Report of accomplishments of county agent, 1914: Logan County

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FARMERS COOPERATIVE DEMONSTRATIONS NORTHERN AND WESTERN STATES.

___________ COUNTY, STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGEt • S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATING.

Report of Accomplishments of the County Acents Calendar Year 1914.

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STATE

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COUNTY

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REPORT OF

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COUNTY AGENT.

FROM _ _j_~-L-9.-f_Y.___________________ TO DECEMBER Sl, 1914.

************************************************** Beiag familiar with the

work of the County Agricultural

Agent of ---County, I hereby e~~tify that I

have examined the repor~ herein,

and that I b~lieve the statements

of fact and opinion are justified.

(S:i.gned) ---_{Secrete.ry of Farm}_Bureau

·or other official. I have examined this Report and believe it to be a fair summary of the work of the Agent

for the pe~\.CiVt~

{Signed) ~-'<~.!~.~~~

- State Leader.

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-2-REPORT OF ACCOI.1PLISHUENTS OF COUNTY AGENT,

-(A) WORK DONE IN RE

_{LATION TO}

_{'llHE P!lOJ?LJ;J:}

lG Farmers visited on their farms

2. _{Total number of farm visits made} 3. _{Business calls on Agent at o:fficc}

to and from agents' office sed

4. Telephone calls 5. Meet ings addres

e at such meetings ganized for adults

6. Total attendanc

· 7. Associations or

8. Total membershi p of such associations

9. Boys' and Girls t Clubs organized

10. Total membershi p in such clubs

11. Agricultural &r ticles published in county papers

12. Circu~ars, eire ular le'cters or bulletins written circulars or bulletin:;> distributed

1 report distri buteo.

and Uo

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Bulletins distributed

13. Copies of such 14. Copies of annua 15. Copies of State 16. Letters written need to 17. Students influe

18o Local short cou rses conducted attend Agricultural College ,._

19. Total attendanc e _{at local short courses or extension}

20. _{Farmers influen ced to attend. short courses at college}schools

21. Schools assiste d _{in developing agricultural instruction}

22. Pupils reached by such ins truction

servation parties conducted n such parties

istributed

23. Agricultural ob 24. Total persons i

25. Library books d

ing demonstrations for agents

0 il1S}JeC t demonstr-ations

26. Farmers conduct

27. Ueetings held t

28. Total attendanc e at such meetings

NUMBER. ?-· ----~ "J..--7"'-7 J' / ),.- .j r /tJ ~ ID"?q o 7..-t.J 0

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(B) WORK DONE IN RELA':i'ION 20 THE FARM JUID FARMSTEAD ON SUGGESTIOli OF AGENT.

29. Farm buildings planned

pr

improved

30. Silos co nstructed.

31 . Water su

32. Lighting pply systems introduced or irf!J.:>roved systems installed

33. _{Heating systemn in:Jtc.lled}

34 . Home gro

35 . Sanitary unds plo.nned or improved conditions ilnl')roved

ns made either pn.r:tial or complete

36. Farm plo..

3 7 • _{Farms up on which the seasonal distribution}

improved 38. Drainage 39 . Irrigati 40 o Contour systems planned on systems planned . systems planned 10

of labor has been

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-3-REPORT QF ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF COUNTY AGENT.

NUMBER

(c) _{WORK DONE IN RELATION}_TO _{CROPS ON SUGGESTION OF AGENT OR}

UNDER HIS DIRECTIONS.

41. _{Farms field selecting seed corn} _{/ 0}

42. _{Acres planted with field selected seed corn}

43. _{Farms testing corn for germination} _{<3 6}

44. _{Acres of corn planted with tested seed} _Z>_t!J'

45. _{Farms growing corn} 46. Acres of corn grown

47. _{Resultant increased corn yield per c;.tc re (bu)} 48 .. Farms growing wheat

49. _{Acres of wheat grown}

50. _{Resultant increased wheat yield .per acre (bu)}

51. _{Farms treating seed oats for smut} J S'-'

52. Acres sown with tested seed d tJO

53. _{Resultant increased yield} 54. Farms growing oats

55. Acres of oats grown

56. _{Resultant increased oat yield per acre (bu}} 57. _{Farms using hill-selected seed potatoes}

58. _{Farms treating potatoes for} sea~ / If)

59. Farms growing potatoes

60. Acres of potatoes grown

61. Resultant increased potato yj eld per ac X' A (F>uJ . 62. Farms growing hay

63. Acres of hay grown

64. _{Resultant increased hay yield per acre (tons)}

65. Farms planting alfalfa

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67. Farms inoculating soil for alfalfa

