV ~D . S:LJGD 5 ~ 43 "'00' iL14 Y .A' 4 5

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.A. '4G t 47 20' 30' 4 ,49 3' 4')' E)O t 51 5' b0'52 ,53 0' 0'54 0'55 Qtb6 tb7

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Li~t in the following table work done in connection with

seed improvement:

----Improved 5ecd Im}:)roved seed ' .1. ames and

varj.e-3ecured ' for ~ale •ties bcin~ stanr

' fo1 of f ...l .. :cm .. s.L. ;J3-, ,-s-b-.e-.-··· t ~ - : - : - - , ~ h G la l ~ r rl i g -d .._. t t ~ ~ 'C\Pa: e . t t t ·rr • ,,13

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lai ;cr., ____ _!,_ __ ..:...i_. _____ 4_

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o rv t

t ' Kitch~~r's larcus

6 52 t , K~nr.d

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V t 1 10 __ J_ osen I P_o_t_'1._~_o_e~_s_, ______ 2_0~--~c,.;~· _ _

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( ~-i3"eop'Ie . , 11uss t , I ri.sh Cobuler Rus~ t Burbank ._i - - - ~ _A 1 fc l f a 1 lJL__ .• _5001°!)...:.,G,..._.

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63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. ?4. 7r:-. V e 76. 77. •::rumber ,

J?a:cms on · .. hich rodent control methods ·were followed

Acre~ involved in question 60 • . . . • . . • . . . '

Poundd of )oisoned bait involved in question 60 ••••. '

:Farms on v11-iich insect control methods were followed.'

Acres involved in question 63 .. & • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • '

Pounds poL.)oned bait involved in question 61 . . . '

l?a:crn.s on wi--1.ich orchard.is were planted1 (applesJ

p

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ache s , pears , c it :r: o us f :cu it s , etc .. , ex c c t bu sh

f l"' l1 i t $ • e • 1, , ei • ., • • • • 1 • • • • • • ., • • • • • e • • • • • 11 • • • " • • • a • • • • 11 ~ ~

Acres involved in qu~~tion 66 •. , . . . • . 1 }:1·-1,)ir.S on which fruit were fJrune(l . . . 1

Acres involved in question 68 ••••••.••..••...•... 1

] 1

:-:trms on which trees ·were s:1rayed ... 6 . . . . . • • • • ~ • • • \

Acres involved in question 70 •••••••••••••••••••••• '

:Farms on YI ich bu '3h fruits '\Jvere planted or farm 1

practice relative to bush fruit culture modified .•.• 1

Hurnl:ier of ac :ces involved in c~ue st ion ?2 •• ., •••••••••• 1

Boys I _{and Girls' Clubs incident to cr·op ~)reduction} 1

a::ent as5i1-}ted in 0:t'gP"nizin. in 1920 . ., • • • • . . . • • ~

E cm b e r s en r o 11 e cl in e.:t) o v e c l u b s • • • .. • • . • . .. • • • • • • • • • • • 1

l[embers in ar,ove clubs completing ·,.ork . . . ~.

Li f:lt below the org··mi za t ions or aA sociat ion .. , :cel2.t- 1

j:ng to crops th-::tt the farm bur<:?8.U cornrnitteernen, t1

1e 1

aLent or his predecessors as,iated irt forming :

t .. ',. 4 50 ' 60 10,000' 61 500 gal! 62 20 ' 63 500' 64 1,000 t 65 I 66 Q I Q I 67 lQ I 68 10' G9 2 ' 70 20' '71 0 . 72 0 73 t 74 1 \ 19 I 75 Unf. . 76 \ ' \. f l1rembe~---Associations

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0 1 Fruit Gro,:~ rs J....:,socia-Lions 3 ----r---.-· 900 0

&90

0 i:arket G::1rdf:m_e_r_s_· - - -

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( Li~t below any other worx relative to crop projects not cover-ed by A~ove ~uest~ons or in State 3Upplement. )

LIV.!; SJ.OCK hWJi~CT

In·anewering the following que~tions, report on~ results of the

activities of the fc\rm bureau .=-vnd count~, aG:cicvltural agent that al"'e

supported ~J redords. Answ~r ever. que~tion. Use fibures where work

d.one can be ::ui ported ~'J./ records for current ./ear. Use U.c.f'. ( unf in

-is 1ed) vhere ·ror~ .. is unl'inL.-,hed or no record is available; :r.A.

(not applica··u1e) .'he:ce question 6.oes not a.p.1.) 1~ ; 0 (zero) \::1ere no

· ":c}~ has been done ..

? • 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. B4. c.,5. 86. 67.

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B9. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103.

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--,-Rcgi~tered stallions and mares secured ••..•...•..• !

Registered bulls secured(Dairy • • . . • . . . • • . . . • · . . . '

(Beef ••••.•.•.. e • • • • • • • • • • • • t

Recistered cows secured (Dairy ... .- ....••.•••..•• 1 ( Beef •••• e . . . '

High tP.'c-1.,de cov s -.,ec1ffed(D" .. ir;y • • • • • . . . 1

(Bee 1· . . . ~

e~isterecl rc1m:1 '3ecured . . . ... . . '

~esist~red boar~ sccur d .••. . . • . . . t

Coi.!- testing '1ssocLitions ore;nnized in 1920 ••... l

Cow-testing 1,,:.1·jociations in county (including ques- r ..

tion 84 Fi..ncl those previoufil org1,nized) •••••...•.• v

H tun 1m r 0 f r11em b _E:: r _B in above ~ .. s soc i a. t i on • • . • . . . . . . . . ~ . t

Cows tested or under tfst in 1920 f0r mil:k ;iroduction

in all such associations organized

1n

1920 or before

Cow5 tbsted for milk production by individuals ..••.. !

Cows discarded as a re~ult of test (questions 87-88) 1

]:!'armers as0isted in i'icu:r.·ing balanced r8-tions... 1

( c:lll 8,l1iJ'lcLl S) • • • • . • • • • • • • s • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • , • • • • • • • • • • • l Silos erected . . . '

Y=rms on hich oultry pr~ctice was modified •...•... ~

Animals teeted for tuberculosis • • • . . . • . . . . • . . ! Animals treated for blackle~ . . . . • . . . {

Hog3 vaccinated for cholera • • . . . • . • . . . • '

Hog3 treated for hemorrhaBic ~epticemia ••••.•••. ..•• ~

FarMers assisted in controlling necrobacillo~is . . . !

I1

armers a.s isted in controllin.3 cont c;iqus abortion. !

Farti1'3 on vvhic'. beekee.)ine; was int· od.1Jced or the '

handling of bees modified • . . . • . . . • • . . • . . . . : .••.• '

1 umber of hive,:i involved in question 99 . . . '

Boys• and Girle' Clubs incident to live. tock produc-'

+_t,lon • _{agen - a;sslf3 ,e} t . t d _{1n org:u11z1ng} . . . . i _{n -··} 1020 _{_ •••••..•.•..} f

lf igm be r .... en r o 11 e d in above c l u 1m • ., • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • !

t mber,s in above clubs completing work ... .

3 ''lE 2 '?9 4 ' 3 '80 0 ' 15 '81 0 ~ l '82 3 \83 l t34 t85 1 ~ 3 1₈₆ '[37 80 t 200 '88 3 1₈₉ '90 10 t 0 '91. 2 t 09 _v,.., 0 tg3 0 tg4 0 1₉₅ 5 '96 0 '97 6

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t 0 1₁₀₀

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5 '101 29 '102 Uni'.' 103

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