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68. Acres inoculated for alfalfa I

69. Farms growing tobacco

70. Acres of tobacco grown

71. _{Resultant increased tobacco yield per acre (lbs)} 72. Farms growing barley

73. Acres of barley grovm

74. Resultant increased barley yield per acre (bu}

75. Farms growing rye

76. Acres of rye grown

77. _{Resul ta.nt increased rye yield per acre (bul} 78 . Orchards planted

79 . Orchards cared for in whole or in part

'1-80. Woodlots planted or improved

(D) _WORK_DONE _IN_{RELATION TO LIVESTOCK ON SUGGESTION OF AGENT.}

81. Registered stallions

secured·---~---~---82, Registered bulls

secured·---+---83 . Registered rams secured. _______________________________________

-+---844 Registered boars

secured~---~---+---85. Registered sires transferred from one co~uaity to another ___

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-4-REPORT OF ACCOMPLISID:fB!JTS OF COUN~PY AGENT, - - - --·- ··---NUMBER

-(D) -c ontinu.ed. .. I ough associations or

87. Beef cows purchased ______ __

8C3. Cow testing as soc iati ons organized __

89. Cows tested for milk lJrocluction thr

~QO -· ganized _-· ·estock ___ ~--·· d-·--~---management J-/ otherwise

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90. Live Stock Breeding Associations or

91. Farmers influo~ced to feed more liv

92. Balanced rations figured and adopte

93. Farms given information on poultry

94. .Animals tested for tuberculosis

95. Hogs ~3ccinated for cholera

--96. Anti-Hog Cholera clubs organized __

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--·----__,....--(E) WORK DONE IN RELATION ~0 :b'ERTILIZERS JU\TD FERTILITY ON SUGGESTION OF AGEN~P.

97. Farms ma.lcing bett.el' use o.c- ·n!:'lnure straw etc J. l ,-~ _? ₉ .,I .J 5

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fertilizer

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98. Farms using comnercial

99 , Tons of commercial fer Farms using home-mixed Tons of home-mixed fer

t,ilizer used ____ .. , ________

Farms using lime ___ _ Tons of lime used

--Local sources of lime Acres of meadow top-dr

" " pasture " " clover grown 11 " soy beans, " It

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cowpeas vetch I! It I fertilizer tilizer used __ __ devo10j_Jed essed ___ --· grown -··- f-·--.. - I-· -100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109o 110. 111. 112. 113. sweet clover rye grown above mentio1

winter cover 1Gd crops grown for green manure or purposes

(F) l'VORK DONE IN RELATION 1110 J?.ARM BUSINESS ON ADVICE OF AGENT OR

UND}iH HIS DIRECTIONS.

Fariners keaping accounts, partial or conrolete Farmers usi.ng parcel post in m

Purchasing anrl Marketing Assoc Value of business done by such Approximate savings effected b

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iations organized~--- ·

associations

Farmers' Exchanges organized __ _ y _---such ass oc ia t ions

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-rough such Exchanges __

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114. 115. 116. 117q 118. 119. 120e 121. 122. 123. 124. 1;:-:5. 126 .

Value of business dono through Farmers supplied VJi th labor th Fur.ms rented through EXchanges Savings secured by reducing sh Public markets established or Farms surveyed (Card No. 1 or Leases or contracts between la

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REPORT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF COUNTY AGENT.

---~---(G) MISCELLANEOUS (Plea.se summarize below any feature of your work not covered by the fore-going questions.)

NUMBER

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(H) SUMMARY:

(To be filled or not e.'t the option of the County Agent).

It is often desirable to place a money value on the work of a county

agent... This of course can te done only approximately, as the agent

per-forms many services for his people that cannot be expressed in dollars. The agent however is in a better pcsition to estimate the money value of his work than any one else. Kindly fill out the following summary, using estimates where figures aro not available.

VALUE OF

SERVICES:

DOLLARS

(A) In Relation to People _________________________________ _ {B) In Relation to Farm and Farmstead ________________________ _

(C) In Relation to Crops _____________________________________ _

---(D) In Relation to Live Stock _______________________

~---(E) In Relation to Fertilizers

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Fertility ___________________ _

(F) In Relation to Farm Business ___________________________ _

(G) Miscellaneous ____________________________________________ _

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and Agent U. S. Department of Ag.riaul t .ure. Date Mailed to State Leader:

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